SPRINGFIELD, 質量. (七月 10, 2025) - 現在, unbeaten junior middleweightAnthony “ATV” Velazquez (19-0-1, 14 科斯) may be boxing’s best kept secret, but the plan is for him to make a major jump from prospect to title challenger in 2026.
Fighting out of Springfield, 馬薩諸塞州, the 29-year-old Valezquez has flown under the radar, never fighting a world rated opponent or showcased on a marquee event. His manager, Gunther Fishgold, has set the stage for a breakout 2026 for his talented Puerto Rican-American fighter.
The plan calls for Velazquez, who is a promotional free agent, to fight three times, starting July 19日 在金神大賭場, plus two more times in 2025 or next January, to position him to be world rated and fight on larger stages by the first quarter of 2026.
“I want to be the best and I’m going to prove myself,” Valezquez remarked. “I’m boxing’s best kept secret, but everybody is going to know who I am very soon. I like this pace (fighting every 2-3 個月) because I’m always in the gym. No vacations; just the gym and home. This is my job and I’m working hard to keep my skills sharp. I get good work at our gym because my coach, 赫克托·貝爾穆德斯, always has fighters in from around the world. I’ve sparred a lot with (world-rated welterweight) Rohan Polanco (16-0, 10 科斯), the Dominican Olympian, and I spar bigger guys, 太, like super middleweightSteven Butler (36-5-1, 30 科斯) – ‘Bang Bang’ – who was there getting ready for his fight (六月 27, WKO4 vs. Jose de Jesus Macias). The work I get in the gym definitely helps me. It feels good fighting different people because they all have different styles.”
Team Velazquez hasn’t targeted any fighter in particular, but a natural foe is fellow New Englander, Chordale “The Gift” Booker (23-2, 11 科斯), of Stamford, 康涅狄格. Booker recently had his first world title shot, losing his challenge to unified (WBC & WBO) Super Welterweight World Champion塞巴斯蒂安·豐多拉 (21-1-1, 14 科斯) by way of a stoppage in round 4. One non-New Englander on Velazquez’ hit list for 2026, 也許, is welterweightAlexis “Lex” Rocha (25-2-1, 16 科斯), who is currently world rated at No. 1 (WBO), 別. 5 (IBF) 和No. 9 (WBC), but only if he decides to move up to the junior middleweight division.Velazquez is at training camp preparing for his July 19日return in an 8-round bout vs.Terry Chatwood(12-3-1) 在金神大賭場在安卡斯維爾, 康涅狄格, which is only a 1 ½ hour drive from Velazquez’ home in Springfield.
“I know Chatwood likes to box off his back foot and he’s tough,” Velazquez said, “but he has nothing I’m concerned with. I’m going to break him down and get him out of there. I’m comfortable in the ring. My defense and confidence have improved. And I enjoy fighting at Mohegan Sun because of its history in boxing and how close it is to Springfield. It’s like my second home (this will be his third fight there).”
Anthony Velazquez is ready to make moves in 2026. 信息:Facebook的: /AnthonyVelazquezInstagram: @anthonyvelazquez_
昆西, 質量. (七月 8, 2025)– Old-school boxing returns on August 16日 如詹姆斯「比特犬」帕金斯 (13-3-1, 9 科斯) 和安東尼“溫柔的野蠻人”安德烈奧齊 (7-4, 3 科斯) square off in the 8-round main event on a stacked “Oceanside Prize Fights” card, 由花崗岩下巴促銷提出 (GCP), 空置世界拳擊理事會 (WBC) 美國銀輕重量級冠軍.
所有動作將在www.bxngtv.comlive from the Oceanside Events Center (以前是仙境宴會廳) 在Revere, 馬薩諸塞州.
“It’s been long overdue that Granite Chin did an event on the North Shore,” promoter克里斯·特萊蒂說. “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. 最重要的是, 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.
附近Lynn的墳墓 (嘛), 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, 斯旺西 (嘛), 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, 作為啟動子, 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.”
