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伍斯特, 質量. (六月 20, 2018) — This past Father’s Day was considerably different for three-time, 2處世界冠軍 “高盧” 何塞·安東尼奧·里維拉 and his pro-debuting son, A.J. 里維拉, because they will be “Making History,” presented by Rivera Promotions Entertainment and Granite Chin Promotions, 八月 17 at The Palladium.
Rivera and his son, 分別, are the promoter and matchmaker for Rivera Promotions Entertainment (RPE), which will co-promote “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.
現在 45 歲, 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, “高盧” retired from the ring in 2008, but he came back in 2011 for two fights, both victories, before hanging up his gloves again.
在 1997, Rivera captured the International Boxing Organization (IBO) World welterweight title, 停車 Gilberto Flores in the second round. Six years later, he traveled to Germany to take on undefeated, 家鄉的喜愛 Michel Trabant (38-0) 為空置世界拳擊協會 (WBA) World Welterweight Championship, in which Rivera won a 12-round decision and the belt.
兩個戰鬥後, in front of nearly 10,000 hometown fans in Worcester, Rivera won a 12-round unanimous decision over defending champion 亞歷杭德羅·加西亞 (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, 物理, and I am grateful to my Heavenly Father for not having any brain issues from my prior years of boxing. I’ve lost 20 英鎊, 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, 但最後, 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, 現在 25 years later here we are close to fulfilling his childhood dream. It’s amazing! I feel blessed to share this moment with my son. I am also happy that we can do this in front of our family, 朋友 & fans in our City of Worcester, where my son was born, and I was raised since I moved there when I was 16.”
07月. 17, Rivera will face battle-tested middleweight 瑞安 “危險的” 戴維斯 (24-19, 9 科斯), fighting out of East Saint Louis, 伊利諾伊, 在八輪的主要事件. Davis has been in with the iron, including six-time, 二科世界冠軍 朱達, former International Boxing Federation (IBF) 世界冠軍 ISHE史密斯, two-time world title challenger and 2004 US Olympian Vances Martirosyan, 世界冠軍挑戰者 Jonathan Reid, reigning International Boxing Association (IBA) world junior middleweight champion 馬克·德盧卡, plus other notables such as 羅布布蘭特, Mikael Zewski, Carlos Bojorquez 和 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,” 里維拉說. “This is a one and done, I’m not going to box as a career and, hopefully I will leave the ring on August 17日 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, 足球, 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, 當然, workout with his father in the gym to prepare for his pro debut.
“I wasn’t able to celebrate my 25日 anniversary on June 2 或,” A.J. 額外. “I plan to celebrate my birthday and Father’s Day when I step out of the ring on August 17日. 然後, I’ll go back to focusing on my craft and become a full-time matchmaker.”
Red-hot Richard “大力水手曼” 里維拉 (8-0, 7 科斯), 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 Gray (15-4, 11 科斯), promoted by CES Boxing, 丹伯里, CT初中量級 奧馬爾 “野獸” 博羅伊島, JR. (6-0, 2 科斯), 斯普林菲爾德, MA量級 何塞·安赫爾 “KO” 奧爾蒂斯 (4-13-1, 1 KO) and pro-debuting featherweight Joshua Orta, 南橋, MA量級 維爾弗雷 “該Sucaro” 異教徒 (4-0, 2 科斯), Worcester lightweight Francisco Irizarry (4-0, 2 科斯) and pro-debuting lightweight Eslih奧烏蘇.
Opponents will soon be announced. 所有戰鬥和戰士都受到變革.
門票, 售價 $75.00 (馬戲團) 和 $45.00 (一般取), 有售,並提供購買的 www.ThePalladium.net 或鈀票房 (只是一般入學), 或通過聯繫聖何塞維拉 (elgallojar@gmail.com/508.864.6954), AJ里維拉 (anthoneerivera@gmail.com/774.272.2269) 或任何戰機.
門開處 6 P.M. AND, 第一回合 7 P.M. AND.
Event sponsors include Lundgren Hondo, 阿蒂. 瑪麗亞中號. 里維拉,庫托, USANA, Chieftain Liquors and ChrisFIT Xperience.
A portion of the proceeds will go to Spina Bifida Association of Greater New England.
信息:
Facebook.com: /RiveraPromotionsEntertainment, /GraniteChin Promotions
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