ಟ್ಯಾಗ್ ಆರ್ಕೈವ್ಸ್: Louis Kaplan

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ಆಫ್ ಫೇಮ್ ವರ್ಗ ಕನೆಕ್ಟಿಕಟ್ ಬಾಕ್ಸಿಂಗ್ ಹಾಲ್ 2018 Announced

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Cocoa Kid, John Harris, Bill Gore, ಬ್ರಿಯಾನ್ ಕ್ಲಾರ್ಕ್, Angel Vazquez & ಡಾನ್ ಟ್ರೆಲ್ಲಾ

ಅನ್ಕಾಸ್ವಿಲ್ಲೆ, ಕಾನ್. (ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ 13, 2018) – The Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) has announced its six-member Class of 2018 to be inducted during the 14TH annual CBHOF Gala Induction Dinner on Saturday night, ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 13, Mohegan ಸನ್ Uncas ನೃತ್ಯ.

 

 

 

The new CBHOF inductees are boxers Cocoa Kid ಮತ್ತು Angel Vazquez, judge ಡಾನ್ ಟ್ರೆಲ್ಲಾ, and trainers John Harris, Bill Gore ಮತ್ತು ಬ್ರಿಯಾನ್ ಕ್ಲಾರ್ಕ್.

 

 

 

ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ,” CBHOF president ಜಾನ್ Laudati ಹೇಳಿದರು, “the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame has elected a fantastic class of inductees. We are excited about the historical significance of inducing Cocoa Kid, the great fighter from the 1930’s. Our other honorees come from across the state. We hope to see a large contingent come out to congratulate a great local boxer, Angel Vasquez, and to celebrate the life of Willie Pep’s famous trainer, Bill Gore. This class also includes two other incredibly accomplished trainers, Bill Clark, ನ್ಯೂ ಹೆವನ್ ಆಫ್, and John Harris from Fairfield County. ಡಾನ್ ಟ್ರೆಲ್ಲಾ, who is from my hometown of Waterbury, is one of the best boxing judges in recent history. It promises to be a great night for the entire boxing community: ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆಯಾದವರು, their families and friends, ಆದರೆ, ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ, our Connecticut boxing fans!”

 

 

 

Cocoa Kid (56-20-2, 48 ಕಾಸ್) came to prominence in 1933, when as an 18-year-old he registered a shocking upset of former world featherweight champion ಲೂಯಿಸ್ “ಕಿಡ್” Kaplan, who was inducted into the CBHOF charter class in 2005. Cocoa Kid, who settled in New Haven, captured the New England welterweight and middleweight titles. ಅವರನ್ನು ಇಂಟರ್ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್ ಬಾಕ್ಸಿಂಗ್ ಹಾಲ್ ಆಫ್ ಫೇಮ್ಗೆ ಸೇರಿಸಲಾಯಿತು 2012 and passed way in 1966.

 

 

 

Considered one of the hardest hitting featherweights of his era, Vasquez won his first 21 pro fights and finished his pro career with a 22-2 (16 ಕಾಸ್) ದಾಖಲೆ. The Hartford native captured the WBO Latino, NABA and USBA featherweight titles. The highlight of his pro career came at home in Hartford, when he defeated previously unbeaten Berbardo Quinones (19-0-1) for the USBA crown.

 

 

 

Trella has been a boxing official for the past 21 years on the local, national and global scenes. He officiated more than 500 amateur bouts before he was awarded his first professional license in 2001 Mohegan ಸನ್, where he has been employed the past 17 years in various Human Resources positions, currently holding the title of Director of Employee and Guest Experience. A resident of Noank, Trella is highly regarded as one of boxing’s best judges. ಕಳೆದ ವರ್ಷ, for example, he officiated three of the most high-profile fights in the world: ಗೆನ್ನಡಿ Golovkin ವಿರುದ್ಧ. ಡ್ಯಾನಿ ಜೇಕಬ್ಸ್, Vladimir Klitschko ವಿರುದ್ಧ. Anthony Joshua (ಹೆಚ್ಚು 90,000 fans in attendance at Wembley Stadium in London) and Golovkin vs. Canelo ಅಲ್ವಾರೆಜ್.

