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Much at stake for “The Come Up” headliner “Fly” Mike Marshall in “The Come Up” Day-Night Doubleheader August 28 in Derry, N.H.
“Breakout” Possible swan song for Steve Vukosa, Statement time for Mike Marshall
“Breakout” headliner NABA U.S. Heavyweight title fight Steve Vukosa vs. Mike Marshall Day-Night Doubleheader June 26 in Derry, N.H.
Day-Night Doubleheader June 26 in Derry, N.H.
QUINCY, Mass. (May 20, 2021) – “Breakout,” presented by Granite Chin Promotions, will feature two heavyweight title fights as part of another day-night doubleheader on June 26th atNew England Sports Center in Derry, New Hampshire.
The night card is headlined by the 10-round main event for the vacant NABA United States Heavyweight Championship between agelessSteve “The Gentle Giant” Vukosa (13-1, 5 KOs) atqueMike “Fly” Marshall (5-1, 4 KOs).
Vukosa, fighting of out Quincy, MA, is a former WBC U.S. Heavyweight Champion, which he captured in 2019 when he won an 8-round unanimous decision againstJoe Cusumano(18-2, 16 KOs).
The reigning New England Heavyweight Champion, Marshall won his belt last November at the same venue as his upcoming fight with Vukosa, when the Danbury, CT fighter took an 8-round unanimous decision fromJustin "Gloria Train" Rolfe.
Former N.E. heavyweight champion Rolfe (5-2-1, 4 KOs), representing Fairfield, ME, will face his Mexican opponent, Jose Humbert “Olimpico” Corral (20-26, 12 KOs), in the 8-round, co-featured event for the vacant ABF Atlantic heavyweight title.
“I am excited to be coming back to Derry with another doubleheader, featuring open-class amateurs and local professionals,” Granite Chin presidentChristophorus Traietti dixit. “I try to grow and develop the Granite Chin brand every show. Bringing in an elite level amateur tournament is a great way to introduce local fans to the future of the sport and help me develop relationships with amateur boxers.”
Undefeated Holyoke, MA welterweightDenzel Whitley (4-0, 3 KOs) will be in his first scheduled 6-rounder versusAntonius Andreozzi (0-1), of Swansea, MA. Lawrence, MA junior lightweightKevin Rodriguez (0-1) faciesRyan Venable (2-4) in a 4-round battle.
Also slated to be in action on the undercard, all in 4-round bouts against opponents to be determined, are Weymouth, MA welterweightEric “Gladiator” Goff (1-0), Holyoke junior middleweightCarolus Castello (1-0, 1 KO), and Woburn, MA middleweightIulianus "Draconem Nigrum" Baptistam (2-0, 2 KOs).
A Pro-Am card will feature the inaugural “Granite Chin Invitational” tournament, pitting some of the best amateur boxers in New England in the semifinals round, in the USA Boxing-sanctioned event during the afternoon portion of the day-night doubleheader. The semifinals winners will advance to the tournament’s championship final August 28th at New England Sports Center.
Some of the top N.E. amateur boxers expected to compete include 2021 USA National Championships gold medalistArika Skoog, the 2-time N.E. Golden Gloves champion out of Newton (MA); 2-time N.E. Golden Gloves fortissimusTashawn Ward, a featherweight from Providence (RI); et middleweightsJames Maner, 2019 N.E. Golden Gloves champion from Providence, and 2-time N.E. Golden Gloves fortissimusMike Fontanez, Nashua est (N.H).:
The pro segment of the afternoon’s Pro-Am card will showcase ABF Atlantic Cruiserweight ChampionYan “Wild Thing” Pellerin (11-1, 5 KOs) defending his title against Lewiston, ME challengerCristiano Pedro, fighting out by way of Angola in an 8-round fight.
