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OUR PURPOSE

NATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME MISSION STATEMENT:

Our mission is to honor this nation's wonderful athletic community of boxers and the boxing world that surrounds them.

We wish to honor the sport's "GREATS" both past and present and even the future which we do with the presentation of our NBHOF pick for tomorrow's "RISING STAR" award.

We wish to honor the fighters that didn't quite win that championship but without whom there would not have been a ladder that needed to be climbed in order to have champions. That tough, courageous, most important and overlooked part of the sport "The Contenders." Most true fans of the sport recognize the contenders are the guts of the sport.

We wish to honor the boxing people in, around and out of the ring.

AND OF COURSE, we wish to honor the Kings and Queens of the sport, "THE CHAMPIONS."

Bill Dempsey Young

PRESIDENT

Linda Dempsey Young

SR. VICE PRESIDENT

Drewin Young

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & PRODUCER

NATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME

NATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME

"Honoring the boxing people in, around and out of the ring."

Latest Media Coverage

Click on various buttons to see about our NBHOF 2026 weekend

Recent News Segment on CBS L.A.

Special Moments Captured on Film

Stephen Blea has Evander Holyfield place the WBC medal on Linda Dempsey Young (VP of NBHOF)

NBHOF MAIN FILM MONTAGE

SUGAR RAY LEONARD'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AT NBHOF 2020-2021-2022 TRILOGY

LAILA ALI'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FOR NBHOF 2020-2021-2022 TRILOGY

By Michele Chong - August 28, 2018

Nancy Rodriguez

By Michele Chong - February 26, 2018

NBHOF at Knott's

OUR PURPOSE

NATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME MISSION STATEMENT:

Welcome Advisory Board Members

PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT

PRESIDENT & SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

Bill & Linda Dempsey Young