Tony “Kilat” Luis to fight for regional championship in Juni 26 main event of the Sully Huff Invitational at Seneca Niagara Resort & Kasino
Curug Niagara, N.Y.. – The thrill of championship professional boxing is returning to Niagara Falls, Ny. Seneca Curug 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 tinju dina BPS Olahraga Network” series will be presented in the Seneca Niagara Event Center on Jumaah, 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, anu diliwatan jauh di 2014 dina yuswa 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, Inggris (38-9-2, 20KOs), where the two battled for the interim WBA Lightweight title.
Dina co-pitur televised, brand-new NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion and WBA #12- jeung IBF # 11-dipeunteun “Hurricane” Dennis Hogan (21-0-1, 7 KOs), of Australia, via Kildare, Irlandia, will take on comebacking Kenny Abril (14-7-1, 7 KOs) tina Rochester, York Énggal.
The televised opener will feature up-and-coming American heavyweight KO artist Jarrell “Big Baby” Gedang (12-0-1, 10 KOs) of Brooklyn taking on an opponent that will be announced at a future date.
Tiket pikeun “Championship tinju dina BPS Olahraga Network” mimitian jam $35 and go on sale on Rebo, 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, aksi, pikagumbiraeun, 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, ti Cornwall, Ontario, pulled off a dominant 10-round unanimous-decision upset victory over then IBF #15 dipeunteun Karl “Dinamit” Dargan in January. Saterusna dina Pebruari 20, manéhna jeung fiancé Manon Latulippe tampi kalahiran anak kahiji maranéhanana, putra ngaranna Miguel. Luis nyaéta dipeunteun #11 di dunya ku WBA jeung #14 ku IBF.
30-taun heubeul Dennis Hogan ieu jawara amatir nasional opat-time dina leuwih ti 150 gelut nya di asli Kildare, Irlandia. Manéhna ayeuna hirup jeung kareta di Queensland, Australia. Hogan is the current NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion. Dina opat taun karir pro-Na, Hogan has also won the WBA Oceania Light Middleweight, Queensland State Super Middleweight, Queensland Propinsi Middleweight jeung Australia 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, 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 & Kasino,” ceuk promotor Nagreg 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.”
Ngeunaan Nagreg Cohen promosi
Salah sahiji outfits tinju sacara Premier promosi, Nagreg Cohen promosi (GCP) nyaeta ngaran well-dimangfaatkeun pikeun pementasan-kelas dunya kajadian tinju professional jeung promosi pejuang panarjamah elit di sakuliah dunya.
Ngadegkeun jeung CEO Nagreg Cohen geus aub jeung tinju professional di sagala rupa Kamampuh saprak ahir taun 1980 an, honing karajinan sarta ngadegkeun dirina minangka pangusaha tinju internasional shrewd.
Dibédakeun ku pangabisana ka titik sarta ngamekarkeun bakat atah, Cohen dijieun headline pikeun hidayah ahli panemu, antara loba batur, urut WBA Junior Middleweight Jawara Austin “Henteu Asa-Asa” Lauk Trout, nu Cohen mantuan pituduh ti nu teu dipikanyaho prospek New Mexico ka elit tingkat superstar bayar-per-pintonan.
Salian Trout, Nagreg Cohen promosi geus digarap jeung ngaran ngadegkeun saperti urut jawara hasil ngahijikeun Tatar sarta dua-ayeuna heavyweight Hasim “Nu Rock” Rahman (50-8-2, 41 KOs); jeung sababaraha-beurat jawara dunya kelas sadaya-waktu gede James “Lampu Out” Toney (74-7-3, 45 KOs).
-Dipeunteun dunya contenders lumangsung dina GCP roster antarana Arash Usmanee, universal diakuan salaku luhur-10 super featherweight; urut WBA International Middleweight Jawara jeung-dipeunteun dunya middleweight contender Jarrod Fletcher; top-dipeunteun featherweight Joel Brunker; cruiserweight Lateef Kayode; Kanada aksi lightweight jeung TV pahlawan Tony Luis, jeung WBA jeung lima waktu Irlandia Nasional Amateur Jawara, Dennis Hogan; jeung Rising sensasi Welterweight Cecil McCalla.
Nagreg Cohen promosi geus hosted kajadian-kelas dunya tinju di tempat finest sapanjang Amerika Serikat jeung dunya jeung ogé proudly disadiakeun bakat jeung / atawa eusi pikeun sababaraha jaringan televisi kaasup HBO, Waktos Na Pertunjukan, ESPN, Néglasari Olahraga Network, Msg jeung rubah Olahraga Net.
