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PBC en ESPN & ESPN Deportes Doubleheader
Jueves, Julio 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. Y/5 p.m. PT
Mashantucket, Connecticut (Julio 19, 2016) — Connecticut may not have equal status with New York City or Las Vegas in terms of being a fight capital, but the Nutmeg State has produced five Hall-of-Famers with Foxwoods Resort Casino, located in Mashantucket, Connecticut, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on Jueves, Julio 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “El técnico” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KOs) se enfrenta al ex campeón mundial Soy “Rey” Soliman (44-13, 18 KOs) en el evento principal a 10 asaltos de Liga de Campeones de Boxeo en ESPN & ESPN Deportes.
La cobertura televisada comienza en 8 p.m. Y/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 KOs) y de California Pablo Méndez (19-2-2, 9 KOs).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Energía (229-11-1, 65 KOs), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Energía, who fought professionally between 1940 y 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with De Sandy Saddler.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 KOs), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Jack Dempsey dos veces; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titular Louis “Niño” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 KOs), from Meriden; campeón mundial de peso semipesado (1933) “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom (222-42-31, 2 NC, 19 KOs), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Gato “Bright Eyes” Delaney (73-11-2, 43 KOs), who was born in Canada but lived in Bridgeport.
Over the year, many other Connecticut fighters have made an impact on the sport including Hartford’s NBA featherweight champion Battling Battalino (57-26-3, 26 KOs), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist Marlon “Magic Man” Estornino (45-6-12, 27 KOs), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Travis Simms (28-1, 21 KOs), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Malo” Chad Dawson (33-4, 18 KOs) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 KOs), Stamford’s world No. 1-welter clasificado Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 KOs), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Lawrence de Clay-Bey (21-3-1, 16 KOs).
El no. 1 Foxwoods fight of all-time, held on April 16, 2011, was also promoted by DiBella Entertainment, and was selected as the 2011 Ring Magazine and BWAA Fight of the Year. Defending champion Otros Berto (27-0) y el retador Víctor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 rondas, each getting dropped twice, with Ortiz winning a hard-fought decision (114-111, 114-112, 115-110) for the WBC welterweight title.
A close second place is the 2003 BWAA Fight of the Year, in which future Hall-of-FamerJames Toney (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Vassiliy Jirov. The action started days earlier at the pre-fight press conference when a skirmish erupted as tables were overturned and glasses thrown. The animosity continued between the two fighters and their respective camps right up to the final bell. Previously undefeated, Jirov (31-0) started fast but faded, getting decked in the final round.
En 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, Massachusetts, was involved in a great 12º ronda, nocaut venidero de siempre duro Omar Sheika en una revancha de un empate anterior, por un título regional de peso súper mediano.
Otros dos N.E. Los favoritos de los fanáticos que lucharon regularmente en Foxwoods fueron múltiples campeones del mundo. Vinny Paz (Pazienza durante su carrera boxística), luchando fuera de Cranston, Rhode Island, y toda la acción de New Bedford “Sucra” Ray Oliveira. Paz tuvo un 13-3 récord en Foxwoods, destacado por su 1998 decisión sobre Glenwood Brown y su 50ºganar su carrera en su jubilación lucha contra Tocker Pudwill en 2004. Oliveira era solo 6-7-1 peleando en Foxwoods, pero no enfrentó nada más que hierro y derrotó a un campeón mundial, Vince Phillips, en sus 2000 pelea sin título que produjo la segunda mayor cantidad de golpes totales (2,989) grabado en ese momento.
Los fanáticos del boxeo brasileño siempre se volvieron fuertes cuando compatriota Acelino “Culata” Freitas luchó en Foxwoods, principalmente debido a la gran comunidad brasileña en Connecticut. Freitas peleó allí cuatro veces, todo en peleas por el título mundial de peso ligero, derrotandoZahir Raheem y Artur Grigorian y la pérdida de Juan Diaz y Diego Corrales.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion Andy Leecoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan en el 10º asalto de su 2011 lucha, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) en el 12º round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, y 114-113) en sus 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), y Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez en 1997 (Quartey was originally awarded a win by majority decision, but a scoring error was discovered and the fight was ruled a majority draw).
Two of the greatest boxers in modern boxing history, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. y Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. En su 15º pelea profesional, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10º-TKO ronda de Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Shane Mosley successfully defended his title against Jesse James Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10º ronda.
Las entradas para el evento en vivo, que es promovido por DiBella Entertainment, tienen un precio de $150, $75 y $45, sin incluir cargos e impuestos aplicables de servicio, y están a la venta. Los boletos están disponibles en www.ticketmaster.com y www.foxwoods.com o visitando el Foxwoods’ Taquillas. Para comprarlos por teléfono, llamar a Ticketmaster al (800) 745-3000. |
