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Конектикат боксерска сала на славата на Класа 2018 Announced

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Cocoa Kid, John Harris, Bill Gore, Брајан Кларк, Angel Vazquez & Don Trella

UNCASVILLE, Конектикат. (Август 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, Октомври 13, во Uncas Ballroom во Мохеганите Сонцето.

 

 

 

The new CBHOF inductees are boxers Cocoa Kid и Angel Vazquez, judge Don Trella, and trainers John Harris, Bill Gore и Брајан Кларк.

 

 

 

Уште еднаш,” CBHOF president Џон Laudati рече, “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, Њу Хевн, 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: охрабрени лица, their families and friends, но, најважно, our Connecticut boxing fans!”

 

 

 

Cocoa Kid (56-20-2, 48 КО) came to prominence in 1933, when as an 18-year-old he registered a shocking upset of former world featherweight champion Луис “Кид” 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 КО) рекорд. 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 Мохеганите на Сонцето, 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. Минатата година, for example, he officiated three of the most high-profile fights in the world: Генадиј Golovkin наспроти. Danny Џејкобс, Vladimir Klitschko наспроти. Anthony Joshua (повеќе од 90,000 fans in attendance at Wembley Stadium in London) and Golovkin vs. Canelo Алварез.

 

 

 

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 на возраст од 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, Вклучувајќи Travis Simms, a CBHOF Hall of Fame inductee and two-time World Boxing Association (ВБА) junior middleweight world champion.

 

 

 

Gore is best known for training the great Вили Пеп, who was also inducted into the CBHOF charter class, to a pair of world featherweight championships. Gore, Меѓутоа, also trained another all-time great, world light heavyweight champion Боб Фостер. A native of Providence, Gore died in 1978 на возраст од 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, Чад Досон. Often bankrolling the gym, се, 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.

 

 

 

Билети за CBHOF 13та Индукција годишни Гала Вечера, разумни цени во $90.00, are on sale and available to purchase by calling Ann Murphy at Mohegan Sun (1.860.862.8846) или Шерман Каин на Манчестер весник Inquirer (1.800.237.3606 X321). Врати се отвори во 6:00 вечер. И, followed by a full sit-down dinner at 7 вечер. И.

 

 

 

Одат онлајн, за да www.ctboxinghof.org За дополнителни информации во врска со боксерска сала на славата Конектикат, тоа е 14та годишни Гала Вечера новобранец, спонзорство можности настан, или минатото CBHOF регрутирање.

Connecticut’s top all-time great fighters & Foxwoodsbest fights

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MASHANTUCKET, КТ (Јули 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, КТ, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on Четврток, Јули 21, as rising middleweight contender SergiyThe Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 КО) faces former world champion Сум “Кралот” Soliman (44-13, 18 КО) во 10-круг главниот настан Премиер бокс шампионите на ESPN & ESPN.
Телевизиска покриеност започнува на 8 вечер. И/5 вечер. Португалија, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 КО) and California’s Павле Mendez (19-2-2, 9 КО).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late WillieWill ‘o the WispPep (229-11-1, 65 КО), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 и 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Сенди кожни.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)GeneThe Fighting MarineTunney (65-1-1, 48 КО), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Џек Демпси два пати; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Луис “Кид” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 КО), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) Slapsie” Maxie Розенблум (222-42-31, 2 Соединетите Американски Држави, 19 КО), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Џек “Bright EyesDelaney (73-11-2, 43 КО), 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 КО), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist Марлон “Магијата Човекот” Starling (45-6-12, 27 КО), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion TremendousTravis Simms (28-1, 21 КО), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Лоша” Чад Досон (33-4, 18 КО) and world welterweight contender GasparEl IndioOrtega (131-29-6, 69 КО), Stamford’s world No. 1-ranked welterweight Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 КО), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Лоренс Клеј-бег (21-3-1, 16 КО).
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 Андре Berto (27-0) и противкандидат Виктор Ортиз (28-2-2) battled for 12 рунди, 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-FamerЏејмс Toney (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Василиј 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.
Во 2004, New England favorite Скот “The SandmanPemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, М-р, was involved in a great 12та круг, 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 Вини Паз (Pazienza during his boxing career), се борат надвор од Кранстон, РИ, and New Bedford’s all-action SucraRay Oliveira. Paz had a 13-3 record at Foxwoods, highlighted by his 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50таcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill во 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, во нивните 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 “Бат” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, победувајќиЗахир Raheem и Artur Grigorian и губење на Juan Diaz и Диего Corrales.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion Енди Лиcoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan во 10та круг на нивните 2011 Борбата, Карл Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outЏермејн Тејлор (who was well ahead on the scorecards) во 12та round for the WBC super middleweight championship, PERNELL Витакер taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, и 114-113) во нивните 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), и Ајк Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez во 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, Флојд Mayweather, Џуниор. и Рој Џонс, Џуниор, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Во своето 15та pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10та-круг TKO на Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Шејн Мозли successfully defended his title against Џеси Џејмс Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10та круг.
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