 WORCESTER, มวล. ( มกราคม 11, 2017) – Fast rising featherweight prospect เออร์วินกอนซาเลซ (4-0, 4 คอส) will continue Worcester’s rich boxing tradition วันพฤหัสบดีคืน, มกราคม 19, headlining the inaugural “อนาคตใหม่ของอังกฤษ” series event against Mexican invader อิสราเอล “เสือ” Rojas (9-14, 3 คอส), at the Worcester Palladium. Rivera Promotions ความบันเทิง (RPE), is promoting the first professional boxing show in the Central Massachusetts city in more than five years.
(photo by Cristian Nunez)
Worcester’s boxing tradition started close to a century ago with Canadian import Lou Brouillard, a two-division world champion and Hall of Famer, 1928 ชนะเลิศเหรียญทองแดงโอลิมปิก Leo Sawicki, and more recently, ท่ามกลางคนอื่น ๆ, pro and amateur standouts such as multiple national amateur champion บ๊อบบี้แฮร์ริส, ฌอน “The Irish Express” ฌอนฟิตซ์เจอรัลด์ และ เอ็ดวิน Rodriguez.
Arguably the greatest Worcester fighter in the past 50 years is three-time, สองส่วนแชมป์โลก Jose Antonio “Gallo” ริเวร่า, who is promoting “อนาคตใหม่ของอังกฤษ” with his son, Anthonee. “I have seen Irvin train and fight since he was in the Junior Olympics,” ริเวร่ากล่าว. “I am very proud of him because he was able to discover on his own that he was getting in his own way. He was always a talented fighter but, at times in the ring, he was inconsistent and it cost him a few fights. As he got older, he boxed more talented boxers and looked good against them. He started believing in himself more and it showed in his training. His abilities and confidence grew and that got him all the way to the Olympic Trials. I feel he has the skills to become world champion in the future. The sky is the limit for this young man and I am proud to have him fighting on our show.”
อนซาเลซ, a 2015 นิวอิงแลนด์แชมป์โกลเด้นถุงมือ, will be headlining his first show in his first scheduled six-round bout. “Fighting in my hometown in the main event means a lot to me because,” Gonzalez admitted. “I’ve grown up in this city, fighting my whole life, and of people who’ve supported me will be watching me fight for the first time as a pro. ฉันตื่นเต้น. I’m comfortable fighting here in Worcester and I want to showcase the boxing talent we have in Worcester.”
Gonzalez qualified for the 2016 Olympic Trials but he was eliminated, not due to a loss in the ring, for missing weight. He decided not to wait four years for another Olympic shot, turning pro this past March with a first-round stoppage of Gilvan Santos at Foxwoods Resort Casino. In four pro fights to date, Gonzalez has four knockouts and only one was extended into the second round.
“I was always told that I had a pro boxing style,” the well-spoken, handsome Gonzalez continued, “but we didn’t immediately decide to turn pro until the time was right. I had some stoppages as an amateur but, เป็นโปร, I’ve been going more to the body. I do have heavy hands. I don’t go into a fight looking for a knockout. I just let ’em come but I’ve prepared to go six rounds if needed for this fight. I’ve been sparring eight rounds with different guys coming in fresh.”
In addition to being a prize fighter, the 20-year-old Gonzalez works at a bank and he also owns and operates New England Boxing gym with his father, former boxer เออร์วินกอนซาเลซ, where the youngster serves as a personal trainer.
In the six-round co-feature Springfield (แมสซาชูเซต) มวยรุ่นไลท์ Reinaldo “ปืนยิงรถถัง” Graceski (4-0, 2 คอส) faces Worcester’s ราล์ฟจอห์นสัน (2-9, 1 KO).
Fighting on the undercard in four-round bouts are Worcester junior lightweight Andino Ranse in his pro debut vs. Lowell’s (แมสซาชูเซต) โจนาธานเปเรซ (2-0-1, 2 คอส), pro-debuting Worcester heavyweight Felix Martinez vs. Bobby Favor (0-3), Hartford’s (CT) pro-debuting light heavyweight ริชาร์ด “ป๊อปอายเซเลอร์ชาย” ริเวร่า vs. Brockton’s (แมสซาชูเซต) Davonte Hopkins (0-2), pro-debuting Southbridge (แมสซาชูเซต) นักมวย วิลเฟรโดเพแกน vs. Alexander Picot (1-1-1, 0 คอส) at a 145-pound catchweight, pro-debuting Springfield (แมสซาชูเซต) รุ่นจูเนียร์เฟเธอร์เวท หลุยส์ “Pancho” ซานติอาโก vs, Jonathan Ramos (0-2), 2016 ทั้งคู่. แชมป์นวมทอง Anthony Laureano (1-0), of East Haven (CT), vs. Boston junior welterweight Rafael Francis (0-8), Auburn (แมสซาชูเซต) มิดเดิ้ลจูเนียร์ “ชาวไอริช” Chear Shearns (2-1, 1 KO), the 49-year-old hanging up his gloves after his fight with Shavonte Dixon (0-1), ฟิลาเดล, Saugus (แมสซาชูเซต) มวยรุ่นไลท์ Brandon Montella (5-0, 4 คอส) vs. Roberto El Viejo” เอลลา (69-73-2, 56 คอส) and unbeaten Lawrence (แมสซาชูเซต) เฮฟวี่เวท Jean Pierre Augstin (7-0-1, 3 คอส) vs. Jose Hymberto “Olympico” จับกุม (19-22, 12 คอส).
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Major event sponsors include Lundgren Honda, Atty. Michael H. Erlich, Atty. มาเรีย M. Rivera-Cotto and USANA Health Services. Other sponsors are TKO Auto Repair and Atty. Stephen W. Debs.
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