Other pro fights, all 4-rounders, include Canadian heavyweightAlexis Barriere (1-0, 1 KO) vs. New York’s pro-debutingAndrew Nolan, Kessinger (MA), light heavyweightAndrew Perez in his pro debut vs. TBA, Springfield (MA) eximius lightweightIan “Dinamite” Garcia (0-0-1) vs.Andy Aiello (1-4-1), of Bridgewater, MA, New York cruiserweightScott Lambert(1-2, 1 KO) vs.Yhago Goncalves (0-3), of Portsmouth (ME) by way of Brazil, and Springfield’s pro-debuting light heavyweightLaurent Humes vs.pro-debutingPhilipe Martins, of Marlborough, MA..
Nullam sale et precii sunt $25.00 (Day Show) / $40.00 (Night Show) for general seating (unassigned). Unassigned ringside seating will be available at $35.00 per seat during the day show. The night show will offer ringside tables (assigned and seats 4) quia $300.00 and are available to purchase online atwww.ticketriver.com (Quaerere: Granite Chin Invitational for the day show, Breakout for night show).
At ianuae 12:15 p.m. Et AND 7:15 p.m. ATQUE (nox) with the first bouts, respective;, at 12:30 p.m. Et AND 7:30 p.m. ATQUE.
“Compitales: doubleheader proventus ex N.H.: Kendrick Ball, Jr. hits in domum suam currere nobis. Vera Bryan
"Crovia" consequitur ex Nova Hampshire
DERRY, N.H. (Aprilis 18, 2021) -Prior Nova Anglia middleweight championKendrick "Peppa" Ball, Jr. vertitur in curriculo optimo perficiendi heri eventum principale contra periculosumBryan "Bellitor" Vera vesperi partem "Crivium" diei noctis doubleheader, deferentibus Granite Chin Promotions, ad Nova Anglia Sports Centre in Derry, New Hampshire.
Praeclarum consilium secuta est ut Ball (16-1-2, 11 KOs) cohibenti et motus, dum Vera (28-17, 18 KOs) applicatas pressura, a dextra campana. Ball suscepit imperium in secundo circum, cum mansit in sinum, crepant rigidas accumsan. Pila magis accendit compositiones efficaciores in tertia parte rotunda quam Vera adversarium persequi incepit. Pila circa anulum movere coepit et ab extrinseco in quarto pugnans in digitos reliquos pugnae mansit.
Ball vicit ad VIII-per unanimem decisionem (79-73, 79-73, 78-74) ut in mundo pugilatu conciliari (WBC) USNBC (United States) Argentum Super Middleweight Champion.
"Hoc est optimum pugna, propter quem pugnavi, et pugnae magnitudo," Ball annotavit. "Consilium erat archa movendum quod multo minor ac tardius erat. Interdum banged, cum scirem me non laedere, sed pericula non tulerim."
Vera XXXIX annorum non est idem pugnator cum tres diversis mundi propugnatoribus verberavit.Lee Andy, Mora sergio (bis) atqueSerhiy Dzinziruk. Texan decernere debet si tempus est ut caestus suos tandem suspendat.
"Hic erat terribilis", certum nostrum optimum spectaculum ad date,"Granite Chin est"Christophorus Traietti declaravit after ostende. "Nos sentire magna de ascendendo ad pugnatores", maxime incolis, suggestum praestare in fronte fans. Multum auctorum me pigrum evasisse existimo. Dederunt nobis lane et Granite Chin commodum. Id spectaculum erat quarto anno in nisl. Brian dure pugnavit et magnus guy est, sed idem Guido non fuit in 2011. De his quae facturus est debet cogitare.
"Granite Mentum huc redit June" 26th cum alio doubleheader. Post meridiem spectaculum erit Invitational Granite Chin pro electis pugilibus apertis. Cum Novae Angliae Gloves Aureae iterum cassantur, vacuum est ad replendum. Si auctores sunt ad auxilium, rudi, Ego certe erit, incipiens Iunii 26th."
AemulatorMarchio Batesius (8-4, 6 KOs) dethroned defendens New Hampshire Welterweight ChampionRyan Dibartolomeo (3-2-1, 1 KO) per sextum-rotundum sistendum in iucunda co-featura. Depopulans dextra a Bates coronam novam ei dedit sicut referendarius nec medicus cito anulum computat.
