Minnesota boxing people would get together in the morning and drink coffee at some hole-in-the-wall restaurant. They would tell stories about the glory days and talk about the need for a hall of fame.

Jake Wegner, enough of a student of Minnesota boxing to be called a historian, decided to do something about it. He assembled a board of directors and did the necessary paperwork in 2009, and the first induction dinner was held in 2010.

The fifth such ceremony will be held on Oct. 3 at Mystic Lake, and from the identities of the half-dozen honorees, the selection committee is not close to running out of worthy recipients.

The inductees for this year are fighters Jack Gibbons, Bobby Rodriguez, King Tut (Jack Tuttle) and Al Andrews, longtime state commissioner Jim O'Hara and manager/trainer Jim Morgan.

Gibbons' father, Mike, and uncle Tommy were original inductees in 2010. Rodriguez's brother Rafael was in that inaugural group, and there could be more family members to follow.

The combat sports tend to be family affairs. Example A of that is the clan of Jim and Olive Morgan: a dozen kids, six boys, three boxers (Glenn, Mike and Danny) and three wrestlers (Olympians John, Gordy and Marty).

Jim and Olive's brother, Red Bastien, barnstormed as pro wrestlers in the 1940s and 1950s. Years back, I wrote a column on oldest brother Glenn, who was managing a redneck bar in a tough part of Tampa.

Glenn was filled with admiration when he told me this story about his father and his uncle:

"They would go to county fairs, and Red would win one night and my dad the next. The loser would look like he couldn't beat anybody. They would ask for challenges from the audience. The guy from the crowd would always take the loser and then get wrapped up like a pretzel.''

Jim, Olive and many Morgans will be at the induction next month. The Rodriguez family also will be there. That's perfect, as there are no greater legacies here in the rings and on the mats of combat than the Morgans of Bloomington and the Rodriguezes of Minneapolis.

Plus Three from Patrick

Three most popular pro athletes in Twin Cities, post-Love and Peterson:

Teddy Bridgewater: He hasn't played yet, but the Purple faithful is convinced he's the savior, even with small hands.

Andrew Wiggins: He hasn't played yet, but he's the No. 1 overall pick with dynamic skills and a big smile.

Erik Haula: Faster than the wind … and he played for the Gophers.