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

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

BKFC 8 is headlined by former UFC stars Anthony “Bigfoot” Silva och Gabriel Gonzaga going toe-to-toe and will be broadcast across the United States and Canada, uteslutande på pay-per-view genom Multivision Media, Inc., på alla större TV-distributionskanaler för $29.99. Det kommer också att finnas tillgänglig för BKFC internationella sändnings partners över hela världen och via ström till alla i hemmet och out-of-home anslutna enheter genom FITE.



BKFC 8 co-main event will feature two BKFC veterans Jim Alers go up against Julian Lane i en strid på 155 pund.

Tickets for the live event are on sale exclusively at www.bareknuckle.tv. Florida will be hosting itssecond BKFC event of 2019, after previously holding the blockbuster BKFC 6 event headlined by Paulie Malignaggi vs. Artem Lobov i juni.

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 boxerDen 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 Dave Mundell tar på Ronnie Forney in a 185-pound fight and an all-Florida 195-pound bout between Reggie Penaoch 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 möteRobert Morrow for a 210-pound bout.

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

Oktober. 28 på Mohegan Sun

Clark Sammartino

Uncasville, Conn. (Oktober 19, 2017, 2017) – His induction into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) på lördag natt, Oktober 28, as part of the six-member Class of 2017, will cap the boxing career of retiring judge Clark Sammartino vid 13TH årlig CBHOF Gala Induktions Dinner in the Uncas Ballroom på Mohegan Sun.
The other new CBHOF inductees are pioneer boxerProfessorCharles Hadley, ring physician Dr. Tony Alessi, referee/judge Dick Flaherty, boxning författare 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 Måndag 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 pro slagsmål, Inklusive 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 år: Mike Tyson, Oscar de la Hoya, Evander Holyfield, Julio César Chávez, Johnny Tapia, Naseem Hamed, Chris Eubank, Marco Antonio Barrera, Mark Johnson, Wayne McCullough, Wladimir Klitschko, Gennadij 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 år, 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,” sa han. “This is a great way to end my career.
Limited tickets for the CBHOF 13th årlig galaInduktions middag, rimligt prissatta på $90.00, are still available to purchase by calling Kim Baker på Mohegan Sun(1.860.862.7377) eller Sherman Cain på Manchester Journal Inquirer (1.800.237.3606 X321). Insläpp på 5:30 p.m. OCH, cocktails from 6:00- p.m. OCH (cash bar), followed by a full sit-down dinner.
Gå online för att www.ctboxinghof.org för ytterligare information om Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame, dess 13th årlig gala Inkallad middag, händelse sponsring möjligheter, eller tidigare CBHOF värnpliktiga.
OM CBHOF: Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame grundades år 2004 att hedra och fira karriärer framstående individer som är inblandade i sporten boxning. Dess inaugural Installationsceremoni & Middag hölls i 2005. Connecticut rika boxning historia kunde aldrig ha blomstrat om det inte vore för resultaten av de inskrivna i Hall of Fame. The CBHOF’s new location is in the Sky Casino at Mohegan Sun.
Som en ideell organisation, Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame är djupt engagerad i att hålla kämpaglöd av Connecticut blomstrande genom olika bidrag till välgörande ändamål.