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Beste & Die gewildste noordoostelike boksers wat op die “Oceanside Prize Fights” -kaart vertoon word

Augustus 14, 2025 FNU47 Skryf 'n opmerking

James Perkins vs. Anthony Andreozzi -titelgeveg, Plus onoorwonne vooruitsigte Shea Willcox & James Perella Augustus 16 by Oceanside Events Centre in Revere, MA

QUINCY, Mass. (Augustus xx, 2025) - Van die beste en gewildste boksers in die Noordooste word op 16 Augustus op die stapel “Oceanside Prize Fights” -kaart vertoon, aangebied deur graniet Chin Promotions (GCP), by Oceanside Events Centre (Voorheen die Wonderland Ballroom) In Revere, Massachusetts. Al die aksies sal op gestroom word www.bxngtv.com.

'N Gedeelte van die opbrengs word aan die Quincy Fireighters Cancer Foundation geskenk, 'N Nie-winsgewende organisasie wie se missie is om onwrikbare ondersteuning aan brandbestryders en hul gesinne te bied, aangesien hulle die uitdagings van beroepskanker in die gesig staar, verseker dat hulle die sorg ontvang, hulpbronne, en hulp wat hulle nodig het. Gaan na www.quincyfirecancerfoundation.com vir inligting.

'Die bevordering van die Noordkus was iets wat altyd in die werke was, Maar al die stukke moes daar wees om 'n wonderlike geleentheid aan te bied,”GCP -promotor Chris Traietti verduidelik. 'U kry net een kans om 'n goeie indruk te maak. Ek is ongelooflik tevrede met hoe hierdie kaart geblyk het. Dit sal 'n wonderlike aand van die gewildste vegters van die gebied wees, en granietkin sal weer geld insamel vir 'n groot saak, Die Quincy Fore Cancer Foundation. Aan die einde van die nag 'n nuwe WBC U.S.. Silwerkampioen word gekroon, Shea Willcox sal sy tuisdebuut maak, En die plaaslike gevegstoneel sal bymekaarkom om ons plaaslike brandbestryders te ondersteun. ”

Throwback Fighters James "Pitbull" Perkins (13-3-1, 9 Uitklophoue) en Anthony "The Gentle Savage" Andreozzi (7-4, 3 Uitklophoue) sal bots in die 8-ronde hoofgebeurtenis vir die vakante World Boxing Council (WBC) USA Silver Light Heavyweight Championship.

Perkins vs. Andreozzi is 'n wonderlike wedstryd van vermaaklike vegters. Die 32-jarige Perkins, 'N Gravegger van nabygeleë lynn (MA), is 'n kragtige aggressiewe puncher wat nie omgee om 'n paar houe te neem om een skadelike skoot te laat val nie, terwyl die voormalige Massachusetts -middelgewigkampioen en kampioenskapsandreozzi, van Swansea (MA), is 'n slypmasjien wat dit geniet om van begin tot einde stote uit te ruil.

Twee van die gewildste en belowendste vooruitsigte in Nieu -Engeland, Everett (MA) junior weltergewig “Showtime” Shea Willcox (3-0, 3 Uitklophoue) en Mansfield (MA) junior middelgewigtitel James “The Slim Reaper” Perella (19-0, 13 Uitklophoue), sal hoofsteun bied.

Die 23-jarige Willcox, 'n lid van twee Everett High se Super Bowl, Afdeling een sokkerkampioenskapspanne, is waarskynlik die gewildste pro -bokser in die noordooste. 'N uitstaande amateurbokser, Hy is ook gekies as die 'mees uitstaande bokser' tydens die New England Golden Gloves Championships verlede jaar, Benewens die feit dat dit 'n 2018 Rocky Marciano -toernooi -kampioen. Hy sal 'n 4-ronde mede-featured-gebeurtenis teen Aldimar Silva (22-28, 14 Uitklophoue), van Brasilië.

Perella, 32, was 'n gevierde amateurloopbaan (120-20)wat vasgelê het 3 New England Golden Gloves Titels, sowel as 'n silwermedalje by die gesogte nasionale PAL -toernooi. Die begaafde vegter met een van die beste byname sal die voormalige Fecarbox Welterweight Champion aanneem Saul “Navajo” Corral (31-24, 20 Uitklophoue) In die 8-ronde spesiale junior middelgewig aantrekkingskrag.

Veg op die undercard, Alles in 4-rondes, is Hyde Park (MA) Junior veergewig Jennifer Perella (2-1, 1 KO), die 2024 New England Golden Gloves Silwermedaljewenner, vs. Sarah “Switch Kick” klik (2-10-1, 0 Uitklophoue); Onbevrekte Springfield (MA) weltergewig Eric “The Gladiator” Goff (7-0, 5 Uitklophoue) versus “Jabbin” Joe Wilson, Jr. (3-8, 0 Uitklophoue), Lawrence (MA) junior middelgewigtitel Dimas “Jimmy” kolon maak sy pro -debuut teenoor Bennet (0-2), en South Boston Cruiserweight Charlie “The City Point Sicilian” Lograsso (1-0, 1 KO) voldoen aan Erick Alves.

Kevin Ross het onlangs die promosie se eerste veergewiggordel by sy reeds indrukwekkende lys toekennings gevoeg.

Kaartjies is redelik geprys (insluitend diensfooie) by $150.00 (Gereserveerde ringe), $100.00 (Algemene sitplekke), en $60.00 (Algemene toelatingsvereistes) is te koop by www.granite-chin-promotions.ticketleap.com.

