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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
Xuño 16 at Xfinity Centre in Hartford, CT

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

HARTFORD, Conner. (Maio 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, Xuño 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 The 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. “‘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, moi.

 

 

“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 e Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, challengers título mundial Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega e Israel “máis” Cardona, e 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. Eu non podo esperar!”

 

 

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), de 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.

 

 

Also fighting on the undercard, todo en catro redondas Bouts, are Hartford featherweight Luís “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.

 

 

Todas as loitas e os loitadores están suxeitos a modificación.

 

 

Ingresos, prezo de $80.00, $60.00 e $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, así como $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

As portas abren ás 6 p.m. E, primeira loita comeza ás 7 p.m. E.

 

 

Sponsors include Hot 93.7 FM, Hartford Boxing Center, Foster Buddies Network and HBC ProShop.

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Hartford Boxing Promotions To launch this summer

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

HARTFORD, Conner. (Abril 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 The 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 Willie “Will o’ the Wisp” Pep e Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, challengers título mundial Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Sorveteiro” John Scully e Israel “máis” Cardona, e 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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Xoves, Xullo 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. E/5 p.m. PT
Mashantucket, CT (Xullo 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 Xoves, Xullo 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 Kos) faces former world champion Son “Rei” Soliman (44-13, 18 Kos) no principal evento de 10 rolda de Premier Boxeo League en ESPN & ESPN.
Cobertura televisada comeza en 8 p.m. E/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 Kos) and California’s Paul Méndez (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 e 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 dúas veces; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) campión Louis “Miúdo” 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) Toma “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 “Malo” 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).
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) e challenger Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 rounds, 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.
En 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th redondo, 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 en 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, na súa 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 “Bumbum” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, derrotandoZahir Raheem e Artur Grigorian e perder a Juan Diaz e Diego Currais.
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 no 10th rolda da súa 2011 loita, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) no 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, e 114-113) na súa 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), e Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez en 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. e Roy Jones, Jr, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Na súa 15th pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10th-TKO rolda de 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 redondo.
Os ingresos para o evento en directo, que é promovido pola DiBella Entertainment, custa $150, $75 e $45, non incluíndo encargos de servizo aplicables e os impostos, e xa están á venda. Os billetes están dispoñibles no www.ticketmaster.com e www.foxwoods.com ou a visitar o Foxwoods’ Taquilla. Para cargar por teléfono, chame a Ticketmaster (800) 745-3000.
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Director John Seip asina italiano super-medios perspectiva Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

MIAMI (Abril 6, 2015) – Empresario de boxeo Veteran John Seip asinou altamente condecorado boxeador afeccionado italiano Daniel Mark Scardina para un contrato exclusivo de xestión.

 

Seip é máis coñecido por orientador Peter “Chocolate Kid” Quillin a Organización Mundial de Boxeo (WBO) título dos medios do mundo. O nativo de New Yorker tamén xestiona subindo británico super-medios Corcel “O Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Kos).

 

The 21-year-old Scardina vén de Rozzano, unha cidade de menos de 40,000 de persoas na provincia de Milán. Empezou o boxeo en 2008 coa idade de 16, seguindo os pasos do seu tío, que foi un boxeador, nese momento, así como modelo de Daniele.

 

Scardina, que tiña 56 loitas afeccionadas, honores mellores capturados en numerosos torneos italianas, incluíndo o National Rovereto, Luva de Prata Nacional, e dúas Luvas de Ouro Nacionais. Tamén gañou unha medalla de bronce en evento internacional.

 

En 2013, el casetonado ao Boxing Team Italia Thunder in the World Series of Boxing, gañar o seu único partido contra un rival alemán.

 

Scardina primeiro chamou a atención de Seip no mundialmente famoso 5th St. Academia en Miami Beach, orixinalmente inaugurado en 1950 por Chris Dundee, e na casa de campións mundiais incontables adestrar alí, incluíndo Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston e Willie Pep. A rica tradición continúa co novo 5th St. Academia, situado nas proximidades, 1434 Alton Rúa, onde os mellores loitadores de todo o mundo, tales como Bernard Hopkins aínda adestrar.

 

“A primeira vez que o vin adestrando na 5th St. Ximnasio e el parecía un afeccionado típico,” Seip explicou. “El xogou socos de ancho e non sabía como xogar un bo jab. Trainers Guy Laieta e Dino Spencer comecei a traballar con el, e agora está a usar o seu alcance, combate a unha distancia, e xogando combinacións de jabs e ganchos. El é apaixonado por boxeo, escoitar e aprender todos os días. Daniele ten boa velocidade da man e poder. El é un neno bonito, moi. Vin algo nel, intanxibles, e decidiu contratalo lo.

 

“Dino é un propietario que creou un top-notch ximnasio con grandes oportunidades de sparring nunha atmosfera que caracterizan tantos loitadores talent que realmente empurrar uns aos outros. É xa evidente que Danielle mellorou o seu adestramento de habilidades alí. El é longo, rápido e poderoso. Súa ética de traballo é incrible; el é o primeiro no ximnasio, último a saír. Non podes ferir o neno, ou. Todos cremos que ten un futuro moi brillante.”

 
Scardina bate heavy-saco en 5 St. Academia en Miami Beach

Ao contrario de combatentes de Rusia e antigos países do bloque soviético, así como aqueles latinoamericanos que veñen a Estados Unidos para establecer as súas carreiras de boxeo profesional, Loitadores nacidos de italianos raramente seguiron o mesmo camiño que Scardina, que se cambiou a Miami o ano pasado e durmir no chan do apartamento do seu irmán.

 

O solitario campión do mundo de orixe italiana que loitou profesional nos Estados Unidos é Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Kos), quen foi o campión dos medios do WBC / WBA en 1979-1980. Antuofermo, aínda, trasladouse coa súa familia a Brooklyn de Puglia, Italia, cando el era 17 e aprendeu a caixa en América.

 

“Sempre quixo ser un campión de América,” Scardina dixo. “Ese é o soño americano para min. Eu creo que eu vou ter unha grande oportunidade neste país ser o maior boxeador podo estar coa axuda certa. John Seip é o director certo para min, porque cre que pudermos o campionato mundial xuntos como un equipo.”

 

Puxilista favoritos de Scardina son Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux e Miguel Cotta. “Eu estou a traballar en perfección como un loitador fóra e principais meus brazos máis próximos,” Scardina engadido. Estou loitando para facer campión do mundo.”

 

Scardina se espera para facer a súa estrea en maio ou xuño.

 

Siga en Instagram Scardinadanieletoretto.