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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
Junho 16 at Xfinity Centre in Hartford, CT

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (Maio 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, Junho 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 o marinheiro” 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, muito.

 

 

“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 e Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, challengers título mundial Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega e Israel “mais” Cardona, e 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. Eu não posso esperar!”

 

 

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 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 “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.

 

 

Também lutando na eliminatória, tudo em quatro redondos 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.

 

 

Todas as lutas e os lutadores estão sujeitos a alteração.

 

 

Ingressos, preço de $80.00, $60.00 e $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, bem como $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

As portas abrem às 6 p.m. E, primeira luta começa às 7 p.m. E.

 

 

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. (Abril 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 o marinheiro” 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 e Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, challengers título mundial Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Sorveteiro” John Scully e Israel “mais” Cardona, e 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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PBC na ESPN & ESPN Deportes Doubleheader
Quinta-feira, Julho 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. E/5 p.m. PT
Mashantucket, CT (Julho 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 Quinta-feira, Julho 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KOs) faces former world champion Sou “Rei” Soliman (44-13, 18 KOs) no principal evento de 10 ronda de Premier Boxe dos Campeões em ESPN & ESPN.
Cobertura televisionada começa em 8 p.m. E/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 e 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 duas vezes; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) campeão Louis “Miúdo” 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) Tomada “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 “Mau” 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 Andre Berto (27-0) e challenger 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.
Em 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th redondo, 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 e ele 50thcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill em 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, na sua 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 “Bumbum” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, derrotandoZahir Raheem e Artur Grigorian e perder a Juan Diaz e 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 no 10th rodada de sua 2011 luta, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) no 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, e 114-113) na sua 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), e Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez em 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. e Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Na sua 15th luta profissional, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10th-TKO rodada de 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 redondo.
Os ingressos para o evento ao vivo, que é promovido pela DiBella Entertainment, custam $150, $75 e $45, não incluindo encargos de serviço aplicáveis ​​e os impostos, e já estão à venda. Os bilhetes estão disponíveis no www.ticketmaster.com e www.foxwoods.com ou visitando o Foxwoods’ Bilheteria. Para carregar pelo telefone, ligue para a Ticketmaster (800) 745-3000.
Para obter mais informações, visita www.premierboxingchampions.com, siga no TwitterPremierBoxing, LouDiBella, DiBellaEnt, @FoxwoodsCT, @ESPNBoxing e @Swanson_Comm e torne-se um fã no Facebook em www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions. Highlights are available to embed at www.youtube.com/premierboxingchampions. PBC na ESPN é patrocinado pela Corona Extra, A cerveja mais fina.
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Gerente John Seip assina italiano super-médios perspectiva Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

MIAMI (Abril 6, 2015) – Empresário de boxe Veteran John Seip assinou altamente condecorado boxeador amador italiano Daniel Mark Scardina para um contrato exclusivo de gestão.

 

Seip é mais conhecido por orientador Peter “Chocolate Kid” Quillin a Organização Mundial de Boxe (WBO) título dos médios do mundo. O nativo de New Yorker também gerencia subindo britânico super-médios Corcel “O Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 KOs).

 

The 21-year-old Scardina vem de Rozzano, uma cidade de menos de 40,000 de pessoas na Província de Milão. Ele começou o boxe em 2008 com a idade de 16, seguindo os passos de seu tio, que foi um boxeador, nesse momento, bem como modelo de Daniele.

 

Scardina, que tinha 56 lutas amadoras, honras melhores capturados em inúmeros torneios italianas, incluindo o National Rovereto, Luva de Prata Nacional, e duas Luvas de Ouro Nacionais. Ele também ganhou uma medalha de bronze em evento internacional.

 

Em 2013, ele encaixotado para o Boxing Team Italia Thunder in the World Series of Boxing, ganhar seu único jogo contra um adversário alemão.

 

Scardina primeiro chamou a atenção de Seip no mundialmente famoso 5th St. Academia em Miami Beach, originalmente inaugurado em 1950 por Chris Dundee, e na casa de campeões mundiais incontáveis ​​ter treinado lá, incluindo Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston e Willie Pep. A rica tradição continua com o novo 5th St. Academia, localizado nas proximidades, 1434 Alton Rua, onde os melhores lutadores de todo o mundo, tais como Bernard Hopkins ainda treinar.

 

“A primeira vez que o vi treinando na 5th St. Ginásio e ele parecia um amador típico,” Seip explicou. “Ele jogou socos de largura e não sabia como jogar um bom jab. Formadores Guy Laieta e Dino Spencer comecei a trabalhar com ele, e agora ele está usando seu alcance, combate a uma distância, e jogando combinações de jabs e ganchos. Ele é apaixonado por boxe, ouvir e aprender todos os dias. Daniele tem boa velocidade da mão e poder. Ele é um garoto bonito, muito. Eu vi algo nele, intangíveis, e decidiu contratá-lo.

 

“Dino é um proprietário que criou um top-notch ginásio com grandes oportunidades de sparring em uma atmosfera que caracterizam tantos lutadores talentosos que realmente empurrar uns aos outros. É já evidente que Danielle melhorou seu treinamento de habilidades lá. Ele é longo, rápido e poderoso. Sua ética de trabalho é incrível; ele é o primeiro no ginásio, último a sair. Você não pode ferir o garoto, ou. Nós todos acreditamos que ele tem um futuro muito brilhante.”

 
Scardina bate heavy-saco em 5 St. Academia em Miami Beach

Ao contrário de combatentes da Rússia e antigos países do bloco soviético, bem como aqueles da América Latina que vêm para os Estados Unidos para estabelecer suas carreiras de boxe profissional, Lutadores nascidos de italianos raramente têm seguido o mesmo caminho que Scardina, que se mudou para Miami no ano passado e dorme no chão do apartamento de seu irmão.

 

O solitário campeão do mundo de origem italiana que lutou profissionalmente nos Estados Unidos é Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KOs), quem foi o campeão dos médios do WBC / WBA em 1979-1980. Antuofermo, embora, se mudou com sua família para o Brooklyn de Puglia, Itália, quando ele era 17 e ele aprendeu a caixa na América.

 

“Eu sempre quis ser um campeão da América,” Scardina disse. “Esse é o sonho americano para mim. Eu acho que eu vou ter uma grande oportunidade neste país ser o maior boxeador eu posso estar com a ajuda certa. John Seip é o gerente certo para mim, porque ele acredita que pudermos o campeonato mundial juntos como uma equipe.”

 

Pugilistas favoritos de Scardina são Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux e Miguel Cotto. “Eu estou trabalhando em perfeição como um lutador fora e principais meus braços mais próximos,” Scardina adicionado. Estou lutando para se tornar campeão do mundo.”

 

Scardina é esperado para fazer sua estréia em maio ou junho.

 

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