Cotto Receives Honorary Title of “Athlete of the Year”
НЬЮ ЙОРК (May 26, 2015) – The National Puerto Rican Day Parade (NPRDP) today announced that its 2015 Parade, төлөвлөгдсөн Ням гараг, Оны зургадугаар сар 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 Бямба гариг, Оны зургадугаар сар 6, 2015 Brooklyn-д Barclays төвд. 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 Brooklyn-д Barclays төвд,"Давид Itskowitch байна, 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.”
Үүнээс гадна, 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 Оны зургадугаар сар 6."
The NPRDP established the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Scholarship Awards Program to help promote the pursuit of higher education within the community. Онд 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, Miguel 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.”
The 2015 National Puerto Rican Day Parade will take place on Ням гараг, Оны зургадугаар сар 14, нь 11:00 AM нь 5:00 PM 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:
May 27 – Education Leadership Awards
May 30 – 152nd Street Festival in the Bronx
Оны зургадугаар сар 6 – Miguel Cotto vs. Daniel Geale at Barclays Center in Brooklyn
Оны зургадугаар сар 6 – Rising Stars Challenge
Оны зургадугаар сар 7 – Annual Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Оны зургадугаар сар 12 – Annual Gala of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade
Оны зургадугаар сар 14 – 58th National Puerto Rican Day Parade
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Cotto сүсэг. Лонхтой, Cotto-ын WBC болон бөгж, сэтгүүл, ном Middleweight Дэлхийн аварга шалгаруулах тэмцээнд зориулж 12 дугуй тэмцэл, явагддаг Бямба гариг, Оны зургадугаар сар 6 Бруклин дахь Barclays төвийн болон HBO дээр амьд телевизээр болно. тэмцэл, which is presented by Roc Nation Sports and Miguel Cotto Promotions in association with Gary Shaw Productions, will be the official kick-off event of the 2015 National Puerto Rican Day Parade Week and is sponsored by Cerveza Tecate, Jaybird, TapouT, Tequila Cazadores and Venue Kings. Цагираг дотор агуу их үйл гадна, үйл явдал цаашид сайжруулсан фен туршлагатай үзэгчидтэй болж хэд хэдэн алдартай Roc Nation дутуу өгүүлэх болно, Roc Nation болон Грэмми зураач Big Sean гол үйл явдал өмнө нь тусгай ажиллагаанд зориулж бөгж авч нэр дэвшиж, түүний дотор. Үйл явдал мэдэгдэхүйц ёслол "Нью-Йорк дуу хоолой" Angie Martinez зохион байгуулсан бөгөөд мөн шөнийн турш Мартинез хамтран үйлчлэх болно мастер DJ Лобо хит өгүүлэх болно. Хэрэгслээр зорчих тасалбар үнэтэй $500, $350, $250, $200, $150, $100, $50 болон $25, холбогдох үйлчилгээний хураамж, татвар, түүний дотор биш, Одоо худалдаанд байгаа бөгөөд эдгээр нь худалдан авах боломжтойwww.barclayscenter.com, www.ticketmaster.com Barclays болон төвийн American Express Шигтгээ албанд. Утсаар төлбөр авах, дээр Ticketmaster гэж нэрлэдэг (800) 745-3000. Нээлттэй хаалга 6:00 PM, Эхний тэмцэл эхэлдэг 6:15 PM and the HBO telecast begins at 10:30 ET PM/PT.
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