 

 

 

Harris established himself as the preeminent trainer in Fairfield County, founding the Meadow Gardens Boxing Club in 1989, which was later renamed the John Harris Boxing Club, after he died in 2012 ವಯಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ 85. A native of Cleveland, where he fought in the Golden Gloves, Harris lived most of his life in Norwalk. The highlight of his career was in 1993, when he trained four fighters who qualified for the National Golden Gloves Championships, ಒಳಗೊಂಡು ಟ್ರಾವಿಸ್ ಸಿಮ್ಸ್, a CBHOF Hall of Fame inductee and two-time World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight world champion.

 

 

 

Gore is best known for training the great ವಿಲ್ಲಿ ಪೆಪ್, who was also inducted into the CBHOF charter class, to a pair of world featherweight championships. Gore, ಆದರೆ, also trained another all-time great, world light heavyweight champion ಬಾಬ್ ಫಾಸ್ಟರ್. A native of Providence, Gore died in 1978 ವಯಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ 84 and he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008.

 

 

 

Clark opened the Ring One gym in New Haven nearly 30 years ago to keep kids off the streets, producing many amateur champions, and even one light heavyweight world champion, ಚಾಡ್ ಡಾಸನ್. Often bankrolling the gym, ಸ್ವತಃ, Clark has become an icon in New Haven, where his gym is in one of the city’s roughest neighborhoods. Ring One is believed to be the oldest continuously operating boxing gym in Connecticut.

 

 

 

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Connecticut’s top all-time great fighters & Foxwoods’ best fights

