International Boxing Hall of Fame

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Exhibits of the International Boxing Hall of Fame

The International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) is a hall of fame and museum for people connected with boxing . Located in Canastota , New York , it is not far from the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta . It is considered the better known of two international boxing fame (the other is the World Boxing Hall of Fame in Riverside , California ).

The first Boxing Hall of Fame was founded by the American boxing magazine Ring Magazine and was housed in the offices of Madison Square Garden in New York for decades . In 1990, as a result of an initiative by Ed Brophy , who wanted to honor the Canastota boxing world champion Carmen Basilio and his nephew Billy Backus , the new museum in Canastota was inaugurated. In 1997, the multiple award-winning Richard T. Slone was won as an official artist for the International Boxing Hall of Fame, who still holds this position today.

Every year in June there are celebrations lasting several days to honor newly admitted people. Former boxing world champions, personalities from boxing and public life as well as numerous boxing fans take part (the celebrations in 2008 were attended by 20,000 fans.) Boxing athletes can be admitted to the Hall of Fame if they resigned at least five years ago.

As the only German professional boxer, Max Schmeling was accepted into the IBHOF in 1992. In 2010 he was followed by the German boxing promoter Wilfried Sauerland . A year later, the Austro-American boxer Jack Root was accepted. The boxing promoter Aileen Eaton (1909–1987) was elected to the boxing hall of fame in 2002 as the only woman to date . Eaton, known as "The Redhead", was a promoter at the legendary Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles from 1942 to 1980 .

According to IBHOF founder Ed Brophy in 2008, a new building for a larger gallery museum is to be built over the next five years.

The members of the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA for short) and 50 other boxing historians around the world act as the jury to vote for the boxers who are accepted every year .

Members

The following is an overview of the people represented in the International Boxing Hall of Fame:

Modern times ("Modern")

Max Schmeling , world heavyweight champion between 1930 and 1932
Counted among the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time: Muhammad Ali

Boxing athletes who were still active from 1943 were originally listed in this category. Since 2015 only boxers who have been active since 1989 have been included in this category.

