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Пүрэв гариг, Оны долдугаар сар 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. БОЛОН/5 p.m. PT
MASHANTUCKET, СТ (Оны долдугаар сар 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, СТ, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on Пүрэв гариг, Оны долдугаар сар 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 Kos) faces former world champion Am “Хаан” Soliman (44-13, 18 Kos) 10-дугуй гол тохиолдолд Ерөнхий сайд Боксын Аваргуудын тухай ESPN & ESPN.
Телевизийн хамрах хүрээ эхэлдэг 8 p.m. БОЛОН/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 Kos) and California’s Паул Mendez (19-2-2, 9 Kos).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 Kos), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 болон 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Сэнди Saddler.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 Kos), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Жак Демпси хоёр дахин их; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Луис “Гол дүрүүд нь хүүхэд” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 Kos), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom (222-42-31, 2 Сүлжээний Холболт, 19 Kos), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Жак “Bright Eyes” Delaney (73-11-2, 43 Kos), 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 Kos), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist Марлон “Magic хүн” Starling (45-6-12, 27 Kos), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Трэвис Симмс (28-1, 21 Kos), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Муу” Чад Dawson (33-4, 18 Kos) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 Kos), Stamford’s world No. 1-ranked welterweight Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 Kos), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Lawrence Шавар-Bey (21-3-1, 16 Kos).
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) мөн өрсөлдөгч Виктор Ортиз (28-2-2) battled for 12 удаа, 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-FamerЖеймс 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.
Онд 2004, New England favorite Скотт “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, Магистр, was involved in a great 12-р дугуй, 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 Ni буга Paz (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-рcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill дахь 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, Тэдний 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 “Голтой” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, ялжZahir Рахим болон Artur Grigorian болон алдаж Juan Diaz болон Диего Corrales.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion Энди Leecoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan дахь 10-р дугуй тэдгээрийн 2011 тэмцэл, Карл Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Тейлор (who was well ahead on the scorecards) дахь 12-р round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, болон 114-113) Тэдний 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), болон Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez дахь 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 Mayweather, JR. болон Рой Жонс, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Түүний 15-р 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-р-дугуй TKO Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Shane Mosley successfully defended his title against Жесси Жеймс Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10-р дугуй.
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