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Hartford Boxing Promotions Announces inaugural show “Fight Night at the Capital”

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

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (Mei 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, Juni 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 Ngumbara 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, oge.

 

 

“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 jeung Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion kasja “Magic Man” Starling, challengers judul dunya Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega jeung Israel “rada” Cardona, jeung 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. Abdi henteu tiasa ngantosan!”

 

 

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), of 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 “Sudjiman” 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, sadayana di bouts opat buleud, 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.

 

 

Sadaya gelut jeung pejuang nu matuh ka parobahan.

 

 

Tiket, dibanderol di $80.00, $60.00 jeung $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, sakumaha ogé $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 Ngumbara 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 jeung Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion kasja “Magic Man” Starling, challengers judul dunya Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Iceman” John Scully jeung Israel “rada” Cardona, jeung 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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Kemis, Juli 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. AND/5 p.m. PT
MASHANTUCKET, CT (Juli 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 Kemis, Juli 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KOs) faces former world champion Am “Raja” Soliman (44-13, 18 KOs) dina acara utama 10 buleud tina Premier tinju Champions dina ESPN & ESPN.
Sinyalna Televised dimimitian di 8 p.m. AND/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 KOs) and California’s Paul 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 jeung 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 GerardM Dempsey dua kali; 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 kasja “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 “Awon” 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) jeung nu nangtang Koswara 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.
Dina 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th buleud, 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 dina 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, di maranéhna 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” Mantena fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, ngéléhkeunZahir Raheem jeung Artur Grigorian jeung kalah ka Juan Diaz jeung 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 dina 10th buleud maranéhanana 2011 gelut, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) dina 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, jeung 114-113) di maranéhna 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), jeung Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez dina 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. jeung Roy Jones, Jr, both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Nya di 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 buleud tina 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 buleud.
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Manajer John Seip tanda Italia prospek super middleweight Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

Rajana (April 6, 2015) – Pangatur tinju Samaun John Seip geus ditandatanganan kacida dihias petinju amatir Italia Daniel Mark Scardina ka hiji kontrak managerial exlusive.

 

Seip ieu paling dipikawanoh pikeun guiding Petrus “Coklat Kid” Quillin ka tinju Organisasi Dunya (WBO) judul middleweight dunya. Nu asli New Yorker ogé manages rising super middleweight Britania Steed “Nu Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 KOs).

 

Nu Scardina 21 taun heubeul hails ti Rozzano, hiji kota kurang ti 40,000 jalma di Propinsi Magelang. Manéhna dimimitian tinju di 2008 dina yuswa 16, di handap ieu di footsteps pamanna sacara anu hiji petinju dina waktu nu, kitu ogé panutan Daniele sacara.

 

Scardina, anu kagungan 56 bouts amatir, honors luhur direbut dina loba turnamén Italia kaasup Nasional Rovereto, Sarung Silver Nasional, jeung dua Sarung Golden Nasional. Manéhna ogé meunang medali perunggu dina hiji kajadian International.

 

Dina 2013, manéhna boxed pikeun tinju Tim Italia Guntur di Dunya Series tina tinju, unggul ngan cocog ngalawan hiji lawan Jerman.

 

Scardina kahiji bray perhatian Seip nu aya di dunya kawentar 5th St. Gym di Rajana Basisir, asalna dibuka dina 1950 ku Chris Brebes, jeung ngarep juara dunya countless geus dilatih aya kaasup Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Ujang Liston jeung Willie Pep. Tradisi beunghar terus di anyar 5th St. Tempat Pitnes, aya nu padeukeut di 1434 Alton Street, mana pejuang luhur ti sakumna dunya saperti Bernard Hopkins masih ngalatih.

 

“Kuring mimiti nempo manéhna latihan di 5th St. Gym jeung manéhna katingali kawas amatir has,” Seip terangna. “Manéhna threw punches luas sarta teu nyaho kumaha buang hiji jab alus. Trainers Guy Laieta jeung Dino Spencer dimimitian gawé bareng manéhna jeung ayeuna manéhna ngagunakeun jangkauan-Na, pajoang di kajauhan, jeung ngalungkeun masalah kombinasi jabs jeung uli. Anjeunna gairah ngeunaan tinju, dengekeun jeung diajar unggal dintenna. Daniele ngabogaan laju leungeun alus sarta daya. Manéhna mangrupakeun nak ganteng, oge. Kuring nempo hiji hal Anjeunna, intangibles, jeung mutuskeun pikeun asup manéhna.

 

“Dino mangrupakeun boga anu geus nyiptakeun hiji luhur-lekukan gym jeung kasempetan sparring gede di atmosfir featuring jadi loba pejuang Sarbini anu bener nyorong silih. Ieu geus semu anu Danielle tos ningkat latihan kaahlian di ditu. Anjeunna lila, saum sareng kuat. Etos karyana luar biasa; manéhna kahiji dina gim, pamungkas ninggalkeun. Anjeun teu bisa menyakiti nak ieu, boh. Urang sadaya percaya yen manehna boga hiji mangsa nu bakal datang terang pisan.”

 
Scardina hits beurat-bag di 5 St. Gym di Rajana Basisir

Teu kawas pejuang ti Rusia jeung urut bangsa Soviet-bloc, ogé maranéhanana ti Amérika Latin anu datang ka Amérika Sarikat pikeun ngadegkeun careers tinju panarjamah maranéhanana, Pejuang Italia-lahir jarang geus dituturkeun rute sarua jeung Scardina, anu pindah ka Rajana taun kamari jeung saré di lantai tina susun lanceukna sacara.

 

Nu lone Italia-lahir jawara dunya anu perang professionally di Amérika nyaéta Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KOs), saha ieu teh jawara middleweight WBC / WBA di 1979-1980. Antuofermo, sanajan, pindah babarengan kulawargana ka Brooklyn ti Puglia, Italia waktu manehna 17 jeung manéhna pelajari kumaha kotak di Amérika.

 

“Kuring sok hayang jadi jawara di Amérika,” Scardina ceuk. “Éta impian American keur kuring. Jigana Abdi gé boga kasempetan gede di nagara ieu jadi petinju greatest mah bisa kalayan bantuan katuhu. John Seip nyaéta manager katuhu keur kuring alatan manéhna percaya ka Kami bisa jawara dunya babarengan salaku tim.”

 

Boxers paporit Scardina sacara anu Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux jeung Miguel Cotto. “Kaula dipake dina kasampurnaan salaku nu bajoang luar jeung to main leungeun mah deukeut,” Scardina ditambahkeun. Kaula pajoang pikeun jadi jawara dunya.”

 

Scardina diperkirakeun nyieun debut pro-Na Méi ieu atawa Juni.

 

Turutan dina Instagram Scardinadanieletoretto.