佩雷拉, 32, had a celebrated amateur career (120-20), capturing 3 新英格蘭金手套頭銜, in addition to a silver medal at the prestigious National PAL Tournament. He will face former FECARBOX Welterweight Champion掃羅“納瓦霍”畜欄 (31-24, 20 科斯) in an 8-round fight.
Willcox, 23, was a member of two Everett High’s Super Bowl, 第一分足球冠軍隊. He was also selected as the “Most Outstanding Boxer” at last year’s New England Golden Gloves Championships, as well as a 2018 落基馬西亞諾錦標賽冠軍. He will be in a 4-round match vs.Aldimar Silva (22-28, 14 科斯), 巴西的.
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.”
昆西, 質量. (七月 12, 2023)– Undefeated super middleweight prospect Steve “The Savage” Sumpter (8-0, 7 科斯) has never turned down a fight. Neither has his next opponent, 詹姆斯「比特犬」帕金斯 (12-0-1, 9 科斯), and that’s why the two undefeated fighters will throw-down August 19日.
Sumpter vs. Perkins headlines “Pandemonium at The Palladium”, 由花崗岩下巴促銷提出 (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.comfrom the famed Palladium in Worcester, 馬薩諸塞州.
“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 (嘛) bragging rights for the winner of this potentially “lights-out” fight between these Western (Sumpter, Pittsfield) and Eastern (Perkins, 林恩) 質量. 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, 也。”
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. 和, like I said, he’s not going the distance.”
在共功能的事件, undefeated Massachusetts Welterweight Champion Denzel “Double Impact” Whitley (11-0, 6 科斯) takes Hector “El Gatito” Ednar Bobadilla (9-14-1, 4 科斯) 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 科斯), unbeaten Springfield super featherweight Isaiah “Baby Warrior” Cruz (6-0, 4 科斯), and New Haven (CT) featherweight Felix Parrilla (7-0, 6 科斯).
卡可能發生變化. Tickets are on sale and available for purchase online atwww.ThePalladium.net.
昆西, 質量. (七月 10, 2023)– Like some of his fellow countrymen in the past, undefeated Irish light heavyweight prospects Tommy Hyde (5-0, 3 科斯) and Thomas “The Kid” O’Toole (7-0, 5 科斯) 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日 (八月. 12日rain date) on the “Veterans Stadium Showcase” Pro-Am card, 由花崗岩下巴促銷提出 (GCP), at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Quincy (嘛), 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. “隨著中說, 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日.”
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.
湯米·海德 (L) - (picture credit: Garreth Croke)
The 24-year-old Hyde is a three-time Irish National Champion who had an 80-26 業餘紀錄. 他的父親, 加里·海德, 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, 烏克蘭. 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 (ř) - (照片來源: 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 的 60 業餘比賽. 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 southpaw, O’Toole lives in nearby Braintree (嘛). Six of his seven pro matches have been held in Greater Boston, the lone exception in Manchester, 新罕布什爾. “The Kid” is moving up one division to fight Massachusetts cruiserweight champion Scott “Scottie Bombs” Lampert (5-8, 4 科斯) 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, 加里, and I think Tommy can go far. He’s said that a fight between us can easily be made if it makes sense. 我同意. We both have big fan bases. This is going to be an amazing, fun night.”
Irish eyes will certainly be smilin’ Aug. 11日in Quincy.
In the eight-round, 主要事件, former New England Welterweight Champion Mike “Bad Man, Ohan, JR. (18-2, 9 科斯), 霍爾布魯克, and Haverhill’s Harry “The Hitman” Gigliotti (9-4, 3 科斯), 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 科斯), 沃本, and Massachusetts titleholder Jamer Jones (3-1, 3 科斯), 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 科斯) and unbeaten Methuen middleweight Luke “The Quiet Storm” Iannuccilli (6-0, 3 科斯) 也將在行動, 分別, versus Nathan Benichou (2-16-1, 2 科斯) 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 科斯), of nearby Weymouth (嘛), 將在行動, as well as Scituate heavyweight Kevin Nagle (2-0, 2 科斯), VS. TBAs. Hogan was a celebrated amateur who was a 2020 USA Boxing Olympic Team alternate as well as a 2010 新英格蘭金手套冠軍.
卡可能發生變化.
