Cotto Receives Honorary Title of “Athlete of the Year”
ЊУЈОРК (Мај 26, 2015) – The National Puerto Rican Day Parade (NPRDP) today announced that its 2015 Parade, закажана за Недела, Јуни 14 on New York’s Fifth Avenue, will officially kick off a week of festivities with the WBC and Ring Magazine Middleweight World Championship fight between Miguel Cotto and Daniel Geale on Сабота, Јуни 6, 2015 на Barclays Center во Бруклин. It was also announced that Miguel Cotto, Roc Nation Sports and Miguel Cotto Promotions will be making a contribution to the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Scholarship Fund.
“Roc Nation Sports and Miguel Cotto Promotions are thrilled to be aligned with the National Puerto Rican Day Parade and to kick off their week of festivities with our event on June 6 на Barclays Center во Бруклин,", Вели Дејвид Itskowitch, COO of Boxing for Roc Nation Sports. “New York’s Puerto Rican community has supported Miguel throughout his career and we look forward to mirroring that support through our scholarship fund contribution and association with the Parade’s mission to promote education and empowerment.”
Во прилог, to honor Cotto’s impressive athletic accomplishments spanning over a decade which include him becoming Puerto Rico’s first and only Four Division World Champion, the NPRDP has bestowed upon him the honorary title of “Athlete of the Year.”
“It’s a privilege for my June 6 fight against Daniel Geale at Barclays Center in Brooklyn to be named the official kick-off event of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Week and I want to express my deepest gratitude for being honored me as Athlete of the Year,” said Cotto. “New York is truly my second home because I have been embraced by its Puerto Rican community. I’m looking forward to seeing my New York fans at Barclays Center on Јуни 6."
The NPRDP established the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Scholarship Awards Program to help promote the pursuit of higher education within the community. Во 2015, the organization will double the total dollar figure and number of scholarships awarded from the previous year to 30 scholarships in the amount of $2,000 each. In celebration of the 2015 class of scholarship winners, Мигел Cotto, Roc Nation Sports and Miguel Cotto Promotions will be contributing $5,000 to the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Scholarship Fund in support of helping other high school and college students pay for their educations.
“The mission of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade is to create an awareness and appreciation of Puerto Rican contributions to the United States by holding an annual parade that displays the culture and diverse achievements of the Puerto Rican community and by supporting the higher education of our youth through our scholarship program,” said Ululy Rafael Martinez, Vice-Chair of NPRDP. “We are proud to honor Miguel Cotto as Athlete of the Year and express our deepest gratitude to Roc Nation Sports and Miguel Cotto Productions for contributing to our scholarship fund.”
На 2015 National Puerto Rican Day Parade will take place on Недела, Јуни 14, од 11:00 АМ на 5:00 Премиерот on New York’s Fifth Avenue. The Parade’s overall theme will be a continuation of “Un Pueblo Muchas Voces” (One Community, Many Voices) with a special commemorative theme “Celebrating Afro-Boricua Heritage,” meant to coincide with the designation of the next decade as the “International Decade for People of African Descent” by the United Nations. Spectators can watch the Parade from any designated areas between E. 44th and E. 79th Streets. NPRDP 2015 official events include the following:
Мај 27 – Education Leadership Awards
Мај 30 – 152nd Street Festival in the Bronx
Јуни 6 – Miguel Cotto vs. Daniel Geale at Barclays Center in Brooklyn
Јуни 6 – Rising Stars Challenge
Јуни 7 – Annual Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Јуни 12 – Annual Gala of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade
Јуни 14 – 58th National Puerto Rican Day Parade
За повеќе информации, посетете ја www.nprdpinc.org. Follow NPRDP on Twitter: @PRparadeNYC, Instagram: NPRDP, #PRparade, и на Фејсбук воwww.facebook.com/
Cotto vs. Geale, 12-круг борбата за земјите од Западен Балкан и прстен списание средна Светското првенство Cotto е, се одвива Сабота, Јуни 6 на Barclays Center во Бруклин и ќе се пренесува во живо на HBO. Борбата, кој е претставен од страна на Roc Nation Спорт и Мигел Cotto промоции во соработка со Гери Шо Продукција, ќе биде официјален Лансирањето настан на 2015 Националниот Порторико ден парада недела и е спонзориран од Cerveza Tecate, Jaybird, TapouT, Tequila Cazadores and Venue Kings. Во прилог на големата акција во внатрешноста на прстен, настанот ќе има неколку забележителни Roc Nation допири кои понатаму ќе служи гледачи со подобрена искуство вентилатор, вклучувајќи Roc Nation и Греми номиниран уметник Биг Шон преземање на прстен за специјалниот настап пред главниот настан. Настанот ќе биде домаќин на значајни emcee "Гласот на Њујорк" Енџи Мартинез и, исто така, ќе има хит господар DJ Lobo кои ќе служат рамо до рамо со Мартинез во текот на ноќта. Билетите по цена од $500, $350, $250, $200, $150, $100, $50 и $25, не се применуваат, вклучувајќи трошоци на услуги и даноци, се на продажба сега и достапни за купување наwww.barclayscenter.com, www.ticketmaster.com и во касата на American Express на Баркли центар. За да се наплаќаат по телефон, јавете се на Ticketmaster (800) 745-3000. Врати се отвори во 6:00 Премиерот, првата борба почнува во 6:15 Премиерот and the HBO telecast begins at 10:30 ЕТ/Португалија.
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