(APR 30) CHARLOTTE, N.C.— Former world champion Joe Frazier and Brent Elmore of Sumter, S.C., headline the honorees for the annual Carolinas Boxing Hall of Fame Awards Friday, April 24, here at the Airport Sheraton.

Frazier, whose epic bouts with Ali are among boxing classics, was born outside of Beaufort, S.C.  Elmore, chairman of the hall of fame and an outstanding amateur boxer, was selected for the Floyd Patterson Award given for outstanding achievement in boxing.

The hall of fame has inducted many boxing greats since its inception in 1991 including world pro champions Patterson, Ray Mercer, Bonecrusher Smith and Kelvin Seabrooks along with world amateur champions and Olympians Calvin Brock and Bernard Taylor, national champions Billy Bridges and

Pappy Gault along with ranked heavyweights James Broad and Neil Wallace.

Other inductees include:

— Henry Nielson of Columbia, S.C., winner of multi Golden Gloves titles and training innovator.

— Dean Huffstickler, Gastonia. N.C., outstanding amateur and founder of the Gastonia Police

Boxing Club.

— Sammy Horne, Williamston, S.C., Golden Gloves and AAU champion who became an outstanding pro fighting on ESPN many times.

— Billy Sharpe, Columbia, S.C., was a driving force in Southern amateur boxing and president

of USA Boxing for the state for 16 years.

— Michael Cline, Jacksonville, N.C., an all Marine boxer and coach. He founded the Marine

Boxing Hall of Fame.

— Jay Snyder, Spartanburg, S.C., won 17 of his first 18 pro fights before losing in a world title fight.

Dr. Anne Edwards, a plastic surgeon from Charleston, S.C., will be awarded a Lifetime Achievement

Award for her years of work as a ringside physician.

Tickets may be ordered on the Carolinas Boxing Hall of Fame website (carolinasboxinghof.com).

The last five have been sellouts.

 

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Due to the increased number of COVID cases, the Carolina's Boxing hall of fame is forced, once again to post pone our banquet until April 22, 2022.

To see all the inductees and award candidates for 2020, go here.  We would like to thank our 2020 Sponsors:  On behalf of the Carolinas Boxing Hall of Fame board, we want to extend a thank you for your commitment to making our organization and our events so successful. Your generous contribution help make our vision a reality by helping to offset the cost of holding our annual events. Below are the current sponsors this year!

Written by:   Sue TL Fox/WBAN