Tyson and Chavez named to Boxing Hall of Fame

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former heavyweight champion  Mike Tyson and three-division winner Julio Cesar Chavez of  Mexico were named yesterday to the International Boxing Hall of  Fame.

Russian-born junior welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu,  Mexican trainer Ignacio “Nacho” Beristain, U.S. referee Joe  Cortez and American actor/screenwriter Sylvester Stallone also  are part of the Class of 2011, the Hall of Fame said on its  website (www.ibhof.com).

Bantamweight Memphis Pal Moore, light heavyweight champion  Jack Root, welterweight-middleweight Dave Shade, British  boxer-politician John Gully, promoter A.F. Bettinson and  broadcaster Harry Carpenter will be honored posthumously.

They will be enshrined June 12, 2011, at the Hall of Fame  Museum in Canastota, New York.

Inductees were selected by members of the Boxing Writers  Association and a panel of international boxing historians.