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Hartford Boxing Promotions Announces inaugural showFight Night at the Capital

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Richard “Popeye” Rivera to headline & Amateur star Sharad Collier turning pro
Czerwiec 16 at Xfinity Centre in Hartford, CT

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (Maj 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, Czerwiec 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 marynarz” Rivera (7-0, 6 KO), 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. “‘Popeyeis 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. ‘Popeyeis exciting to watch and very popular. Sharad is going to be like that, zbyt.

 

 

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 WillieWill othe WispPep i ChristopherBattlingBattalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magia Man” Starling, Tytuł świecie zawodnicy GasparEl IndioOrtega i Izrael “raczej” Cardona, i 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. Nie mogę się doczekać!”

 

 

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. ‘Popeyeis 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 “El Bravo” Pikot (2-5-1), fighting out of Hartford by way of Puerto Rico.

 

 

Walczy też na undercard, wszystko w czterech okrągłych ataki, are Hartford featherweight Luis “Lobito” Rivera (4-3) vs. Phillip Davis (1-1-1), z 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.

 

 

Wszystkie walki i bojownicy mogą ulec zmianie.

 

 

Bilety, w cenie $80.00, $60.00 i $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, oraz $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

Drzwi otwarte na 6 p.m. I, Pierwsza walka zaczyna się od 7 p.m. 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

(L-R) – Michael Tran, Richard Rivera & Tony Blanco

HARTFORD, Conn. (Kwiecień 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 marynarz” Rivera (6-0, 5 KO), 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 WillieWill othe WispPep i ChristopherBattlingBattalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magia Man” Starling, Tytuł świecie zawodnicy GasparEl IndioOrtega, “Lodziarz” John Scully i Izrael “raczej” Cardona, i 1996 USA Olympic Boxing Team captain Lawrence Clay-Bey.

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Connecticut’s top all-time great fighters & Foxwoodsbest fights

PBC na ESPN & ESPN Deportes Doubleheader
Czwartek, Lipiec 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino8 p.m. I/5 p.m. PT
Mashantucket, CT (Lipiec 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 Czwartek, Lipiec 21, as rising middleweight contender SergiyThe Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KO) faces former world champion Am “Król” Soliman (44-13, 18 KO) w 10 rundzie turnieju głównego z Premier Boxing Mistrzów na ESPN & ESPN.
Zasięg zaczyna się w telewizji 8 p.m. I/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 KO) and California’s Paul Mendez (19-2-2, 9 KO).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late WillieWill ‘o the WispPep (229-11-1, 65 KO), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 i 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Piaszczysta Kowal.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)GeneThe Fighting MarineTunney (65-1-1, 48 KO), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Jack Dempsey dwa razy; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Louis “Dziecko” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 KO), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom (222-42-31, 2 NC, 19 KO), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Podnośnik “Bright EyesDelaney (73-11-2, 43 KO), 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 KO), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist Marlon “Magia Man” Starling (45-6-12, 27 KO), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion Tremendous” Travis Simms (28-1, 21 KO), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Zły” Chad Dawson (33-4, 18 KO) and world welterweight contender GasparEl IndioOrtega (131-29-6, 69 KO), Stamford’s world No. 1-półśredniej rankingu Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 KO), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Lawrence Clay-Bey (21-3-1, 16 KO).
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) i challenger Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 Rundy, 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.
W 2004, New England favorite Scott “The SandmanPemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th okrągły, 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), walcząc z Cranston, RI, and New Bedford’s all-action SucraRay 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 w 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, w ich 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 “Beczka” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, pokonującZahir Raheem i Artur Grigorian i tracąc do Juan Diaz i 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 W 10th tura ich 2011 walka, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) W 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, i 114-113) w ich 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), i Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez w 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. i Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. W jego 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-runda TKO z 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 okrągły.
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Kierownik Jan Seip podpisuje włoski super średnia perspektywa Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

MIAMI (Kwiecień 6, 2015) – Doświadczony menedżer boksu John Seip ma podpisany bardzo urządzone włoskiej amatorski bokser Daniel Mark Scardina do ekskluzywnego kontraktu menedżerskiego.

