The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta. The IBHOF is one of two recognized international boxing halls of fame, with the other being the World Boxing Hall of Fame.

The first Boxing Hall of Fame was sponsored by Ring magazine and located for decades at the offices of the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. However, in 1990, as a consequence of an initiative by Ed Brophy to honor Canastota's world boxing champions, Carmen Basilio and Basilio's nephew, Billy Backus, the village of Canastota inaugurated the new museum, which showcases boxing's rich history. Multi-award winning artist Richard T. Slone was named their official artist of the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997 and remains so to this day.

There are ceremonies conducted every year to honor the inductees and the ceremonies are attended by many former world boxing champions, boxing celebrities and Hollywood celebrities each year.

Professional boxers have to wait five years after retirement to be eligible for election into the Hall of Fame.

On December 9, 2008, the Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2009. Living inductees include bantamweight champion Orlando Canizales (USA), heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis (UK), junior lightweight champion Brian Mitchell (South Africa), publicist / matchmaker / promoter Bob Goodman (USA), promoter Akihiko Honda (Japan), journalist Hugh McIlvanney (UK) and broadcaster Larry Merchant (USA). Posthumous honorees are: middleweight champion Gorilla Jones, welterweight champion Mysterious Billy Smith, middleweight champion Billy Soose in the Old-Timer Category; manager Billy Gibson and commissioner Abe J. Greene in the Non-Participant Category; journalist Paul Gallico in the Observer Category; and Tom Hyer in the Pioneer Category.

Inductees

* Year of induction in brackets

Modern era

• Muhammad Ali (1990)
• Sammy Angott (1998)
• Fred Apostoli (2003)
• Alexis Arguello (1992)
• Henry Armstrong (1990)
• Carmen Basilio (1990)
• Wilfred Benítez (1994)
• Nino Benvenuti (1996)
• Jackie Kid Berg (1992)
• Jimmy Bivins (1999)
• Joe Brown (1996)
• Ken Buchanan (2000)
• Charley Burley (1992)
• Miguel Canto (1998)
• Orlando Canizales (2009)
• Michael Carbajal (2006)
• Jimmy Carter (2000)
• Marcel Cerdan (1991)
• Antonio Cervantes (1998)
• Bobby Chacon (2005)
• Jeff Chandler (2000)
• Ezzard Charles (1990)
• Curtis Cokes (2003)
• Billy Conn (1990)
• Pipino Cuevas (2002)
• Roberto Durán (2007)
• Flash Elorde (1993)
• Jeff Fenech (2002)
• George Foreman (2003)
• Bob Foster (1990)
• Joe Frazier (1990)

• Gene Fullmer (1991)
• Khaosai Galaxy (1999)
• Víctor Galíndez (2002)
• Kid Gavilán (1990)
• Joey Giardello (1993)
• Wilfredo Gómez (1995)
• Humberto Gonzalez (2006)
• Billy Graham (1992)
• Rocky Graziano (1991)
• Emile Griffith (1990)
• Marvin Hagler (1993)
• Fighting Harada (1995)
• Larry Holmes (2008)
• Beau Jack (1991)
• Lew Jenkins (1999)
• Eder Jofre (1992)
• Ingemar Johansson (2002)
• Harold Johnson (1993)
• Ismael Laguna (2001)
• Jake LaMotta (1990)
• Sugar Ray Leonard (1997)
• Lennox Lewis (2009)
• Sonny Liston (1991)
• Nicolino Locche (2003)
• Duilio Loi (2005)
• Ricardo Lopez (2007)
• Joe Louis (1990)
• Rocky Marciano (1990)
• Joey Maxim (1994)
• Mike McCallum (2003)
• Barry McGuigan (2005)

• Brian Mitchell (2009)
• Bob Montgomery (1995)
• Carlos Monzón (1990)
• Archie Moore (1990)
• Matthew Saad Muhammad (1998)
• Jose Napoles (1990)
• Azumah Nelson (2004)
• Terry Norris (2005)
• Ken Norton (1992)
• Rubén Olivares (1991)
• Bobo Olson (2000)
• Carlos Ortiz (1991)
• Manuel Ortiz (1996)
• Carlos Palomino (2004)
• László Papp (2001)
• Willie Pastrano (2001)
• Floyd Patterson (1991)
• Eusebio Pedroza (1999)
• Willie Pep (1990)
• Pascual Pérez (1995)
• Eddie Perkins (2008)
• Aaron Pryor (1996)
• Dwight Muhammad Qawi (2004)
• Sugar Ramos (2001)
• Luis Rodriguez (1997)
• Sugar Ray Robinson (1990)
• Edwin Rosario (2006)
• Sandy Saddler (1990)
• Vicente Saldivar (1999)

