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JARON “BOOTS” ENNIS TRAININGSKAMP CITATEN EN FOTO'S

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***"Ik kom daar om een overwinning mee te nemen naar Philadelphia en er goed uit te zien, hoe dan ook,”- Ennis***

**Rising Welterweight Star Ennis Battles Voormalig wereldkampioen Sergey Lipinets zaterdag, April 10 Live op Showtime^® in een Premier Boxing Champions Event**

**Klik** **HIER** **Voor foto's van Amanda Westcott / Showtime**

**PHILADELPHIA** (April 1, 2021) - Ongeslagen weltergewicht **Jaron "Boots" Ennis** zal proberen zijn status als rijzende ster in de weltergewichtdivisie te versterken wanneer hij het opneemt tegen de ruige voormalig wereldkampioen **Sergey Lipinets** in een strijd van 12 ronden die de actie live op SHOWTIME zaterdag in de schijnwerpers zet, April 10 van Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. in een Premier Boxing Champions-evenement.

De 23-jarige Ennis staat in Lipinets voor de zwaarste concurrentie uit zijn carrière, als hij de ring betreedt tijdens zijn eerste SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING main event. Vertegenwoordigt de strijdstad Philadelphia, Ennis heeft sublieme bokskwaliteiten en kracht in beide handen gebruikt om zijn claim als de volgende grote kampioen van de stad te maken.

Ennis stelde een knock-outreeks van 16 gevechten samen, waaronder de eerste persoon die Juan Carlos Abreu tegenhield toen hij de oude uitdager in de zesde ronde in augustus uitschakelde. 2020. Ennis kon die reeks in december niet verlengen 2020, toen zijn gevecht tegen Chris van Heerden na de eerste ronde als no-contest werd verklaard vanwege een botsing van hoofden die een ernstige snee in het voorhoofd van Van Heerden veroorzaakte.

Opgeleid door zijn vader Bozy Ennis, Ennis deelde zijn mening over trainingskamp, Lipinets en meer hieronder:

***Over zijn eerste Showtime Championship Boxing-kaart:***

“Het heeft mijn schema een beetje gekker gemaakt. Deelnemen aan het hoofdevenement op SHOWTIME zorgt voor meer aandacht, maar ik vind het leuk. Ik vind het leuk om in de schijnwerpers te staan. Ik hou van stralen, dus het is niets nieuws voor mij. Nu is het tijd om te vechten. Ik ben opgesloten en klaar om te rocken en te rollen. "

***Op trainingskamp***:

“We doen altijd rondes van vier minuten in het kamp. Dat doe ik al sinds ik een baby was. Dat is nog een reden waarom ik niet ga zitten als ik vecht, omdat ik zo gewend ben aan de rondes van vier minuten. De rondes van drie minuten gaan heel snel voorbij op fight night. Een ding dat we aan dit kamp hebben toegevoegd, was het werk op de onderwaterloopband. "

***Over zijn laatste voorbereidingen:***

“De week voor het gevecht, we winden het af en scherpen aan. Het is een geweldig trainingskamp geweest. Ik word elke dag beter en beter, en ik kan niet wachten om aanstaande zaterdag op te treden. "

***Over zijn eerste voormalige wereldkampioen:***

"Hij is een goede vechter, maar het zegt me niets. Het is gewoon weer een dag op kantoor. Hij is een gewoon persoon, net als ieder ander. "

***Over Sergey noemde hem een ‘typische Philly-jager’:***

"Ik denk dat hij weet dat ik stoer ben, korrelig en ik ben klaar om te rommelen. Ik kom daar om een overwinning mee te nemen naar Philadelphia en er goed uit te zien, hoe dan ook. "

***Over zijn overweldigende kracht***:

"Ik denk niet dat ik mijn mannelijke kracht nog heb. Ik heb het gevoel dat het nog een of twee jaar zal duren voordat ik mijn mannelijke kracht volledig heb. Het gekke is, Ik heb zin in een gevecht, Ik heb nog steeds geen echt power shot gegooid en ben nog echt op een stoot gaan zitten. Alles waarmee ik jongens knock-out heb geslagen, is allemaal natuurlijke kracht geweest. "