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Die onoorwonne junior middelgewig -vooruitsig Anthony Velazquez sal nie die bes bewaarde geheim in Boxing wees nie 2026

Julie 12, 2025 FNU47 Skryf 'n opmerking

Springfield, Mass. (Julie 10, 2025) - Nou, Onoorwonne junior middelgewig Anthony “ATV” Velazquez (19-0-1, 14 Uitklophoue) Kan die beste geheim van Boxing wees, Maar die plan is dat hy 'n groot sprong van vooruitsig na titeluitdager in 2026.

Veg uit Springfield, Massachusetts, Die 29-jarige Valezquez het onder die radar gevlieg, Nooit veg teen 'n wêreldwye teenstander of vertoon op 'n markiestentyd nie. Sy bestuurder, Gunther Fishgold, het die weg gebaan vir 'n uiteensetting 2026 Vir sy talentvolle Puerto Rikaanse-Amerikaanse vegter.

Die plan vra vir Velazquez, Wie is 'n promosievrye agent, om drie keer te veg, begin Julie 19^ste op Mohegan Sun, plus nog twee keer in 2025 of volgende Januarie, om hom te posision 2026.

Team Velazquez het veral geen vegter geteiken nie, Maar 'n natuurlike vyand is mede -New Englander, Chordale “The Gift” Booker (23-2, 11 Uitklophoue), van Stamford, Connecticut. Booker het onlangs sy eerste wêreldtitel geskiet, verloor sy uitdaging aan Unified (WBC & WBO) Super weltergewig wêreldkampioenSebastian Fundora (21-1-1, 14 Uitklophoue) by wyse van 'n stilstand in ronde 4. Een nie-nuwe Englander op Velazquez se trefferlys vir 2026, miskien, is weltergewigAlexis "Lex" Rocha (25-2-1, 16 Uitklophoue), wat tans wêreld beoordeel is op no. 1 (WBO), Moenie. 5 (IBF) en Geen. 9 (WBC), Maar slegs as hy besluit om na die junior middelgewigafdeling te gaan. Velazquez is by die oefenkamp en berei hom voor vir sy Julie 19^ste terugkeer in 'n 8-ronde wedstryd Vs.Terry Chatwood(12-3-1) by Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, wat slegs 'n 1 ½ uur ry vanaf Velazquez 'huis in Springfield.

'Ek weet Chatwood hou daarvan om van sy agtervoet af te boks en hy is taai,”Het Velazquez gesê, 'Maar hy het niks waarmee ek besorg is nie. Ek gaan hom afbreek en hom daar wegkry. Ek is gemaklik in die ring. My verdediging en vertroue het verbeter. En ek geniet dit om by Mohegan Sun te veg vanweë sy geskiedenis in boks en hoe naby dit aan Springfield is. Dit is soos my tweede huis (Dit sal sy derde stryd daar wees)."

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WBC U.S. Silver Light Heavyweight title fight James Perkins & Anthony Andreozzi Headlines “Oceanside Prize Fights”

Julie 12, 2025 FNU47 Skryf 'n opmerking

Undefeated prospects James Perella &

Shea Willcox to be featured

Augustus 16 by Oceanside Events Centre in Revere, MA

QUINCY, Mass. (Julie 8, 2025) – Old-school boxing returns on August 16^ste asJames "Pitbull" Perkins (13-3-1, 9 Uitklophoue) enAnthony "The Gentle Savage" Andreozzi (7-4, 3 Uitklophoue) square off in the 8-round main event on a stacked “Oceanside Prize Fights” card, aangebied deur graniet Chin Promotions (GCP), for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) USA Silver Light Heavyweight Championship.

Al die aksies sal op gestroom wordwww.bxngtv.com live from the Oceanside Events Center (Voorheen die Wonderland Ballroom) In Revere, Massachusetts.

'N Gedeelte van die opbrengs word aan die Quincy Fireighters Cancer Foundation geskenk, 'N Nie-winsgewende organisasie wie se missie is om onwrikbare ondersteuning aan brandbestryders en hul gesinne te bied, aangesien hulle die uitdagings van beroepskanker in die gesig staar, verseker dat hulle die sorg ontvang, hulpbronne, en hulp wat hulle nodig het. Gaan nawww.quincyfirecancerfoundation.com vir inligting.

“It’s been long overdue that Granite Chin did an event on the North Shore,” promoterChris Traiettigesê. “Oceanside Events Center is a beautiful venue, and they have been a pleasure to work with. This event will be an incredible night of fights with a new WBC Silver U.S. Champion crowned. Op die top van dat, we will be raising money for the Quincy Firefighters Cancer Foundation, which as a member of the Quincy Fire Department, hits home for me. The foundation does amazing work and provides critical support for our fellow firefighters at a time of need.”

Perkins and Andreozzi are throwback fighters who could fight in a proverbial phone booth, providing non-stop action in an entertaining, competitive encounter for a regional title.

'N Gravegger van nabygeleë lynn (MA), the 32-year-old Perkins was a solid hockey player at St. Mary’s High School in Lynn, who also had another intensive labor job working on a lobster boat. He is a strong, aggressive puncher who has successfully transitioned from the super middleweight division to light heavyweight.

Andreozzi, van Swansea (MA), who is a former Massachusetts Middleweight Champion, has overcome a serious injury to become a title challenger. He broke his lower leg that resulted in 2 major surgeries that kept him sidelined for a full year. Andreozzi is back, hungry and ready for Perkins.

“Sometimes, as 'n promotor, you must get creative selling a fight, but this isn’t one of those,” Traietti added. “This fight sells itself. James and Tony are two guys who refuse to take a step backwards, for better or worse, coming forward and bringing non-stop pressure. Getting both guys to agree to fight was one of the easiest things I have done all year. They were chomping at the bit. This fight is a can’t miss regional main event.”

Twee van die gewildste en belowendste vooruitsigte in Nieu -Engeland, Marshfield (MA) weltergewigJames “The Slim Reaper” Perella (19-0, 13 Uitklophoue) and Everett (MA) junior weltergewig“Showtime” Shea Willcox (3-0, 3 Uitklophoue), sal hoofsteun bied.

