MASHANTUCKET, КТ (Јули 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, КТ, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.

The tradition continues on Четврток, Јули 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 КО) faces former world champion Сум “Кралот” Soliman (44-13, 18 КО) во 10-круг главниот настан Премиер бокс шампионите на ESPN & ESPN.

Телевизиска покриеност започнува на 8 вечер. И/5 вечер. Португалија, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 КО) and California’s Павле Mendez (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 и 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Сенди кожни.

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 Џек Демпси два пати; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Луис “Кид” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 КО), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Maxie Розенблум (222-42-31, 2 Соединетите Американски Држави, 19 КО), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Џек “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 Марлон “Магијата Човекот” 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 “Лоша” Чад Досон (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 Лоренс Клеј-бег (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 Андре Berto (27-0) и противкандидат Виктор Ортиз (28-2-2) battled for 12 рунди, 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-FamerЏејмс Toney (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Василиј Jirov. 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, Jirov (31-0) started fast but faded, getting decked in the final round.

Во 2004, New England favorite Скот “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, М-р, was involved in a great 12^та 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 Вини Паз (Pazienza during his boxing career), се борат надвор од Кранстон, РИ, 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 50^таcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill во 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, во нивните 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 Acelino “Бат” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, победувајќиЗахир Raheem и Artur Grigorian и губење на Juan Diaz и Диего Corrales.

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 во 10^та круг на нивните 2011 Борбата, Карл Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outЏермејн Тејлор (who was well ahead on the scorecards) во 12^та round for the WBC super middleweight championship, PERNELL Витакер taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, и 114-113) во нивните 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), и Ајк Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez во 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, Флојд Mayweather, Џуниор. и Рој Џонс, Џуниор, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Во своето 15^та pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10^та-круг TKO на Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Шејн Мозли successfully defended his title against Џеси Џејмс Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10^та круг.

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