***Over hoe hij zijn knock-out streak ziet***:

'Sommige mensen kijken misschien naar een knock-out in april 10 de 17^th opeenvolgende knock-out, sommigen zien het misschien als het begin van een nieuwe knock-outreeks. Voor mij, Het kan me niet echt schelen, zolang ik maar zegevierend naar buiten kom. Dat is het enige dat belangrijk voor mij is. Ik ben niet op zoek naar een knock-out, maar ik ga er wel tegen als het komt. "

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***OVER ENNIS VS. LIPINETS***
Ennis tegen. Lipinets zullen een rijzende ster met weltergewicht zien **Jaron "Boots" Ennis** geconfronteerd met voormalig wereldkampioen **Sergey Lipinets** in een showdown headliner-actie van 12 ronden, live op SHOWTIME Saturday, April 10 van Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. in een Premier Boxing Champions-evenement.

In de Showtime Championship Boxing co-functie, een paar hard-hitting welterweights vierkant af als **Eimantas Stanionis** neemt het op tegen de voormalige uitdager van de wereldtitel **Thomas Dulorme** in een 12-round WBA weltergewicht titel eliminator. De uitzending opener is voorzien van IBF Junior Bantamweight Wereldkampioen **Jerwin "Pretty Boy" Ancajas** de verdediging van zijn titel tegen **Jonathan Rodriguez** in een gevecht van 12 ronden.

Het evenement wordt gepromoot door TGB Promotions. Ennis tegen. Lipinets wordt gepromoot in samenwerking met D&D Boksen.

Voor meer informatie bezoek www.SHO.com/sports, www.PremierBoxingChampions.com, volgen op Twitter @ShowtimeBoxing, @PremierBoxing en @TGBPromotions op Instagram @ShowtimeBoxing, @PremierBoxing en @TGBPromotions of word een fan op Facebook op www.Facebook.com/SHOBoxing.

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

Februari 28, 2020 FNU47 Laat een reactie achter

*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 bij 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.

Een paar jaar geleden, 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 jaar, 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, scoring 20 touchdowns and gaining nearly 1700 yards as a Junior. Zijn jongere broer, a standout basketball player, also attended Archbishop Wood.

Wheelchair bound and unable to walk, Milton Sr., was embarrassed to go to his sons’ spelletjes. 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.”

Afgelopen mei, 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 – werk, 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.”

Maar eerst, another fight is on the horizon. A four-round, light-heavyweight contest with Angel Vasquez, van Springfield, MA, maart 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. Als de bel gaat, 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, Maart 27. Tickets geprijsd op $50, $75 en $125 zijn nu te koop, en kan worden gekocht door te bezoeken 2300arena.com of door te bellen naar 267-273-0945.

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UNDEFEATED WELTERWEIGHT SENSATION JARON ENNIS RETURNS TO FACE HARD-HITTING BAKHTIYAR EYUBOV FRIDAY, Januari 10 LEVEN OP Showtime

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

NEW YORK - December 17, 2019 – Undefeated welterweight sensation Jaron Ennis will make his 2020 debut against hard-hitting Bakhtiyar Eyubov on Friday, Januari 10 live op Showtime van Ocean Casino Resort in 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 de uitzending opener, 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.

Het evenement wordt gepromoot door Salita Promotions in samenwerking met T-REX Boksen Promotions. De Napoleon-Espinosa vs Cederroos strijd wordt bevorderd door Salita Promotions in samenwerking met 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: SPECIALE EDITIE.

Widely regarded as one of the top prospects in boxing, Ennis had two emphatic knockout victories on *ShoBox: The New Generation* in 2018. The Philadelphia native, die eigenaar is 10 first round knockouts and has yet to be pushed past the sixth round, was een opvallende amateur die de 2015 National Golden Gloves was ranked as the No. 1 amateur bij 141 pond voordat je pro wordt.

