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ПБЦ на ЕСПН & ESPN Deportes Doubleheader
Четвртак, Јул 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 п.м. И/5 п.м. ПТ
Масхантуцкет, ЦТ (Јул 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, ЦТ, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on Четвртак, Јул 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Деревианцхенко (8-0, 6 КОс) faces former world champion Ам “Краљ” Солиман (44-13, 18 КОс) у 10-кола главну манифестацију Премиер Бокс шампиона о ЕСПН & ЕСПН.
Телевизијски покривеност почиње у 8 п.м. И/5 п.м. ПТ, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Иевген Кхитров (13-0, 11 КОс) and California’s Паул Мендез (19-2-2, 9 КОс).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 КОс), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 и 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Сенди Саддлер.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 КОс), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Јацк Демпсеи двапут; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) титлист Луис “Клинац” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 КОс), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Макси Росенблоом (222-42-31, 2 НЦ, 19 КОс), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Утичница “Bright Eyes” Delaney (73-11-2, 43 КОс), 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 КОс), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist марлон “Магиц Ман” Starling (45-6-12, 27 КОс), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Травис Симмс (28-1, 21 КОс), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Лоше” Чад Досон (33-4, 18 КОс) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 КОс), Stamford’s world No. 1-rangiran u velter kategoriji Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 КОс), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Лоренс Глина-бег (21-3-1, 16 КОс).
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 Андре Берто (27-0) и Цхалленгер Виктор Ортиз (28-2-2) battled for 12 метака, 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-FamerЈамес Тонеи (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Вассилии Јиров. 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, Јиров (31-0) started fast but faded, getting decked in the final round.
У 2004, New England favorite Скот “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, Мр, was involved in a great 12тх круг, 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 Винни Паз (Pazienza during his boxing career), fighting out of Cranston, РИ, and New Bedford’s all-action “Sucra” Раи Оливеира. Paz had a 13-3 record at Foxwoods, highlighted by his 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50тхcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill у 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, у свом 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 Ацелино “Пикавац” Фреитас fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, победившиЗахир Рахим и Artur Grigorian и губи се Јуан Диаз и Дијего Цорралес.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion Енди Лиcoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan ин 10тх круг њиховог 2011 борба, Царл Фроцх‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outЈермаин Таилор (who was well ahead on the scorecards) ин 12тх round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Пернелл Вхитакер taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, и 114-113) у свом 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), и Ике Куартеиovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez у 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, Флоид Маивеатхер, Јр. и Рои Јонес, Јр., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. У његовом 15тх pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10тх-коло ТКО од Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Схане Мослеи successfully defended his title against Јессе Јамес Леија, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10тх круг.
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