Year of admission boxer Match record nationality
1990 Muhammad Ali 56-5-0
(37 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Henry Armstrong 150-21-10
(101 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Carmen Basilio 56-16-7
(27 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Ezzard Charles 93-25-1
(52 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Billy Conn 64-11-1
(15 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Bob Foster 56-8-1
(46 KO)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Joe Frazier 32-4-1
(27 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Kid Gavilan 108-30-5
(28 Kos)
CubaCuba Cuba
1990 Emile Griffith 85-24-2
(23 Kos)
American Virgin IslandsAmerican Virgin Islands American Virgin Islands
1990 Jake LaMotta 83-19-4
(30 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Joe Louis 66-3-0
(52 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Rocky Marciano 49-0-0
(43 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Carlos Monzón 87-3-9
(59 Kos)
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
1990 Archie Moore 185-23-10
(131 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 José Nápoles 81-7-0
(54 Kos)
CubaCuba Cuba
1990 Willie Pep 229-11-1
(65 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Sugar Ray Robinson 173-19-6
(108 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Sandy Saddler 144-16-2
(103 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Jersey Joe Walcott 51-18-2
(32 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Ike Williams 127-24-4
(61 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1991 Marcel Cerdan 111-4-0
(65 Kos)
FranceFrance France
1991 Gene Fullmer 55-6-3
(24 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1991 Rocky Graziano 67-10-6
(52 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1991 Beau Jack 91-24-5
(44 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1991 Sonny Liston 50-4-0
(39 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1991 Rubén Olivares 89-13-3
(79 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
1991 Carlos Ortiz 61-7-1
(30 Kos)
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico
1991 Floyd Patterson 55-8-1
(40 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1991 Salvador Sánchez 44-1-1
(32 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
1991 Dick Tiger 60-19-3
(27 Kos)
NigeriaNigeria Nigeria
1991 Tony Zale 67-18-2
(45 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1992 Alexis Argüello 77-8-0
(72 Kos)
NicaraguaNicaragua Nicaragua
1992 Nino Benvenuti 82-7-1
(35 Kos)
ItalyItaly Italy
1992 Charley Burley 83-12-2
(50 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1992 Gilly Graham 102-15-9
(27 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1992 Éder Jofre 72-2-4
(50 Kos)
BrazilBrazil Brazil
1992 Ken Norton 42-7-1
(33 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1992 Max Schmeling 56-10-4
(40 Kos)
GermanyGermany Germany
1993 Gabriel Elorde 89-27-2
(33 Kos)
PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines
1993 Joey Giardello 100-26-8
(33 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1993 Marvin Hagler 62-3-2
(52 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1993 Harold Johnson 76-11-0
(32 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1993 Fritzie Zivic 158-65-9
(82 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1994 Jackie Berg 157-26-9
(61 Kos)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1994 Joey Maxim 82-29-4
(21 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1994 Michael Spinks 31-1-0
(21 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1994 Carlos Zárate 66-4-0
(63 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
1995 Wilfredo Gomez 44-3-1
(42 Kos)
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico
1995 Fighting Harada 55-7-0
(22 Kos)
JapanJapan Japan
1995 Bob Montgomery 75-19-3
(37 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1995 Pascual Pérez 84-7-1
(57 Kos)
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
1996 Wilfred Benitez 53-8-1
(31 Kos)
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico
1996 Joe Brown 116-47-13
(53 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1996 Manuel Ortiz 100-28-3
(54 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1996 Aaron Pryor 39-1-0
(35 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1997 Sugar Ray Leonard 36-3-1
(25 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1997 Luis Rodríguez 107-13-0
(49 Kos)
CubaCuba Cuba
1997 José Torres 41-3-1
(29 Kos)
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico
1997 Chalky Wright 159-43-18
(82 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1998 Sammy Angott 94-29-8
(22 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1998 Miguel Canto 61-9-4
(15 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
1998 Antonio Cervantes 91-12-3
(45 Kos)
ColombiaColombia Colombia
1998 Matthew Saad Muhammad 39-16-3
(29 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1999 Jimmy Bivins 86-25-1
(31 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1999 Khaosai Galaxy 47-1-0
(41 Kos)
ThailandThailand Thailand
1999 Lew Jenkins 73-41-5
(51 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1999 Eusebio Pedroza 41-6-1
(25 Kos)
PanamaPanama Panama
1999 Vicente Saldivar 37-3-0
(26 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
