Boxing Hall Of Fame Class of 2004

The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced its inductees for their ceremony on June 13th 2004. They are:

Living Inductees:

- Azumah Nelson (39-5-2, 28 KO's) - WBC featherweight/ WBC super featherweight champion (active

  1979-1998)

- Carlos Palomino (31-4-3, 19 KO's) - WBC welterweight champion (active 1972-1979, 1997-1998)

- Dwight Muhammad Qawi aka Dwight Braxton (41-11-1, 25 KO's) - WBC light heavyweight / WBA

 cruiserweight champion (active 1978-1998)

- Daniel Zaragoza (55-8-3, 28 KO's) - WBC bantamweight / WBC Super bantamweight champion (active

 1980-1997)

- Stanley Christodoulou -referee

- J. Russell Peltz - promoter

- W.C. Heinz -writer

Posthumous Honorees in the Old-Timer Category

- Alberto "Baby" Arizmendi (71-26-13, 13 KO's) - featherweight champion (active 1927-1942)

- Young Corbett III aka Raffaele Capabianca Giordano(123-11-17, 33 KO's) - welterweight champion

 (active 1919-1940)

- Jackie Fields aka Jacob Finkelstein (74-9-3, 30 KO's) - welterweight champion (active 1925-1933)

- Willie Ritchie aka Gerhardt Anthony Steffen (40-8-12, 9 KO's) - Lightweight champion (active

  1907-1927)

Posthumous Honorees in the Non-Participant Category

- Umberto Branchini - manager

- Lou Viscusi - manager

Posthumous Honoree in the Observer Category

- Barney Nagler - writer

Posthumous Honoree in the Pioneer Category

- Billy Edwards - American lightweight champion (active 1868-1884)

According to the IBHOF - "Inductees were voted in by members of the Boxing Writers Association and a

panel of international boxing historians."

For more information go to: http://www.ibhof.com/04pressconf/04announce.htm