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Bellator ERKLÆRING OM legalisering af blandet kampsport i New York

 

Santa Monica (Marts 22, 2016) - I dag, Staten New York vedtaget lovgivning, der vil give sporten af ​​blandet kampsport at udspringe fra "Empire State".

 

Bellator President Scott Coker havde dette at sige om den skelsættende annoncering:

 

"The New York Forsamlings stemme at legalisere MMA er en skelsættende øjeblik for denne utrolige sport. Som en, der har været fremme kampsport for mere end 30 år, dette er en meget spændende tid for blandet kampsport. Vi ved Bellator ser meget frem til hosting en begivenhed i den "Crown Jewel of America,’ New York. Two Bellator champions, Liam McGeary og Marcos Galvao kalde hjem i New York, og jeg ved, det betyder meget for dem begge, som den gør for hele promotion. Vi har allerede været i kontakt med de store folk på Barclays Center og flere andre utrolige steder, og vi kan ikke vente bringe vores verdensklasse atleter og actionfyldte shows til en arena i Empire State snart.”

BELGIAN BOXER ALEX MISKIRTCHIAN GETS FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE SHOT

PROMOTER SALITA BACKS FEATHERWEIGHT CONTENDER
Brooklyn, NY (Marts 16, 2016)Even the very best in the business experience setbacks and get faced with choice time. Can I learn from my mistake and turn a negative into a positive?
Alex Miskirtchian found himself enjoying his momentum up the featherweight ladder before he hit a pothole in the road last summer. The Georgia-born fighter with a 26-4-1 mark got caught by vet Cornelius Lock and had to assess himself.

He did so, and licked his wounds and got back to work. The Belgium resident, who has mostly fought in his home-land, rebounded with a win in December and is being rewarded for his perseverance with an IBF intercontinental championship opportunity.

Miskirtchian, promoted by Brooklyn’s Dmitriy Salita, will fight Vireol Simion on Marts 18, for a crack at that crown.

Alex is fighting for a title but more importantly for a chance to come back to the top of the division,” Word sagde.

He learned from his US experience, against Lock, took a break and came back with extra motivation to again make a world title run. I believe Alex will put on one of his best performances in this upcoming fight. He has a great team with manager Alain Vanackère and I believe the result will be a positive one on March 18th.”

The fight against the 19-1 Romanian Viorel will unfold in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, so Miskirtchian will need to fight his best brand of boxing that evening. His promoter, Ord, has faith in him.

Salita Promotions boxers are making more and more noise, around the world,” the promoter said. “I am proud of our growth and of the efforts of the fine athletes like Miskirtchian who fight for Salita Promotions!”

USA Wrestlers To Face Iran In Times Square In New York City May 19 In “United In The Square,” To Highlight Beat the Streets Gala Night

Select American Stars To Take On Iran in Olympic-level and Junior-level matches Youth Wrestlers and High School Girl Wrestlers Take The Mat; Gala Follows

NEW YORK– In what will be a highlight of the Olympic year in wrestling and has become a rite of spring in New York, Beat the Streets Wrestling, Inc. and USA Wrestling announced details of this year’s international competition, which returns to New York City’s Times Square on Torsdag, Maj 19.

Competitors for Team USA, which will include 2016 Olympic team hopefuls, will compete in men’s freestyle against world power Iran, a preview of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. In addition to Olympic-level matches, four Junior-level matches will be featured, showcasing future world and Olympic-caliber talent.

Members of the U.S. Women’s Team and Greco-Roman Team are also expected to battle in some other featured bouts against international competition to be announced.

"I couldn’t be more excited. We have Iran and the USA battling for wrestling supremacy in Times Square; united in the idea that sports can bring change in young men and women and even in countries sometimes. It’s going to be pretty cool. An added plus is that Iran has the loudest and most passionate wrestling fans in the world. Gå ikke glip af det,” said Beat the Streets Chairman of the Board Mike Novogratz, the founder of these Gala competitions.

Billed as “United in the Square,” this will be the second time that Iran has been featured as part of the Beat the Streets Gala competition.

I 2013, the event dubbed “The Rumble on the Rails,” was hosted in historic Grand Central Terminal and featured dual meets between Team USA, Russia and Iran. Playing an important role in the international Keep Olympic Wrestling effort, this historic wrestling event gained international media coverage and helped wrestling retain its status on the Olympic Games program.

The world-class competition has been hosted in Times Square four previous times. I 2011, the United States defeated World Champion Russia, 5-2, the first sports event ever held in historic Times Square. I 2012, another U.S. vs. Russia dual meet was held in Times Square, along with the U.S. Olympic Team Wrestle-off for the 60 kg/132 lbs. position on the U.S. Olympic Team in men’s freestyle. I 2014, Team USA defeated a World All-Star Team in Times Square, 8-3. I 2015, “Salsa in the Square” featured a meeting between Team USA and Team Cuba in the three Olympic styles, held shortly after the historic change in USA and Cuban political relations.

