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Коннектикут боксу Зал слави класу 2018 Announced

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

Ункасвілль, Коннектикут. (Серпня 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, Жовтень 13, в UNCAS бальному залі на Mohegan Sun.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Ще раз,” CBHOF president Джон Laudati сказав, “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, Нью-Хейвен, 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, але, головне, 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 Луїс “Дитина” 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) запис. 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 в 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. Торік, for example, he officiated three of the most high-profile fights in the world: Геннадій Головкін проти. Денні Джейкобс, Vladimir Klitschko проти. Anthony Joshua (більш ніж 90,000 fans in attendance at Wembley Stadium in London) and Golovkin vs. Канело Альварес.

 

 

 

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 у віці від 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, у тому числі 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 Віллі Пепа, who was also inducted into the CBHOF charter class, to a pair of world featherweight championships. Gore, проте, also trained another all-time great, world light heavyweight champion Боб Фостер. A native of Providence, Gore died in 1978 у віці від 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, Чед Доусон. Often bankrolling the gym, сам, 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.

 

 

 

Квитки на CBHOF 13ї Щорічний гала-вечеря індукції, за розумними цінами в $90.00, are on sale and available to purchase by calling Ann Murphy at Mohegan Sun (1.860.862.8846) або Шерман Кейн в Манчестері Journal Inquirer (1.800.237.3606 X321). Двері відкриваються в 6:00 p.m. І, followed by a full sit-down dinner at 7 p.m. І.

 

 

 

Перейти онлайн www.ctboxinghof.org Для отримання додаткової інформації про Коннектикут боксерський зал слави, its 14ї Щорічний гала-вечеря Призовник, Спонсорські можливості захід, або останні CBHOF призовників.

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

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Четвер, Липня 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. І/5 p.m. PT
Машантукет, Коннектикут (Липня 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, Коннектикут, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on Четвер, Липня 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Дерев'янченко (8-0, 6 КО) faces former world champion Am “Король” Сулейман (44-13, 18 КО) в 10-раундовому головною подією Прем'єр Бокс чемпіонів на ESPN & ESPN.
Телевізійний охоплення починається 8 p.m. І/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 КО) and California’s Пол Мендес (19-2-2, 9 КО).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Віллі “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 КО), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 і 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Сенді Садлер.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 КО), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Джек Демпсі двічі; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) вазі Луїс “Дитина” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 КО), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Максі Розенблюм (222-42-31, 2 Північна Кароліна, 19 КО), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Роз'єм “Bright Eyes” Delaney (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 Marlon “Magic Man” Starling (45-6-12, 27 КО), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Travis Simms (28-1, 21 КО), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Поганий” Чед Доусон (33-4, 18 КО) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (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 Лоуренс Клей-Бей (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 Берто (27-0) і претендентом Віктор Ортіс (28-2-2) battled for 12 раундів, 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-FamerДжеймс Тоні (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Василь Жиров. 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, Жиров (31-0) started fast but faded, getting decked in the final round.
В 2004, New England favorite Скотт “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, Массачусетс, was involved in a great 12ї круглий, 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 Вінні-Пас (Pazienza during his boxing career), борються Кренстон, Род-Айленд, and New Bedford’s all-action “Sucra” Ray Oliveira. Paz had a 13-3 record at Foxwoods, виділено його 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50їcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill в 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, у їх 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 Аселіно “Приклад” Фрейтас fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, перемігшиЗахір Рахім і Artur Grigorian і програвши Juan Diaz і Дієго Корралес.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion Енді Ліcoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Крейг МакЮен в 10ї раунд їх 2011 боротьба, Карл Фроч‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outДжермейн Тейлор (who was well ahead on the scorecards) в 12ї round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Пернелл Уїтакер taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, і 114-113) у їх 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), і Айк Квортейovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez в 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, Флойд Мейвезер, Молодший. і Рой Джонс, Молодший, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. У його 15ї pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10ї-раунді технічним нокаутом з Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Шейн Мослі successfully defended his title against Джессі Джеймс Лейх, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10ї круглий.
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