Tony “Blesk” Luis to fight for regional championship in Červen 26 main event of the Sully Huff Invitational at Seneca Niagara Resort & Kasino
NIAGARSKÉ VODOPÁDY, New York. – The thrill of championship professional boxing is returning to Niagara Falls, NY. Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino and Greg Cohen Promotions (produced by David Schuster’s Winner Take All Productions), in compliance with the Seneca Nation of Indians Athletic Commission, announced today that an installment of the popular “Championship Boxing na CBS Sports Network” series will be presented in the Seneca Niagara Event Center on Pátek, Červen 26.
The night’s card is being dubbed the Sully Huff Invitational, in memory of Stanley “Sully” Huff, a successful boxer from the Seneca Nation of Indians, který zemřel v 2014 ve věku ze dne 84. Huff was a Courier-Express Golden Gloves champion in 1950 and later founded the Iroquois Boxing Club. He also served in the United States Army during the Korean War, earning the rank of Sergeant, and later was elected to serve on the Seneca Nation of Indians Tribal Council.
In the night’s televised 10-round main event, Canada’s popular, world-rated and fast-rising lightweight star Tony “Blesk” Luis (19-3, 7 KO) will fight for a regional championship against an opponent TBA. This past weekend, Luis dropped a controversial decision to Derry Mathews in Liverpool, Anglie (38-9-2, 20KO), where the two battled for the interim WBA Lightweight title.
V televizním ko-funkce, brand-new NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion and WBA #12- a IBF # 11-hodnocené “Hurikán” Dennis Hogan (21-0-1, 7 KO), of Australia, přes Kildare, Irsko, will take on comebacking Kenny Abril (14-7-1, 7 KO) Rochester, New York.
The televised opener will feature up-and-coming American heavyweight KO artist Jarrell “Velké dítě” Mlynář (12-0-1, 10 KO) of Brooklyn taking on an opponent that will be announced at a future date.
Vstupenky na “Championship Boxing na CBS Sports Network” začátek $35 and go on sale on Středa, Duben 22 at Noon. Tickets are available at select Seneca Resorts & Casinos retail outlets, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by phone at800-745-3000.
“Speed, energy, akce, vzrušení, and entertainment are the hallmarks of any visit to Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino and exactly what our guests will enjoy with this world-class professional boxing card,” said Audrey Oswell, chief operating officer, Seneca Gaming Corporation. “We are happy to once again bring an incredible display of athletic competition to Western New York.”
Before the highly debatable decision loss for the world championship in mid-April, the 27-year-old Tony Luis, z Cornwallu, Ontario, pulled off a dominant 10-round unanimous-decision upset victory over then IBF #15 hodnocené Karl “Dynamit” Dargan in January. Pak se na Únor 20, on a snoubenec Manon Latulippe přivítal narození jejich prvního dítěte, syn jmenoval Miguel. Luis je hodnocené #11 na světě WBA a #14 by IBF.
30-letý Dennis Hogan byl čtyřnásobný národní amatérský mistr s více než 150 bojuje v jeho rodném Kildare, Irsko. V současné době žije a trénuje ve Queensland, Austrálie. Hogan is the current NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion. V jeho čtyřletý profesionální kariéry, Hogan has also won the WBA Oceania Light Middleweight, Queensland State Super Middleweight, Queensland State Middleweight a australský Middleweight Championships.
Kenny Abril, a 30-year-old southpaw, started boxing at age seven and had 120 amateur bouts before turning professional in 2003. He has faced several undefeated and top contenders, scoring a late-2012 victory over heavily decorated veteran Dennis Laurente, which is still Laurente’s only loss in the last nine years.
Prior to boxing professionally, 26-year-old Jarrell Miller had a three-year, neporažený (18-0) kickboxing and MMA career. As a boxer, he was a New York Golden Gloves finalist and has worked as chief sparring partner for both Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko.
“I’m excited to be helping bring nationally televised championship boxing to a world-class venue such as the Seneca Niagara Resort & Kasino,” řekl promotér Greg Cohen. “Tony Luis has a huge fan following in his nearby native Canada. His supporters will be out in force to watch. Kenny Abril is from nearby Rochester, New York and he’ll have a giant following in attendance as well. On the undercard will be several local favorites in exciting match-ups. I’m proud to be part of this great event and the resurgence of televised professional boxing.”
Several other exciting match-ups will be announced soon.
The event is being conducted under the rules and regulations of the Seneca Nation of Indians Athletic Commission, whose members are Scott Snyder, Sean Crane, and Justin Schapp.
“We look forward to welcoming the boxers and their teams to Seneca territory,” Commissioner Snyder said. “As a Commission, our primary focus is to ensure the safety and well-being of the fighters who will be competing at Seneca Niagara. We will be working with the fighters, promoters and everyone involved to ensure that we have a safe and enjoyable evening of sports entertainment.”
O Greg Cohen Promotions
Jeden z předních reklamních oblečení Boxing je, Greg Cohen Promotions (GCP) je uznávaný název pro pořádání světové profesionální boxerské události a podpora elitních profesionálních bojovníků po celém světě.
Zakladatel a generální ředitel Greg Cohen byl zapletený s profesionálním boxu v různých kapacitách od konce 1980, zdokonaluje své řemeslo a prosadil jako chytrého mezinárodní obchodník boxu.
Vyznačuje se jeho schopnost zahlédnout a rozvíjet surový talent, Cohen dělal titulky pro jeho odborným vedením, a mnoho dalších, Bývalý WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Austin “Bezpochyby” Pstruh, kdo Cohen pomohl k obsluze od neznámého Nového Mexika vyhlídky na elitní pay-per-view úrovně superstar.
Kromě pstruha, Greg Cohen Promotions spolupracoval s zavedenými jmény, jako je bývalý jednotný a dvojnásobný přeborníka v těžké váze Hasim “The Rock” Rahman (50-8-2, 41 KO); a all-time-pra více váhová kategorie mistr světa James “Zhasnutý” Toney (74-7-3, 45 KO).
Současné světové-hodnocené kandidátům CPG seznamu patří Arash Usmanee, všeobecně uznáván jako top-10 super muší; Bývalý WBA Mezinárodní šampion Middleweight a world-hodnocené middleweight kandidátem Jarrod Fletcher; top-hodnocené muší Joel Brunker; Cruiserweight Lateef Kayode; Kanadský lehký a televizní akční hrdina Tony Luis, a WBA a pět-time irský národní šampión Amateur, Dennis Hogan; a Rising Welterweight pocit Cecil McCalla.
Greg Cohen Promotions hostil world-class boxerské události v nejkrásnějších místech po celých Spojených státech a ve světě a také hrdě za předpokladu, talent a / nebo obsah pro několik televizních stanic, včetně HBO, Showtime, ESPN, NBC Sports Network, MSG a FOX Sports Net.
