Tony “Lehalima” Luis to fight for regional championship in June 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 ka CBS Sports Network” series will be presented in the Seneca Niagara Event Center on Labohlano, June 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, ba fetile a 2014 a le lilemo li 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 “Lehalima” 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, Engelane (38-9-2, 20Kos), where the two battled for the interim WBA Lightweight title.
A le televised khong-tšobotsi, brand-new NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion and WBA #12- le IBF # 11-rated “Leholiotsoana” Dennis Hogan (21-0-1, 7 Kos), of Australia, ka tsela Kildare, Ireland, will take on comebacking Kenny Abril (14-7-1, 7 Kos) ea 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.
Ditekete tsa “Championship Boxing ka CBS Sports Network” qala ka $35 and go on sale on Laboraro, April 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, bohato, thaba hakaakang, 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, ho tloha Cornwall, Ontario, pulled off a dominant 10-round unanimous-decision upset victory over then IBF #15 rated bangla movie song Karl “Dynamite” Dargan in January. Ka nako eo February 20, eena le fiancé Manon Latulippe amohela tsoalo ea ba bona ba pele ngoana, mora e mong ea bitsoang Miguel. Luis ke rated bangla movie song #11 a lefatseng ke ba ha WBA le #14 ke IBF.
30-lilemo li Dennis Hogan e ne e tse 'ne nako e naha tsenwe mampoli le ka 150 lintoa a ea habo Kildare, Ireland. Hona joale o lulang le ho koetlisa Queensland, Australia. Hogan is the current NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion. A hae a lilemo tse 'ne lan mosebetsi, Hogan has also won the WBA Oceania Light Middleweight, Queensland State Super Middleweight, Queensland State Middleweight le Australia 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, Krrish (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 ile a re a ntsetsa pele 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.”
Ka Greg Cohen ho phahamiswa
E mong oa papading ya ditebele tsa oa Tonakgolo papatso diaparo di le, Greg Cohen ho phahamiswa (GCP) ke hantle a hlompha lebitso bakeng sa staging lefatseng-sehlopha sa papali ea litebele liketsahalo le ho kgothaletsa a phahameng sechabeng setsebi bahlabani ho pholletsa le lefatse.
Mothehi le CEO Greg Cohen e se e amehang le papali ea litebele tse fapa-fapaneng, bokgoni jwa ho tloha qetellong ea bo 1980, honing hae sekepe le ho theha itlhahisa e le masene machaba papading ya ditebele tsa rakhoebo.
Khetholloa ka matla a hae a ho letheba le ho ntshetsa pele e tala talenta, Cohen ile a etsa dihlooho ba hae setsebi tataiso ea, har'a ba bang ba bangata, pele e neng e WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Austin “Ntle Ho Khoao” Trout, ba ba neng ba Cohen ile a thusa tataiso ho tloha e sa tsejoeng New Mexico tsepo ho a phahameng sechabeng lefa-ka ho ya ka-maikutlo a boemong ba superstar.
Ho phaella ho Trout, Greg Cohen ho phahamiswa o ile a sebetsa le e thehilweng mabitso a tse kang pele e neng e momahaneng-pedi nako heavyweight mampoli Hasim “Lefika” Rahman (50-8-2, 41 Kos); le-ho-nako eo-e khōlō multiple length ho bekha sehlopha sa lefatše mampoli James “Lights Out” Toney (74-7-3, 45 Kos).
Hona joale lefatseng-rated hlolisanang ka GCP lenane kenyeletsa Arash Usmanee, hohle a hlokomela e le holimo-10 bartolomeo featherweight; pele e neng e WBA International Middleweight Champion le ba lefatse-rated middleweight contender Jarrod Fletcher; godimo go rated featherweight Joel Brunker; cruiserweight Lateef Kayode; Canada bobebe le TV bohato mohale Tony Luis, le WBA le tse hlano nako e Irish National Amateur Champion, Dennis Hogan; le Rising Welterweight a ikutloa joang Cecil McCalla.
Greg Cohen ho phahamiswa o tšoaroa lefatseng-sehlopha sa papading ya ditebele tsa moodle moodle moodle a botle ka ho fetisisa ditiragalo ho pholletsa le United States le lefatse le o boetse o motlotlo a fana talente le / kgotsa diteng tse 'maloa thelevishene marangrang ho akarelletsa le HBO, Nako Ea Lipontšo, ESPN, NBC Sports Network, MSG le Fox Sports Net.
