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PBC на ESPN & ESPN Deportes Doubleheader
Четверг, Июль 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. И/5 p.m. PT
Машантукет, Коннектикут (Июль 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, Коннектикут, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on Четверг, Июль 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “техник” Деревянченко (8-0, 6 КО) сталкивается с бывшим чемпионом мира Am “Король” Сулейман (44-13, 18 КО) в 10-раундовом главным событием Премьер Бокс чемпионов на ESPN & ESPN.
Телевизионный охват начинается 8 p.m. И/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 КО) и в Калифорнии Пол Мендес (19-2-2, 9 КО).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Вилли “Will ‘o the Wisp” Пеп (229-11-1, 65 КО), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Пеп, who fought professionally between 1940 и 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Сэнди 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 Джек Демпси дважды; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) весе Луис “Ребенок” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 КО), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Макси Розенблюм (222-42-31, 2 Северная Каролина, 19 КО), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Джек “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” Скворец (45-6-12, 27 КО), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Трэвис Симмс (28-1, 21 КО), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Плохой” Чэд Доусон (33-4, 18 КО) and world welterweight contender Гаспар “Индийский” Ортега (131-29-6, 69 КО), Stamford’s world No. 1-попал в полусреднем Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 КО), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Лоуренс Клей-Бей (21-3-1, 16 КО).
Нет. 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 Другое Берто (27-0) и претендентом Виктор Ортис (28-2-2) battled for 12 раундов, 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-FamerДжеймс Тони (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Василий Жиров. 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, Жиров (31-0) started fast but faded, getting decked in the final round.
В 2004, New England favorite Скотт “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, Массачусетс, was involved in a great 12й круглый, 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 Винни-Пас (Pazienza during his boxing career), борются Крэнстон, Род-Айленд, and New Bedford’s all-action “Sucra” Рэй Оливейра. Paz had a 13-3 record at Foxwoods, подчеркнуто его 1998 решение по Glenwood Brown и его 50йcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill в 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, в их 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 “Приклад” Фрейтас fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, победивЗахир Рахим и Artur Grigorian и проиграв Хуан Диас и Диего Корралес.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion Энди Лиcoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Крейг Макьюэн в 10й раунд их 2011 борьба, Карл Фроч‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outДжермейн Тейлор (who was well ahead on the scorecards) в 12й round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Пернелл Уитакер taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, и 114-113) в их 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), и Айк Квортиovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez в 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, Младший. и Рой Джонс, Младший, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. В его 15й про бой, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10й-раунде техническим нокаутом из Отис Грант. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Шейн Мосли successfully defended his title against Джесси Джеймс Лейха, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10й круглый.
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