By Boxing Bob Newman
The International Boxing Hall of Fame held a press conference today to announce their class of 2015 inductees. IBHOF director Ed Brophy kicked off the presser at 1 p.m. on the IBHOF grounds in the pavilion. The list of inductees in the various categories were as follows:
MODERN:
Riddick Bowe
Naseem Hamed
Ray Mancini
OLD TIMER:
Yoko Gushiken
Masao Oba
Ken Overlin
NON-PARTICIPANT:
John F.X. Condon (Publicist)
Rafael Mendoza (Manager)
Steve Smoger (Referee)
OBSERVER:
Nigel Collins (Editor/Journalist)
Jim Lampley (Broadcaster)
The induction weekend will run from June 11-14, 2015
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