QUINCY, માસ. (જુલાઈ 18, 2017) – Former New England. વેલ્ટરવેઇટ ચેમ્પિયન 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^મી “Fight Night at the Bay” કાર્ડ, presented by Granite Chin Promotions, at Marina Bay Sportplex in Quincy, મેસેચ્યુસેટ્સ.

Silveira (12-1, 6 કોસ), fighting out of Salem (MA), will face former world title challenger માઈકલ “ઠંડા કલેજે” ક્લાર્ક (44-16-1, 18 કોસ) આઠ રાઉન્ડની મુખ્ય ઇવેન્ટમાં.

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, કમનસીબે, fell through. પછી, 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, અલબત્ત, 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 મેચ, including six consecutive Central Mass (લોવેલ) Golden Gloves titles and two New England championships (he lost a decision one year to current world junior middleweight champion ડેમેટ્રીયસ એનડ્રાડે), as well as multiple Rocky Marciano Tournament gold medals to go along with those he won at the Silver Mittens and Junior Olympics.

હવે 31 and having fought the past 20 વર્ષ, Silveira is hungry to prove himself on a grander scale, શરૂ ઑગસ્ટ. 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 ધ કન્ટેન્ડર (televised realty show). My sparring partner back then was (અંતમાં) Jeff Fraza, who also was on ધ કન્ટેન્ડર. 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. હવે, હું એક બોક્સર-છેદ પાડનાર વ્યક્તિ કે યંત્ર છું. આ લડાઈ માટે, 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 (બોસ્ટન) સમુદાયો, and Derek knows that they will be out in force supporting him ઑગસ્ટ. 5. “My fans travel,” he insisted. “Quincy isn’t too far from the North Shore, certainly closer than Foxwoods (Mashantucket, સીટી), 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 ઑગસ્ટ. 5. The eight-round fight between three-time world title challenger, વેલ્ટરવેઇટ Aleksandra Lopes (17-4-2, 1 KO), of Marshfield (MA), and former world super lightweight champion Lisa Garland (15-7-1, 8 કોસ) has been elevated to co-feature because of its potential world title fight implications for the winner.

Quincy fighter Chris Traietti (23-4, 19 કોસ) ચહેરા Nick Lavin (4-5, 4 કોસ), of Shelton (સીટી) 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) વેલ્ટરવેઇટ ગેબ્રિયલ ડ્યુલક (11-2, 2 કોસ) વિ. Norwalk’s (સીટી) Shaka Moore (12-23-3, 2 કોસ), Quincy’s undefeated U.S. Marine veteran Brandon Montella (7-0, 6 કોસ) વિ. Florida light heavyweight “નાણાં” માઇક સોયર (7-8, 5 કોસ), and Irreland-native and Quincy junior middleweight Paddy Irwin (3-0, 2 કોસ) વિ. Philly’s Demetrius Thomas (0-4). Holbrook, એમએ વેલ્ટરવેઇટ Mike O’Han, જુનિયર. (1-0) takes on Dorchester’s (MA) Daniel Amaro (0-2-1) ચાર રાઉન્ડની મેચમાં.

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અંતે ઓપન દરવાજા 6:45 વાગ્યાની., પ્રથમ વારો 7:30 વાગ્યાની. અને.

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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