COMMENTS UPON RECEIVING INDUCTION NEWS

"I'm really elated to be elected into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. This is something I've been looking forward to for a long time. I have some great friends that have been elected like Emile Griffith and Luis Rodriguez and I'm so glad to be part of it because I'm in with a unique crowd. I'm so happy."

- Curtis Cokes

"What a happy moment for me to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. It was on my visit there a few years back that I saw the hand wraps of the great Joe Louis. That is when my hopes too started to arise about someday being alongside the past great boxers. I cannot wait for the date of the event. To have my name with the likes of Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson and Muhammad Ali, I have made it."

- George Foreman

"I'm very happy and honored to receive boxing's highest honor, election into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. I can't wait to make the trip to Canastota."

- Nicolino Locche

"It's a wonderful feeling, it's terrific! I'm overwhelmed. As a youngster I dreamed of being a champion and after ending up with three championships during my long career, to top it off with election into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, I'm speechless."

- Mike McCallum

"For me I think being elected into the International Boxing Hall of Fame is at least equal to my winning the Academy Award for On The Waterfront. I'm very proud of this because boxing has been my passion all my life since the age of 10. I couldn't be more pleased."

- Budd Schulberg