Aleksandra Lopes (Л) fighting for one more world title shot (Photo courtesy of Takfoto.com)

QUINCY, Маса. (Јул 31, 2017) – У суботу ноћ, Август 5, three-time world title challenge Aleksandra Lopes (17-4-2, 1 КО) is taking on former world super lightweight champion Lisa Garland (15-7-1, 8 КОс) in the eight-round co-featured event on the “Fight Night at the Bay” картица, largely to try and better position herself for one final world title shot.

“Fight Night at the Bay” картица, presented by Granite Chin Promotions, will be held at Marina Bay Sportplex in Quincy, Масачусетс.

Former New England. шампион Derek Silveira (12-1, 6 КОс), fighting out of Salem (Мр), ће се састати бивши светски наслов цхалленгер Мајкл “Цолд Блоод” Кларк (44-16-1, 18 КОс) in the eight-round main event.

Poland-native Lopes (17-4-2, 1 КО), fighting out of Marshfield (Мр), is a 37-year-old lawyer who practices in Brockton (Мр). She lost a pair of vacant World Boxing Council (ВБЦ) Super Welterweight title fights to a Pole in Poland, Swede in Sweden. Прошлог септембра, Lopes lost a 10-round decision to Ewa Piatkowska (9-1) у Пољској; she dropped a 10-round majority decision in Sweden to Mikaela Lauren (22-3) у 2014. У 2013, Lopes lost a 10-round unanimous decision in Rhode Island to тори Азра (6-0-3) for the vacant International Boxing Association (ИБА) World Welterweight Championship.

The highlight of Lopes’ 8 ½-year professional career, до сада, is her 10-round complete shutout (100-90 Кс 3) decision victory, Јул 30, 2016, на Szilvia Szagbados (13-6) у Плимоутх (Мр) for the vacant WBC Silver female welterweight crown. Lopes has also defeated world champions Yvonne Reis и Kali Reis.

Lopes vs. Garland has world title fight implications for the winner. “I’d like to position myself for one more world title shot,” Lopes said. “I’m still learning every fight and I haven’t reached my plateau yet. Garland has good experience, she’s been around as long as I’ve been fighting. I can’t afford to lose this fight, but I’ve always had that in the back of my mind. I need an experienced opponent like her to push me, to learn something new, and I always like to fight at home.

“It’s tough to fight here (U.S.) for a world title. You almost always need to travel overseas. We’re limited here because of the required purse (for the defending champion to come to the states) and sanctioning fees for promoters in America. Women’s boxing is more popular in Europe, Mexico and parts of South America. But I have had a very good run and great relationships with New England promoters, who’ve put me on their cards.

“I think women’s boxing maybe, just maybe, will start changing if the trend continues as fighters such as Clarissa Shields и Katie Taylor, women boxers who’ve made names in the Olympics, keep turning pro. Аманда Серано has gotten some good exposure fighting on television, сувише. We’ve had to travel for world title fights but, Надајмо се, things are changing for the better.”

Other top N.E. boxers will also be in action Август. 5, including Iraq War veteran Chris Traietti (23-4, 19 КОс), of Quincy, који тргови офф против Nick Lavin (4-5, 4 КОс), of Shelton (ЦТ) for the vacant New England cruiserweight title in an eight-round bout. Traietti is also the co-promoter of “Fight Night at the Bay”.

Fighting on the undercard in six-round bouts are Dorchester (Мр) велтер категорија Gabriel Duluc (11-2, 2 КОс) вс. Norwalk’s (ЦТ) Схакха Мооре (12-23-3, 2 КОс), Quincy’s undefeated U.S. Marine veteran Brandon Montella (7-0, 6 КОс) вс. Florida light heavyweight “Новац” Мајк Сојер (7-8, 5 КОс), and Ireland-native and Quincy junior middleweight Paddy Irwin (3-0, 2 КОс) вс. Philly’s Demetrius Thomas (0-4). Holbrook, MA welterweight Mike O’Han, Јр. (1-0) takes on Dorchester’s (Мр) Daniel Amaro (0-2-1) in a four-round match.

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Врата се отварају у 6:45 п.м., Први боут 7:30 п.м. И.

Tufankjian Auto Group and Tobin Scientific are major event sponsors; additional sponsors include The Chantey, Jack Campbell Electric, Hancock Tavern, Brennan’s Smoke Shop, JN Phillips Auto Glass and Sheriff Michael Bellotti.

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