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Martina Krol & Calie Cutler Square Off in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Women’s Featherweight Semi-Final Saturday, Ottubru 19 from Florida State Fairgrounds Entertainment Hall in Tampa, Fla. & Jgħixu fuq Pay Per View – Aktar! Abdiel Velazquez Returns & Dat Nguyen Makes BKFC Debut

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TAMPA, FLA. (Ottubru 8, 2019) – A jam-packed lineup of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) attractions will include Martina Krol u Calie Cutler going toe-to-toe in the BKFC women’s featherweight semi-final Saturday, Ottubru 19 live on pay-per-view from Florida State Fairgrounds Entertainment Hall in Tampa, Fla.

BKFC 8 is headlined by former UFC stars Anthony “Bigfoot” Silva u Gabriel Gonzaga going toe-to-toe and will be broadcast across the United States and Canada, exclusively on pay-per-view through MultiVision Media, Inc, on all major television distribution outlets for $29.99. It will also be available to BKFC’s international broadcast partners worldwide and via stream to all in-home and out-of-home connected devices through FITE.



The BKFC 8 co-main event will feature two BKFC veterans Jim Aleri go up against Julian Lane in a 155-pound fight.

Tickets for the live event are on sale exclusively at www.bareknuckle.tv. Florida will be hosting its’ second BKFC event of 2019, after previously holding the blockbuster BKFC 6 event headlined by Paulie Malignaggi vs. Artem Lobov f'Ġunju.

Undercard action will also feature Puerto Rico’s Abdiel Velazquez, who owns a 2-1 BKFC record having most recently defeated Travis Thompson in June, in a 135-pound battle against West Virginia’s Rick Caruso. Featherweight professional boxerDat Nguyen will make his BKFC debut in a 135-pound fight against Missouri’s Matt Murphy and a 185-pound showdown will feature Nevada’s Joey Angelo and Florida’s Walber Barrios.

The lineup continues with Florida native Jared Warren in a 195-pound battle against Virginia’s Brian Maxwell, Florida’s Dave Mundell tieħu fuq Ronnie Forney in a 185-pound fight and an all-Florida 195-pound bout between Reggie Penau Lorenzo Hunt. There’s no love lost between Pena and Hunt, as seen in this recent heated interview.

Rounding out the night is a 118-pound women’s showdown featuring Michigan’sSheena Starr and Florida’s Delaney Owen, Nevada’s Zach Jussola in a 165-pound fight against Oklahoma’s Fred Pierce and Cuba’s Gustavo Trujillo laqgħaRobert Morrow for a 210-pound bout.

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Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame Klassi ta 2017 Induction caps Judging career of Clark Sammartino

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Ottubru. 28 fil Mohegan Sun

Clark Sammartino

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (Ottubru 19, 2017, 2017) – His induction into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) nhar is-Sibt lejl, Ottubru 28, as part of the six-member Class of 2017, will cap the boxing career of retiring judge Clark Sammartino fi 13TH annwali Dinner CBHOF Gala induzzjoni fil-Ballroom UNCAS fil Mohegan Sun.
The other new CBHOF inductees are pioneer boxer “Professor” Charles Hadley, ring physician Dr. Tony Alessi, referee/judge Dick Flaherty, boxing kittieb Dan Parker and boxer/boxing contributor Hugh Devlin, Sr.
A graduate of Brown University, the now 80-year-old Sammartino has enjoyed two other careers as an oral surgeon and investment advisor at Blue Fin in Providence, in addition to his role as an international boxing judge since 1985.
“I first got into boxing because Joey Angelo married my cousin,” Sammartino explained. “He fought back in the early forties. Joey fought Willie Pep twice and Sandy Saddler. That’s what got me started. We used to have the great It-tnejn Night Fights at Rhode Island Auditorium and I remember watching Rocky Marciano fight “Tiger” Ted Lowry there.”
Because he was a successful oral surgeon, Clark could take long weekends to judge fights all over the world. His first and most memorable world title fight was Vinny Paz-Greg Haughn I. Through his long career, Sammartino judged more than 400 tissielet pro, Inklużi 50 major world title fights.
The list of boxers whose fights Sammartino judged reads like a Who’s Who of Boxing during the past 32 snin: Mike Tyson, Oscar de la Hoya, Evander Holyfield, Julio Cesar Chavez, Johnny Tapia, Naseem Hamed, Chris Eubank, Marco Antonio Barrera, Mark Johnson, Wayne McCullough, Wladimir Klitschko, Gennady Golovkin, Anthony Joshua, Sergey Kovalev, Bernard Hopkins, Juan Manuel Lopez, Nonito Donaire, Acelino Freitas, Ivan Calderon, Felix Trinidad, Tommy Morrison and many more.
Sammartino, who proudly says he never missed a day of work in 40 snin, has decided to retire, although he’ll remain a boxing fans for the rest of his life. “I started slowing down at my age, doing local shows and maybe three or four world title fights a year, mostly WBO and IBF,” Sammartino remarked. “I had a tough bout with pneumonia the past 5-6 months and that made working difficult.”
His CBHOF induction is a fitting ending and tremendous tribute to Sammartino and his career in boxing. “I’m humbled to be inducted into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame,” huwa qal. “This is a great way to end my career.”
Limited tickets for the CBHOF 13th annwali Pranzu Gala induzzjoni, bi prezz raġonevoli fil $90.00, are still available to purchase by calling Kim Baker fil Mohegan Sun(1.860.862.7377) jew Sherman Cain fil-Manchester Ġurnal Inquirer (1.800.237.3606 X321). Bibien miftuħa fi 5:30 p.m. U, cocktails from 6:00- p.m. U (cash bar), followed by a full sit-down dinner.
Mur online biex www.ctboxinghof.org għal informazzjoni addizzjonali dwar il Connecticut Boxing Sala tal-Eroj, its 13th annwali Pranzu Gala inductee, opportunitajiet sponsorizzazzjoni avveniment, jew inductees CBHOF passat.
ABOUT CBHOF: The Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame was founded in 2004 li tonora u tiċċelebra l-karrieri ta 'individwi pendenti involuti fl-isport tal-boxing. Ċerimonja tagħha induzzjoni inawgurali & Pranzu saret 2005. Istorja Connecticut tal boxing sinjuri qatt ma seta 'iffjorixxiet li kieku ma kienx għall-kisbiet ta' dawk stabbiliti fil-Hall of Fame. The CBHOF’s new location is in the Sky Casino at Mohegan Sun.
Bħala organizzazzjoni li ma tagħmilx profitt, l Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame hu deċiż li jżommu l-ispirtu ġlied tal Connecticut b'saħħitha permezz ta 'kontribuzzjonijiet ta' karità varji.