Tony “Kilat” Luis to fight for regional championship in Jun 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. 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 “Kejohanan Tinju di CBS Sports Network” series will be presented in the Seneca Niagara Event Center on Jumaat, Jun 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, yang meninggal dunia pada 2014 pada usia 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 “Kilat” 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, England (38-9-2, 20KOs), where the two battled for the interim WBA Lightweight title.
Dalam bersama-ciri televisyen, brand-new NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion and WBA #12- dan IBF # 11 diberi nilai “Hurricane” Dennis Hogan (21-0-1, 7 KOs), of Australia, melalui Kildare, Ireland, will take on comebacking Kenny Abril (14-7-1, 7 KOs) Rochester, New York.
The televised opener will feature up-and-coming American heavyweight KO artist Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (12-0-1, 10 KOs) of Brooklyn taking on an opponent that will be announced at a future date.
Tiket untuk “Kejohanan Tinju di CBS Sports Network” bermula $35 and go on sale on Rabu, 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.
“Kelajuan, energy, tindakan, kegembiraan, 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, dari Cornwall, Ontario, pulled off a dominant 10-round unanimous-decision upset victory over then IBF #15 rated Karl “Dynamite” Dargan in January. Kemudian pada Februari 20, dia dan tunangnya Manon Latulippe menyambut kelahiran anak pertama mereka, anak laki-laki bernama Miguel. Luis adalah rated #11 di dunia oleh WBA dan #14 oleh IBF.
30-berusia tahun Dennis Hogan adalah empat kali juara amatur negara dengan lebih 150 pergaduhan di Kildare asalnya, Ireland. Beliau kini menetap dan kereta api di Queensland, Australia. Hogan is the current NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion. Dalam kerjaya pro empat tahun, Hogan has also won the WBA Oceania Light Middleweight, Queensland State Super Middleweight, Queensland Negeri middleweight dan Kejohanan middleweight Australia.
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, tanpa ditewaskan (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,” berkata penganjur 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.”
Mengenai Greg Cohen Promosi
Salah satu pakaian utama tinju ini promosi, Greg Cohen Promosi (GCP) adalah nama yang dihormati untuk pementasan bertaraf dunia acara tinju profesional dan menggalakkan pejuang profesional elit di seluruh dunia.
Pengasas dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Greg Cohen telah terlibat dengan tinju profesional dalam pelbagai bidang sejak akhir 1980-an, mengasah kemahiran dan mewujudkan dirinya sebagai ahli perniagaan yang licik tinju antarabangsa.
Dibezakan oleh keupayaannya untuk mengesan dan membangunkan bakat mentah, Cohen menjadi tajuk utama untuk bimbingan pakar beliau, antara yang lain, bekas WBA Junior middleweight Juara Austin “No Doubt” Trout, Cohen yang membantu panduan dari tidak diketahui New Mexico prospek untuk elit gaji untuk ditonton tahap superstar.
Selain Trout, Greg Cohen Promosi telah bekerja dengan nama-nama terkemuka seperti bekas juara bersatu dan dua kali heavyweight Hasim “The Rock” Rahman (50-8-2, 41 KOs); dan berbilang-berat juara dunia kelas semua masa-besar James “Lights Out” Toney (74-7-3, 45 KOs).
-Pesaing diberi nilai dunia semasa dalam jadual GCP yang termasuk Arash Usmanee, universal diiktiraf sebagai top-10 kelas bulu super; Juara middleweight bekas WBA Antarabangsa dan diberi nilai dunia-pencabar middleweight Jarrod Fletcher; bulu top-rated Joel Brunker; cruiserweight Lateef Kayode; Kanada wira tindakan ringan dan TV Tony Luis, dan WBA dan lima kali Ireland Juara Amatur Negara, Dennis Hogan; dan Kenaikan sensasi welterweight Cecil McCalla.
Greg Cohen Promosi telah menganjurkan acara bertaraf dunia tinju di tempat-tempat terbaik di seluruh Amerika Syarikat dan dunia dan juga dengan bangganya disediakan bakat dan / atau kandungan untuk beberapa rangkaian televisyen termasuk HBO, Showtime, ESPN, NBC Sports Network, MSG dan FOX Sukan bersih.