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ಗುರುವಾರ, ಜುಲೈ 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. ಮತ್ತು/5 p.m. ಪಿಟಿ
MASHANTUCKET, ಸಿಟಿ (ಜುಲೈ 19, 2016) — Connecticut may not have equal status with New York City or Las Vegas in terms of being a fight capital, but the Nutmeg State has produced five Hall-of-Famers with Foxwoods Resort Casino, located in Mashantucket, ಸಿಟಿ, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on ಗುರುವಾರ, ಜುಲೈ 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 ಕಾಸ್) faces former world champion ನಾನು “ಕಿಂಗ್” Soliman (44-13, 18 ಕಾಸ್) 10 ಸುತ್ತಿನ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಘಟನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರೀಮಿಯರ್ ಬಾಕ್ಸಿಂಗ್ ಚಾಂಪಿಯನ್ ಮೇಲೆ ಇಎಸ್ಪಿಎನ್ & ಇಎಸ್ಪಿಎನ್.
ದೂರದರ್ಶನದ ಪ್ರಸಾರ ಆರಂಭಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ 8 p.m. ಮತ್ತು/5 p.m. ಪಿಟಿ, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 ಕಾಸ್) and California’s ಪಾಲ್ ಮೆಂಡೆಜ್ (19-2-2, 9 ಕಾಸ್).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 ಕಾಸ್), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 ಮತ್ತು 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with ಸ್ಯಾಂಡಿ ಸ್ಯಾಡ್ಲರ್.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 ಕಾಸ್), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary ಜ್ಯಾಕ್ ಡೆಂಪ್ಸೆ ಎರಡು ಬಾರಿ; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) ಟೈಟ್ಲಿಸ್ಟ್ ಲೂಯಿಸ್ “ಕಿಡ್” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 ಕಾಸ್), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Maxie ರೊಸೆನ್ಬ್ಲೂಮ್ (222-42-31, 2 ಎನ್ಸಿ, 19 ಕಾಸ್), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) ಜ್ಯಾಕ್ “Bright Eyes” Delaney (73-11-2, 43 ಕಾಸ್), who was born in Canada but lived in Bridgeport.
Over the year, many other Connecticut fighters have made an impact on the sport including Hartford’s NBA featherweight champion Battling Battalino (57-26-3, 26 ಕಾಸ್), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist ಮರ್ಲಾನ್ “ಮ್ಯಾಜಿಕ್ ಮ್ಯಾನ್” Starling (45-6-12, 27 ಕಾಸ್), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” ಟ್ರಾವಿಸ್ ಸಿಮ್ಸ್ (28-1, 21 ಕಾಸ್), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “ಬ್ಯಾಡ್” ಚಾಡ್ ಡಾಸನ್ (33-4, 18 ಕಾಸ್) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 ಕಾಸ್), Stamford’s world No. 1-ranked welterweight Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 ಕಾಸ್), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain ಲಾರೆನ್ಸ್ ಕ್ಲೇ-ಬೇಯ್ (21-3-1, 16 ಕಾಸ್).
The No. 1 Foxwoods fight of all-time, held on April 16, 2011, was also promoted by DiBella Entertainment, and was selected as the 2011 Ring Magazine and BWAA Fight of the Year. Defending champion ಆಂಡ್ರೆ Berto (27-0) ಮತ್ತು ಚಾಲೆಂಜರ್ ವಿಕ್ಟರ್ ಒರ್ಟಿಜ್ (28-2-2) battled for 12 ಸುತ್ತುಗಳ, each getting dropped twice, with Ortiz winning a hard-fought decision (114-111, 114-112, 115-110) for the WBC welterweight title.
A close second place is the 2003 BWAA Fight of the Year, in which future Hall-of-Famerಜೇಮ್ಸ್ ಟಾನಿ (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Vassiliy Jirov. The action started days earlier at the pre-fight press conference when a skirmish erupted as tables were overturned and glasses thrown. The animosity continued between the two fighters and their respective camps right up to the final bell. Previously undefeated, Jirov (31-0) started fast but faded, getting decked in the final round.
ರಲ್ಲಿ 2004, New England favorite ಸ್ಕಾಟ್ “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, ಎಮ್ಎ, was involved in a great 12ನೇ ಸುತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ, come-from-behind knockout of always-tough Omar Sheika in a rematch of a previous draw, for a regional super middleweight title.
Two other N.E. fan favorites who fought regularly at Foxwoods were multiple-time world champion ವಿನ್ನಿ ಪಾಜ್ (Pazienza during his boxing career), fighting out of Cranston, RI, and New Bedford’s all-action “Sucra” Ray Oliveira. Paz had a 13-3 record at Foxwoods, ತನ್ನ ಎತ್ತಿ 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50ನೇcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill ರಲ್ಲಿ 2004. Oliveira was only 6-7-1 fighting at Foxwoods, but he faced nothing but iron and he did defeat a world champion, Vince Phillips, ತಮ್ಮ 2000 non-title fight that produced the second-most total punches (2,989) recorded at that time.
Brazilian boxing fans always turned out in force when countryman Acelino “ಬಟ್” ಫ್ರೀಟಾಸ್ fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, ಸೋಲಿಸುವಜಹೀರ್ ರಹೀಮ್ ಮತ್ತು Artur Grigorian ಮತ್ತು ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಸೋತ Juan Diaz ಮತ್ತು ಡಿಯಾಗೊ ಕೊರಾಲ್ಸ್.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion ಆಂಡಿ ಲೀcoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan ರಲ್ಲಿ 10ನೇ ಸುತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮ 2011 ಹೋರಾಟ, ಕಾರ್ಲ್ Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outಜರ್ಮೇನ್ ಟೇಲರ್ (who was well ahead on the scorecards) ರಲ್ಲಿ 12ನೇ round for the WBC super middleweight championship, ಪರ್ನೆಲ್ ವೈಟೇಕರ್ taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, ಮತ್ತು 114-113) ತಮ್ಮ 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), ಮತ್ತು IKE Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez ರಲ್ಲಿ 1997 (Quartey was originally awarded a win by majority decision, but a scoring error was discovered and the fight was ruled a majority draw).
Two of the greatest boxers in modern boxing history, ಫ್ಲಾಯ್ಡ್ ಮೇವೆದರ್, ಜೂನಿಯರ್. ಮತ್ತು ರಾಯ್ ಜೋನ್ಸ್, ಜೂನಿಯರ್, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. ತನ್ನ 15ನೇ pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10ನೇ-ಆಫ್ ಸುತ್ತಿನ TKO Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion ಶೇನ್ ಮೊಸ್ಲಿ successfully defended his title against ಜೆಸ್ಸೆ ಜೇಮ್ಸ್ Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10ನೇ ಸುತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ.
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