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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
Jun 16 at Xfinity Centre in Hartford, CT

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (Mei 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, Jun 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, terlalu.

 

 

“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 16ke-.”

 

 

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 dan Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, pencabar kejuaraan dunia Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega dan Israel “agak” Cardona, dan 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. Saya tidak boleh menunggu!”

 

 

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), 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 16ke-.”

 

 

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.

 

 

Juga bergaduh di bawah kad, semua dalam empat pusingan serangan, 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.

 

 

Semua pergaduhan dan pejuang adalah tertakluk kepada perubahan.

 

 

Tiket, berharga $80.00, $60.00 dan $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, serta $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

Pintu terbuka di 6 petang. DAN, pertarungan pertama bermula pada 7 petang. DAN.

 

 

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 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 dan Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, pencabar kejuaraan dunia Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Tukang es” John Scully dan Israel “agak” Cardona, dan 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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Khamis, Julai 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 petang. DAN/5 petang. PT
Mashantucket, CT (Julai 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 Khamis, Julai 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KOs) faces former world champion Adakah “Raja” Soliman (44-13, 18 KOs) dalam acara utama 10 pusingan daripada Premier Boxing Champions pada ESPN & ESPN.
Liputan televisyen bermula pada 8 petang. DAN/5 petang. 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 dan 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 dua kali; 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 “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).
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 Berto lain (27-0) dan pencabar Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 pusingan, 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.
Dalam 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12ke- pusingan, 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 50ke-career win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill dalam 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, dalam mereka 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, mengalahkanZahir Raheem dan Artur Grigorian dan tewas kepada Juan Diaz dan 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 dalam 10ke- pusingan mereka 2011 perjuangan, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) dalam 12ke- round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, dan 114-113) dalam mereka 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), dan Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez dalam 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. dan Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Di dalam 15ke- pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10ke--TKO pusingan 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 10ke- pusingan.
Tiket untuk acara secara langsung, yang dipromosikan oleh DiBella Hiburan, berharga $150, $75 dan $45, tidak termasuk caj perkhidmatan dan cukai, dan yang dijual sekarang. Tiket boleh didapati di www.ticketmaster.com dan www.foxwoods.com atau dengan melawat Foxwoods’ Box office. Untuk mengecas melalui telefon, memanggil Ticketmaster di (800) 745-3000.
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Pengurus John Seip menandatangani Itali prospek super middleweight Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

MIAMI (April 6, 2015) – Pengurus tinju Veteran John Seip mempunyai ditandatangani sangat dihiasi peninju amatur Itali Daniel Mark Scardina untuk kontrak pengurusan eksklusif.

 

Seip paling dikenali untuk membimbing Peter “Chocolate Kid” Quillin kepada Pertubuhan Tinju Dunia (WBO) gelaran middleweight dunia. The New Yorker asli juga menguruskan kenaikan middleweight super British Kuda “The Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 KOs).

 

The Scardina berusia 21 tahun berasal dari Rozzano, sebuah bandar yang kurang daripada 40,000 orang di Wilayah Milan. Beliau memulakan tinju di 2008 pada usia 16, mengikut jejak langkah bapa saudaranya yang seorang peninju pada masa itu, serta model peranan Daniele ini.

 

Scardina, yang mempunyai 56 serangan amatur, ditangkap penghormatan dalam banyak kejohanan Itali termasuk National Rovereto, Glove Perak Negara, dan dua Sarung Tangan Emas Negara. Beliau juga memenangi pingat gangsa dalam acara Antarabangsa.

 

Dalam 2013, dia berkotak untuk Tinju Pasukan Italia Thunder dalam Siri Dunia Tinju, hanya memenangi perlawanan menentang lawan Jerman.

 

Scardina pertama menarik perhatian Seip di dunia yang terkenal 5ke- St. Gim di Miami Beach, asalnya dibuka pada 1950 oleh Chris Dundee, dan rumah juara dunia yang tak terhitung jumlahnya telah dilatih di sana termasuk Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston dan Willie Pep. Tradisi kaya terus di baru 5ke- St. Gim, terletak berdekatan 1434 Alton Street, di mana peninju dari seluruh dunia seperti Bernard Hopkins masih melatih.

 

“Pertama kali melihat dia latihan di 5ke- St. Gimnasium dan dia kelihatan seperti seorang amatur biasa,” Seip menjelaskan. “Dia melemparkan tumbukan luas dan tidak tahu bagaimana untuk membuang jab yang baik. Trainers Guy Laieta dan Dino Spencer mula bekerjasama dengan beliau dan kini dia menggunakan jangkauannya, berjuang pada jarak yang, dan membuang kombinasi suntikan dan cangkuk. Dia ghairah tentang tinju, mendengar dan belajar setiap hari. Daniele mempunyai kelajuan tangan yang baik dan kuasa. Dia seorang kanak-kanak kacak, terlalu. Saya melihat sesuatu kepada-Nya, tidak ketara, dan memutuskan untuk menandatanganinya.

 

“Dino merupakan pemilik yang telah mencipta sebuah gimnasium terkemuka dengan peluang perdebatan hebat dalam suasana yang memaparkan banyak pejuang berbakat yang benar-benar menolak antara satu sama lain. Ia sudah jelas bahawa Danielle telah meningkatkan latihan kemahiran di sana. Dia panjang, cepat dan kuat. Etika kerja beliau adalah yang luar biasa; dia yang pertama di gym, terakhir yang meninggalkan. Anda tidak boleh mencederakan kanak-kanak ini, sama ada. Kita semua percaya bahawa dia mempunyai masa depan yang cerah.”

 
Scardina sangat berat beg di 5 St. Gim di Miami Beach

Tidak seperti pejuang dari Rusia dan negara-negara bekas Soviet-blok, serta orang-orang dari Amerika Latin yang datang ke Amerika Syarikat untuk menubuhkan kerjaya tinju profesional mereka, Pejuang Itali kelahiran jarang mengikuti laluan yang sama seperti Scardina, yang berpindah ke Miami tahun lepas dan tidur di tingkat apartmen adiknya.

 

Tunggal Itali kelahiran juara dunia yang berjuang secara profesional di Amerika Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KOs), yang merupakan juara middleweight WBC / WBA dalam 1979-1980. Antuofermo, walaupun, berpindah bersama keluarganya ke Brooklyn dari Puglia, Itali ketika beliau 17 dan dia belajar bagaimana untuk kotak di Amerika.

 

“Saya sentiasa mahu menjadi juara di Amerika,” Scardina berkata. “Itulah mimpi Amerika bagi saya. Saya fikir saya akan mempunyai peluang yang besar di negara ini untuk menjadi peninju terbesar saya boleh menjadi dengan bantuan yang betul. John Seip adalah pengurus yang tepat untuk saya kerana dia percaya kita boleh kejuaraan dunia bersama-sama sebagai satu pasukan.”

 

Peninju kegemaran Scardina adalah Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux dan Miguel Cotto. “Saya bekerja di kesempurnaan sebagai pejuang di luar dan utama tangan saya lebih dekat,” Scardina ditambah. Saya berjuang untuk menjadi juara dunia.”

 

Scardina dijangka membuat penampilan pertama beliau pro Mei atau Jun ini.

 

Ikut pada Instagram Scardinadanieletoretto.