 WORCESTER, كتلة. ( يناير 11, 2017) – Fast rising featherweight prospect إرفين غونزاليس (4-0, 4 كوس) will continue Worcester’s rich boxing tradition الخميسليل, يناير 19, headlining the inaugural “مستقبل جديد انجلترا” series event against Mexican invader إسرائيل “نمر” Rojas (9-14, 3 كوس), at the Worcester Palladium. ريفيرا الترقيات الترفيه (RPE), is promoting the first professional boxing show in the Central Massachusetts city in more than five years.
(photo by Cristian Nunez)
Worcester’s boxing tradition started close to a century ago with Canadian import Lou Brouillard, a two-division world champion and Hall of Famer, 1928 الميدالية البرونزية الاولمبية Leo Sawicki, and more recently, من بين أمور أخرى, pro and amateur standouts such as multiple national amateur champion بوبي هاريس, شون “The Irish Express” شون فيتزجيرالد و ادوين رودريجيز.
Arguably the greatest Worcester fighter in the past 50 years is three-time, تقسيم اثنين بطل العالم Jose Antonio “وجالو” ريفيرا, who is promoting “مستقبل جديد انجلترا” with his son, أنتوني. “I have seen Irvin train and fight since he was in the Junior Olympics,” قال ريفيرا. “I am very proud of him because he was able to discover on his own that he was getting in his own way. He was always a talented fighter but, at times in the ring, he was inconsistent and it cost him a few fights. As he got older, he boxed more talented boxers and looked good against them. He started believing in himself more and it showed in his training. His abilities and confidence grew and that got him all the way to the Olympic Trials. I feel he has the skills to become world champion in the future. The sky is the limit for this young man and I am proud to have him fighting on our show.”
غونزاليس, ل 2015 نيو انغلاند الذهبي بطل قفازات, will be headlining his first show in his first scheduled six-round bout. “Fighting in my hometown in the main event means a lot to me because,” Gonzalez admitted. “I’ve grown up in this city, fighting my whole life, and of people who’ve supported me will be watching me fight for the first time as a pro. أنا متحمس. I’m comfortable fighting here in Worcester and I want to showcase the boxing talent we have in Worcester.”
Gonzalez qualified for the 2016 Olympic Trials but he was eliminated, not due to a loss in the ring, for missing weight. He decided not to wait four years for another Olympic shot, turning pro this past March with a first-round stoppage of Gilvan سانتوس at Foxwoods Resort Casino. In four pro fights to date, Gonzalez has four knockouts and only one was extended into the second round.
“I was always told that I had a pro boxing style,” the well-spoken, handsome Gonzalez continued, “but we didn’t immediately decide to turn pro until the time was right. I had some stoppages as an amateur but, ومؤيد, I’ve been going more to the body. I do have heavy hands. I don’t go into a fight looking for a knockout. I just let ’em come but I’ve prepared to go six rounds if needed for this fight. I’ve been sparring eight rounds with different guys coming in fresh.”
In addition to being a prize fighter, the 20-year-old Gonzalez works at a bank and he also owns and operates New England Boxing gym with his father, former boxer إرفين غونزاليس, where the youngster serves as a personal trainer.
In the six-round co-feature Springfield (MA) وزن خفيف الثقيل Reinaldo “بازوكا” Graceski (4-0, 2 كوس) faces Worcester’s رالف جونسون (2-9, 1 KO).
Fighting on the undercard in four-round bouts are Worcester junior lightweight أندينو كتبها Ranse in his pro debut vs. Lowell’s (MA) جوناثان بيريز (2-0-1, 2 كوس), pro-debuting Worcester heavyweight Felix Martinez مقابل. Bobby Favor (0-3), هارتفورد (CT) pro-debuting light heavyweight ريتشارد “بوباي الرجل بحار” ريفيرا مقابل. بروكتون (MA) Davonte Hopkins (0-2), pro-debuting Southbridge (MA) ملاكم ويلفريدو باغان مقابل. الكسندر بيكو (1-1-1, 0 كوس) at a 145-pound catchweight, pro-debuting Springfield (MA) junior featherweight لويس “Pancho” سانتياغو مقابل, Jonathan Ramos (0-2), 2016 لا هذا ولا ذاك. بطل القفاز الذهبي أنتوني لوريانو (1-0), of East Haven (CT), مقابل. Boston junior welterweight Rafael Francis (0-8), Auburn (MA) المتوسط صغار “الإيرلنديون” تشاك شيرنز (2-1, 1 KO), the 49-year-old hanging up his gloves after his fight with شافونتي ديكسون (0-1), فيلادلفيا, Saugus (MA) وزن خفيف الثقيل براندون مونتيلا (5-0, 4 كوس) مقابل. Roberto El Viejo” فالنزويلا (69-73-2, 56 كوس) and unbeaten Lawrence (MA) الوزن الثقيل Jean Pierre Augstin (7-0-1, 3 كوس) مقابل. Jose Hymberto “Olympico” Corral (19-22, 12 كوس).
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Major event sponsors include Lundgren Honda, العاطى. Michael H. Erlich, العاطى. ماريا M. Rivera-Cotto and USANA Health Services. Other sponsors are TKO Auto Repair and Atty. Stephen W. Debs.
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