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Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame 2018 award winners announced

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UNCASVILLE, کون. (ستمبر 24, 2018) – Undefeated East Hartford junior welterweight prospect “Action” Anthony Laureano (pictured to right, photo courtesy of Star Boxing) has been selected as the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) 2018 سال کے پیشہ ور باکسر.

 

Other award winners include Nephateria Miller, سال کے شوقین باکسر; Pete Hary, جونیئر, Professional Official of the Year; Jason Concepcion, سال کے شوقین سرکاری; اور Roland Roy, باکسنگ کی شراکت.

 

 

 

The 2018 CBHOF award winners, as well as its six-member Class of 2018, will be honored October 13 میں 14ویں سالانہ CBHOF گالا ڈنر انڈکشن, Mohegan سورج Uncas بال روم میں.

 

 

 

The new CBHOF inductees are boxers Cocoa Kid اور Angel Vazquez, judge Don Trella, and trainers John Harris, Bill Gore اور برائن کلارک.

 

 

 

“We have an incredible group of honorees this year,” CBHOF president جان Laudati کہا. “Pro Boxer of the Year, Anthony Laureano, is an exciting up-and- comer who clearly earned this award. The selection of Nephteria Miller as Connecticut’s best amateur boxer really underscores the ascendancy of women’s boxing, not only in Connecticut, but in the world. Jason Concepcion and Pete Hary richly deserve being named amateur and pro officials of the year. We at CBHOF are most pleased to posthumously present the George Smith Contribution to Boxing Award to Roland Roy’s family. His recent passing is a tremendous loss to Connecticut’s Boxing Community. His lifetime of tireless effort on behalf of and devotion to the mission of USA Boxing will be honored and celebrated by this award.”

 

 

 

The 23-year-old Laureano (8-0, 3 کوس), a former New England amateur champion, is an all-action, fan-friendly fighter who is arguably the top prospect today in N.E. His next fights is scheduled for Sept..21 in Huntington, نیو یارک. His promoter, جو DeGuardia(سٹار باکسنگ), was induced into the CBHOF in 2013. Anthony earned an associate degree in Criminal Justice from Manchester Community College.

 

 

 

ملر, نیو ہیون کے, captured a silver medal at the 2017 U.S. Nationals in the 125-pounds featherweight division. She accepted an invitation earlier this year to attend the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, کولوراڈو. She is currently the No. 2 rated women’s featherweight in the United States.

 

 

 

A pro boxing judge since 2008, Hary has judged more than 250 fights during his career. The most notable fight Hary has judge to date was in 2015, when current IBF light heavyweight world champion Eleider Alvarez میں شکست دے دی اسحاق مارک by way of a 12-round majority decision in Quebec City for the WBC Silver championship. The vice president of the CBHOF, Hary lives in Ledyard with his wife, Lauri, and their son, Matthew.

 

 

 

After joining the ranks of USA Boxing, Concepcion rapidly was voted Treasurer and was then appointed Chief of Officials. Jason was the catalyst in terms of creating the Willie Pep Invitational. He and his wife, ہیدر, continue to serve on the Connecticut USA Boxing Board of Directors. گزشتہ سال, Jason was unanimously voted to the CBHOF Board of Directors.

 

 

 

The late Roy was president of USA Boxing in Connecticut for nearly 20 سال. He was president of USA Boxing Region 1, which includes all of N.E. and metro New York, until his recent passing. The Glastonbury native was also the coordinator for the Junior Olympics in the Northeast Region and worked 16 years with the US Olympic committee to further Olympic-style boxing. An original member of the CBHOF, Roland had been heavily involved in the annual selection of the CBHOF Amateur Fighter of the Year. Roland Roy was responsible for keeping amateur boxing alive and well in the Nutmeg state.

 

 

 

CBHOF لئے ٹکٹ 13ویں سالانہ گالا ڈنر انڈکشن, معقول قیمت $90.00, are on sale and available to purchase by calling Ann Murphy Mohegan سورج (1.860.862.8846) یا شیرمین کین میں 1.860.212.9029. دروازے پر کھولتے 6:00 بجے. AND, followed by a full sit-down dinner at 7 بجے. AND.

 

 

 

کرنے کے لئے جاؤ آن لائن www.ctboxinghof.org آف فیم کنیکٹیکٹ باکسنگ ہال کے بارے میں اضافی معلومات کے لیے, its 14ویں سالانہ گالا ڈنر inductee کی, واقعہ سپانسرشپ مواقع, یا ماضی CBHOF inductees کی.

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آف فیم کے طبقے کے کنیکٹیکٹ باکسنگ ہال 2018 Announced

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Cocoa Kid, John Harris, Bill Gore, برائن کلارک, Angel Vazquez & Don Trella

UNCASVILLE, کون. (اگست 13, 2018) – The Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) has announced its six-member Class of 2018 to be inducted during the 14TH annual CBHOF Gala Induction Dinner on Saturday night, اکتوبر 13, Mohegan سورج Uncas بال روم میں.

