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JARON “BOOTS” ENNIS TRAINING CAMP QUOTES AND PHOTOS

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***“I’m coming there to take a win home to Philadelphia and look good doing it, by any means,” – Ennis***

**Rising Welterweight Star Ennis Battles Former World Champion Sergey Lipinets Saturday, Aprile 10 In diretta su Showtime^® in a Premier Boxing Champions Event**

**Fare clic** **QUI** **per le foto da Amanda Westcott / SHOWTIME**

**PHILADELPHIA** (Aprile 1, 2021) - Imbattuto welter **Jaron "Stivali" Ennis** will look to cement his status as a rising star in the welterweight division when he takes on rugged former world champion **Sergey Lipinets** in a 12-round battle that headlines action live on SHOWTIME Saturday, Aprile 10 dalla Mohegan Sun Arena di Uncasville, Conn. in a Premier Boxing Champions event.

The 23-year-old Ennis will be facing the toughest competition of his career in Lipinets, as he enters the ring in his first SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING main event. Representing the fighting city of Philadelphia, Ennis has used sublime boxing skills and power in both hands to make his claim as the city’s next great champion.

Ennis put together a 16-fight knockout streak that included becoming the first person to stop Juan Carlos Abreu when he blasted out the longtime challenger in the sixth round in August 2020. Ennis was unable to extend that streak in December 2020, when his fight against Chris van Heerden was declared a no-contest after round one due to a clash of heads causing a severe cut on Van Heerden’s forehead.

Trained by his father Bozy Ennis, Ennis shared his thoughts on training camp, Lipinets and more below:

***On headlining his first Showtime Championship Boxing card:***

“It has made my schedule a little crazier. Being in the main event on SHOWTIME brings more attention, but I like it. I like being in the spotlight. I like to shine, so it’s nothing new to me. Now it’s fight time. I am locked in and ready to rock and roll.”

***On training camp***:

“We always do four-minute rounds in camp. I’ve been doing that since I was a baby. That’s another reason why I don’t sit down when I fight, because I am so used to the four-minute rounds. The three-minute rounds go by real fast on fight night. One thing we added this camp was the underwater treadmill work.”

***On his final preparations:***

“The week before the fight, we are winding it down and sharpening up. It’s been a great training camp. I have been getting better and better each and every day, and I can’t wait to perform next Saturday.”

***On facing his first former world champion:***

"E 'un buon combattente, but it doesn’t mean anything to me. It’s just another day in the office. He’s a regular person just like anyone else.”

***On Sergey calling him a ‘typical Philly fighter’:***

“I guess he knows I’m tough, gritty and I’m ready to rumble. I’m coming there to take a win home to Philadelphia and look good doing it, by any means.”

***On his knockout power***:

“I don’t think I have my man strength yet. I feel it will be one or two more years until I fully have my man strength. The crazy part is, I feel like in a fight, I still haven’t thrown a real power shot and really sat down on a punch yet. Everything I’ve been knocking guys out with has been all natural strength.”

***On how he views his knockout streak***:

“Some people might look at a knockout on April 10 la 17^th knockout consecutivo, some might view it as the start of a new knockout streak. Per me, I don’t really care as long as I come out victorious. That’s all that matters to me. I’m not looking for a knockout but I’m going to take it if it comes.”

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***ABOUT ENNIS VS. LIPINETS***
Ennis vs. Lipinets will see rising welterweight star **Jaron "Stivali" Ennis** face former world champion **Sergey Lipinets** in a 12-round showdown headlining action live on SHOWTIME Saturday, Aprile 10 dalla Mohegan Sun Arena di Uncasville, Conn. in a Premier Boxing Champions event.

Nella co-feature Showtime Championship Boxing, a pair of hard-hitting welterweights square off as **Eimanta Stanionis** takes on former world title challenger **Thomas Dulorme** in a 12-round WBA Welterweight Title Eliminator. The telecast opener features IBF Junior Bantamweight World Champion **Jerwin “Pretty Boy” Ancajas** difendere il suo titolo contro **Jonathan Rodríguez** in a 12-round bout.

L'evento è promosso da TGB Promotions. Ennis vs. Lipinets is promoted in association with D&D Boxe.

Per ulteriori informazioni, visitare www.SHO.com/sports, www.PremierBoxingChampions.com, seguire su Twitter @ShowtimeBoxing, @PremierBoxing e @TGBPromotions su Instagram @ShowtimeBoxing, @PremierBoxing e @TGBPromotions o diventa fan su Facebook su www.Facebook.com/SHOBoxing.

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TOMMY SANTIAGO LOOKS FOR MULTI-SPORT SUCCESS AND A KIDNEY FOR DAD

Febbraio 28, 2020 FNU47 Lascia un commento

*Football standout to make pro debut on March 27 while his family’s story remains unfinished*

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Tommy Santiago, a standout high school football star and accomplished amateur boxer, will enter the ring for his first pro fight on March 27 a 2300 Arena, and his dad will be in his corner.

To spectators, it’s another father-son team, made slightly more interesting because Tommy is the second Santiago son to turn pro. Brother Milton, Jr., is an undefeated lightweight.