Larry "Hitman" Pryor sumpsit contractum eScott Lambert et ipse parum temporis negotiorum curam gerens ut New Hampshire Cruiserweight Champion fieret. Pryor usus est summae staturae et commoda, spectaculum claudebant cum hamo sinistro perfecte proiecto, qui Lambertum ad carbasa misit. Lambertus comes percutere curo, sed referendarius per foramen undique medium pugnam constitit cum Lambertum in cruribus cartilagineum nutare et ultro citroque vidit.
Lanky lefthandedFranciscus "Tank" Hogan (5-0, 5 KOs) lectus nocte egregie effectus contraLarry "Slo Mo" Smith, qui erat in his 60th curriculo pugna. Hogan Smith deposuit primo in tertio circum, et nuper Texan cepit in eodem templo cum laevo-composito. Comitem Smith beat, sed non potuit respondere campanae pro quarta parte, et XX annos natus Hogan novus Champion Novus Hampshire Junior Middleweight factus est.
Prior Nova Anglia heavyweight championJustin "Gloria Train" Rolfe (5-2-1, 4 KOs) se pro alio N.E. title offa cum spectaculi KnockoutAlfredo "Ita" Trevino (9-9-1, 1 KO). The libra Rolfe 263-, pugnando de Fairfield, Maine, incurrit per anulum ad campanam et Arizona adversarium suum posuit in dextro cornu dormiendi, cum ad XX-secundam marcam numeratus est.
Novissimus membrum familiae pugnatoris Whitley ex Massachusetts occidentis, Invictus ergo welterweightDenzel Whitley, quarta victoria cum quarta knockout cruised. EXERCITUSAquilandrus Brandao serius circumactus et a referendarius pugna interclusus est.
Hinc invictusJahye Brown (9-0, 7 KOs) cepit vacans ABF Curabitur aliquet junior middleweight titulo cum duro pugnavit VIII-circum consensum in ludo Mexicanus adversario,Potes- dormiens (12-4-1, 9 KOs). Duo pedis pugnaverunt ex campana apertio et Brown expositis pugnis efficacius intus ad victoriam merendam.
Promittens middleweight prospectusIulianus "Draconem Nigrum" Baptistam hocce prosequendo, 2-0 cum secundo knockout, uredine eBruno Dias in tertio rotundo.
Plus quam octo annos pugnatum est, Fall River, MA welterweightDustin Reinhold (6-4, 2 KOs) vicit in IV-per unanimem decisionem pro-debutingAntoniusAndreozziin quo optime dici potest par asper et ruptura.
Junior middleweightCarolus CastelloProfessional debut erat gemma sicut Holyoke, MA Pugnator fluensTheo Desjardon bis, ultimi claudendi spectaculum nuper in primo circum.
"Cannon" Berry sistit Ibarra in 5"
UBO All-America Welterweight ChampionBrandon "Cannon" Berry (21-5-2, 13 KOs) feliciter defensum est scriptor principale eventus post meridiem, overcoming a slow start in which he was buzzed to stop challengerGael Ibarra (5-3, 4 KOs) in the fifth round.
Berry finished the fight in the fifth, when he unloaded twin barrages of unanswered punches on a trapped Ibarra until the referee waved off the fight.
“I’m glad it wasn’t a 4-round fight,” Berry said after the fight. “He was a strong guy. I was feeling it. He tested me. I want to thank my family and friends here, and Granite Chin and everybody involved in the promotion.”
In co-featured event, New England heavyweight championMike “Fly” Marshall (4-1, 3 KOs), in a non-title fight, effodissetTracey Johnson (4-10-6) in tertio rotundo.
Popular Boston IrishmanJimmy Torney (3-0, 3 KOs) – 6’ 6”, 269 lbs. – needed only 42-seconds and one big right to stop pro-debuting heavyweightMarco Nascimento.
Massachusetts welterweightEric “Gladiator” Goff convincingly won his pro debut againstJader Alves(0-5) as he pitched a 4-round shutout
Three-time New England Golden Gloves championDemek “Hightower” Edmonds had an awesome pro debut, dropping cruiserweightFrancisco Neto twice in round one, the second a vicious body shot ending the fight. Edmonds, a southpaw from Worcester, MA, is a college graduate and bonafide prospect to watch.
