Tony “Uira” Luis to fight for regional championship in Pipiri 26 main event of the Sully Huff Invitational at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
Niagara Falls, N.Y.. – The thrill of championship professional boxing is returning to Niagara Falls, NY. Seneka 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 mekemeke i te CBS Sports Whatunga” series will be presented in the Seneca Niagara Event Center on Rāmere, Pipiri 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, nana ra i kape atu i roto i 2014 i te tau o te 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 “Uira” Luis (19-3, 7 Koó) will fight for a regional championship against an opponent TBA. This past weekend, Luis dropped a controversial decision to Derry Mathews in Liverpool, Ingarangi (38-9-2, 20Koó), where the two battled for the interim WBA Lightweight title.
I roto i te tahi-āhuatanga teata, brand-new NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion and WBA #12- a-rated 11 IBF # “Hurricane” Dennis Hogan (21-0-1, 7 Koó), of Australia, mā Kildare, Ireland, will take on comebacking Kenny Abril (14-7-1, 7 Koó) o Rochester, New York.
The televised opener will feature up-and-coming American heavyweight KO artist Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (12-0-1, 10 Koó) of Brooklyn taking on an opponent that will be announced at a future date.
Tikiti hoki “Championship mekemeke i te CBS Sports Whatunga” tīmata i $35 and go on sale on Wednesday, April 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, mahi, fiefia, 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, i Cornwall, Ontario, pulled off a dominant 10-round unanimous-decision upset victory over then IBF #15 Whakatauria Karl “DYNAMITE” Dargan in January. Na i runga i February 20, ka manaaki ia me te taumau Manon Latulippe te whanau o to ratou tamariki tuatahi, he tama ko Miguel. Ko Whakatauria Luis #11 i roto i te ao i te WBA me #14 i te IBF.
30-tau-tau Dennis Hogan ko te-wā e whā toa amateur motu ki runga i 150 whawhai i roto i tona Kildare taketake, Ireland. Ia inaianei e ora ana me ngā tereina i roto i te Queensland, Ahitereiria. Hogan is the current NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion. I roto i tona mahi pro tau e wha-, Hogan has also won the WBA Oceania Light Middleweight, Queensland State Super Middleweight, Queensland State whitu me Ahitereiria whitu Toa.
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, tūturu (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,” ka mea kaiwhakatairanga 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.”
Mō Greg Cohen Whakatairanga
Ko e taha o pūeru whakatairanga pirimia o te mekemeke, Greg Cohen Whakatairanga (GCP) Ko te ingoa pai-te whakaute mō te atamira-ao o te piha haapiiraa ngā kaupapa mekemeke ngaio, me te whakatairanga i whawhai ngaio whiriwhiri i roto i te ao.
Kua kaiwhakarewa me te CEO Greg Cohen kua whai wāhi ki te mekemeke ngaio i roto i te ngā aravihi mai te mutunga o nga 1980, Papatūānuku tona mahi me te whakatakoto ia ano he kaipakihi mekemeke te ao murere.
Kitea e tona kaha ki te wahi, a ka whakawhanake taranata mata, Hanga tohunga matua mo tona arata'iraa tohunga o, i roto i te tokomaha noa atu, mua WBA Junior whitu Champion Austin “No te feaa” Taraute, o tei tauturu i Cohen aratohu i unknown 'amanaki New Mexico ki te whiriwhiri taumata superstar utu-ia-tirohanga.
I tua atu ki te Taraute, Kua mahi Greg Cohen Whakatairanga ki te ingoa whakapumautia pērā i te toa kotahi, e rua-wā taumahamaha o mua Hasim “Ko te Kamaka” Rahman (50-8-2, 41 Koó); me te toa katoa-wa-nui maha-taimaha te ao o te piha haapiiraa James “Rama Out” Toney (74-7-3, 45 Koó).
Contenders nāianei ao-tauanga i roto i te rārangi GCP ngā Arash Usmanee, aotia rite te rima tekau mā whitu super runga-10; mua WBA International whitu Champion me te nguha whitu te ao-tauanga Jarrod Fletcher; rima tekau mā whitu runga-tauanga Joel Brunker; cruiserweight Lateef Kayode; Canadian hero Kōmāmā me te TV mahi Tony Luis, a WBA rima-wā Irish National Amateur Champion, Dennis Hogan; me te apî sensation Welterweight Cecil McCalla.
Kua whakahaerehia Greg Cohen Whakatairanga ngā kaupapa mekemeke-ao o te piha haapiiraa i roto i te wāhi pai rawa puta noa i te United States me te ao, me te hoki whakapehapeha, kua whakaratohia taranata ihirangi me te / ranei mō ētahi whatunga pouaka whakaata, tae atu HBO, Showtime, ESPN, NBC Sports Whatunga, MAORI a FOX Sports Net.