Perella, 32, had a celebrated amateur career (120-20), capturing 3 New England Golden Gloves Titels, in addition to a silver medal at the prestigious National PAL Tournament. He will face former FECARBOX Welterweight ChampionSaul “Navajo” Corral (31-24, 20 Uitklophoue) in an 8-round fight.

Willcox, 23, was a member of two Everett High’s Super Bowl, Afdeling een sokkerkampioenskapspanne. He was also selected as the “Most Outstanding Boxer” at last year’s New England Golden Gloves Championships, as well as a 2018 Rocky Marciano -toernooi -kampioen. He will be in a 4-round match vs.Aldimar Silva (22-28, 14 Uitklophoue), van Brasilië.

Traietti concluded, “On top of a great main event, SHEA WILLCOX IS COMING HOME! Getting Shea a fight in his home area was paramount this year. We plan to make it a recurring theme. He is a terrific talent with a loyal fan base that traveled twice to Bridgewater to support him. Now he is coming to the North Shore where he belongs, and the sky’s the limit.”

Additional matchups will soon be announced.

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Kaartjies is redelik geprys (includes service fees) by $154.00 (Gereserveerde ringe), $103.00 (Algemene sitplekke), en $62.20 (Algemene toelatingsvereistes) is te koop bywww.granite-chin-promotions.ticketleap.com.

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"Granite Chin Box Off" om 11 Mei 4-vegvliegtuig te lanseer, 1-nag super-middelgewig toernooi "Rumble at the Rink" by Quincy Youth Arena in Quincy, MA

Maart 27, 2024 FNU47 Skryf 'n opmerking

"Granite Chin Box Off" om Mei bekend te stel 11^ste

4-fighter, 1-nag supermiddelgewig toernooi

"Rumble at the Rink" by Quincy Youth Arena in Quincy, MA

QUINCY, Mass. (Maart 26, 2024) – Granietkin-promosies (GCP) het die bekendstelling van sy innoverende een-nag-toernooi aangekondig, “Graniet Kin Box Off,” Saterdagaand, Mei 11, met 'n kwartet teruggooi-supermiddelgewigvegters van Nieu-Engeland wat die hoofrol speel “Rumble at the Rink” pro-bokskaart, by Quincy Youth Arena in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Die kwartet van supermiddelgewigte sal in drie-ronde gevegte veg (4^ste ronde van skielike dood indien nodig in die geval van gelykop) vroegaand en die twee wenners sal deurdring na die vyf-ronde hoofbyeenkoms (6^ste ronde van skielike dood in die geval van gelykop) om die kampioen te bepaal van watter promotor Chris Traietti beplan om 'n jaarlikse toernooi te wees, wat deur die Massachusetts Boxing Commission goedgekeur is.

Al vier vegters is aggressief en guts wat kom baklei, wat vertaal word in 'n onvergeetlike aand vir aanhangers.

"Hierdie toernooi is 'n idee waarmee ek al sedert 2021 flankeer," het GCP-president Chris Traietti gesê. "Ek wou nie die sneller op dit trek totdat ek gevoel het asof sommige van die aanvanklike bekommernisse uitgewerk het en ek die regte vier ouens gehad het nie. Dit het nou alles bymekaar gekom! Daar is geen kombinasie van gevegte met hierdie vier wat nie reg van die openingsklok af aksiebelaai sal wees nie. Dit is iets wat Granite Chin beplan om jaarliks te doen, so sodra hierdie eerste toernooi voltooi is, ons sal dit assesseer om te sien of enige verbeterings nodig is om een gereed te kry 2025. Dankie aan die vegters vir hul passie om deel te wees van iets besonders soos hierdie en die Massachusetts-kommissie vir al sy hulp om my te navigeer om al die veiligheidskwessies aangespreek en hanteer te kry sodat dit goedgekeur kan word.”

Hier is 'n uiteensetting van die vier "Granite Chin Box Off"-uitdagers:

James "Pitbull" Perkins (13-1-1, 9 Uitklophoue), Lynn, MA

Perkins is die gunsteling voor die toernooi gegrond op sy professionele rekord en kwaliteit van opposisie. 'n Grafgraaf gedurende die dag, Perkins het verlede Augustus sy eensame verlies aan Steve Sumpter gely (9-0, 7 Uitklophoue), verloor 'n agt-ronde meerderheidsbesluit vir die vakante IBA America Super-middelgewigkampioenskap.

“Ek sien baie uit na hierdie geleentheid. Ek wou nog altyd in 'n toernooi veg, want ek het nooit in die Golden Gloves of enige amateurtoernooie geveg nie. Ek het besluit om pro te word ná my sesde amateur-geveg. Dit is selfs beter dat die geleentheid by 'n hokkiebaan gehou word, want ek het my hele lewe lank grootgeword met hokkie. Ek het op twee jaar oud begin skaats en deur die hoërskool gespeel (St. Mary's van Lynn).

“Ek is bereid om te hanteer wat ook al by my afkom. Ek weet wie al die vegters is, maar ek ken Clark baie meer as die ander vegters. Ek en Clark het al 'n paar keer op dieselfde kaart baklei. Ek hou van Clark en hy is 'n taai ou, maar as ons saam in die ring beland, dit sal alles besigheid wees. Ons sal nie vriende wees as ons daar is nie. Aan die einde van die nag, Ek is baie vol vertroue dat ek die wenner van die toernooi sal wees.”

Anthony "The Gentle Savage" Andreozzi (5-3, 2 Uitklophoue), Swansea, MA

’n Voormalige Massachusetts-middelgewigkampioen, Andreozzi het herstel van 'n wrede been-/enkelbesering wat meer as 'n jaar gelede opgedoen is, die afgelope Februarie teruggekeer 24^ste binne 'n tweede ronde uitklophou van Igor Pessoa.