In a non-title fight, New England welterweight championMike “Bad Man” Ohan, Jr. (12-1, 6 KOs) schooled his 54-fight Las Vegas opponent, junior middleweightRynell Griffin. Ohan decked Griffin three times in the first round, the third with a left hook to the body from which Griffin was unable to beat the count.
Canadian cruiserweightYan “Wild Thing” Pellerin (11-1, 5 KOs) landed two stinging rights to the body of 63-fight veteranSteve “The Spoiler” Walker, both flooring the Missouri fighter, the second resulting in an opening-round knockout for the vacant ABF Atlantic title.
Connecticut welterweightOmar “The Beast” Borday, Jr. (1101, 3 KOs) dominated 65-fight journeymanDewayne Wisdom en route to a one-sided 8-round unanimous decision.
Official results below:
LICTOR RESULTS
MAIN EVENT – VACANT WBC USNBC SILVER SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Kendrick Ball, Jr. (16-1-2, 11 KOs), Worcester, MA
WDEC8 (79-73, 79-73, 78-74)
Vera Bryan (28-17, 18 KOs), Austin, TX
(Ball on WBC USNBC Silver middleweight title)
CO-FEATIURE –NEW HAMPSHIRE WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Marchio Batesius (8-4, 6 KOs), Taunton, MA
WKO6 (2 :26)
Ryan Dibartolomeo (3-2-1, 1 KO), Leominster, MA
(Bates won the N.H. welterweight title)
VACANT NEW HAMPSHIRE CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Larry Pryor (14-23, 8 KOs), Frederick, MD
WTKO1 (1:50)
Scott Lampert (1-2, 1 KO), Dover Plains, NY
(Pryor won the N.H. cruiserweight title)
VACANT NEW HAMPSHIRE JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Francis Hogan (5-0, 5 KOs), Weymouth, MA
WTKO3 (3:00)
Larry Smith (12-46-2 (8 KOs), Dallas, TX
(Hogan won the N.H. junior middleweight title)
VACANT ABF ATLANTIC JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Jahyae Brown (9-0, 7 KOs), Schenectady, NY
WDEC8 (79-72, 77-74, 77074)
Potes- dormiens (12-3-1, 9 KOs), Woburn, MA
(Brown won ABF Atlantic junior middleweight title)
Heavyweights
Justin Rolfe (5-2-1, 3 KOs), Fairfield, ME
WKO1 (0:20)
Alfredo Trevino (9-9-1, 1 KO), Douglas, THE
WELTERWEIGHTS
Denzel Whitley (4-0, 4 KOs), Holyoke, MA
WTKO1 (2 :42)
Aquilando Brandao (0-4), Boston, MA
MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Julien Baptiste (2-0, 2 KOs), Woburn, MA
WTKO3 (2 :26)
Bruno Dias (0-5), Boston, MA
JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT
Carolus Castello (1-0, 1 KO), Holyoke, MA
WTKO1 (2:16)
Theo Desjardin (0-7), Attleboro, MA
WELTERWEGHTS
Dustin Reinhold (6-4, 2 KOs), Fall River, MA
WDEC4 (39-36, 39-036, 39-37
Antonius Andreozzi (0-1), Swansea, MA
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DAY CARD
MAIN EVENT – UBO ALL-AMERICA WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Brandon Berry (21-5-2, 13 KOs), West furculas, ME
WTKO5 (1:29)
Gael Ibarra (5-3, 4 KOs), Bisbee, THE
(Berry retained the UBO All-America welterweight title)
CO-FEATURE – HEAVYWEIGHTS
Mike Marshall (5-1, 4 KOs), Brooklyn, NY
WTKO3 (0:38)
Tracey Johnson, (4-10-6, 0 KOs), Boston, MA.
