Overview
- The induction is scheduled for June 14, 2026 in Canastota, New York.
- Gennadiy Golovkin enters in his first year of eligibility with a 42-2-1 record, 37 knockouts, and a tie of Bernard Hopkins’ mark of 20 consecutive middleweight title defenses.
- Jackie Nava is recognized as a trailblazer for women’s boxing after WBC and WBA super-bantamweight titles and a 2022 retirement.
- Antonio Tarver and Nigel Benn join the class, highlighted by Tarver’s multiple light-heavyweight reigns and 2004 KO of Roy Jones Jr. and Benn’s two-division championship run and four-year super middleweight tenure.
- Additional inductees include Naoko Fujioka and Jimmy Clabby, with honors also for Russ Anber, the late Jimmy Glenn, referee Frank Cappuccino, physician Edwin “Flip” Homansky, and Observer category selections Kevin Iole and the late Alex Wallau.