That Milton Sr., can walk up the steps and wave the towel for his son belies the real story — one about a father who died and was brought back to life less than a year ago, who is waiting for a life-altering call. It’s a story about a mother who pulls double-duty to provide for her family and care for her husband. It’s about the son, a prodigal football talent, who sacrificed his spot at a top football high school to help keep his family afloat, and now is embarking on a professional boxing career. It’s a story about their past and current struggles, and the grit, determination and faith that has seen them through a slow, grinding, water torture-style drip of pain and adversity.

Alcuni anni fa, the Santiago family had outgrown their two-bedroom home. With three teenage boys–Milton Jr., Tommy and young Nicco–they packed their home and moved into a fixer-upper in the suburbs. Milton, Sr., was a talented painter who had worked for some of the most prestigious home builders in Philadelphia.

Mom Brenda worked at a kitchen gadget manufacturing company for 20 anni, where she climbed the ladder, wearing various hats and helping to provide a comfortable life for her family.

It was not long after their 2017 move that Milton Sr., began noticing he wasn’t himself. Over the next few years his health would deteriorate. Once a husky, active painter and boxing coach, he shriveled away. After bouncing from doctor to hospital, he received a dual diagnosis of kidney failure and an infection that had spread to his bones. Brenda went from being a working mom to a working mom and caregiver, waking up Milton, Jr., to help carry his dad to the car at 5:30 in each morning. She’d drive him to dialysis before work, and then take an early lunch each day to get him home.

Tommy enrolled at Archbishop Wood High School, a private, Catholic school in Warminster, PA, known for its elite football program; tuition was $9,000 per year. He was a star running back, punteggio 20 touchdowns and gaining nearly 1700 yards as a Junior. His younger brother, a standout basketball player, also attended Archbishop Wood.

Wheelchair bound and unable to walk, Milton Sr., was embarrassed to go to his sons’ Giochi. Brenda had to help him get to the bathroom and clean him. Milton Jr., put his career on hold to help care for his father. It was a dark time for the family; bills were piling up as Milton Sr., got sicker.

“I was embarrassed,” Milton, Sr., said of that time. “I was depressed and I kept wondering why this is happening to me and my family.”

Lo scorso maggio, Milton, Sr., went in for a procedure to biopsy a growth in his lungs. When the doctor came out of the operating room and asked Brenda if she would join him in a consult room, she knew something had gone wrong. Milton, Sr., had stopped breathing for nearly two minutes during the procedure and had to be resuscitated. The doctor warned that there may be permanent brain damage.

It was an earth-shattering moment for the family.

“It was the worst moment of my life,” recalled Tommy. “When I walked in and saw my dad in the ICU, knowing he might never be the same, I just started crying. I couldn’t handle it.”

After two days in a medically induced coma, Milton, Sr., began to recover. Doctors finally found the right combination of antibiotics to begin to cure the infection that had decimated his body. Effects from the procedure continued to affect his daily life. Excruciating headaches at all hours and short term memory loss became the new normal.

After Tommy’s record-breaking Junior year, and after seeing the stress that his mother was under, Tommy made a decision. He chose to transfer to William Tennent High School–also in Warminster–cutting his family’s tuition bill in half, but virtually guaranteeing that the college offers he and his parents had dreamed of would never come.

“My mom told me she would find a way, but I didn’t want her to stress,” said Tommy.

Brenda is pained when she speaks of Tommy’s departure from Wood: “Tommy is very strong, and he’s taken a lot for the family. It’s a burden I have on me because I want to be able to give them everything. Milton’s dream was for Tommy to go to Wood – it devastated Tommy and us when he had to transfer.”

As he recovered, Milton, Sr., learned to walk again. Milton, Jr., still administers his father’s dialysis five times per week for six hours and they wait to be added to the kidney donor list. Boxes of equipment line the walls of their home, and the improvements they’d planned on making to their home remain on hold.

“Milton doesn’t want us to be his donor,” said Brenda. “I’m the breadwinner and I can’t afford to be off work. Milton doesn’t want the kids to compromise their athletic careers. And after what happened when he went under in May, there’s a lot of fear. So we wait.”

Her voice breaks when she talks about the day they find a donor for her husband, but she doesn’t mention how it would take the pressure off of her: “The day that it happens, I’ll be ecstatic. He just wants to live a normal life. He wants to be able to do normal things – work, provide for his family. I will be so thankful to God that he answered our prayers.”

“It would mean the world to my family to find a donor,” said Tommy. “Everything he’s been through, the dialysis four hours per day, three days a week… it’s not easy. My mom stays up late to take care of him and gets up early the next day to go to work. She never gives up.”

The example that Milton Sr., and Brenda have set – one of sacrifice, mental strength, and unbelievable love and commitment to each other and their family has been ingrained in their sons.

“Seeing all they’ve been through has been hard, but it makes me want to go harder,” said Tommy. “I just want to be able to bring my family to the next level.”

He has aspirations of being an NFL player and professional boxer, concurrently. “I have received an offer from Villanova,” Tommy said. “I’ve applied at Temple and Penn State and plan to walk on to their football teams if I’m accepted.”

Ma prima, another fight is on the horizon. A four-round, light-heavyweight contest with Angel Vasquez, di Springfield, MA, marzo 27.

“Tommy told me that the reason he likes football and boxing is that he has a hatred inside, a frustration and resentment at everything our family has been through,” said Brenda. “I feel for the kid that’s going to fight Tommy. He’s training hard, and really wants it. He really wants to go out there and do things – He wants to help the family.”

