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Two
will join
the Greats
By Mike C Ryan
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The ANBHOF selectors
at the 2004 Hall of Fame dinner tomorrow are going
to add two Moderns to the established four. At
the 2003 affair they inducted Famechon and Rose,
Michael and Fenech. Two
other champions called to the dais at the inaugural
Hall of Fame fund raising dinner 2002, Lester
Ellis and Rocky Mattioli, were not officially
"inducted", though most of that RACV
audience took it for granted they were installed.
Lester Ellis heard he had
to be five years retired to qualify. His brief
comeback against Anthony Mundine stalled that.
Rocky Mattioli is over from
Italy as guest of the Hall of Fame again for
the third year, this weekend, and it should
be a safe bet that he becomes one of the two
new Moderns to be announced.
Here are fifteen worthy candidates
among nominees for the Moderns (1966 to 1999)
in the Hall of Fame.
Hector Thompson, Jeff White, Tony Ryder and
Jeff Malcolm (Queensland); Charkey Ramon, Bob
Dunlop, Rocky Gattellari, Troy Waters and Paul
Moore (NSW); Laurence (Baby Cassius) Austin
(WA); Henry Nissen, Paul Ferreri, Bobby Dunne,
Graham Brooke and Tony Miller (Victoria).
Standing perhaps half a pace
ahead of them is Jeff Harding, the Hitman, who
won two WBC light-heavyweight belts. Tony Mundine
also stood out: he landed 64 knockouts and Commonwealth
titles in two divisions in an electric career.
Six weeks ago, Tony and son
Anthony Mundine in Sydney were sent invitations
to this Saturday's Hall of Fame dinner in the
Victory Room of Telstra Dome in Melbourne.
No reply was received.
VIP
veterans
In the nominations for the
Veterans category, the 1939 to 1965 battalion,
are names that hold their kick.
Queensland bombers, Elley
Bennett and Jack Hassen; NSW headliners Tommy
Burns, George Barnes, Trevor King, Pat Ford,
Len Dittmar, Ray Coleman, Allan Williams, Tommy
Chapman and Clive Stewart; Victorian drawcards,
Frankie Flannery, Kid Young, Eddie Miller, Mickey
Tollis, Peter Read and Bernie Grant.
At least half a dozen belong
with the immortals.
Only two of them will make
it this year.
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