VACANT ABF ATLANTIC CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Yan Pellerin (10-1, 4 KOs), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
WKO1 (1:02)
Steve Walker (26-37, 18 KOs), Hannibal, MO
(Pellerin won the ABF Atlantic cruiserweight title)
Heavyweights
Jimmy Torney (3-0, 3 KOs), Boston, MA
WTKO1 (0:42)
Marco Nascimento (0-1), Bow, NH
CRUISERWEIGHTS
Demek Edmonds (1-0, 1 KO), Worcester, MA
WTKO1 (2:56)
Francisco Neto (1-12), Woburn, MA
JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Mike Ohan, Jr. (12-1, 6 KOs), Holbrook, MA
WTKO1 (2:52)
Rynell Griffin (8-46-2, 2 KOs), Las Vegas, NV
WELTERWEIGHTS
Eric Goff (1-0, 1 KO), Weymouth, MA
WDEC4 (40-30, 40-34, 40-34)
Jader Alves (0-5), Woburn, MA.
Junior WELTERWEIGHTS
Omar Borday, Jr. (11-1, 3 KOs), Danbury, CT
WDEC8 (80-70, 79-72, 78-72
Dewayne Wisdom (7-56-2, 3 KOs), Indianapolis, IN
DELATURA:
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Twitter: @Granite_Chin
Justin “Crazy Train” Rolfe crowned N.E. heavyweight champion
3-tempus, 2-division world champion Jose Antonio Rivera returns with a bang KO winner in his first fight in 7 annis
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WORCESTER, Mass. (August 19, 2018) – Seven years after his last fight, “The Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera returned to the ring in grand fashion last night (Saturday) ad Vivamus scelerisque “Delaturos, presented by Granite Chin Promotions in association with Rivera Promotions Entertainment, et apud Wigorniam in Palladii, Massachusetts.
The 45-year-old Rivera (42-6-1, 25 KOs), 35 pounds lighter than he was in February when he started training, packed the house in his hometown, fully entertained his supportive fans. Tres tempore, two-division world champion Rivera pressured Larry “Slomoshun: Smith (10-38-1, 7 KOs) from the opening bell and he never let up.
It took a few rounds for Rivera to wear off the rust, but he fed Smith a steady diet of body shots, gradually breaking down his opponent, as he won round after round on points. Twice in the sixth round it looked like Smith was done, but the tough Texan showed a lot of heart to survive.
Tandem, Rivera closed the show in the seventh round, when Smith broke his hand in the fifth round and was unable to continue, kneeling in his corner, obviously in pain.
“I’ve always been tough,” Rivera said after the fight, “but I was a little rusty. He tested me early but, once he saw I wasn’t going anywhere and knew he was in for a fight. I started warming up in the fourth round. I was always a 12-round fighter. I didn’t know he broke his hand until after the fight. Sentio magnus. We gave a good fight to the fans who have always supported me.”
“I give myself a C+ tonight. I’m going to talk with my family, but I’m thinking about one more fight, to make it 50 for his pro career).”
Jose Antonio Rivera (R) had a successful comeback fight
In co-featured event, Worcester super middleweight Kendrick Ball, Jr. (10-1-2, 7 KOs) demolished Fabian “El Lobo” Valdez (2-4), flooring him with a right uppercut and soon after finished him with a vicious body shot for a technical-knockout victory in the opening round. The popular Ball was fighting at home for the first time as a professional
The rematch between Worcester junior middleweight Khiary Grey (16-4, 12 KOs) atque Antonio Chaves Fernandez (9-34, 4 KOs) ended in the same fashion as their first encounter did three years ago. Also fighting at home for the first time, Gray blasted out his game opponent, cracking him with a picture-perfect, left-fight combination that put Fernandez on his back. Fernandez beat the count, but referee Bob Benoit halted the action.
Southbridge, MA junior middleweight Wilfredo “et Sucaro” paganus (5-0, 3 KOs) inuictum, using a relentless body attack to drop Engelberto “Guarura” Valenzuela (11-15, 3 KOs) ter, the last ending the fight midway through the third round.
Springfield, MA junior lightweight Joshua Orta (1-0, 1 KO) turned in an impressive pro debut in a barn-burner that ended when (1-8-1, 1 KO), of Worcester, was unable to continue fighting after the third round.
