Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend & Belfast Irish Heritage Days; July 28-29, 2012
ORIGINAL BARE KNUCKLE BOXER INDUCTEES: Jem Belcher, Charley Mitchell,
Henry Pearce
2012
HONORARY INDUCTEES: Ben Becker; Juan, Carlos and Angel De Leon & Chuck Pelitera (Team Mesi trainers);
Tony Graziano; Johnny
Sudac; Michael Tome
Special
recognition to be given to Jeff Mengel, Jimmy Holmes’ trainer
Saturday, July 28
8am to 5pm- Day 1 of first-ever Belfast Community Yard
Sales. To get on map, $5 to Margo Jennings at Town Hall, by Monday 7/23 at 4pm; 585-365-2623. Questions to
Belfast Lions; Bill Heaney at 585-365-2998
10am to 12noon-
Special U.S. Postal Cancellation- TRIBUTE TO THE TRAINERS; MULDOON STATION
10am to 3pm- Car/Motorcycle Cruise. Questions to Mike Preston at 585-365-2497
10am-Official Hall of Fame Induction Breakfast; TRIBUTE
TO THE TRAINERS. Held at United Methodist Family Center adjacent to town park; 2 Chapel Street, Belfast (entrance off
Merton), followed by Hall of Fame tour. See Official 2012 Guzman Induction painting unveiled by the artist. All
proceeds to help fund Muldoon statue. Tickets are $40 per person (includes free tour).
Separate tour tickets for non-breakfast goers are $5 each. Scott Burt; 585-610-3326
12noon- Unveiling of life-size marble statue of William Muldoon. Official
signing and placing of the 2012 Hall of Fame Inductees Glove Ceremony. Scheduled to appear are boxing greats Billy Backus,
Livingstone Bramble, Sugar De Leon, Joe Mesi, and Dick Wipperman. Questions to Scott Burt at 585-610-3326
12noon- Mini Tractor Pull at Valley Park; tentatively
scheduled. Questions to Belfast Firemen at 716-498-6386
1pm- Live sparring exhibition by current middleweight boxer Jimmy Holmes. Questions
to Scott Burt at 585-610-3326
1pm to 4pm- Limerick
contest; topic is William Muldoon (5 lines; 1,2,5 and 3,4 rhyme) Kathy Garrison; 585-365-8856
1:30pm to 5pm- Potato sack race, potato relay race, potato scavenger hunt, Irish
themed “Minute-to-Win-it Contest” and more, in the park. Questions to Judy May, 585-610-2969; Eva
Heaney, 585-365-2998; Lacie Lavallee, 585-610-9229
2pm-
All-age dance workout with Livingstone Bramble; $5 tickets can be bought on-site.
Scott Burt; 585-610-3326
3pm- Hall of Fame
Golf tournament at Allegany Hills. Scramble format; $65 per player. Dick Farwell;
703-338-4270
3pm- Irish step dancers in the
park. Questions to Sheree Gielow at 585-365-2942
3:30pm-
Irish singers, including The Wild Irish Rovers from 5 to 6pm, in the park. Sheree Gielow; 585-365-2942
6pm- Local Restaurant Irish-themed Dinner Night.
6pm- Tour of the mysterious Genesee Valley Canal Warehouse
where 4 murders have happened over the past 100 years, guided by local historian Paul Curcio. $10 tickets
can be bought on-site. Questions to Scott Burt at 585-610-3326
7pm- 11pm Allegany County’s Got Talent talent show competition followed by
a super Rock & Roll Concert featuring Double Vision with boxer Jimmy Holmes, to help with cost
of Muldoon statue. St. Patrick’s Hall on East Hughes. Tickets are $5 (first row, $20; second and third,
$10) One ticket gets you both events. Can be bought on-site. 585-610-3326
Sunday, July 29
8am to 5pm-
Day 2 of first-ever Belfast Community Yard Sales. To get on map, $5 to Margo Jennings at Town Hall, by Monday 7/23 at
4pm; 585-365-2623. Questions to Belfast Lions; Bill Heaney at 585-365-2998
10am- Antique Tractor Pull at Valley Park. Questions to Belfast
Firemen at 716-498-6386
10am- Watch 1970 Backus-Napoles
and 1985 Bramble-Mancini 2 World Title Fights as narrated by the Champions themselves! $10 tickets
can be bought on-site. Question/Answer session. Questions to Scott Burt at 585-610-3326
11:30am- John L. Sullivan 5k run/walk; RAMBLE WITH BRAMBLE,
sponsored by Brewers Fitness Gym of Belfast.
Entry fee
of $30 includes free admission to 10am fight video narration. Students ½ price. Scott Burt;
585-610-3326
12noon- Tours of the Bare Knuckle
Boxing Hall of Fame; $5 tickets can be bought on-site. Scott Burt; 585-610-3326
12noon- Chicken Bar-B-Que in the park by Allegany County
Saddle Dusters Horse Club Will Enders; 716-498-9651
1pm-
Pet parade (pets dressed in Irish garb) Questions to Judy May at 585-610-2969
2pm- Small bagpipes and harp concert in the park.
Questions to Sheree Gielow at 585-365-2942
Make checks out to BKBHOF and mail to Scott Burt, BKBHOF
Coordinator, 3876 State Route 19, Scio New York 14880
Vendor spots in the park for Saturday and/or Sunday are $10
per day. Call Monica Arnold at 585-365-2650.
Come celebrate Belfast, New York!