Tony “Mellt” Luis to fight for regional championship in Mehefin 26 main event of the Sully Huff Invitational at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
FALLS NIAGARA, N.Y.. – 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 “Pencampwriaeth Bocsio ar Rwydwaith Chwaraeon CBS” series will be presented in the Seneca Niagara Event Center on Dydd Gwener, Mehefin 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, a fu farw yn 2014 yn oed o 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 “Mellt” Luis (19-3, 7 Kos) will fight for a regional championship against an opponent TBA. This past weekend, Luis dropped a controversial decision to Derry Mathews in Liverpool, Lloegr (38-9-2, 20Kos), where the two battled for the interim WBA Lightweight title.
Yn y cyd-nodwedd y teledu, brand-new NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion and WBA #12- ac IBF # 11 cyfradd “Corwynt” Dennis Hogan (21-0-1, 7 Kos), of Australia, drwy Kildare, Iwerddon, will take on comebacking Kenny Abril (14-7-1, 7 Kos) Rochester, Efrog Newydd.
The televised opener will feature up-and-coming American heavyweight KO artist Jarrell “Big Baby” Melinydd (12-0-1, 10 Kos) of Brooklyn taking on an opponent that will be announced at a future date.
Mae tocynnau ar gyfer “Pencampwriaeth Bocsio ar Rwydwaith Chwaraeon CBS” yn dechrau am $35 and go on sale on Dydd Mercher, Ebrill 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, gweithredu, cyffro, 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, o Gernyw, Ontario, pulled off a dominant 10-round unanimous-decision upset victory over then IBF #15 Rated Karl “Dynamite” Dargan in January. Yna, ar Chwefror 20, ef a ddyweddi Manon Latulippe croesawu genedigaeth eu plentyn cyntaf, a enwir mab Miguel. Luis ei raddio #11 yn y byd gan y WBA a #14 gan yr IBF.
30-Roedd mlwydd-oed Dennis Hogan yn bencampwr amatur genedlaethol pedwar-amser gyda dros 150 ymladd yn ei Kildare enedigol, Iwerddon. Mae bellach yn byw a threnau yn Queensland, Awstralia. Hogan is the current NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion. Yn ei yrfa pro pedair blynedd, Hogan has also won the WBA Oceania Light Middleweight, Queensland State Super Middleweight, Queensland Wladwriaeth Canol a Phencampwriaethau Canol Awstralia.
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, undefeated (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 & Casino,” Dywedodd hyrwyddwr 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.”
Ynglŷn â Greg Cohen Hyrwyddo
Un o wisgoedd hyrwyddo prif paffio yn, Greg Cohen Hyrwyddiadau (GCP) yn enw uchel ei barch ar gyfer cynnal digwyddiadau bocsio proffesiynol o'r radd flaenaf a hyrwyddo diffoddwyr proffesiynol elitaidd ledled y byd.
Sylfaenydd a Phrif Swyddog Gweithredol Greg Cohen wedi bod yn ymwneud â bocsio proffesiynol mewn gwahanol alluoedd ers diwedd y 1980au, berffeithio ei grefft a sefydlu ei hun fel dyn busnes bocsio rhyngwladol craff.
Gwahaniaethu gan ei allu i adnabod a datblygu talent amrwd, Gwneud Cohen penawdau am ei arweiniad arbenigol, ymhlith nifer o rai eraill, Canol cyn Iau WBA Hyrwyddwr Austin “Dim Doubt” Brithyll, a helpodd Cohen canllaw oddi anhysbys gobaith New Mexico i seren elitaidd lefel talu-fesul-farn.
Yn ogystal â Brithyll, Greg Cohen Promotions wedi gweithio gyda enwau sefydledig megis cyn-bencampwr pwysau trwm unedig a dau-amser Hasim “The Rock” Rahman (50-8-2, 41 Kos); a bencampwr byd dosbarth lluosog-pwysau-mawr i gyd-amser James “Goleuadau Allan” Toney (74-7-3, 45 Kos).
Contenders byd ar gyfradd gyfredol yn y roster GCP yn cynnwys Arash Usmanee, a gydnabyddir yn gyffredinol fel pwysau plu super top-10; Hyrwyddwr Canol cyn WBA Rhyngwladol a byd-graddio contender canol Jarrod Fletcher; pwysau plu top-gradd Joel Brunker; cruiserweight Lateef Kayode; Canada arwr gweithredu ysgafn a theledu Tony Luis, a WBA a phum-amser Hyrwyddwr Amatur Genedlaethol Iwerddon, Dennis Hogan; a Rising teimlad Pwysau Welter Cecil McCalla.
Greg Cohen Promotions wedi cynnal digwyddiadau bocsio safon fyd-eang yn y lleoliadau gorau ar hyd a lled yr Unol Daleithiau a'r byd ac mae hefyd wedi darparu gyda balchder talent a / neu gynnwys ar gyfer nifer o rwydweithiau teledu gan gynnwys HBO, Showtime, ESPN, Rhwydwaith Chwaraeon NBC, MSG a FOX Net Chwaraeon.