“I’m coming to make another statement to the welterweight division and the world,”Zei Ennis. “I’m going to let them know that I’m here and that 2020 mijn jaar zal zijn. 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.

Een toonaangevende productie team en aan te kondigen bemanning zal alle bezienswaardigheden te leveren, geluiden en drama van Atlantic City. Veteraan omroep Brian Custer zal de uitzending gastheer terwijl veelzijdige vechtsporten stem Mauro Ranallo de actie samen met Hall of Fame analist Al Bernstein en voormalig twee-divisie wereldkampioen Paulie Malignaggi op de eerste rang zullen noemen. Drie Hall of Famers ronden de SHOWTIME team aan te kondigen - Emmy bekroonde verslaggever Jim Gray, officieuze eerste rang scorer Steve Farhood en wereldberoemde ring omroeper Jimmy Lennon Jr. De uitvoerend producent van SHOWTIME BOKSEN: SPECIAL EDITION is David Dinkins, Jr. met Bob Dunphy regisseren. De uitzending zal beschikbaar zijn in het Spaans via Secundaire Audio Programming (SAP) met Alejandro Luna en voormalig wereldkampioen Raul Marquez het aanroepen van de actie.

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

Oktober 29, 2019 FNU47 Laat een reactie achter

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 (Oktober. 23, 2019) – Officially launching its third season and now at more than 8.2 million views, FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Aangedreven door Everlast heads back to “The Fighting City of Philadelphia” op vrijdag, Oktober. 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, promotors, corporate sponsors and the fighters themselves have such affection for FIGHTNIGHT LIVE as we head into Season III,” zei Mark Fratto, Principal en directeur bedrijfsontwikkeling, 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 en 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, Ziek. Two Philly-Favorites will see action in separate six-round junior welterweight bouts as Naim Nelson (13-4, 1 KO) neemt Roy McGill (6-3, 3 KO) of Harrisburg and Allen Jr. (15-1-1, 5 KO) gezichten Dieumerci Nzau (11-9, 8 KO) of Silver Spring, Md. Mathie (3-0, 2 KO) ontmoet veteraan 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) en 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 in de wereld,” zei 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 LIVE Powered by Everlast is the fan-friendly Facebook platform that – onder andere – is trots op de real-time gesprekken tussen vechtcommentatoren en het kijkende publiek. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE heeft meer dan 685 vechters en 19 promoties tijdens 43 live-evenementuitzendingen van 21 verschillende steden sinds mei 2017, en daarbij, het interactieve platform heeft de loyale interesse gewekt van vechtfans uit de hele Verenigde Staten en de rest van de wereld, waaronder een aanzienlijk publiek in Mexico, het Verenigd Koninkrijk en andere delen van Europa, en zelfs fans in Zuid-Amerika, Azië en Australië.

