International Boxing Hall of Fame

International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF)

Established	1989
Location	1 Hall of Fame Drive, Canastota, New York 13032
Type	Hall of Fame
Key holdings	Madison Square Garden Boxing Ring
Executive directorTemplate:Pluralize from text	Edward P. Brophy
Website	ibhof.com

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International Boxing Hall of Fame, Canastota, New York

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The iconic boxing ring, used at Madison Square Garden (1925–2007), rests inside the pavilion on the grounds of the International Boxing Hall of Fame

The International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), located in Canastota, New York, adjacent to exit 34 of the New York State Thruway, honors boxers, trainers and other contributors to the sport worldwide. Inductees are selected on ballots created through screened public nominations by members of the New York-based Boxing Writers Association of America.

The IBHOF started as a 1980s initiative by Ed Brophy to honor Canastota's world boxing champions, Carmen Basilio and Basilio's nephew, Billy Backus; the village of Canastota inaugurated the new museum in 1989 which showcases boxing's rich history. With the opening of the Oneida Indian Nation's Turing Stone Casino in the nearby city of Verona in the early 90s, a relationship was developed whereas various IBHOF Hall of Fame Weekend events were hosted at the casino. Today, the IBHOF is visited by boxing fans from all over the world.

An earlier hall had been created in 1954, when The Ring magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame was launched, located at Madison Square Garden in New York City. When that Boxing Hall of Fame was disbanded in 1987, it had a total of 155 inductees. As of November 2018, all but 13 of those 155 have also been inducted into the IBHOF. In 2002, boxing promoter Aileen Eaton became the first woman inducted into the IBHOF. Beginning in 2020, the IBHOF began inducting female boxers for the first time since its inception.

Ceremonies have been held every second Sunday in June since 1990 to honor inductees but were postponed in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19. Events are attended by many former world boxing champions, as well as boxing and Hollywood celebrities. Artist Richard T. Slone has been the official artist of the IBHOF since 1997, creating portraits of inductees and other works for the Hall.

Eligibility

All professional boxers become eligible for election into the International Boxing Hall of Fame three years after their retirement (previously used to be five years before 2019). Inductees are selected by members of the New York-based Boxing Writers Association of America, based on criteria in five separate categories:

• Modern: Retired boxers whose last bout was no earlier than 1989. Prior to a 2014 rule change, the category reflected boxers whose last bout was after 1943.
• Old Timers: Until 2014, the rule was boxers whose last bout was no earlier than 1893 and no later than 1942. This category has since changed, similar to the Veterans Committee in baseball's Hall of Fame. It is now split into two categories.
  • Early Era: Boxers who fought from the beginning of Marquis of Queensbury Rules (1893) until 1942.
  • Late Era: Boxers who fought their last bout from 1943 to 1988
• Pioneers: Boxers whose last bout was in or prior to 1892. Generally, they are boxers who fought before the Marquis of Queensbury Rules.
• Observers: Journalists, historians, writers and artists.
• Non-Participants: People who made contributions to the sport of boxing apart from their roles as boxers or observers.

