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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
Lipanj 16 at Xfinity Centre in Hartford, CT

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (Svibanj 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, Lipanj 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 mornar čovjek” 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, previše.

 

 

“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 a Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Čvorak, naslov svjetskog prvaka izazivači Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega a Izrael “radije” Cardona, a 1996 USA Olympic Boxing Team captain Lawrence Glina-beg.

 

 

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. Ja ne mogu čekati!”

 

 

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), od 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 “Zvijer” Bordoy, Jr. (5-0, 1 KO) in his first scheduled six-rounder vs. Aleksandar “El Bravo” Picot (2-5-1), fighting out of Hartford by way of Puerto Rico.

 

 

Također se bore na undercard, sve u četiri okrugle djeluje, 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.

 

 

Sve borbe i borci su podložne promjenama.

 

 

Ulaznice, po cijeni $80.00, $60.00 a $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, kao i $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

Vrata se otvaraju u 6 poslije podne. I, Prvi nastup počinje u 7 poslije podne. I.

 

 

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, Conn. (Travanj 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 mornar čovjek” 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 a Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Čvorak, naslov svjetskog prvaka izazivači Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Ledadžija” John Scully a Izrael “radije” Cardona, a 1996 USA Olympic Boxing Team captain Lawrence Glina-beg.

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

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Četvrtak, Srpanj 21
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Mashantucket, CT (Srpanj 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 Četvrtak, Srpanj 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 Kos) faces former world champion Sam “Kralj” Soliman (44-13, 18 Kos) u 10-okruglog glavni događaj Premier Boks prvaka na ESPN & ESPN.
Televiziji pokrivenost počinje u 8 poslije podne. I/5 poslije podne. 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, koji su se profesionalno borili između 1940 a 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Sandy sedlar.
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 dvaput; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titula Louis “Dijete” 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) Utičnica “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” Čvorak (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 “Loš” Chad Dawson (33-4, 18 Kos) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 Kos), Stamford’s world No. 1-rangiran u poluteškoj kategoriji Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 Kos), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Lawrence Glina-beg (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 Ostali Berto (27-0) i izazivač Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 kola, 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.
U 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th krug, 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), borbe iz 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 u 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, u njihovom 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 “Kundak” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, pobijedivšiZahir Raheem a Artur Grigorian i izgubili Juan Diaz a 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 u 10th krug njihovog 2011 borba, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) u 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, a 114-113) u njihovom 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), a Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez u 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. a Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. U njegovoj 15th profesionalna borba, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10th-okrugli TKO od 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 krug.
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Voditelj Ivan Seip potpisuje talijanski super srednjoj izglede Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

MIAMI (Travanj 6, 2015) – Veteran boksački manager John Seip potpisao je vrlo uređena talijanski amaterski boksač Daniel Mark Scardina na ekskluzivnom menadžerskih ugovora.

 

Seip je najpoznatiji po vođenju Nestajati “Kid Čokolada” Quillin na World Boxing Organization (WBO) Svijet srednjoj naslov. Native New Yorker također upravlja diže britanski super srednjoj Konj “Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Kos).

 

21-year-old Scardina potječe iz Rozzano, grad manje od 40,000 ljudi u pokrajini Milanu. Počeo boks u 2008 u dobi od 16, tko je slijedeći njegov stric stopama boksač u to vrijeme, kao i Daniele je uzor.

 

Scardina, koji je imao 56 amaterske borbe, Zarobljeni vrh počasti u brojnim talijanskim turnirima uključujući Rovereto Nacionalnoj, Nacionalni Silver Glove, i dva nacionalna Golden Gloves. On je također osvojio brončanu medalju na međunarodnom događaju.

 

U 2013, je boksač za Italia Thunder boksačke reprezentacije u World Series of Boxing, osvojivši svoj jedini meč protiv njemačkog protivnika.

 

Scardina prvi uhvaćen Seip pozornost na svijetu poznatom 5th St. Dvorana u Miami Beachu, izvorno otvoren u 1950 po Chris Dundee, i dom bezbroj svjetski prvaci su obučeni tamo, uključujući Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston a Willie Pep. Bogata tradicija se nastavlja u novom 5th St. Teretana, nalazi u neposrednoj blizini na 1434 Alton Street, gdje je top boraca iz cijelog svijeta, kao što su Bernard Hopkins dalje trenirati.

 

“Prvi put sam vidjela kako je trening na 5th St. Teretana i on je izgledao kao tipični amater,” Objasnio Seip. “Bacio široke udaraca i nije znala kako da se baci dobar udarac. Trainers Guy Laieta a Dino Spencer počeo raditi s njim, a on je sada koristeći svoj doseg, boreći se na udaljenosti, i bacanje kombinacije udarcima i kuke. On je strastveni o boksu, slušanje i učenje svaki dan. Daniele ima dobru brzinu ruku i moć. On je zgodan dečko, previše. Vidjela sam nešto u njemu, nematerijalne imovine, i odlučila ga potpisati.

 

“Dino je vlasnik koji je stvorio vrhunsku teretanu s velikim sparing prilike u atmosferi motivima toliko talentiranih boraca koji su stvarno gurati jedni druge. To je već jasno da je Danielle poboljšao svoje vještine obuke postoji. On je dugo, brz i snažan. Njegova radna etika je nevjerojatna; On je prvi put u teretanu, Posljednji otići. Vi ne možete povrijediti ovo dijete, ili. Mi svi vjerujemo da ima vrlo svijetlu budućnost.”

 
Scardina pogodi teških torbi na 5. St. Dvorana u Miami Beachu

Za razliku od boraca iz Rusije i bivšeg Sovjetskog bloka zemalja, kao i oni iz Latinske Amerike koji su došli u SAD uspostaviti svoje karijere profesionalnog boksa, Talijanski-rođen borci rijetko su slijedili isti put kao Scardina, koji se preselio u Miami prošle godine, a spava na podu stana bratovoj.

 

Usamljeni Talijanski-rođen svjetski prvak, koji se borio profesionalno u Americi Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Kos), koji je bio WBC / WBA prvak u srednjoj 1979-1980. Antuofermo, iako, preselio sa svojom obitelji u Brooklynu iz Puglia, Italija, kada je bio 17 a on je saznao boksati u Americi.

 

“Uvijek sam htio biti prvak u Americi,” Scardina rekao. “To je američki san za mene. Mislim da ću imati veliku priliku u ovoj zemlji biti najveći boksač mogu biti s pravom pomoć. John Seip je pravo menadžer za mene, jer on vjeruje da možemo Svjetsko prvenstvo zajedno kao tim.”

 

Scardina omiljeni boksači su Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux a Miguel Cotto. “Radim na savršenstva kao vanjski borac i glavni mojim rukama bliže,” Scardina dodao. Borim da postane svjetski prvak.”

 

Scardina se očekuje da bi svoj debi pro ovu svibnju ili lipnju.

 

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