{"id":46650,"date":"2013-05-27T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=46650"},"modified":"2013-05-26T13:55:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T17:55:10","slug":"day-in-the-sun-nearing-for-bhofs-class-of-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=46650","title":{"rendered":"Day in the Sun Nearing for BHOF\u2019s Class of 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BHOF\"<\/a>(Canastota, NY \u2013 May 2013) For boxers\u00a0Virgil \u201cQuicksilver\u201d Hill\u00a0and Myung-Woo Yuh, referee\u00a0Mills Lane, ring announcer\u00a0Jimmy Lennon Jr.\u00a0and journalist Colin Hart, their day in the sun is rapidly approaching. On\u00a0Sunday, June 9\u00a0they will join boxing’s immortals when they are officially inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are eagerly anticipating paying tribute to the incredible accomplishments of the members of the Class of 2013,\u201d said Hall of Fame Executive Director Edward Brophy. \u201cWe look forward to welcoming them to Canastota to take their place in the Hall of Fame.\u00a0 \u201cIt is so exciting to think that they will be boarding airplanes two weeks from now and making the trek to Canastota to receive boxing\u2019s highest honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

North Dakota\u2019s\u00a0Hill\u00a0is a five-time world champion, South Korea\u2019s\u00a0Yuh\u00a0was twice junior flyweight champion, Reno, NV\u2019s\u00a0Lane\u00a0is a legendary referee known for his pre-fight phrase \u201cLet\u2019s Get It On,\u201d\u00a0Lennon Jr.\u00a0is known worldwide for his pre-fight battle call \u201cIt\u2019s Showtime!,\u201dHart\u00a0is known as the \u201cVoice of Boxing\u201d during a nearly 50 year career as a journalist. Each living inductee will receive a Hall of Fame Induction Certificate and gold Hall of Fame Ring.<\/p>\n

The Class of 2013 also includes posthumous honorees two-division world champion Arturo \u201cThunder\u201d Gatti\u00a0in the Modern category; lightweight\u00a0Wesley Ramey\u00a0and middleweight\u00a0Jeff Smith\u00a0in the Old-Timer Category; manager\u00a0Arturo \u201cCuyo\u201d Hernandez\u00a0in the Non Participant Category; cartoonist\u00a0Ted Carroll\u00a0in the Observer Category; and\u00a0Joe Coburn\u00a0in the Pioneer Category. Inductees were voted in by members of the Boxing Writers Association and a panel of international boxing historians.<\/p>\n

A plaque with each inductee\u2019s biography and photo will be on permanent display on the Hall of Fame Wall. The Official Enshrinement Ceremony will be held on the Hall of Fame Museum Grounds in Canastota on\u00a0Sunday, June 9 at 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

For more information on the Hall of Fame\u2019s 24th Annual Induction Weekend, call (315) 697-7095, or visit online at\u00a0www.ibhof.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Canastota, NY \u2013 May 2013) For boxers\u00a0Virgil \u201cQuicksilver\u201d Hill\u00a0and Myung-Woo Yuh, referee\u00a0Mills Lane, ring announcer\u00a0Jimmy Lennon Jr.\u00a0and journalist Colin Hart, their day in the sun is rapidly approaching. On\u00a0Sunday, June 9\u00a0they will join boxing’s immortals when they are officially inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[94,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-c8q","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}