Inductees

Modern

Year	Inductees	Record	Nationality
1990		56–5 (37 KO)
1990		151–21–9 (101 KO)
1990		56–16–7 (27 KO)
1990		93–25–1 (52 KO)
1990		64–11–1 (15 KO)
1990		56–8–1 (46 KO)
1990		32–4–1 (27 KO)
1990		108–30–5 (28 KO)
1990		85–24–2 (23 KO)
1990		83–19–4 (30 KO)
1990		66–3 (52 KO)
1990		49–0 (43 KO)
1990		87–3–9 (59 KO)
1990		185–23–10 (131 KO)
1990		81–7 (54 KO)
1990		229–11–1 (65 KO)
1990		173–19–6 (108 KO)
1990		144–16–2 (103 KO)
1990		49–21–1 (31 KO)
1990		127–24–4 (61 KO)
1991		119–4 (65 KO)
1991		55–6–3 (24 KO)
1991		67–10–6 (52 KO)
1991		91–24–5 (44 KO)
1991		50–4 (39 KO)
1991		89–13–3 (79 KO)
1991		61–7–1 (30 KO)
1991		55–8–1 (40 KO)
1991		44–1–1 (32 KO)
1991		60–19–3 (27 KO)
1991		67–18–2 (45 KO)
1992		77–8 (72 KO)
1992		82–7–1 (35 KO)
1992		83–12–2 (50 KO)
1992		102–15–9 (27 KO)
1992		72–2–4 (50 KO)
1992		42–7–1 (33 KO)
1992		56–10–4 (40 KO)
1993		89–27–2 (33 KO)
1993		100–26–8 (33 KO)
1993		62–3–2 (52 KO)
1993		76–11 (32 KO)
1993		158–65–9 (82 KO)
1994		157–26–9 (61 KO)
1994		82–29–4 (21 KO)
1994		31–1 (21 KO)
1994		66–4 (63 KO)
1995		44–3–1 (42 KO)
1995		55–7 (22 KO)
1995		75–19–3 (37 KO)
1995		84–7–1 (57 KO)
1996		53–8–1 (31 KO)
1996		116–47–13 (53 KO)
1996		100–28–3 (54 KO)
1996		39–1 (35 KO)
1997		36–3–1 (25 KO)
1997		107–13 (49 KO)
1997		41–3–1 (29 KO)
1997		159–43–18 (82 KO)
1998		94–29–8 (22 KO)
1998		61–9–4 (15 KO)
1998		91–12–3 (45 KO)
1998		39–16–3 (29 KO)
1999		86–25–1 (31 KO)
1999		50–1 (44 KO)
1999		73–41–5 (51 KO)
1999		41–6–1 (25 KO)
1999		37–3 (26 KO)
2000		61–8 (27 KO)
2000		81–31–9 (32 KO)
2000		33–2–2 (18 KO)
2000		97–16–2 (47 KO)
2001		65–9–1 (37 KO)
2001		27–0–2 (15 KO)
2001		62–13–8 (14 KO)
2001		55–7–4 (40 KO)
2001		66–8–1 (45 KO)
2002		35–15 (31 KO)
2002		29–3–1 (21 KO)
2002		55–9–4 (34 KO)
2002		26–2 (17 KO)
2003		61–10–1 (31 KO)
2003		62–14–4 (30 KO)
2003		76–5 (68 KO)
2003		117–4–14 (14 KO)
2003		49–5–1 (36 KO)
2004		39–6–2 (28 KO)
2004		31–4–3 (19 KO)
2004		41–11–1 (25 KO)
2004		55–8–3 (28 KO)
2005		59–7–1 (47 KO)
2005		115–3–8 (26 KO)
2005		32–3 (28 KO)
2005		47–9 (31 KO)
2006		49–4 (33 KO)
2006		43–3 (30 KO)
2006		47–6 (41 KO)
2007		103–16 (70 KO)
2007		51–0–1 (38 KO)
2007		40–4–1 (17 KO)
2008		69–6 (44 KO)
2008		74–20–2 (21 KO)
2008		146–30–11 (36 KO)
2009		50–5–1 (37 KO)
2009		41–2–1 (32 KO)
2009		45–1–3 (21 KO)
2010	Chang Jung-koo	38–4 (17 KO)
2010		42–6 (39 KO)
2010		70–25–4 (36 KO)
2011		107–6–2 (86 KO)
2011		31–2 (25 KO)
2011		50–6 (44 KO)
2012		176–56–10 (48 KO)
2012		61–5–1 (48 KO)
2012		44–5 (28 KO)
2013		40–9 (31 KO)
2013		49–7 (23 KO)
2013		38–1 (14 KO)
2014		46–0 (32 KO)
2014		39–6 (30 KO)
2014		42–3 (35 KO)
2015		36–1 (31 KO)
2015		43–1 (33 KO)
2015		29–5 (23 KO)
2016		79–6–3 (38 KO)
2016		56–14–2 (42 KO)
2016		43–10–1 (15 KO)
2017		67–7 (44 KO)
2017		44–10–2 (29 KO)
2017		59–5–2 (30 KO)
2018		45–2 (41 KO)
2018		52–9 (36 KO)
2018		51–6–1 (25 KO)
2019		34–6 (25 KO)
2019		55–6 (49 KO)
2019		73–6–1 (48 KO)
2020		55–8–2 (32 KO)
2020		56–7–1 (40 KO)
2020		49–10–1 (41 KO)
2021		64–5 (53 KO)
2021		50–0 (27 KO)
2021		32–0 (16 KO)
2022		41–6 (33 KO)
2022		66–9 (47 KO)
2022		77–10–3 (47 KO)
2023		33–2–1–1 (13 KO)
2023		33–2 (24 KO)
2023		41–9 (37 KO)
2024		45–3 (32 KO)
2024		52–4–1 (40 KO)
2024		35–3–1 (6 KO)
2024		40–5 (33 KO)
2025		62–8–3 (39 KO)
2025		50–10 (30 KO)
2025		58–4 (38 KO)
2026		42–2–1 (37 KO)
2026		42–5–1 (35 KO)
2026		31–6–1–1 (22 KO)