When Tommy Santiago walks out to the ring on March 27, he walks with the burden of his family’s troubles, but with his father by his side. When the bell rings, he’ll hear only his father’s voice from his corner, and a new chapter begins in the complicated and painful story of the unbreakable Santiago family.

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Philly Special kicks off at 7:30 in the evening on Friday, Marzo 27. Biglietti al prezzo di $50, $75 e $125 sono già in vendita, and can be purchased by visiting 2300arena.com o chiamando 267-273-0945.

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UNDEFEATED WELTERWEIGHT SENSATION JARON ENNIS RETURNS TO FACE HARD-HITTING BAKHTIYAR EYUBOV FRIDAY, Gennaio 10 LIVE ON Showtime

Dicembre 20, 2019 FNU47 Lascia un commento

***Ennis-Eyubov Announced As Co-Main Event To Claressa Shields vs. Ivana Habazin On SHOWTIME BOXING: EDIZIONE SPECIALE^® From Ocean Casino Resort In Atlantic City***

NEW YORK - Dicembre 17, 2019 – Undefeated welterweight sensation Jaron Ennis will make his 2020 debut against hard-hitting Bakhtiyar Eyubov on Friday, Gennaio 10 in diretta su Showtime da Ocean Casino Resort di Atlantic City.

The 22-year-old Ennis (24-0, 22 KO) will take on Kazakhstan’s Eyubov (14-1-1, 12 KO) just an hour away from his hometown of Philadelphia in the 10-round co-main event of a SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION tripleheader that begins at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.

Two women’s blockbusters will bookend the welterweight bout. Claressa Shields (9-0, 2 KO) will take on Ivana Habazin (20-3, 7 KO) for the WBC and WBO 154-pound World Championships in a long-anticipated main event. In apertura trasmissione televisiva, WBA Super Middleweight Champion Alicia Napoleon Espinosa (12-1, 7 KO) meets IBF Champion Elin Cederroos (7-0, 4 KO) in a 168-pound world title unification.

L'evento è promosso da Salita in associazione con promozioni T-REX PUGILATO. Il Napoleon-Espinosa vs Cederroos lotta è promosso da Salita in associazione con DiBella Entertainment.

In Eyubov, Ennis will take on his toughest test to date as he looks to continue his rapid ascension in one boxing’s deepest divisions. The switch-hitter has scored 14 consecutive knockouts as has his level opposition has steadily increased since turning professional in 2016. He returned from a nine-month layoff in August of 2019 with a first round TKO of Franklin Mamani and followed that up with a third round TKO of Demian Fernandez on October 5. Against Fernandez, the come-forward and aggressive Ennis landed 43 percent of his power shots as he switched from orthodox to southpaw in a clinical performance in the main event of SHOWTIME BOXING: EDIZIONE SPECIALE.

Widely regarded as one of the top prospects in boxing, Ennis had two emphatic knockout victories on *ShoBox: La nuova generazione* in 2018. The Philadelphia native, che possiede 10 first round knockouts and has yet to be pushed past the sixth round, was a standout amateur who won the 2015 National Golden Gloves was ranked as the No. 1 amateur at 141 pounds before turning pro.

“I’m coming to make another statement to the welterweight division and the world,” said Ennis. “I’m going to let them know that I’m here and that 2020 sarà il mio anno. I’m the future of this division and January 10 is the next step in proving that.”

The 33-year-old Eyubov, from Aktobe, Kazakhstan and currently based in Brooklyn, N.Y., is known for his relentlessly aggressive fighting style. Quickly making a name for himself in the welterweight division, Eyubov tore through his first ten professional opponents, knocking them all out within the first three rounds including a third-round stoppage of Jared Robinson on *ShoBox* in 2016. Eyubov also owns impressive wins over Nicholas Givan (21-2-1) and Karim Mayfield (21-5-1) but is winless in his last two outings, including a majority draw with Jose Luis Rodriguez and a unanimous decision loss to undefeated Brian Ceballo. With just 16 professional fights to his name since moving on from the amateur ranks in 2012, Eyubov is eager to turn heads with a career-defining win over the highly regarded Ennis.

“On January 10, Jaron Ennis is going to be in the hardest fight of his life,” Eyubov said. “He has never faced anyone with my strength, skills and will to win. Bakha Bullet will shoot to do damage in Atlantic City and hand Ennis his first loss.”

“The Ennis vs. Eyubov fight is a classic crossroads fight and a must-win for both fighters,” said Eyubov promoter Dmitriy Salita. “It’s a big test for Ennis, who is a slick, skilled boxer, and a potentially career-changing opportunity for the aggressive, powerful and formerly world-rated contender in Eyubov. We expect fireworks on January 10^th.

The previously announced WBA Super Lightweight World Title Eliminator between Shohjahon Ergashev and Keith Hunter has been postponed after Hunter injured his right hand during training. A new date and opponent for Ergashev will be announced in the coming days.

Un leader del settore team di produzione e annunciare l'equipaggio consegnerà tutte le attrazioni, suoni e dramma da Atlantic City. Veterano emittente Brian Custer ospiterà la trasmissione televisiva, mentre gli sport di combattimento versatile voce Mauro Ranallo chiamerà l'azione al fianco di Hall of Fame analista Al Bernstein e l'ex campione del mondo due divisioni Paulie Malignaggi a bordo ring. Tre Hall of Fame completano la SHOWTIME annunciare squadra - premio Emmy® giornalista vincente Jim Gray, non ufficiale prima fila scorer Steve Farhood e di fama mondiale ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. Il produttore esecutivo di Showtime Boxing: Special Edition è David Dinkins, Jr. con regia di Bob Dunphy. La trasmissione sarà disponibile in spagnolo via secondaria audio Programmazione (SAP) Alejandro Luna e l'ex campione del mondo Raul Marquez chiamando l'azione.

