International Boxing Hall of Fame

The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame is located in Canastota, New York, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, and the International Soccer Hall Of Fame.

The first Boxing Hall Of Fame was sponsored by Ring Magazine and located for decades at the offices of the Madison Square Garden in New York.

However, in 1990, as a consequence of an initiative by Ed Brophy to honor Canastota's world boxing champions, Carmen Basilio and Basilio's nephew, Billy Backus, the city of Canastota inaugurated the new museum, which showcases boxing's rich history.

There are ceremonies conducted every year to honor the inductees and the ceremonies are attended by many former world boxing champions, boxing celebrities and Hollywood celebrities each year.

Professional boxerss have to wait 5 years after retirement to be eligible for election into the Hall of Fame.

The hall of fame's roster includes:

• Muhammad Ali
• Sammy Angott
• Alexis Arguello
• Henry Armstrong
• Carmen Basilio
• Wilfredo Benitez
• Nino Benvenuti
• Jackie Kid Berg
• Jimmy Bivins
• Joe Brown
• Ken Buchanan
• Charley Burley
• Miguel Canto
• Georges Carpentier
• Jimmy Carter
• Marcel Cerdan
• Antonio Cervantes
• Jeff Chandler
• Ezzard Charles
• Curtis Cokes
• Billy Conn
• Pipino Cuevas
• George Dixon
• Flash Elorde
• Jeff Fenech
• George Foreman
• Bob Foster
• Joe Frazier
• Gene Fullmer
• Khaosai Galaxy
• Victor Galindez
• Kid Gavilan
• Joey Giardello
• Mike Gibbons
• Tommy Gibbons
• Wilfredo Gomez
• Billy Graham
• Rocky Graziano
• Harry Greb
• Emile Griffith
• Marvin Hagler
• Fighting Harada
• Tom Heeney
• Beau Jack
• Lew Jenkins
• Eder Jofre
• Ingemar Johansson
• Harold Johnson
• Ismael Laguna
• Jake LaMotta
• Sugar Ray Leonard
• Sonny Liston
• Nicolino Locche
• Tommy Loughran
• Joe Louis
• Rocky Marciano
• Joey Maxim
• Mike McCallum
• Bob Montgomery
• Carlos Monzon
• Archie Moore
• Jose Napoles
• Ken Norton
• Ruben Olivares
• Bobo Olson
• Carlos Ortiz
• Manuel Ortiz
• Laszlo Papp
• Willie Pastrano
• Floyd Patterson
• Eusebio Pedroza
• Willie Pep
• Pascual Perez
• Aaron Pryor
• Sugar Ramos
• Luis Rodriguez
• Sugar Ray Robinson
• Matthew Saad Muhammad
• Sandy Saddler
• Vicente Saldivar
• Salvador Sanchez
• Max Schmeling
• Michael Spinks
• Dick Tiger
• Jose Torres
• Gene Tunney
• Randy Turpin
• Jersey Joe Walcott
• Ike Williams
• Chalky Wright
• Tony Zale
• Carlos Zarate
• Fritzie Zivic
• Lou Ambers
• Fred Apostoli
• Abe Attell
• Max Baer
• Jim Barry
• Benny Bass
• Battling Battalino
• Paul Berlenbach
• James J. Braddock
• Jack Britton
• Panama Al Brown
• Tommy Burns
• Tony Canzoneri
• Georges Carpentier
• Kid Chocolate
• Joe Choynski
• James J. Corbett
• Johnny Coulon
• Les Darcey
• Jack Delaney
• Nonpareil Dempsey
• Jack Dempsey
• Jim Driscoll
• Jack Dillon
• George Dixon
• Johnny Dundee
• Sixto Escobar
• Bob Fitzsimmons
• Tiger Flowers
• Joe Gans
• Frankie Genaro
• Young Griffo
• Harry Harris
• Pete Herman
• Peter Jackson
• Joe Jeanette
• James J. Jeffries
• Jack Johnson
• Louis Kid Kaplan
• Stanley Ketchel
• Dixie Kid
• Johnny Kilbane
• Fidel La Barba
• Sam Langford
• Kid Lavigne
• Benny Leonard
• Battling Levinsky
• John Henry Lewis
• Ted Kid Lewis
• Benny Lynch
• Sammy Mandell
• Jack McAuliffe
• Charles Kid McCoy
• Packey McFarland
• Terry McGovern
• Jimmy McLarnin
• Sam McVey
• Freddie Miller
• Charley Mitchell
• Owen Moran
• Battling Nelson
• Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
• Billy Papke
• Billy Petrolle
• Maxie Rosenbloom
• Barney Ross
• Tommy Ryan
• Jack Sharkey
• Tom Sharkey
• Freddie Steele
• Young Stribling
• Lew Tendler
• Pancho Villa
• Barbados Joe Walcott
• Mickey Walker
• Freddie Welsh
• Jimmy Wilde
• Jess Willard
• Kid Williams
• Harry Wills
• Ad Wolgast
• Midget Wolgast
• Barney Aaron
• Caleb Baldwin
• Jem Belcher
• Ben Brain
• Jack Broughton
• James Burke
• Arthur Chambers
• Tom Cribb
• Professor Mike Donovan
• Paddy Duffy
• James Figg
• Joe Goss
• John C. Heenan
• John Jackson
• Tom Johnson
• Tom King
• Nat Langham
• Jem Mace
• Daniel Mendoza
• Tom Molineaux
• John Morrissey
• Henry Pearce
• Bill Richmond
• Dutch Sam
• Young Dutch Sam
• Tom Sayers
• Tom Spring
• John L. Sullivan
• Bendigo Thompson
• Jem Ward
• Thomas S. Andrews
• Ray Arcel
• Bob Arum
• Giuseppe Ballarati
• George Benton
• William A. Brady
• Jack Blackburn
• Teddy Brenner
• John Graham Chambers
• Don Chargin
• Gil Clancy
• Irving Cohen
• James W. Coffroth
• Cus D'Amato
• Jeff Dickson
• Arthur Donovan
• Mickey Duff
• Angelo Dundee
• Chris Dundee
• Don Dunphy
• Dan Duva
• Lou Duva
• Aileen Eaton
• Pierce Egan
• Nat Fleischer
• Jack Fiske
• Richard Kyle Fox
• Dewey Fragetta
• Eddie Futch
• Charley Goldman
• Ruby Goldstein
• Murray Goodman
• Joe Humphreys
• Sam Ichinose
• Jimmy Jacobs
• Mike Jacobs
• Jimmy Johnston
• Jack Kearns
• Don King
• Tito Lectoure
• A.J. Leibling
• Lord Lonsdale
• Harry Markson
• Marques of Queensberry
• Arthur Mercante
• Dan Morgan
• William Muldoon
• Gilbert Odd
• Tom O'Rourke
• Dan Parker
• George Parnassus
• Tex Rickard
• Irving Rudd
• Budd Schulberg
• George Siler
• Sam Silverman
• Jack Solomons
• Emanuel Steward
• Sam Taub
• Herman Taylor
• James J. Walker
• Al Weill
• Lester Bromberg
• Jimmy Cannon
• Ralph Citro
• Jack Fiske
• Bill Gallo
• Reg Gutteridge
• Damon Runyon
• Budd Schulberg