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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. (May 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 I 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, too.

 

 

“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 futhi Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion UMarlon “Magic Man” Starling, isihloko world Challengers Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega futhi Israel “kunalokho” Cardona, futhi 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. Angikwazi ukulinda!”

 

 

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 “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.

 

 

Also fighting on the undercard, bonke ezine-round izikhathi, 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.

 

 

Zonke ukulwa kanye fighters angaphansi ushintsho.

 

 

Amathikithi, ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe at $80.00, $60.00 futhi $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, kanye ne $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

Doors evulekile at 6 p.m. KANYE, iziqubu kuqala iqala ngesikhathi 7 p.m. KANYE.

 

 

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. (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 I 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 futhi Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion UMarlon “Magic Man” Starling, isihloko world Challengers Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Iceman” John Scully futhi Israel “kunalokho” Cardona, futhi 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 on ESPN & ESPN Deportes Doubleheader
Thursday, July 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. KANYE/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 Thursday, July 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 Kos) faces former world champion Am “King” Soliman (44-13, 18 Kos) in the 10-round umcimbi main of Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN & ESPN.
Ukusabalala isiqephu uqala at 8 p.m. KANYE/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 futhi 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 kabili; 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 UMarlon “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 Andre Berto (27-0) futhi inselele Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 emahlandla, 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.
In 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th round, 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 in 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, in yabo 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, ngowakhoZahir Raheem futhi Artur Grigorian futhi ukulahlekelwa ukuze Juan Diaz futhi 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 in the 10th round of their 2011 fight, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) in the 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, futhi 114-113) in yabo 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), futhi Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez in 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. futhi Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. In yakhe 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-round TKO of 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 round.
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Manager John Seip esayina Italian super middleweight themba Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

Miami (April 6, 2015) – Veteran manager boxing John Seip ine usayine ahlobisa kakhulu Italian amateur boxer Daniel Mark Scardina ukuze isivumelwano zokuphatha okukhethekile.

 

Seip waziwa kakhulu ekuqondiseni Peter “Chocolate Kid” Quillin to the World Boxing Organization (WBO) world middleweight isihloko. The native New Yorker futhi okwenzayo ekuphumeni British super middleweight Steed “The Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Kos).

 

The Scardina oneminyaka engu-21 ubudala Umemeza kusukela Rozzano, a town of esingaphansi 40,000 Abantu esiFundazweni Milan. Waqala boxing in 2008 at the age of 16, ilandela ezinyathelweni umalume wakhe owayengudokotela boxer ngaleso sikhathi, kanye Daniele indima model.

 

Scardina, ababenolwazi 56 iziqubu amateur, ethumba ihlonipha top in tournaments eziningi Italian kubandakanya Rovereto National, Glove National Silver, futhi amabili Gloves National Golden. Waphinde wawina indondo lethusi emcimbini International.

 

In 2013, yena Boxed for the Italia Thunder Boxing Team in the World Series of Boxing, ngokuwina umdlalo wakhe kuphela ngokumelene Umphikisi German.

 

Scardina kuqala usuzizwa Seip sika at the world odumile 5th St. Gym in Miami Beach, ukusuka wavula in 1950 by Chris Dundee, kanye emzini ezingenakubalwa ompetha bomhlaba baye baqeqesha khona kuhlanganise Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston futhi Willie Pep. Isiko ocebile uyaqhubeka at the new 5th St. Gym, eliseduze at 1434 Alton Street, lapho amasosha ephezulu emhlabeni wonke ezifana Bernard Hopkins namanje ukuqeqesha.

 

“Ngiqala ukumbona ukuqeqesha at the 5th St. Gym and wabheka like a amateur ejwayelekile,” Seip wachaza. “Waphonsa punches ububanzi futhi akazange azi kanjani ukuxosha jab omuhle. Trainers Guy Laieta futhi Dino Spencer waqala ukusebenza naye futhi manje yena usebenzisa ababambe, ukulwa kude, futhi uphonsa izinhlanganisela limgwaza nameva. Muhle abanothando boxing, ukulalela nokufunda zonke izinsuku. Daniele has okuhle speed isandla namandla. Muhle a kid handsome, too. Ngabona okuthile kuye, intangibles, futhi wanquma asayine kuye.

 

“Dino kuyinto umnikazi odale ejimini top-notch amathuba sparring okukhulu ngaphansi kwesimo featuring amasosha amaningi kangaka abanamakhono ngempela bacindezela nomunye. Kuba sobala ukuthi kakade Danielle lithuthukile ukuqeqeshwa amakhono akhe khona. Muhle eside, fast and enamandla. Umsebenzi wakhe ohilela liyamangalisa; yena wokuqala in the gym, last ukushiya. Awukwazi ubuhlungu lokhu kid, noma. Sonke siyakholelwa ukuthi unalo ikusasa eliqhakaze ngempela.”

 
Scardina hits esindayo-bag at 5 St. Gym in Miami Beach

Ngokungafani fighters ezivela eRussia futhi elaliyiSoviet-bloc izizwe, kanye nalabo abavela Latin America ngubani United States eze ukusungula professional yabo boxing careers, Fighters Italian-abazalwa kuyaqabukela baye balandela umzila efanayo njengoba Scardina, owathuthela Miami ngonyaka odlule bese eyalala esitezi efulethini lomfowabo.

 

The lone Italian-owazalwa emhlabeni iqhawe owalwela efanele in America Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Kos), owayenguyise WBC / WBA middleweight iqhawe in 1979-1980. Antuofermo, noma, wathutha nomkhaya wakhe eBrooklyn kusukela Puglia, Italy lapho eseneminyaka 17 futhi wafunda indlela libhokisi America.

 

“Bengilokhu ngifisa ukuba iqhawe in America,” Scardina wathi. “Lokho iphupho American for me. Ngicabanga uzoba nethuba elikhulu kuleli lizwe kube boxer omkhulu kungaba usizo olufanele. John Seip umphathi ungifanele ngoba ekholelwa esingakwenza ngoshampeni ndawonye emhlabeni njengoba iqembu.”

 

Punjab Scardina eyintandokazi kukhona Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux futhi Miguel Cotto. “Ngiyasebenza on ukuphelela njengoba i fighter ngaphandle futhi main izingalo zami closer,” Scardina wanezela. Ngithathe ukulwa ukuba babe iqhawe emhlabeni.”

 

Scardina kulindeleke ukuba enze DEBUT yakhe pro lokhu May noma u-June.

 

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