New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame Inductees 2020

We are proud to announce that on Thursday, November 12, 2020, the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame will hold its 51th Annual Induction & Award at the beautiful Venetian, located at 546 River Drive, Garfield, New Jersey starting at 6:45 P.M.  Tickets are priced at ONLY $90 ($95 for the use of a Credit Card) $100 at the door per person. Fourteen (14) of Boxing’s finest will be inducted in the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame, and they are as follows:

Freddy Curiel – 19-8-2 – As an Amateur he won several New Jersey State tiles before turning pro. He fought on the ESPN’s “The Contender” back in 2006, losing to future World Champion Steve Forbes. He also lost a close decision to Hector Camacho Jr.

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/51929

David Franciosi – Referee – Amateur official and referee from 1992 to 2004, where he refereed in State, Regional and National Tournaments. He was the Chief of Officials from 2002 to 2004 before turning pro. He was our Amateur Official of the Year back in 2003. During his pro career he has refereed bouts in both NJ and PA and has refereed bouts of Grzegorz Soszynski, Shamone Alvarez, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Matvey Korobov, Henry Lundy, Jason Sosa, Vitaliy Demyanenko, Bryant Jennings, Joseph Parker, Caleb Plant, Adam Kownacki, Thomas LaManna, Tommy Rainone, Imamu Mayfield, Anthony Young and Dmitry Bivol.

Kevin Howard – 21-8-1 – Fought in Atlantic City 15 times! Beat Bobby Joe Young, who is the ONLY fighter ever to beat Aaron Pryor. He also beat Dick Eklund and fought such Greats as Sugar Ray Leonard (even knocked him down), Marlon Starling, Simon Brown, Mark Medal, Robert Hines.

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/2758

Allen Huggins – Referee – Errol Spence Jr, Bryant Jennings, Imamu Mayfield, Adam Kownacki, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Brian Viloria, John Duddy, Kendall Holt, Daniel Jacobs, Paul Malignaggi, Danny Garcia, Nate Campbell, David Telesco and Shamone Alvarez.

https://boxrec.com/en/referee/401826

Patricia Morse Jarman – Born and raised in New Jersey. She has traveled to six continents and visited and worked in too many countries to list. Among the fighters she judged starting in 1985 are Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Evander Holyfield, Mike McCallum, Michael Nunn, Oliver McCall, Thomas Hearns, Milton McCrory, Orlin Norris, Iran Barkley, Terry Norris, Donald Curry, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Julian Jackson, Julio Cesar Chavez, James Douglas, Pernell Whitaker, Riddick Bowe, Bernard Hopkins, Marco Antonio Barrera, Vernon Forrest, Wladimir Klitschko, Lennox Lewis, Juan Manuel Marquez, Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley, Saul Alvarez, Danny Garcia, Timothy Bradley Jr, Keith Thurman, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Terence Crawford and Tyson Fury.

https://boxrec.com/en/judge/400997

Ed Keenan – lives in Ocean City NJ and has been a boxing coordinator/publicist for many years.

He was a great help for Top Rank In the great Kelly Pavlik era when Kelly fought a number of times in AC. We have used in recently as a coordinator at Top Rank when we do our pay per view events. We introduced Ed a few years ago in NYC with n a BWAA award. He is a vital part of the sport – he works for other promoters as well – and he has a wonderful family. His daughter is a former Miss Ocean City – which is a tremendous award.

John McKaie – Judged approx. 40 shows in New Jersey, Has judged over 1,000 fights including bouts with Floyd Mayweather Jr, Gennadiy Golovkin, Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev, Keith Thurman vs. Danny Garcia, Saul Alvarez vs. Miguel Cotto, Antonio Tarver, Errol Spence Jr, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Deontay Wilder, Claressa Shields, Daniel Jacobs, Guillermo Rigondeaux and Jermall Charlo, Jameel McCline, Paul Malignaggi, David Tua, Kelly Pavlik, Sultan Ibragimov, Nonito Donaire, Vic Darchinyan, Chris Algieri, Sergio Mora, Vernon Forrest, Adam Kownacki, Shamone Alvarez, Zab Judah, David Lemieux, Mikey Garcia, Steve Cunningham, Tomasz Adamek, Daniel Jacobs and Leo Santa Cruz.

