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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
Iunie 16 at Xfinity Centre in Hartford, CT

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (Mai 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, Iunie 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 Marinarul” 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. “‘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, prea.

 

 

“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 16lea.”

 

 

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 și Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, contestatari titlu mondial Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega și Israel “mai curând” Cardona, și 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 nu pot aștepta!”

 

 

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 16lea.”

 

 

Undefeated Danbury, CT lightweight Omar “Bestia” Borðoy, 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, toate în crize de patru rotunde, 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.

 

 

Toate luptele și luptători sunt supuse schimbării.

 

 

Bilete, la pretul de $80.00, $60.00 și $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, precum și $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

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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. (Aprilie 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 Marinarul” 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 Willie “Will o’ the Wisp” Pep și Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, contestatari titlu mondial Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Vânzător de gheață” John Scully și Israel “mai curând” Cardona, și 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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Joi, Iulie 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. ȘI/5 p.m. PT
Mashantucket, CT (Iulie 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 Joi, Iulie 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KO) faces former world champion Am “Rege” Soliman (44-13, 18 KO) în cazul în 10-a rundă principal al Premier box Campionilor pe ESPN & ESPN.
Acoperire televizate începe la 8 p.m. ȘI/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 Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 KO), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 și 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 KO), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Jack Dempsey de două ori; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Louis “Copil” 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) Jack “Bright Eyes” Delaney (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 “Magic 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 “Rău” Ciad Dawson (33-4, 18 KO) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 KO), Stamford’s world No. 1-clasat în greutate sudură 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) și challenger Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 runde, 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.
În 2004, New England favorite Îra “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12lea rotund, 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, evidențiată de a lui 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50leacareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill în 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, în lor 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 “Îmbinare” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, înfrângereaZahir Raheem și Artur Grigorian și pierde la Juan Diaz și 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 în 10lea rundă de lor 2011 luptă, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) în 12lea round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, și 114-113) în lor 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), și Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez în 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. și Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. În lucrarea sa 15lea lupta pro, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10lea-TKO runda a 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 10lea rotund.
Biletele pentru evenimentul live, care este promovat de Dibella Entertainment, sunt la pretul de $150, $75 și $45, nu inclusiv cheltuieli de servicii aplicabile și impozite, și sunt în vânzare acum. Biletele sunt disponibile la www.ticketmaster.com și www.foxwoods.com sau vizitând Foxwoods’ Box office. Pentru a încărca prin telefon, apel Ticketmaster la (800) 745-3000.
Pentru mai multe informații, vizita www.premierboxingchampions.com, urmați pe TwitterPremierBoxing, LouDiBella, DiBellaEnt, @FoxwoodsCT, @ESPNBoxing and @Swanson_Comm and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions. Highlights are available to embed at www.youtube.com/premierboxingchampions. PBC on ESPN is sponsored by Corona Extra, cele mai fine de bere.
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Managerul Ioan Seip semnează italian perspectivă super-mijlocie Daniele Marco Scardina

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(L-R) – Daniel Marcu Scardina și Ioan Seip

 

MIAMI (Aprilie 6, 2015) – Manager de box Veteran John Seip a semnat extrem de decorat boxer amator italian Daniel Marcu Scardina pentru un contract de exclusivitate de conducere.

 

Seip este cel mai bine cunoscut pentru ghidare Peter “Ciocolata Kid” Quillin la Organizația Mondială a box (WBO) titlu mondial la categoria mijlocie. Nativ New Yorker, de asemenea, gestionează spațiul super-mijlocie britanic Armăsar “Armăsarul” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 KO).

 

În vârstă de 21 de ani Scardina provine din Rozzano, un oraș de mai mică 40,000 oameni din provincia Milano. A început box în 2008 la vârsta de 16, pe urmele unchiului sau, care a fost un boxer la acel moment, precum și model Daniele lui.

 

Scardina, care au avut 56 crize amatori, onoruri de top capturati in numeroase turnee italiene, inclusiv Rovereto National, Glove National de argint, și două mănuși națională de Aur. El a câștigat, de asemenea, o medalie de bronz la un eveniment internațional.

 

În 2013, el cutie pentru Italia Thunder Box echipa în World Series de box, castigand numai său meci împotriva unui adversar german.

 

Scardina atras atenția în primul rând Seip, la faimosul 5lea St. Gym în Miami Beach, deschis inițial în 1950 de Chris Dundee, și casa de nenumărate campioni mondiali s-au antrenat acolo, inclusiv Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston și Willie Pep. Bogata tradiție continuă la noul 5lea St. Sala, situat în apropiere la 1434 Alton Street, în cazul în care luptatori de top din întreaga lume, cum ar fi Bernard Hopkins încă tren.

 

“Prima dată am văzut-l de formare la 5lea St. Gym și arăta ca un amator tipic,” Seip explicat. “El a aruncat pumni largi și nu știu cum să arunce o baga bun. Trainers Guy Laieta și Dino Spencer a început să lucreze cu el si acum el folosește îndemâna lui, lupta de la distanță, și aruncarea combinații de Jabs și cârlige. E pasionat de box, ascultare și învățare în fiecare zi. Daniele are viteză bună mână și putere. E un copil frumos, prea. Am văzut ceva în el, necorporale, și a decis să-l semneze.

 

“Dino este un proprietar care a creat o sală de sport de top-notch cu oportunități sparring mari într-o atmosferă featuring a atât de multe luptători talentați care într-adevăr împinge reciproc. Este deja evident că Danielle și-a îmbunătățit formarea sa abilităților acolo. E lung, rapid și puternic. Etica lui de lucru este incredibil; el este primul în sala de gimnastică, Ultima sa plece. Nu puteți răni acest copil, nici. Noi toți credem că el are un viitor foarte luminos.”

 
Scardina spectaculos greu-bag la a 5-St. Gym în Miami Beach

Spre deosebire de luptători din Rusia si fostele națiuni ale blocului sovietic, precum și cele din America Latină care vin în Statele Unite pentru a stabili carierei lor boxul profesionist, Luptători italiană-născuți rareori au urmat aceeași cale ca și Scardina, care sa mutat la Miami anul trecut și doarme pe podeaua apartamentul fratelui său.

 

Singuratic campion mondial italian-născut care a încercat profesional în America este Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KO), care a fost campion la categoria mijlocie WBC / WBA în 1979-1980. Antuofermo, deși, sa mutat cu familia sa la Brooklyn din Puglia, Italia, când a fost 17 și a învățat cum să caseta în America de.

 

“Mi-am dorit întotdeauna să fie un campion în America,” Scardina spus. “Asta e visul american pentru mine. Cred că voi avea o mare oportunitate în această țară pentru a fi cel mai mare boxer pot fi cu ajutorul dreapta. Ioan Seip este managerul potrivit pentru mine pentru că el crede putem campionatul mondial împreună ca o echipă.”

 

Boxerii preferate Scardina sunt Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux și Miguel Cotto. “Lucrez la perfecțiune ca un luptător exterior și la principalele mele arme mai strânse,” Scardina adăugat. Lupt pentru a deveni campion mondial.”

 

Scardina este de așteptat să-și facă debutul său pro aceasta mai sau iunie.

 

Urmareste pe Instagram Scardinadanieletoretto.