Matt Remillard (цэнтр) is prepared to make up for lost time

(photo by Emily Harney / Team Remillard)

Вустер, Маса. (Сакавіка 20, 2017) – The long trip back begins April 1^вуліца для Мэт “Sharp Shooter” Remillard, 12 years to the day from his professional debut, на “New England’s Future 2” show at the Palladium in Worcester, Масачусэтс.

Remillard (23-1, 13 КО), fighting out of Manchester, Канэктыкут, hasn’t boxed for the six years, due to him serving a five-year prison sentence. He takes on Lawrence (Масачусэтс) лёгкі Augustine “Бязлітасны” Маура (6-1-3, 3 КО) in the eight-round co-feature. If their tense, near volatile stare-down at a recent press conference is a true indication, Remillard vs. Mauras is not going the distance, to put things mildly.

New England’s Future 2″ is presented by Rivera Promotions Entertainment (РПЭ), which is owned and operated by retired three-time, два чэмпіёна свету Хасэ Антоніо Рывера і яго сын, Anthonee (Эй-Джэй) Рывэра.

“I am excited to have a boxer of Remillard’s caliber on our ‘New England’s Future 2’ турнір па прафесійным боксе,” promoter Jose Antonio Rivera remarked. “He has a tough match against August time Mauras for his first fight back. Knowing Remillard, хоць, he wouldn’t have it any other way. I want to thank Matt, Пол Cichon (Галоўны трэнер) and their team for trusting Rivera Promotions Entertainment for Matt’s first boxing match back from his long layoff.”

Remillard is a former World Boxing Council (WBC) ЗША & Youth World, Паўночная федэрацыя бокса амерыканскай (NABF) і Сусветнай баксёрскай арганізацыі (WBO) featherweight champion. His lone pro loss came in his last fight, Сакавіка 23, 2011 in Atlantic City to then rising star Майкі Гарсія (24-0), when Remillard retired after 11 раўндаў. He won’t make excuses; аднак, he never should have taken the fight with Garcia, facing the impending court case that sent him to prison and working with a new head trainer he’d only met two weeks prior to the fight.

“I’m confident I can get back to where I was in about a year,” the 30-year-old Remillard said. “A dream come true would be a rematch with Garcia, at any weight, but I have to earn that shot. Everybody wants a rematch with the guy who gave you the first loss. It seldom happens but, калі не, in time I believe there will be other big fights out there for me.

“I’m fighting an opponent who fought by buddy, Chip Perez, тры разы (0-2-1), so I’m familiar with his style. He doesn’t back down. I don’t expect him to back down against me…until he feels my power. I’m going to take out those five years that I was away on him. I’ve been through so much the last six year but I’m most comfortable in the gym. The past is past and this is my last run. Paul and I have a lot of unfinished business to take care of.”

Seventeen years ago, Chicon first met Remillard at the Manchester PAL gym, but he made the 13-year-old aspiring boxer earn his opportunity to be trained. Paul made Matt clean the bathrooms, take care of spit buckets, і г.д.. before he started training him.

“When he returned to the gym a few months back, I saw that his work ethic hadn’t faded,” Cichon commented. “I don’t believe he’s really that far away from where he was six years ago. He was idle five years but his first day back he sparred 12 раўндаў. He stayed in good physical shape and is hungrier than ever. He thinks he has something to prove after his last fight, but he really doesn’t have anything to prove to me or anybody else. He is fighting a tough kid but Matt’s going to be victorious. I think in four or five more fights he’ll be back where he was in boxing.”

Pembroke (Масачусэтс) Цяжкі Vinnie “American Nightmare” Carita (15-1-1, 14 KOs will headline against Brazilian KO specialist Gilberto Matheus “El Magico” Domingos (22-6, 20 КО), the former South American light heavyweight champion, in the eight-round main event.

Дорчестер (Масачусэтс) цяжкавагавік Donnie “Big Nasty” Паломнік (8-1-1, 7 КО) faces unbeaten Quian Davis (4-0-2, 2 КО), у Mays Landing (Нью-Джэрсі), in a four-round bout.

2016 Новая Англія Залатога чэмпіён пальчаткі Anthony Laureano (2-0, 1 KO), змагаюцца з Іст-Хартфард (Канэктыкут), meets Schenectady (Нью-Ёрк) ветэран Браян “The Brick” Абрагам (6-23-1, 6 КО) у шэсць круглых матчу.

Fighting on the undercard in four round bouts are Worcester cruiserweight Bryan Daniels (3-0, 1 KO) супраць. Mexican invader Jose Humberto “Olympico” Corall (19-23, 12 КО), Вустер полулегком Andino Ranse (1-0) супраць. Mike Hellenfinger (0-2), Гаррисберга (Пэнсыльванія), three-time USA Boxing Nationals champion Элвіс Фігероа, Нью-Хейвен (Канэктыкут) makes his pro debut vs. Brazilian super middleweight Devision Robiero (0-3), Worcester welterweight Andy Gonzalez (5-1, 5 КО) супраць. Броктана Antonio Chavez Fernandes (7-30-4, 2 КО), 2014 N.E. Залатыя пальчаткі чэмпіёна, Lawrence junior welterweight Адрыян Соса (2-0, 1 KO) супраць. TBA), Worcester’s pro-debuting super middleweights Neal Sullivan супраць. Nathan Schulte, Springfield (Масачусэтс) у першай сярэдняй Derrick Whitley супраць. Anthony Everett (104), Лоўрэнс, pro-debuting Springfield featherweight Луіс “Pancho” Сант'яга супраць. Алекс Монтес (1-2), Лоўрэнс, and unbeaten Manchester (Канэктыкут) у першым нападаючым вазе “Цудоўны” Mykqyan Williams (5-0, 3 K0s) супраць. TBA..

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