The evening card of another Granite Chin day-night doubleheader (separate admissions) is headlined by the 10-round main event for the vacant NABA United States Heavyweight Championship between Vukosa (13-1, 5 كوس) who will possibly be fighting for the final time – win, تفقد أو رسم — and reigning New England heavyweight champion Marshall.
Vukosa, fighting of out Quincy, MA, is a former WBC U.S. Heavyweight Champion, which he captured in 2019 when he won an 8-round unanimous decision against جو كوسومانو (18-2, 16 كوس). During his 20-year pro boxing career, Vukosa’s gained invaluable experience sparring at the famed Wild Card Boxing gym in Los Angeles as a sparring partner for world champions جيمس توني, ايفاندر هوليفيلد و فلاديمير كليتشكو. He’s also driven a bus for the past 15 years for the Mass Bay Transportation Authority, ابتداء من الساعة 4 عصرا. and finishing around 2 صباحا, after which he does his run in. But he’s now 44 with a wife and three children and his boxing clock is ticking.
“I’m still fighting because I love it,” Vukosa explained. “It’s hard to walk away from something you’re good at. This one fight and it could be the end. My wife will be happy. My body is starting to fall apart: أيادي, back and knees. They’ve been killing me. I used to be quick and fast, now I’m slow. I just want to have a good fight, فاز, or lose, but I want to win. I really enjoyed by days at Wild Card, those sparring sessions were like real fights, and my amateur days with trainer Jimmy Farrell.
“I saw my opponent when he won the New England title, I was impressed. (متعهد)كريس (Traietti) called asking if I’d fight him, I accepted because I like to fight and a good challenge. I’m looking forward to the fight.”
The 36-year-old Marshall, fighting out of Danbury, CT, has won his last two fights, both on Granite Chin shows at the same venue as his upcoming match with Vukosa, including his N.E. title-winning performance last November against Justin “Crazy Train” Rolfe. Marshall isn’t looking at his opponent as over the hill because of Vukosa’s advance age, but he does plan to make a statement that, نأمل, will get him positive exposure outside of New England.
“I know he’s a veteran pugilist, a pupil of Hall of Fame trainer فريدي روتش, who was an awesome fighter in his own right,” Marshall remarked. "هذه هي الملاكمة, أي شيء يمكن أن يحدث. My job is to prepare for anything. I’ve had the best quality sparring in house with the No. 1 amateur heavyweight, فيرنلي فيليكس, الابن. My team works very hard, My manger, A.J. جالانت, asked me to be sharper in my last fight (3-round KO of تريسي جونسون في شهر أبريل الماضي), so I did what he asked me to do. My cornerman Austin Ampeoquio keeps me sharp with the mitts, and my head coaches David McDonough و Bennie ‘The Jet’ Little do a good job pushing me as well.
“I know Steve comes to fight and I’m looking forward to an exciting night of boxing. We are two warriors going toe-to-toe in the ring, putting on a show for boxing fans who really enjoy the sport of boxing, not this YouTube celebrity garbage that’s going on right now.”
“Steve ran into some bad luck after the Cusumano win,” Granite Chin president Chris Traietti commented. “A few fights fell through, then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. We literally had a fight in Germany fall out the day we were set to leave for the airport. After that we lost a lot of the steam from the Cusamano fight and kind of had to reassess. He picked up a tune-up fight a few months ago, but we now have to either regain some momentum by winning a fight like this or finally have Steve ride off into the sunset. This fight with Marshall will be no picnic. He has burst upon the local scene with some impressive performances.
“Like many coming to the fight, I have no idea how this fight shakes out, which makes for a great main event. One thing I will say, despite what Steve like to make people believe, in the event he wins this fight, it won’t be his final fight. Zero chance of that! If Marshall wins, I have no doubt he will get a television fight in the very near future on a major network.”
In the 8-round co-featured event, N.E السابق. heavyweight champion Rolfe (5-2-1, 4 كوس), من فيرفيلد, أنا, will takes on Mexican challenger Jose Humberto “Olimpico” Corral (20-26, 12 كوس) for the vacant ABF Atlantic heavyweight title.
