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ਈਐਸਪਐਨ ਤੇ PBC & ESPN Deportes Doubleheader
ਵੀਰਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ, ਜੁਲਾਈ 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 ਦੁਪਿਹਰ. ਅਤੇ/5 ਦੁਪਿਹਰ. PT
MASHANTUCKET, CT (ਜੁਲਾਈ 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 ਵੀਰਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ, ਜੁਲਾਈ 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 ਕੋਸ) faces former world champion Am “ਰਾਜਾ” ਸੋਲਿਮਾਨ (44-13, 18 ਕੋਸ) ਦੇ 10-ਦੌਰ ਮੁੱਖ ਘਟਨਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰੀਮੀਅਰ ਮੁੱਕੇਬਾਜ਼ੀ ਚ 'ਤੇ ਈਐਸਪਐਨ & ਈਐਸਪਐਨ.
ਪ੍ਰਸਾਰਨ ਕਵਰੇਜ 'ਤੇ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ 8 ਦੁਪਿਹਰ. ਅਤੇ/5 ਦੁਪਿਹਰ. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 ਕੋਸ) and California’s ਪੌਲੁਸ ਨੂੰ Mendez (19-2-2, 9 ਕੋਸ).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 ਕੋਸ), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 ਅਤੇ 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 ਕੋਸ), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary ਜੈਕ Dempsey ਦੋ ਵਾਰ; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist ਲੂਯਿਸ “ਕਿੱਡ” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 ਕੋਸ), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom (222-42-31, 2 NC, 19 ਕੋਸ), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) ਜੈਕ “Bright Eyes” Delaney (73-11-2, 43 ਕੋਸ), 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 ਕੋਸ), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist ਮਾਰਲਨ “Magic ਮਨੁੱਖ” Starling (45-6-12, 27 ਕੋਸ), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Travis Simms (28-1, 21 ਕੋਸ), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “ਮੰਦਾ” ਚਡ ਡਾਵ੍ਸਨ (33-4, 18 ਕੋਸ) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 ਕੋਸ), Stamford’s world No. 1-ranked welterweight Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 ਕੋਸ), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain ਲਾਰੰਸ ਕਲੇ-Bey (21-3-1, 16 ਕੋਸ).
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) ਅਤੇ challenger ਵਿਕਟਰ ਔਰਟੀਸ (28-2-2) battled for 12 ਦੌਰ, 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-Famerਯਾਕੂਬ Toney (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Vassiliy 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.
ਵਿੱਚ 2004, New England favorite ਸਕਾਟ “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, ਐਮ, was involved in a great 12th ਗੋਲ, 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 ਵਿੰਨੀ ਪਾਜ਼ (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 50thcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill ਵਿੱਚ 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, ਵਿੱਚ ਆਪਣੇ 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 “ਬੱਟ” ਸਾਫ fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, ਹਰਾZahir Raheem ਅਤੇ Artur Grigorian ਅਤੇ ਨੂੰ ਹਾਰ Juan Diaz ਅਤੇ ਡਿਏਗੋ Corrales.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion Andy ਲੀcoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan ਵਿੱਚ 10th ਦੇ ਗੋਲ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ 2011 ਲੜਾਈ, ਕਾਰਲ Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain ਟੇਲਰ (who was well ahead on the scorecards) ਵਿੱਚ 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell ਵਿਟੱਕਰ taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, ਅਤੇ 114-113) ਵਿੱਚ ਆਪਣੇ 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਗੋਰਾ Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez ਵਿੱਚ 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, ਜੂਨੀਅਰ. ਅਤੇ ਰਾਏ ਜੋਨਸ, ਜੂਨੀਅਰ, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. ਵਿੱਚ ਉਸ ਦੀ 15th pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10th-ਦੇ ਗੋਲ TKO Otis ਮਨਜ਼ੂਰੀ. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion ਸ਼ੇਨ Mosley successfully defended his title against ਯੱਸੀ ਯਾਕੂਬ Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10th ਗੋਲ.
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