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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
Pipiri 16 at Xfinity Centre in Hartford, CT

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

Hartford, Conn. (Kia 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, Pipiri 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 te Sailor te tangata” Rivera (7-0, 6 Koó), 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, rawa.

 

 

“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 te tangata” Starling, challengers taitara ao Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega a A Iharaira “kaua” Cardona, a 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. E kore e taea e ahau tatari!”

 

 

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. ‘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 “Te kararehe” 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, katoa i roto i te pāngia e wha-a tawhio, 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.

 

 

He whawhai me whawhai katoa raro ki te huringa.

 

 

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

 

 

Doors tuwhera i 6 p.m. AND, tīmata a'ee tuatahi i 7 p.m. AND.

 

 

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. (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 “Popeye te Sailor te tangata” Rivera (6-0, 5 Koó), 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 te tangata” Starling, challengers taitara ao Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Iceman” John Scully a A Iharaira “kaua” Cardona, a 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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Rāpare, Hōngongoi 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. AND/5 p.m. PT
MASHANTUCKET, CT (Hōngongoi 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 Rāpare, Hōngongoi 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 Koó) faces former world champion Ahau “King” Soliman (44-13, 18 Koó) i roto i te 10-a tawhio noa hui matua o Te Pirimia mekemeke Champions i runga i ESPN & ESPN.
Haamata kapinga teata i 8 p.m. AND/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 Koó) and California’s Paora Mendez (19-2-2, 9 Koó).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 Koó), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 a 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Sandy tera hōiho.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 Koó), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Jack Dempsey rua; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Louis “Kid” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 Koó), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom (222-42-31, 2 NC, 19 Koó), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Jack “Bright Eyes” Delaney (73-11-2, 43 Koó), 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 Koó), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist Marlon “Magic te tangata” Starling (45-6-12, 27 Koó), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Travis Simms (28-1, 21 Koó), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Kino” Chad Dawson (33-4, 18 Koó) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 Koó), Stamford’s world No. 1-ranked welterweight Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 Koó), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Lawrence Clay-Bey (21-3-1, 16 Koó).
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) me te kaiwero Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 rauna, 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 roto i te 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th tawhio, 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 roto i te 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 roto i to ratou 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, hingaZahir Raheem a Artur Grigorian me te ngaro ki te 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 i roto i te 10th tawhio o ratou 2011 whawhai, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) i roto i te 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, a 114-113) i roto i to ratou 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 i roto i te 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. I roto i tona 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 a tawhio o Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Shane Mosley successfully defended his title against Hehe James Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10th tawhio.
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Kaiwhakahaere John Seip tohu Italian amanaki super whitu Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

Miami (April 6, 2015) – Kaiwhakahaere mekemeke Veteran John Seip He hainatia tino whakapaipai kaimekemeke amateur Italian Daniel Mark Scardina ki te kirimana whakahaere motuhake.

 

Kei te pai mohiotia Seip mō te ārahi i Peter “Chocolate Kid” Quillin ki te mekemeke Organization World (WBO) te ao taitara whitu. Ko te Māori Yorker New hoki whakahaere maranga super whitu o Ingarangi O nga hoiho o “Ko te tāriana” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Koó).

 

Hails-tau 21-tawhito te Scardina i Rozzano, he pa o iti iho i te 40,000 te iwi i roto i te Porowini o Milan. Tīmata ia mekemeke i roto i 2008 i te tau o te 16, e whai ake nei i roto i te tapuwae o tona matua keke i te kaimekemeke i taua wa, me te tauira o Daniele.

 

Scardina, nei i 56 pāngia runaruna, hōnore runga mau i roto i te maha tauwhāinga Italian tae atu i te Rovereto National, National hiriwa karapu, a e rua National Golden karapu. Riro ano hoki e ia he mētara parahi i te hui International.

