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Konektikutas Boksas šlovės klasė 2018 Announced

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Cocoa Kid, John Harris, Bill Gore, Brian Clark, Angel Vazquez & Don Trella

Uncasville, Conn. (Rugpjūtis 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, Spalis 13, į Uncas Ballroom ne Mohegan Sun.

 

 

 

The new CBHOF inductees are boxers Cocoa Kid ir Angel Vazquez, judge Don Trella, and trainers John Harris, Bill Gore ir Brian Clark.

 

 

 

Dar kartą,” CBHOF president Jonas Laudati sakė, “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, New Haven, and John Harris from Fairfield County. Don Trella, 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: skatinamieji, their families and friends, bet, svarbiausia, our Connecticut boxing fans!”

 

 

 

Cocoa Kid (56-20-2, 48 Kos) came to prominence in 1933, when as an 18-year-old he registered a shocking upset of former world featherweight champion Luisas “Vaikas” 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. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 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 Kos) įrašas. 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 ne Mohegan Sun, 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. Pernai, for example, he officiated three of the most high-profile fights in the world: Genadijus Golovkin vs. Danny Jacobs, Vladimir Klitschko vs. Anthony Joshua (daugiau negu 90,000 fans in attendance at Wembley Stadium in London) and Golovkin vs. Canelo Alvarez.

 

 

 

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 tuo metų amžiaus 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, įskirtinai Travisas Simmsas, 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 Willie Pep, who was also inducted into the CBHOF charter class, to a pair of world featherweight championships. Gore, tačiau, also trained another all-time great, world light heavyweight champion Bobas Fosteris. A native of Providence, Gore died in 1978 tuo metų amžiaus 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, Čadas Dawson. Often bankrolling the gym, pats, 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.

 

 

 

Bilietus į CBHOF 13oji metinė šventinius indukcija Vakarienė, nebrangia ne $90.00, are on sale and available to purchase by calling Ann Murphy at Mohegan Sun (1.860.862.8846) arba Sherman Kainas tuo Manchester leidinys Inquirer (1.800.237.3606 X321). Durys atviros ne 6:00 p.m. IR, followed by a full sit-down dinner at 7 p.m. IR.

 

 

 

Grįžti internete www.ctboxinghof.org papildomos informacijos apie Konektikuto bokso Hall of Fame, its 14oji metinė šventinius naujokas Vakarienė, Renginys rėmimo galimybės, arba buvusios CBHOF inductees.

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

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Ketvirtadienis, Liepa 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino8 p.m. IR/5 p.m. PT
Mashantucket, KT (Liepa 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, KT, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on Ketvirtadienis, Liepa 21, as rising middleweight contender SergiyThe Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 Kos) faces former world champion Am “Karalius” Soliman (44-13, 18 Kos) į 10-apvalios pagrindinį renginį Premier Boksas Čempionų apie ESPN & ESPN.
Televizijos aprėptis prasideda 8 p.m. IR/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 Kos) and California’s Paulius Mendez (19-2-2, 9 Kos).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the WispPep (229-11-1, 65 Kos), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 ir 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Smėlio Kalvis.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)GeneThe Fighting MarineTunney (65-1-1, 48 Kos), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Džekas Dempsey dvigubai; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Luisas “Vaikas” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 Kos), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom (222-42-31, 2 NC, 19 Kos), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Domkratas “Bright EyesDelaney (73-11-2, 43 Kos), 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 Kos), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist Marlonas “Magija Vyras” Starling (45-6-12, 27 Kos), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion Tremendous” Travisas Simmsas (28-1, 21 Kos), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Blogas” Čadas Dawson (33-4, 18 Kos) and world welterweight contender GasparEl IndioOrtega (131-29-6, 69 Kos), Stamford’s world No. 1-užėmė pusvidutinio svorio kategorijoje Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 Kos), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Lawrence Molis-Bey (21-3-1, 16 Kos).
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 Kita Berto (27-0) ir varžovas Viktoras Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 raundai, 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-FamerJamesas Tonis (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Vasilijus 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.
Į 2004, New England favorite Scott “The SandmanPemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12oji turas, 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 Vinny Pasas (Pazienza during his boxing career), fighting out of Cranston, R., and New Bedford’s all-action SucraRay Oliveira. Paz had a 13-3 record at Foxwoods, išryškino jo 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50ojicareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill į 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, jų 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 “Užpakalis” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, nugalėtiZahiras Raheem ir Artur Grigorian ir prarasti Juan Diaz ir Diegas Corrales.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion Andy Leecoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan į 10oji turas jų 2011 kova, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) į 12oji round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, ir 114-113) jų 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), ir "Ike" Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez į 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, Floyd Mayweather, Jaunesnysis. ir Roy Jones, Jr, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Savo 15oji pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10oji-apvalios TKO nuo Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Shane Mosley successfully defended his title against Jesse Jamesas Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10oji turas.
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