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Connecticut’s top all-time great fighters & Foxwoods’ best fights

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Ketvirtadienis, Liepa 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino8 p.m. IR/5 p.m. PT
Mashantucket, KT (Liepa 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, KT, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on Ketvirtadienis, Liepa 21, as rising middleweight contender SergiyThe Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 Kos) faces former world champion Am “Karalius” Soliman (44-13, 18 Kos) į 10-apvalios pagrindinį renginį Premier Boksas Čempionų apie ESPN & ESPN.
Televizijos aprėptis prasideda 8 p.m. IR/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 Kos) and California’s Paulius Mendez (19-2-2, 9 Kos).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the WispPep (229-11-1, 65 Kos), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 ir 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Smėlio Kalvis.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)GeneThe Fighting MarineTunney (65-1-1, 48 Kos), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Džekas Dempsey dvigubai; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Luisas “Vaikas” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 Kos), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom (222-42-31, 2 NC, 19 Kos), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Domkratas “Bright EyesDelaney (73-11-2, 43 Kos), 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 Kos), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist Marlonas “Magija Vyras” Starling (45-6-12, 27 Kos), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion Tremendous” Travisas Simmsas (28-1, 21 Kos), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Blogas” Čadas Dawson (33-4, 18 Kos) and world welterweight contender GasparEl IndioOrtega (131-29-6, 69 Kos), Stamford’s world No. 1-užėmė pusvidutinio svorio kategorijoje Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 Kos), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Lawrence Molis-Bey (21-3-1, 16 Kos).
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 Kita Berto (27-0) ir varžovas Viktoras Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 raundai, 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-FamerJamesas Tonis (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Vasilijus 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.
Į 2004, New England favorite Scott “The SandmanPemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12oji turas, 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 Pasas (Pazienza during his boxing career), fighting out of Cranston, R., and New Bedford’s all-action SucraRay Oliveira. Paz had a 13-3 record at Foxwoods, išryškino jo 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50ojicareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill į 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, jų 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 “Užpakalis” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, nugalėtiZahiras Raheem ir Artur Grigorian ir prarasti Juan Diaz ir Diegas 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 į 10oji turas jų 2011 kova, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) į 12oji round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, ir 114-113) jų 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), ir "Ike" Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez į 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, Floyd Mayweather, Jaunesnysis. ir Roy Jones, Jr, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Savo 15oji pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10oji-apvalios TKO nuo Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Shane Mosley successfully defended his title against Jesse Jamesas Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10oji turas.
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