2000 Ken Buchanan 61-8-0
(27 Kos)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2000 Jimmy Carter 81-31-9
(32 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2000 Jeff Chandler 33-2-2
(18 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2000 Carl Olson 97-16-2
(47 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2001 Ismael Laguna 65-9-1
(37 Kos)
PanamaPanama Panama
2001 László cardboard 27-0-2
(15 Kos)
HungaryHungary Hungary
2001 Willie Pastrano 62-13-8
(14 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2001 Sugar Ramos 55-7-4
(40 Kos)
CubaCuba Cuba
2001 Randy Turpin 66-8-1
(45 Kos)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2002 José Cuevas 35-15-0
(31 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
2002 Jeff Fenech 29-3-1
(21 Kos)
AustraliaAustralia Australia
2002 Víctor Galíndez 55-9-4
(34 Kos)
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
2002 Ingemar Johansson 26-2-0
(17 Kos)
SwedenSweden Sweden
2003 Fred Apostoli 61-10-1
(31 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2003 Curtis Cokes 62-14-4
(30 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2003 George Foreman 76-5-0
(68 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2003 Nicolino Locche 117-4-14
(14 Kos)
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
2003 Mike McCallum 49-5-1
(36 Kos)
JamaicaJamaica Jamaica
2004 Azumah Nelson 39-6-2
(28 Kos)
GhanaGhana Ghana
2004 Carlos Palomino 31-4-3
(19 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
2004 Dwight Qawi 41-11-1
(25 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2004 Daniel Zaragoza 55-8-3
(28 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
2005 Bobby Chacon 59-7-1
(47 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2005 Duilio Loi 115-3-8
(26 Kos)
ItalyItaly Italy
2005 Barry McGuigan 32-3-0
(28 Kos)
IrelandIreland Ireland
2005 Terry Norris 47-9-0
(31 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2006 Michael Carbajal 49-4-0
(33 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2006 Humberto González 43-3-0
(30 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
2006 Edwin Rosario 47-6-0
(41 Kos)
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico
2007 Roberto Durán 103-16-0
(70 Kos)
PanamaPanama Panama
2007 Ricardo López 51-0-1
(38 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
2007 Pernell Whitaker 40-4-1
(17 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2008 Larry Holmes 69-6-0
(44 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2008 Eddie Perkins 74-20-2
(21 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2008 Holman Williams 146-30-11
(36 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2009 Orlando Canizales 50-5-1
(37 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2009 Lennox Lewis 41-2-1
(32 Kos)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2009 Brian Mitchell 45-1-3
(21 Kos)
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
2010 Chang Jung-koo 38-4-0
(17 Kos)
Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
2010 Danny Lopez 42-6-0
(39 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2010 Lloyd Marshall 70-25-4
(36 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2011 Julio César Chavez 107-6-2
(86 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
2011 Kostya Tszyu 31-2-0
(25 Kos)
RussiaRussia Russia Australia
AustraliaAustralia 
2011 Mike Tyson 50-6-0
(44 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2012 Herbert Hardwick 176-56-10
(48 Kos)
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico
2012 Thomas Hearns 61-5-1
(48 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2012 Mark Johnson 44-5-0
(28 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2013 Arturo Gatti 40-9-0
(31 Kos)
ItalyItaly Italy
2013 Virgil Hill 49-7-0
(23 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2013 Yuh Myung-woo 38-1-0
(14 Kos)
Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
2014 Joe Calzaghe 46-0-0
(32 Kos)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2014 Óscar de la Hoya 39-6-0
(30 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
2014 Félix Trinidad 42-3-0
(35 Kos)
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico
2015 Naseem Hamed 36-1-0
(31 Kos)
YemenYemen Yemen
2015 Riddick Bowe 43-1-0
(33 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2015 Ray Mancini 29-5-0
(23 Kos)
ItalyItaly Italy
2016 Hector Camacho 79-6-3
(38 Kos)
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico
2016 Lupe Pintor 56-14-2
(42 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
2016 Hilario Zapata 43-10-1
(15 Kos)
PanamaPanama Panama
2017 Evander Holyfield 44-10-2
(29 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2017 Marco Antonio Barrera 67-7-0
(44 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
2017 Johnny Tapia 59-5-2
(30 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2018 Vitali Klitschko 47-45-2
(41 Kos)
UkraineUkraine Ukraine
2018 Erik Morales 61-52-9
(36 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
2018 Ronald Wright 58-51-6
(25 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2019 Donald Curry 40-34-6
(25 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2019 Julian Jackson 61-55-6
(49 Kos)
American Virgin IslandsAmerican Virgin Islands American Virgin Islands
2019 Buddy McGirt 80-71-6
(48 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States