This will be the seventh straight year in which a major international-style wrestling competition will be hosted as part of the Beat the Streets Gala activities. I 2010, an all-star challenge featuring top U.S. wrestlers was held on the USS Intrepid, an aircraft carrier docked on the west side of Manhattan.

Top Beat the Streets youth wrestlers will take the mat showcasing their skills in exhibition matches beginning at 3:30 p.m. to start the evening. A new feature will be held at the PSAL Girls Freestyle Dual Meet Championships finals, featuring the two top New York City girl’s freestyle wrestling high school teams from the spring girl’s freestyle season. Then it’s Team USA vs. Iran and other guests at 6:30 p.m., followed by the Beat the Streets Gala Celebration.

The USA vs. Iran dual requires a ticket for reserved seating in Times Square, but is an outdoor event. Pedestrians and non-ticket holders are encouraged to watch. Admission tickets may be bought in advance at www.btsny.org eller212.245.6570. A ticket is required for the Gala Celebration at the PlayStation Theater. More details are available at http://www.btsny.org/gala.

The Gala Celebration will follow the wrestling competition. This unique and electrifying annual event helps Beat the Streets (BTS) raise significant funds to further its mission. Whether it’s providing a safe, constructive outlet for our urban youth, fighting childhood obesity, empowering women, or uniting entire nations, wrestling teaches persistence, dedikation, and the value of working hard to achieve one’s goals, creates opportunities for personal and universal growth. BTS currently serve over 3,000 student-athletes every year.

"United In The Square,” Beat the Streets Wrestling Schedule

In New York City, Maj 19, 2016

3:30 p.m. – Beat the Streets Youth Exhibition Matches between 42nd and 43rd Streets

4:45 p.m. – New York City Girl’s Freestyle Dual Meet Championships Finals between 42nd and 43rd Streets

6:30 p.m. – World Class Wrestling: Team USA vs. Team Iran between 42nd and 43rd Streets

Followed by Gala Celebration

About Beat the Streets

The mission of Beat the Streets is to develop the full human and athletic potential of the urban youth and to strengthen the culture of New York City wrestling. BTSW works directly with the New York City Department of Education in a public-private partnership to help New York City’s student-athletes achieve their personal and athletic goals. Through the operation of wrestling programs in middle and high schools in the five boroughs, BTSW and the DOE provide a safe, positive atmosphere in which disadvantaged and at-risk youth can learn the essential life skills of physical fitness, teamwork, and self-empowerment. The goal of fostering strong, dedicated, and optimistic kids is delivered through coaching, after-school programs, and summer camps. More information can be found at www.btsny.org.

About USA Wrestling

USA Wrestling is the National Governing Body for the Sport of Wrestling in the United States and, som sådan, is its representative to the United States Olympic Committee and United World Wrestling, den internationale wrestling forbund. Simpelthen, USA Wrestling er den centrale organisation, der koordinerer amatør wrestling-programmer i nationen, og arbejder for at skabe interesse og deltagelse i disse programmer. It has over 220,000 members across the nation, boys and girls, men and women of all ages, representing all levels of the sport. Its president is James Ravannack, and its Executive Director is Rich Bender. More information can be found at TheMat.com

“60 MINUTES SPORTS” CAPTURES THE EXCITEMENT AND SPIRIT OF NAVAL ACADEMY BOXING ON THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS ANNAPOLIS TRADITION, Tirsdag, MARTS 1 ON SHOWTIME®

Cameras Will Be Following the Fighters At The Brigade Boxing Championship Denne fredag Nat

NEW YORK (Februar. 25, 2016) - 60 MINUTES SPORTS will offer a window into one of the most time-honored traditions in America’s military when it presents a segment on the U.S. Naval Academy’s boxing program and its annual Brigade Boxing Championship. The feature builds up to the 75th championship this Friday, Februar. 26, in Annapolis, Md., and correspondent Jack Ford and 60 MINUTES SPORTS will be in the arena to record the action for the men’s and women’s bouts. The report will appear on the next edition of 60 MINUTES SPORTS, Tirsdag, Marts 1 på 9 p.m. OG/PT, på SHOWTIME.

 

Boxing has been practiced at the nation’s second oldest military institution for 150 år, and midshipmen have vied for the Brigade Boxing Championship since 1941. Along the way to this year’s 75thanniversary, the academy has made learning to box a requirement of graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy.

 

The man who teaches the “sweet science” to midshipmen – male and female – is Head Boxing Coach Jim McNally. It’s about future leaders facing fear. “We use boxing…as a laboratory…an environment of controlled stress, physical fear,” says McNally. “We want them to learn a lot about themselves and how they’re going to react to those situations,” he tells Ford.

