ਪਿਟ੍ਸ੍ਬਰ੍ਗ (ਮਾਰਚ 26, 2022) – Gionta Management will present the first women’s world boxing championship match in Western Pennsylvania history this Saturday night (ਮਾਰਚ 30) as Mary Casamassa battles Olivia Gerula in the 10-round main event for the vacant Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) Super Middleweight World title at Steamfitters 449 Union Hall in Harmony, ਪੈਨਸਿਲਵੇਨੀਆ.
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“I’m excited to hold a fight of this magnitude here in Pittsburgh for the first time,” promoter Derek Gionta said. “Female boxing is gaining popularity and there are a number of phenomenal female fighters out there to thank for that.
“Olivia Gerula is battle tested and she recently went eight rounds with a very solid boxer, Olivia Curry. Mary will be at her best and we expect the same from Olivia.”
Casamassa (4-0, 1 KO), a 24-year-old southpaw from Pittsburgh, plans to join Jill Emery as the only female world boxing champions in Pittsburgh’s rich boxing history. Emery captured the International Boxing Association (IBA) Welterweight World Championship on June 12, 2008, with a dominant 10-round decision over Angelica Martinez at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, ਕਨੇਟੀਕਟ.
“I am very excited to be headlining this card, and I am looking forward to the challenge of fighting someone with as much experience as Olivia,” Casamassa commented. “It’s a great opportunity for me and I can’t wait.”
gerula (19-20-3, 3 ਕੋਸ) is a veteran Canadian boxer who is a former World Boxing Council Super Featherweight World Champion. She has fought in nine world championship matches and her opponents’ list is a virtual Who’s Who of women’s boxing: Amanda ਸੇਰਾਨੋ, ਮੇਰੀ. ਸ੍ਟ੍ਰੀਟ. ਯੂਹੰਨਾ, Kathy Collins, Jaime Clampitt, Jennifer Han, Maureen Shea, and Jelena Mrdjenovich, who Gerula defeated to capture her world title.
“Training camp is running smoothly,” Gerula noted. “I am focused on fighting a southpaw for the first time in my 26+ ਸਾਲ. I’m so excited for this fight. I moved from Winnipeg to Las Vegas in 2020 with the singular goal of winning my next World Title – March 30this THE DAY! All talk aside, I will let my hands do the talking from the first bell to the very last.”
Past WIBA world champions include Laila Ali, Holly Holm, Jacqui Frazier-Lyde, Ann Wolfe, Sumya Anani, Chevelle Hallback, Melida Cooper, Jeannine Garside and Mary Jo Sanders.
ਸਹਿ-ਗੁਣ ਘਟਨਾ 'ਚ, Pittsburgh’s unbeaten, popular super middleweight “Pretty” Richie Cantolina (7-0-1, 3 ਕੋਸ) faces Jonathan Ryan Burrs (4-8-1, 1 KO) ਛੇ-ਦੌਰ ਮੁਕਾਬਲੇ ਵਿਚ.
Another undefeated local fighter, Aliquippa (PA) super welterweight Paul Palombo (6-0, 1 KO), throws-down with Devonte Jones (3-1, 3 ਕੋਸ) in a six-rounder.
Also scheduled to fight on the undercard in four-round bouts is West Virginia super middleweight Tyler Aincough (2-1, 1 KO) ਬਨਾਮ. TBD, Pittsburgh featherweight Michaelangelo Turner (0-5) ਬਨਾਮ. Tyquan Johnson (0-1), and Ambridge. PA junior middleweight Tre Craycraft (6-0, 1 KO) ਬਨਾਮ. TBD.
Card subject to change.
'ਤੇ ਚੋਣ $50.00 (ਜਨਰਲ ਦਾਖਲਾ), $75.00 (reserved) ਅਤੇ $125.00 (ringside), tickets are available to purchase online atwww.eventbrite.com (“Brawl at the Hall”) ਜ ਕਾਲ ਕਰਕੇ 1.412.759.0407.
The eight-day invitational event is open to novice (beginner) and open (ਅਨੁਭਵ) boxers of all ages from pee wee (aged 8-10) to masters (35 ਅਤੇ ਵੱਧ) and aims to create opportunities for women of all ages and abilities to compete.
ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ 200 boxers from eight National Federations across four continents are currently registered to take part.
The President of USA Boxing and a member of World Boxing’s Interim Executive Board, Tyson Lee, ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ: “USA Boxing is extremely proud to be able to host this event in association with World Boxing. The Championships aim to celebrate women and create valuable competition opportunities for female boxers of all standards and ages.
“Working with USA Boxing to deliver this event is a sign of World Boxing’s support for boxers at every level, from the grassroots to the elite, and its commitment to creating competitive opportunities that will enable all boxers to flourish.”
World Boxing was launched in April 2023. It will hold its inaugural Congress in November and plans to publish details of its competition strategy, tournament calendar and the bidding process for staging events in the latter part of 2023.
ਨ੍ਯੂ ਯੋਕ (ਮਾਰਚ 22, 2023)– Multiple world champion Kathy “Wildcat” Collins (14-2-4, 3 ਕੋਸ) will become the first female boxer inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF).
Collins, of Plainview, is one of a 22-member Class of 2022 being inducted at the 11th NYSBHOF induction dinner, ਰਿੰਗ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਯੋਜਿਕ 8, 'ਤੇSunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 ਦੁਪਿਹਰ. ਅਤੇ), ਅਪ੍ਰੈਲ 30, Howard Beach ਵਿੱਚ ਰੂਸੋ ਦੀ 'ਤੇ The Bay' ਤੇ, ਨ੍ਯੂ ਯੋਕ.
”It’s a tremendous honor to be inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame,” said Collins (married name Globuschutz). “This is my fourth induction into Halls of Fame, which is special to me since I also held four world titles. But this is even more special since it is finally here in New York, the Mecca of Boxing, and where it all started for me.
“In 1995, I was part of the first class of women ever allowed to box in the fabled Daily News Golden Gloves. A year later, the first women’s fight televised on the USA Tuesday night boxing series from the Paramount at Madison Square Garden, which culminated in the highest female purses at the time from Madison Square Garden as a co-featured bout on a major pay-per-view for Don King. These were major accomplishments in women’s boxing. It helped paved the way for women today, some coming out of the Olympics, selling out The Garden and working towards equal pay with seven-figure pay days.”
Collins’ second professional fight was a six-round decision over Andrea DeShong in 1996, which brought pro women’s boxing to the famed Madison Square Garden and regular cable television.
ਵਿੱਚ 1997, Kathy captured the IFBA welterweight title and added the IWBF junior welterweight crown later that same year, ਫਿਰ, she dropped down to the lightweight division to successfully challenge for the IWBF championship. Collins became the first fighter to simultaneously own world titles in the WIBF, IFBA, and IWBF.
Kathy Collins is a true pioneer in women’s boxing. ਹੁਣ, she’ll be honored at home in New York by her induction into the NYSBHOF.
“In 30 ਸਾਲ,” she concluded, “we’ve come a long way baby! It is truly an honor to be recognized by the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame and to be recognized and included in in a tremendously talented, successful class of inductees, and being around so many of my friends and colleagues that helped me break ceilings along the way.”
“Kathy Collins is a great asset for the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame as our first female boxer inductee,” NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy commented. “Her induction into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame is an extension of her career as a pioneer of women’s boxing. We are proud to be inducting her.”
Other living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF are Brooklyn’s 2-division (welterweight & light welterweight), 6-time World Champion “Super” Zab Judah (44-10, 30 ਕੋਸ), Brooklyn’s 2-divbision World Champion (welterweight and light welterweight) Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi (36-8, 7 ਕੋਸ), Troy welterweight Kevin “Mr. Excitement” Pompey (32-18-3, 12 ਕੋਸ), and Brooklyn World Super Lightweight World title challenger Dmitry “Star of David” Salita (35-2-1, 18 ਕੋਸ).
Posthumous participants being inducted are Poughkeepsie’s world lightweight challenger Johnny Busso (36-12-1, 15 ਕੋਸ), Bronx middleweight Eugene “Silent” Hairston (45-13-5, 24 ਕੋਸ), New York City’s NYSAC Featherweight World Champion Tony “Jimmy Pell” Pellone (51-19-6, 10 ਕੋਸ), Bronx featherweight Mike “The Bronx Spider” Belloise (91-28-12, 21 ਕੋਸ), New York City’s World Colored Heavyweight Champion Harry “Black Panther” Wills (70-9-3, 56 ਕੋਸ), and Hempstead’s World Light Heavyweight World title challenger Eddie “Wildcat” Davis (34-6-1, 20 ਕੋਸ).
Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are Brooklyn trainer Hector Rocha, Brooklynn ring announcer Dave Diamante, Bronx commentator/producer/radio show host Tony Paige, Latham journalist Bob Mladinich, Brooklyn neurologist Barry Jordan, Brooklyn judge Robin Taylor, and Buffalo journalist Bob Caico.
Posthumous non-participant inductees are Brooklyn manager Izzy Zwerling, Manhattan manager Dave Wolf, Brooklyn trainer George Washington, and New York City manager/promoter Irving Cohen.
The 2022 inductees were selected by the NYSBHOF Nominating Committee members: Chairperson Jack Hirsch, Randy ਗੋਰਡਨ, ਹੈਨਰੀ Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, Jim Monteverde, ਨੀਲ Terens, Jose Corpas, ਬੌਬੀ Cassidy, and Bob Duffy.
ਟਿਕਟ 'ਤੇ ਚੋਣ ਨੂੰ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ $160.00 per adult, $60.00 ਬੱਚੇ ਲਈ (ਦੇ ਤਹਿਤ 16), ਅਤੇ ਇੰਦਰਾਜ਼ ਉੱਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਪੂਰਨ ਬਰੰਚ ਅਤੇ cocktail ਘੰਟੇ ਵੀ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹਨ, 'ਤੇ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ 12:30 ਦੁਪਿਹਰ. ਅਤੇ, as well as a 7-course dinner (ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਪੱਸਲੀ, fish, or poultry) and open bar throughout the event. Tickets are available to purchase by contacting NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy at 516.313.2304 ਜdepcomish@aol.com. NYSBHOF ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਲਈ Ads ਉਪਲੱਬਧ ਹਨ, ਤੱਕ ਲੈ $80.00 ਨੂੰ $200.00, ਡਫੀ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਪਰਕ ਕਰਕੇ. Go online atwww.nyboxinghof.org ਜwww.Ring8ny.comfor additional information about the York State Boxing Hall of Fame New.
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ਕਲਾਸ ਦੇ 2013: ਜੈਕ Dempsey, Johnny ਡਨਡੀ, Sandy Saddler, Maxie Rosenbloom, ਜੋਏ Archer, ਇਰਾਨ Barkley, ਮਰਕੁਸ Breland, ਬੌਬੀ Cassidy, ਡਗ ਜੋਨਸ, ਜੂਨੀਅਰ ਜੋਨਸ, James “Buddy” McGirt, ਐਡੀ ਮੁਸਤਫਾ ਮੁਹੰਮਦ, Bob Arum, Shelly ਫਿੰਕਲ, ਟੋਨੀ Graziano, ਲੈਰੀ Merchant, ਟੈਡੀ Brenner, Mike ਜੈਕੋਬਜ਼, ਟੈਕਸ Rickard ਅਤੇ Don Dunphy.
ਕਲਾਸ 2020: Jorge Ahumada, Alfredo Escalera, Freddie Liberatore, Dennis Milton; Lou Savarese and Merqui Sosa, Soldier Bartfield, Steve Belloise, Jimmy Goodrich, Tami Mauriello, Davey Moore, Freddie Welch, Don Ackerman, ਬੌਬੀ Cassidy, ਜੂਨੀਅਰ, Rick Glaser, ਜੈਕ Hirsch, Max Kellerman, ਡਾ. ਵਿਲੀਅਮ Lathan, Julie Lederman, Ron Lipton, Kevin Rooney, Dan Daniel, Bobby Gleason, Flash Gordan, A.J. Liebling, ਟੋਨੀ Mazzarella, and manager Dan Morgan.