Old Timers

Tommy Burns , world heavyweight champion from 1906 to 1908
Joe Gans , second African American world champion in modern boxing history

This category originally only included boxers who fought between 1893 and 1942. These have been known as Early Era Old Timers since 2015 . In addition, boxers who fought their last fight between 1943 and 1988 have also been included in this category since 2015. These are known as the Late Era Old Timers.

Year of admission boxer Match record nationality
1990 Abe Attell 72-10-17
(39 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Jack Britton 104-28-20
(30 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Tony Canzoneri 137-24-10
(44 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 James J. Corbett 11-4-3
(5 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Jack Dempsey 61-6-9
(50 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 George Dixon 69-29-51
(38 Kos)
CanadaCanada Canada
1990 Jim Driscoll 53-3-5
(35 Kos)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1990 Bob Fitzsimmons 68-8-5
(59 Kos)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1990 Joe Goose 145-10-16
(100 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Harry Greb 104-8-3
(48 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Peter Jackson 45-3-4
(30 Kos)
AustraliaAustralia Australia
1990 James J. Jeffries 19-1-2
(16 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Jack Johnson 77-13-14
(48 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Stanley Ketchel 52-4-4
(49 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Sam Langford 167-38-37
(117 Kos)
CanadaCanada Canada
1990 Benny Leonard 85-5-1
(69 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Terry McGovern 60-4-4
(42 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Barney Ross 72-4-3
(22 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Gene Tunney 61-1-1
(45 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Mickey Walker 93-19-4
(60 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1990 Jimmy Wilde 131-3-2
(99 Kos)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1991 Georges Carpentier 88-14-6
(56 Kos)
FranceFrance France
1991 Kid Chocolate 131-9-6
(50 Kos)
CubaCuba Cuba
1991 Johnny Dundee 90-31-19
(22 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1991 Young Griffo 63-9-37
(32 Kos)
AustraliaAustralia Australia
1991 Tommy Loughran 94-23-9
(17 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1991 Charles McCoy 86-6-6
(64 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1991 Jimmy McLarnin 62-11-3
(20 Kos)
IrelandIreland Ireland
1991 Tommy Ryan 86-3-6
(22 Kos)
CanadaCanada Canada
1991 Joe Walcott 92-25-24
(58 Kos)
BarbadosBarbados Barbados
1992 Lou Ambers 90-8-6
(30 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1992 Panama Al Brown 123-18-10
(55 Kos)
PanamaPanama Panama
1992 Jack Dempsey 50-3-3
(26 Kos)
IrelandIreland Ireland
1992 Mike Gibbons 62-3-4
(38 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1992 Ted Lewis 173-30-14
(71 Kos)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1992 Packey McFarland 64-1-5
(47 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1992 Battling Nelson 59-19-19
(38 Kos)
DenmarkDenmark Denmark
1992 Harry Wills 65-8-2
(47 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1993 Les Darcy 45-4-0
(29 Kos)
AustraliaAustralia Australia
1993 Tiger Flowers 115-14-6
(53 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1993 Tommy Gibbons 57-4-1
(47 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1993 Maxie Rosenbloom 210-38-26
(19 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1994 John Henry Lewis 103-8-6
(60 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1994 Philadelphia Jack O'Brien 100-10-16
(51 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1994 Jack Sharkey 38-13-3
(14 Kos)
LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania
1994 Pancho Villa (boxer) 89-8-4
(22 Kos)
PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines
1995 Max Baer 72-12-0
(53 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1995 Jack Dillon 94-7-14
(64 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1995 Johnny Kilbane 51-4-7
(25 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1995 Jack McAuliffe 30-0-5
(22 Kos)
IrelandIreland Ireland
1996 Tommy Burns 46-5-8
(37 Kos)
CanadaCanada Canada
1996 Jack Delaney 77-10-2
(44 Kos)
CanadaCanada Canada
1996 Fidel LaBarba 70-15-6
(16 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1996 Young stribling 221-12-14
(125 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1996 Kid Williams 104-17-9
(55 Kos)
DenmarkDenmark Denmark
1997 Pete Herman 67-12-8
(21 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1997 Joe Jeanette 79-9-6
(66 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1997 Freddie Miller 208-28-7
(42 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1997 Freddie Welsh 73-4-6
(32 Kos)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1998 Joe Choynski 50-14-6
(25 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1998 Frankie Genaro 82-21-8