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FIGHTNIGHT LIVE SEASON III OPENS WITH FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS ON FACEBOOK, LIVE FROM PHILADELPHIA

Ottobre 29, 2019 FNU47 Lascia un commento

Interactive, FREE Facebook series now over 8.2 million views partners with Kings Promotions to showcase 10 Philly bouts.Online: https://www.facebook.com/FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE/

NEW YORK (Ottobre. 23, 2019) – Officially launching its third season and now at more than 8.2 million views, Fightnight DIRETTA Realizzato da Everlast heads back to “The Fighting City of Philadelphia” il Venerdì, Ottobre. 25, for a ten-bout Kings Promotion’s card, live from 2300 Arena. The interactive, FREE Facebook series recently announced five upcoming fight dates before the calendar turns to 2020 – it all begins with this Philly evening of fisticuffs on Friday.

“We’re thrilled that fight fans, promotori, corporate sponsors and the fighters themselves have such affection for FIGHTNIGHT LIVE as we head into Season III,” suddetto Mark Fratto, Principale e Direttore del Business Development, Linacre media. “Friday’s card is filled with Philly Warriors and 2300 Arena is always a hot venue, even as the weather turns cool. We look forward to some of our favorites like Brandon Robinson e Damon Allen Jr., and are excited to give undefeated Internet sensation Avril Mathie her first big boxing showcase.”

Friday’s main event will see super middleweight Robinson (13-2, 9 KO) of Upper Darby, Pa., challenge upset-minded Martez McGregor (8-2, 6 KO) of Maywood, Malato. Two Philly-Favorites will see action in separate six-round junior welterweight bouts as Naim Nelson (13-4, 1 KO) assume Roy McGill (6-3, 3 KO) of Harrisburg and Allen Jr. (15-1-1, 5 KO) facce Dieumerci Nzau (11-9, 8 KO) of Silver Spring, Md. Mathie (3-0, 2 KO) meets veteran Karen Dulin (3-20-1, 1 KO) in a four round bantamweight battle, and locals like Rasheen Brown (4-0, 1 KO),James Martin (4-1) e Angel Rivera (4-1, 3 KO) look to thrill in front of the hometown crowd.

“This evenly-matched card leads off a doubleheader weekend for King’s Promotions, and we’re looking forward to competitive matchups to set the tone in Philadelphia. Robinson and McGregor should be a fantastic fight as everyone knows what Robinson brings to the table, and McGregor just fought a war with Cem Kilic who is ranked No. 5 al mondo,” suddetto Marshall Kauffman of King’s Promotions. “We are extremely excited to be working with FIGHTNIGHT LIVE and their team of professionals once again to showcase our fights and fighters.”

Now in its third season, Fightnight DIRETTA Powered by Everlast è la piattaforma di Facebook fan-friendly che – tra gli altri aspetti – si vanta di conversazioni in tempo reale tenutesi tra i commentatori lotta e il pubblico di visualizzazione. Fightnight Live ha presentato più di 685 combattenti e 19 promozioni durante 43 trasmissione di eventi dal vivo da 21 diverse città dal maggio 2017, e in tal modo, la piattaforma interattiva ha generato l'interesse dei fedeli appassionati di lotta da tutti gli Stati Uniti e in tutto il mondo, tra cui il pubblico significativi in Messico, il Regno Unito e in altre parti d'Europa, e anche i fan in Sud America, Asia e Australia.

Dal maggio 2017, the numbers on the 43-show FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series have shown promise and potential for the platform with an average of191,199 vista per evento epiù di 8.2 milione di visualizzazioni totaliper il franchising. From Sept. to Aug. 2019, 25 FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Season II showsreached more than 6.5 million fanseaveraged more than 263,000 visualizzazioni.
il settembre. 2018 “Combattimenti Re Boxing Martedì sera” (594,447) dalle sabbie di Betlemme, the June 2019 “CES Comeback at Foxwoods” (428,887), DEC. 2018 “Regine e re di Queens Carta” (379,758) a New York, il novembre. 2018 “Colpire duro Showtime Collaborazione” (372,662), DEC. 2018 “Roy Jones Jr. Texas Throwdown” (318,886), l'ottobre. 2018 “Colpire duro Philly speciale” (297,545), the May 2019 “Murphys Open MGM Springfield” (296,078), l'ottobre. 2018 Bareknuckle durata di un'ora “Freeview” (292,253), the Aug. 2019 “Murphys Boxing Encore” (260,188), il novembre. 2018 “Titani Nella Capitale” (256,871) e il marzo 2019 Murphys Boxing “St. Giorno Scontro di Patrick” (252,065) tutti registrati 250,000 o più viste, and collectively the 43-show series has seen a total of more than8,221,593 viste attraverso tutti i dispositivi.
Oltre ai numeri audience prime, il pieno-interattivo, produzioni fan-friendly hanno vistoexactly 490,000 collettivi impegni pubblicare in tempo reale (più di 11,300 per ogni show), tra cui più di 375,000 “piace” o “gli amori,” almost 68,000 comments and more than 23,000 azioni.
il settembre. 2018 “Combattimenti Re Boxing Martedì sera” dalle sabbie di Betlemme impostare un nuovo bar con594,447 visualizzazioni. il settembre. 2017 sega carta DiBellapiù di 40,000 interazioni spettatori tra cui quasi 39,000 “piace” o “gli amori” e il marzo 17, 2018, Murphy “St. Giorno Scontro di Patrick” impostare un nuovo marchio di alta marea percondivide con 2,182.
La pagina di Live Fightnight su Facebook ha più di90,000 fan e più di100,000 seguaci.