Tickets for “Veterans Stadium Showcase,” are on sale and available for purchase online atwww.EventBrite.com.
昆西, 質量. (二月 27, 2023)– Styles make fights and a potential instant classic is on tap March 11日in the “Springfield Championship Boxing 2” main event, when undefeated Kenny “Lionheart” Larson (6-0, 5 科斯) challenges defending card Massachusetts State Welterweight Champion Denzel “Double Impact” Whitley (10-0, 6 科斯) in the 8-round headliner, at MassMutual Center in Springfield, 馬薩諸塞州.
“Springfield Championship Boxing 2”, 由花崗岩下巴促銷提出 (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. 他 (惠特利) beat Kris Jacobs (WMDEC8) in his last fight (to capture the vacant Mass. welterweight title) and I knocked out a guy (瑞安·克拉克) in the first round who defeated Jacobs.
“We’ll see what happens when the kitchen starts getting heated up (VS. 惠特利). 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 (惠特利) 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, 兩個進出環.
“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 歲月. 今天, I have no days off from boxing.”
Larson now trains out of Broadway Boxing in Everett (嘛) with Joe Riccardi as his head trainer.
A native of Salem (嘛), 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 科斯) and super lightweight Calixto (1-0), fighting out of Springfield, will both be in action in front of fans, 家庭, 和朋友. In the 6-round co-featured event, Isaiah “Baby Warrior” Cruz will face Akeem “Action Action” Jackson (6-5, 5 科斯) in the 6-round co-featured event, while Calixto meets Luis “Broccoli” Gerardo Avila (8-22-3, 5 科斯) 在4輪的較量.
Also schedule to be in action are unbeaten Dominican welterweight Carlos Castillo (6-0, 4 科斯), of Holyoke (嘛); Puerto Rican super lightweight Ian “Dinamite” Garcia (2-0-1, 1 KO), 斯普林菲爾德; Springfield super featherweight Carlos Gonzalez (4-0, 4 科斯), and Springfield super lightweight Liz Humphries (0-1-1)
Mike “Bad Man” Ohan, JR. (L) is ready for Tiger Johnson (photo by Emily Harney / Fightography)
昆西, 質量. (十一月 10, 2022)– Former New England Welterweight Champion Mike Ohan, JR. (16-1, 9 科斯) is preparing for his potential career-changing fight on December 10日 針對 2020 中美. Olympian Tiger Johnson (6-0, 4 科斯) 在著名的麥迪遜廣場花園在紐約市.
約翰遜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. 我是 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, before I started boxing. 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 科斯), who served as a sparring partner for the great Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
The 24-year-old Johnson, fighting out of Cleveland, 是一個高度裝飾U.S. amateur boxer who was a member of the 2020 .美國奧運拳擊隊. 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, 和 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, 汗水和淚水. 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, 小, 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. 總結. “Madison Square Garden is an historic place. 洛磯馬爾恰諾, 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, 雖然, everybody will know who I am. An impressive performance will raise my stock, but I’m going in the ring to win!” 信息: Facebook.com/GraniteChin 嘰嘰喳喳: @Granite_Chin
Mike “Bad Man” Ohan, JR. (L) is ready for Tiger Johnson(photo by Emily Harney / Fightography) 昆西, 質量. (十一月 10, 2022)– Former New England Welterweight Champion Mike Ohan, JR. (16-1, 9 科斯) is preparing for his potential career-changing fight on December 10日 針對 2020 中美. Olympian Tiger Johnson (6-0, 4 科斯) 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. 我是 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, before I started boxing. 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 科斯), who served as a sparring partner for the great Marvelous Marvin Hagler. The 24-year-old Johnson, fighting out of Cleveland, 是一個高度裝飾U.S. amateur boxer who was a member of the 2020 .美國奧運拳擊隊. 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, 和 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, 汗水和淚水. 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, 小, 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. 總結. “Madison Square Garden is an historic place. 洛磯馬爾恰諾, 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, 雖然, everybody will know who I am. An impressive performance will raise my stock, but I’m going in the ring to win!”信息: Facebook.com/GraniteChinTwitter: @Granite_Chin