“Dis (toernooi) grense verbreek vir seker. Dit is die tipe toernooi waar emosionele beheer belangrik sal wees. Jy kan nie jou vrag in die eerste rondte van die eerste geveg blaas nie en steeds verwag om te slaag. Ek het 'n paar honderd stoei wedstryde en meer as 'n dosyn karate wedstryde. Ek is gewoond aan die emosionele beheer wat nodig is om doeltreffend twee keer in een nag geweld te doen. Ek kan nie wag!

"Ryan Clark is 'n wonderlike ou. Ons het rondtes gedoen voor my geveg met Kyle Cusick (April 22, 2022). Perkins het ses harde rondtes saam met 'n voormalige spanmaat van my gegaan. Bernard lyk na 'n goeie ou, dus niks persoonlik teen hom nie.”

Bernard Joseph (6-1, 4 Uitklophoue), Dorchester, MA

Joseph het sy laaste twee gevegte gewen en was aktief met vier gevegte in 2023 en dit sal sy tweede van 2024 wees. Die 33-jarige sal ook 'n tuisdorpvoordeel hê om in die nabygeleë Quincy te veg.

'Dit is anders (toernooi formaat), maar dit kom neer op die manier waarop ons oefen. Ek doen baie sparring en dit sal goed wees vir my. Dit kom neer op oefening en om my liggaam gewoond te maak aan die breek soos in sparring. Ek kan vier rondtes baklei en dan ses.

“Ek is nou ’n pro, veg teen ses ronders, maar nie met 'n lang pouse tussen gevegte soos in hierdie toernooi nie. Dit sal my tyd gee om te rehidreer en reg te maak vir die tweede geveg van die nag. Ek het 'n video van al die ander vegters gesien en ek praat niemand sleg nie, maar ek kan nie voel dat ek die gunsteling is om dit alles te wen nie.”

Ryan Clark (4-5, 2 Uitklophoue), Barrington, ME

'n Natuurlike middelgewig, Clark beweeg die meeste gewig in die toernooi op, iets waarvan hy deeglik bewus is, maar nie te bekommerd is nie. Nog 'n aksiebelaaide vegter, Clark se rekord is misleidend, want hy is so taai soos hulle kom en in staat om enige van die ander drie uitdagers te verslaan.

“Dis (toernooi) is 'n goeie idee. Chris (Traietti) is 'n slim ou, en hierdie toernooi sal vermaak vir die ondersteuners verskaf, en dit sal 'n uitdaging vir die vegters wees. Ek verwelkom sy idee. Ek veg gewoonlik by 160 en hierdie toernooi laat my veg in 'n bietjie groter gewigsklas. Ek hou van die uitdaging.

“Ek ken Tony en Perkins en ek respekteer hulle. Hulle is talentvol. Dit (toernooi) is soortgelyk aan sparring. Ek spaar vyf of ses rondtes, rondhang en gesels, kry 'n ander opleiding, en kom dan terug in die ring om weer te spartel. Dit is nie te anders nie.”

Bykomende wedstryde sal binnekort aangekondig word.

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Steve “The Savage” Sumpter Predicts James Perkins fight won’t go the full distance on August 19th in Worcester, MA

Julie 19, 2023 FNU47 Skryf 'n opmerking

Steve Sumpter

(picture by Emily Harney / Fightography)

QUINCY, Mass. (Julie 12, 2023) – Undefeated super middleweight prospect Steve “The Savage” Sumpter (8-0, 7 Uitklophoue) has never turned down a fight. Neither has his next opponent, James "Pitbull" Perkins (12-0-1, 9 Uitklophoue), and that’s why the two undefeated fighters will throw-down August 19^ste.

Sumpter vs. Perkins headlines “Pandemonium at The Palladium”, aangebied deur graniet Chin Promotions (GCP), in an eight-round showdown for the vacant International Boxing Association IBA) Americas Super Middleweight Championship..

“Pandemonium at The Palladium” will be streamed live onwww.bxngtv.com from the famed Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts.

“This fight is one of the best main events Massachusetts has seen this year,” GCP president Chris Traietti commented. “What more can you ask for? Two undefeated guys with knockout power going for it all for a chance to elevate their careers to the next level. The spectators better take their bathroom and concession breaks before this one starts. It could end at any moment!"

More than a belt is at stake, more like Bay State (MA) bragging rights for the winner of this potentially “lights-out” fight between these Western (Sumpter, Pittsfield) and Eastern (Perkins, Lynn) Mass. rival fighters.

Sumpter, 29, leaped at the opportunity to fight another undefeated fighter because of the upside for his career that an impressive victory will make within New England boxing circles.

“’ll be better known after this fight,” Sumpter said. “I don’t care about my opponent’s record or anything else. This is the type of fight that will establish me as one of the better boxers around. This fight will open up a lot of doors for me, when I come out on top. More people will start taking notice of me and I’ll be getting calls for bigger fights.

“We are both explosive fighters. I don’t think he’s going the full distance. It’ll come down to skills. I’ve seen some things from him I’ll exploit. Nobody studies me better than me. I’m sure he has watched me, too.”

Pittsfield is 100 miles to the west of Worcester, but Sumpter, who is the reigning Massachusetts Light Heavyweight Champion, is confident his fans will travel in force.

“I’ll feel good traveling,” Sumpter added. “This will be the second card I’ve headlined. I have a solid fan-base and it’s growing with each win. En, soos ek gesê het, he’s not going the distance.”

