We would like to offer an invitation to the following impressive individuals to our Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Saturday, July 13, 2019, in Belfast, New York. If they are living and able to attend we would love to induct and honor them as part of our Class of 2019.
2019 BARE KNUCKLE BOXING HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE INVITEES:
Fighter Inductees (In order of when title was obtained. Limited to total of 5 inductees): Jack Havlin – 1888 Police Gazette World Featherweight Champion Tommy Warren – 1888 Police Gazette World Featherweight Champion Ike Weir – 1888 Police Gazette World Featherweight Champion Rebecca Rawlings – 2018 Police Gazette World Featherweight Champion Arnold Adams – 2018 Police Gazette American Heavyweight Champion
Referee Inductees (Limited to total of 5 inductees): John Fitzpatrick – 1889 Sullivan-Kilrain Richburg, Mississippi, Ring Referee William Barclay ‘Bat’ Masterson – 1889 Sullivan-Kilrain Time Referee for Kilrain Bill Clancy – Modern BKB Ring Referee Dan Miragliotta – Modern BKB Ring Referee Wayne Spinola – Modern BKB Ring Referee
Organizers and Showmen Inductees (Limited to total of 5 inductees): Dave Feldman – Modern BKB Promoter (2018 BKB Promoter of the Year) Gary Grant – Modern Ring Architect (Builder of the Modern Squared Circle) Jeff Houston – Modern BKB Announcer Wyoming State Board of Mixed Martial Arts – Bryan Pedersen, Chairman Mississippi Athletic Commission – Jon Lewis, Chairman
Honorary Inductees: Belfast Boxing Club Fighters, Trainers, Coaches, and Organizers from the 1980s and 90s “Be-Fast Belfast”
Our Marie Backus Person of the Year: Mort Goldsmith – Caretaker of Fighters
At left, Arnold Adams with his Police Gazette Championship belt and Scott Burt. Right, Bec Rawlings with Burt and her Police Gazette Championship belt.