 

 

 

The new CBHOF inductees are boxers Cocoa Kid اور Angel Vazquez, judge Don Trella, and trainers John Harris, Bill Gore اور برائن کلارک.

 

 

 

ایک بار پھر سے,” CBHOF president جان Laudati کہا, “the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame has elected a fantastic class of inductees. We are excited about the historical significance of inducing Cocoa Kid, the great fighter from the 1930’s. Our other honorees come from across the state. We hope to see a large contingent come out to congratulate a great local boxer, Angel Vasquez, and to celebrate the life of Willie Pep’s famous trainer, Bill Gore. This class also includes two other incredibly accomplished trainers, Bill Clark, نیو ہیون کے, and John Harris from Fairfield County. Don Trella, who is from my hometown of Waterbury, is one of the best boxing judges in recent history. It promises to be a great night for the entire boxing community: inductees, their families and friends, لیکن, سب سے اہم بات, our Connecticut boxing fans!”

 

 

 

Cocoa Kid (56-20-2, 48 کوس) came to prominence in 1933, when as an 18-year-old he registered a shocking upset of former world featherweight champion لوئس “کڈ” Kaplan, who was inducted into the CBHOF charter class in 2005. Cocoa Kid, who settled in New Haven, captured the New England welterweight and middleweight titles. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2012 and passed way in 1966.

 

 

 

Considered one of the hardest hitting featherweights of his era, Vasquez won his first 21 pro fights and finished his pro career with a 22-2 (16 کوس) ریکارڈ. The Hartford native captured the WBO Latino, NABA and USBA featherweight titles. The highlight of his pro career came at home in Hartford, when he defeated previously unbeaten Berbardo Quinones (19-0-1) for the USBA crown.

 

 

 

Trella has been a boxing official for the past 21 years on the local, national and global scenes. He officiated more than 500 amateur bouts before he was awarded his first professional license in 2001 Mohegan سورج, where he has been employed the past 17 years in various Human Resources positions, currently holding the title of Director of Employee and Guest Experience. A resident of Noank, Trella is highly regarded as one of boxing’s best judges. گزشتہ سال, مثال کے طور پر, he officiated three of the most high-profile fights in the world: جیناڈی Golovkin بنام. ڈینی یاکوب, Vladimir Klitschko بنام. Anthony Joshua (سے زیادہ 90,000 fans in attendance at Wembley Stadium in London) and Golovkin vs. Canelo Alvarez کی.

 

 

 

Harris established himself as the preeminent trainer in Fairfield County, founding the Meadow Gardens Boxing Club in 1989, which was later renamed the John Harris Boxing Club, after he died in 2012 سال کی عمر میں 85. A native of Cleveland, where he fought in the Golden Gloves, Harris lived most of his life in Norwalk. The highlight of his career was in 1993, when he trained four fighters who qualified for the National Golden Gloves Championships, شامل Travis Simms, a CBHOF Hall of Fame inductee and two-time World Boxing Association (ڈبلیو بی اے) junior middleweight world champion.

 

 

 

Gore is best known for training the great ولی پیئپی, who was also inducted into the CBHOF charter class, to a pair of world featherweight championships. Gore, تاہم, also trained another all-time great, world light heavyweight champion باب فوسٹر. A native of Providence, Gore died in 1978 سال کی عمر میں 84 and he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008.

 

 

 

Clark opened the Ring One gym in New Haven nearly 30 years ago to keep kids off the streets, producing many amateur champions, and even one light heavyweight world champion, چاڈ ڈاوسن. Often bankrolling the gym, خود, Clark has become an icon in New Haven, where his gym is in one of the city’s roughest neighborhoods. Ring One is believed to be the oldest continuously operating boxing gym in Connecticut.

 

 

 

CBHOF لئے ٹکٹ 13ویں سالانہ گالا ڈنر انڈکشن, معقول قیمت $90.00, are on sale and available to purchase by calling Ann Murphy at Mohegan Sun (1.860.862.8846) یا شیرمین کین مانچسٹر جرنل انکوائرر میں (1.800.237.3606 X321). دروازے پر کھولتے 6:00 بجے. AND, followed by a full sit-down dinner at 7 بجے. AND.

 

 

 

کرنے کے لئے جاؤ آن لائن www.ctboxinghof.org آف فیم کنیکٹیکٹ باکسنگ ہال کے بارے میں اضافی معلومات کے لیے, its 14ویں سالانہ گالا ڈنر inductee کی, واقعہ سپانسرشپ مواقع, یا ماضی CBHOF inductees کی.