 

60 MINUTES SPORTS shot the story in Annapolis in the fall and last January to show the process and tell the stories of three midshipmen who will be in the ring denne fredag fighting for a championship. One of them, Samantha Glaeser, has a chance to make academy history. There have been only 19 at Annapolis to win the crown all four years at the Naval Academy, and none was a woman. Glaeser has a chance Fredag nat.

 

Ford also speaks with Glaeser’s foe, Stephanie Simon, another midshipmen with pugilistic talents who has a National Collegiate Boxing championship under her belt. She has not been able to defeat Glaeser, dog, in their two previous meetings for the brigade championship.

 

Ford also talks to Midshipman Jourdan Looney, whose two brigade championship titles are testament to what boxing means to the Academy. He had no boxing experience before he entered the Naval Academy. “Boxing…fighting is one of my biggest fears. I conquer that one fear, I’ve conquered any other fear that I could possibly have.” He’ll be in contention for his third brigade title Fredag nat.

 

The U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent, Vice Adm. Walter Carter, sums up the importance of boxing to America’s future naval officers for Ford. "[Boksning] is that moment where no matter how well you think you have planned out your couple minutes in the ring, you’re going to learn something new, because that plan is going to have to be different….”

Ring 8 Guest Speaker Promoter Lou DiBella Pictures

NEW YORK (Februar 18, 2016) – Boxing promoter Lou DiBella was Ring 8’s monthly guest speaker this past Tuesday night at O’Neill’s Restaurant, placeret på 64-21 53rd Drive in Maspeth, New York.
Lou was fantastic,” Ring 8 præsident Bob Duffy sagde. “He was very informative and spoke nearly 30-minutes. He kept everybody in tune to what’s happening in boxing today, discussed how difficult it is to promote a boxing show, and answered everybody’s questions. Our members really enjoyed listening to Lou.

(L-R) Ring 8 vice president Jack Hirsch, promoter Lou DiBella and Ring 8 Præsident Bob Duffy
(pictures courtesy of John Roe)
OM RING 8: Ring 8 blev den ottende datterselskab af det, der dengang var kendt som National Veteran Boxers Association – dermed, RING 8 – og i dag organisationens motto stadig: Boxers Hjælpende Boxers.
RING 8 er fuldt forpligtet til at støtte mindre heldige mennesker i boksning samfund, der kan kræve assistance i form af at betale husleje, lægeudgifter, eller hvad forsvarligt behov.
Gå på nettet til www.Ring8ny.com for mere information om RING 8, den største gruppe af sin art i USA med mere end 350 medlemmer. Årlige medlemskab afgifter er kun $30.00 og hvert medlem har ret til en buffet middag på RING 8 månedlige møder, undtagen juli og august. Alle aktive boksere, amatører og professionelle, med en aktuel boksning licens eller bog er berettiget til en gratis RING 8 årligt medlemskab. Gæsterne på Ring 8 medlemmer er velkomne til en pris på kun $7.00 per person.

Five Exciting Events at Gleason’s Gym Something for Everyone

Five Exciting Events at Gleason’s Gym
Something for Everyone
Februar 11-13, 2016
Gleason’s Gym will host the eighth annual Masters Clinic and boxing show.
Udgifterne til Klinik er $369.00.
Hvis du er interesseret så kontakt Bruce Silverglade på (718) 797-2872 eller e-mail bruce@gleasonsgym.net.
The boxing show will be at Gleason’s Gym on Februar 13
6:00PM
$20.00 admission
Alle vores anfald er sanktioneret af USABoxingMetro. Alle boksere skal have deres boksning bog med dem for at deltage.

Hvis du ønsker at konkurrere, bedes du kontakte vores matchmaker Jieun Lee på matchmaker@gleasonsgym.net. All matchmaking is done by email.

Marts 12, 2016
Benefit for Gleason’s Give A Kid A Dream
Gleason Gym
6:00PM
$25.00 admission
Alle vores anfald er sanktioneret af USABoxingMetro. Alle boksere skal have deres boksning bog med dem for at deltage.

Participants needed for this charity event. We will train you and get you into the best shape of your life. You will help us raise funds for our very worthy charity, Give A Kid A Dream. Hvis du ønsker at konkurrere, please contact Devon Cormack or Heather Hardy atdheatfitness@gmail.com.

For more details call 718 797 2872.
April 14-16,2016
Gleason’s Gym will host the sixth annual All Female Clinic and boxing show.
Udgifterne til Klinik er $369.00.
Hvis du er interesseret så kontakt Bruce Silverglade på (718) 797-2872 eller e-mail bruce@gleasonsgym.net.
The boxing show will be at Gleason’s Gym on April 16
6:00PM
$20.00 admission
Alle vores anfald er sanktioneret af USABoxingMetro. Alle boksere skal have deres boksning bog med dem for at deltage.

