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Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame 2018 prisvinnare tillkännagav

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Uncasville, Conn. (September 24, 2018) - Obesegrade East Hartford junior vältervikt utsikter "Action" Anthony Laureano (bild till höger, foto med tillstånd av Star Boxing) har valts ut som Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) 2018 Professionell Boxer of the Year.

 

Andra prisvinnare inkluderar Nephateria Miller, Amatör Boxer of the Year; Pete Hary, Jr, Årets professionella tjänsteman; Jason Concepcion, Amatör officiella of the Year; och Roland Roy, Bidrag till Boxing.

 

 

 

Den 2018 CBHOF-prisvinnare, liksom dess klass med sex medlemmar 2018, kommer att hedras oktober 13 vid 14th årlig CBHOF galaInduktions middag, i Uncas Ballroom på Mohegan Sun.

 

 

 

De nya CBHOF-induktorerna är boxare Cocoa Kid och Angel Vazquez, bedöma Don Trella, och utbildare John Harris, Bill Gore och Brian Clark.

 

 

 

”Vi har en otrolig grupp hedrar i år,”CBHOF-president John Laudati sa. “Årets Pro Boxer, Anthony Laureano, är en spännande up-and- comer som uppenbarligen fick denna utmärkelsen. Urvalet av Nephteria Miller som Connecticuts bästa amatörboxare understryker verkligen uppstigningen av kvinnors boxning, inte bara i Connecticut, men i världen. Jason Concepcion och Pete Hary förtjänar riktigt att bli utnämnda till årets amatör och proffs. Vi på CBHOF är mycket nöjda med att posthumt presentera George Smith Contribution to Boxing Award till Roland Roys familj. Hans senaste gång är en enorm förlust för Connecticuts Boxing Community. Hans livslängd av outtröttlig ansträngning på uppdrag av och hängivenhet till uppdraget med USA Boxing kommer att hedras och firas av denna utmärkelsen. ”

 

 

 

Den 23-åriga Laureano (8-0, 3 Kos), en före detta amatörsmästare i New England, är en all-action, fanvänlig fighter som utan tvekan är topputsikterna idag i N.E. Hans nästa slagsmål är planerad till den 21 september i Huntington, New York. Hans promotor, Joe DeGuardia(Star Boxning), inducerades i CBHOF i 2013. Anthony fick en doktorsexamen i Criminal Justice från Manchester Community College.

 

 

 

Miller, New Haven, tog en silvermedalj vid 2017 US. Medborgare i 125 kilos fjädervikt-division. Hon accepterade en inbjudan tidigare i år att delta i USA. Olympic Training Center i Colorado Springs, Colorado. Hon är för närvarande nr. 2 rankade kvinnors fjädervikt i USA.

 

 

 

En professionell boxningsdomare sedan 2008, Hary har bedömt mer än 250 kämpar under sin karriär. Den mest anmärkningsvärda kampen som Hary hittills har bedömt var i 2015, när nuvarande IBF lätt tungvikt världsmästare Eleider Alvarez besegrade Isaac Mark genom ett 12-rundars majoritetsbeslut i Quebec City för WBC Silver-mästerskapet. 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, Heather, continue to serve on the Connecticut USA Boxing Board of Directors. Förra året, Jason was unanimously voted to the CBHOF Board of Directors.

 

 

 

The late Roy was president of USA Boxing in Connecticut for nearly 20 år. 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. En originalmedlem i CBHOF, Roland hade varit starkt engagerad i det årliga urvalet av årets CBHOF amatörkämpe. Roland Roy var ansvarig för att hålla amatörboxning levande och väl i muskottillståndet.

 

 

 

Biljetter till CBHOF 13th årlig galaInduktions middag, rimligt prissatta på $90.00, är till försäljning och finns att köpa genom att ringa Ann Murphy på Mohegan Sun (1.860.862.8846) eller Sherman Cain vid 1.860.212.9029. Insläpp på 6:00 p.m. OCH, följt av en fullständig sittande middag kl 7 p.m. OCH.

 

 

 

Gå online för att www.ctboxinghof.org för ytterligare information om Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame, dess 14th årlig gala Inkallad middag, händelse sponsring möjligheter, eller tidigare CBHOF värnpliktiga.

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Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2018 Announced

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Cocoa Kid, John Harris, Bill Gore, Brian Clark, Angel Vazquez & Don Trella

Uncasville, Conn. (Augusti 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, Oktober 13, i Uncas Ballroom på Mohegan Sun.

 

 

 

De nya CBHOF-induktorerna är boxare Cocoa Kid och Angel Vazquez, bedöma Don Trella, och utbildare John Harris, Bill Gore och Brian Clark.

 

 

 

Än en gång,” CBHOF president John Laudati sa, “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, New Haven, 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, men, viktigast, our Connecticut boxing fans!”

 

 

 

Cocoa Kid (56-20-2, 48 Kos) came to prominence in 1933, when as an 18-year-old he registered a shocking upset of former world featherweight champion Louis “Kid” 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 Kos) post. 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 på Mohegan Sun, 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. Förra året, for example, he officiated three of the most high-profile fights in the world: Gennadij Golovkin vs. Danny Jacobs, Vladimir Klitschko vs. Anthony Joshua (mer än 90,000 fans in attendance at Wembley Stadium in London) and Golovkin vs. Canelo Alvarez.

 

 

 

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 vid en ålder av 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, Inklusive Travis Simms, a CBHOF Hall of Fame inductee and two-time World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight world champion.

 

 

 

Gore is best known for training the great Willie Pep, who was also inducted into the CBHOF charter class, to a pair of world featherweight championships. Gore, emellertid, also trained another all-time great, world light heavyweight champion Bob Foster. A native of Providence, Gore died in 1978 vid en ålder av 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, Chad Dawson. Often bankrolling the gym, själv, 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.

 

 

 

Biljetter till CBHOF 13th årlig galaInduktions middag, rimligt prissatta på $90.00, are on sale and available to purchase by calling Ann Murphy at Mohegan Sun (1.860.862.8846) eller Sherman Cain på Manchester Journal Inquirer (1.800.237.3606 X321). Insläpp på 6:00 p.m. OCH, följt av en fullständig sittande middag kl 7 p.m. OCH.

 

 

 

Gå online för att www.ctboxinghof.org för ytterligare information om Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame, dess 14th årlig gala Inkallad middag, händelse sponsring möjligheter, eller tidigare CBHOF värnpliktiga.