(19 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1998 Kid Lavigne 35-6-10
(19 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1998 Benny Lynch 83-13-15
(34 Kos)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1998 Sammy Mandell 82-21-9
(32 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1999 Johnny Coulon 52-6-4
(30 Kos)
CanadaCanada Canada
1999 Sam McVey 63-12-7
(48 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1999 Freddie Steele 120-4-9
(60 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
1999 Lew Tendler 59-11-2
(38 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2000 Jimmy Barry 59-0-9
(39 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2000 Battling Levinsky 77-19-15
(34 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2000 Billy Petrolle 83-21-10
(62 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2000 Ad Wolgast 60-12-13
(40 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2001 Paul Berlenbach 39-8-3
(33 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2001 Jim Braddock 46-23-4
(27 Kos)
IrelandIreland Ireland
2001 Billy Papke 37-11-6
(30 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2001 Midget Wolgast 149-35-16
(16 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2002 Benny Bass 152-28-5
(69 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2002 Sixto Escobar 46-23-3
(22 Kos)
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico
2002 Harry Harris 38-2-7
(14 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2002 Dixie Kid 80-29-12
(58 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2002 Charley Mitchell 47-31-3
(7 Kos)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2002 Owen Moran 67-16-5
(34 Kos)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2003 Christopher Battalino 57-26-3
(23 Kos)
ItalyItaly Italy
2003 Kid chaplain 104-18-12
(25 Kos)
UkraineUkraine Ukraine
2003 Tom Sharkey 40-6-5
(37 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2003 Jess Willard 24-6-1
(21 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2004 Baby Arizmendi 70-26-13
(12 Kos)
MexicoMexico Mexico
2004 Young Corbett III 124-12-15
(32 Kos)
ItalyItaly Italy
2004 Jackie Fields 72-9-2
(31 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2004 Willie Ritchie 37-8-12
(9 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2005 Eugène Criqui 98-16-11
(56 Kos)
FranceFrance France
2005 Joe Lynch 52-12-10
(38 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2005 Bud Taylor 71-23-6
(37 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2005 Marcel Thil 114-22-13
(54 Kos)
FranceFrance France
2006 Lou Brouillard 107-29-2
(66 Kos)
CanadaCanada Canada
2006 Jimmy Slattery 113-12-0
(50 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2006 Teddy Yarosz 107-18-3
(17 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2007 George Godfrey 97-20-3
(80 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2007 Pedro Montañez 92-7-4
(54 Kos)
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico
2007 Kid Norfolk 80-16-2
(31 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2008 Len Harvey 111-13-9
(51 Kos)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2008 Frank Klaus 51-4-2
(27 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2008 Harry Lewis 80-16-11
(42 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2009 Gorilla Jones 101-24-13
(52 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2009 Mysterious Billy Smith 30-24-26
(22 Kos)
CanadaCanada Canada
2009 Billy Soose 34-6-1
(13 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2010 Young Corbett II 68-22-16
(47 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2010 Rocky Kansas 64-12-7
(32 Kos)
ItalyItaly Italy
2010 Billy Miske 48-2-2
(35 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2011 Memphis Pal Moore 109-25-24
(11 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2011 Jack Root 40-3-3
(28 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2011 Dave Shade 124-23-46
(14 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2012 Newsboy Brown 57-13-5
(11 Kos)
RussiaRussia Russia
2012 Leo Houck 158-9-11
(21 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2012 Jake Kilrain 18-6-12
(3 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2013 Wesley Ramey 140-28-12
(11 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2013 Jeff Smith 88-12-3
(48 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2014 George Chaney 101-21-3
(78 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2014 Mike O'Dowd 51-7-3
(39 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2014 Charles Ledoux 97-22-5
(81 Kos)
FranceFrance France
2015 Masao Ōba 38-2-1
(16 Kos)
JapanJapan Japan
2016 Ken Overlin 135-19-9
(23 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2016 Petey Sarron 103-23-13
(25 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2017 Eddie Booker 66-5-8
(34 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2018 Sam Terris 92-13-5
(12 Kos)
United StatesUnited States United States
2019 Tony DeMarco 71-58-12
(33 Kos)
ItalyItaly Italy