Worcester welterweight Eslih Owuso (1-0) pitched a shutout in his pro debut, decking veteran Bryan “The Brick” Abraham (6-31-2, 6 KOs) bis in secundo circuitu, quin omnes in via miseránte.
In the opening bout of the night, 45-annorum Jose Angel “KO” Ortiz (5-14-1, 2 KOs) omissa Patrick Leal (0-5) 10-seconds into the fight, once more later in the opening round, and stopped him in the second. Oritz, fighting out of Springfield, MA by way of Puerto Rico, was fighting for the first time in five years, and he registered his first victory in seven.
Official results below:
LICTOR RESULTS
PRINCEPS EXITUS – MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Jose Antonio Rivera (42-6-1, 25 KOs), Worcester, MA
WTKO 7 (1:07)
Larry Smith (10-38-1, 7 KOs), Dallas, Texas
CO-FEATURE – SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Kendrick Ball, Jr. (10-1-2, 7 KOs), Worcester, MA
WTKO1 (2:21)
Fabian Valdez (2-4, 0 KOs), Cananea Sonora, Mexico
MIDDLWEIGHTS
Jose Angel Ortiz (5-13-1, 2 KOs), Springfield, MA
WTKO2 (1:03)
Patrick Leal (0-5), Somerville, MA.
JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Khiary Grey (16-4, 12 KOs), Worcester, MA
WTKO1 (2:27)
Antonio Chaves Fernandez (9-34, 4 KOs), Brockton, MA
Wilfredo Pagan (5-0, 3 KOs), Southbridge, MA
WTKO3 (1:29)
Engelberto Valenzuela (11-15, 3 KOs), Agua Prieta, Mexico
WELTERWEIGHTS
Eslih Owusu (1-0), Worcester, MA
WDEC4 (40-34, 40-35, 40-36)
Bryan Abraham (6-31-2, 6 KOs), Schenectady, NY
JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHTS
Joshua Orta 1-0, 1 KO), Springfield, MA
WTKO3 (3:00)
Edwin Rosado (1-8-1, 1 KO), Worcester, MA
Event sponsors included Lundgren Honda, Elm Wealth Group, Atty. maria M. Rivera-Cotto Championsofhealth@USANA.com, Chieftain Liquors, Centro Las America, Baystate Savings
Bank, Pamela Laporte Realty, Worcester Vocero, ChrisFIT Xperience and Grille 57.
A portion of the proceeds was donated to Spina Bifida Association of Greater New England.
DELATURA:
Facebook.com: /RiveraPromotionsEntertainment, /GraniteChinPromotions
Twitter: @RiveraPromoEnt @joseriverachamp @KingRivera_, @Granite_Chin
New “Delaturos” opponent for headliner “The Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera
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WORCESTER, Mass. (August 15, 2018) – Tres tempore, duo-divisio mundi fortissimus “The Gallo” Jose Rivera has a new opponent for his comeback fight this Friday night in “Delaturos”, deferentibus Granite Chin Promotions (GCP) in association with Rivera Promotions Entertainment (Malvaceae), et apud Wigorniam in Palladii, Massachusetts.
The 45-year-old Rivera (41-6-1, 24 KOs), who was matched against Ruben “Modern Day Warrior” Galvan, didn’t find out until yesterday (Tuesday) that Galvan had broken a finger the night before. Texas veteran Larry “Slomoshun” Smith (10-37-1, 7 KOs) is the late replacement for Rivera in the eight-round main event.
“I am not a fan of late changes,” Rivera said, “but at this point it’s either that or no fight, and I’ve trained too hard not to fight.”
Rivera last fought in 2011, taking an eight-round decision over Paul Mpendo, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut.
The name of the event is “Delaturos” because five fighters in action are from Worcester, including three who’ve never fought there before as professionals.
Super middleweight Kendrick Ball, Jr. (9-1-2, 6 KOs) and junior middleweight Khiary Grey(15-4, 11 KOs), both promoted by CES Boxing, will be fighting at home in Worcester as pros for the first time in a pair of six-round bouts. Ball faces Mexican Fabian “El Lobo” Valdez (2-3) in the co-featured event, while Gray (15-4, 11 KOs) facies Antonio Chaves Fernandez (9-33, 4 KOs), of Brockton, MA, in a rematch of a fight won by Gray.
