By Boxing Bob Newman

The International Boxing Hall of Fame held it’s first marquee event of the 2018 induction weekend with the annual fist casting on the museum grounds Friday in Canastota, New York.

On hand to have the tools of their trade cast to be forever on display were 2018 inductees Vitali “Dr. Iron Fist” Klitschko, Ronald “Winky” Wright, Erik “El Terrible” Morales, broadcasters Jim Gray and Steve Albert. Current and former ring stars Miguel Cotto, Kelly Pavlik, Robert Guerrero, Jarrett Hurd also dipped their mitts in the plaster of Paris mixture for preservation.