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Hartford Boxing Promotions Announces inaugural showFight Night at the Capital

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Richard “Popeye” Rivera to headline & Amateur star Sharad Collier turning pro
Mehefin 16 at Xfinity Centre in Hartford, CT

(L-R) – Sharad Collier, promoter/trainer Tony Blanco & Richard Rivera

HARTFORD, Conn. (Mai 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, Mehefin 16, at Xfinity Centre in Hartford, Connecticut.

 

 

Boxing trainer Tony Blanco and his Hartford Boxing Center gym partner, Michael Tran, have teamed with their undefeated light heavyweight prospect, Richard “Popeye Y Sailor Man” Rivera (7-0, 6 Kos), to form Hartford Boxing Promotions.

 

 

I’m excited about the entire card and providing a platform for some of the best amateurs in recent Connecticut boxing history to fight,” Blanco said. “‘Popeyeis in the main event. He’s sparred against world champions and each experience has given him more confidence. He’s on his way to greatness. We’re also showcasing (‘The Special One’) Sharad Collier in his pro debut. This kid is something special. Richard is exactly what Hartford needs, somebody youngster can look up to as a role model. ‘Popeyeis exciting to watch and very popular. Sharad is going to be like that, hefyd.

 

 

I’m thrilled to partner with Richard and Michael to bring boxing back to Hartford, which is a hotbed for boxing, and it has a rich boxing history. There’s a lot of talent here right now and fans will see that June 16fed.”

 

 

Boxing’s roots in the Hartford market dates back nearly a full century, headlined by International Hall of Famers WillieWill othe WispPep ac ChristopherBattlingBattalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, cystadleuwyr teitl y byd GasparEl IndioOrtega ac Israel “yn hytrach” Cardona, ac 1996 USA Olympic Boxing Team captain Lawrence Clay-Bey.

 

 

The hardest hitter in New England, rising star Rivera will defend his Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) New England light heavyweight title in the eight-round main event versus an opponent to be determined.

 

 

 

I’m blessed to help bring boxing back to Hartford,” Rivera commented. “I’m honored to headline our first show, Fans will see good boxing and be entertained. I’m going to put on a good performance on an exciting night. Alla i ddim aros!”

 

 

The 21-yer-old Collard, fighting out of Hartford like Rivera, will be competing in the National Golden Gloves Championships, starting May 14th in Omaha, Nebraska, before returning home to turn pro in a four-round Special Junior Welterweight Attraction versus Carlos Galindo (0-2), o Woburn, Massachusetts.

 

 

Tony is like my second father and I’m grateful to him for allowing me to make my pro debut in my hometown,” Collier remarked. “I’m bringing a big fan-base and I’m going to put on a show. I’m familiar with a lot of fighters on this card. ‘Popeyeis like my big brother. We train and have traveled together as amateurs. We motivate each other. I’m going to try and get a faster knockout than him June 16fed.”

 

 

Undefeated Danbury, CT lightweight Omar “The Beast” Bordoy, Jr. (5-0, 1 KO) in his first scheduled six-rounder vs. Alexander “El Bravo” Picot (2-5-1), fighting out of Hartford by way of Puerto Rico.

 

 

Also fighting on the undercard, i gyd mewn pyliau pedwar-rownd, are Hartford featherweight Luis “Lobito” Rivera (4-3) vs. Phillip Davis (1-1-1), of Worcester, MA; pro-debuting New Haven, CT lightweight Anuel Rosa vs. Cleveland’s Roger Blankenship (1-3), New Britain, CT featherweight Nathan Martinez in his professional debut vs. New Bedford’s (MA)Henry Garcia (1-0), Hartford lightweight Jose Maysonette vs. Justin Morales, of New Bedford, in a battle of pro-debut fighters, and another pair of pro debut fighters, Bridgeport, CT featherweight Jacob marrero vs. Jimmy Santiago, of New York City.

 

 

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Tocynnau, Pris $80.00, $60.00 ac $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, yn ogystal â $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

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Hartford Boxing Promotions To launch this summer

(L-R) – Michael Tran, Richard Rivera & Tony Blanco

HARTFORD, Conn. (Ebrill 4, 2018) – Professional boxing’s newest promotional company, Hartford Boxing Promotions, has announced its official formation, as well as tentative plans calling for its inaugural event this summer in Hartford.

 

 

 

Boxing trainer Tony Blanco and his Hartford-based House of Boxing gym partner, Michael Tran, have teamed with their undefeated light heavyweight prospect, Richard “Popeye Y Sailor Man” Rivera (6-0, 5 Kos), to form Hartford Boxing Promotions. Rivera is one of the best and most popular pro fighters in New England.

 

 

 

We want to bring boxing back to Hartford,” Blanco addressed why they founded this new promotional company. “Hartford is a hotbed of boxing. There’s a lot of talent here and Hartford has a rich boxing history.

 

 

 

We hope to promote our first show on June 16th, subject to Connecticut Boxing Commission approval, at Xfinity Theatre in Hartford. It’s owned by Live Nation and has been used only as a concert hall, but it has an old-school feel and will be an awesome venue for boxing. We’re excited about promoting events in this new venue for boxing.

