Hochman to Pa. Boxing Hall

DAILY NEWS sports columnist Stan Hochman will be inducted into the Pennsylvania Boxing Hall of Fame in May.

Hochman, who joined the Daily News in 1959, also is a member of the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame and Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Hochman was named Pennsylvania Sportswriter of the Year three times (1967, 1985 and 1987), and won the Nat Fleischer Award as the Boxing Writer of the Year in 1991.

Nine others will be inducted in the country's oldest boxing Hall of Fame on May 18. They are: boxers Jacqui Frazier-Lyde, Earl Hargrove, Mike Picciotti, Percy Manning, Jimmy Tygh and Gunboat Smith; trainers Naazim Richardson and Mitch Allen; and cut man Leon Tabbs.

"This is another excellent class of inductees," said John DiSanto, the chairman of the Hall. "Each and every one of these individuals are quite deserving. I look forward to the event in May when we can officially welcome them to the Pa. Boxing Hall of Fame."