A strong boxing advocate for more than 47 years, Bass was known as "Easy Ralph" and "Mr. Ever Ready."  Bass served the sport as a trainer, cornerman and even boxed to help fill out a fight card. A strong supporter of the YMCA and Charlotte Police Boxing Clubs, he ran a gym on North Tryon Street doing everything from trainer to custodial work. Though he worked the corner for many Carolina boxing greats, "Mr. Ever Ready" was well-known for his work with hall-of-famer, Ray Clark. Bass traveled to bouts throughout North and South Carolina, transporting many young boxers who later became hall-of-famers.

Winner of the Southern Middle and Light-heavyweight Championships in 1947 and 1948, Brown was known as "One Punch Guy Brown." Also known as a real "crowd pleaser,"   Brown was popular with most of the promoters and boxing commissions in Charlotte, Gastonia and Asheville. Possessing great physical stamina, he was booked somewhere in the Carolinas almost weekly in the mid-1940s. As one of the top middle and light-heavyweight boxers of the era, Brown was coached by the legendary Ebb Gantt. In 1948 he posted 28 consecutive wins. Through 1947 it was reported that Brown fought in 341, winning 277. His career tailed off in early 1950.

Beginning his career as a nine-year-old third grader, Davis went on to log 161 wins in 169 bouts during his career. He was a six-time Carolina AAU Champion, winning in flyweight, open bantamweight, open featherweight, and open lightweight divisions. At the age of 17, Davis became the youngest boxer to represent the Carolinas in the Eastern Tournament of Champions in New York City. He also starred as a high school football player at Mt. Holly. He scored 66 points for the 1956 league championship team in addition to playing middle linebacker on defense. Davis also served five years in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves.

Boxing for the Citadel Cadets, Lempesis was a two-time Southern Conference Welterweight Champion. Lempesis was known as the "fastest boxer in the south" and compiled a career record of 50 wins in 51 bouts. "The Gloved Greek" also won the first Charleston Golden Gloves Tournament as a lightweight in 1937. After tremendous publicity and a letter-writing campaign to The News and Courier in Charleston, Lempesis planned to box in the 1941 collegian nationals, but the NCAA declared him ineligible because of his AAU-sanctioned Charleston Golden Gloves appearance in 1937. He was inducted into the Citadel's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1961. A private pilot, he became a lawyer after hanging up his gloves.

Compiling a career record of 190 wins, 35 losses and six draws, Al Reid was impressive. From a pro career in 1936 under the famed Chris Dundee to a stint in the U.S. Navy, Reid fought some of the best boxers in the world from 1936 through 1951. Boxing at some of the most famous venues in the sports world, Reid's career took him to New York's Madison Square Garden, The Polo Grounds, St. Nick's Arena, and other sites in Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and other cities. In 1938, Reid, a featherweight, was ranked seventh in the world by Ring Magazine. After boxing, Reid has enjoyed success as a businessman in Greenwood and in community and civic affairs.

With a career that began at Orangeburg High School in 1937, Seymour went to Aiken in 1940 to fight under Cy Copley and quickly became a main event fighter as a middleweight. As a professional boxer, Seymour ran an impressive string of 42 consecutive victories. In 1942, Seymour entered the U.S. Marine Corps and boxed to an impressive record of 21 wins and two losses under the tutelage of legendary Tommy Loughran. His military career also took him to the Pacific Rim through the battle of Okinawa. He also completed a tour of duty in China before his discharge in 1946.  He has enjoyed a prosperous career away from the ring as well with success in civic organizations and with the federal government.