Mike “Bad Boy” Ohan (picture by Emily Harney/Fightography)
QUINCY, Masa. (Noviembre 1, 2021) – Granite Chin Promotions most recent signee, New England welterweight champion Mike “Bad Boy” Ohan (13-1, 7 KOs), will close out 2021 headlining “Championship Road," el sábado en la noche, Noviembre 13, streaming live Saturday evening, Noviembre 13, enbxngtv.com, desde The Rim en Hampton, New Hampshire.
Ohan, fighting out of Holbrook (Massachusetts), will be in his first scheduled 10-round bout against Mexican challenger Israel “Filipino Tigre” Rojas (14-24, 5 KOs) in a super lightweight, pelea sin título.
“Ten rounds means a lot to me,” Ohan said. “It’s something I’ve watched my entire life because all legends fought 10-rounders. This is special for me. I’m ready to go and I will outclass my opponent.”
Ohan captured the vacant New England title last November, cuando ganó una decisión unánime en 8 asaltos sobre Ryan Dibartolomeo, seguido de una exitosa defensa del título en su última pelea en junio, cuando el retador Tyrone Luckey se retiró después de las cinco rondas.
The New England title is a stepping-stone and next year I feel like I can collect more title belts next year,”, Agregó. “I signed with Chris (Traietti, president of Granite Chin Promotions) because I want to be in big fights. No puedo esperar para esta pelea, I’m already in top shape. Two guys I recently defeated recently knocked out undefeated opponents, (Eric) Palmero (WSD6 vs. 8-0-1 Ruddicus Livsey) and Luckey (WKO1 and WKO6 vs. 7-0-1 Eduardo Aguilar)."
A former 2-time Southern New England Golden Gloves champion, the now 27-year-old Ohan is the son of a former prizefighter, middleweight Mike Ohan (14-6-2, 11 KOs – 1983-95), who sparred “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler. Ohan, Jr’s grandfather on his mother’s side also boxed.
“I always looked up to my father as a fighter,” Ohan., Jr. mencionado, “but he didn’t want me to box. I started late and didn’t go to the gym until I was 16 to help stay out of trouble. My father’s supportive and he goes to my fights. I fell in love with boxing right away and I feel even stronger about it today.”
Ohan’s birth name is Ohanian, but he is Irish. “It’s in my blood," él explicó. “It goes back to the old bare-knuckle days. My father is Irish on his mother’s side, Armenian on his father’s. My grandmother is Irish on both sides. Así, I have a lot of Irish in me from my parents.”
Undefeated Holyoke (Massachusetts) welterweight prospect Denzel “Double Impact” Whitley (6-0, 5 KOs), of meets John Ferrara (0-1), de Tiverton (Rhode Island) en el 6-ronda, co estelar evento.
Guyana-native heavyweight Nkosi Soloman (3-1, 2 KOs), peleando desde Brooklyn, has been added to the card in a 6-round fight against TBA.
Peleando en la cartelera, cada uno programado para 4 rondas, es Woburn (Massachusetts) peso mediano Julien "Black Dragon" Baptiste (3-0, 2 KOs) vs. Alfred "Keenan" Raymond, quien debuta en Providence, Maine middleweight Llmar Kelly (0-1) vs. Providence’s Robert “Golden Boy” Nolette (0-1), Holyoke (Massachusetts) peso mediano junior Carlos Castillo (3-0, 3 KOs) vs. Swansea (Massachusetts) Anthony Andreozzi (0-1), Pittsfield (Massachusetts) peso súper mediano Steve Sumpter (2-0, 2 KOs) vs. Juan Celin Zapata (6-19-2, 4 KOs), y Springfield (Massachusetts) peso mediano Jamer Jones (1-0, 1 KO) vs. Woburn's (Massachusetts) Aguilando Brandao (1-7).
También, Lawrence (Massachusetts) peso ligero "El Gallo" Kevin Rodríguez (2-1, 1 KO) vs. Daron Jenkins (0-5), Laurent Humes de peso semipesado de Springfield (2-0, 2 KOs) vs. Thailisson Nunes, el debutante profesional de Woburn, Providencia (Rhode Island) peso welter Damon Towns (3-0, 2 KOs) vs. TBA, Pittsfield (Massachusetts) Quinton Sumpter de peso pesado (1-0, 1 KO) vs. Wewerson Silveira Silva, debutante profesional de Woburn.
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