Joel Casamayor on the roll call of GREATS at the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame

Joel “Cepillo” Casamayor can`t shake off the wonderment and sheer thrill  about his forthcoming induction into  the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame on Friday.

“My body will tremble at the moment they call my name,” Joel Casamayor said. “It has been a long time since I started boxing in Cuba until my last professional fight. Maybe when I was boxing I didn’t think about my place in history. But now I do!”

Casamayor will enter the Boxing Hall of Fame in Nevada as part of the seventh generation of legends of the museum located in Las Vegas, the capitol and the heartland of international boxing.

In addition to residing in the so-called City of Sin, the elegant Cuban fighter fought 12 times in Nevada and this is precisely where he became one of the most popular fighters, loved for  his personality and the way he magnificently fought up in the ring.

“In Las Vegas I have not only found a roof and work as a coach, but I find the reward in the love of people who still recognize me,” said the 48-year-old warrior, smiling as he added: “I must have done something good to receive so much adoration and… I really appreciate that.”

It will be at the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas, where this Cuban all time great will receive the tribute along with other legends of international boxing. That fabulous lineup is Bernard Hopkins, Terry Norris, “Chiquita” González, “Dinamita” Márquez, Ronald “Winky Wright, Vinny Paz and Bobby Chacón (posthumously).