КУИНСИ, Маса. (Юли 18, 2017) – Former New England. полусредна категория шампион Derek Silveira Is trying to make up for lost time, 3 ½ years of ring inactivity from the summer of 2013 until this past April, as he prepares to headline the August 5^тата “Fight Night at the Bay” карта, presented by Granite Chin Promotions, at Marina Bay Sportplex in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Silveira (12-1, 6 Нокаута), fighting out of Salem (MA), will face former world title challenger Michael “Cold Blood” Clark (44-16-1, 18 Нокаута) в основното събитие от осем кръга.

The 31-year-old Silveira fought for a long time with bones spurs in his right elbow. He underwent surgery and later went to training camp in Las Vegas for a fight that, за съжаление, fell through. След това, as a worker for a moving company, he fell through steps, resulting in torn labrum in his left hip. It took a terribly frustrating 1 ½ years for his insurance company to finally approve the operation, which was followed, разбира се, by a lengthy therapy program.

“A long process,” Silveira said. “It was tough watching everybody fight while I was unable. I even had to watch guys fight for the New England title that I never lost in the ring but was unable to keep because I couldn’t fight.”

Silveira was a decorated New England amateur boxer with more than 300 кибрит, including six consecutive Central Mass (Lowell) Golden Gloves titles and two New England championships (he lost a decision one year to current world junior middleweight champion Димитър Andrade), as well as multiple Rocky Marciano Tournament gold medals to go along with those he won at the Silver Mittens and Junior Olympics.

Сега 31 and having fought the past 20 години, Silveira is hungry to prove himself on a grander scale, стартиране Август. 5 with Clark. “He will be a good test for me for a comparison to where I was in the past,” Silveira commented about his veteran opponent. “Clark is a veteran who fights on his toes. I used to watch him when he was on The Contender (televised realty show). My sparring partner back then was (късните) Jeff Fraza, who also was on The Contender. It’ll be good to see where I am.

“I grew up as a boxer. I had huge legs, strong upper body, and good footwork. I played soccer as a kid. I lacked power. The last few years I’ve worked on my power. Сега, Аз съм боксьор-перфоратор. За тази битка, I will start out boxing – my endurance will be there – and then I’ll look to take him out in the later rounds. I want to look good and not get hit by his strong right hand.”

Silveira has one of the largest fan-bases in New England, largely from North Shore (Бостън) общности, and Derek knows that they will be out in force supporting him Август. 5. “My fans travel,” he insisted. “Quincy isn’t too far from the North Shore, certainly closer than Foxwoods (Mashantucket, CT), and I had a lot of fans there. My fans are overpowering; so loud and a little crazy.”.

Many of NE’s other best and most popular professional boxers will be in action Август. 5. The eight-round fight between three-time world title challenger, борец от полусредна категория Aleksandra Lopes (17-4-2, 1 KO), of Marshfield (MA), and former world super lightweight champion Lisa Garland (15-7-1, 8 Нокаута) has been elevated to co-feature because of its potential world title fight implications for the winner.

Quincy fighter Крис Траети (23-4, 19 Нокаута) лица Nick Lavin (4-5, 4 Нокаута), of Shelton (CT) for the vacant New England cruiserweight title in an eight-round bout. Traietti is also the co-promoter of “Fight Night at the Bay”, in addition to being a former World Boxing Council (WBC) United States cruiserweight titlist, college graduate and Iraq War veteran.

Fighting on the undercard in six-round bouts are Dorchester (MA) борец от полусредна категория Габриел Дюлюк (11-2, 2 Нокаута) срещу. Norwalk’s (CT) Shaka Moore (12-23-3, 2 Нокаута), Quincy’s undefeated U.S. Marine veteran Brandon Montella (7-0, 6 Нокаута) срещу. Florida light heavyweight “Пари” Mike Сойер (7-8, 5 Нокаута), and Irreland-native and Quincy junior middleweight Paddy Irwin (3-0, 2 Нокаута) срещу. Philly’s Demetrius Thomas (0-4). Holbrook, MA полусредна категория Mike O’Han, Jr. (1-0) takes on Dorchester’s (MA) Daniel Amaro (0-2-1) в четири кръг мач.

Всички битки и бойци са обект на промяна.

Билети, на цена $60.00 (ринга), $50.00 (общо признание) и $40.00 (standing room), са в продажба и на разположение за закупуване на www.ticketriver.com.

Вратите отварят в 6:45 p.m., Първият мач 7:30 p.m. И.

Tufankjian Auto Group and Tobin Scientific are major event sponsors; additional sponsors include The Chantey, Jack Campbell Electric and Hancock Tavern.

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