Nigel Benn and Gennadiy Golovkin have been elected into the Worldwide Boxing Corridor of Fame.
Benn is a legend of British boxing, famend for his fierce rivalry with Chris Eubank.
Eubank took a win and a draw of their two bouts however Benn gained world titles at middleweight and super-middleweight, the place he held the WBC title for 4 years, finally ending boxing with a 42-5-1 (35) document.
A ferocious puncher, Benn’s aggressive model gained him a legion of followers.
This 12 months his son Conor fought Chris Eubank Jr, the son of his nice rival, shedding the primary bout and profitable the second.
Former champions Antonio Tarver and Golovkin, who made a record-tying 20 consecutive middleweight title defences, are the opposite headline names within the class that might be enshrined within the museum in Canastota, New York. The ceremony is scheduled for June 14, 2026.
Golovkin was elected in his first 12 months on the poll in voting by members of the Boxing Writers Affiliation of America and a panel of worldwide boxing historians.
The native of Kazakhstan went 42-2-1 with 37 KOs. After incomes his first title in 2010 in his nineteenth battle, he remained champion at 160lbs till Canelo Alvarez edged him in 2018 of their second bout. The 20 consecutive defences tied the division document set by Corridor of Famer Bernard Hopkins.
“This is the biggest honour in boxing and the last piece of the puzzle in my career. I’m proud to have a legacy in boxing,” Golovkin mentioned after being knowledgeable of his induction by the Corridor.
Gennadiy Golovkin has been campaigning to save lots of Olympic boxing.
Triple G fought to a draw with Alvarez of their first matchup and misplaced to him in a problem for the super-middleweight title in his closing battle in 2022 after regaining the middleweight crown.
A silver medallist within the 2004 Olympics, Golovkin was elected final month as president of World Boxing , the group aiming to run the Olympic boxing event on the 2028 Los Angeles Video games .
Tarver had a number of title reigns at light-heavyweight, one coming after he knocked out Roy Jones within the second spherical of their 2004 battle. He gained two of his three matchups with Jones, who had lengthy been thought of the highest fighter in boxing.
Jimmy Clabby, who racked up an 86-21-23 document with 46 KOs earlier than retiring in 1923, and girls’s boxers Naoko Fujioka and Jackie Nava had been additionally elected. Fujioka was Japan’s first five-division champion and went 19-3-1 with 7 KOs. Nava gained titles at bantamweight and super-bantamweight in consecutive fights in 2005 to focus on her 40-4-4 profession.
Additionally set to be enshrined are trainers and reduce males Russ Anber and Jimmy Glenn, referee Frank Cappuccino and Dr. Edwin “Flip” Homansky, who grew to become simply the second doctor to be inducted. The primary is his spouse, Dr. Margaret Goodman.