In die mede-featured gebeurtenis, undefeated Massachusetts Welterweight Champion Denzel “Double Impact” Whitley (11-0, 6 Uitklophoue) takes Hector “El Gatito” Ednar Bobadilla (9-14-1, 4 Uitklophoue) in an eight-round bout for the vacant United States Boxing Federation (USBF) Atlantic welterweight title.

Other fighters expected to be in action on the “Pandemonium at The Palladium” undercard include another Holyoke boxer, super welterweight Carlos Castillo (7-0, 4 Uitklophoue), unbeaten Springfield super featherweight Isaiah “Baby Warrior” Cruz (6-0, 4 Uitklophoue), and New Haven (CT) featherweight Felix Parrilla (7-0, 6 Uitklophoue).

Kevin Ross het onlangs die promosie se eerste veergewiggordel by sy reeds indrukwekkende lys toekennings gevoeg. Tickets are on sale and available for purchase online atwww.ThePalladium.net.

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Undefeated Irish Light Heavyweight Prospects Tommy “The Governor” Hyde & Thomas “The Kid” O’Toole Fighting again in adopted home – “Veterans Stadium Showcase” Outdoors on August 11th in Quincy, MA

Julie 19, 2023 FNU47 Skryf 'n opmerking

QUINCY, Mass. (Julie 10, 2023) – Like some of his fellow countrymen in the past, undefeated Irish light heavyweight prospects Tommy Hyde (5-0, 3 Uitklophoue) and Thomas “The Kid” O’Toole (7-0, 5 Uitklophoue) have traveled across “the pond” from their native Ireland to Boston in order to enhance their professional boxing careers.

They will both be fighting on the August 11^ste (Augustus. 12^ste rain date) on the “Veterans Stadium Showcase” Pro-Am card, aangebied deur graniet Chin Promotions (GCP), at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Quincy (MA), a suburb of Boston only 10 miles to the south of the Massachusetts capital.

“This card wouldn’t be complete without some Irish flair to it,” GCP president Chris Traietti said. "Met wat gesê het, I didn’t want just any Irish fighters on the show. I wanted two of the hottest prospects. Working with both guys has been a pleasure. Their teams have been great. Their fan-bases are in for a treat come August 11^ste."

They’ve built solid fanbases of Irish natives who now live in the United States, as well as Irish American boxing fans, just like their predecessors from the Emerald Isle, world champion Steve Collins and Mike Tyson-conqueror Kevin McBride.

Although Hyde and O’Toole will be fighting in separate six-round bouts this could be a prelude to a showdown between the Irish light heavyweights. They fought twice as amateurs with each winning one and in the future, they could be matched against each other once again, only this time as professionals.

Tommy Hyde (L) - (picture credit: Garreth Croke)

The 24-year-old Hyde is a three-time Irish National Champion who had an 80-26 amateur rekord. Sy pa, Gary Hyde, is an international matchmaker who has represented numerous world champions.

“I am delighted to be fighting in Boston again,” Hyde said. “It’s like a second home now. I have a lot of family and friends living there and they all show me great support when I’m fighting there. It’s a big boxing city and it’s great to be following in the footsteps of Steve Collins and Kevin McBride who I really admire.

“I fought all over the world as an amateur in 2019. I fought outdoors in a multi-national tournament in Odessa, Oekraïne. It was a really good experience, so I’m really looking forward to fighting outdoors in a Boston stadium.

“This will be the second show we shared since we’ve been pros and it probably won’t be the last. A fight between us could be big down the line in Boston or Ireland. He’s an Irishman like me, so I’ll be supporting him until we fight just like any other Irish boxer.”

Hyde faces an opponent to be determined.

Thomas O’Toole (R) - (photo credit: Emily Harney / Fightography

O’Toole, 25, is another celebrated Irish amateur boxer who captured top honors in the Haringey Box Cup and Irish Elevate final, in which he decisioned Hyde. “The Kid” won 51 van 60 amateur matches. Ten Years ago, O’Toole fought outdoors for the first and only time in an amateur show at Boston City Hall, arranged by then- Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.

A hotklou, O’Toole lives in nearby Braintree (MA). Six of his seven pro matches have been held in Greater Boston, the lone exception in Manchester, New Hampshire. “The Kid” is moving up one division to fight Massachusetts cruiserweight champion Scott “Scottie Bombs” Lampert (5-8, 4 Uitklophoue) for the vacant United States Boxing Federation (USBF) cruiserweight crown.

“Fighting outdoors does make a difference,” O’Toole commented, “especially if it’s hot and humid. I couldn’t prepare for fighting outdoors here in the summer if I was training in Ireland. We don’t have hot and humid weather there. I’ve been training here in this weather. It’s amazing how the weather can zap your strength. It did have an effect on me when I fought in Boston outdoors as an amateur.

“Tommy and I have gone our separate ways as pros, but our paths may grow down the line. We haven’t seen much of each other when we fought on the same card here. He is coming on very well in the pro ranks. He has a good man behind him in his father, Gary, and I think Tommy can go far. He’s said that a fight between us can easily be made if it makes sense. Ek stem saam. We both have big fan bases. This is going to be an amazing, fun night.”

Irish eyes will certainly be smilin’ Aug. 11^ste in Quincy.

In the eight-round, hoofren, former New England Welterweight Champion Mike “Bad Man, ohan, Jr. (18-2, 9 Uitklophoue), of Holbrook, and Haverhill’s Harry “The Hitman” Gigliotti (9-4, 3 Uitklophoue), reigning ABF Atlantic super lightweight title holder, will throw-down in a non-title fight.

United States Boxing Federation (USBF) Champion Julien “Black Dragon” Baptiste (5-3, 2 Uitklophoue), van Woburn, and Massachusetts titleholder Jamer Jones (3-1, 3 Uitklophoue), of Pittsfield, are in a middleweight unification bout for their titles in the eight-round co-featured event.

