Donald Trump among New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame inductees

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Donald Trump is one of 12 notables who will be inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame at its 46th annual Dinner and Induction Ceremonies on Nov. 12 in Garfield, N.J.

But before you rush out and buy a ticket (they're $85) in the hope of hearing the current front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination announce a comprehensive plan to deport illegal immigrant boxers or to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border to keep any more from slipping into this country, be advised that it is a longshot that he shows up to accept the mini-championship belt on a plaque that goes to honorees. As you might have heard, The Donald has even more grandiose plans for himself these days than he had in bringing Mike Tyson to Atlantic City to beat people up in the late 1980s, which is one of the reasons he got elected to the NJBHOF in the first place.

"He did send a donation," Henry Hascup, the NJBHOF's longtime president, said of Trump. "I think it's highly doubtful [he'll attend], but you never know. I'm waiting until things on the campaign front calm down a little bit before I try to call somebody who can talk to him about maybe clearing a spot on his calendar to come to our event."

Whether or not Trump shows up, his bombastic star power is such that it may well overshadow inductees who are as much or more deserving of that evening's honor. In Trump's absence, the evening's headliner figures to be crowd-pleasing "Irish" Micky Ward, the Lowell, Mass., junior welterweight who fought 22 times in Atlantic City, the last two being the second and third installments in his classic trilogy with the late Arturo Gatti. Ward's bumpy relationship with his drug-addicted boxer-brother, Dicky Eklund, was depicted in the 2010 biographical drama, "The Fighter," starring Mark Wahlberg as Ward, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won two.

Inductees with Philadelphia ties who are to receive much-deserved recognition are the late Bouie Fisher, best-known as the first trainer of Bernard Hopkins; former USBA middleweight champ Curtis Parker, of Frankford; and respected boxing judge George Hill, from North Philly.

The second-to-last Olympic Boxing Trials qualifying tournament for male fighters will be Sept. 11 at the Holiday Inn Stadium. The two finalists in each of the 10 weight classes advance to the Olympic Trials, which are tentatively set for early December at a site to be determined.

As of yesterday, 260 competitors from throughout the country had submitted their entry forms for the Philly event. Local interest will be centered on Paul "The Punisher" Kroll, 19, who represents Rivera Recreation in the 165-pound weight class, and Christian Carto, 18, of Deptford, N.J., the 2014 National Golden Gloves champion in the 114-pound weight class who trains at Rosati's Gym in South Philly.

For all the Philadelphia sports notables who have been immortalized in bronze throughout the years, only two boxers have had statues dedicated in their honor, and one of them is a fictional character: Rocky Balboa, the celluloid hero of six movies (and counting) starring Sylvester Stallone.

On Sept. 12, however, the late, great former middleweight champion Joey Giardello - whose life-sized statue, at the triangle where 13th, Mifflin and Passyunk meet in South Philadelphia, was dedicated in 2011 - will get some company when a statue of former heavyweight champ "Smokin' " Joe Frazier is formally unveiled at Xfinity Live! in South Philly. It will be the highlight of Joe Frazier Day, commemorating the life and career of the city's best-known fighter, who was 67 when he died of liver cancer on Nov. 7, 2011.

Stephen Layne - who was one of several sculptors who sought the prized assignment, including Carl LeVotch, who did the Giardello statue - was commissioned by the city of Philadelphia to do the Frazier statue, which, including its base, is more than life-sized at 12 feet. It depicts Frazier firing his signature left hook that decked Muhammad Ali in the 15th and final round of the first of their three classic bouts, on March 8, 1971, in New York's Madison Square Garden.

* Northeast Philly heavyweight Joey Dawejko (16-4-2, 9 KOs) continued to fight and win as if he were double-parked, as he needed only 75 seconds to put away Natu Visinia (11-2, 9 KOs) last Friday night in a ShoBox-televised bout from Las Vegas. In his most recent bout before that, on Aug. 7, Dawejko starched Robert Dunton after an elapsed time of just 31 seconds.

* Fast-rising super middleweight prospect Jesse Hart (17-0, 14 KOs), son of former middleweight contender Eugene "Cyclone" Hart, takes on a "name" opponent when he faces Aaron Pryor Jr. (19-8-1, 12 KOs), son of International Boxing Hall of Famer Aaron "The Hawk" Pryor, in a scheduled 10-round to be televised by truTV on Sept. 11 from Las Vegas.