Tony “Lóstrego” Luis to fight for regional championship in Xuño 26 main event of the Sully Huff Invitational at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
Niagara Falls, N.I.. – The thrill of championship professional boxing is returning to Niagara Falls, Nova York. Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino and Greg Cohen Promotions (produced by David Schuster’s Winner Take All Productions), in compliance with the Seneca Nation of Indians Athletic Commission, announced today that an installment of the popular “Campionato de Boxeo na CBS Sports Network” series will be presented in the Seneca Niagara Event Center on Venres, Xuño 26.
The night’s card is being dubbed the Sully Huff Invitational, in memory of Stanley “Sully” Huff, a successful boxer from the Seneca Nation of Indians, que faleceu en 2014 coa idade de 84. Huff was a Courier-Express Golden Gloves champion in 1950 and later founded the Iroquois Boxing Club. He also served in the United States Army during the Korean War, earning the rank of Sergeant, and later was elected to serve on the Seneca Nation of Indians Tribal Council.
In the night’s televised 10-round main event, Canada’s popular, world-rated and fast-rising lightweight star Tony “Lóstrego” Luís (19-3, 7 Kos) will fight for a regional championship against an opponent TBA. This past weekend, Luis dropped a controversial decision to Derry Mathews in Liverpool, Inglaterra (38-9-2, 20Kos), where the two battled for the interim WBA Lightweight title.
Na televisión co-metragem, brand-new NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion and WBA #12- e IBF # 11-clasificado “Furacán” Dennis Hogan (21-0-1, 7 Kos), of Australia, vía Kildare, Irlanda, will take on comebacking Kenny Abril (14-7-1, 7 Kos) de Rochester, Nova York.
The televised opener will feature up-and-coming American heavyweight KO artist Jarrell “Big Baby” Moleiro (12-0-1, 10 Kos) of Brooklyn taking on an opponent that will be announced at a future date.
Os ingresos para “Campionato de Boxeo na CBS Sports Network” comeza ás $35 and go on sale on Mércores, Abril 22 at Noon. Tickets are available at select Seneca Resorts & Casinos retail outlets, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by phone at800-745-3000.
“Speed, energy, acción, excitación, and entertainment are the hallmarks of any visit to Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino and exactly what our guests will enjoy with this world-class professional boxing card,” said Audrey Oswell, chief operating officer, Seneca Gaming Corporation. “We are happy to once again bring an incredible display of athletic competition to Western New York.”
Before the highly debatable decision loss for the world championship in mid-April, the 27-year-old Tony Luis, de Cornwall, Ontario, pulled off a dominant 10-round unanimous-decision upset victory over then IBF #15 Clasificado Karl “Dinamita” Dargan in January. Entón, en Febreiro 20, el e noivo Manon Latulippe congratula-se co nacemento do seu primeiro fillo, un fillo chamado Miguel. Luís é clasificado #11 no mundo pola WBA e #14 polo IBF.
30-year-old Dennis Hogan era un catro veces campión nacional afeccionado, con máis de 150 loitas na súa Kildare nativa, Irlanda. El agora vive e adestra en Queensland, Australia. Hogan is the current NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion. Nos seus catro anos de carreira profesional, Hogan has also won the WBA Oceania Light Middleweight, Queensland State Super Middleweight, Queensland Estado Middleweight e australianos Middleweight Championships.
Kenny abril, a 30-year-old southpaw, started boxing at age seven and had 120 amateur bouts before turning professional in 2003. He has faced several undefeated and top contenders, scoring a late-2012 victory over heavily decorated veteran Dennis Laurente, which is still Laurente’s only loss in the last nine years.
Prior to boxing professionally, 26-year-old Jarrell Miller had a three-year, invicto (18-0) kickboxing and MMA career. As a boxer, he was a New York Golden Gloves finalist and has worked as chief sparring partner for both Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko.
“I’m excited to be helping bring nationally televised championship boxing to a world-class venue such as the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino,” o referido promotor Greg Cohen. “Tony Luis has a huge fan following in his nearby native Canada. His supporters will be out in force to watch. Kenny Abril is from nearby Rochester, New York and he’ll have a giant following in attendance as well. On the undercard will be several local favorites in exciting match-ups. I’m proud to be part of this great event and the resurgence of televised professional boxing.”
Several other exciting match-ups will be announced soon.
The event is being conducted under the rules and regulations of the Seneca Nation of Indians Athletic Commission, whose members are Scott Snyder, Sean Crane, and Justin Schapp.
“We look forward to welcoming the boxers and their teams to Seneca territory,” Commissioner Snyder said. “As a Commission, our primary focus is to ensure the safety and well-being of the fighters who will be competing at Seneca Niagara. We will be working with the fighters, promoters and everyone involved to ensure that we have a safe and enjoyable evening of sports entertainment.”
Sobre Greg Cohen Promotions
Un dos principais equipos de promoción do boxeo, Greg Cohen Promotions (GCP) é un nome moi respectado por realizar eventos de clase mundial de boxeo profesional e promovendo loitadores profesionais de elite en todo o mundo.
Fundador e CEO Greg Cohen estivo implicado co boxeo profesional en diversos cargos desde finais de 1980, mellorar a súa arte e establecer-se como un astuto home de negocios internacional de boxeo.
Distínguese pola súa capacidade de detectar e desenvolver talentos en bruto, Cohen fixo titulares por súa orientación especializada de, entre moitos outros, ex WBA júnior campión dos medios Austin “Sen dúbida” Troita, Cohen, que axudou a guía de descoñecido New Mexico perspectiva de elite nivel astro pay-per-view.
Ademais troita, Greg Cohen Promotions traballou con nomes consagrados como o ex-campión unificado e dúas veces pesado Hasim “The Rock” Rahman (50-8-2, 41 Kos); e múltiple campión mundial de peso clase-all-time gran James “Lights Out” Toney (74-7-3, 45 Kos).
Contendentes corrente nominal do mundo no seu rexistro de GCP inclúen Arash Usmanee, universalmente recoñecido como un top-10 pluma; o ex-campión dos medios WBA Internacional e avaliáronse mundo medios contedor Jarrod Fletcher; pluma top-clasificado Joel Brunker; cruiserweight Lateef Kayode; Canadian heroe de acción lixeiro e TV Tony Luís, e WBA e cinco veces Irish National Amateur Champion, Dennis Hogan; and Rising sensación Welterweight Cecil McCalla.
Greg Cohen Promotions xa acolleu eventos de clase mundial de boxeo dos mellores locais en todo os Estados Unidos e do mundo, e tamén ten o orgullo desde talento e / ou o contido de varias cadeas de televisión, incluíndo HBO, Altura De Comezar, ESPN, NBC Sports Network, MSG e FOX Sports Net.