• Salvador Sánchez (1991)
• Max Schmeling (1992)
• Michael Spinks (1994)
• Dick Tiger (1991)
• Jose Torres (1997)
• Randy Turpin (2001)
• Jersey Joe Walcott (1990)
• Pernell Whitaker (2007)
• Holman Williams (2008)
• Ike Williams (1990)
• Chalky Wright (1997)
• Tony Zale (1991)
• Daniel Zaragoza (2004)
• Carlos Zarate (1994)
• Fritzie Zivic (1993)

Old Timers

• Lou Ambers (1992)
• Baby Arizmendi (2004)
• Abe Attell (1990)
• Max Baer (1995)
• Jimmy Barry (2000)
• Benny Bass (2002)
• Battling Battalino (2003)
• Paul Berlenbach (2001)
• James J. Braddock (2001)
• Jack Britton (1990)
• Lou Brouillard (2006)
• Panama Al Brown (1992)
• Tommy Burns (1996)
• Tony Canzoneri (1990)
• Georges Carpentier (1991)
• Kid Chocolate (1994)
• Joe Choynski (1998)
• James J. Corbett (1990)
• Young Corbett III (2004)
• Johnny Coulon (1999)
• Eugene Criqui (2005)
• Les Darcy (1993)
• Jack Delaney (1996)
• Jack Dempsey (1990)
• Jack Dempsey (1992)
• Jim Driscoll (1990)
• Jack Dillon (1995)
• George Dixon (1990)

• Johnny Dundee (1991)
• Sixto Escobar (2002)
• Jackie Fields (2004)
• Bob Fitzsimmons (1990)
• Tiger Flowers (1993)
• Joe Gans (1990)
• Frankie Genaro (1998)
• Mike Gibbons (1992)
• Tommy Gibbons (1993)
• George Godfrey (2007)
• Harry Greb (1990)
• Young Griffo (1991)
• Harry Harris (2002)
• Len Harvey (2008)
• Pete Herman (1997)
• Peter Jackson (1990)
• Joe Jeanette (1997)
• James J. Jeffries (1990)
• Jack Johnson (1990)
• Gorilla Jones (2009)
• Louis "Kid" Kaplan (2003)
• Stanley Ketchel (1990)
• Dixie Kid (2002)
• Johnny Kilbane (1995)
• Frank Klaus (2008)
• Fidel LaBarba (1996)
• Sam Langford (1990)
• George "Kid" Lavigne (1998)
• Benny Leonard (1990)
• Battling Levinsky (2000)

• Harry Lewis (2008)
• John Henry Lewis (1994)
• Ted "Kid" Lewis (1992)
• Tommy Loughran (1991)
• Benny Lynch (1998)
• Joe Lynch (2005)
• Sammy Mandell (1998)
• Jack McAuliffe (1995)
• Charles "Kid" McCoy (1991)
• Packey McFarland (1992)
• Terry McGovern (1990)
• Jimmy McLarnin (1991)
• Sam McVey (1999)
• Freddie Miller (1997)
• Charley Mitchell (2002)
• Pedro Montañez (2007)
• Owen Moran (2002)
• Kid Norfolk (2007)
• Battling Nelson (1992)
• Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1994)
• Billy Papke (2001)
• Billy Petrolle (2000)
• Willie Ritchie (2004)
• Maxie Rosenbloom (1993)
• Barney Ross (1990)
• Tommy Ryan (1991)
• Jack Sharkey (1994)
• Jimmy Slattery (2006)

• Tom Sharkey (2003)
• Mysterious Billy Smith (2009)
• Billy Soose (2009)
• Freddie Steele (1999)
• Young Stribling (1996)
• Charles "Bud" Taylor (2005)
• Lew Tendler (1999)
• Marcel Thil (2005)
• Gene Tunney (1990)
• Pancho Villa (1994)
• Barbados Joe Walcott (1991)
• Mickey Walker (1990)
• Freddie Welsh (1997)
• Jimmy Wilde (1990)
• Jess Willard (2003)
• Kid Williams (1996)
• Harry Wills (1992)
• Ad Wolgast (2000)
• Midget Wolgast (2001)
• Teddy Yarosz (2006)

Pioneers

• Barney Aaron (2001)
• Young Barney Aaron (2007)
• Caleb Baldwin (2003)
• Jem Belcher (1992)
• Benjamin Brain (1994)
• Jack Broughton (1990)
• James Burke (1992)
• Jem Carney (2006)
• Arthur Chambers (2000)
• Tom Cribb (1991)