New England welterweight champion Mike “Bad Man” Ohan, الابن. (12-1, 6 كوس), fighting out of Holbrook, MA, will defend his title in an 8-round match against upset-mindedTyrone “Hands of Stone” Luckey (13-14-4 (9 كوس).
Undefeated Holyoke, MA وزن الوسط Denzel “Double Impact” Whitley (4-0, 3 كوس) will be in his first scheduled 6-rounder versus Anthony Andreozzi (0-1), of Swansea, MA. Indianapolis junior welterweight Dewayne Wisdom will be in his 66عشر pro fight against نيلسون "تشينو" بيريز (2-0, 2 كوس) in a 6-rounder.
Also slated to be in action on the undercard, all in 4-round bouts, is Weymouth, MA وزن الوسط Eric “Gladiator” Goff (1-0) مقابل. Aquilando Brandao (0-3), Holyoke junior middleweight Carlos Abel Castillo (1-0, 1 KO) مقابل. Jay Gregory (0-3), برن, متوسط الوزن MA Julien “Black Dragon” Baptiste (2-0, 2 كوس) مقابل. رودريغو ألميدا (2-10, 2 كوس), فرامنغهام, الوزن الثقيل الخفيف MA Saul “Spider” Almeida (0-13-4) مقابل. الموالية للظهور لأول مرة Steve Sumpter, لورانس, MA خفيفة الوزن Kevin Rodriguez (0-1) وجوه Ryan Venable (2-4), مهزوم بورتو المتوسط سوبر ريكى Jelame غارسيا (7-0, 6 كوس) مقابل. Larry “Slo Mo” Smith (12-47-2, 8 كوس), ووستر (MA) 3-time New England Golden Gloves champion Demek “Hightower” Edmonds (1-0, 1 KO) مقابل. الموالية للظهور لأول مرة Wallace Nass Silva.
The pro segment of the afternoon’s Pro-Am card will be headlined by ABF Atlantic Cruiserweight Champion Yan “Wild Thing” Pellerin (11-1, 5 كوس) defending his title against Lewiston, ME challenger Cristiano Pedro, fighting out by way of Angola, in an 8-round fight.
Other pro fights, all 4-rounders, include Canadian heavyweight Alexis Barriere (1-0, 1 KO) مقابل. New York’s pro-debuting Andrew Nolan, ميثوين (MA), وزن خفيف الثقيلأندرو بيريز in his pro debut vs. Jesus Cintron (1-18-2), سبرينغفيلد (MA) السوبر خفيفة الوزن Ian “Dinamite” Garcia (0-0-1) مقابل. آندي أيلو (1-4-1), بريدجووتر, MA, New York light heavyweight Scott Lampert (1-2, 1 KO) مقابل. Yhago Goncalves (0-3), of Portsmouth (أنا) by way of Brazil, and Springfield’s pro-debuting super middleweightLaurent Humes vs.pro-debuting Philipe Martins, of Marlborough, MA.
The inaugural “Granite Chin Invitational” tournament, pitting some of the best amateur boxers in New England in the semifinals round, in the USA Boxing-sanctioned event during the afternoon portion of the day-night doubleheader. The semifinals winners will advance to the tournament’s championship final August 28عشر at New England Sports Center.
Some of the top N.E. amateur boxers expected to compete include 2021 USA National Championships gold medalist Arika Skoog, NE مرتين. Golden Gloves champion out of Newton (MA); 2-time N.E. بطل القفاز الذهبي Tashawn Ward, a featherweight from Providence (RI); وmiddleweights James Maner, 2019 لا هذا ولا ذاك. Golden Gloves champion from Providence, and 2-time N.E. بطل القفاز الذهبي Mike Fontanez, of Nashua (N.H).
تذاكر تقدم أسعارا منخفضة وبسعر $25.00 (Day Show) / $40.00 (Night Show) for general seating (unassigned). Unassigned ringside seating will be available at $35.00 per seat during the day show. The night show will offer ringside tables (assigned and seats 4) إلى $300.00 and are available to purchase online at www.ticketriver.com(بحث: Granite Chin Invitational for the day show, Breakout for night show).
الأبواب مفتوحة في 12:15 عصرا. وو 7:15 عصرا. و (ليل) with the first bouts, على التوالي, في 12:30 عصرا. وو 7:30 عصرا. و.
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