Tony “Walƙiya” Luis to fight for regional championship in Yuni 26 main event of the Sully Huff Invitational at Seneca Niagara Resort & Gidan caca
Niagara Falls, N.Y.. – The thrill of championship professional boxing is returning to Niagara Falls, NY. Shenglijia Niagara Dabbab & 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 “Gasa dambe a kan CBS Sports na hanyar sadarwa” series will be presented in the Seneca Niagara Event Center on Jumma'a, Yuni 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, suka shige daga cikin 2014 yana da shekaru 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 “Walƙiya” Luis (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, Ingila (38-9-2, 20Kos), where the two battled for the interim WBA Lightweight title.
A cikin talabijin co-alama, brand-new NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion and WBA #12- da IBF # 11-rated “Guguwa” Dennis Hogan (21-0-1, 7 Kos), of Australia, via Kildare, Ireland, will take on comebacking Kenny Abril (14-7-1, 7 Kos) na Rochester, New York.
The televised opener will feature up-and-coming American heavyweight KO artist Jarrell “Babban Baby” Miller (12-0-1, 10 Kos) of Brooklyn taking on an opponent that will be announced at a future date.
Tikiti na “Gasa dambe a kan CBS Sports na hanyar sadarwa” fara a $35 and go on sale on Laraba, Afrilu 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, mataki, tashin hankali, 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, daga Cornwall, Saskatchewan, pulled off a dominant 10-round unanimous-decision upset victory over then IBF #15 rated Karl “Dynamite” Dargan in January. Sa'an nan a Fabrairu 20, shi da ango Manon Latulippe maraba haihuwar farko yaro, wani ɗã mai suna Miguel. Luis ne rated #11 a duniya da kambunansa na WBA da #14 da IBF.
30-shekaru Dennis Hogan wani hudu lokaci na kasa mai son Zakaran da kan 150 ta faɗa a cikin 'yan qasar Kildare, Ireland. Ya yanzu na zaune da kuma jiragen kasa a Queensland, Australia. Hogan is the current NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion. A cikin shekaru hudu pro aiki, Hogan has also won the WBA Oceania Light Middleweight, Queensland State Super Middleweight, Queensland Jihar Middleweight da kuma Australia Middleweight gasar.
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, undefeated (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 & Gidan caca,” ya ce mai kiran kasuwa 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.”
Game da Greg Cohen Promotions
Daya daga dambe ta firaministan cigaba kayayyaki, Greg Cohen Promotions (GCP) shi ne wata daraja suna ga zanga-duniya ajin masu sana'a dambe abubuwan da inganta Elite sana'a mayakan ko'ina cikin duniya.
Kafa, da kuma Shugaba Greg Cohen da aka hannu tare da masu sana'a dambe a wasu capacities tun lokacin da marigayi 1980s, honing ya sana'a da kuma kafa kansa a matsayin shrewd kasa da kasa dambe kasuwa.
Bambanta da ya ikon suma da kuma harkokin raw iyawa, Cohen ya yi Adadin labarai domin gwani shiriyar, daga sauran jama'a, Tsohon kambunansa na WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Austin “Ba Shakka” Kifi, wanda Cohen ya taimaka shiryarwa daga unknown New Mexico mai yiwuwa don Elite biya-da-view matakin SuperStar.
Bugu da ƙari, kifi, Greg Cohen Promotions ya yi aiki tare da kafa sunaye kamar tsohon hadade da biyu lokaci matakin matsakaicin nauyi Zakaran Hasim “Dutsen” Rahman (50-8-2, 41 Kos); da dukan lokaci-girma mahara-nauyi aji duniya Zakaran James “Haskakã Out” Toney (74-7-3, 45 Kos).
A halin yanzu duniya-rated contenders a cikin GCP zakara sun hada da Arash Usmanee, duniya gane matsayin top-10 super featherweight; Tsohon kambunansa na WBA International Middleweight Champion da kuma duniya-rated middleweight contender Jarrod Fletcher; top-rated featherweight Joel Brunker; cruiserweight Lateef Kayode; Kanad hur kuma TV mataki gwarzo Tony Luis, kuma kambunansa na WBA da biyar lokaci Dan Ailan National yan koyo Champion, Dennis Hogan; kuma Rising Welterweight abin mamaki Cecil McCalla.
Greg Cohen Promotions ya shirya duniya-aji dambe abubuwan a cikin mafi kyau wurare a ko'ina cikin Ƙasar Amirka da duniya da ya kuma nuna alfahari bayar da basira da / ko abun ciki domin da yawa talabijin cibiyoyin sadarwa ciki har da HBO, Lokacin Wasan Kwaikwayo, ESPN, NBC Sports na hanyar sadarwa, HAU da kuma Fox Sports Net.
