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Hartford Boxing Promotions Announces inaugural show “Fight Night at the Capital”

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

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (Maj 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, Juni 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 “Skipper Skræk 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. “‘Popeye’ is 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. ‘Popeye’ is exciting to watch and very popular. Sharad is going to be like that, for.

 

 

“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 16th.”

 

 

Boxing’s roots in the Hartford market dates back nearly a full century, headlined by International Hall of Famers Willie “Will o’ the Wisp” Pep og Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, verden titel udfordrere Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega og Israel “snarere” Cardona, og 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. Jeg kan ikke vente!”

 

 

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), af 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. ‘Popeye’ is 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 16th.”

 

 

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.

 

 

Også kæmper på undercard, alt i fire-runde anfald, 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.

 

 

Alle kampe og krigere kan ændres.

 

 

Billetter, prissat til $80.00, $60.00 og $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, samt $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

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (April 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 “Skipper Skræk 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 Willie “Will o’ the Wisp” Pep og Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, verden titel udfordrere Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Iceman” John Scully og Israel “snarere” Cardona, og 1996 USA Olympic Boxing Team captain Lawrence Clay-Bey.

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Connecticut’s top all-time great fighters & Foxwoods’ best fights

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Torsdag, Juli 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. OG/5 p.m. PT
Mashantucket, CT (Juli 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 Torsdag, Juli 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KOS) faces former world champion Er “Konge” Soliman (44-13, 18 KOS) i det 10-round main event af Premier Boxing Champions på ESPN & ESPN.
Tv dækning begynder ved 8 p.m. OG/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 Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 KOS), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 og 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)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 KOS), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Jack Dempsey to gange; 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 NC, 19 KOS), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Donkraft “Bright Eyes” Delaney (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 “Tremendous” Travis Simms (28-1, 21 KOS), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Bad” Chad Dawson (33-4, 18 KOS) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (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).
Nr. 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) og udfordrer Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 runder, 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.
I 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th omgang, 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, highlighted by his 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50thcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill i 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, i deres 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, besejreZahir Raheem og Artur Grigorian og taber til Juan Diaz og 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 i 10th runde af deres 2011 kamp, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) i 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, og 114-113) i deres 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), og Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez i 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. og Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. I sin 15th pro kamp, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10th-runde TKO af 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 10th omgang.
Billetter til live event, der fremmes af DiBella Entertainment, er prissat til $150, $75 og $45, ikke herunder gældende gebyrer og afgifter, og er der tilbud nu. Billetter kan købes på www.ticketmaster.com og www.foxwoods.com eller ved at besøge Foxwoods’ Box Office. Sådan oplades via telefon, kalder Ticketmaster på (800) 745-3000.
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Direktør John Seip underskriver italiensk super mellemvægt udsigten Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

MIAMI (April 6, 2015) – Veteran boksning Manager John Seip har underskrevet højt dekoreret italiensk amatør bokser Daniel Mark Scardina til en eksklusiv ledelsesmæssig kontrakt.

 

Seip er bedst kendt for at lede Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin til World Boxing Organization (WBO) verden mellemvægt titel. De indfødte New Yorker også formår stigende britiske super mellemvægt Steed “The Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 KOS).

 

Den 21-årige Scardina kommer fra Rozzano, en by med mindre end 40,000 mennesker i Lombardiet. Han startede boksning i 2008 i en alder af 16, følgende i sin onkels fodspor som var en bokser dengang, samt Daniele rolle model.

 

Scardina, der havde 56 amatør anfald, erobrede toppen udmærkelse i mange italienske turneringer herunder Rovereto National, National Silver Glove, og to nationale Golden Gloves. Han vandt også en bronze medalje ved en international begivenhed.

 

I 2013, Han boksede for Italia Thunder Boxing Team i World Series of Boxing, vindende hans eneste match mod en tysk modstander.

 

Scardina først fangede Seip opmærksomhed på den verdensberømte 5th St. Gym i Miami Beach, oprindeligt åbnet i 1950 ved Chris Dundee, og hjemsted for utallige verdensmestre har trænet der bl.a. Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston og Willie Pep. De rige tradition fortsætter på det nye 5th St. Gym, placeret i nærheden på 1434 Alton Street, hvor top kæmpere fra hele verden, såsom Bernard Hopkins stadig træner.

 

“Jeg først så ham træne på 5th St. Gym og han lignede en typisk amatør,” Seip forklarede. “Han kastede brede stempler og vidste ikke, hvordan at kaste en god jab. Trænere Guy Laieta og Dino Spencer begyndte at arbejde sammen med ham og nu er han ved hjælp af sin rækkevidde, kæmpe på afstand, og kaster kombinationer af jabs og kroge. Han er passioneret omkring boksning, lytte og lære hver dag. Daniele har god hånd hastighed og kraft. Han er en smuk dreng, for. Jeg så noget i ham, immaterielle aktiver, og besluttede at underskrive ham.

 

“Dino er en ejer, der har skabt en top-notch fitnesscenter med stor sparring muligheder i en atmosfære featuring så mange talentfulde krigere, der virkelig skubber hinanden. Det er allerede klart, at Danielle har forbedret sit færdighedstræning der. Han er lang, hurtig og kraftfuld. Hans arbejdsmoral er utroligt; han er den første i gymnastiksalen, sidste til at forlade. Du kan ikke skade dette barn, enten. Vi tror alle, at han har en meget lys fremtid.”

 
Scardina hits tung taske på 5th St. Gym i Miami Beach

I modsætning krigere fra Rusland og tidligere Sovjet-blok nationer, såvel som dem fra Latinamerika, der kommer til USA for at etablere deres professionelle boksning karriere, Italiensk-fødte krigere sjældent har fulgt den samme rute som Scardina, som flyttede til Miami sidste år og sover på gulvet i sin brors lejlighed.

 

Den enlige italiensk-fødte verdensmester, der kæmpede professionelt i Amerika er Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KOS), der var WBC / WBA mellemvægt mester i 1979-1980. Antuofermo, selv, flyttede med sin familie til Brooklyn fra Puglia, Italien, da han var 17 og han lærte at bokse i Amerika.

 

“Jeg har altid ønsket at være en mester i Amerika,” Scardina sagde. “Det er den amerikanske drøm for mig. Jeg tror, ​​jeg vil have en stor chance i dette land for at være den største bokser, jeg kan være med den rette hjælp. John Seip er den rigtige leder for mig, fordi han mener, vi kan verdensmesterskabet sammen som et team.”

 

Scardina foretrukne boksere er Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux og Miguel Cotto. “Jeg arbejder på perfektion som en udenfor fighter og til de vigtigste mine arme tættere,” Scardina tilføjet. Jeg kæmper for at blive verdensmester.”

 

Scardina forventes at gøre sin pro debut i maj eller juni.

 

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