 

 

 

Boxing’s roots in the Hartford market dates back nearly a full century, headlined by International Hall of Famers WillieWill othe WispPep ac ChristopherBattlingBattalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, cystadleuwyr teitl y byd GasparEl IndioOrtega, “Iceman” John Scully ac Israel “yn hytrach” Cardona, ac 1996 USA Olympic Boxing Team captain Lawrence Clay-Bey.

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Connecticut’s top all-time great fighters & Foxwoodsbest fights

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MASHANTUCKET, CT (Gorffennaf 19, 2016) — Connecticut may not have equal status with New York City or Las Vegas in terms of being a fight capital, but the Nutmeg State has produced five Hall-of-Famers with Foxwoods Resort Casino, located in Mashantucket, CT, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on Dydd Iau, Gorffennaf 21, as rising middleweight contender SergiyThe Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 Kos) faces former world champion Ydw “Brenin” Soliman (44-13, 18 Kos) yn y prif ddigwyddiad o 10-rownd o Hyrwyddwyr Bocsio Premier ar ESPN & ESPN.
Sylw ar y teledu yn dechrau am 8 p.m. A/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 Kos) and California’s Paul Mendez (19-2-2, 9 Kos).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late WillieWill ‘o the WispPep (229-11-1, 65 Kos), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 ac 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Sandy Saddler.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)GeneThe Fighting MarineTunney (65-1-1, 48 Kos), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Jack Dempsey ddwywaith; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Louis “Kid” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 Kos), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom (222-42-31, 2 CC, 19 Kos), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Jack “Bright EyesDelaney (73-11-2, 43 Kos), who was born in Canada but lived in Bridgeport.
Over the year, many other Connecticut fighters have made an impact on the sport including Hartford’s NBA featherweight champion Battling Battalino (57-26-3, 26 Kos), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist Marlon “Magic Man” Starling (45-6-12, 27 Kos), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion TremendousTravis Simms (28-1, 21 Kos), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Drwg” Chad Dawson (33-4, 18 Kos) and world welterweight contender GasparEl IndioOrtega (131-29-6, 69 Kos), Stamford’s world No. 1-ranked welterweight Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 Kos), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Lawrence Clay-Bey (21-3-1, 16 Kos).
The No. 1 Foxwoods fight of all-time, held on April 16, 2011, was also promoted by DiBella Entertainment, and was selected as the 2011 Ring Magazine and BWAA Fight of the Year. Defending champion Andre Berto (27-0) ac cystadleuydd Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 rowndiau, each getting dropped twice, with Ortiz winning a hard-fought decision (114-111, 114-112, 115-110) for the WBC welterweight title.
A close second place is the 2003 BWAA Fight of the Year, in which future Hall-of-FamerJames Toney (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Vassiliy Jirov. The action started days earlier at the pre-fight press conference when a skirmish erupted as tables were overturned and glasses thrown. The animosity continued between the two fighters and their respective camps right up to the final bell. Previously undefeated, Jirov (31-0) started fast but faded, getting decked in the final round.
Yn 2004, New England favorite Scott “The SandmanPemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12fed rownd, come-from-behind knockout of always-tough Omar Sheika in a rematch of a previous draw, for a regional super middleweight title.
Two other N.E. fan favorites who fought regularly at Foxwoods were multiple-time world champion Vinny Paz (Pazienza during his boxing career), fighting out of Cranston, RI, and New Bedford’s all-action “Sucra” Ray Oliveira. Paz had a 13-3 record at Foxwoods, a amlygwyd gan ei 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50fedcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill mewn 2004. Oliveira was only 6-7-1 fighting at Foxwoods, but he faced nothing but iron and he did defeat a world champion, Vince Phillips, yn eu 2000 non-title fight that produced the second-most total punches (2,989) recorded at that time.
Brazilian boxing fans always turned out in force when countryman Acelino “Butt” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, curoZahir Raheem ac Artur Grigorian a cholli i Juan Diaz ac Diego Corrales.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion Andy Leecoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan yn y 10fed rownd o'u 2011 frwydr, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) yn y 12fed round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, ac 114-113) yn eu 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), ac Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez mewn 1997 (Quartey was originally awarded a win by majority decision, but a scoring error was discovered and the fight was ruled a majority draw).
Two of the greatest boxers in modern boxing history, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. ac Roy Jones, Jr, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Yn ei 15fed pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10fed-TKO rownd o Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Shane Mosley successfully defended his title against Jesse James Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10fed rownd.
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Rheolwr John Seip yn llofnodi Eidaleg obaith uwch ganol Daniele Marco Scardina

(L-R) – Daniel Mark Scardina a John Seip

 

MIAMI (Ebrill 6, 2015) – Rheolwr bocsio Cyn-filwr John Seip Mae llofnodi addurnedig iawn bocsiwr amatur Eidalaidd Daniel Mark Scardina i gytundeb rheoli unigryw.