 

Seip jest najbardziej znanym na prowadzenie Piotr “Kid Chocolate” Quillin Światowej Organizacji Boxing (WBO) Tytuł średniej światowej. Pochodzący z Nowego Jorku również zarządza rośnie brytyjski super średnia Rumak “Ogier” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 KO).

 

21-latek pochodzi z Rozzano Scardina, mniej niż miasto 40,000 osób w prowincji Mediolan. Zaczął boksować w 2008 w wieku 16, idąc w ślady wuja, który był w tym czasie bokser, jak również za wzór do naśladowania Daniele.

 

Scardina, który miał 56 amatorskie ataki, złapanych w licznych zaszczytów najlepszych turniejów w tym włoskim Rovereto Narodowego, Narodowy Srebrny rękawic, i dwa Złote Rękawice krajowe. Zdobył brązowy medal na Międzynarodowej imprezy.

 

W 2013, on zapakowane dla Italia Thunder Boxing Team na World Series of Boxing, wygrywając tylko mecz z niemieckiego przeciwnika.

 

Scardina pierwszy zwrócił na siebie uwagę Seip w słynnym na cały świat 5th St. Siłownia w Miami Beach, pierwotnie otwarty w 1950 przez Chris Dundee, i domem niezliczonych mistrzów świata trenowali tam w tym Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston i Willie Pep. Bogata tradycja nadal na nowe 5th St. Siłownia, położony w pobliżu 1434 Alton Ulica, gdzie top bojowników z całego świata, takich jak Bernard Hopkins nadal trenować.

 

“Po raz pierwszy zobaczyłem go na szkolenie 5th St. Siłownia i wyglądał jak typowy amator,” Seip wyjaśnione. “Rzucił szerokie ciosów i nie wiedział, co zrobić z dobrą szczepionkę. Trampki Guy Laieta i Dino Spencer rozpoczęła pracę z nim i teraz on z wykorzystaniem jego zasięg, walki na odległość, i rzuca kombinacje szturcha i haki. On jest pasjonatem boksu, słuchanie i uczenie się na co dzień. Daniele ma dobrą szybkość i siłę ręki. On jest przystojny chłopak, zbyt. Widziałem coś w nim, wartości niematerialne i prawne, i postanowił go podpisać.

 

“Dino to właściciel, który stworzył siłownię najwyższej klasy z wielkich możliwości sparing w atmosferze prezentujących tak wielu utalentowanych zawodników, którzy naprawdę popychają się nawzajem. Jest już jasne, że Danielle poprawiła tam swój trening umiejętności. On jest długa, szybki i mocny. Jego etyka pracy jest niesamowita; on jest pierwszy w siłowni, Ostatnia zostawić. Nie możesz skrzywdzić dzieciaka, bądź. Wszyscy wierzymy, że ma przed sobą świetlaną przyszłość.”

 

Scardina uderza ciężki worek na 5th St.. Siłownia w Miami Beach

W przeciwieństwie do wojowników z Rosji i krajów byłego bloku sowieckiego, jak i tych z Ameryki Łacińskiej, którzy przyjeżdżają do Stanów Zjednoczonych w celu ustalenia ich kariery zawodowe bokserskie, Urodzony włoskie myśliwce rzadko podążały tą samą drogą, co Scardina, który przeniósł się do Miami w zeszłym roku i śpi na podłodze w mieszkaniu brata.

 

Samotny włosko-urodzony mistrz świata, który walczył w Ameryce jest profesjonalnie Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KO), który był mistrzem wagi średniej federacji WBC / WBA w 1979-1980. Antuofermo, chociaż, przeniósł się z rodziną do Brooklynu z Apulii, Włochy, gdy był 17 i nauczył się boksować w Ameryce.

 

“Zawsze chciałem być mistrzem w Ameryce,” Scardina powiedział. “To jest amerykański sen dla mnie. Myślę, że mają wielką szansę w tym kraju, aby być największym bokserem mogę być z prawej pomocy. John Seip jest prawo dla mnie manager bo uważa, możemy mistrzostwa świata razem jako zespół.”

 

Ulubione bokserki Scardina są Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux i Miguel Cotto. “Pracuję nad doskonałości jako zewnętrzny bojownika i głównych ramionach bliżej,” Scardina dodany. Walczę, aby zostać mistrzem świata.”

 

Oczekuje Scardina jest, aby jego debiut w tym pro maju lub czerwcu.

 

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