QUINCY, Mäss. (Juli 18, 2017) – Former New England. weltervikt mästare 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^th “Fight Night at the Bay” kort, presented by Granite Chin Promotions, at Marina Bay Sportplex in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Silveira (12-1, 6 Kos), fighting out of Salem (MA), kommer att möta tidigare utmanare för världstiteln Michael “Kallt blod” Clark (44-16-1, 18 Kos) i åtta-omgången main event.

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, tyvärr, fell through. Sedan, 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, Naturligtvis, 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 tändstickor, 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 Demetrius Andrade), as well as multiple Rocky Marciano Tournament gold medals to go along with those he won at the Silver Mittens and Junior Olympics.

Nu 31 and having fought the past 20 år, Silveira is hungry to prove himself on a grander scale, startande Augusti. 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 Utmanaren (televised realty show). My sparring partner back then was (den sena) Jeff Fraza, who also was on Utmanaren. 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. Nu, Jag är en boxare lagare. För denna kamp, 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 (Boston) samhällen, and Derek knows that they will be out in force supporting him Augusti. 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 Augusti. 5. The eight-round fight between three-time world title challenger, weltervikt Aleksandra Lopes (17-4-2, 1 KO), of Marshfield (MA), and former world super lightweight champion Lisa Garland (15-7-1, 8 Kos) has been elevated to co-feature because of its potential world title fight implications for the winner.

Quincy fighter Chris Traietti (23-4, 19 Kos) ansikten Nick Lavin (4-5, 4 Kos), 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) weltervikt Gabriel Duluc (11-2, 2 Kos) vs. Norwalk’s (CT) Shaka Moore (12-23-3, 2 Kos), Quincy’s undefeated U.S. Marine veteran Brandon Montella (7-0, 6 Kos) vs. Florida light heavyweight “Pengar” Mike Sawyer (7-8, 5 Kos), and Irreland-native and Quincy junior middleweight Paddy Irwin (3-0, 2 Kos) vs. Philly’s Demetrius Thomas (0-4). Holbrook, MA weltervikt Mike O’Han, Jr. (1-0) takes on Dorchester’s (MA) Daniel Amaro (0-2-1) in a four-round match.

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Biljetter, kostar $60.00 (ringsiden), $50.00 (allmän antagning) och $40.00 (standing room), är på försäljning och finns att köpa på www.ticketriver.com.

Insläpp på 6:45 p.m., första skjutningen 7:30 p.m. OCH.

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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