Old Timers

Records per ibhof.com unless otherwise stated.

Year	Inductees	Record	Nationality
1990		91–9–18 (53 KO); 51 ND; 2 NC
1990		104–27–21 (28 KO); 190 ND; 2 NC
1990		137–24–10 (44 KO); 4 ND
1990		11–4–3 (7 KO); 1 NC
1990		61–6–8 (50 KO); 6 ND
1990		50–26–44 (27 KO); 7 ND; 3 NC
1990		52–3–6 (35 KO); 8 ND
1990		74–8–3 (67 KO); 60 ND
1990		120–8–9 (85 KO); 18 ND
1990		105–8–3 (48 KO); 183 ND
1990		45–4–5 (30 KO); 31 ND
1990		18–1–2 (15 KO)
1990		77–13–14 (48 KO); 19 ND
1990		52–4–4 (49 KO); 4 ND
1990		167–38–37 (117 KO); 48 ND; 3 NC
1990		85–5–1 (69 KO); 121 ND
1990		60–4–4 (42 KO); 10 ND
1990		72–4–3 (22 KO); 2 ND
1990		61–1–1 (45 KO); 19 ND; 1 NC
1990		93–19–4 (60 KO); 46 ND; 1 NC
1990		131–3–2 (99 KO); 13 ND
1991		88–14–6 (56 KO); 1 ND
1991		131–9–6 (50 KO)
1991		90–31–19 (22 KO); 194 ND; 1 NC
1991		63–9–37 (32 KO); 110 ND
1991		94–23–9 (17 KO); 45 ND; 1 NC
1991		86–6–6 (64 KO); 6 ND; 3 NC
1991		62–11–3 (20 KO); 1 ND
1991		86–3–6 (22 KO); 4 ND; 6 NC
1991		92–25–24 (58 KO); 21 ND; 2 NC
1992		90–8–6 (30 KO)
1992		123–18–10 (55 KO); 4 ND
1992		50–3–8 (26 KO); 3 NC
1992		62–3–4 (38 KO); 58 ND
1992		64–1–5 (47 KO); 34 ND
1992		59–19–19 (38 KO)
1992		65–8–2 (47 KO); 25 ND; 3 NC
1993		45–4 (29 KO)
1993		115–14–6 (53 KO); 21 ND; 1 NC
1993		57–4–1 (47 KO); 43 ND; 1 NC
1993		210–38–26 (19 KO); 23 ND; 2 NC
1994		103–8–6 (60 KO)
1994		100–6–16 (57 KO); 57 ND
1994		38–13–3 (14 KO); 1 ND
1994		77–4–4 (22 KO); 17 ND
1995		72–12 (53 KO)
1995		94–7–14 (64 KO); 129 ND; 1 NC
1995		51–4–7 (25 KO); 78 ND; 2 NC
1995		30–0–5 (22 KO); 1 ND
1996		46–5–8 (37 KO); 1 ND
1996		77–10–2 (44 KO)
1996		70–15–6 (16 KO); 4 ND
1996		221–12–14 (125 KO)
1996		104–17–9 (55 KO); 71 ND; 1 NC
1997		67–12–8 (21 KO); 57 ND
1997		79–9–6 (66 KO); 62 ND; 1 NC
1997		208–28–7 (42 KO); 1 ND; 4 NC
1997		76–4–6 (32 KO); 82 ND
1998		50–14–6 (25 KO); 8 ND; 1 NC
1998		82–21–8 (19 KO); 19 ND
1998		35–6–10 (19 KO); 5 ND
1998		83–13–15 (34 KO)
1998		82–21–9 (32 KO); 73 ND; 2 NC
1999		52–6–4 (30 KO); 30 ND; 1 NC
