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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
June 16 at Xfinity Centre in Hartford, CT

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (May 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, June 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 “Nauta Papa est homo” 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, quoque.

 

 

“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 atque Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magicae Man” Starling, title mundi challengers Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega atque Israhel “magis” Cardonae,, atque 1996 USA Olympic Boxing Team captain Laurentius 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. Non expectare!”

 

 

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 Woburne, 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 “Bestia” Bordoy, Jr. (5-0, 1 KO) in his first scheduled six-rounder vs. Alexander “Euge Deus” Pycot (2-5-1), fighting out of Hartford by way of Puerto Rico.

 

 

Also fighting on the undercard, bus in circuitu quattuor, 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 Et Rogerus 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.

 

 

Omnia subiecta sunt pugnatores ad bella et mutatio.

 

 

Tesseras, pretium at $80.00, $60.00 atque $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, as well as $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

At ianuae 6 p.m. ATQUE, bout primum incipit at 7 p.m. ATQUE.

 

 

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. (Aprilis 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 “Nauta Papa est homo” 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 atque Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magicae Man” Starling, title mundi challengers Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Iceman” John Scully atque Israhel “magis” Cardonae,, atque 1996 USA Olympic Boxing Team captain Laurentius Clay-Bey.

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

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Thursday, July 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. ATQUE/5 p.m. PT
MASHANTUCKET, CT (July 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 Thursday, July 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KOs) faces former world champion Am “Regem,” Solimani (44-13, 18 KOs) in X-rotundus de consectetur Premier Boxing Propugnatores on ESPN & ESPN.
Televised coverage incipit 8 p.m. ATQUE/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 KOs) and California’s Paul fignis (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 atque 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Sandy BEVERLACENSE.
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 bis; 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) Jack “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 “Magicae 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-ordo welterweight Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 KOs), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Laurentius 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) et clamatore 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.
In 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th undique, 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 in 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, in 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, victumZahir Raheem atque Artur Grigorian et virginitatis ad Juan Diaz atque Diego Corrales.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion Lee Andycoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan in 10th in circuitu eorum 2011 proelium, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) in 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, atque 114-113) in 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), atque Icet Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez in 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, Mayweather, Jr. atque Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. In his 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-de circuitu TKO 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 undique.
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John Manager signa et impera super middleweight Italian prospectu Daniele Marco Scardina

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(L-R) – Mark Scardina Daniel, et Joannes, et impera

 

MIAMI (Aprilis 6, 2015) – Pugilatu procurator Veteran John impera est signati ornatissima Italian amateur pugil Daniel Mark Scardina exclusive to an contractus moderatorum.

 

Ad corripiendum, et impera nobis notus est: Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin to the World Boxing Organization (WBO) title mundi middleweight. The New Yorker indigena ortus administrat etiam Britannis super middleweight Steed “The Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 KOs).

 

The XXI annorum Scardina Canadensem Rozzano, oppidum minus quam 40,000 populus in Provincia Mediolanensi. Pergit in pugilatu 2008 at aetatis suae 16, qui sectantur vestigia cognationis tempore pugilem, necnon munus exemplar Daniele.

 

Scardina, qui habebat 56 amateur daret, captus in summo honore, Rovereti comprehendo multus Italian tournaments National, Argentum National Glove, et duo aurea National Gloves. Etiam parta a aere numisma in casu an International.

 

In 2013, ipse enim solere in in Mundus Series Italia tonitrui Boxing Team of Boxing, tantum par contra adversarios eius conciliandos a German.

 

Scardina primum arreptis impera operam ad mundi nobilis 5th S.. Gym in Miami Beach, in primitus aperta 1950 by Chris Dundee, et domum, de innumeris mundo eruditos habemus auctores, inter quos ibi Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Duran Roberto, Sonny Liston atque Willie Pep. Dives pergit novo more 5th S.. Gym, at prope sitae 1434 Alton Street, ubi summa pugnantium inter orbis terrarum, ut ex Bernard Hopkins adhuc exercebuntur.

 

“Ad eum primum vidit erudiendum 5th S.. Et ecce similitudo quasi gym et amateur amet,” Et impera explicata. “Et cecidit in faciem lati ac pugnis, nesciverunt ad bonum tendere, PUNCTUM. Trainers Guy Laieta atque Dino Spencer Iam coepi usura et cooperante perveniunt, pugnae a longe, pungit, et creagras, et coniectis in junctionibus. Hes 'iracundus circa pugilatu, et cognita omni die audiendo. Velocitatem et potentia manus Daniele habet bonum. Hes pulcher hedum, quoque. Et vidi in eum, intangibles, et placuit ei ut sign.

 

“Bonus est a domino, qui fecit summo-INCISURA cum magno gym sparring occasiones ingeniosi bellatorum, qui tot res in atmosphaera featuring urge. Suus 'iam apparet, quod Danielle artes disciplina cursus eius ibi. Ille diu, ieiunium et efficax. His enim mirabile est quia opus ethica; hic primum in gym, novissimus exi;. Non potest laedere hedum, uel. Creditur quod futurum est clarissima.”

 
5 at gravis misellam Scardina loculos sancti. Gym in Miami Beach

Dissimilis priore Fontes, et pugnatores ex Russia gentes bloc, tum ex iis qui ad Civitatum Foederatarum Americae caestu statuere amet ipsum, Italia natus pugnatores raro secutus est iter Scardina, ad motum qui dormit Miami anno fratris conclavis pavimentum.

 

Mundi fortissimus, qui pugnavit pro suo munere in Italia natus sola Ciceronis Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KOs), qui fuit WBC / WBA middleweight propugnatori 1979-1980. Antuofermo, quamquam, cum eius familia movetur ad Brooklyn ex Apulia, Cum Italia 17 Box in Americam et didicit.

 

“Sic autem est in America pugilem,” Dixit Scardina. “Id mihi American somnium. Cogito habere facultatem in ea provincia maximam sum apud pugil ius auxilium. Johannes procurator meus ex fide recta et impera nobis licet, quemadmodum mundi patrocinium quadrigis.”

 

Ventus autem studiosissime pugiles sunt Scardina Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux atque Miguel Cotto. “Quaerit adipisci extra virtutum praecipua brachia pugnantis et propius,” Addidit Scardina. Im 'genus pugnae facta est mundi fortissimus.”

 

Aut id, quod illum pro expectatur Scardina debut Iunius.

 

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