Mashantucket, CT (Հուլիս 19, 2016) — Connecticut may not have equal status with New York City or Las Vegas in terms of being a fight capital, but the Nutmeg State has produced five Hall-of-Famers with Foxwoods Resort Casino, located in Mashantucket, CT, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.

The tradition continues on Հինգշաբթի, Հուլիս 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 Նոկաուտով) faces former world champion Am “Թագավոր” Soliman (44-13, 18 Նոկաուտով) 10-րդ տուրում գլխավոր միջոցառումը Premier Բռնցքամարտի Չեմպիոնների վրա ESPN & ESPN.

Հեռուստատեսությամբ լուսաբանումը սկսվում է 8 կեսօրից. ՈՒ/5 կեսօրից. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 Նոկաուտով) and California’s Paul Mendez (19-2-2, 9 Նոկաուտով).

Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 Նոկաուտով), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 իսկ 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Sandy Saddler.

Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 Նոկաուտով), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Jack Dempsey երկու անգամ; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Louis “Ուլիկ” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 Նոկաուտով), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom (222-42-31, 2 NC, 19 Նոկաուտով), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Վալետ “Bright Eyes” Delaney (73-11-2, 43 Նոկաուտով), who was born in Canada but lived in Bridgeport.

Over the year, many other Connecticut fighters have made an impact on the sport including Hartford’s NBA featherweight champion Battling Battalino (57-26-3, 26 Նոկաուտով), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist Marlon “Magic Man” Starling (45-6-12, 27 Նոկաուտով), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Travis Simms (28-1, 21 Նոկաուտով), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Վատ” Chad Dawson (33-4, 18 Նոկաուտով) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 Նոկաուտով), Stamford’s world No. 1-միջին քաշային կարգում Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 Նոկաուտով), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Lawrence Clay-Bey (21-3-1, 16 Նոկաուտով).

The No. 1 Foxwoods fight of all-time, held on April 16, 2011, was also promoted by DiBella Entertainment, and was selected as the 2011 Ring Magazine and BWAA Fight of the Year. Defending champion Andre Berto (27-0) եւ մրցակիցը Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 տուր, each getting dropped twice, with Ortiz winning a hard-fought decision (114-111, 114-112, 115-110) for the WBC welterweight title.

A close second place is the 2003 BWAA Fight of the Year, in which future Hall-of-FamerJames Toney (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Վասիլի Jirov. The action started days earlier at the pre-fight press conference when a skirmish erupted as tables were overturned and glasses thrown. The animosity continued between the two fighters and their respective camps right up to the final bell. Previously undefeated, Jirov (31-0) started fast but faded, getting decked in the final round.

Մեջ 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12^րդ կլոր, come-from-behind knockout of always-tough Omar Sheika in a rematch of a previous draw, for a regional super middleweight title.

Two other N.E. fan favorites who fought regularly at Foxwoods were multiple-time world champion Vinny Paz (Pazienza during his boxing career), fighting out of Cranston, RI, and New Bedford’s all-action “Sucra” Ray Oliveira. Paz had a 13-3 record at Foxwoods, highlighted by his 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50^րդcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill մեջ 2004. Oliveira was only 6-7-1 fighting at Foxwoods, but he faced nothing but iron and he did defeat a world champion, Vince Phillips, իրենց 2000 non-title fight that produced the second-most total punches (2,989) recorded at that time.

Brazilian boxing fans always turned out in force when countryman Acelino “Վերջացնել” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, պարտությանZahir Raheem իսկ Artur Grigorian եւ կորցնում է Juan Diaz իսկ Diego Corrales.

Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion Andy Leecoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan է 10^րդ կլոր նրանց 2011 կռիվ, Կարլ Ֆրոչը‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outՋերմեյն Թեյլորը (who was well ahead on the scorecards) է 12^րդ round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, իսկ 114-113) իրենց 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), իսկ Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez մեջ 1997 (Quartey was originally awarded a win by majority decision, but a scoring error was discovered and the fight was ruled a majority draw).

Two of the greatest boxers in modern boxing history, Մեյվեզեր, Jr. իսկ Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Իր 15^րդ pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10^րդ-կլոր TKO Հյուրատետր Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Shane Mosley successfully defended his title against Jesse James Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10^րդ կլոր.

Տոմսերը կենդանի միջոցառման, որը նպաստում է DiBella Զվարճանք, գներով ժամը $150, $75 իսկ $45, չի թվում կիրառելի սպասարկման վճարների եւ հարկերի, եւ են վաճառվում, հիմա. Տոմսերը հասանելի են www.ticketmaster.com իսկ www.foxwoods.com կամ այցելելով Foxwoods’ Թատրոնի տոմսարկղ. Է գանձել Հեռախոսով, զանգահարեք Ticketmaster ժամը (800) 745-3000.

: Լրացուցիչ տեղեկությունների համար, այց www.premierboxingchampions.com, հետեւել TwitterPremierBoxing, LouDiBella, @DiBellaEnt, @FoxwoodsCT, @ESPNBoxing and @Swanson_Comm and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions. Highlights are available to embed at www.youtube.com/premierboxingchampions. PBC on ESPN is sponsored by Corona Extra, Finest Գարեջուր.