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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - The ballots have been sent in. And in a few weeks, the results-bearing press release will arrive.
But if you think Ray Mancini will spend any time chewing fingernails about his chances for enshrinement into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, well… you probably haven’t talked to the man himself.
“If some people think my career is worthy of the Hall of Fame, I’m so appreciative of that,” Mancini said. “And if others don’t think it’s worthy, I understand, and God bless you. It doesn’t concern me. It’d be great for a lot of people that have been associated with me over the years, but it doesn’t consume me. It’s not a real big consideration, at all. I was honored. I’m flattered. I’m humbled.”
Mancini was one of 20 first-timers up for induction in the hall’s modern category, which includes fighters whose last ring appearance came no earlier than Jan. 1, 1989. He was joined on a star-studded list of 30 overall Class of 2015 candidates by former heavyweight champion Rid**** Bowe, mid-1980s pound-for-pound star Donald Curry and U.S. Olympian turned two-division title-holder Meldrick Taylor.
Votes were due back to the hall of fame no later than Oct. 31.
Three of the 30 will be enshrined next year in Canastota, N.Y.
“I don’t know of any person that goes into sports, whether it’s team sports or as a fighter, thinking ‘One day, I want to be in the Hall of Fame,’” Mancini said. “You want to go out there and you want to do your best, you want to have a chance to be successful, win a world title, and maybe make some money and everything else.”
In a career that covered 13 years – but whose wheelhouse lasted three – “Boom Boom” was da bomb. [Click Here To Read More]
But if you think Ray Mancini will spend any time chewing fingernails about his chances for enshrinement into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, well… you probably haven’t talked to the man himself.
“If some people think my career is worthy of the Hall of Fame, I’m so appreciative of that,” Mancini said. “And if others don’t think it’s worthy, I understand, and God bless you. It doesn’t concern me. It’d be great for a lot of people that have been associated with me over the years, but it doesn’t consume me. It’s not a real big consideration, at all. I was honored. I’m flattered. I’m humbled.”
Mancini was one of 20 first-timers up for induction in the hall’s modern category, which includes fighters whose last ring appearance came no earlier than Jan. 1, 1989. He was joined on a star-studded list of 30 overall Class of 2015 candidates by former heavyweight champion Rid**** Bowe, mid-1980s pound-for-pound star Donald Curry and U.S. Olympian turned two-division title-holder Meldrick Taylor.
Votes were due back to the hall of fame no later than Oct. 31.
Three of the 30 will be enshrined next year in Canastota, N.Y.
“I don’t know of any person that goes into sports, whether it’s team sports or as a fighter, thinking ‘One day, I want to be in the Hall of Fame,’” Mancini said. “You want to go out there and you want to do your best, you want to have a chance to be successful, win a world title, and maybe make some money and everything else.”
In a career that covered 13 years – but whose wheelhouse lasted three – “Boom Boom” was da bomb. [Click Here To Read More]
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