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דאָנערשטיק, יולי 21
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מאַשאַנטאַקאַט, קאָרט (יולי 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, קאָרט, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on דאָנערשטיק, יולי 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” דערעוויאַנטשענקאָ (8-0, 6 קאָס) faces former world champion בין “קעניג” סאָלימאַן (44-13, 18 קאָס) אין די 10-קייַלעכיק הויפּט געשעעניש פון פּרעמיער באָקסינג טשאַמפּיאָנס אויף עספּן & עספּן.
טעלאַווייזד קאַווערידזש הייבט בייַ 8 פּ.ם. און/5 פּ.ם. פּט, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful יעווגען כיטראָוו (13-0, 11 קאָס) and California’s Paul מענדעז (19-2-2, 9 קאָס).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 קאָס), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 און 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with סאַנדי סאַדלער.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 קאָס), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary דזשאַק דעמפּסי צוויי מאָל; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) טיטליסט לוי “קינד” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 קאָס), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” מאַקסי ראָסענבלאָאָם (222-42-31, 2 נק, 19 קאָס), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) דזשאַק “Bright Eyes” Delaney (73-11-2, 43 קאָס), 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 קאָס), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist מאַרלאָן “מאַגיק מענטש” Starling (45-6-12, 27 קאָס), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Travis Simms (28-1, 21 קאָס), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “בייז” טשאַד דאָסאַן (33-4, 18 קאָס) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 קאָס), Stamford’s world No. 1-ranked welterweight Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 קאָס), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain לאָראַנס ליים-Bey (21-3-1, 16 קאָס).
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 <אַ href="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=tr&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.tr&sl=iw&u=http://fightnewsunlimited.com/tag/andre-berto/?lang=yi&usg=ALkJrhjcU3stOmYZK4Hak8DmFcIXu4-hOg" רעל = "קוויטל"> אַנדריי בערטאָ (27-0) און טשאַללענגער וויקטאָר אָרטיז (28-2-2) battled for 12 ראָונדס, 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-Famerיעקב טאָוני (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion וואַססיליי דזשיראָוו. 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, דזשיראָוו (31-0) started fast but faded, getting decked in the final round.
אין 2004, New England favorite סקאַט “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, מאַ, was involved in a great 12טה קייַלעכיק, 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 וויני פּאַז (Pazienza during his boxing career), fighting out of Cranston, רי, 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 50טהcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill אין 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, אין זייער 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 אַסעלינאָ “באַט” פרייטאַז fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, דיפיטינגזאַהיר ראַכים און Artur Grigorian און לוזינג צו Juan Diaz און דיעגאָ קאָרראַלעס.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion אַנדי ליcoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan אין די 10טה round of their 2011 קאַמף, קאַרל פראָטש‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outדזשערמאַין טיילער (who was well ahead on the scorecards) אין די 12טה round for the WBC super middleweight championship, פּערנעלל Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, און 114-113) אין זייער 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), און ייק קוואַרטייovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez אין 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, פלויד מייַוועאַטהער, דזשוניער. און רוי דזשאָנעס, קינג, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. אין זיין 15טה pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10טה-קייַלעכיק טקאָ פון Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion שיין מאָסליי successfully defended his title against דזשעסי יעקב לייאַ, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10טה קייַלעכיק.
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