КВІНСІ, Маса. (Липня 18, 2017) – Former New England. напівсередній вазі 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^ї “Fight Night at the Bay” карта, представлений Granite Chin Promotions, at Marina Bay Sportplex in Quincy, Массачусетс.

Silveira (12-1, 6 КО), fighting out of Salem (Массачусетс), will face former world title challenger Майкл “Холоднокровність” Кларк (44-16-1, 18 КО) у головній події восьми раундів.

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, на жаль, fell through. Потім, 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, звичайно, 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 сірники, including six consecutive Central Mass (Лоуелл) Golden Gloves titles and two New England championships (he lost a decision one year to current world junior middleweight champion Деметріус Андраде), as well as multiple Rocky Marciano Tournament gold medals to go along with those he won at the Silver Mittens and Junior Olympics.

Зараз 31 and having fought the past 20 роки, Silveira is hungry to prove himself on a grander scale, початок Серпня. 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 Претендент (televised realty show). My sparring partner back then was (пізно) Jeff Fraza, who also was on Претендент. 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. Зараз, Я боксер-нокаутер. За цей бій, 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 (Бостон) громади, and Derek knows that they will be out in force supporting him Серпня. 5. “My fans travel,” he insisted. “Quincy isn’t too far from the North Shore, certainly closer than Foxwoods (Машантакет, Коннектикут), 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 Серпня. 5. The eight-round fight between three-time world title challenger, напівсередній Aleksandra Lopes (17-4-2, 1 KO), of Marshfield (Массачусетс), and former world super lightweight champion Lisa Garland (15-7-1, 8 КО) has been elevated to co-feature because of its potential world title fight implications for the winner.

Quincy fighter Кріс Траєтті (23-4, 19 КО) особи Nick Lavin (4-5, 4 КО), of Shelton (Коннектикут) 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 (Массачусетс) напівсередній Габріель Дюлюк (11-2, 2 КО) проти. Norwalk’s (Коннектикут) Shaka Moore (12-23-3, 2 КО), Quincy’s undefeated U.S. Marine veteran Brandon Montella (7-0, 6 КО) проти. Florida light heavyweight “Гроші” Майк Сойєр (7-8, 5 КО), and Irreland-native and Quincy junior middleweight Paddy Irwin (3-0, 2 КО) проти. Philly’s Demetrius Thomas (0-4). Holbrook, М. А. у напівсередній вазі Mike O’Han, Молодший. (1-0) takes on Dorchester’s (Массачусетс) Daniel Amaro (0-2-1) in a four-round match.

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Двері відкриваються в 6:45 p.m., Перший бій 7:30 p.m. І.

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