Also scheduled to fight on the undercard in four-round bouts are Southbridge, MA welterweight Wilfredo “et Sucaro” paganus (4-0, 2 KOs) vs. Engelberto “Guarura” Valenzuela (11-14, 3 KOs), Springfield’s (MA) pro-debuting featherweight Joshua Orta vs. Worcester’s Edwin Rosado (1-7-1, 1 KO), Worcester’s pro-debuting welterweight Eslih Owusu.vs. Bryan “The Brick” Abraham (6-30-2, 6 KOs) et Springfield, MA welterweight Jose Angel “KO” Ortiz (4-13-1, 1 KO) vs. Somerville’s (MA) Patrick Leal (0-4).
Omnia subiecta sunt pugnatores ad bella et mutatio.
Tesseras, pretium at $75.00 (ringside) atque $45.00 (confessio generalis,), praesto sint, et a sale in mercari www.ThePalladium.net aut arca archa officium Palladii (admisso generali tantum,), et per contingentes Jose Rivera (elgallojar@gmail.com/508.864.6954), Series Rivera (anthoneerivera@gmail.com/774.272.2269) aut quis bellatorum,.
At ianuae 6 p.m. ATQUE, primus bout 7 p.m. ATQUE.
Event sponsors include Lundgren Honda, Elm Wealth Group, Atty. maria M. Rivera Cottone legatus,,Championsofhealth.USANA.com, Chieftain Liquors, Centro Las America, Baystate Savings Bank, Pamela Laporte Realty, Worcester Vocero, ChrisFIT Xperience and Grille 57 (hosting the official weigh in and after party).
A portion of the proceeds will go to Spina Bifida Association of Greater New England.
DELATURA:
Facebook.com: /RiveraPromotionsEntertainment, /GraniteChin Promotions
Twitter: @RiveraPromoEnt @joseriverachamp @KingRivera_, @Granite_Chin
“The Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera “Delaturos” Open Workout Photo Gallery
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“The Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera to headline “Delaturos”
The Champ is back!
August 17 et apud Wigorniam in Palladii, MA
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“The Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera hitting the pads with his trainer Sean Fitzgerald
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WORCESTER, Mass. (July 31, 2018) – A dozen years after he captured his third world title in two different weight classes, seven since his last fight, “The Gallo” Jose Rivera returns to the ring August 17 ad Vivamus scelerisque “Delaturos”, deferentibus Granite Chin Promotions (GCP) in association with Rivera Promotions Entertainment (Malvaceae), et apud Wigorniam in Palladii, Massachusetts.
The 45-year-old Rivera (41-6-1, 24 KOs) has already lost more than 30 libras, now within four pounds of his contracted weight, since he started training earlier this year. He will headline against Ruben “Modern Day Warrior” Galvan (27-26-4, 10 KOs) in the eight-round main event.
In 1997, Rivera captured the International Boxing Organization (IBO) World welterweight title, cum stetissent Gilberto Flores in secundo circuitu. Six years later, he traveled to Germany to take on undefeated, patria ventus Michel Trabant (38-0) for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) World Welterweight Championship, in which Rivera won a 12-round decision and the belt.
In front of nearly 10,000 hometown fans in Worcester, Rivera capped his boxing career by winning a 12-round unanimous decision in 2006 over defending champion Alejandro Garcia(25-1) for the WBA World super welterweight title.
“The idea to return to the ring started with my son. A.J., and I talking about chasing history,” Rivera explicavit. “We are not able to put that together right now (A.J. was born with Spina Bifida and he was unable to secure medical clearance in time for the Aug. 17th show.), but because of my hard work these last six months, I felt that it was only fitting to continue with my fight.
“Granite Chin Promotions has been very instrumental to make sure that this show is put together in the most professional manner possible. I won’t think our promotional company (Jos and A.J. own and operate RPE Promotions Entertainment) would have been able to pull this off. All the negotiations had to be done and me training the only way I know how, at a championship level, would have been too much for us to handle.”