Creato e prodotto da Linacre media di New York City, la serie Fightnight dal vivo offre presentatori professionali, più angolazioni, grafica televisiva, replay e dietro le quinte di accesso e interviste. Gli spettacoli in streaming sono disponibili globalmente ovunque Facebook è disponibile. L'iniziativa non solo permette ai fan di tutto il mondo per sintonizzarsi, ma dà anche up-and-coming combattenti una piattaforma globale per mostrare le loro abilità, dà promotori di un accessibile “trasmissione” soluzione e dà sponsor la possibilità di raggiungere un pubblico di massa tramite contenuti di marca. Additional FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Fall and Winter 2019 date saranno ufficialmente annunciati nelle prossime settimane.

Fightnight DIRETTA è disponibile online all'indirizzo: https://www.facebook.com/FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE/ Follow all the action via social media at FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE su Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and @FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ su Twitter, or by using the hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Per gli ultimi eventi Linacre media e il calendario di trasmissione, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents o #LinacreMediaOnTV. A proposito di Everlast Worldwide Inc.Il marchio preminente nella boxe dal 1910, Everlast è il principale produttore al mondo, marketer e licenziante di boxe, MMA e attrezzature per il fitness. From legendary champions Jack Dempsey e Sugar Ray Robinson to current superstars Deontay Wilder e Dustin Poirier, Everlast è il marchio di scelta per generazioni di atleti professionisti campione del mondo. Costruito su un patrimonio di marca di forza, dedizione, individualità e l'autenticità, Everlast è una parte necessaria della vita di innumerevoli campioni. Con sede a Manhattan, I prodotti Everlast sono venduti in più di 75 paesi e 6 continenti. Per ulteriori informazioni, visitawww.everlast.com.

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PELTZ BOXING: A LIFE-LONG LOVE STORY; J Russell Peltz Celebrates Half Century in Boxing

Settembre 19, 2019 FNU47 Lascia un commento

PHILADELPHIA — Per 50 anni, J Russell Peltz has lived and breathed boxing. Ottobre 4, he will celebrate his Golden Anniversary as a Philadelphia promoter with an eight-bout card titled “Blood, Sweat & 50 Anni,” alla 2300 Arena. Dal settembre. 30, 1969, he’s been an institution in the city, providing a platform for hundreds, if not thousands of Philadelphia fighters to showcase their talent. He’s promoted over a thousand boxing events and over 40 world title bouts. For half a century, Peltz has ridden the roller coaster of small- and big-time boxing, with stops all over the world.

Peltz’ love for boxing has outlived mentors, parents, a sister, a son and a marriage. It’s been the constant throughout the entirety of his adult life, and a refuge from guilt, sadness and loss. It was the cane he used when he couldn’t stand, and the mountain from which he screamed his successes. It has been an enduring passion and a safe, faceless pool where he could pour out an immense amount of love, out loud, and without guilt or fear of judgement.

He has an savant-like ability to recall dates of fights, who was on every card, and what happened in every round. He remembers detailed 40-year-old stories, combattimenti, conversations and events like they happened yesterday.

For his 14th birthday, his dad took him to his first fight and it was love at first bell. He knew he was going to be a part of the beautiful brutality of boxing. His mom refused to allow him to go to more fights; she didn’t want him to be part of “that element.” He would lie and say he was out with friends or at parties, then go to the fights. Eventually she relented, and his father took him to more fights. He would abandon a burgeoning sports journalism career and promote his first event on Sept. 30, 1969.

J Russell Peltz grew up in an upper middle-class family, moving from Philadelphia to the wealthy community of Bala Cynwyd on Philadelphia’s Main Line when he entered third grade. Suo padre, Bernard Peltz, a plumber like his own dad, had expanded Peltz Plumbing to include heating and air-conditioning. By all measurements, his business was successful, catering to both residential repairs and large company and government installations. His father was beloved by his employees.

Peltz had a taste of the plumbing life over two summers in 1963 and ’64 and was decidedly bad at it. It was a disastrous endeavor for teenage Peltz, who was not mechanically inclined. One error resulted in the destruction of several oil paintings belonging to a wealthy client, and a large bill for his father to foot.

His father wasn’t much of a sports fan outside of boxing. Suo padre, Peltz’ grandfather, was an avid fan and worked for Western Union. On fight nights, including during the Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney fight in 1926 in Philadelphia, he would be ringside, gathering updates and copy and communicating them to the wire services.

As Peltz tells it, suo padre, like many parents of kids who came of age in the 50s and 60s, was not expressive with his emotions. “He was just not the kind of person,” Peltz began, then paused. “Any more than I am, that could show it. My mom was the emotional, loving one.”