1999		63–12–7 (48 KO); 13 ND; 2 NC
1999		120–4–9 (60 KO); 9 ND; 1 NC
1999		59–11–2 (38 KO); 96 ND; 1 NC
2000		59–0–9 (39 KO); 2 NC
2000		77–19–15 (34 KO); 178 ND
2000		83–21–10 (62 KO); 45 ND; 1 NC
2000		60–12–13 (40 KO); 49 ND
2001		39–8–3 (33 KO); 1 ND; 1 NC
2001		46–23–4 (27 KO); 11 ND; 2 NC
2001		37–11–6 (30 KO); 8 ND
2001		149–35–16 (16 KO); 12 ND
2002		152–28–5 (69 KO); 52 ND; 2 NC
2002		46–23–3 (22 KO)
2002		38–2–7 (14 KO); 5 ND
2002		80–29–12 (58 KO); 30 ND; 3 NC
2002		31–3–12 (7 KO); 1 NC
2002		67–16–5 (34 KO); 19 ND
2003		57–26–3 (23 KO); 1 NC
2003		104–18–12 (25 KO); 19 ND
2003		40–6–5 (37 KO); 1 ND; 2 NC
2003		24–6–1 (21 KO); 5 ND
2004		70–26–13 (12 KO)
2004		124–12–15 (32 KO)
2004		72–9–2 (31 KO); 2 ND; 1 NC
2004		37–8–12 (9 KO); 19 ND
2005		98–16–11 (56 KO)
2005		52–12–10 (38 KO); 83 ND
2005		71–23–6 (37 KO); 63 ND
2005		112–22–14 (54 KO) *Typo on website showing 148KO
2006		107–29–2 (66 KO); 2 ND
2006		113–12 (50 KO); 4 ND
2006		107–18–3 (17 KO)
2007		97–20–3 (80 KO)
2007		92–7–4 (54 KO)
2007		80–16–2 (31 KO)
2008		111–13–9 (51 KO)
2008		51–4–2 (27 KO); 33 ND
2008		80–16–11 (42 KO); 56 ND
2009		101–24–13 (52 KO)
2009		30–24–26 (22 KO); 9 ND
2009		34–6–1 (13 KO)
2010		68–22–16 (47 KO); 6 NC
2010		64–12–7 (32 KO); 81 ND
2010		48–2–2 (35 KO); 54 ND
2011		107–28–27 (11 KO); 101 ND; 1 NC Per boxrec. Not listed
2011		40–3–3 (28 KO); 2 NC
2011		124–23–46 (14 KO); 26 ND; 1 NC
2012		57–13–5 (11 KO); 14 ND
2012		158–9–11 (21 KO); 34 ND
2012		18–6–12 (3 KO); 1 ND
2013		158–26–11 (9 KO)
2013		149–31–5 (52 KO)
2014		101–21–3 (78 KO); 53 ND Per boxrec. Not listed
2014		52–7–3 (40 KO); 54 ND; 1 NC Per boxrec. Not listed
2014		98–29–6 (80 KO)
2015		23–1 (15 KO)
2015		38–2–1 (16 KO)
2015		135–19–9 (23 KO); 2 NC
2016		102–23–12 (25 KO); 10 ND
2017		66–5–8 (32 KO)
2018		92–13–5 (12 KO)
2019		58–12–1 (33 KO)
2020		30–6–11 (15 KO); 1 NC
2021		59–7–1 (30 KO)
2022		143–44–33 (30 KO)
2023		160–23–10 (109 KO); 2 NC
2023		28–7 (9 KO)
2024		31–4 (26 KO)
2025		63–8–2 (43 KO)
2026		86–21–23 (46 KO)