Granite Chin Promotions’ co-promoter Chuck Shearns additae, “When Jose and I started talking about his ring return, I was the last person to think he was crazy. We were friends during his championship days and I know how incredibly committed and disciplined Jose is. Ego pugnavit in 49 annorum, not to compare myself to the level Jose has been on, but I know that it can be done. What everyone should know is how well Jose has taken care of himself during his thirties and into his forties. Did I ever think that Chris (Traietti, GCP co-promoter) and I would be co-promoting Jose’s comeback? Do Not, but I’m happy to be involved and I will support him as far as he wants to take this. He’s been training like he’s 25 and Jose’s going to surprise some people.”
During Rivera’s title reigns, unlike other world champions, he also held a full-time job as a court officer in the Massachusetts Trial Court, a position in Worcester that he still holds 17 years later. Between working and training, never mind his family responsibilities, Jose somehow manages to balance everything in his extremely busy life.
“Let’s just say it makes for a busy schedule,” Rivera remarked. “I am committed to taking care of my family and will do whatever it takes. I usually run before work and train after work. Starting early and finishing late makes for busy days, but the job needs to get done. Nunc, I’m in the middle of the hardest period of training. The week of the fight is more about preparing mentally and making weight. There’s nothing you can do the week of the fight to help you get into better shape.”
Rivera isn’t under any illusions that his comeback will lead to another major world title. The plan is for him to have two more fights to reach a total of 50 quasi pro, but he’s taking things one fight at a time, and he still hopes his next fight, tentatively slated for later this year, will be on the same card as his son’s pro debut.
Rivera last fought in 2011, taking an eight-round decision over Paul Mpendo, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut. The battle-tested Galvan, his Aug. 17th opponent from Indiana, has fought other world champions, Including Iab Iuda, Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., Georgius Paez atque Paul Spadafora.
“I hear he comes to fight and that he likes to fool around a bit to try and get into his opponent’s head,” Rivera added. I’ve concentrated on me, my timing and focus on the game plan
“Training for this fight has been more mental than anything else. I have been able to reach peak performance at 45 training like I did in my prime. The most important thing is that, working with my trainer Sean Fitzgerald, I’ve been focused on making sure my timing gets better since it’s been seven years since I last fought.
“Et, utique, it’s always a great feeling to box in front of my hometown fans. Their support is always appreciated.”
The name of the event is “Delaturos” because six fighters in action are from Worcester, including three who’ve never fought there before as professionals.
Middleweight Kendrick Ball, Jr. (9-1-2, 6 KOs) and junior middleweight Khiary Grey (15-4, 11 KOs), both promoted by CES Boxing, will be fighting at home in Worcester as pros for the first time in a pair of six-round bouts. Ball meets Demetrius Walker (8-21-2, 4 KOs) in the co-featured event, while Gray (15-4, 11 KOs) facies Antonio Chaves Fernandez (9-33, 4 KOs), of Brockton, MA, in a rematch of a fight won by Gray.
Also scheduled to fight on the undercard in four-round bouts are Springfield, MA welterweight Jose Angel “KO” Ortiz (4-13-1, 1 KO) vs. vixitque Seth Basler (0-8) and pro-debuting featherweight Joshua Orta vs. Worcester’s Edwin Rosado (1-7-1, 1 KO), Southbridge, MA welterweight Wilfredo “et Sucaro” paganus (4-0, 2 KOs) vs. TBA, and Worcester’s pro-debuting welterweight Eslih Owusu.vs. Bryan “The Brick” Abraham (6-30-2, 6 KOs).
Omnia subiecta sunt pugnatores ad bella et mutatio.
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At ianuae 6 p.m. ATQUE, primus bout 7 p.m. ATQUE.
Event sponsors include Lundgren Honda, Elm Wealth Group, Atty. maria M. Rivera Cottone legatus,,Championsofhealth.USANA.com, Chieftain Liquors, Centro Las America, Baystate Savings Bank, Pamela Laporte Realty, Worcester Vocero, ChrisFIT Xperience and Grille 57 (hosting the official weigh in and after party).
A portion of the proceeds will go to Spina Bifida Association of Greater New England.
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