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8/22/2008
Thursday,
August 28th

* The next meeting for the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame will be on Thursday, August 28th, at the Faith Reformed Church located at the corner of Washington and Prospect St., in Lodi, N.J. starting at 8:00 P.M.

* We again will be showing Old Time Boxing films starting at 6:00 P.M.

* As the President of the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame I am proud to name our 2008 Inductees and they are as follows:

James Ali Bashir, Bryant Brannon, Charles Brewer, Eddie Cotton, Keith Idec, Nick Lembo, Ludwig Lightburn, Danny Milano, Russell Peltz, Derrick Rolon, Dr. Michael Sabia and Tim Witherspoon.

Posthumously we will be inducting Willie Lewis, & Don Petrin.

AND, for the 23rd time, the HALL OF FAME will be honoring our Amateur & Pro Boxer of the year as well as the Amateur Official and Coach of the year, plus our “2008 Man of the Year,” Duke Stabile.

* Our next Induction & Award ceremonies will be on Thursday, November 13th at the Venetian in Garfield and tickets are ONLY $80.

I need a bio and a picture of every honoree ASAP, time is running out.


Congratulations goes out to 2007 New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee, Melvina Lathan.


New York Gov. David Paterson has selected longtime boxing judge and 2007 New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee, Melvina Lathan to head the New York State Athletic Commission, which regulates professional boxing in New York.

Lathan, who replaces Ron Scott Stevens as chairman, says protecting the health, safety and welfare of boxers is her primary objective. She has judged 83 world championship fights and was confirmed by the Senate last year as the first female African-American commissioner.

Our Congratulations goes out to Melvina and her husband Dr. William Lathan, as I am sure she will make us all proud.


Ring Notes:

*Ring #25 has their monthly meetings every 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Senior Citizen Hall in Kearney starting at 7:30 PM. Call President, Don McAteer at 1-973-222-9685 for more information.

The N.J. Diamond Gloves Tournament will start in the 1st week of October with the finals on November 14th at Linden High School.

89 year old Sam Capone, a 1990 NJ Boxing Hall of Famer who won several Diamond & Golden Glove Titles, just wrote a book called “Ann Dey.” You can purchase this book at any book store. It is well worth the read.

I would also like to know as many E-Mail Addresses as possible. This would let me get in contact with all of you a lot faster and if you wish, I can also send you our “Newsletter” each month. All you have to do is send an E-Mail to me at:
hhascup@yahoo.com

On a very sad note, Audrey De Vino the wife of 1991 Hall of Famer Archie De Vino passed away on July 20th. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Archie and his family.

Keep Punching,
President, Henry Hascup