Gigliotti’s stablemates, undefeated Lowell lightweight Gabriel “The Menace” Morales (7-0, 4 Uitklophoue) and unbeaten Methuen middleweight Luke “The Quiet Storm” Iannuccilli (6-0, 3 Uitklophoue) sal ook in aksie wees, onderskeidelik, versus Nathan Benichou (2-16-1, 2 Uitklophoue) and Ryan Thomas Clark (2-4, 1 KO).

Also fighting on the undercard is undefeated middleweight prospect Francis “Frank The Tank” Hogan (14-0, 13 Uitklophoue), of nearby Weymouth (MA), sal in aksie wees, as well as Scituate heavyweight Kevin Nagle (2-0, 2 Uitklophoue), vs. TBAs. Hogan was a celebrated amateur who was a 2020 USA Boxing Olympic Team alternate as well as a 2010 New England Golden Gloves-kampioen.

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Deure open om 5:30 namiddag. ET with the amateur matches starting at 6:30 namiddag. EN, pro card commences at 8 pm. EN.

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Salem’s Kenny “Lionheart” Larson challenges Mass. Welterweight Champion Denzel Whitley in battle of undefeated prospects on March 11th at MassMutual Center in Springfield, MA

Februarie 28, 2023 FNU47 Skryf 'n opmerking

Kenny “Lionheart” Larson

(foto deur Emily Harney / Fightography)

QUINCY, Mass. (Februarie 27, 2023) – Styles make fights and a potential instant classic is on tap March 11^ste in the “Springfield Championship Boxing 2” main event, when undefeated Kenny “Lionheart” Larson (6-0, 5 Uitklophoue) challenges defending card Massachusetts State Welterweight Champion Denzel “Double Impact” Whitley (10-0, 6 Uitklophoue) in the 8-round headliner, at MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.

“Springfield Championship Boxing 2”, aangebied deur graniet Chin Promotions (GCP), will be streamed live on BXNGTV.com.

“This fight has all the makings to be one of those local fights that people talk about for years,” GCP president Chris Traietti commented. “You have a hyper aggressive guy like Kenny going up against a slick counterpuncher like Denzel. Both guys are undefeated and there’s a state title on the line. Kudos to both guys for taking this fight, one that nobody will want to miss.”

Larson, 33, is an ultra-aggressive fighter who constantly applies pressure on his opponent; Whitley’s an intelligent counterpuncher that breaks down the other guy in the ring. It figures to be an exciting showdown to determine who fights his fight. It’s so rare for a pair of undefeated prospects to fight each other so early in their professional careers.

“We are looking to showcase that we are both serious,” Larson explained. We both want to make statements! As long as I do what I’m supposed to do, fighting like I do in the gym, it doesn’t matter that I’m fighting him in his neck of the woods. (Whitley is from Holyoke, which is only 8 miles from the Springfield venue.) One night a fan said to me, ‘You fight with the heart of a lion.’ I couldn’t think of a better nickname for me. Hy (Whitley) beat Kris Jacobs (WMDEC8) in sy laaste geveg (to capture the vacant Mass. welterweight title) and I knocked out a guy (Ryan Clark) in the first round who defeated Jacobs.

“We’ll see what happens when the kitchen starts getting heated up (vs. Whitley). Everybody has a plan going into a fight. Anyone who knows me knows my assets and what I have for him. I’ve watched him (Whitley) on tape and saw a few things that interested me. I was kind of amused by what he had to say. Let the cards lay where they may and we’ll see what it comes down to. I’ll have people there for me. I’ve always had a huge crowd behind me since I was an amateur because of my fan-friendly style.”

Larson was a hockey player who didn’t pick up boxing until he was in high school. He started at a gym that wasn’t, as he described, super serious about boxing, more for fitness, and one day a friend suggested that he go to train at the Somerville Boxing Club., where he changed his life, beide in en uit van die ring.

“Everything there was serious,” Larson reported. “Things clicked and I had focus and direction. I had a substance abuse problem, drinking, but I changed addictions from drinking to boxing for the last 10 jaar. Vandag, I have no days off from boxing.”

Larson now trains out of Broadway Boxing in Everett (MA) with Joe Riccardi as his head trainer.

A native of Salem (MA), Larson was a 3-time Central New England Golden Gloves runner-up, as well as a 2016 New England Golden Gloves champion in the novice division.

The O must go for either Larson or Whitley. Fans will be the biggest winner!

The Cruz brothers, lightweight Isaiah (5-0, 3 Uitklophoue) and super lightweight Calixto (1-0), veg uit Springfield, will both be in action in front of fans, familie, en vriende. In the 6-round co-featured event, Isaiah “Baby Warrior” Cruz will face Akeem “Action Action” Jackson (6-5, 5 Uitklophoue) in the 6-round co-featured event, while Calixto meets Luis “Broccoli” Gerardo Avila (8-22-3, 5 Uitklophoue) in 'n 4-ronde bout.

Also schedule to be in action are unbeaten Dominican welterweight Carlos Castillo (6-0, 4 Uitklophoue), of Holyoke (MA); Puerto Rican super lightweight Ian “Dinamite” Garcia (2-0-1, 1 KO), van Springfield; Springfield super featherweight Carlos Gonzalez (4-0, 4 Uitklophoue), and Springfield super lightweight Liz Humphries (0-1-1)

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Mike ohan, Jr. lands dream fight vs. U.S. Olympian Tiger Johnson

