托尼 “閃電” Luis to fight for regional championship in 六月 26 main event of the Sully Huff Invitational at Seneca Niagara Resort & 賭場
尼亞加拉大瀑布, 紐約州. – The thrill of championship professional boxing is returning to Niagara Falls, 紐約. 塞內卡尼亞加拉度假村 & 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 “拳擊錦標賽在CBS體育網” series will be presented in the Seneca Niagara Event Center on 星期五, 六月 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, 誰在去世 2014 在年齡 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 “閃電” 路易斯 (19-3, 7 科斯) will fight for a regional championship against an opponent TBA. This past weekend, Luis dropped a controversial decision to Derry Mathews in Liverpool, 英國 (38-9-2, 20科斯), where the two battled for the interim WBA Lightweight title.
在電視的共同特徵, brand-new NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion and WBA #12- 和IBF＃11級 “颶風” 丹尼斯·霍根 (21-0-1, 7 科斯), of Australia, 基爾代爾通過, 愛爾蘭, will take on comebacking Kenny Abril (14-7-1, 7 科斯) 羅切斯特, 紐約.
The televised opener will feature up-and-coming American heavyweight KO artist Jarrell “大寶貝” 磨坊主 (12-0-1, 10 科斯) of Brooklyn taking on an opponent that will be announced at a future date.
門票 “拳擊錦標賽在CBS體育網” 開始 $35 and go on sale on 星期三, 四月 22 at Noon. Tickets are available at select Seneca Resorts & Casinos retail outlets, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by phone at800-745-3000.
“速度, energy, 行動, 激動, 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, 從康沃爾, 安大略, pulled off a dominant 10-round unanimous-decision upset victory over then IBF #15 額定卡爾 “炸藥” Dargan in January. 然後在 二月 20, 他和未婚夫曼儂Latulippe迎來了他們的第一個孩子的誕生, 一個兒子叫米格爾. 路易斯被評為 #11 在世界的WBA和 #14 由IBF.
30-歲的丹尼斯·霍根是四次全國業餘冠軍有超過 150 在他的家鄉基爾代爾打架, 愛爾蘭. 他目前居住在昆士蘭州的火車, 澳大利亞. Hogan is the current NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion. 在他四年職業生涯, Hogan has also won the WBA Oceania Light Middleweight, Queensland State Super Middleweight, 昆士蘭州中量級和中量級澳大利亞錦標賽.
肯尼四月, 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, 不敗 (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 & 賭場,” 所說的啟動子格雷格·科恩. “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.”
關於格雷格·科恩促銷
一個拳擊首屈一指的促銷服裝, 格雷格·科恩促銷 (GCP) 是在世界各地舉辦的世界級職業拳擊賽事，促進專業精英戰士一個受人尊敬的名字.
創始人兼首席執行官格雷格·科恩曾參與職業拳擊在各種能力自上世紀80年代末, 磨練自己的手藝，並建立了自己作為一個精明的國際拳擊商人.
他發現和培養人才的原料區分能力, 科恩做了標題為他的專家指導, 在許多其他, 前WBA超次中量級冠軍奧斯汀 “毫無疑問” 鱒魚, 誰科恩幫助指導來自未知新墨西哥州前景精英按次視圖級巨星.
除了鱒魚, 格雷格·科恩促銷已經既定的名字，如前統一和兩次重量級冠軍Hasim工作 “搖滾” 拉赫曼 (50-8-2, 41 科斯); 和所有的時間偉大的多的重量級別的世界冠軍詹姆斯 “熄燈” 托尼 (74-7-3, 45 科斯).
在GCP名冊當今世界級的競爭者包括阿拉什Usmanee, 舉世公認的頂級10超羽量級; 前WBA國際中量級冠軍和世界級的中量級的競爭者賈羅德·弗萊徹; 頂級輕量級喬爾Brunker; 重量級拉蒂夫卡約德; 加拿大輕巧和電視動作英雄托尼·路易斯, 和WBA和五次愛爾蘭全國業餘冠軍, 丹尼斯·霍根; 和瑞星重量級的轟動塞西爾McCalla.
格雷格·科恩促銷活動已經舉辦了最好的場館遍布美國和世界的世界級拳擊項目，還自豪地提供人才和/或內容數電視網包括HBO, 開演時間, ESPN, NBC體育網, 味精和FOX體育網.
