Tony “Lightning” Luis to fight for regional championship in Júní 26 main event of the Sully Huff Invitational at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
Niagara Falls, N.Y.. – The thrill of championship professional boxing is returning to Niagara Falls, NY. 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 “Championship Boxing á CBS Sports Network” series will be presented in the Seneca Niagara Event Center on Föstudagur, Júní 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, sem lést í 2014 á aldrinum 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 “Lightning” 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, England (38-9-2, 20Kos), where the two battled for the interim WBA Lightweight title.
Í sjónvarpað samstarfi lögun, brand-new NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion and WBA #12- og IBF # 11 einkunnir “Hurricane” Dennis Hogan (21-0-1, 7 Kos), of Australia, um Kildare, Írland, will take on comebacking Kenny Abril (14-7-1, 7 Kos) í Rochester, New York.
The televised opener will feature up-and-coming American heavyweight KO artist Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (12-0-1, 10 Kos) of Brooklyn taking on an opponent that will be announced at a future date.
Miðar “Championship Boxing á CBS Sports Network” byrja á $35 and go on sale on Miðvikudagur, Apríl 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, aðgerð, Spennan, 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, frá Cornwall, Ontario, pulled off a dominant 10-round unanimous-decision upset victory over then IBF #15 einkunn Karl “Dynamite” Dargan in January. Þá á Febrúar 20, hann og unnustu Manon Latulippe fögnuðu fæðingu fyrsta barns þeirra, son sem hét Miguel. Luis er einkunn #11 í heiminum með því WBA og #14 með IBF.
30-ára Dennis Hogan var fjögurra tíma landsvísu áhugamaður meistari með yfir 150 berst í móðurmáli Kildare hans, Írland. Hann býr nú og lestir í Queensland, Ástralía. Hogan is the current NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion. Í fjögurra ára atvinnumaður feril sinn, Hogan has also won the WBA Oceania Light Middleweight, Queensland State Super Middleweight, Queensland State Middleweight og Australian 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, 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 & Casino,” sagði verkefnisstjóri 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.”
Um Greg Cohen Tilboð
Einn af fyrstur kynningar outfits box er, Greg Cohen Promotions (GCP) er vel virt nafn fyrir sviðsetning á heimsmælikvarða faglega viðburðir box og stuðla Elite faglega bardagamenn um allan heim.
Stofnandi og forstjóri Greg Cohen hefur verið í tengslum við faglega box í ýmsum stærðum frá því seint 1980, skerpa iðn sína og koma sér sem shrewd alþjóðlegum box kaupsýslumaður.
Aðgreindar með getu hans til að koma auga á og þróa hrár hæfileika, Cohen gerði fyrirsagnirnar fyrir leiðsögn sérfræðinga hans, meðal margra annarra, fyrrum WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout, sem Cohen hjálpaði fylgja frá óþekktum New Mexico möguleika til Elite borga-á-útsýni stigi Superstar.
Auk þess að Trout, Greg Cohen Promotions hefur unnið með nöfn eins og fyrrum sameinað og tveggja tíma þungavigtar meistari Hasim “The Rock” Rahman (50-8-2, 41 Kos); og allur-tími-mikill endurtekna þyngd bekknum heimsmeistari James “Lights Out” Toney (74-7-3, 45 Kos).
Núverandi veröld-hlutfall keppinautur í GCP verkefnaskrá eru ma Arash Usmanee, almennt viðurkennd sem efst 10 frábær featherweight; fyrrum WBA International Middleweight Champion og veröld-hlutfall middleweight keppinautur Jarrod Fletcher; toppur-hlutfall featherweight Joel Brunker; cruiserweight Lateef Kayode; Canadian léttur og TV aðgerð hetja Tony Luis, og WBA og fimm-tími Irish National Amateur Champion, Dennis Hogan; og Rising welterweight tilfinning Cecil McCalla.
Greg Cohen Promotions hefur hýst heimsmælikvarða box atburðum í fágun vettvangi í gegn í Bandaríkjunum og í heiminum og hefur einnig stoltur veitt hæfileika og / eða efni fyrir nokkrum net sjónvarp meðal HBO, Showtime, ESPN, NBC Sports Network, MSG og FOX Sports Net.