 

Seip yn fwyaf adnabyddus am arwain Peter “Siocled Kid” Quillin i Sefydliad Bocsio Byd (WBO) Teitl Canol y byd. Mae'r Efrog Newydd frodorol hefyd yn rheoli codi ganol super Prydeinig Steed “Y Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Kos).

 

Mae'r 21-mlwydd-oed Scardina hanu o Rozzano, tref o lai na 40,000 pobl yn Nhalaith Milan. Dechreuodd bocsio mewn 2008 yn oed o 16, yn dilyn yn ôl troed ei ewythr a oedd yn focsiwr ar y pryd, yn ogystal â model rôl Daniele yn.

 

Scardina, a oedd wedi 56 pyliau amatur, anrhydedd uchaf eu dal yn niferus twrnameintiau Eidaleg cynnwys y National Rovereto, Faneg Arian cenedlaethol, a dau Menig Golden Cenedlaethol. Mae hefyd ennill medal efydd mewn digwyddiad rhyngwladol.

 

Yn 2013, ef mewn bocsys ar gyfer y Tîm Paffio Italia Thunder yn y Cyfres Byd Bocsio, gan ennill ei unig gêm yn erbyn gwrthwynebydd Almaeneg.

 

Dal Scardina sylw Seip yn gyntaf yn y byd enwog 5fed St. Campfa yn Miami Beach, Agorwyd wreiddiol yn 1950 gan Chris Dundee, ac yn gartref i bencampwyr y byd di-ri wedi eu hyfforddi yno gynnwys Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston ac Willie Pep. Mae'r traddodiad cyfoethog yn parhau yn y newydd 5fed St. Gampfa, a leolir gerllaw yn 1434 Stryd Alton, lle mae diffoddwyr gorau o bob cwr o'r byd, megis Bernard Hopkins yn dal yn hyfforddi.

 

“Cyntaf i mi ei weld yn hyfforddi yn y 5fed St. Campfa a roedd yn edrych fel amatur nodweddiadol,” Esboniodd Seip. “Taflodd gyda'r gorau o led ac nid oeddent yn gwybod sut i daflu pigiad da. Trainers Guy Laieta ac Dino Spencer Dechreuodd weithio gydag ef ac yn awr ei fod yn defnyddio ei gyrraedd, ymladd o bell, a thaflu cyfuniadau o bigiadau a bachau. Mae'n angerddol am bocsio, gwrando a dysgu bob dydd. Daniele Mae cyflymder dwylo da a phŵer. Mae'n blentyn golygus, hefyd. Gwelais rywbeth ynddo ef, eitemau anniriaethol, a phenderfynodd i lofnodi iddo.

 

“Dino yn berchennog sydd wedi creu campfa o'r radd flaenaf gyda chyfleoedd sparring gwych mewn awyrgylch yn cynnwys cymaint o ddiffoddwyr talentog sydd wir yn gwthio ei gilydd. Mae'n eisoes yn amlwg bod Danielle wedi gwella ei hyfforddiant sgiliau yno. Mae'n hir, cyflym a phwerus. Mae ei etheg gwaith yn anhygoel; ef yw'r cyntaf yn y gampfa, olaf i adael. Ni allwch brifo plentyn hwn, naill ai. Rydym i gyd yn credu bod ganddo ddyfodol disglair iawn.”

 

Scardina hits trwm-bag yn 5ed St. Campfa yn Miami Beach

Yn wahanol i ddiffoddwyr o Rwsia a chyn cenhedloedd Sofietaidd-bloc, yn ogystal â'r rhai o America Ladin sy'n dod i'r Unol Daleithiau i sefydlu eu gyrfaoedd bocsio proffesiynol, Diffoddwyr Eidaleg-eni anaml wedi dilyn yr un llwybr ag y Scardina, a symudodd i Miami llynedd ac yn cysgu ar lawr fflat ei frawd.

 

Yn bencampwr y byd Eidalaidd-eni unigol a frwydrodd yn broffesiynol yn America yn Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Kos), pwy oedd y pencampwr WBC canol / WBA mewn 1979-1980. Antuofermo, er bod, Symudodd gyda'i deulu i Brooklyn o Puglia, Yr Eidal pan oedd yn 17 a dysgodd sut i flwch yn America.

 

“Rwyf wastad wedi eisiau bod yn bencampwr yn America,” Dywedodd Scardina. “Dyna freuddwyd Americanaidd i mi. Rwy'n meddwl y bydd gen i gyfle gwych yn y wlad hon i fod y paffiwr mwyaf gallaf fod gyda chymorth cywir. Mae John Seip yw'r rheolwr iawn i mi oherwydd ei fod yn credu y gallwn yn y byd bencampwriaeth gyda'i gilydd fel tîm.”

 

Hoff bocswyr Scardina yn Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux ac Miguel Cotto. “Dw i'n gweithio ar berffeithrwydd fel ymladdwr tu allan ac i brif fy mreichiau agosach,” Ychwanegodd Scardina. Im 'yn ymladd i ddod yn bencampwr y byd.”

 

Disgwylir Scardina i wneud ei ymddangosiad cyntaf pro Mai neu Fehefin hwn.

 

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