New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Honors Boxing’s Legends at Russo’s on The Bay – New York 2012

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“Boxing in New York will not be forgotten,” said NYSBHOF founder Tony Mazzarella. Each inductee received a Hall of Fame belt, reminiscent of the championship hardware they received throughout their careers. Inducted into the first NYSBHOF class were “Sugar” Ray Robinson, Jake LaMotta, Mike Tyson, Carmen Basilio,...

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Boxing Trainer & Cutman, Jimmy Glenn – New York, 2012

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From the moment that the sport of boxing entered his life, it has been James Lee Glenn’s greatest growing passion. He has pursued it like he has pursued all the truly important things in his life: with passion tempered by patience. Glenn worked as a trainer and cut...

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Ray Robinson II, Son of Boxing Great Sugar Ray Robinson, inducted in the NYSHOF 2012.

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Sugar Ray Robinson was an American professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances in the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight. He was inducted into the International Boxing...

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Mark Breland, Former Two Time Boxing Champion and Great Boxing Amateur – 2012

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Mark Anthony Breland is a former world champion boxer, who won five New York Golden Gloves Titles and a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics. He is also an actor with a wide range of movie and television credits, having made his debut in The Lords of...

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Jack Hirsch – Chairman of the Nominating Committee for the NYS Boxing Hall of Fame, Inducts Steve Acunto, Co-Founder of the Association For The Improvement of Boxing

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Acunto is the head coach of boxing at Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York, where he developed and teaches the only boxing class for college credit in existence. He has also taught pugilism at Fairfield University, Concordia College, Sarah Lawrence College, at YMCAs and the Purchase...

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Introducing The World Liberty TV Boxing Channel

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Welcome WLTV viewers,

Hope you are ready to take a punch when you watch videos from our Boxing channel! If there is a big fight happening in the world of boxing, we are there at the press conference, waiting to...

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Introducing The World Liberty TV African-American/Caribbean Channel

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Hello World Liberty TV viewers, World Liberty TV is made up of a diverse group of people, who like to teach others about their culture and explore other cultures and countries. Our African-American/Caribbean channel highlights everything from events celebrating the history of these cultures...

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Welcome to the World Liberty TV Blog!

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Welcome to the World Liberty TV blog! Over the next month, we will be highlighting a new channel every day for viewers discover all the great things that World Liberty TV has to offer. World Liberty TV is a multimedia site which shares news,...

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Interview with Carlos Ortiz, Former Light Weight & Light Welterweight World Boxing Champion – 2012

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Carlos Ortiz is a Puerto Rican who was a three-time world boxing champion, twice in the lightweight division and once in the Junior Welterweights. Ortíz is mentioned among the best Puerto Rican boxers of all time by sports journalists and analysts, along with Félix "Tito" Trinidad, Wilfredo...

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Debut of NY State Boxing Hall of Fame at Gallagher’s – New York, 2012

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Tony Mazzarella, a board-member of the Ring 8 Club, a New York group formed in 1954 to help and honor former boxers, has been trying to get a HOF for years. He's offered space at his restaurant, the Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City, for plaques and...

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