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MARCEL RIVERS TO BE HONORED FOR BIGGEST KO OF THE YEAR

PHILADELPHIA – Boxing fans certainly love a knockout, futhi 2017 was full of them in Philly. Of the many big KOs last year, the best of them all was by Marcel Rivers, at the 2300 Arena last September. Rivers, in his third professional fight, scored a picture-perfect-one punch-knockout of Osnel Charles in the fourth round. For this perfect punch, Rivers will receive a Briscoe Award for the “2017 Knockout of the Year”, on March 25, 2018, at the11th Annual Briscoe Awards.
It is exactly why boxing fans come out to the fights,” said John DiSanto, founder of the Briscoe Awards. “Big knockouts always steal the show, and Marcel’s was the biggest.
The Briscoe Awards commemorate the best accomplishments of the Philly-area boxing scene. A total of eleven prizes will be given out in a variety of categories, okubala “Philly Fighter of the Year”, “Philly Fight Yonyaka”, “Amateur of the Year”, “Rookie of the Year”, “Prospect of the Year”, and others.
Advance tickets for the March 25, 2018 Briscoe Awards cost $20 and are currently available for sale at BriscoeAwards.com, noma ngokushayela ucingo 609-377-6413. Tickets will not be sold at the door. The $20 admission includes food, draft beer, wine, soft drinks, and a souvenir program and ticket. The Briscoe Awards will be held at the VBA Clubhouse, 2733 Clearfield Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19134.
The Briscoe Awards are presented by Philly Boxing History Inc., a 501c3 Non-Profit organization dedicated to preserving and honoring the great legacy of boxing in and around the city of Philadelphia. Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe, call John DiSanto at 609-377-6413.

VICTOR Vasquez-TYRELL USAMUWELI iziqubu eziqongweni OCT. 2 PRELIMS AT PUERTO RICAN CLASSIC IN PHILLY

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Philadelphia, PA – Popular engasindi Victor Vasquez, of Philadelphia, uthemba ukwelula nesizotha ezintathu-mpi ngokuwina streak yakhe lapho ethatha Tyrell Samuel, of Baltimore, MD, e-round eziyisithupha kowandulela owamanqamu njengengxenye Puerto Rica Boxing Classic ngolwesihlanu kusihlwa, Oct. 2, at the 2300 Arena at 2300 South Swanson Street.
Headlining ikhadi-iziqubu ayisikhombisa i-ayisishiyagalombili round junior emncintiswaneni engasindi phakathi kwezwe-ukalwe Jason Sosa, of Camden, NJ, futhi Jorge Pazos, of Chumuchil, Mexico. Fight First iqala ngesikhathi 7pm.
Vasquez (ngenhla kwesokunxele), 32, unqobile amathathu iqonde ngesikhathi 2300 Arena, nokuyeka Jose L. Guzman, of The Bronx, futhi Osnel Charles, Atlantic City, futhi abahola isinqumo eziyisithupha-round phezu Gerald Smith, of Philadelphia.
Vasquez waziwa njengomuntu Barber Ukulwa kusukela yena usebenza mkhakha ngesikhathiCabanga It Done e North Philadelphia.

A boxer pro kusukela 2006, Vasquez has a irekhodi 19-9-1, 9 K0s.
Samuel (ngenhla kwesokudla), 33, lowanilwela njengoba pro ngisho isikhathi eside, sengiphendukile pro e 2005 futhi ngokuwina kwakhe abayisishiyagalolunye ukulwa lokuqala. Uye washaywa Gustavo Dailey, of Philadelphia,Joey Tiberi, of Newark, DE, futhi Carlos Vinas, of Newark, NJ.

In iqala akhe okufuna ukuvelela kakhulu, USamuweli baphonse izinqumo ukuze Eric Hunter, of Philadelphia, phezu emahlandla eziyisishiyagalombili, futhi Dorin Spivey, of Virginia Beach, VA, phezu 10 emahlandla.
Middleweight Junior Ismael “Tito” Garcia, of Vineland, NJ, kubhekwe by boxing wangaphakathi ukuba omunye amathemba kangcono endaweni, kuphambene Yusmani Abreu, Cuba, in a eziyisithupha-round umdlalo.
Garcia, 28, iye sihlushwa ukungawuvivinyi kusukela turning pro e 2010 futhi uye Boxed izikhathi eziyisishiyagalolunye kuphela eminyakeni engaphezu kwemihlanu, ngokuwina ayisishiyagalombili nane by Knockout-nokulwa one No umncintiswano.

