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中国人民银行ESPN & ESPN Deportes Doubleheader
星期四, 七月 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 P.M. AND/5 P.M. PT
马山, CT (七月 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, CT, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on 星期四, 七月 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “该技术员” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 科斯) faces former world champion 是 “王” 索利曼 (44-13, 18 科斯) 在10轮的主要事件 总理拳击冠军 上 ESPN & ESPN.
电视报道开始于 8 P.M. AND/5 P.M. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 科斯) 和加利福尼亚的 保罗·门德斯 (19-2-2, 9 科斯).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late 威利 “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 科斯), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 和 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with 桑迪萨德勒.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 科斯), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary 杰克·登普西 两次; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) 标题列表 圣路易斯 “小子” 卡普兰 (108-22-12, 72 科斯), from Meriden; 世界轻重量级冠军 (1933) “Slapsie” 马克辛罗森布鲁姆 (222-42-31, 2 NC, 19 科斯), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) 千斤顶 “Bright Eyes” Delaney (73-11-2, 43 科斯), 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 科斯), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist 马龙 “魔术师” Starling (45-6-12, 27 科斯), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” 特拉维斯·西姆斯 (28-1, 21 科斯), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “糟糕” 乍得道森 (33-4, 18 科斯) and world welterweight contender 加斯帕 “印第安” 奥尔特加 (131-29-6, 69 科斯), Stamford’s world No. 1-次中量级 Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 科斯), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain 劳伦斯·克莱贝 (21-3-1, 16 科斯).
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 其他叶贝 (27-0) 和挑战者 维克托·奥尔蒂斯 (28-2-2) battled for 12 发, 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-Famer詹姆斯·托尼 (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Vassiliy吉罗夫. 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, 吉罗夫 (31-0) started fast but faded, getting decked in the final round.
在 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” 彭伯顿, hailing from nearby New Bedford, 嘛, was involved in a great 12日 圆, come-from-behind knockout of always-tough 奥马尔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 温尼拉巴斯 (Pazienza during his boxing career), 战斗克兰斯顿的出, RI, and New Bedford’s all-action “Sucra” 雷奥利维拉. Paz had a 13-3 record at Foxwoods, 他强调 1998 在决定 Glenwood Brown 和他的 50日career win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill 在 2004. Oliveira was only 6-7-1 fighting at Foxwoods, but he faced nothing but iron and he did defeat a world champion, 文斯·菲利普斯, 在他们的 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 “屁股” 塔斯 fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, 击败查希尔·拉希姆 和 Artur Grigorian 和输给 胡安·迪亚兹 和 科拉莱斯迭戈.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion 李兆coming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop 克雷格·麦克尤恩 在 10日 他们的回合 2011 战斗, 卡尔Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock out前锋泰勒 (who was well ahead on the scorecards) 在 12日 round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell惠特克 taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, 和 114-113) 在他们的 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), 和 艾克Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez 在 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, 梅威瑟, JR. 和 罗伊·琼斯, 小, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. 在他的 15日 亲斗争, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10日-的轮将军澳 奥蒂斯·格兰特. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion 莫斯利 successfully defended his title against 杰西·詹姆斯Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10日 圆.
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