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

The tradition continues on വ്യാഴാഴ്ച, ജൂലൈ 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 കാസ്) faces former world champion ആകുന്നു “രാജാവ്” Soliman (44-13, 18 കാസ്) 10-റൗണ്ടിൽ പ്രധാന ഇവന്റിൽ പ്രീമിയർ ബോക്സിംഗ് ചാമ്പ്യൻസ് മേല് ഇഎസ്പിഎൻ & ഇഎസ്പിഎൻ.

ടെലിവിഷനിൽ കവറേജ് ആരംഭിക്കുന്നു 8 മികവിനും. കൂടാതെ/5 മികവിനും. പി.ടി., and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 കാസ്) and California’s പോൾ Mendez (19-2-2, 9 കാസ്).

Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 കാസ്), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 ഒപ്പം 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with സാൻഡി Saddler.

Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 കാസ്), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary ജാക്ക് ഡെംപ്സി രണ്ടുതവണ; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist ലൂയിസ് “കോലാട്ടിൻ” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 കാസ്), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom (222-42-31, 2 NC,, 19 കാസ്), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) ജാക്ക് “Bright Eyes” Delaney (73-11-2, 43 കാസ്), 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 കാസ്), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist മർലോൺ “മാജിക് മാൻ” Starling (45-6-12, 27 കാസ്), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Travis Simms (28-1, 21 കാസ്), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “മോശം” ചാഡ് ഡോസൺ (33-4, 18 കാസ്) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 കാസ്), Stamford’s world No. 1-ranked welterweight Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 കാസ്), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain ലോറൻസ് ക്ലേ-Bey (21-3-1, 16 കാസ്).

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 ആന്ദ്രേ Berto (27-0) , ചാലഞ്ചർ വിക്ടർ Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 റൗണ്ടുകൾ, 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-Famerജെയിംസ് Toney (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Vassiliy 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.

ലെ 2004, New England favorite സ്കോട്ട് “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, എം.എ, was involved in a great 12^ആം ചുറ്റും, 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 ചെയ്യൂ പാസ് (Pazienza during his boxing career), fighting out of Cranston, RI, 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^ആംcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill ലെ 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, തങ്ങളുടെ 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 “ബട്ട്” തെളിഞ്ഞ fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, പരാജയപ്പെടുത്തിസഹീർ റഹീം ഒപ്പം Artur Grigorian ഇതിലേക്ക് നഷ്ടപ്പെടുന്നത് Juan Diaz ഒപ്പം ഡീഗോ Corrales.

Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion ആൻഡി ലീcoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan ലെ 10^ആം അവരുടെ എന്ന ചുറ്റും 2011 യുദ്ധം, കാൾ Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain ടെയ്ലർ (who was well ahead on the scorecards) ലെ 12^ആം round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, ഒപ്പം 114-113) തങ്ങളുടെ 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), ഒപ്പം Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez ലെ 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, ഫ്ലോയ്ഡ് മേയ്വെതറാണ്, ജൂനിയർ. ഒപ്പം റോയ് ജോൺസ്, ജൂനിയർ, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. അവന്റെ ൽ 15^ആം 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^ആം-എന്ന ചുറ്റും വക്കീലാണ് Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion ഷെയ്ൻ Mosley successfully defended his title against യിശ്ശായി ജെയിംസ് Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10^ആം ചുറ്റും.

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