Tony “Umeme” Luis to fight for regional championship in Juni 26 main event of the Sully Huff Invitational at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.. – The thrill of championship professional boxing is returning to Niagara Falls, NY. Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino and Greg Cohen Promotions (produced by David Schuster’s Winner Take All Productions), in compliance with the Seneca Nation of Indians Athletic Commission, announced today that an installment of the popular “Michuano ya Boxing juu ya CBS Sports Network” series will be presented in the Seneca Niagara Event Center on Ijumaa, Juni 26.
The night’s card is being dubbed the Sully Huff Invitational, in memory of Stanley “Sully” Huff, a successful boxer from the Seneca Nation of Indians, walio pita katika 2014 katika umri wa miaka 84. Huff was a Courier-Express Golden Gloves champion in 1950 and later founded the Iroquois Boxing Club. He also served in the United States Army during the Korean War, earning the rank of Sergeant, and later was elected to serve on the Seneca Nation of Indians Tribal Council.
In the night’s televised 10-round main event, Canada’s popular, world-rated and fast-rising lightweight star Tony “Umeme” Luis (19-3, 7 Kos) will fight for a regional championship against an opponent TBA. This past weekend, Luis dropped a controversial decision to Derry Mathews in Liverpool, England (38-9-2, 20Kos), where the two battled for the interim WBA Lightweight title.
Katika televisheni mwenza kipengele, brand-new NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion and WBA #12- na IBF # 11-rated “Hurricane” Dennis Hogan (21-0-1, 7 Kos), of Australia, kupitia Kildare, Ireland, will take on comebacking Kenny Abril (14-7-1, 7 Kos) ya Rochester, New York.
The televised opener will feature up-and-coming American heavyweight KO artist Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (12-0-1, 10 Kos) of Brooklyn taking on an opponent that will be announced at a future date.
Tiketi kwa ajili ya “Michuano ya Boxing juu ya CBS Sports Network” kuanza saa $35 and go on sale on Jumatano, Aprili 22 at Noon. Tickets are available at select Seneca Resorts & Casinos retail outlets, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by phone at800-745-3000.
“Speed, energy, hatua, msisimko, and entertainment are the hallmarks of any visit to Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino and exactly what our guests will enjoy with this world-class professional boxing card,” said Audrey Oswell, chief operating officer, Seneca Gaming Corporation. “We are happy to once again bring an incredible display of athletic competition to Western New York.”
Before the highly debatable decision loss for the world championship in mid-April, the 27-year-old Tony Luis, kutoka Cornwall, Ontario, pulled off a dominant 10-round unanimous-decision upset victory over then IBF #15 lilipimwa Karl “Dynamite” Dargan in January. Kisha juu ya Februari 20, yeye na mchumba Manon Latulippe kukaribishwa kuzaliwa kwa mtoto wao wa kwanza, mwana aitwaye Miguel. Luis ni lilipimwa #11 duniani kwa WBA na #14 na IBF.
30-mwenye umri wa miaka Dennis Hogan alikuwa nne wakati amateur taifa bingwa na zaidi 150 mapambano katika Kildare yake ya asili, Ireland. Kwa sasa anaishi na treni katika Queensland, Australia. Hogan is the current NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion. Katika kazi yake ya miaka minne pro, Hogan has also won the WBA Oceania Light Middleweight, Queensland State Super Middleweight, Queensland State Middleweight na Australia Middleweight Mabingwa.
Kenny Abril, a 30-year-old southpaw, started boxing at age seven and had 120 amateur bouts before turning professional in 2003. He has faced several undefeated and top contenders, scoring a late-2012 victory over heavily decorated veteran Dennis Laurente, which is still Laurente’s only loss in the last nine years.
Prior to boxing professionally, 26-year-old Jarrell Miller had a three-year, undefeated (18-0) kickboxing and MMA career. As a boxer, he was a New York Golden Gloves finalist and has worked as chief sparring partner for both Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko.
“I’m excited to be helping bring nationally televised championship boxing to a world-class venue such as the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino,” Alisema promoter Greg Cohen. “Tony Luis has a huge fan following in his nearby native Canada. His supporters will be out in force to watch. Kenny Abril is from nearby Rochester, New York and he’ll have a giant following in attendance as well. On the undercard will be several local favorites in exciting match-ups. I’m proud to be part of this great event and the resurgence of televised professional boxing.”
Several other exciting match-ups will be announced soon.
The event is being conducted under the rules and regulations of the Seneca Nation of Indians Athletic Commission, whose members are Scott Snyder, Sean Crane, and Justin Schapp.
“We look forward to welcoming the boxers and their teams to Seneca territory,” Commissioner Snyder said. “As a Commission, our primary focus is to ensure the safety and well-being of the fighters who will be competing at Seneca Niagara. We will be working with the fighters, promoters and everyone involved to ensure that we have a safe and enjoyable evening of sports entertainment.”
Kuhusu Greg Cohen Promotions
Moja ya ndondi Waziri outfits uendelezaji, Greg Cohen Promotions (GCP) ni vizuri kuheshimiwa jina kwa staging duniani darasa mtaalamu ndondi matukio na kukuza wapiganaji wa kitaalamu wasomi duniani kote.
Mwanzilishi na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji Greg Cohen imekuwa wanaohusika na ndondi kitaalamu katika nyadhifa mbalimbali tangu miaka ya 1980, honing hila zake na kuanzisha mwenyewe kama mjanja kimataifa ndondi mfanyabiashara.
Wanajulikana kwa uwezo wake na doa na kuendeleza vipaji ghafi, Cohen alifanya vichwa vya habari kwa mtaalam wake uongozi wa, miongoni mwa wengine wengi, zamani WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Austin “Hakuna Mashaka” Trout, ambao Cohen kusaidiwa mwongozo kutoka jamii haijulikani matarajio New Mexico kwa wasomi kulipa-per-view Nyota ngazi.
Mbali na Trout, Greg Cohen Promotions amefanya kazi na majina imara kama vile zamani wa umoja na mbili wakati Heavyweight bingwa Hasim “Rock” Rahman (50-8-2, 41 Kos); na muda wote-kubwa multiple-uzito darasa bingwa wa dunia James “Lights Out” Toney (74-7-3, 45 Kos).
Sasa dunia-rated wagombea katika GCP orodha ni pamoja na Arash Usmanee, wote kutambuliwa kama juu-10 super featherweight; zamani WBA International Middleweight Champion na dunia-rated middleweight mgombea Jarrod Fletcher; juu-rated featherweight Joel Brunker; cruiserweight Lateef Kayode; Canada nyepesi na TV action shujaa Tony Luis, na WBA na tano wakati Irish National Amateur Champion, Dennis Hogan; na Kupanda welterweight hisia Cecil MCCALLA.
Greg Cohen Promotions ina mwenyeji matukio duniani darasa ndondi katika kumbi bora katika ya Marekani na dunia na pia kujigamba zinazotolewa vipaji na / au bidhaa kwa ajili ya mitandao ya televisheni kadhaa ikiwa ni pamoja HBO, Showtime, ESPN, NBC Sports Network, MSG na FOX Sports Net.