• Dick Curtis (2007)
• Dan Donnelly (2008)
• Professor Mike Donovan (1998)
• Paddy Duffy (1994)
• Billy Edwards (2004)
• James Figg (1992)
• Joe Goss (2003)
• John C. Heenan (2002)
• Tom Hyer (2009)

• John Jackson (1992)
• Tom Johnson (1995)
• Tom King (1992)
• Nat Langham (1992)
• Jem Mace (1990)
• Daniel Mendoza (1990)
• Tom Molineaux (1997)
• John Morrissey (1996)
• Henry Pearce (1993)
• Jack Randall (2005)

• Bill Richmond (1999)
• Dutch Sam (1997)
• Young Dutch Sam (2002)
• Tom Sayers (1990)
• Tom Spring (1992)
• John L. Sullivan (1990)
• Bendigo Thompson (1991)
• Jem Ward (1995)

Non-participants

• Thomas S. Andrews (1992)
• Ray Arcel (1991)
• Bob Arum (1999)
• Jarvis Astaire (2006)
• Giuseppe Ballarati (1999)
• George Benton (2001)
• Whitey Bimstein (2006)
• Jack Blackburn (1992)
• William A. Brady (1998)
• Umberto Branchini (2004)
• Teddy Brenner (1993)
• Amilcar Brusa (2007)
• Bill Cayton (2005)
• John Graham Chambers (1990)
• Don Chargin (2001)
• Stanley Christodoulou (2004)
• Gil Clancy (1993)
• Irving Cohen (2002)
• James W. Coffroth (1991)
• Cuco Conde (2007)

• Cus D'Amato (1995)
• Jeff Dickson (2000)
• Arthur Donovan (1993)
• Mickey Duff (1999)
• Angelo Dundee (1994)
• Chris Dundee (1994)
• Don Dunphy (1993)
• Dan Duva (2003)
• Lou Duva (1998)
• Aileen Eaton (2002)
• Pierce Egan (1991)
• Nat Fleischer (1990)
• Richard Kyle Fox (1997)
• Dewey Fragetta (2003)
• Don Fraser (2005)
• Eddie Futch (1994)
• Billy Gibson (2009)
• Charley Goldman (1992)
• Ruby Goldstein (1994)
• Bob Goodman (2009)
• Murray Goodman (1999)

• Bill Gore (2008)
• Abe J. Greene (2009)
• Akihiko Honda (2009)
• Joe Humphreys (1997)
• Sam Ichinose (2001)
• Jimmy Jacobs (1993)
• Mike Jacobs (1990)
• Jimmy Johnston (1999)
• Jack Kearns (1990)
• Don King (1997)
• Tito Lectoure (1997)
• A.J. Liebling (1992)
• Hugh, Earl of Lonsdale (1996)
• Harry Markson (1992)
• John, Marquess of Queensberry (1990)
• Arthur Mercante (1995)
• Dan Morgan (2000)
• William Muldoon (1996)
• Gilbert Odd (1995)

• Tom O'Rourke (1999)
• Mogens Palle (2008)
• Dan Parker (1996)
• George Parnassus (1991)
• J Russell Peltz (2004)
• Tex Rickard (1990)
• Irving Rudd (1999)
• Rodolfo Sabbatini (2006)
• Lope Sarreal (2005)
• George Siler (1995)
• Sam Silverman (2002)
• Jack Solomons (1995)
• Emanuel Steward (1997)
• Jose Sulaiman (2007)
• Sam Taub (1995)
• Herman Taylor (1998)
• Lou Viscusi (2004)
• Jimmy Walker (1992)
• Frank Warren (2008)
• Al Weill (2003)

Observers

• Dave Anderson (2008)
• Lester Bromberg (2001)
• Jimmy Cannon (2002)
• Ralph Citro (2001)
• Tad Dorgan (2007)
• Jack Fiske (2003)

• Paul Gallico (2009)
• Bill Gallo (2001)
• Reg Gutteridge (2002)
• W.C. Heinz (2004)
• Jersey Jones (2005)
• Hank Kaplan (2005)

• Joe Koizumi (2008)
• Hugh McIlvanney (2009)
• Larry Merchant (2009)
• Harry Mullan (2005)
• Barney Nagler (2004)
• LeRoy Neiman (2007)

• Damon Runyon (2002)
• Budd Schulberg (2003)
• Bert Sugar (2005)
• Stanley Weston (2006)

External links

• IBHOF Official site