Pioneers

Year	Inductees	Nationality
1990
1990
1990
1990
1990
1991
1991
1992
1992
1992
1992
1992
1992
1992
1993
1994
1995
1995
1996
1997
1997
1998
2000
2001
2002
2002
2003
2003
2004
2005
2005
2006
2007
2007
2008
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2020
2025

Non-participants

• Kenny Adams (2024)
• Johnny Addie (2018)
• Russ Anber (2026)
• Thomas S. Andrews (1992)
• Ray Arcel (1991)
• Bob Arum (1999)
• Jarvis Astaire (2006)
• Giuseppe Ballarati (1999)
• Kenny Bayless (2025)
• George Benton (2001)
• Ignacio Beristáin (2011)
• Al Bernstein (2012)
• A.F. Bettinson (2011)
• Whitey Bimstein (2006)
• Jack Blackburn (1992)
• William A. Brady (1998)
• Umberto Branchini (2004)
• Teddy Brenner (1993)
• Freddie Brown (2021)
• Amilcar Brusa (2007)
• Michael Buffer (2012)
• Frank Cappuccino (2026)
• Bill Cayton (2005)
• John Graham Chambers (1990)
• Don Chargin (2001)
• Stanley Christodoulou (2004)
• Gil Clancy (1993)
• Irving Cohen (2002)
• James W. Coffroth (1991)
• Cuco Conde (2007)
• Joe Cortez (2011)
• Cus D'Amato (1995)
• Lou DiBella (2020)
• Jeff Dickson (2000)
• Arthur Donovan (1993)
• Mickey Duff (1999)
• Angelo Dundee (1994)
• Chris Dundee (1994)
• Don Dunphy (1993)
• Dan Duva (2003)
• Lou Duva (1998)
• Pierce Egan (1991)
• Don Elbaum (2019)
• Whitey Esneault (2016)
• Shelly Finkel (2010)
• Nat Fleischer (1990)
• Richard Kyle Fox (1997)
• Dewey Fragetta (2003)
• Don Fraser (2005)
• Eddie Futch (1994)
• Al Gavin (2025)
• Harry Gibbs (2025)
• Billy Gibson (2009)
• Jimmy Glenn (2026)
• Charley Goldman (1992)
• Ruby Goldstein (1994)
• Bob Goodman (2009)
• Brad Goodman (2023)
• Murray Goodman (1999)
• Dan Goossen (2020)
• Joe Goossen (2023)
• Bill Gore (2008)
• Howard Grant (2019)
• Abe J. Greene (2009)
• Larry Hazzard (2010)
• Barry Hearn (2014)
• Edwin “Flip” Homansky (2026)
• Akihiko Honda (2009)
• Joe Humphreys (1997)
• Sam Ichinose (2001)
• Brad Jacobs (2023)
• Jimmy Jacobs (1993)
• Mike Jacobs (1990)
• Jimmy Johnston (1999)
• Guy Jutras (2019)
• Jackie Kallen (2024)
• J. P. Leo "Jack 'Doc' Kearns" McKernan (1990)
• Don King (1997)
• Klaus-Peter Kohl (2018)
• Mills Lane (2013)
• Tito Lectoure (1997)
• Harold Lederman (2015)
• Jimmy Lennon Jr. (2013)
• A.J. Liebling (1992)
• Hugh, Earl of Lonsdale (1996)
• Harry Markson (1992)
• John, Marquess of Queensberry (1990)
• Jackie McCoy (2021)
• Arthur Mercante Sr. (1995)
• Dan Morgan (2000)
• William Muldoon (1996)
• Gilbert Odd (1995)
• Tom O'Rourke (1999)
• Mogens Palle (2008)
• Dan Parker (1996)
• George Parnassus (1991)
• J Russell Peltz (2004)
• Tex Rickard (1990)
• Freddie Roach (2012)
• Irving Rudd (1999)
• Rodolfo Sabbatini (2006)
• Lee Samuels (2019)
• Lope Sarreal (2005)
• Wilfried Sauerland (2010)
• George Siler (1995)
• Sam Silverman (2002)
• Steve Smoger (2015)
• Jack Solomons (1995)
• Sylvester Stallone (2010)
• Richard Steele (2014)
• Fred Sternburg (2024)
• Emanuel Steward (1997)
• José Sulaimán (2007)
• Sam Taub (1995)
• Herman Taylor (1998)
• Bruce Trampler (2010)
• Rip Valenti (2012)
• Lou Viscusi (2004)
• Jimmy Walker (1992)
• Frank Warren (2008)
• Al Weill (2003)

