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PHOTOS FROM THE 2008 PA BOXING HALL OF FAME EVENT - MAY 18, 2008 |
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PHOTOS FROM THE 2008 PA BOXING HALL OF FAME EVENT - MAY 18, 2008 |
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Former light-heavyweight champion Harold Johnson was given the "Briscoe Award" by the Web site phillyboxinghistory.com. Johnson received a standing ovation. |
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Artist Carl LeVotch was awarded the VBA - Ring One Man of the Year Award for his many contributions to the sport and to the Veteran Boxers organization. |
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Meldrick Taylor, the former jr. welterweight & welterweight champ on the day of his Hall of Fame induction. |
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Former super-middleweight champion Charles "The Hatchet" Brewer enters the PA Boxing Hall of Fame. |
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Former middleweight contender Curtis Parker accepts his PA Hall of Fame plaque. |
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Former two-time heavyweight champion "Terrible"
Tim Witherspoon with emcee Nino Del Buono. |
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Willie Reddish, Jr. accepts the award for Sonny Liston's Hall of Fame induction from VBA president Charles Sgrillo. Reddish's father, Willie Reddish Sr. was Liston's trainer. | |||
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Maura McKinney accepted the award for her father, legendary sports writer Jack McKinney. Maura also sang the national anthem at the event and performed a special song in her father's memory. | |||
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The family of Percy Bassett were on hand to accept the award for former interim featherweight champion Percy Bassett. | |||
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Hall of Famers George Benton and J Russell Peltz were on hand. | |||
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Briscoe Award winner, Harold Johnson. (photo by Myron Miller) |
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Bob Lupardo with 2008 inductee Meldrick Taylor. (Photo courtesy of Bob Lupardo) |
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New York artist David Levinson with Tim Witherspoon. (Photo courtesy of Bob Lupardo) |
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Philly Boxing Legend Bobby "Boogaloo" Watts. (Photo by Myron Miller) |
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New York artist David Levinson and Matthew Saad Muhammad. (Photo courtesy of Bob Lupardo) |
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Joe Mathis, Saad Muhammad, Joe O'Neill and Tim Witherspoon with Harold Johnson.
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Harold Johnson and family. | |||
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An exhibit of the work of artist Carl LeVotch was on display at the 2008 Hall of Fame ceremony. | |||
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George Benton, Earl Hargrove and Harold Johnson.
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Philly fighter Simon "One Punch" Carr was in attendance at the PA Hall of Fame banquet. (Photo by Myron Miller)
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2008 Inductee Curtis Parker and 1986 inductee Stanley "Kitten" Hayward. | |||
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Inductee Charles Brewer and family.
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Artist David Levinson and Dai'iyah Waheed & Arneta Miller, two sisters of Philly legend Gypsy Joe Harris. Levinson painted a portrait of Harris in 2007. | |||