Sinds mei 2017, the numbers on the 43-show FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series have shown promise and potential for the platform with an average of191,199 weergaven per evenement enmeer dan 8.2 miljoen keer bekekenvoor de franchise. From Sept. to Aug. 2019, 25 FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Season II showsreached more than 6.5 million fansenaveraged more than 263,000 keer bekeken.
De sept. 2018 “Kings Boxing Tuesday Night Fights” (594,447) van de Sands in Bethlehem, juni 2019 “CES Comeback at Foxwoods” (428,887), the Dec. 2018 “Queens and Kings of Queens Card” (379,758) in New York, de nov. 2018 “Hard-Hitting Showtime-samenwerking” (372,662), the Dec. 2018 “Roy Jones Jr. Texas Throwdown” (318,886), de okt. 2018 “Hard Hitting Philly Special” (297,545), de mei 2019 “Murphys Open MGM Springfield” (296,078), de okt. 2018 uur durende Bareknuckle “Freeview” (292,253), the Aug. 2019 “Murphys Boxing Encore” (260,188), de nov. 2018 “Titanen in de hoofdstad” (256,871) en de mars 2019 Murphys Boxing “St. Patrick's Day Clash” (252,065) allemaal ingelogd 250,000 of meer weergaven, and collectively the 43-show series has seen a total of more than8,221,593 weergaven op alle apparaten.
In aanvulling op de ruwe kijkers nummers, de volledig interactieve, fan-vriendelijke producties hebben gezienexactly 490,000 collectieve live-bericht engagementen (meer dan 11,300 per show), waaronder meer dan 375,000 “sympathieën” of “houdt,” almost 68,000 opmerkingen en meer dan 23,000 aandelen.
De sept. 2018 “Kings Boxing Tuesday Night Fights” van de Sands in Bethlehem zet een nieuwe lat met594,447 keer bekeken. De sept. 2017 DiBella-kaartzaagmeer dan 40,000 interacties van de kijker inclusief bijna 39,000 “sympathieën” of “houdt” en de mars 17, 2018, Murphy's “St. Patrick's Day Clash” zet een nieuwe hoogwaterlijn voordeelt met 2,182.
De FIGHTNIGHT LIVE-pagina op Facebook heeft meer dan90,000 fans en meer dan100,000 volgers.

Gemaakt en geproduceerd door Linacre Media van New York City, de fightnight LIVE-serie is voorzien van professionele omroepers, meerdere camerahoeken, televisie graphics, replays en achter de schermen toegang en interviews. De gestreamde programma's zijn wereldwijd beschikbaar waar Facebook is beschikbaar. Het initiatief maakt niet alleen fans van over de hele wereld om af te stemmen, maar geeft ook up-and-coming-strijders een wereldwijd platform om hun vaardigheden te demonstreren, geeft promotors een toegankelijke “uitzending” oplossing en geeft sponsors de mogelijkheid om een groot publiek te bereiken via branded content. Additional FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Fall and Winter 2019 data zal officieel worden aangekondigd in de komende weken.

Fightnight Live is online beschikbaar op: https://www.facebook.com/FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE/ Follow all the action via social media at FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE op Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and @FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ op Twitter, or by using the hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Voor de laatste Linacre Media events en uitzendschema, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents of #LinacreMediaOnTV. Over Everlast Worldwide Inc..Sindsdien hét merk in het boksen 1910, Everlast is 's werelds toonaangevende fabrikant, marketeer en licentiegever van boksen, MMA en fitnessapparatuur. Van legendarische kampioenen Jack Dempsey en Sugar Ray Robinson aan huidige supersterren Deontay Wilder en Dustin Poirier, Everlast is het merk bij uitstek voor generaties wereldkampioenen professionele atleten. Gebouwd op een sterk merkerfgoed, toewijding, individualiteit en authenticiteit, Everlast is een noodzakelijk onderdeel van het leven van talloze kampioenen. Gevestigd in Manhattan, De producten van Everlast worden verkocht in meer dan 75 landen en 6 continenten. Voor meer informatie, bezoekwww.everlast.com.

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

September 19, 2019 FNU47 Laat een reactie achter

PHILADELPHIA — Voor 50 jaar, J Russell Peltz has lived and breathed boxing. Op oktober 4, he will celebrate his Golden Anniversary as a Philadelphia promoter with an eight-bout card titled “Blood, Sweat & 50 Jaar,” bij de 2300 Arena. Sinds sept. 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, gevechten, 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. Zijn vader, 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. Zijn vader, 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, zijn vader, 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.

Bij 72 jaar oud, 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.

Uiteindelijk, 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,” hij ging verder, 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 van hen, 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.”

Over de jaren, 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 in Beijing, China.

“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. Je weet waarom? 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.”

Nummer een, hij voegde toe, 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 “Liefde, Sweat & 50 Jaar,” 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,” hij zegt. “It’s not like it used to be. Guys just wanted to fight. If guys were within 10 pounds we had a fight.”

Op oktober 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 jaar. 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 jaar.

