Tony “Bliksem” Luis to fight for regional championship in Juni 26 main event of the Sully Huff Invitational at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
NIAGARA WATERVALLEN, 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 “Championship Boxing op CBS Sports Network” series will be presented in the Seneca Niagara Event Center on Vrijdag, Juni 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, die overleed in 2014 op de leeftijd van 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 “Bliksem” 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, Engeland (38-9-2, 20KO), where the two battled for the interim WBA Lightweight title.
In de televisie co-functie, brand-new NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion and WBA #12- en IBF # 11-rated “Orkaan” Dennis Hogan (21-0-1, 7 KO), of Australia, via Kildare, Ierland, will take on comebacking Kenny Abril (14-7-1, 7 KO) van Rochester, New York.
The televised opener will feature up-and-coming American heavyweight KO artist Jarrell “Big Baby” Molenaar (12-0-1, 10 KO) of Brooklyn taking on an opponent that will be announced at a future date.
Tickets voor “Championship Boxing op CBS Sports Network” beginnen $35 and go on sale on Woensdag, 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.
“Snelheid, energy, actie, opwinding, 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, uit Cornwall, Ontario, pulled off a dominant 10-round unanimous-decision upset victory over then IBF #15 Beoordeeld Karl “Dynamiet” Dargan in January. Vervolgens op Februari 20, hij en verloofde Manon Latulippe ingenomen met de geboorte van hun eerste kind, een zoon genaamd Miguel. Luis is rated #11 in de wereld door de WBA en #14 door de IBF.
30-jarige Dennis Hogan was een vier keer nationaal amateur-kampioen met meer dan 150 gevechten in zijn geboorteland Kildare, Ierland. Hij woont nu en treinen in Queensland, Australië. Hogan is the current NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion. In zijn vier jaar professionele carrière, Hogan has also won the WBA Oceania Light Middleweight, Queensland State Super Middleweight, Queensland State middengewicht en Australische middengewicht Kampioenschappen.
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, ongeslagen (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,” zei promotor 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.”
Over Greg Cohen Promoties
Een van de beste promotie-outfits boksen, Greg Cohen Promoties (GCP) is een gerespecteerde naam in voor het organiseren van wereldklasse professioneel boksen evenementen en het bevorderen van professionele elite vechters in de hele wereld.
Oprichter en CEO Greg Cohen is betrokken geweest bij professionele boksen in diverse capaciteiten sinds de late jaren 1980, honen zijn vak en oprichting van zichzelf als een gewiekste internationale boksen zakenman.
Onderscheidt zich door zijn vermogen om te herkennen en te ontwikkelen rauwe talent, Cohen haalde de krantenkoppen voor zijn deskundige leiding van, onder vele anderen, voormalige WBA junior middengewicht kampioen Austin “Geen Twijfel” Forel, die Cohen hielp gids van onbekende New Mexico prospect tot elite pay-per-view-niveau superster.
Naast Trout, Greg Cohen Promotions heeft gewerkt met gevestigde namen als de voormalige verenigd en twee-time zwaargewicht kampioen Hasim “De Steen” Rahman (50-8-2, 41 KO); en all-time-grote multiple-gewichtsklasse wereldkampioen James “Lichten Uit” Toney (74-7-3, 45 KO).
Huidige wereld-rated kanshebbers in de GCP rooster bevatten Arash Usmanee, algemeen erkend als een top-10 super vedergewicht; voormalige WBA International middengewicht kampioen en wereld-rated middengewicht mededinger Jarrod Fletcher; top-rated vedergewicht Joel Brunker; cruiserweight Lateef Kayode; Canadese lichtgewicht en tv actieheld Tony Luis, en WBA en vijfvoudig Ierse National Amateur Kampioen, Dennis Hogan; en Rising weltergewicht sensatie Cecil McCalla.
Greg Cohen Promotions heeft gehost wereldklasse boksen evenementen in de mooiste locaties in de Verenigde Staten en de wereld en is ook trots op voorwaarde talent en / of content voor verschillende tv-zenders, waaronder HBO, Show Time, ESPN, NBC Sports Network, MSG en FOX Sports Net.
