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Lowell, Mass. (October 1, 2015) – Ngemuva iminyaka engu-wathumba yokuqala Gloves National Golden Tournament isicoco sakhe ngesikhathi Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Hall-of-Famer Sugar Ray Leonard ubuyele Saturday, October 10 isakhiwo efanayo mlando umhlaziyi ithelevishini Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBCSN, egqugquzelwa DiBella Entertainment sikanye Murphys Boxing, angabiki bukhoma kusuka Lowell, Massachusetts.
PBC on NBCSN is isihloko esikhulu by a 10-round rematch phakathi Framingham (MA) welterweight Danny “Bhoy” O'Connor (26-2, 10 Kos), ngubani ukulwa ukuziphindiselela yakhe 2011 ukulahlekelwa eBrooklyn welterweight Gabriel “Tito” Bracero (23-2, 4 Kos). O'Connor futhi Leonard kukhona ezimbili zabantu abane kuphela unongorwana lo Gloves National Golden futhi National Amateur Championship in the ngonyaka ofanayo. O'Connor eqoqwe kokubili imiklomelo e 2008.
Leonard ethumba idumisa phezulu in the division lightweight (132 amakhilogremu) of the 1973 Gloves National Golden Tournament, outpointing Hilmer Kenty kowamanqamu ubuqhawe at Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Leonard wawina Gloves National Golden Tournament at ukukhanya welterweight title ngonyaka olandelayo, Eminyakeni kanti eyisikhombisa kamuva Kenty yaba professional emhlabeni iqhawe yokuqala kusukela Emanuel Steward's ngokushesha-to-babe edume Kronk Gym e Detroit.
“Omunye zikhathi eziyigugu kakhulu ekuphileni kwami kwenzeka ngo Lowell, Massachusetts,” Leonard recently said about his aforementioned experience. “Kwaba ezingenakulinganiswa.”
Ngaphezu Leonard futhi Kenty, nezinye izingqwele emhlabeni amahlanu esizayo – Marvin Hagler,Aaron Pryor, Art Frias, Leon futhi Michael Spinks – ligcwaliswe in the 1973 Gloves National Golden Tournament. Leonard, Hagler, Pryor futhi Michael Spinks kukhona International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees.
Leonard unenye tie ukuba Lowell, the fourth-largest city in Massachusetts. In 1978, wathola isinqumo 10-round phezu Dicky Eklund at Hynes Auditorium Boston. Eklund kwaba umqeqeshi inhloko isigamu-umfowabo, “The Ukuziqhenya Lowell” futhi abathathu-time “Fight of the Year” umhlanganyeli “Irish” NgoMicky Ward, ngubani igubha yakhe 50th lokuzalwa iza lokhu October 4.
Futhi nengxenye PBC on NBCSN telecast kuyinto Ezingakanqotshwa super bantamweight ekuphumeni star Jonathan “Salomon King” Guzman (19-0, 19 Kos), native Dominican Republic manje ohlala Lawrence eseduze (MA), liba onguchwepheshe ecasukile Danny Aquino (17-2, 10 Kos), of Meriden (CT), 10-round co-feature.
The ukusakaza uqala at 8 p.m. KANYE/5 p.m. PT futhi utawukhombisa Quincy, Mass. featherweight themba Ryan “The Polish Prince” Kielczweski (23-1, 7 Kos) ngokumelene eBrooklyn Rafael “Dynamite” Vazquez (16-1, 13 Kos) in a 10-round iziqubu.
Lowell Memorial Auditorium, lapho kwaqhutshwa 1995 Gloves National Golden Tournament, umelela homecoming for O'Connor kanye Kielczweski, bobabili won New England Gloves Golden Tournament izihloko khona.
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