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Tickets naar “Peltz Boxing 50th Anniversary Celebration” are priced $50, $70 en $90. They can be purchased online at www.2300arena.com of door te bellen naar 215-758-2173 and/or 215-765-0922. Deuren open om 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

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*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. Op oktober. 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, in het main event. Padilla, who is promoted by 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 WK-gevechten.

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, van Philadelphia, and Tito Marshall, of 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, South America, the Orient–I cannot believe it’s been half a century.”

Roze: “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.”

Tickets naar “Peltz Boxing 50th Anniversary Celebration” are priced $50, $70 en $90. They can be purchased online at www.2300arena.com of door te bellen naar 215-758-2173 and/or 215-765-0922. Deuren open om 6:30 pm and first bout is at 7:30 pm.

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Atif Oberlton representing City of Brotherly Love all the way to the World Championships

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Ronde. (Augustus 22, 2019) – There’s a new rising force on the international boxing scene and his name is Atif Oberlton, a light heavyweight from Philadelphia, who is on a mission to make a name for himself in boxing.

Oberlton will be competing at the Elite Men’s World Championships, September 7-21, in Yekaterinburg, Rusland.

Lacking confidence is not an issue for the 21-year-old boxer who claims, “It’s very important for me to do well and win at the Worlds, because I know for a fact that, in my heart, I’m the best fighter in the world. Also, I’m new on the international scene, so it’s time for me to give a piece of what they’ve been missing.”

Oberlton started boxing at the age of nine, although he didn’t start competing until he was 14, because he was the only boy in his family, and his father wanted him to learn how to defend himself. Like so many of his teammates, he fell in love with boxing.

In the last five years, Oberlton has captured gold medals at the 2018 en 2016 Nationale Golden Gloves toernooi, 2018 Eastern Elite Qualifier en 2014 National Junior Olympics. He also was a victor in the USA vs. Netherlands Dual.

“My greatest accomplishment so far is making Team USA and being where I’m at, because for years and years I was denied, and here I am today in the top spot where I belong. I’m a top-spot fighter, dus ik verdien het, en ik legde eersteklas werk neer, te"

Overlton heeft zijn voordeel gedaan met training in Colorado Springs in de VS.. Olympisch trainingscentrum, waar hij vanaf dag één verbetering heeft laten zien, zijn vaardigheden aanscherpen om een complete bokser te worden.

“Conditionering speelt een grote rol bij mijn verbetering; ook verschillende stijlen zien, en het krijgen van topwerk heeft mij verheven,”Hij sprak over training als lid van Team USA. “Ik doorbreek altijd nieuwe barrières op de weg naar grootsheid en dit (De wereld's) is een andere waar ik doorheen wil breken. "

Naast het vertegenwoordigen van zijn land, Oberlton is een trotse Philly-jager die lang doorgaat, rijke bokstraditie in de City of Brotherly Love, die heeft geproduceerdBernard 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, nu, as we speak. Everyone’s watching me. I will do them all proud, from both the old and young generations.

“I haven’t been to Russia and I’m looking forward to going there. It’s always good to see the world. I always like to go back where I’m from and try to convince others to see the world, because it’s much bigger than our neighborhood.”

Oberlton is like a chameleon in the ring, constant aan het veranderen en aanpassen aan zijn tegenstander. “Ik beschouw mijn stijl als water,”Concludeerde hij. "Het is golvend omdat ik me aanpas om te winnen, en ik kan elke stijl verslaan. Ik kan iedereen te slim af zijn, de geest bevechten over materie. Boksen is voor 80 procent mentaal, 20-procent fysiek, en ik heb het allemaal.

“Mijn doel op korte termijn is om goud te winnen bij The Worlds en al het andere dat naar de Olympische Spelen leidt. En niet minder dan goud winnen op de Olympische Spelen. Mijn langetermijndoel is om de beste vechter te zijn die ooit door het universum heeft bewandeld. "

Zelfvertrouwen is voor Atif Oberlton zeker geen probleem.

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