State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame : Boxing

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Al Hostak

Inducted: 1965

Never the most stylish boxer, he became the middleweight division's most feared puncher and twice held the world title in the 160-pound bracket. He didn't hang up the gloves until after he was 33, and he won his last bout by a knock-out. From Seattle's Georgetown area.

Freddie Steele

Inducted: 1961

The "The Tacoma Wonder Boy" enjoyed a meteoric rise to the world's middleweight boxing championship, by taking a decision over Babe Risko in a Seattle scrap. Freddie defended the title against Risko and in several other fights but in 1938 lost the crown when he suffered a first-round knockout to Al Hostak.

Pat McMurtry

Inducted: 2006

One of the region's biggest sports stars before the arrival of major league sports in the Pacific Northwest, he was homegrown, a legitimate title contender and potential heavyweight champion. Starting with his hard-nosed, blue-collar roots on Tacoma's South Side, he at one time was ranked fifth among the world's heavyweights. One of his biggest career highlights was a decision over George Chuvalo at Madison Square Garden in 1958.