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को फेम क्लास को कनेक्टिकट बक्सिङ हल 2018 Announced

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Cocoa Kid, John Harris, Bill Gore, ब्रायन क्लार्क, Angel Vazquez & Don Trella

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (अगस्ट 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, अक्टोबर 13, Mohegan रवि मा Uncas नृत्य हल मा.

 

 

 

The new CBHOF inductees are boxers Cocoa Kid र Angel Vazquez, judge Don Trella, and trainers John Harris, Bill Gore र ब्रायन क्लार्क.

 

 

 

फेरि,” CBHOF president यूहन्ना Laudati भने, “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, न्यू हेवन को, 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: inductees, their families and friends, तर, सबै भन्दा महत्वपूर्ण, 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 लुई “बच्चाहरु” 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) रेकर्ड. 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 रवि मा, 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. गत वर्ष, for example, he officiated three of the most high-profile fights in the world: Gennady Golovkin बनाम. Danny Jacobs, Vladimir Klitschko बनाम. Anthony Joshua (भन्दा बढी 90,000 fans in attendance at Wembley Stadium in London) and Golovkin vs. Canelo अल्वारेज.

 

 

 

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 को उमेर मा 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, लगायत Travis Simms, 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 विल्ली पिप, who was also inducted into the CBHOF charter class, to a pair of world featherweight championships. Gore, तथापि, also trained another all-time great, world light heavyweight champion बब Foster. A native of Providence, Gore died in 1978 को उमेर मा 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, चाड डावसन. Often bankrolling the gym, आफूलाई, 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.

 

 

 

यो CBHOF लागि टिकट 13th वार्षिक चाड प्रेरणा डिनर, reasonably मा priced $90.00, are on sale and available to purchase by calling Ann Murphy at Mohegan Sun (1.860.862.8846) वा Sherman कयिन यो मैनचेस्टर जर्नल प्रश्न मा (1.800.237.3606 X321). खुला ढोका 6:00 p.m. र, followed by a full sit-down dinner at 7 p.m. र.

 

 

 

अनलाइन जानुहोस् www.ctboxinghof.org फेम को कनेक्टिकट बक्सिङ हल बारेमा थप जानकारीको लागि, its 14th वार्षिक चाड Inductee डिनर, घटना प्रायोजन मौका, वा विगतमा CBHOF inductees.

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

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बिहीबार, जुलाई 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. र/5 p.m. PT
MASHANTUCKET, CT (जुलाई 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, CT, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on बिहीबार, जुलाई 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KOS) पूर्व विश्व च्याम्पियनको सामना गर्दै छु “राजा” Soliman (44-13, 18 KOS) को 10-गोल मुख्य घटना मा प्रमुख बक्सिङ च्याम्पियन्स मा ईएसपीएन & ईएसपीएन.
Televised कवरेज मा सुरु 8 p.m. र/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 KOS) and California’s पावलले Mendez (19-2-2, 9 KOS).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 KOS), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 र 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Sandy साज बनानेवाला मोची.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 KOS), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary ज्याक Dempsey दुई; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist लुई “बच्चाहरु” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 KOS), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom (222-42-31, 2 कांग्रेस, 19 KOS), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) ज्याक “Bright Eyes” Delaney (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 मार्लोन “जादू मान्छे” Starling (45-6-12, 27 KOS), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Travis Simms (28-1, 21 KOS), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “खराब” चाड डावसन (33-4, 18 KOS) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 KOS), Stamford’s world No. 1-ranked welterweight Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 KOS), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain लरेन्स क्ले-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 Andre Berto (27-0) र चुनौती विक्टर ओर्टिज (28-2-2) battled for 12 पटक, 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-Famerजेम्स Toney (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.
मा 2004, New England favorite स्कट “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, एमए, was involved in a great 12th गोल, 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 विन्नी पाज़ (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, highlighted by his 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50thcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill मा 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, आफ्नो 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 “बट” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, पराजितZahir Raheem र Artur Grigorian र गर्न खोने Juan Diaz र डिएगो Corrales.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion एन्डी लीcoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan मा 10th को गोल आफ्नो 2011 झगडा, कार्ल FROCH‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain टेलर (who was well ahead on the scorecards) मा 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, र 114-113) आफ्नो 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), र Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez मा 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, फ्लोइड Mayweather, जूनियर. र रय जोन्स, जूनियर, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. मा आफ्नो 15th pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10th-को गोल TKO Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion शेन Mosley successfully defended his title against यिशै जेम्स Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10th गोल.
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