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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
June 16 at Xfinity Centre in Hartford, CT

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (Ka 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, June 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, le eena o.

 

 

“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 16go th.”

 

 

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 le Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, lefatše tlotla challengers Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega le Iseraele “ena” Cardona, le 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. Ke tatile!”

 

 

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), ea 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 16go th.”

 

 

Undefeated Danbury, CT lightweight Omar “The Coat” Bordoy, Refresh. (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, bohle ka linako tse 'nè ho potoloha, 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.

 

 

Tsohle lintoa le bahlabani ba sehlooho ho fetola.

 

 

Tickets, turu ka $80.00, $60.00 le $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, moho le $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. (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 le Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, lefatše tlotla challengers Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Iceman” John Scully le Iseraele “ena” Cardona, le 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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Labone, July 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. LE/5 p.m. PT
MASHANTUCKET, CT (July 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 Labone, July 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 Kos) faces former world champion 'Na “Morena” Soliman (44-13, 18 Kos) a tse 10 ho pota ka sehloohong ketsahalo ea Tonakgolo Boxing Champions ka ESPN & ESPN.
Televised kgaso qala ka 8 p.m. LE/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 Kos) and California’s Pauluse o ile a Méndez (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 le 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 ka makhetlo a mabeli; 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 Tse ling tse Berto (27-0) le challenger Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 o garela, 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.
A 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12go th pota, 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 50go thcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill a 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, a bona 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, hlōtseZahir Raheem le Artur Grigorian le ho lahleheloa ke ho Juan Diaz le 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 ka 10go th ho pota-pota ea bona ea 2011 ntoa, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) ka 12go th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, le 114-113) a bona 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), le Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez a 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, Refresh. le Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. A hae a 15go th pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10go th-ho pota-pota TKO ea 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 10go th pota.
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Manager John Seip lipontšo Setaliana bartolomeo middleweight tsepo Daniele Marco Scardina

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(L-R) – Daniele Mark Scardina le Johanne Seip

 

Miami (April 6, 2015) – Veteran papading ya ditebele tsa mookameli John Seip o na le saennweng haholo khabisitsoeng Setaliana tsenwe Boxer Daniele Mark Scardina ho a ikgethileng a ya tsamaiso konteraka.

 

Seip e molemo ka ho fetisisa tsebahala ka tataisang Petrose “Kid Chocolate” Quillin oa Lefatše oa Boxing Mokhatlo (WBO) lefatše middleweight tlotla. Le letsoalloa New Yorker e boetse e laolang bochaba British bartolomeo middleweight Steed “The Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Kos).

 

A 21 lilemo li Scardina hails ho tloha Rozzano, e leng toropo e ka tlase ho 40,000 batho ba ba mo Province oa Milan. O ile a ile ka qala ditebele 2008 a le lilemo li 16, latelang ka le rangoane oa hae mehlaleng ea ba ba neng ba e ne e le Boxer ka nako eo, hammoho le Daniele seabe ea mohlala.

 

Scardina, ba neng ba e 56 tsenwe bouts, hapa holimo e tlotlisa a mangata le Setaliana turnira ho akarelletsa le Rovereto National, National Silver tlelafo, le tse pedi tsa National Golden litlelafo. O ile a boela hlōla metale wa bronze kwa e International ketsahalo.

 

A 2013, o ile a boxed bakeng sa Italia Sealuma Boxing Team a Lefatše Series ea Boxing, ho hapa hae a le mong a bapisoa ka khahlanong le Jeremane lireng.

 

Scardina pele tšoaroa Seip tlhokomelo ea lefatse ka tummeng 5go th St. Gym in Khao Lak Beach, qalong buloa 1950 ka Chris Dundee, le lehae la ea tse se nang palo lefatše mampoli ba koetlisitsoeng ho na le ho akarelletsa le Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston le Willie PEP. Ba ruileng neano tsoela pele e mecha 5go th St. Boikoitliso, teng haufi le moo ka 1434 Alton Street, moo holimo bahlabani ka bophara ba lefatsheng ba jwalo ka Bernard Hopkins e sa ntse e koetlisa.

 

“Ke qala ho mo bona koetlisa ka 5go th St. Gym 'me a shebahala joaloka e tloaelehileng ea tsenwe,” Seip ile a hlalosa. “O ile a lahlela ka bophara punches 'me ha aa le tseba ho lahlela e ntle jab se. Trainers Guy Laieta le Dino ke Spencer ile ka qala ho sebetsa le eena me hona joale o lintho li sebelisa hore a finyelle, loantša a sa le hole, le lahlele ba tlhakantsuke ya jabs le hook. O ile a 's ka takatso e matla ka papading ya ditebele tsa, mamela le ho ithuta letsatsi le letsatsi. Daniele o na le letsoho le letle la ka lebelo le matla a. O ile a 's tjaka ea potsanyane, le eena o. Ke ile ka bona ntho e itseng ka mo, intangibles, me a etsa qeto ho saena mo.

 

“Dino ke ke monghali ba ba neng ba bōpileng e godimo go hapa tlelaseng ea boikoetliso e khōlō sparring le menyetla e etsang featuring e le ba bangata ba nang le talente bahlabani bao ka sebele ba sutumelletsa mong le e mong tse ling tse. Ho se a ntse a hlaka hore Danielle ntlafetse hae litsebo le koetliso ho na le. O ile a 's nako e telele, ka tieo le e matla. Mosebetsi oa hae tekanyetso ea boitsoaro ke a hlollang; o ile a 's le ea pele ka ikoetlisetsa ho, ho qetela ba ho tlohela. U ke ke ua utloisa bohloko ena potsanyane, e ka ba. Bohle re lumela e le hore a o na le haholo bokamoso bo khanyang.”

 
Scardina le otla boima-a la bolsa ka 5th St. Gym in Khao Lak Beach

Ho fapana le bahlabani tsoang Russia le pele e neng e Soviet-bloc lichaba, hammoho le ba tsoang Latin America ba tlang ho United States ho tiisa ha bona papali ea litebele mesebetsi, Setaliana hlahetseng bahlabani ka seoelo latetse e tšoanang Route e le Scardina, ba ba neng ba ba ile ba fallela Miami selemong se fetileng le robalang fatse ea hae mor'abo rona foleteng.

 

The ka bomong ba chesehang Setaliana hlahetseng lefatše mampoli ea neng a loanela ya seporofesenale in America ke Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Kos), ba ba neng ba e ne e le WBC / WBA middleweight mampoli 1979-1980. Antuofermo, leha ho le joalo, ba ile ba fallela le lelapa la hae Brooklyn ho tloha Puglia, Italy ha a ne a e ne e 17 'me a ile a ithuta ho lebokoseng in America.

 

“Kamehla ke 'nile ne a batla ho e le mosireletsi in America,” Scardina a re. “Ke ea Amerika se dil se dil le 'na. Ke nahana Ke tla ka monyetla o moholo naheng ena ho ba kholo ka ho fetisisa Boxer ke e ka ba le le tokelo ya thusa. John Seip ke le tokelo ya molaodi wa ka nna, kahobane a le lumela re ka se khonang lefatše-'mampoli ba hammoho e le setlhopha.”

 

Scardina oa ratang ka ho fetisisa boraditebele ba Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux le Miguel Cotto. “Ke sebetsa phethahetseng e le ya ka ntle ya ntoa se le ho ka sehloohong matsohong a ka haufi,” Scardina a phaella ka. Ke loantša ho ba lefatše mampoli.”

 

Scardina lebeletsoe ho etsa hae lan qalo ena May kapa June.

 

Latela ka Instagram Scardinadanieletoretto.