What shines through when conversing with Peltz, is how much his parents loved each other. In a time where men were not supposed to cry, Peltz’s father, who he described as a “man’s man,” took care of his wife while she was sick for years with emphysema. “They were passionately in love,” said Peltz. “Things became rocky later, especially when my mother became sick, but he always loved her.

“She was so weak he would have to cut her meat and pre-chew it, so she would be strong enough to chew the rest of it,” remembers Peltz. “He would do those things and you could see that he loved her.”

After his mother passed away in 1975, Peltz found a box among her belongings: “When my mom died, I found a box of newspaper clippings of stories about me, some of which I’d never seen before. I knew she loved me.”

His father gave him an office to work from, and twice lent him money when Peltz needed a boost to get through a show or a bad year. If Peltz hadn’t been weighed down with remorse, he might have seen these gestures and support of his son’s boxing promoter career, of which he outwardly didn’t approve, as his father’s way of saying I love you.

A rift developed in the family when Peltz married his first wife, a non-Jewish girl, in 1969, against the wishes of his parents. This disagreement would color the remainder of their years together.

A 72 anni, Peltz looks back over those years and sees a selfish, immature version of himself, who didn’t treat his parents all that well. “I never had a mature relationship with my parents,” Peltz would say more than once. “I have terrible regrets about that.” His uncle had told him that his decision to marry his first wife was killing his mother, and Peltz believed him. The guilt is palpable as he describes his mother’s final days.

The bitterness he had felt at his parents’ reaction to his marriage and their nagging “get a real job” attitude toward his chosen profession put space in between them. After both had passed, pride and resentment quickly gave way to guilt and regret.

Alla fine, it was his sister’s home and then his parents’ home he’d go to when his first marriage fell apart. Every day he’d stop in and say hello to his father, who had built him an office over his plumbing company. His family’s foundation, which had been built on silent love and commitment, proved unyielding throughout the years.

It wasn’t long after his mother’s death that he met the woman who would become his current wife–a former classmate at Lower Merion High School. Peltz knew from their first date that he would marry Linda Sablosky. All the nagging feelings of doubt he had going into his first marriage were nowhere to be found. For someone who sees himself as unemotional and unexpressive, the enormity of his love and devotion to Linda from that first date until this day is evident. In four hours of interviews, it was when he spoke about Linda that he sounded the most fulfilled and uplifted.

“Family is everything to Linda,” said Peltz. “She brought together estranged cousins and other family members and she became very close to my father, calling him every day.

“If my mom had met Linda,” he continued, weeping softly, “she would have had a reason to live.”

Linda fit effortlessly into his boxing world. She would often attend events, traveling with Peltz. “Linda is the kind of person who can exist in any world, in any atmosphere, and everybody loves her.” Peltz said. “It helped me in boxing. People say, ‘How bad can he be? She married him!’

“Linda is never idle. She can fill up 24 hours a day. She’s the Queen of the Dollar Store. She can’t stand sitting around doing nothing. If Linda has 400 things to do and I only want to do 200 di loro, she says I’m boring.”

The two would have two sons, Matthew and Daniel. Matthew, the oldest, was interested in music and girls. He was a ‘Deadhead,’ the moniker bestowed upon Grateful Dead fans, and traveled with them for a summer. He eventually moved to Israel and became a Rabbi. He married and had four children.

Daniel was the athlete, participating in various sports, including a short amateur boxing career that Peltz hid from Daniel’s mother for a short period of time.

Peltz did his best to never miss a game. “He was always there for me,” said Daniel. “He traveled a lot, but he always made time for my sporting events. He didn’t miss a milestone.”

Peltz and his wife lost Matthew to a drug overdose in 2017. He was only 38. The pain in Peltz’ voice when he talks about the years they tried to save their son is heart-wrenching. Countless trips to rehab, broken promises and relapses litter the last years of their time together. He loved Matthew as hard and as completely as any parent could have, but the thief that is drug addiction took Matthew away from his parents, his brother and his children.

At his son’s funeral Peltz told the story of a bidding scandal that rocked the plumbing industry in Philadelphia when he was a kid. The story had hit the newspapers, and when he was able to get his hands on the article, he read every word, looking for his dad’s name among those involved, hoping and praying it wasn’t there. His voice cracks again as he retells it. “When I got to the bottom of the story, it listed all those companies involved in the fix… and his name wasn’t in there. I felt so proud.of him.

“So it’s just that I knew that Bernie Peltz provided a hard day’s work for a fair day’s wage. Thirty years later, I came home from work one day and Linda hands me the phone. Your son wants to talk to you. I said ‘What’s up Matt.’ He said ‘Dad, how come when the sports writers write about boxing promoters, they always write bad things like they cheat the fighters, they steal their money, they pay off the judges and the referees, they fix the rankings… but whenever they write about you,” he paused and sniffed heavily as tears fell, “they always write nice things. He finished by saying ‘that’s so cool.’ I didn’t realize it at the time but as the years went by I realized that my son felt the same way about me that I felt about my dad.”

Peltz carries the weight of his Linda’s pain in addition to his own at the loss of their son. “All Linda ever wanted was to be a mother. To be there when the kids came home from school,” Peltz recalled. “That’s what made losing Matthew so devastating for her. She questioned her ability as a mother.

