Hall of Famer
SOMETIMES the boxing gods get things right. This June, Dr. Margaret Goodman, a pioneering ring physician who has earned widespread respect throughout the boxing community, will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Goodman was born in Toronto. Her father was a musician who played the saxaphone and clarinet, managed several rock groups, and ultimately became a record producer. When she was seven, the family moved to Southern California, and Margaret became a child of Beverly Hills.
“Broadway Danny Rose was the story of my father’s life,” Goodman reminisced years ago, referencing the hard-luck talent agent from the 1984 Woody Allen movie. “In the 1950s, he managed a group called The Diamands that had hits with Little Darlin’, Walking Along, and The Stroll. He worked with Brook Benton and Dinah Washington. He started Sonny & Cher and the Righteous Brothers. But what always happened was, he’d take them to a certain point, and then somebody big with a recording studio and more clout in the industry would come along and take them away from him.”
Music was the love of young Margaret’s life. “I was a daddy’s girl,” she recalled. “I’d follow my father to nightclubs and concerts. He taught me how to read music and sing. And it was