Pioneers ("Pioneers")

Daniel Mendoza , English boxer of the bare knuckle era

Boxing athletes who pursued a career before 1892 are listed in this category. These are exclusively bare knuckle boxers .

Year of admission boxer nationality
1990 Jack Broughton EnglandEngland England
1990 Jem Mace EnglandEngland England
1990 Daniel Mendoza EnglandEngland England
1990 Tom Sayers EnglandEngland England
1990 John L. Sullivan IrelandIreland Ireland
1991 Tom Cribb EnglandEngland England
1991 William Thompson EnglandEngland England
1992 Jem Belcher EnglandEngland England
1992 James Figg EnglandEngland England
1992 James Burke EnglandEngland England
1992 John Jackson EnglandEngland England
1992 Thomas King EnglandEngland England
1992 Nat Langham EnglandEngland England
1992 Tom Spring EnglandEngland England
1993 Hen Pearce EnglandEngland England
1994 Benjamin Brain EnglandEngland England
1995 Tom Johnson EnglandEngland England
1995 Jem Ward EnglandEngland England
1996 John Morrissey IrelandIreland Ireland
1997 Tom Molineaux United StatesUnited States United States
1997 Dutch Sam EnglandEngland England
1998 Mike Donovan United StatesUnited States United States
2000 Arthur Chambers EnglandEngland England
2001 Barney Aaron EnglandEngland England
2002 John C. Heenan United StatesUnited States United States
2002 Young Dutch Sam EnglandEngland England
2003 Caleb Baldwin EnglandEngland England
2003 Joe Goss EnglandEngland England
2004 Billy Edwards EnglandEngland England
2005 Jack Randall EnglandEngland England
2005 Bill Richmond United StatesUnited States United States
2006 Jem Carney EnglandEngland England
2007 Young Barney Aaron EnglandEngland England
2007 Dick Curtis EnglandEngland England
2008 Dan Donnelly IrelandIreland Ireland
2008 Paddy Duffy IrelandIreland Ireland
2009 Tom Hyer United StatesUnited States United States
2010 Tom Jones EnglandEngland England
2011 John Gully EnglandEngland England
2012 James Wharton MoroccoMorocco Morocco
2013 Joe Coburn IrelandIreland Ireland
2014 Tom Allen EnglandEngland England

Non-athletes ("Non-Participants")

This list includes boxing officials, historians, moderators, trainers, managers and promoters, among others.

