Named by The Charlotte News as the best athlete in the Charlotte school system in 1947, Adkins began his boxing career at the Red Shield Club in 1941 at the age of 12. He won his first Golden Gloves as a 136-pound Novice in 1946. Moving up to Middleweight Novice, Adkins won his second Carolinas Gold Gloves championship. He added a 147-pound Novice Class championship during the Concord Golden Gloves in 1948. Adkins' professional career was also impressive with a Middleweight record of 56-1-0. His military service record was perfect at 22-0, including the Light Heavyweight championship at Patrick Air Force Base in 1951.

Vince Bradford has devoted a major portion of his life as a coach, referee and volunteer for community youths. His boxing teams won five straight state championships with undefeated records. He coached five state championship boxers during his coaching tenure. As a boxing referee, he officiated AAU, Golden Gloves, high school, prep school, military, and college bouts. Bradford's coaching career also included football (one state title); track (five state titles) and little league baseball. He was inducted into the Virginia High School Hall of Fame in 1991 and was named National Track Coach of the year in 1978. Football, baseball and track fields have been named in his honor.

A former cotton mill worker, Bradley began his boxing career at age 12 in Golden Gloves competition. He lost an amateur fight and won the Charlotte Golden Gloves championship in 1933. His boxing career spanned 17 years. He fought more than 300 fights as a featherweight. In 1938, he fought 51 fights to earn his "ironman" reputation. Bradley retired from the ring at the age of 40. Prior to his death, Bradley was quoted as saying, "In the last 25 to 35 years, I've been trying to serve the Lord,  I wouldn't want to fight nobody now. I love everybody."

Fred Hood, the brother of fellow inductee Ralph Hood, the Hoods became the first brother combination inducted into the hall during the same year. Hood posted a perfect 30-0 mark during his amateur career. He won the Carolinas Golden Gloves championship in 1933 and 1934 and was selected outstanding Heavyweight both years. After hanging up the gloves, Hood instructed boxing at the U.S. Naval Base in Bainbridge, Maryland and at Georgia Tech University. The Hood brothers trained with local professional boxers in a backyard ring built behind their family home. Hood, 83, resides in Charlotte.

A three-time Bantamweight Golden Gloves champion, Howard boxed in 44 amateur fights from 1938 to 1944. He also compiled an impressive record boxing in the U.S. Navy in 1943, winning the U.S. Navy Fleet Air Wing Three Lightweight championship. Howard's professional boxing resume included 131 bouts from 1946 through 1954. He won 25 consecutive fights in the Carolinas and Georgia, including 12 consecutive wins in Charlotte. Howard also served as an instructor, coach and trainer in the Navy, high school and Belmont Boys Club. He founded the Lenoir Kiwanis Boxing Team which won four Golden Gloves championships in its first year. He was named to the Charlotte Boxing Commission in 1992.

D.M. Jamieson used his passion for boxing to form the Berryhill Boxing Team in the 1940s. Oliver Thompson, Bobby Heafner and Joe Barns were his first boxers. Jamieson coached teams and individuals earned many accomplishments in tournaments throughout the region. Jamieson will be remembered for his unselfish kindness in working with young men. Jamieson and his young men used boxing to better their standing in the community and life.

Daniel Hare Jones will go down in history as a great contributor to the sport of boxing. In 1945 he introduced the use of headgear adopted by the National Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Other innovations included adding two inches of padding under the ring's canvas and the requirement that all boxers take a mandatory eight count: when knocked down during a bout. Jones developed Cooper River Parks and Playground Commission and organized the annual Cooper River Boxing Tournament. Once active in numerous civic and youth organizations, Jones was honored as "South Carolina Man of the Year in Sports" in 1959.

For more than 30 years, Dr. Justis devoted his time and talent to the Carolinas Golden Gloves. Dr. Justis has served as coordinator of volunteer services and medical staff, including conducting all pre-match physicals. His community involvement also included a stint as a team doctor for the "old" Charlotte Checkers, a volunteer with the Boy Scout's Jamboree through the Rotary Club and providing camp physicals for underprivileged children through his church. Dr. Justis also coordinated the infield care facility at Charlotte Motor Speedway for several years.

Scruggs fought to three Golden Gloves championships as a Welterweight in the early 1950s. He earned titles at Charleston, Raleigh and Durham. He also earned Most Valuable Boxer at the Charlotte YMCA in 1950. Scruggs also earned five runner-up honors during five tournaments. In 76 amateur fights, he posted a record of 62-12-2. His pro career was a perfect 22-0. Scruggs is one of the few boxers who can lay claim to never being knocked down during a bout.

Robert "Sunny" Snell was "light and mighty" during his 12-year boxing career. Starting in 1947 at a mere 74 pounds until retirement in 1959 at 118 pounds, Snell won 154 of his 156 bouts. From 1949 to 1952 Snell won his weight class in Charleston, Cooper River, Gastonia, and High Point Golden Gloves championships. He also won titles in the Gastonia Silver Gloves and the United States Air Force. Snell was honored during his career many times as "Outstanding Boxer" and "Most KOs." After retiring from the ring, Snell assisted with the boxing program in North Charleston.