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WORCESTER, جرم. (ژوئن 20, 2018) — This past Father’s Day was considerably different for three-time, قهرمان جهان دو بخش “گالو” خوزه آنتونیو ریورا and his pro-debuting son, A.J. ریورا, because they will be “Making History,” presented by Rivera Promotions Entertainment and Granite Chin Promotions, اوت 17 at The Palladium.
Rivera and his son, به ترتیب, are the promoter and matchmaker for Rivera Promotions Entertainment (RPE), که به صورت مشترک تبلیغ می کند “Making History” with Granite Chin Promotions (GCP).
“We are excited to be teaming up with GCP for this historic boxing event,” Jose commented. “We have had the pleasure of working with Chris (Traietti) and Chuck (Shearns) in the past. We are grateful that they are able to work with us again to make sure we put together a great boxing event.”
The Riveras will become the first world-champion father-son combination to fight on a pro show that is promoted by their company. More significantly, A.J. will become the first pro boxer to be born with Spina Bifida.
اکنون 45 ساله, Rivera is making his second comeback, but this time it’s solely to fight on the same card as his son. Due to a variety of reasons, “گالو” retired from the ring in 2008, but he came back in 2011 for two fights, both victories, before hanging up his gloves again.
به 1997, Rivera captured the International Boxing Organization (IBO) World welterweight title, توقف گیلبرتو فلورس در دور دوم. شش سال بعد, he traveled to Germany to take on undefeated, مورد علاقه زادگاه میشل ترابانت (38-0) برای انجمن جهانی بوکس خالی (WBA) World Welterweight Championship, in which Rivera won a 12-round decision and the belt.
دو دعوا بعد, in front of nearly 10,000 hometown fans in Worcester, Rivera won a 12-round unanimous decision over defending champion آلخاندرو گارسیا (25-1) for the WBA World super welterweight title.
“I am boxing at 45 years old because of this great opportunity that has arisen for my son and I,” Jose explained. “Boxing on the same card with my son is going to be exciting and, even more so, because we will be a part of history! I am fortunate to be healthy, از لحاظ فیزیکی, and I am grateful to my Heavenly Father for not having any brain issues from my prior years of boxing. I’ve lost 20 پوند, so far, and need to lose 12 more to make the 160-pound weight class.
“I am not sure how the night of the fight is going to go. I play it in my head over and over about how I would like it to go, اما در پایان, I’m confident we will both be ready for tough fights because of the hard work we’re both putting in at the gym.
“Fan response has been good, positive and supportive of what we both are doing and attempting to accomplish. To look back at the day I was told my son was going to be born with Spina Bifida, preparing myself mentally for the worse, و در حال حاضر 25 years later here we are close to fulfilling his childhood dream. این شگفت انگیز است! I feel blessed to share this moment with my son. I am also happy that we can do this in front of our family, دوستان & fans in our City of Worcester, where my son was born, and I was raised since I moved there when I was 16.”
در اوت. 17, Rivera will face battle-tested middleweight رایان “خطرناک” دیویس (24-19, 9 کوس), fighting out of East Saint Louis, ایلینوی, در رویداد اصلی هشت دور. Davis has been in with the iron, including six-time, قهرمان جهان دو بخش زاب یهودا, former International Boxing Federation (IBF) قهرمان جهان Ishe اسمیت, two-time world title challenger and 2004 المپیک آمریکا Vances Martirosyan, عنوان جهان رقیب جاناتان رید, reigning International Boxing Association (IBA) world junior middleweight champion علامت گذاری به عنوان در DeLuca, plus other notables such as راب برنت, میکائیل Zewski, Carlos Bojorquez و Dominik Britsch.
Twenty-five-year-old A.J. will fight an opponent to be determined in a four-round welterweight match. He is a graduate of Johnson & Wales with a major in sports management, who has quickly become one of the most respected matchmakers in New England.
A.J. grew-up in a gym, watching his father train, and he also fought as an amateur boxer. “I’ve always wanted to fight as a pro and what better way than to make my pro debut on the same card headlined by my pops,” ریورا گفت. “This is a one and done, I’m not going to box as a career and, hopefully I will leave the ring on August 17هفتم and retire undefeated. I plan to make matchmaking a career. I can stay in the sport I’ve always loved and matchmake for our company and for other promoters.
“I was born with Spina Bifida. A layer of skin covered a hole in my back, preventing water from getting in, which would have damaged my system and left me paralyzed, unable to speak and with a shunt in my head to drain fluid. The doctors told my parents that, if I survived, I’d only live to be 19, in a wheelchair and a little autistic. I had surgery the next day and my pops kept hope. As I got older, I played basketball, توپ فوتبال, baseball and boxed. I was inactive for seven years when I went away to school and started matchmaking.”
In addition to sacrificing to make weight, instead of having a Father’s Day cookout, he watched what he ate and, البته, workout with his father in the gym to prepare for his pro debut.
“I wasn’t able to celebrate my 25هفتم anniversary on June 2 یا,” A.J. اضافه. “I plan to celebrate my birthday and Father’s Day when I step out of the ring on August 17هفتم. سپس, I’ll go back to focusing on my craft and become a full-time matchmaker.”
Red-hot Richard “Popeye را ملوان مرد” ریورا (8-0, 7 کوس), fighting out of Hartford, CT, will be showcased in the eight-round co-featured event. Rivera is the reigning UBF All Americans light heavyweight and ABF International cruiserweight champion.
Schedule to fight on the undercard in separate bouts are Worcester junior middleweight Khiary خاکستری (15-4, 11 کوس), promoted by CES Boxing, و Danbury, CT وزن کم وزن عمر “حیوان” بوردوی, جونیور. (6-0, 2 کوس), اسپرینگفیلد, وزن مخصوص MA Jose Angel “ضربه فنی” اورتیز (4-13-1, 1 ضربه فنی) and pro-debuting featherweight Joshua Orta, پل جنوبی, وزن مخصوص MA ویلفردو “Sucaro” بت پرست (4-0, 2 کوس), Worcester lightweight Francisco Irizarry (4-0, 2 کوس) and pro-debuting lightweight Eslih Owusu.
مخالفان به زودی اعلام می شوند. همه دعوا و مبارزان در معرض تغییر.
بلیط, قیمت $75.00 (در کنار صحنه ورزش) و $45.00 (پذیرش عمومی), در فروش هستند و در دسترس برای خرید در www.ThePalladium.net و یا دفتر جعبه پالادیوم (پذیرش عمومی تنها), و یا با تماس خوزه ریورا (elgallojar@gmail.com/508.864.6954), AJ ریورا (anthoneerivera@gmail.com/774.272.2269) یا هر یک از مبارزان.
درب در باز 6 p.m. و, درباره اولین 7 p.m. و.
Event sponsors include Lundgren Hondo, Atty. ماریا M. ریورا-کوتو, USANA, Chieftain Liquors and ChrisFIT Xperience.
A portion of the proceeds will go to Spina Bifida Association of Greater New England.
اطلاعات:
Facebook.com: /RiveraPromotionsEntertainment, /GraniteChin Promotions
توییتر: RiveraPromoEntjoseriverachampKingRivera_, Granite_Chin