Tony “Lightning” Luis to fight for regional championship in Juni 26 main event of the Sully Huff Invitational at Seneca Niagara Resort & Kasino
Niagara Falls, N.Y.. – The thrill of championship professional boxing is returning to Niagara Falls, NY. Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino and Greg Cohen Promotions (produced by David Schuster’s Winner Take All Productions), in compliance with the Seneca Nation of Indians Athletic Commission, announced today that an installment of the popular “Championship Boxing på CBS Sports Network” series will be presented in the Seneca Niagara Event Center on Fredag, Juni 26.
The night’s card is being dubbed the Sully Huff Invitational, in memory of Stanley “Sully” Huff, a successful boxer from the Seneca Nation of Indians, der døde i 2014 i en alder af 84. Huff was a Courier-Express Golden Gloves champion in 1950 and later founded the Iroquois Boxing Club. He also served in the United States Army during the Korean War, earning the rank of Sergeant, and later was elected to serve on the Seneca Nation of Indians Tribal Council.
In the night’s televised 10-round main event, Canada’s popular, world-rated and fast-rising lightweight star Tony “Lightning” Luis (19-3, 7 KOS) will fight for a regional championship against an opponent TBA. This past weekend, Luis dropped a controversial decision to Derry Mathews in Liverpool, England (38-9-2, 20KOS), where the two battled for the interim WBA Lightweight title.
I tv-co-feature, brand-new NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion and WBA #12- og IBF # 11-rated “Orkan” Dennis Hogan (21-0-1, 7 KOS), of Australia, via Kildare, Irland, will take on comebacking Kenny Abril (14-7-1, 7 KOS) af Rochester, New York.
The televised opener will feature up-and-coming American heavyweight KO artist Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (12-0-1, 10 KOS) of Brooklyn taking on an opponent that will be announced at a future date.
Billetter til “Championship Boxing på CBS Sports Network” starter ved $35 and go on sale on Onsdag, April 22 at Noon. Tickets are available at select Seneca Resorts & Casinos retail outlets, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by phone at800-745-3000.
“Speed, energy, handling, spænding, and entertainment are the hallmarks of any visit to Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino and exactly what our guests will enjoy with this world-class professional boxing card,” said Audrey Oswell, chief operating officer, Seneca Gaming Corporation. “We are happy to once again bring an incredible display of athletic competition to Western New York.”
Before the highly debatable decision loss for the world championship in mid-April, the 27-year-old Tony Luis, fra Cornwall, Ontario, pulled off a dominant 10-round unanimous-decision upset victory over then IBF #15 Vurderet Karl “Dynamite” Dargan in January. Derefter på Februar 20, han og forlovede Manon Latulippe hilste fødslen af deres første barn, en søn ved navn Miguel. Luis er vurderet #11 i verden af WBA og #14 af IBF.
30-årige Dennis Hogan var en fire-tid national amatør mester med over 150 kampe i sit hjemland Kildare, Irland. Han bor og tog i Queensland, Australien. Hogan is the current NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion. I sin fireårige pro karriere, Hogan has also won the WBA Oceania Light Middleweight, Queensland State Super Middleweight, Queensland State mellemvægt og australske mellemvægts mesterskaber.
Kenny Abril, a 30-year-old southpaw, started boxing at age seven and had 120 amateur bouts before turning professional in 2003. He has faced several undefeated and top contenders, scoring a late-2012 victory over heavily decorated veteran Dennis Laurente, which is still Laurente’s only loss in the last nine years.
Prior to boxing professionally, 26-year-old Jarrell Miller had a three-year, ubesejret (18-0) kickboxing and MMA career. As a boxer, he was a New York Golden Gloves finalist and has worked as chief sparring partner for both Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko.
“I’m excited to be helping bring nationally televised championship boxing to a world-class venue such as the Seneca Niagara Resort & Kasino,” promotoren Greg Cohen. “Tony Luis has a huge fan following in his nearby native Canada. His supporters will be out in force to watch. Kenny Abril is from nearby Rochester, New York and he’ll have a giant following in attendance as well. On the undercard will be several local favorites in exciting match-ups. I’m proud to be part of this great event and the resurgence of televised professional boxing.”
Several other exciting match-ups will be announced soon.
The event is being conducted under the rules and regulations of the Seneca Nation of Indians Athletic Commission, whose members are Scott Snyder, Sean Crane, and Justin Schapp.
“We look forward to welcoming the boxers and their teams to Seneca territory,” Commissioner Snyder said. “As a Commission, our primary focus is to ensure the safety and well-being of the fighters who will be competing at Seneca Niagara. We will be working with the fighters, promoters and everyone involved to ensure that we have a safe and enjoyable evening of sports entertainment.”
Om Greg Cohen Promotions
En af boksning førende salgsfremmende outfits, Greg Cohen Promotions (GCP) er en højt respekteret navn for mellemstationer verdensklasse professionel boksning begivenheder og fremme elite professionelle krigere i hele verden.
Grundlægger og CEO Greg Cohen har været involveret med professionel boksning i forskellige kapaciteter siden slutningen af 1980'erne, honing sit håndværk og etablere sig som en dreven international boksning forretningsmand.
Udmærker sig ved sin evne til at spotte og udvikle rå talent, Cohen skabt overskrifter for sin kyndig vejledning af, blandt mange andre, tidligere WBA Junior mellemvægt Champion Austin “No Doubt” Ørred, som Cohen hjalp guide fra ukendt New Mexico udsigten til elite pay-per-view-niveau superstjerne.
Ud over Trout, Greg Cohen Promotions har arbejdet med etablerede navne som tidligere samlet og to-tiden sværvægter mester Hasim “The Rock” Rahman (50-8-2, 41 KOS); og all-time-store flere vægtklasse verdensmester James “Lights Out” Toney (74-7-3, 45 KOS).
Aktuelle verdens-rated kandidater i GCP roster omfatter Arash Usmanee, almindeligt anerkendt som en top-10 super fjervægt; tidligere WBA International mellemvægt Champion og verden-rated mellemvægt udfordrer Jarrod Fletcher; top-rated fjerlette Joel Brunker; cruiserweight Lateef Kayode; Canadisk let og TV actionhelt Tony Luis, og WBA og fem-tid Irish National Amateur Champion, Dennis Hogan; og stigende Welterweight sensation Cecil McCalla.
Greg Cohen Promotions har været vært verdensklasse boksning begivenheder i de fineste steder i hele USA og verden, og har også stolt forudsat talent og / eller indhold til flere tv-net, herunder HBO, Showtime, ESPN, NBC Sports Network, MSG og FOX Sports Net.