Observers

• Seth Abraham (2023)
• Steve Albert (2018)
• Dave Anderson (2008)
• Teddy Atlas (2019)
• Lester Bromberg (2001)
• Jimmy Cannon (2002)
• Harry Carpenter (2011)
• Nick Charles (2024)
• Ralph Citro (2001)
• Howard Cosell (2010)
• Tad Dorgan (2007)
• Steve Farhood (2017)
• Bernard Fernandez (2020)
• Jack Fiske (2003)
• Paul Gallico (2009)
• Bill Gallo (2001)
• Randy Gordon (2025)
• Jim Gray (2018)
• Ross Greenburg (2025)
• Reg Gutteridge (2002)
• Thomas Hauser (2020)
• W.C. Heinz (2004)
• Kevin Iole (2026)
• Jersey Jones (2005)
• Hank Kaplan (2006)
• Michael Katz (2012)
• George Kimball (2021)
• Joe Koizumi (2008)
• Jim Lampley (2015)
• Jay Larkin (2021)
• Wallace Matthews (2024)
• Mario Rivera Martino (2019)
• Hugh McIlvanney (2009)
• Larry Merchant (2009)
• Harry Mullan (2005)
• Barney Nagler (2004)
• LeRoy Neiman (2007)
• Damon Runyon (2002)
• Tim Ryan (2023)
• Budd Schulberg (2003)
• Ed Schuyler Jr. (2010)
• Herbert "Bert" Sugar (2005)
• Alex Wallau (2026)
• Stanley Weston (2006)

Women's Modern

Year	Inductees	Record	Nationality
2020		49–7–3 (32 KO)
2020		17–0 (14 KO)
2021		24–0 (21 KO)
2021		24–1 (16 KO) 1 NC
2022		54–1–1 (16 KO)
2022		33–2–3 (9 KO)
2023		24–12–1 (4 KO)
2023		17–5–3 (6–KO)
2024		28–11 (9 KO)
2024		28–3–3 (16–KO)
2025		25–1–1 (8–KO)
2025		27–4–1–1 (23–KO)
2025		32–5–3 (4–KO)
2026		19–3–1 (7–KO)
2026		40–4–4 (16–KO)

Women's Trailblazer

Year	Inductees	Record	Nationality
2020		30–1–1 (0 KO)
2021		35–1 (34 KO)
2021		18–4 (5 KO) 2 NC
2023		1–1 (0 KO)
2024		10–3–4 (3 KO)
2025		13–0–0–1 (13 KO)

Women non-participants

• Aileen Eaton (2002) - first woman inducted into the IBHOF
• Lorraine Chargin (2018)
• Kathy Duva (2020)
• Dr. Margaret Goodman (2021)

New York/BWAA bias

Because the NBA (WBA), NYSAC, The Ring magazine, and International Boxing Hall of Fame originated in New York, researchers from universities have openly questioned why the New York-based BWAA is involved in the awards or Hall of Fame voting at all, citing in some cases journalistic integrity and the need to remain unbiased in their coverage of newsworthy events and the history of boxing.

External links

• International Boxing Hall of Fame – official website