This Friday's ShoBox Doubleheader helps kick-start IBHOF weekend

[The_budweiser]

For boxing enthusiasts, it doesn’t get better than the International Boxing Hall Of Fame weekend that begins this Friday and runs through Sunday in the small town of Canastota in upstate New York.

 

Helping celebrate the sports of boxing to kick-start the highly anticipated three-day event will be a ShoBox: The New Generation doubleheader live on SHOWTIME® on Friday, June 7 (10 p.m. ET/PT delayed on the West Coast) from the Turning Stone Casino in nearby Verona. Many former and future Hall of Famers may partake in the fights, including one who will be inducted during Sunday’s ceremonies, longtime SHOWTIME ring announcer, Jimmy Lennon Jr., who will work the fights on Friday and will be interviewed ringside on the telecast.

 

“This is a great setting for a ShoBox show because Canastota is so close to Verona (approximately 10 miles apart),’’ said ShoBox expert analyst and boxing historian Steve Farhood. “Canastota is boxing heaven for fight fans and the Hall of Fame weekend is the greatest weekend of the year for them.’’

 

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[davemurphy]

Re: This Friday's ShoBox Doubleheader helps kick-start IBHOF weekend

 

There's a perverse sense of humor going on with me and this card, I can't wait to see how it plays out vis-a-vis the Turning Stone Casino and the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The IBHOF USED to host a fight card as part of it's weekend festivities but a feud developed between the HOF, the NYSAC, and the Indians that run the Casino. Turning Stone didn't host an boxing events for quite some time, but eventually started up again. In the meantime, the HOF started hosting their own get together/event on Friday Nights at the Rusty Rail restaurant in place of the fights. This year they're doing a Night of the Welterweights that will be running at the SAME TIME as the Turning Stone fight card. The Showtime card was added late and has left many of the HOF fans in a quandary, my guess is that most will go to the fights and blow off Ed Brophy's event at the Rusty Rail, which could be quite embarrassing for the HOF. Stay Tuned!