Pittsburgh (ខែមករា 12, 2022) – The journey continues this Saturday for Matt “Sweet Child” Conway (20-2, 8 លើក) as he continues to bring boxing’s popularity back to what it was back in the glory days.
Conway headlines “Winter Mayhem,” which will be streamed live onwww.facebooklive.com សម្រាប់ $19.99 (at Cut ‘N’ Run Productions’ page), versus cross-state rival Avery Sparrow (10-3, 3 លើក), ពីទីក្រុង Philadelphia, in the 12-round main event for the vacant International Boxing Association (IBA) Super Featherweight Championship, at the Pittsburgh Shrine Center in Cheswick, រដ្ឋ Pennsylvania.
While boxing in Pittsburgh will never be as popular as it once was during the glory years when local heroes Harry Greb (1913-26), Billy Conn 1934-48), and Charlie Burley (1936-50) were household names at the junction of 3 rivers, Conway hopes to make the sweet science more relevant than it has been there in many years.
“Fighting for a world title is a dream come true for me, especially bringing a title back to Pittsburgh,” said Conway, who has never been stopped in 22 ការប្រយុទ្ធដែលគាំទ្រ. “Pittsburgh hasn’t been a big boxing town since Paul Spadafora (1995-2014) and Sammy Vasquez fought (2012-2017). I’d like to help bring boxing back here to that level.
“I’m really hoping to win the IBA World title to get my name out there so that this kid from Pittsburgh gets more recognition and title fight opportunities. I want to continue the rich Pittsburgh boxing tradition. It’ll start when I bring the IBA title to Pittsburgh. There are a lot of talented, young fighters in Pittsburgh. We just need to fight and (ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ) Derek Gionta is doing that for me and other fighters. He’s really helping us.”
The 26-year-old Conway is fully prepared to face Sparrow, who’s notable victories have been against fellow Philly fighter 29-2-1 Hank ឡងឌី (WMDEC10) និង 19-1-1 លោក Jose Lopez បាន (WUDEC10).
“He’s a tough fighter who uses his jab and is able to move and box,” Conway said about Sparrow. “I’ll try to nullify his left hand and do what I do.” ខនវ៉េ, who has never been stopped in 22 pro fights to date, has successfully bounced back from back-to-back losses in Reno and Las Vegas on the ESPN+ platform to, រៀង, ទៅ 10-1-1 Francisco Esparza (SDEC8) និង 17-0 Gabriel Flores, JR. (UDEC8).
“It wasn’t difficult,” Conway talked about coming back from two straight losses after winning his first 17 ការប្រយុទ្ធដែលគាំទ្រ. “I lost to a 17-0 guy in Las Vegas. I learned more from my two losses than I did in my 17 wins going into those fights. I’ve taken what I’ve learned from those fights and applied it to my last three fights (ឈ្នះទាំងអស់). I’m hungrier!"
“Matt has done everything asked of him over the last year, នឹង 3-0),” Gionta remarked. “This is a big fight for the region. Having a cross-state rival from Philly in the main event is huge. Sparrow is a very good boxer and anyone that knows anything about boxing knows that and how good of a match-up this is.
“Putting a belt on the line in a 12-rounder is enough to intrigue casual fans aside from our loyal boxing followers. A win against Sparrow will do a lot for Conway. អ្វីដែលសំខាន់បំផុត, it’ll show how much he developed over the past year or so and will line him up for bigger challenges down the road.”
នៅក្នុងព្រឹត្តិការណ៍សហលក្ខណៈពិសេស, ហ្វ្រី (6-1, 4 លើក) faces an opponent to be determined in the 6-round co-featured event.
Popular Pittsburgh middleweight prospect Eric Lomax (4-0, 3 លើក) takes on Ohio’s Samuel Wildenhaus (4-1, 1 Ko) in a 6-rounder.
Scheduled to fight on the undercard in 4-round bouts are undefeated Portugal super featherweight Milton Jorge Andrade Jeremias (2-0, 2 Ko) ទល់នឹង. David Boria (0-4), New York super featherweight Alexander Castellano (5-1, 2 លើក) ទល់នឹង. Shawn Rall (1-4, 1 Ko), and New Jersey’s pro-debuting heavyweight Daniel Bean v. Joe Nunez (0-2).
កាតគឺជាប្រធានបទដើម្បីការផ្លាស់ប្តូរ.
Available tickets are priced at $50.00 (reserved seating, plus tables of 8 ($800) are available to purchase by calling 412.759.0407. ទ្វារបើកចំហនៅ 6 p.m. ET with the first bout starting at 7 p.m. និង.
Pittsburgh (ខែកញ្ញា 8, 2021) – Professional boxing returns to the Greater Pittsburgh area Saturday night, ខែកញ្ញា 18, as Gionta Management presents “Murrysville Madness” at Murrysville SportZone in Murrysville, រដ្ឋ Pennsylvania.
An amateur show, co-promoted by Gionta Management and Kastle Boxing of Johnstown, រដ្ឋ Pennsylvania, will take center stage during the afternoon, ចាប់ផ្តើមនៅ 12 p.m. with a separate admission of $20.00
“I hope to continue promoting shows here (30-minute drive from downtown Pittsburgh) in this region moving forward,អ្នកផ្សព្វផ្សាយ Derek Gionta បាននិយាយ. “With another friend of mine promoting here, we can keep these guys busy, and look forward to moving them into bigger opportunities.”
Pittsburgh junior lightweight Matt “Sweet Child” Conway (19-2, 8 លើក), ជើងឯកទំងន់ស្រាល IBA Intercontinental Junior ដែលកំពុងគ្រងរាជ្យ, will headline “Murrysville Madness” in the 8-round main event against an opponent to be finalized.
In the 6-round co-featured event, Pittsburgh super middleweight Kiante Irving (9-0, 9 លើក), មួយ 2018 ជើងឯកស្រោមដៃមាសថ្នាក់ជាតិ, plans to keep his perfect pro record intact against Antonio Louis Hernandez (5-11-3, 3 លើក).
ហ្វ្រី (5-1-0, 3 លើក) steps up in his first scheduled 6-rounder versus an opponent to be determined.
A 4-round featherweight match between Buffalo’s pro-debuting Joe Reed and Kyrgyzstan-native Baszybek Baratov (4-1-2, 1 Ko), fighting out of Monroeville, ប៉ា, has the potential to steal the show.
2019 National Golden Gloves Champion Chatiqua “Tika” Hemingway (1-0), managed by Split-T Management, is slated to be in action against a female super middleweight to be determined.
Also scheduled to fight on the undercard in 4-round matches is Pittsburgh super middleweight Eric Lomax (3-0, 2 លើក) ទល់នឹង, Taurean Bogguess (0-2), Pennsylvania’s pro-debuting middleweight Paul Palombo vs. Jereiah Yeager (1-1, 1 Ko), and Pittsburgh super lightweight and Matt Conway’s brother, “ ម៉ាវើរិក” ម៉ៃខនវ៉េ (3-2-1, 1 Ko), ទល់នឹង. យ៉ូស្វេហ្សីមមេន (0-3).