ਕਲਾਸ 2021: Michael Bentt, ਸ਼ੈਨਨ ਬ੍ਰਿਗਜ਼, Verno Phillips, Donny Lalonde Johnny” Verderosa, ਲੈਰੀ Barnes, Johnny Turner, Al Singer, Kid Norfolk, Patsy Giovanelli, Eddie Martin, Battling Siki, Solly Krieger, Herbie Kronowitz, Tommy Paul, Lou Salica, Ron McNair, Don Elbaum, Ed Schuyler, Bill Verigan, Tom Hauser, Mike Silver, and Jill Diamond, Lou Stillman, Bill Cayton, James Walker, John Condon, Irving Rudd, Richard K. Fox, and trainer Victor Valle.
LAVAL, ਕ੍ਵੀਬੇਕ, ਕੈਨੇਡਾ (ਮਾਰਚ 16, 2023) — Montreal’s Kim Clavel (16-0-1, 3KO) will step back into the ring to take on Naomi “La Chapita” Arellano Reyes (9-2-0, 5KO), Los Angeles ਦੇ, for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) International Flyweight Championship on April 28, at Place Bell in Laval. The vacant WBC international flyweight title will be on the line as confirmed by the WBC. We have also requested sanctions for the division’s IBF Inter-Continental and WBO Inter-Continental titles as well. Verbal confirmation has been obtained and we expect to receive the required sanctions confirmation within the next few hours.
This will be the first fight for Clavel, 32, since the incredible clash this past of January 13 against World Boxing Association (WBA) world champion Yesica Nery Plata (29-2-0, 3KO), which the popular Canadian lost by decision in her first WBC title defense.
April 28th will mark the start of Clavel’s “RECONQUEST”, who intends to prove herself again by positioning her for a rematch with Plata as quickly as possible. She is presently ranked as the WBC #1, WBO #3 and IBF #4 ਦਾਅਵੇਦਾਰ.
Clavel is more motivated than ever, ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: “I want to regain my world title, but I will take it one fight at a time. We will reposition ourselves in the rankings. I’m going to need all of Quebec behind me. I’m confident with my team, my perseverance and all of you that, by the end of the year, we’ll get more than just a world champion belt! Thank you for your eternal support.”
Originally from Nayarit, ਮੈਕਸੀਕੋ, Reyes now lives and trains in Los Angeles, ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ ਦੇ. The 28-year-old Reyes is renowned for her power as evidenced by her 5 knockout victories to date. Her most notable win was versus former multiple time world champion Carina Moreno (25-7-0, 6KO) ਵਿੱਚ 2020. In her last outing last October, Reyes lost by decision against Gabriela Fundura (8-0-0, 4KO) for the WBC Latino flyweight title in a PBC event broadcast on Showtime.
Clavel and Reyes were supposed to face each other in August 2021 at the IGA Stadium, but the latter had to withdraw due to health restrictions to enter Canada, and she was replaced by Maria Vargas (14-4-1, 1KO).
“It is with great enthusiasm and confidence that we are relaunching Kim with the ultimate goal of allowing her to avenge her defeat and regain her world title,” said GYM President Yvon Michel. “We remember the great intense and passionate fight between the two champions last January. ਇਲਾਵਾ, the latter is still in the running for the 2023 ਸਾਲ ਦੇ ਲੜਾਈ! The 4,000 spectators at Place Bell are still excited. To return to the world championship, Kim must prove herself again and these international titles will allow her to become a must challenger for the champion.”
Groupe Yvon Michel is a professional boxing promotion organization, founded in 2004 by Yvon Michel, Alexandra Croft and Bernard Barré, who are still active in the company, the most prolific in the history of professional boxing in Canada. Since its foundation, GYM has promoted 165 events in Quebec, all televised in Quebec on RDS, TVA Sports or Radio-Canada, as well as participated in 38 international events outside Quebec. Eight GYM boxers have become world champions: ਯੋਆਕਿਮ Alcine, ਜੀਨ Pascal, Adonis Stevenson, Artur Beterbiev, Eleider Alvarez, Marie-Eve Dicaire (ਦੋ ਵਾਰ), Oscar Rivas and Kim Clavel. Nineteen boxers from the organization have delivered 54 world championship fights, maintaining an excellent record of 30 ਜਿੱਤ, 22 losses and 2 ਖਿੱਚਦਾ ਹੈ. During this period, major American television networks were more active than ever in coming to Quebec to broadcast the most important events of the organization.