Wali Moses – Longtime Amateur trainer and now a Pro trainer as well. Was recognized as one of the top Amateur coaches in the World. He guided his grandson Shakur Stevenson to a Silver Medal in the 2016 Olympic Games and to the World Boxing Organisation World Feather Title.

Wali Muhammad – 12-3 – 0 – His ONLY 3 losses were against a future World Champion and #1 contenders.

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/4298

Ed Mulholland – Photographer – Recognized as one of the top photographers in boxing.

Awards

2005 Sportshooter – Sports Action Photo of the Year – Judges Award – 2005 Boxing Writer’s Association Feature Photo of the Year – 1st Place

2005 Boxing Writer’s Association Action Photo of the Year – 3rd Place – 2005 National Press Photographers Sports Feature Photo – Honorable Mention

2006 Boxing Writer’s Association Action Photo of the Year – 3rd Place – 2007 Boxing Writer’s Association Action Photo of the Year – 1st Place

2007 Boxing Writer’s Association Feature Photo of the Year – 3rd Place – 2008 Boxing Writer’s Association Feature Photo of the Year – 3rd Place

2008 National Press Photographers Sports Feature – Honorable Mention – 2014 Boxing Writer’s Association Feature Photo of the Year – 2nd Place

2015 Boxing Writer’s Association Feature Photo of the Year – 2nd Place – 2016 Boxing Writer’s Association Action Photo of the Year – Honorable Mention

2017 Boxing Writer’s Association Action Photo of the Year – Honorable Mention – 2018 Boxing Writer’s Association Feature Photo of the Year – 1st Place

Bob Rooney Jr. – 12-3-1 –New Jersey’s top Light Heavyweight from 2003-2011. He also has run the Bayonne PAL for years where he has trained many Amateur Champions and now trains and manages several pro fighters!

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/209433

David Toledo – 34-3-2 – Won many New Jersey Amateur State Titles along with many Regional and National Titles before turning pro in 1991 just after his 16th birthday!

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/16828

POSTHUMOUSLY:

Madame Bey – was a rarity: a woman who ran an internationally-known training camp in New Jersey for prizefighters in the 1920s and 1930s. Some of her clients included world heavyweight champions Gene Tunney,Max Schmeling, Primo Carnera and Max Baer; world welterweight and middleweight champion Mickey Walker; Henry Armstrong (world featherweight, lightweight and welterweight titles simultaneously); Freddie Steele (world middleweight champion); Freddie (Red) Cochrane (world welter-weight champion), and Tony Canzoneri, among others.

Johnny Bos – has always been one of boxing’s true characters. Growing up a boxing fan in Brooklyn, NY, and lived in New Jersey before moving to Florida in 1989, he became a writer for Boxing World and Boxing International before turning to matchmaking in 1977. It didn’t take long before he discovered he was pretty good at matching fighters. Some of the matches he put together include Azumah Nelson versus Wilfredo Gomez in 1984, James “Bonecrusher” Smith versus Marvis Frazier in 1986, and Gerry Cooney versus Larry Holmes in 1982. A matchmaker for Main Events, he also arranged fights for Frank Bruno, Howard Davis Jr., Evander Holyfield, and Mike Tyson. He was Inducted into the Florida an the New York State Boxing Hall of Fames!

Also, the NEW JERSEY BOXING HALL OF FAME will be honoring our Senior Amateur, Junior Olympic Amateur & Pro Boxer of the Year as well as the Amateur Official & Coach of the Year Plus our “2020 Man of the Year”

We are scheduled to have our Induction and award ceremonies on Thursday, November 12th, But with the virus we will just have to hope and Pray!