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

(photo by Emily Harney / Team Remillard)

Worcester, Масс. (Гуравдугаар 20, 2017) – The long trip back begins April 1^р нь Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard, 12 years to the day from his professional debut, тухай “New England’s Future 2” show at the Palladium in Worcester, Массачусетсийн.

Remillard (23-1, 13 Kos), fighting out of Manchester, Коннектикут, hasn’t boxed for the six years, due to him serving a five-year prison sentence. He takes on Lawrence (Магистр) хөнгөн Augustine “Хэрцгий” Maura (6-1-3, 3 Kos) 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 (RPE), which is owned and operated by retired three-time, Хоёр хэлтэс дэлхийн аварга Жозе Антонио Ривера болон түүний хүү, Anthonee (A.J.) Ривера.

“I am excited to have a boxer of Remillard’s caliber on our ‘New England’s Future 2’ боксын үйл явдал,” promoter Jose Antonio Rivera remarked. “He has a tough match against August time Mauras for his first fight back. Knowing Remillard, Хэдийгээр, he wouldn’t have it any other way. I want to thank Matt, Paul Cichon (дарга сургагч багш) 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) АНУ-ын & Youth World, North American Boxing Federation (NABF) , Дэлхийн боксын байгууллага (WBO) featherweight champion. His lone pro loss came in his last fight, Гуравдугаар 23, 2011 in Atlantic City to then rising star Mikey Гарсиа (24-0), when Remillard retired after 11 удаа. He won’t make excuses; Гэсэн хэдий ч, 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, Хэрэв үгүй ​​бол, 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, гурван удаа (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, гэх мэт. 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 удаа. 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 (Магистр) cruiserweight Vinnie “American Nightmare” Carita (15-1-1, 14 KOs will headline against Brazilian KO specialist Gilberto Matheus “El Magico” Domingos (22-6, 20 Kos), the former South American light heavyweight champion, in the eight-round main event.

Dorchester (Магистр) хүнд жингийн Donnie “Big Nasty” Палмер (8-1-1, 7 Kos) faces unbeaten Quian Davis (4-0-2, 2 Kos), of Mays Landing (NJ), in a four-round bout.

2016 Шинэ Английн Алтан Бээлий аварга Anthony Laureano (2-0, 1 К.О), fighting out of East Hartford (СТ), meets Schenectady (NY) ахмад дайчин Брайан “The Brick” Абрахам (6-23-1, 6 Kos) зургаан дугуй тэмцээнд.

Fighting on the undercard in four round bouts are Worcester cruiserweight Bryan Daniels (3-0, 1 К.О) сүсэг. Mexican invader Jose Humberto “Olympico” Corall (19-23, 12 Kos), Worcester өд Andino Ranse (1-0) сүсэг. Mike Hellenfinger (0-2), Харрисбург нь (ТХГН-ийн), three-time USA Boxing Nationals champion Элвис Figueroa, New Haven нь (СТ) makes his pro debut vs. Brazilian super middleweight Devision Robiero (0-3), Worcester welterweight Andy Gonzalez (5-1, 5 Kos) сүсэг. Brockton’s Antonio Chavez Fernandes (7-30-4, 2 Kos), 2014 N.E. Алтан бээлий аварга, Lawrence junior welterweight Adrian Sosa (2-0, 1 К.О) сүсэг. TBA), Worcester’s pro-debuting super middleweights Neal Sullivan сүсэг. Nathan Schulte, Спрингфилд (Магистр) бага middleweight Derrick Whitley сүсэг. Anthony Everett (104), Лоуренсын, pro-debuting Springfield featherweight Luis “Pancho” Сантьяго сүсэг. Алекс Montes (1-2), Лоуренсын, and unbeaten Manchester (СТ) бага welterweight “Гайхалтай” Mykqyan Williams (5-0, 3 K0s) сүсэг. TBA..

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