Prior to going to Canastota for Induction Weekend, I asked some previous inductees what the experience was like.
“You get a good feeling being there,” Teddy Atlas said. “People come from all over the world for a four-day celebration of boxing. And they respect boxing. They care about boxing. They really do.”
“Most people you meet will be very nice,” Al Bernstein told me. “And the people who run things are incredibly well-organized, so you won’t have to worry about where to be at...