Moorer, Hatton, Calderon, Corrales elected to Hall of Fame

CANASTOTA, N.Y. — Michael Moorer, the first left-hander to win the heavyweight title, and fellow two-division champions Ricky Hatton and Ivan Calderon were elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Thursday.

Diego Corrales, who died two years after winning a fight in 2005 that was voted “Fight of the Year,” is the other member of the Hall’s 2024 class in the men’s modern category. Induction ceremonies will take place June 6-9.

The 13-member class was voted on by members of the Boxing Writers Association of America and a panel of international boxing historians.

Moorer won the light heavyweight title in 1998 in only his 12th fight, moved up to heavyweight three years later and became the first left-handed heavyweight champion in 1992. He held two light heavyweight titles heavyweight after outpointing Evander Holyfield in 1994, but was knocked out by 45-year-old George Foreman seven months later. Moorer would regain the title in 1996 and finish his career with a record of 52-4-1 with 40 knockouts.

Hatton rose to the top of the 140-pound division with a victory over Hall of Famer Kostya Tszyu in 2005 and a year later, “The Hitman” moved up to win a welterweight title. The popular British fighter went on to lose high-profile matches to Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao and finished 45-3 with 32 knockouts.

Calderon (35-3-1, 6 KOs) represented Puerto Rico in the 2000 Olympics before a professional career that included titles at minimumweight and light flyweight.

Corrales went 40-5 with 33 knockouts and is best remembered for his 2005 victory over Jose Luis Castillo. when he was knocked down twice in the 10th round, but then rallied later in the round to stop Castillo. The former super featherweight and lightweight champion died in 2007 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.

British champion Jane Couch and Mexican Ana Maria Torres were elected in the women's modern category. Luis Angel Firpo in the Alumni category and Theresa Kibby in the Female Pioneer category were the other fighters in the class.

The rest of the class: coach Kenny Adams, manager Jackie Kallen and longtime publicist Fred Sternburg; journalist Wallace Matthews and broadcaster Nick Charles (posthumously) in the Observer category.