In fight yakhe yokugcina May 8 at the 2300 Arena, Garcia akhishwe Tommy Ayers, of Cincinnati, OH, e emzuliswaneni wokuqala.

Abreu, 35 Manje abahlala Las Vegas, NV, kuyinto fighter obuqinile irekhodi abampofu (4-11-2). Umlando ahlangene yakhe 17 izimbangi kuyinto 95-21-5 futhi waphenduka pro e 2005 e Mexico ngokumelene Gilberto Flores Hernandez, owayebizwa angamanxele futhi 12-4 ngaleso sikhathi. Abreu uye Boxed eziyisishiyagalolunye abantu ababe Ezingakanqotshwa.

A third eziyisithupha-Rounder sibonisa rematch phakathi welterweights junior David
Gonzales, of Philadelphia, futhi Ryan Belasco, of Wilmington, DE. Bathi Boxed a-round eziyisithupha sizuze May 8 esiyingini efanayo.
Gonzales, 25, kuyinto 5-0-2,1K0. Belasco, 31, kuba 18-6-5, 3 K0s.

Three eyengeziwe-rounders ezine ukuqedela ikhadi: Edgar Cortes, of Vineland, NJ, vs.Antonio Conigliaro, St. Clair, PA, super bantamweights; Scott Kelleher, Philadelphia, vs. Alberto Manuykan, Union City, NJ, welterweights junior; Avery Sparrow, Philadelphia, vs. tba, lightweights.

Izibalo-iziqubu eziyisikhombisa mpi ikhadi ukuze ahehe wathengisa-out.

Ibhayisikobho bantamweight Sixto Escobar, owaba Puerto emhlabeni Rica iqhawe kuqala in 1935, yamanje isihloko-umnikazi Danny Garcia, of Philadelphia, Puerto Ricans kuye kwadingeka kanye eside storied umlando wesibhakela.

Phakathi endaweni fighters ngifuna ukubonisa amathalente abo on the Oct. 2 ikhadi fighters wendawo Puerto Rica kusukela Philadelphia and New Jersey. Abaningi babo alethe okulandelayo siqotho ukulwa zabo.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, izimemo ukuya futhi asayine Autographs izothunyelwa evelele Puerto fighters Rica up and down the East Coast.
About Oct. 2

The Inaugural Puerto Rica Boxing Classic, featuring iziqubu eziyisikhombisa, uqala at 7pm at the 2300 Arena at 2300 South Swanson Street e South Philadelphia. Doors evulekile at6 pm. The Oct. 2 umcimbi wenziwa ezikhuthazwa Parx Casino, Rum DONQ, The Penthouse Club, Lyrics Lounge, Lonke Auto zemvume kanye Cricket Wireless. Ikhadi izosakazwa bukhoma by www.gofightlive.tv and on a delayed basis by Comcast SportsNet. Amathikithi $50 futhi $75 futhi angathengwa ngokubiza Peltz Boxing (215-765-0922) futhi Amathikithi Wanamaker sika ( 215-568-2400 ). Tickets also can be purchased online at www.peltzboxing.com futhi www.wanatix.com

. The Oct. 2 ikhadi kugqugquzelwa Peltz Boxing, Top Rank, Joe Hand Promotions futhi BAM Boxing.

About Oct. 4
The Puerto Rican Day Parade is the Crown Jewel of the Puerto Rican Festival every year in Philadelphia. It is a showcase of Puerto Rican and Latin culture. The Parade begins Sunday ekuseni, Oct. 4, at the Eakins Oval in edolobheni futhi uyaqhubeka usuku egudle Benjamin Franklin Parkway umculo kulo, amakhonsathi nabathengisi ukuthengisa izimpahla zabo. City officials expect more than 5,000 abantu ukuya. The Parade, omunye ngqa ukuba isiqephu, uzobe senza ABC-TV bangakini futhi phezu Univision kuzwelonke