 

I roto i te 2013, pouaka me ia mo te Team mekemeke Italia Thunder i roto i te Series Ao o Boxing, toa tona ōrite anake ki te hoariri Tiamana.

 

Scardina tuatahi mau aro o Seip i rongonui i te ao 5th St. Omaoma i roto i te Miami Beach, te tuatahi whakatuwheratia i roto i te 1950 e Chris Tanitī, a kua whakangungua ki reira te fare o te toa rave rahi ao tae atu Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Durán, Sonny Liston a Willie pep. Tonu te tikanga tuku iho taonga i te hou 5th St. Te omaoma, kei tata i 1434 Alton Street, te wahi i runga whawhai i huri noa i te ao, pērā i Bernard Hopkins whakangungu tonu.

 

“I kite tuatahi ahau i whakangungu ia ia i te 5th St. Omaoma a ka titiro ia he runaruna angamaheni rite,” Ua haamaramarama Seip. “Maka e ia nifó te whanui, kihai i mohio ki te maka i te werohanga pai. Trainers Guy Laieta a Dino Spencer tīmata te mahi ki a ia, a inaianei ngā te whakamahi ia i tona taea, whawhai i te tawhiti, me te i whiua e ngā o ārai me matau. Te ngākau nui e pā ana ki mekemeke ia, whakarongo me te ako i nga ra. Daniele He tere ringa pai me te mana. Ko ia he koati ataahua, rawa. I kite ahau i te tahi mea i roto ia ia, whäwhä, a ka whakatau ki te haina ia.

 

“Dino Ko te rangatira hanga nei i te omaoma runga kakari-wāhitanga nui mākutu i roto i te huru ngā na e rave rahi whawhai pūmanawa nei pana tino tahi i te tahi ki te. Ko te kua kitea e kua pai ake Danielle tona whakangungu pūkenga i reira. Te ia te roa, nohopuku me te kaha. Ko maere tana matatika mahi; te ia te tuatahi i roto i te omaoma, whakamutunga ki te waiho. E kore e taea e koe te kino ia i tēnei koati, rānei. Te ti'aturi nei tatou katoa e ia he he kaha'ú rawa kanapa.”

 
Scardina patua taimaha-putea i te 5 St. Omaoma i roto i te Miami Beach

Rerekē whawhai i Russia me nga iwi Soviet-kimi mua, me te hunga i Latin America e haere mai ana ki te Hau Amui no Marite no te haamau i to ratou mau mahi mekemeke ngaio, Whawhai Italian-whanau kua aru uaua te ara ano rite Scardina, nei neke ki Miami whakamutunga tau, me te moe i runga i te papa o te fare o tona teina.

 

Ko te toa te ao Italian-whanau ana'e nei whawhai ngaio i roto i te Amerika, ko Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Koó), nei ko te whitu toa WBC / WBA i roto i 1979-1980. Antuofermo, ahakoa, oho ki tona utuafare ki Brooklyn i Puglia, Italy, ia ia 17 a ka ako ia e founga ki te pouaka i roto i te Amerika.

 

“Kua hiahia tonu ahau ki te waiho i te toa i roto i Amerika,” Na ka mea a Scardina. “Ko te te moe ki ahau American. Whakaaro ahau ka whai ahau he faingamālie nui i roto i tenei whenua ki te kia i te kaimekemeke rahi e nehenehe hei ahau ki te awhina matau. John Seip Ko te kaiwhakahaere tika hoki ahau, no te whakapono ia e taea e matou te taitara ao tahi hei rōpū.”

 

Kaimekemeke tino o Scardina e Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux a Miguel Cotto. “E mahi ahau i runga i te tino rite ki te toa ki waho, me te ki matua i oku ringa ofi,” Tāpiri Scardina. Kei te whawhai ahau ki te hei toa ao.”

 

Tūmanakohia Scardina ki te hanga i tona tuatahi pro tenei May Pipiri ranei.

 

A pee i te Instagram Scardinadanieletoretto.