“If Matthew had had any other mother,” Peltz said, his voice cracking with emotion, “he wouldn’t have made it to even 20.”

Peltz finds comfort in his grandchildren. “Pop Pop is very affectionate with the kids,” said Daniel, who has two daughters. “He has six grandchildren — he loves them and they adore him.”

Nel corso degli anni, Peltz has brought many boxers into his inner circle, many of them becoming family. Osnel Charles, who fights on October 4, asked Peltz to be the co-best man in his wedding. He spoke at many hall-of-fame inductions, weddings and funerals over the past half century.

He talks about one of his more recent charges, Jason Sosa, with affection. One of the highest points in his long career was witnessing underdog Sosa stop Javier Fortuna to win a world title in 2016 a Pechino, Porcellana.

“When that fight was over we walked back to the hotel,” he remembered. “Linda went up to the room because she was tired. I went into a bar in the hotel. One of these really modern neon lit bars. I sat at that empty bar and I felt so on top of the world. People back in the states are just getting the news and here I am in Beijing having a beer by myself and I felt so good. Tu sai perché? Mostly because at the time of my career that it happened. To win a world title like that, in a foreign land, coming from behind off the canvas, with no shot to win except by knockout…with Linda screaming and crying and she jumped up because she loves Jason. It was just like so great. Such a wonderful feeling. One of the highlights of my career. It’s not number one but it’s like 1A.”

Numero uno, Ha aggiunto, was when his first charge, Bennie Briscoe, knocked out Tony Mundine in Paris in 1974: “That will always be number one. It was an eliminator. We were underdogs. It was my first trip to Europe and it was the biggest fight you could have without it being for the title. It was just such a wonderful night.”

His protege, Raging Babe Michelle Rosado, who is promoting “Amare, Sweat & 50 Anni,” is one of many who see Peltz as a father figure. His seven-year mentorship of Rosado will culminate in his passing the torch to his hardworking mentee. “Leaders build leaders. Because he doesn’t have an ego, and wasn’t inclined to protect his secrets at all costs like so many of his peers, he was able to mentor BAM [Brittany Rogers] and I and teach us the ropes. I’m honored that he trusts me to continue his legacy.” Peltz is known to brag about Rosado to his colleagues in the business. When he talks about her, his tone alternates between that of a proud father and professional respect and admiration. They may fight and scream but will always eventually reconcile like family so often does.

Peltz is ready to slow down after his 50th anniversary celebration. The changes to the sport have worn thin his desire to keep going. “It’s not the sport I fell in love with,” dice. “It’s not like it used to be. Guys just wanted to fight. If guys were within 10 pounds we had a fight.”

Ottobre 4, he will wind down his matchmaking career with the kind of card that he’s become known for in Philadelphia over the last 50 anni. Tough, Philly versus Philly toss-up matches. The kind of card that drew him to boxing and kept him there for half a century.

These relationships, the ones that Peltz has with Linda, Daniel and his grandchildren, with Michelle, with Osnel Charles, Bennie Briscoe, Jason Sosa and countless other boxers–these relationships don’t happen by accident. They’re built on respect and on love. Love that isn’t screamed out loud, but is felt by actions. Love that is disguised as feeling proud, or as the weight of guilt and regret. A love that’s equal to or perhaps even more than that of his love for boxing. Boxing will always be the place where Peltz can love out loud, but his legacy will forever be the quiet way he loved those he touched over the past 50 anni.

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I biglietti per “Peltz Boxing 50th Anniversary Celebration” are priced $50, $70 e $90. They can be purchased online at www.2300arena.com o chiamando 215-758-2173 and/or 215-765-0922. Apertura delle porte alle 6:30 pm and first bout is at 7:30 pm. Credential applications are due by September 20 and can be requested at ragingbabe.com/credentials. Blood, Sweat & 50 Years is brought to you by Rocco’s Collision and Cricket Wireless.

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RAGING BABE PRESENTS: PELTZ BOXING 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OCTOBER 4 AT 2300 ARENA

Agosto 29, 2019 FNU47 Lascia un commento

*Philadelphia’s boxing community to come together*
*To mark “The Boy Wonder’s” 50-year milestone*

PHILADELPHIA, PA–J Russell Peltz was 22 years old when he promoted his first boxing card 50 years ago at the legendary Blue Horizon. On ott. 4, Peltz will celebrate half a century as a boxing promoter with a card at the 2300 Arena that will reflect his reputation for promoting Philly vs. Philly, no-quarters-given bouts.

The eight-fight card, promoted by Raging Babe, will feature junior welterweight Victor Padilla, of Berlin, NJ, by way of Vieques, Puerto Rico, nel main event. Padilla, che è promosso da DiBella Entertainment, is undefeated in five fights, all by way of knockout, and is considered by Peltz and others to be a future world champion. Peltz will serve as matchmaker for the event.

It has been nearly 20 years since Peltz received the Long and Meritorious Service award from the Boxing Writers Association of America and Philadelphia Sportswriters Association, followed in 2004 by his induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. While others might have considered retirement, Peltz has gone on to promote more than 150 additional events, bringing his total number of promoted shows to nearly 1,000. He has promoted or co-promoted more than 40 combattimenti del campionato del mondo.

