Guido Capri began boxing in Greenville when the manager of the local YMCA saw the youngster working in his family's restaurant and noticed his lame right leg, a result of polio. Capri started boxing in an effort to build the strength in his leg and wound up with one of the area's greatest boxing careers. He fought in Madison Square Garden on the same card as heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson. The popular fighter competed in various weight divisions and won the 1950 Southeastern AAU flyweight championship. He competed in 141 fights, compiling a 127-12-2 record.

Ronald Short fought more than 100 professional and amateur bouts during a career that began in 1948 and concluded in 1957. He began by winning the Virginia-Carolina championship in 1948 and earned the title of "Knock Out King" in the Boys Club Silver Gloves competition that same year. He won the Durham, N.C. Golden Gloves lightweight championship in 1950 and was named outstanding boxer in the tournament. In 1951 he won the Carolinas AAU Lightweight championship in Greenville, S.C. and was named most popular boxer in the tournament. He also claimed the 1951 and 1953 Carolinas Golden Glove open lightweight championship, going to the National Golden Gloves Championship in New York both years. After turning professional in 1953, Short fought in the Carolinas, Virginia and Florida.

Carl "Butch" Flowe started boxing at age 12 for Coach Vince Bradford at Charlotte Central High School. He had five fights and won them all. Flowe then began boxing for the Charlotte YMCA and won the Carolinas Golden Glove middleweight championship and represented the Carolinas in the National Golden Gloves Tournament in New York City. In 1951, Flowe again won the Carolina Golden Gloves championship and advanced to the national tournament in New York. This time, Flowe made it to the finals of the national competition. Flowe, who now makes his home in Georgia, had a career record of 32-3-0.

Samuel "Dink" McManus was the Carolinas Golden Gloves champion in 1951, 1953, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, and 1962 and represented the Carolinas at the National Golden Gloves championships in New York City several times. He boxed in the National Golden Gloves Finals at Madison Square Garden once. During his military career, McManus posted a 10-0 record while serving as a paratrooper. He was named outstanding boxer at tournaments in Charlotte, Greenville, S.C., Raleigh, Durham, Mt. Holly, N.C., Gastonia, N.C., and Charleston, S.C. His record was 291-9-0.

The last Clifford Smith won the Carolinas Golden Gloves Championship in Charlotte for three straight years; 1941, 1942 and 1943. He advanced to the nationals as the Carolinas flyweight champion all three years and won the National Golden Gloves tournament in 1943. Smith was the only Charlotte boxer to win a National Golden Gloves title and joined Spartanburg, S.C.'s "Pappy" Gault as the only two boxers to ever win the national title from the Carolinas. Following a lengthy lay-off from boxing, Smith returned as a professional and boxed briefly, posting an outstanding record. Following his boxing career, Smith was a coach at the Charlotte YMCA and trained a number of outstanding boxers.

In addition to being the legendary NASCAR promoter that ran Charlotte Motor Speedway and Speedway Motorsports, Inc., Humpy has been involved in boxing his whole life. He had a 40-2 record as an amateur and was a Carolinas Golden Glove champion as a light heavyweight boxing out of Belmont, N.C. and Columbia, S.C. He was a leading boxing promoter from 1976-94. He promoted many national televised bouts including the world championship between the great Eusebio Pedroza of Panama and Olympian Bernard Taylor. He presently serves as Executive Chairman of the Hall of Fame and Chairman of the Charlotte Boxing Academy. He is a member of 11 halls of fame including the International Racing Hall.