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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
Ġunju 16 at Xfinity Centre in Hartford, CT

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

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

 

 

“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 u Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, challengers titolu dinja Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega u Iżrael “pjuttost” Cardona, u 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. I ma jistgħux jistennew!”

 

 

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), tal 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 “Il-kruha” 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, kollha f'erba round bouts, 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.

 

 

Kollha ġlied u ġellieda huma soġġetti għal bidla.

 

 

Biljetti, pprezzati għal $80.00, $60.00 u $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, kif ukoll $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

Bibien miftuħa fi 6 p.m. U, ewwel bout jibda fil 7 p.m. U.

 

 

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 Il 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 u Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, challengers titolu dinja Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Iceman” John Scully u Iżrael “pjuttost” Cardona, u 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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Il-Ħamis, Lulju 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. U/5 p.m. PT
MASHANTUCKET, CT (Lulju 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 Il-Ħamis, Lulju 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 Kos) faces former world champion Am “King” Soliman (44-13, 18 Kos) fil-każ prinċipali 10-round ta ' Premier Boxing Champions fuq ESPN & ESPN.
Kopertura televiżjoni jibda fil 8 p.m. U/5 p.m. 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 u 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 darbtejn; 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” Ċad 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) u isfidant Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 rawnds, 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.
Fl 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th round, 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 fil 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, fil tagħhom 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, jisfrattaZahir Raheem u Artur Grigorian u jitilfu Juan Diaz u 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 fil- 10th rawnd ta 'tagħhom 2011 ġlieda, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) fil- 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, u 114-113) fil tagħhom 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), u Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez fil 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. u Roy Jones, Jr, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Fil tiegħu 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 rawnd ta ' 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 round.
Biljetti għall-avveniment live, li huwa promoss permezz DiBella Entertainment, huma pprezzati għal $150, $75 u $45, mhux inklużi ħlasijiet għal servizzi applikabbli u taxxi, u huma fuq bejgħ issa. Biljetti huma disponibbli fuq www.ticketmaster.com u www.foxwoods.com jew billi żżur il-Foxwoods’ Uffiċċju Box. Biex ħlas bis-telefon, sejħa Ticketmaster fil (800) 745-3000.
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Manager John Seip jiffirma Taljan prospett middleweight super Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

MIAMI (April 6, 2015) – Maniġer boxing Veteran John Seip għandha iffirmat imżejjen ħafna boxer dilettanti Taljan Daniel Mark Scardina għal kuntratt ta maniġerjali esklussiv.

 

Seip huwa aħjar magħruf għall-gwida Peter “Ċikkulata Kid” Quillin lill-Organizzazzjoni Dinjija Boxing (WBO) titolu middleweight dinja. Il-New Yorker nattiva wkoll tamministra jogħlew middleweight super British Steed “Il Żiemel” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Kos).

 

Il Scardina 21-il sena qodma hails minn Rozzano, belt ta 'inqas minn 40,000 nies fil-Provinċja ta 'Milan. Huwa beda boxing fl 2008 fl-età ta ' 16, ġejjin fil-passi ziju tiegħu li kien boxer dak iż-żmien, kif ukoll ir-rwol-mudell Daniele ta.

 

Scardina, li kellhom 56 bouts dilettanti, unuri top maqbuda fil tournaments Taljan numerużi inkluż il-National Rovereto, Glove Silver Nazzjonali, u żewġ Golden Ingwanti Nazzjonali. Hu wkoll rebaħ midalja tal-bronż fil-avveniment Internazzjonali.

 

Fl 2013, hu boxed għall-Boxing Team Italia Thunder fil-World Series of Boxing, rebbieħa biss logħba tiegħu kontra avversarju Ġermaniż.

 

Scardina ewwel ġibed l-attenzjoni Seip fiż-dinja famużi 5th St. Gym fil Miami Beach, oriġinarjament miftuħa fl- 1950 billi Chris Dundee, u l-dar ta 'ċampjins tad-dinja bla għadd jkunu tħarrġu hemm inkluż Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston u Willie Pep. It-tradizzjoni għanja tkompli fil-ġdida 5th St. Gym, jinsabu fil-qrib fil 1434 Triq Alton, fejn ġellieda top minn madwar id-dinja bħall- Bernard Hopkins xorta ferrovija.

 

“I ewwel raw lilu taħriġ fil- 5th St. Gym u hu dehru qishom dilettanti tipiku,” Seip spjegat. “Huwa threw puntelli wiesgħa u ma kinux jafu kif tarmi jab tajba. Min iħarreġ Guy Laieta u Dino Spencer beda jaħdem miegħu u issa hu li jużaw il bogħod tiegħu, tifi f'distanza, u jitfg kombinazzjonijiet ta 'jabs u ganċijiet. Hu passjonat dwar boxing, smigħ u t-tagħlim kuljum. Daniele għandu veloċità idejn tajba u l-qawwa. Hu a kid gustuż, wisq. Rajt xi ħaġa fil lilu, intanġibbli, u ddeċieda li jiffirmaw lilu.

 

“Dino hija sid li ħolqot ġinnasju top-talja ma 'opportunitajiet sparring kbar f'atmosfera jidhru tant ġellieda talent li verament timbotta xulxin. Huwa diġà evidenti li Danielle tjiebet ħiliet ta 'taħriġ tiegħu hemmhekk. He twil, fast u qawwija. Etika tax-xogħol tiegħu huwa inkredibbli; hu l-ewwel fil-gym, aħħar li jħallu. Inti ma tistax iweġġgħu dan kid, jew. Aħna kollha nemmnu li huwa għandu futur sabiħ ħafna.”

 
Scardina hits heavy-borża fil-5 St. Gym fil Miami Beach

B'differenza ġellieda mir-Russja u eks-nazzjonijiet tal-blokk Sovjetiku, kif ukoll dawk mill-Amerika Latina li jiġu biex l-Istati Uniti biex jistabbilixxu karrieri tagħhom boxing professjonali, Ġellieda Taljan tat-twelid rarament segwew l-istess rotta bħal Scardina, li ressaq għal Miami aħħar sena u jorqod fuq l-art ta 'appartament ħuh.

 

Il Taljan imwieled champion dinja isolati li ġġieldu professjonalment fl-Amerika huwa Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Kos), li kien il-middleweight champion WBC / WBA fl 1979-1980. Antuofermo, għalkemm, mċaqalqa mal-familja tiegħu li Brooklyn minn Puglia, Italja meta kien 17 u hu tgħallmu kif kaxxa fl-Amerika.

 

“Jiena dejjem ried li jkun champion fl-Amerika,” Scardina qal. “Dik hija l-ħolma Amerikana għalija. I think I ser ikollhom opportunità kbira f'dan il-pajjiż li jkun l-akbar boxer I jista 'jkun bl-għajnuna dritt. John Seip huwa l-maniġer dritt għalija għaliex huwa jemmen li nistgħu l-kampjonat mondjali flimkien bħala tim.”

 

Boxers favoriti Scardina huma Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux u Miguel Cotto. “Jien jaħdmu fuq perfezzjoni bħala ġellied barra u biex ewlenin armi tiegħi eqreb,” Scardina miżjud. Jien ġlieda biex issir champion tad-dinja.”

 

Scardina huwa mistenni li jagħmel id-debutt pro tiegħu dan ta 'Mejju jew Ġunju.

 

Segwi fuq Instagram Scardinadanieletoretto.