After starting his career as sports editor of the Temple News–the daily student newspaper at Temple University–and then on the sports copy desk at the Evening and Sunday Bulletin, Peltz traded in his typewriter for the roller coaster that is professional boxing. He was dubbed “The Boy Wonder,” when he sold out the 1,346-seat Blue Horizon in his first event on Sept. 30, 1969, a night that featured a middleweight main event between Bennie Briscoe, di Philadelphia, and Tito Marshall, di Panama. The standing-room-only crowd was 1,606.

In more recent years, he’s taken Michelle Rosado (aka Raging Babe) under his wing, mentoring her and showing her the ins and outs of the boxing business with his unique brand of tough love.

“I can think of no one better to promote my 50th Anniversary Celebration,” said Peltz. “I have been able to sit in the passenger seat the last couple years while Michelle drove and I’m excited to share this special event with her.

“It seems like yesterday I was sitting outside the Blue Horizon in North Philly, selling tickets out of my car for my first card after the box office closed for the day. From there to the old Arena in West Philly, then to The Spectrum in South Philly, it’s been quite a ride. Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Europa, Sud America, the Orient–I cannot believe it’s been half a century.”

Rosa: “It’s an honor to put on this card with and for Russell’s 50th. He has been an incredible mentor and friend, and I think I have looked forward to this celebration of his legacy even more than he has.”

I biglietti per “Peltz Boxing 50th Anniversary Celebration” are priced $50, $70 e $90. They can be purchased online at www.2300arena.com o chiamando 215-758-2173 and/or 215-765-0922. Apertura delle porte alle 6:30 pm and first bout is at 7:30 pm.

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Atif Oberlton che rappresenta la Città dell'Amore Fraterno fino ai Campionati del Mondo

Agosto 28, 2019 FNU47 Lascia un commento

COLORADO SPRINGS, Giro. (Agosto 22, 2019) – C'è una nuova forza emergente sulla scena della boxe internazionale e il suo nome è Atif Oberlton, un peso massimo leggero di Philadelphia, chi è in missione per farsi un nome nel pugilato.

Oberlton gareggerà ai Campionati Mondiali Maschili Elite, Settembre 7-21, a Ekaterinburg, Russia.

La mancanza di fiducia non è un problema per il pugile 21enne che sostiene, “È molto importante per me fare bene e vincere ai Mondiali, perché so per certo che, nel mio cuore, Sono il miglior combattente del mondo. Anche, Sono nuovo sulla scena internazionale, quindi è tempo per me di dare un pezzo di ciò che si sono persi".

Oberlton ha iniziato a fare boxe all'età di nove anni, anche se non ha iniziato a gareggiare fino a quando non è stato 14, perché era l'unico maschio della sua famiglia, e suo padre voleva che imparasse a difendersi. Come tanti suoi compagni di squadra, si è innamorato della boxe.

Negli ultimi cinque anni, Oberlton ha conquistato medaglie d'oro al 2018 e 2016 Golden Gloves Torneo Nazionale, 2018 Qualificazioni Elite orientali e 2014 Olimpiadi Nazionali Giovanili. Ha vinto anche negli USA vs USA. Paesi Bassi Dual.

“Il mio più grande risultato finora è stato fare squadra negli USA ed essere dove sono ora, perché per anni e anni mi è stato negato, ed eccomi qui oggi al primo posto a cui appartengo. Sono un combattente di prim'ordine, quindi me lo merito, e ho messo giù un lavoro di prim'ordine, pure"

Overlton ha approfittato della formazione a Colorado Springs negli Stati Uniti. Centro di preparazione olimpica, dove ha mostrato miglioramenti sin dal primo giorno, affinando le sue abilità per diventare un pugile completo.

“Il condizionamento gioca un ruolo importante nel mio miglioramento; vedendo anche stili diversi, e ottenere il massimo del lavoro mi ha elevato,” he spoke about training as a Team USA member. “I always break new barriers on the road to greatness and this (The Worlds) is another one I’m looking to smash through.”

In addition to representing his country, Oberlton is a proud Philly fighter continuing the long, rich boxing tradition in the City of Brotherly Love, which has produced the likes ofBernard Hopkins, Mathew Saad Muhammad, Bennie Briscoe, Joey Giardello, Mike Rossman,James Shuler, Eugene Hart and so many more great fighters over the years.

“My city is known for its great boxing history and I wear ‘The City of Philadelphia’ on my back,” Oberlton added. “In a few more years down the line, I see myself leading the next wave of Philly boxers. In fact, I feel like I am the wave, proprio adesso, mentre parliamo. Tutti mi stanno guardando. Li renderò tutti orgogliosi, delle vecchie e delle giovani generazioni.

“Non sono stato in Russia e non vedo l'ora di andarci. È sempre bello vedere il mondo. Mi piace sempre tornare da dove vengo e cercare di convincere gli altri a vedere il mondo, perché è molto più grande del nostro quartiere».

Oberlton è come un camaleonte sul ring, cambiando continuamente e adattandosi al suo avversario. “Considero il mio stile come l'acqua,” ha concluso. "È ondulato perché mi adeguo per vincere, e posso battere qualsiasi stile. Posso superare in astuzia chiunque, combattere la mente sulla materia. La boxe è mentale per l'80%, 20-per cento fisico, e ho tutto.

“My short-term goal is to win gold at The Worlds and everything else leading to the Olympics. And winning no less than gold at the Olympics. My long-term goal is to be the greatest fighter to ever walk the universe.”

Confidence is definitely not a problem for Atif Oberlton.

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