John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry , co-initiator of the " Queensberry Rules " named after him
Michael Buffer , ring announcer
Jack Blackburn , trainer of Joe Louis
Surname Life dates Year of admission
United StatesUnited States Thomas S. Andrews 1869-1941 1992
United StatesUnited States Ray Arcel (Trainer) 1899-1994 1991
United StatesUnited States Bob Arum 1931– 1999
United StatesUnited States Jarvis Astaire 1923– 2006
ItalyItaly Giuseppe Ballarati 1919-1995 1999
United StatesUnited States George Benton (Trainer) 1933-2011 2001
United StatesUnited States Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain (trainer) 1939– 2011
United KingdomUnited Kingdom AF Bettinson 1862-1926 2011
United StatesUnited States Whitey Bimstein (Trainer) 1897-1969 2006
United StatesUnited States Jack Blackburn (Trainer) 1882-1942 1992
United StatesUnited States William A. Brady 1863-1950 1998
ItalyItaly Umberto Branchini 1914-1997 2004
United StatesUnited States Teddy Brenner 1918-2000 1993
ArgentinaArgentina Amilcar Brusa 1922-2011 2007
United StatesUnited States Michael Buffer 1944– 2012
United StatesUnited States Bill Cayton 1918-2003 2005
United StatesUnited States John Graham Chambers 1843-1883 1990
United StatesUnited States Don Chargin 1928– 2001
South AfricaSouth Africa Stanley Christodoulou 1946– 2004
United StatesUnited States Gil Clancy (Trainer) 1922-2011 1993
United StatesUnited States James W. Coffroth 1872-1943 1991
United StatesUnited States Irving Cohen 1904-1991 2002
CubaCuba Cuco Conde 1908-1980 2007
United StatesUnited States John FX Condon 1914-1989 2015
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Eugene Corri 1857-1933 2014
United StatesUnited States Joe Cortez 1945– 2011
United StatesUnited States Cus D'Amato (trainer) 1908-1985 1995
United StatesUnited States Jeff Dickson 1896-1943 2000
United StatesUnited States Arthur Donovan 1891-1980 1993
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mickey Duff 1929-2014 1999
ItalyItaly Angelo Dundee (Trainer) 1921-2012 1992
United StatesUnited States Chris Dundee 1908-1998 1994
United StatesUnited States Don Dunphy 1908-1998 1993
United StatesUnited States Dan Duva 1951-1996 2003
United StatesUnited States Lou Duva (coach) 1922-2017 1998
United StatesUnited States Aileen Eaton 1909-1987 2002
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Pierce Egan 1772-1849 1991
United StatesUnited States Shelly Finkel 1944– 2010
United StatesUnited States Nathaniel S. Fleischer 1887-1972 1990
IrelandIreland Richard Kyle Fox 1846-1922 1997
United StatesUnited States Dewey Fragetta 1909-1977 2003
United StatesUnited States Don Fraser 1927– 2005
United StatesUnited States Eddie Futch (trainer) 1911-2001 1994
United StatesUnited States Billy Gibson 1876-1947 2009
PolandPoland Charley Goldman (trainer) 1887-1968 1992
United StatesUnited States Ruby Goldstein 1907-1984 1994
United StatesUnited States Bob Goodman 1939– 2009
United StatesUnited States Murray Goodman 1914-1996 1999
United StatesUnited States Bill Gore 1892-1975 2008
United StatesUnited States Abe J. Greene 1899-1988 2009
United StatesUnited States Larry Hazzard 1944– 2010
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Barry Hearn 1948– 2014
ItalyItaly Arturo Hernandez 1911-1990 2013
JapanJapan Akihiko Honda 1947– 2009
United StatesUnited States Joe Humphreys 1872-1936 1997
United StatesUnited States Sam Ichinose 1907-1993 2000
United StatesUnited States Jimmy Jacobs 1930-1988 1993
United StatesUnited States Mike Jacobs 1880-1953 1990
United KingdomUnited Kingdom James J. Johnston 1875-1946 1999
United StatesUnited States Jack Kearns 1882-1963 1990
United StatesUnited States Don King 1931– 1997
United StatesUnited States Mills Lane 1937– 2013
ArgentinaArgentina Tito Lectoure 1936-2002 2000
United StatesUnited States Jimmy Lennon Jr. 1958– 2013
United StatesUnited States AJ darling 1904-1963 1992
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lord Lonsdale 1857-1944 1990
AustraliaAustralia Hugh D. McIntosh 1876-1942 2012
United StatesUnited States Harry Markson 1906-1998 1992
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Marquess of Queensberry 1844-1900 1990
MexicoMexico Rafael Mendoza 1937– 2015
ItalyItaly Arthur Mercante 1920-2010 1995
United StatesUnited States Dan Morgan 1873-1955 2000
United StatesUnited States William Muldoon 1852-1933 1996
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilbert Odd 1902-1996 1995
United StatesUnited States Tom O'Rourke 1856-1936 1999
DenmarkDenmark Mogens Palle 1934– 2008
United StatesUnited States Dan Parker 1893-1967 1996
United StatesUnited States George Parnassus 1897-1975 1991
United StatesUnited States J. Russell Peltz 1946– 2004
United StatesUnited States George "Tex" Rickard 1871-1929 1990
United StatesUnited States Freddie Roach (trainer) 1960– 2012
United StatesUnited States Irving Rudd 1917-2000 1999
ItalyItaly Rodolfo Sabbatini 1929-1985 2006
PhilippinesPhilippines Lope Sarreal 1905-1995 2005
GermanyGermany Wilfried Sauerland 1940– 2010
United StatesUnited States George Siler 1846-1908 1995
United StatesUnited States Sam Silverman 1909-1977 2002
United StatesUnited States Steve Smoger 1950– 2015
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jack Solomons 1900-1979 1995
United StatesUnited States Richard Steele 1944– 2014
United StatesUnited States Emanuel Steward (trainer) 1944-2012 1996
MexicoMexico José Sulaimán 1931-2014 2007
United StatesUnited States Sam Taub 1886-1979 1994
United StatesUnited States Herman Taylor 1887-1980 1998
United StatesUnited States Bruce Trampler 1949– 2010
United StatesUnited States Rip Valenti 1901-1986 2012
United StatesUnited States Lou Viscusi 1909-1997 2004
United StatesUnited States Jimmy Walker 1881-1946 1992
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Frank Warren 1952– 2008
United StatesUnited States Al Weill 1893-1969 2003
United StatesUnited States Harold Lederman 1940-2019 2016
United StatesUnited States Marc Ratner well - 2016
United StatesUnited States Jerry Inzenberg 1930– 2016
IrelandIreland Bob Sheridan 1944– 2016
United StatesUnited States Whitey Esneault (Trainer) 1891-1968 2016
AustraliaAustralia Johnny Lewis (coach) 1944– 2017
United StatesUnited States Jerry Roth 1941– 2017
United StatesUnited States Jimmy Lennon senior 1958– 2017
GermanyGermany Klaus-Peter Kohl 1944– 2018
United StatesUnited States Steve Albert well - 2018
United StatesUnited States Jim Gray well - 2018
United StatesUnited States Johnny Addie n / A 2018
United StatesUnited States Lorraine Chargin n / A 2018
United StatesUnited States Teddy Atlas (trainer) 1956– 2019
CanadaCanada Guy Jutras 1931– 2019
United StatesUnited States Lee Samuels well - 2019
United StatesUnited States Don Elbaum well - 2019