November 15, 2022 FNU47 Skryf 'n opmerking

Desember. 10 by Madison Square Garden

Mike “Bad Man” Ohan, Jr. (L) is ready for Tiger Johnson(foto deur Emily Harney / Fightography) QUINCY, Mass. (November 10, 2022) – Former New England Welterweight Champion Mike Ohan, Jr. (16-1, 9 Uitklophoue) is preparing for his potential career-changing fight on December 10^ste teen 2020 U.S. Olympian Tiger Johnson (6-0, 4 Uitklophoue) at the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City. Johnson vs. ohan, Jr. is a scheduled 8-round welterweight match on a Top Rank card, headlined by a Heisman Night fight featuring Teofimo Lopez against Jose Pedraza, which will be streamed live on ESPN+. Ohan, Jr. isn’t overly concerned about fighting a much-hyped prospect, who is promoted by event promoter Top Rank,, at the mecca of boxing on a much larger viewing platform. “I’ll embrace it,” Ohan, Jr. “I’ve fought a lot of top guys in the amateurs like Jamaine Ortiz, who just fought Vasiliy Lomachenko. I feel like I belong at the top level with them, but they started competing earlier than me in the amateurs. Ek was 16-17 and had a lot of catching up to do. “This is what all the years of me working so hard has been for. It’s been a dream of mine even as a kid, voordat ek begin boks. It’s starting to payoff; I need to executive the game plan on fight night.” “I couldn’t be prouder of Mike and what he has accomplished so far in boxing,” Ohan’s promoter, Granite Chin president Chris Traietti commented. “He’s a great guy with great work ethic, and he has a ton of heart. He jumped all over this opportunity when it was presented. This is why guys fight; to hopefully get a chance to shine at an event like this at Madison Square Garden. Mike grinded and grinded, now he has his well-deserved opportunity at stardom.” Ohan, Jr. is the son of a retired pro boxer, (14-6-2, 11 Uitklophoue), who served as a sparring partner for the great Marvelous Marvin Hagler. The 24-year-old Johnson, fighting out of Cleveland, was 'n hoogs versier U.S. amateur boxer who was a member of the 2020 .USA Olympic Boxing Team. He was a 2-time winner of the USA National Championships (2016 & 2017), as well as a gold medalist at the 2016 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships, en 2014 USA Junior Olympic National Championships. “He’s a great fighter,” Ohan, Jr. talked about his upcoming opponent. “Everything he does, he’s excellent at, not just good. I have to bring my A game to prove I belong. All the greats have adjusted to the situation and that’s what I have to do. I’ve put in all the blood, sweat and tears. Whatever he throws, I’ll be ready.” Fighting in Madison Square Garden is the ultimate venue for Ohan, Jr. along with most fighters. Some may feel that the cards are stacked against Ohan, Jr., but he clearly isn’t worried about all the hoopla associated with fighting at MSG on ESPN+ against the event promoter’s highly touted boxer. “It’s just going to be me and him in the ring,” Ohan, Jr. gesluit. “Madison Square Garden is an historic place. Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson…all the greats have fought there. I love boxing history and I’m blessed to be fighting there. I do live closer to New York City than him and I’m sure people will come out for me. “At the end of the day, al, everybody will know who I am. An impressive performance will raise my stock, but I’m going in the ring to win!" INLIGTING: Facebook.com/GraniteChinTwitter: @Granite_Chin

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2-time Dominican Olympian Leonel de los Santos Shipping up to Boston

Mei 4, 2022 FNU47 Skryf 'n opmerking

Alex Rivera _ Santos.jpg — **BOSTON (Mei 4, 2022)** – Two-time Dominican Olympian, lightweight Leonel de los Santos (6-0, 5 Uitklophoue), may be settling in the Boston area to enhance his professional boxing career. In werklikheid, he recently spent a month there preparing for his last fight, which resulted in a win by way of a 6-round decision this past March in his native Dominican Republic.

Santos’ manager, Ryan Roach, lives in Boston and he introduced his undefeated lightweight to trainer Alex Rivera, and that paid immediate dividends in terms of improvement.

Santos, 26, trained at the Somerville Boxing Club under Rivera, who trains 26-0 welterweight Rashidi Ellis, who Santos sparred with several times, and US Olympian Rashida Ellis, Rashidi’s sister.

“The conditions at our training camp in Boston were very good,” Santos said. “I learned a lot of new things about professional boxing from Alex in just a short time, especially my defense about dodging smaller boxers. He really helped my performance in my last fight.
Rivera only worked with Santos two weeks, but the two connected right away.

“Leonel is a good boxer with a lot of experience,” Rivera remembered. “He has speed and power. We worked on making him more technically sound. It’s about hitting without being hit. He is very tall for his weight class – 5’ 8’ or 5’ 9” – with a good reach. We got along right away, and it was like we had been working together for a long time. I think he can make some noise with his amateur background. He has all the tools. Reminds me a little of Ryan Garcia: tall and strong for his weight class. Leonel has what it takes.

“I wasn’t with Leonel for his last fight, but I did watch some highlights. The guy he fought (Andres Bens Zapata) could really take a punch. Leonel’s hands were swollen after the fight from hitting his opponent so much. Leonel hit him with everything he had. I noticed how his defense and distance had improved. That’s what we worked on. He kept his distance and had a clean fight.”

Santos, who has relatives living in nearby Lawrence, MA, is applying for a work visa to train with Rivera.

“I think training with Alex vastly improved Leonel’s boxing and timing,” Santos’ manager Roach added. “Alex worked a lot on distance, which will lead to more power behind his shots. I saw big changes in Leonel’s last fight. He applied the skills he learned with Alex, and I look forward to more.”

