WORCESTER, ජනමාධ්ය. (ජනවාරි 20, 2017) – Boxing returned to Worcester last night (බ්රහස්පතින්දා) for the first time in more than five years to the delight of a capacity crowd of 2,100 passionate fans at the Palladium.

The inaugural event of the “නව එංගලන්තයේ අනාගත” මාලාවක්, රිවේරා ප්රවර්ධන විනෝදාස්වාදය විසින් ඉදිරිපත්, විශේෂාංග 10 පියවර හැකිළු සටන්, highlighted by rising Worcester featherweight prospect Irvin Gonzalez (5-0, 5 Kos).

“The support we received from the sold out crowd was exciting for our first show,” අනුග්රාහකයෙකු පවසයි ජෝස් ඇන්ටෝනියෝ රිවේරා, the former 3-time, 2-අංශය ලෝක ශූර. “We working on our second show in March, ඇත්ත වශයෙන්, right here in Worcester.”

The 20-year-old Gonzalez was absolutely relentless in the main event, fright rom the opening bell, throwing a barrage of unanswered punches from every conceivable angle, repeatedly hurting his Mexican foe, ඉශ්රායෙල් “Tigre” Ramos (9-15, 3 Kos), including a late first-round knockdown. Gonzalez didn’t let up in the second, firing crisp punches, until Rojas hit the canvas early in the second frame and referee Steve Clark had seen enough, stopping the one-sided fight.

Gonzalez is continuing the rich Worcester boxing tradition. “I’m always relentless,” Gonzalez said with a smile. “It was great fighting in the main event at home. I heard the crowd and really appreciated their support. I hurt him early and I almost took him out in the first round with a body punch. I finished him off with a right in the second. None of my fights have gone the distance, but I prepared to go the full six tonight, if needed.”

Gonzalez takes off ඉරිදා o report to undefeated Guillermo Rigondeaux’ training camp in Miami, where he’ll work with the reigning WBA super bantamweight world champion and 2-time Olympic gold medalist.

තුන් වේලම රේ “Bazooka” Gracewski (5-0, 3 Kos), fighting out of Springfield (එම්.ඒ.), was on a search-and-destroy mission in the co-feature against Worcester super middleweight Ralph Johnson (2-10, 1 KO), who was dropped three times before referee Kevin Hope halted the fight.

කනෙක්ටිකට් හි ගැති කොචදයියාන් රිචඩ් “Popeye මෙම නාවිකයා මිනිසා” රිවේරා was good to the finish, albeit only two rounds, in a fight contested at a 185-pound catchweight against Philadelphian Davonte Hopkins (0-3). රිවේරා, එය සිටි 2016 Rocky Marciano Tournament winner, punished Hopkins, finally dropping him in the second round, after which his corner threw in the towel.

In an evenly matched junior featherweight bout, ගම ප්රියතම Andino Ranse‘s pro debut resulted in a hard earned victory, by way of a four-round unanimous decision, over Lowell’s (එම්.ඒ.) previously unbeaten ජොනතන් පෙරෙශ් (2-1-1, 2 Kos)

Unbeaten Haitian heavyweight Jean Pierre “Kid Creole” Augstin (7-0-1, 3 Kos) pounded game Mexican foe Jose Humberto “Olympico” Corral (19-22, 12 Kos) from the opening bell en route to a shutout six-round unanimous decision.

East Hartford prospect Anthony Laureano (2-0, 1 KO), වූ 2016 නව එංගලන්තය ගෝල්ඩන් අත්වැසුම් ශූර, finished off winless welterweight Rafael Francis (0-9) with a debilitating body shot early in the second round.

In his pro debut, popular Worcester heavyweight Felix Martinez, a local barber, spotted his opponent, 392-රාත්තල් Bobby Favors (0-4), ආසන්න 60 pounds but Favors was unable to continue after the first round.

Southbridge, එම්.ඒ. Wilfredo “මෙම Sucaro” මිථ්යා turned in a memorable pro debut, winning a four-round majority decision over ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩර් පිකොට් (1-2-1 (0 Kos), contested at a 145-pound catchweight.

The second-oldest pro fighter in Massachusetts history, 49-වර්ෂයක් වයස “අයර්ලන්ත” Chuck Shearns (3-1, 2 Kos), of nearby Auburn, එම්.ඒ., ended his boxing career in style with an opening-round technical knockout victory over Philadelphia junior middleweight Shavonte Dixon (0-2).

එ. නාවික Brandon Montella, fighting out of Saugus, එම්.ඒ., තම වාර්තාව වැඩි දියුණු 6-0 (5 Kos), as his light heavyweight Mexican veteran රොබර්ටෝ “පරණ” Valenzuela (69-74-2, 56 Kos) suffered an injury early in the second round.

SPONSORS: උළෙලට – Lundgren Honda, Atty. Michael H. Erlich, Atty. මරියා එම්. රිවේරා-Cotto, USANA Health Services; Lightweights – TKO Auto Repair, Atty. Stephen W. Debs.

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ABOUT RIVERA PROMOTIONS ENTERTAINMENT (RPE): දී ආරම්භ කරන 2016, Rivera Promotions Entertainment is owned and operated by one of Worcester’s all-time greatest boxers – 3-කාලය, 2-division world champion Jose Antonio “මෙම Gallo” රිවේරා – along with his son, ඇන්තනී “AJ” රිවේරා, whose collective goal is to bring boxing back to Worcester on a consistent basis, providing boxers a platform and fans a full entertainment experience.