Observer ("Observers")

This list includes authors and journalists who have taken boxing as a topic.

Actor and screenwriter Sylvester Stallone ( Rocky )
Surname Life dates Year of admission
United StatesUnited States Dave Anderson 1929– 2008
United StatesUnited States Al amber 1950– 2012
United StatesUnited States Lester Bromberg 1909-1989 2001
United StatesUnited States Jimmy Cannon 1910-1973 2002
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Harry Carpenter 1925-2010 2011
United StatesUnited States Ted Carroll 1904-1973 2013
United StatesUnited States Ralph Citro 1926-2004 2001
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nigel Collins 1946– 2015
United StatesUnited States Howard Cosell 1918-1995 2010
United StatesUnited States Tad Dorgan 1877-1929 2007
United StatesUnited States Jack Fiske 1917-2006 2003
United StatesUnited States Paul Gallico 1897-1976 2009
United StatesUnited States Bill Gallo 1922-2011 2001
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Reg Gutteridge 1924-2009 2002
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Colin Hart 1935– 2013
United StatesUnited States Toilet Heinz 1915-2008 2004
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Graham Houston 1942– 2014
United StatesUnited States Jersey Jones 1898-1973 2005
United StatesUnited States Hank Kaplan 1919-2007 2005
United StatesUnited States Michael Katz 1939– 2012
JapanJapan Joe Koizumi 1947– 2008
United StatesUnited States Jim Lampley 1949– 2015
United StatesUnited States Neil Leifer 1942– 2014
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hugh McIlvanney 1934– 2009
United StatesUnited States Larry Merchant 1931– 2009
IrelandIreland Harry Mullan 1946-1999 2005
United StatesUnited States Barney Nagler 1911-1990 2004
SwedenSweden LeRoy Neiman 1921-2012 2007
United StatesUnited States Damon Runyon 1880-1946 2002
United StatesUnited States Budd Schulberg 1914-2009 2003
United StatesUnited States Ed Schuyler 1935– 2010
United StatesUnited States Sylvester Stallone 1946– 2011
United StatesUnited States Bert Sugar 1937-2012 2005
United StatesUnited States Stanley Weston 1919-2002 2006
United StatesUnited States Steve Farhood 1957– 2017
United StatesUnited States Barry Tompkins 1940– 2017
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Mario Rivera Martino n / A 2019

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Smolen, Dyana: “Something Magical: Fans Can Interact With Their Boxing Heroes.” In: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York), June 5, 2008, p. 3.
  2. ^ Biography of Aileen Eaton at ibhof.com (accessed June 22, 2008).

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