Fighter Locker’s growing stable of gifted boxers also includes California super flyweight Rocco “So Cal Kid” Santomauro (21-1, 6 Uitklophoue), New York’s ABF American West super lightweight Ray Jay “The Destroyer” Bermudez (16-0, 11 Uitklophoue), Connecticut’s ABF USA super welterweight Jimmy “Quiet Storm” Williams (18-5-2, 6 Uitklophoue), Colorado’s ABF American West super middleweight champion “The Amazing” Shawn McCalman (10-0, 6 Uitklophoue), Massachusetts super lightweight Adrian “Tonka” Sosa (12-0, 9 Uitklophoue), Florida super bantamweight Daniel “The Dedication” Bailey, Jr. (10-1, 5 Uitklophoue), Massachusetts featherweight Troy Anderson, Jr. (4-0, 2 Uitklophoue), 2-time Brazilian Olympian & 2016 Olympic silver medalist Yuberjen Martinez, Brazilian Olympian Jorge Vivas, Dominican cruiserweight Roki “Rocky” Berroa (2-0, 1 KO), Dominican super welterweight Juan Solano Santos (1-0, 1 KO), Georgia super middleweight James Hagler, Jr. (2-1, 1 KO), Dominican featherweight Orlando Perez Zapata (10-0, 8 Uitklophoue), Dominican lightweight Isaelin Florian Henriguez (8-1, 4 Uitklophoue), Florida light heavyweight Robert Daniels, Jr. (6-0, 5 Uitklophoue), Irish light heavyweight Tommy “The Kid” O’Toole (3-0, 2 Uitklophoue), Texas super lightweight Miranda “La Alacrana” Reyes (5-1-1, 2 Uitklophoue), Massachusetts super featherweight Alex Rivera (3-0, 2 Uitklophoue), Kansas brothers, welterweight Marcus (3-0, 3 Uitklophoue) and super lightweight Marcell (1-0), and Utah brothers, ABF American West lightweight champion Ignacio Chairez (9-0-1, 5 Uitklophoue) and lightweight Gabriel Chairez (4-0-1, 2 Uitklophoue).

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Undefeated light heavyweight New Bedford Edet Mkapanam battling back from surgeries Granite Chin’s “Hometown Royalty” this Saturday in Bridgewater, MA (see attached with pictures)

Mei 4, 2022 FNU47 Skryf 'n opmerking

Edet Mkapanam.jpeg — Edet Mkapanam
(Picture courtesy of Jess Marie Photography)

**QUINCY, Mass. (Mei 3, 2022)** – Undefeated New Bedford (MA) light heavyweight prospect Edet Mkapanam (6-0, 5 Uitklophoue) is battling back from retina and shoulder surgeries that sidelined him 16 months before his successful ring return this past March.

The 27-year-old Mkapanam faces Scott “Bombz” Scott on the May 7^ste Hometown Royalty” card, presented by Granite Chin Promotions in association with Cappiello Boxing Promotions and Shearns Boxing Promotions, at Bridgewater Veterans Club in Bridgewater, Massachusetts (85 Cottage St.), marking the first professional boxing event ever held in that town.

Raised in Brockton, known as the “City of Champions, Mkapanam had an abbreviated amateur career (8-3), although he was a heavyweight winner in the 2017 Rocky Marciano Tournament, as well as runner-up a year later in the prestigious New England Golden Gloves Championships.

Mkapanam had back-to-back surgeries, starting with a torn ligament in his shoulder, followed by surgery to repair his retina in the right eye.

“I didn’t have much of an amateur career and I’ve been learning on the job (as 'n pro),” Mkapanam explained. “I learned in the gym sparring with some of the top fighters in New England like Peter Manfredo, Jr. and Mark Deluca. In my gedagtes, I wanted to continue fighting and I kept working hard in the gym while recovering. Some doctors said I shouldn’t fight again, so I upped my intensity in the gym, and when I was examined again the doctors said my eye was a lot better and I was cleared to fight. I had a tough training camp before my last fight, the first after my surgeries, and I wasn’t even thinking about my eye during that fight.”

Mkapanam looked relatively sharp in his March 19^ste comeback fight, stopping pro debut fighter Igor Pessoa in the third round of their fight in Derry, New Hampshire.
Nou, Edet is on a mission to make up for lost time.

“I’ve been working on my jab and some other things,"Het hy gesê. “My goal is to fight on bigger stages, which is one of the reasons I signed with (Granite Chin promoter) Chris Traietti. I respect Scott Lampert, but I’m on a whole different level in New England boxing, and I’m going to prove it this fight. I know Chris is going to get me opportunities to fight on bigger stages.”

“Edet was somebody I was interested in working with in the past, but then his injuries happened before we could formally get a deal together,” Granite Chin president Chris Traietti explained. “Once he reached out and told me he was cleared to fight again, I wasted no time making him an offer to sigh with Granite Chin. Edet is a great guy who works hard and wants to fight. We talked about a game plan for his career. We are both on the same page and you will be seeing him on a big stage in the very near future.”

Former New England Welterweight Champion Mike “Bad Man Ohan, Jr. (14-1, 8 Uitklophoue), of Holbrook, MA, headlines “Hometown Royalty” in the 8-round main event against Argentinian opponent Jose “El Chino” Aubel (8-9, 7 Uitklophoue).

Quincy (MA) lightweight Ryan “The Polish Prince” Kielczweski (30-6, 11 Uitklophoue), 'n 2008 National Golden Gloves silver medalist and 2-time New England Golden Gloves Champion, faces another Argentinian, Mario Lozano (18-5-1, 9 Uitklophoue), in the 8-round co-featured event.

Brockton welterweight prospect David Ribeiro makes his pro debut in a 4-round bout versus Joshua Zimmerman (0-8). Ribeiro was a celebrated amateur having won gold medals at the 2020 Goue handskoene in New England, 2019 Koning van die Ring, and the regional Mike Tyson Tournament.

Valrivier (MA) welterweight Damon Towns (4-0, 3 Uitklophoue) meets Robert Bricks (0-9) in 'n 4-ronde bout.

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Tickets are on sale, $60.00 standing room and $40.00 floor seats, and available for purchase at www.TicketRiver.com (Soek: Hometown Royalty).

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