The seventeenth annual Connecticut Boxing Corridor of Fame induction dinner and ceremony takes place on Saturday, November 18th at Mohegan Solar’s Uncas Ballroom.

The ceremony acknowledges the important thing achievements and vital contributions of Connecticut natives to the “Candy Science”. The 2023 inductees embody completed pugilists Matt Remillard, Tony Grano, Tarvis Simms, and Shelly Vincent, famous journalist Mark Allen Baker and Banner Promotions CEO and founder, Arthur “Artie” Pelullo.

Tickets are priced at $115 plus relevant charges and might be bought at Connecticut Boxing Corridor of Fame Induction Ceremony.

2023 CBHOF HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE BIOS:

TONY GRANO: A graduate of RHAM Excessive in Hebron, Grano exceeded expectations when he launched his professional profession in 2005 as a heavyweight prospect. The Hartford native raced to a 15-1-1 begin earlier than being matched towards the extremely regarded Travis Kauffman, who was 18-0 and closely favored to defeat Grano. In a bout televised worldwide on HBO, Grano scored a surprising fourth spherical stoppage. The battle was named the 2009 Heavyweight Combat of the 12 months by Ringside Journal. Victories over Brian Minto and DaVarryl Williamson earned Grano the NABF heavyweight title in 2012. Referred to as the “Hebron Hammer,” Grano completed his profession on the age of 42 with a file of 20-3-1 with 16 knockouts.

MATT REMILLARD: A two-time Connecticut Boxing Corridor of Fame Professional Fighter of the 12 months, “Sharp Shooter” was additionally a two-time Everlast Underneath-19 Nationwide Beginner champion. Underneath the tutelage of one other CBHOF member, Paul Cichon, the Manchester native blew by his early competitors, compiling a file of 23-0 with 13 knockouts whereas selecting up the NABF and NABO featherweight titles alongside the way in which. This arrange an HBO-televised battle of undefeated contenders towards a then 24-0 Mikey Garcia that’s more and more uncommon in boxing. After a detailed first few rounds, Remillard was finally stopped in spherical ten in a gutsy efficiency. It turned out to be the one lack of Remillard’s profession, as he gained his final 4 fights and completed with a professional file of 27-1 with 15 knockouts.

TARVIS SIMMS: A Norwalk native from a combating household, Simms and his twin brother Travis had been middleweight terrors within the early 2000s. Nicknamed after middleweight nice Marvin Hagler, “Marvelous” Tarvis Simms completed his professional profession with a superlative 27-1-1 file after a profitable novice profession. Simms went on a terrific run as a professional, notching notable victories over former world title challenger Carlos Bojorquez and former WBA Tremendous Welterweight champion Carl Daniels earlier than capturing the WBF All-American middleweight title in 2008 towards Delray Raines in Bridgeport. The win set him up for an NABO tremendous middleweight title shot towards the 28-1 Allan Inexperienced. Simms was recreation, however Inexperienced gained a hard-fought determination over ten rounds. It was the one lack of Simms’ professional profession.

SHELLEY VINCENT: A local of New London, “Shelito’s Approach” made Windfall her boxing base for what turned out to be a spectacular profession within the featherweight division. Vincent started her professional profession in 2011, and it took her solely three years to earn a title shot. Shelley made essentially the most of it, successful a majority determination over Jackie Trivilino to seize the Common Boxing Federation world tremendous bantamweight championship in 2014. A number of months later, Vincent added the IBA tremendous bantamweight crown towards Christina Ruiz. Recognized for her crowd-pleasing model, Vincent misplaced a detailed majority determination to a 17-0 Heather Hardy in a WBC Worldwide featherweight title bout in 2016. The pair would meet once more with a vacant title on the road at Madison Sq. Backyard two years later. This time, a 21-0 Hardy gained a unanimous determination to seize the vacant WBO featherweight title. These had been the one losses in Vincent’s professional profession, which ended with a 27-2 file.

MARK ALLEN BAKER: One of the crucial completed boxing journalists on this planet, Baker devoted a lot of his life to chronicling many notable moments within the sport of boxing. His revealed works vary from “Willie Pep, a Biography of the twentieth Century’s Best Featherweight,’’ to “The World Coloured Heavyweight Championship, 1876-1937.’’ Baker’s e-book “Connecticut Boxing, The Fights, The Fighters, and the Combat recreation” was No. 1 on Amazon’s record of scorching new releases in 2021. An creator of over 25 books about American tradition, historical past, and sports activities, Baker splits his time between New England and Florida, and is at present a member of the Connecticut Boxing Corridor of Fame.

ARTHUR PELULLO: Pelullo started Banner Promotions in 1988, and in contrast to many promotional companies that placed on just a few reveals and are by no means heard from once more, Banner Promotions promoted greater than 200 reveals over the previous 35 years. Lots of these memorable playing cards occurred in Connecticut and had been televised globally on a wide range of networks, together with FOX, HBO and Showtime. A Philadelphia native and member of the Pennsylvania Boxing Corridor of Fame, Pelullo’s record of world champions embody such notables as Ricky Hatton, Diego Corrales, and Acelino Freitas.