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Чацвер, Ліпеня 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. І/5 p.m. PT
Машантукет, Канэктыкут (Ліпеня 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, Канэктыкут, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on Чацвер, Ліпеня 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Деревянченко (8-0, 6 КО) faces former world champion Am “Кароль” Сулейман (44-13, 18 КО) у 10-раўндавым галоўнай падзеяй Прэм'ер Бокс чэмпіёнаў на ESPN & ESPN.
Тэлевізійны ахоп пачынаецца 8 p.m. І/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 КО) and California’s Пол Мэндэс (19-2-2, 9 КО).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 КО), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 і 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Сэндзі Садлер.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 КО), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Джэк Дэмпсі двойчы; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) вазе Луіс “Дзіця” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 КО), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Максі Розенблюм (222-42-31, 2 Паўночная Караліна, 19 КО), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Раз'ём “Bright Eyes” Delaney (73-11-2, 43 КО), 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 КО), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist Marlon “Magic Man” Starling (45-6-12, 27 КО), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Travis Simms (28-1, 21 КО), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Дрэнны” Чэд Доусон (33-4, 18 КО) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 КО), Stamford’s world No. 1-ranked welterweight Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 КО), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Лоўрэнс Клей-Бі (21-3-1, 16 КО).
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 Андрэ Берта (27-0) і прэтэндэнтам Віктар Ортис (28-2-2) battled for 12 раўндаў, 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-FamerДжэймс Тоні (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Васіль Тлушчаў. 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, Тлушчаў (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, Масачусэтс, was involved in a great 12й круглы, 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 Віні-Пас (Pazienza during his boxing career), змагаюцца Крэнстон, Род-Айлэнд, 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 50йcareer 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 іх 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 Аселино “Прыклад” Фрейтас fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, перамогшыЗахір Рахім і Artur Grigorian і прайграўшы Juan Diaz і Дыега Корралес.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion Эндзі Ліcoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan у 10й раўнд іх 2011 барацьба, Карл Фроч‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outДжэрмэйн Тэйлар (who was well ahead on the scorecards) у 12й round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Пернелл Уітакер taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, і 114-113) у іх 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), і Айк Квортиovercoming 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, Флойд Мэйвезер, Малодшы. і Рой Джонс, Малодшы, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. У яго 15й pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10й-раўндзе тэхнічным накаўтам з Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Шэйн мослы successfully defended his title against Джэсі Джэймс Лейха, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10й круглы.
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