Lowell, Pawg. (Lub kaum hli ntuj 1, 2015) – Plaub caug-ob xyoo tom qab nws yuav nws tus thawj National Golden Cov hnab looj tes sib tw title ntawm Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Hall-of-Famer Qab zib Ray Leonard rov qab Saturday, Lub kaum hli ntuj 10 mus rau tib historic lub tsev raws li ib tug TV analyst rau Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) rau NBCSN, nce los ntawm DiBella Lom ze nyob rau hauv lub koom haum nrog Murphys Boxing, airing nyob ntawm Lowell, Massachusetts.

PBC rau NBCSN yog headlined los ntawm ib tug 10-round rematch ntawm Framingham (MA) Welterweight Danny “Bhoy” O'Connor (26-2, 10 Kos), uas yog sib ntaus sib tua pauj nws 2011 tsis rau Brooklyn welterweight Gabriel “Tito” Bracero (23-2, 4 Kos). O'Connor thiab Leonard yog ob tug ntawm plaub xwb cov neeg mus puas tau yeej lub teb chaws Golden Cov hnab looj tes thiab National Amateur Championship nyob rau hauv tib lub xyoo. O'Connor sau ob accolades nyob rau hauv 2008.

Leonard yog tej sab saum toj honors nyob rau hauv lub khaub-ncaws nyias faib (132 phaus) ntawm lub 1973 Lub teb chaws Golden Cov hnab looj tes sib tw, outpointing Hilmer Kenty nyob rau hauv lub championship kawg ntawm Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Leonard yeej lub teb chaws Golden Cov hnab looj tes sib tw ntawm lub teeb welterweight title nram qab no xyoo, thaum xya xyoo tom qab ntawd Kenty los ua tus thawj kws lub ntiaj teb champion los ntawm Emanuel Steward's sai-rau-ua legendary Kronk Gym nyob rau hauv Detroit.

“Ib tug uas zoo tshaj plaws lub sij hawm ntawm kuv ua hauj lwm tshwm sim nyob rau Lowell, Massachusetts,” Leonard recently said about his aforementioned experience. “Nws yog nuj nqi heev.”

Nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd mus Leonard thiab Kenty, tsib lwm yav tom ntej ntiaj teb no champions – Marvin Hagler,Aaron Pryor, Art Frias, Leon thiab Michael Spinks – competed nyob rau hauv lub 1973 Lub teb chaws Golden Cov hnab looj tes sib tw. Leonard, Hagler, Pryor thiab Michael Spinks yog International Boxing Hall ntawm koob meej inductees.

Leonard muaj lwm khi rau Lowell, the fourth-largest city in Massachusetts. Nyob rau hauv 1978, nws yeej ib 10-round kev txiav txim siab dua Dicky Eklund ntawm Hynes Auditorium nyob rau hauv Boston. Eklund yog lub taub hau tus kws qhia txog nws ib nrab-tij laug, “Cov nuj nqis ntawm Lowell” thiab peb-lub sij hawm “Sib ntaus ntawm lub xyoo” muab kev koom tes “Irish” Micky Ward, uas ua kev zoo siab nws 50^th hnub yug tom ntej no Lub kaum hli ntuj 4.

Tsis tas li ntawd featured rau lub PBC rau NBCSN telecast yog undefeated super bantamweight nce hnub qub Jonathan “Salomon King” Guzman (19-0, 19 Kos), ib tug Dominican koom pheej haiv neeg uas tam sim no nyob rau hauv cov nyob ze Lawrence (MA), yuav siv sij hawm rau tus kws chim Danny Aquino (17-2, 10 Kos), ntawm Meriden (I), nyob rau hauv lub 10-round co-feature.

Lub tawm pib thaum 8 p.m. THIAB/5 p.m. PT thiab yuav showcase Quincy, Pawg. featherweight prospect Ryan “Tus Polish tub huabtais” Kielczweski (23-1, 7 Kos) tiv thaiv Brooklyn lub Rafael “Dynamite” Vazquez (16-1, 13 Kos) nyob rau hauv ib tug 10-round sib ntau sib tw.

Lowell Memorial Auditorium, uas kuj tuav lub 1995 Lub teb chaws Golden Cov hnab looj tes sib tw, nruab nrab yog ib tug Ntseeg rau O'Connor thiab Kielczweski, leej yeej Tshiab hais Golden Cov hnab looj tes sib tw lub npe muaj.

Daim pib no yog rau cov muag khoom thiab tus nqi ntawm $125, $85, $50 thiab $35, tsis xws li siv cov kev pab cuam nqi thiab se. Tshwj xeeb me nyuam kawm ntawv, qub tub rog thiab cov neeg laus pib nqi kuj muaj. Rau daim pib mus xyuas www.lowellauditorium.com.

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