Hvis du ønsker at konkurrere, bedes du kontakte vores matchmaker Jieun Lee på matchmaker@gleasonsgym.net. All matchmaking is done by email.

Juni 15-18, 2016
Gleason’s Gym will host the second annual Master’s International Championship Tournament
The cost of entry for this Tournament is $135.00.
Hvis du er interesseret så kontakt Bruce Silverglade på (718) 797-2872 eller e-mail bruce@gleasonsgym.net.
Check in day Wednesday June 15 at Gleason’s Gym from
5:00AM to 10:00PM
Preliminary bouts Torsdag og Fredag ​​juni 16 og 17
Finaler Saturday June 18
Spectators $25.00 admission
Alle vores anfald er sanktioneret af USABoxingMetro. Alle boksere skal have deres boksning bog med dem for at deltage.

August 11-14, 2016

Gleason’s Gym will host the fourteenth annual Fantasy Boxing Camp at Honor’s Haven Resort and Spa.
The cost starts at $1799.00

New Heavyweight Champ Charles Martin Says: ‘My Time to Shine Will Come!’

Brand new IBF Heavyweight Champion “Prince” Charles Martin (23-0-1, 21 KOS) should be on cloud nine.
In just his seventh year of boxing and slightly over third as a professional, Martin already finds himself the sixth southpaw to have ever won a heavyweight championship after scoring a TKO 3 over Ukrainian top contender Vyacheslav Glazkov last Saturday night, Januar 16, at the Barclay’s Center in New York.
Winning any world title is an amazing accomplishment that most never reach in decades of boxing. Add in that Martin took out the 2008 Olympic Super Heavyweight bronze medalist to become the second current American heavyweight champion in a suddenly rejuvenated division.
“Det føles godt,” admits Martin. “I wanted to do it fast. I couldn’t wait,” he explains of his quick ascension. “Some things they say take time but when you’re really determined to do something, you’ll do it as soon as possible.
With his place already assured in the boxing history books and several lucrative possible showdowns on the near horizon, why isn’t Martin the happiest man on the planet?
It was the way he won.
I have an empty feeling right now,” said the 29-year-old champion. “I was in front of so many people and it was my time to shine on Showtime and show the world my skills. I felt that he had no power and said to myself that he would be easy work. I knew I was going to have a great night. I was going to KO him and then everyone would love mebut it didn’t happen like that.
Glazkov stopped fighting in round three due to torn ACL in his knee and Martin was declared the winner of the then-vacant title by way of injury-induced TKO.
I wanted to win the belt my way,” continued the disappointed Martin. “He would have got knocked out eventually. It was coming to him. I never even got to use my uppercut on him, but it’s all good.
Humble and extremely likeable, Martin remained polite, post-fight and expressed his condolences to the disappointed Glazkov. Men, since that night, Glazkov has gone on to say he hadfigured Martin outand that the championship would have certainly been his had he not been injured.
Oh my goodness, I’m trying to stay humble about the situation, but that’s so crazy what he said,” siger Martin. “If he really thinks that, he’s tripping. Things were about to get a lot worse for him. Jeg lover dig, once he started slowing down, my combinations would have started to come out. I was throwing the one/two because he was getting out of the way pretty good in the first few rounds. I was just getting started. I thought I would box him for a while and then start going at him and whip his butt. I promise you I could have. That injury saved him. It broke my heart that I didn’t get to do what I wanted. How does that happen? I was having fun.
Martin says his team and friends and relatives have been good to remind him the abbreviated ending was out of his control. He also says he’ll take a quick vacation and then get right back to work.
So what comes next for the new American heavyweight champion?
Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder. I want them both. I want all the best. That’s the next move. My time to shine will come. I’m a world champion now and I can say that the belt is in the right hands. I’m not going to sit around. I want to fight.
Martin also says that is Britain’s world champ, Tyson Fury, ever points his taunting antics at him, he won’t mind.
It’s good for boxing for him to do that kind of stuff. Jeg kan godt lide, at. Det hele er forretning. At the end of the day he has no crazy beef with anybody. Nobody choked anybody’s mother. It’s just boxing. You got to get attention somehow. He makes people want to see a fight. We’re in the entertainment and hurt business. It’s definitely a real fight in the ring though. It’s a non-personal thing that very gets personal once they step in the ring with me. That’s two guyslivelihood in there. That’s our income for our families.

Ring 8 January Meeting Review & Pictures

The late Herschel Jacobs’ familie & venner
(all pictures courtesy of Stanley Janousek)
NEW YORK (Januar 21, 2016) – Ring 8’s first monthly meeting of 2016 was held this past Tuesday evening at O’Neil’s Restaurant in Maspeth, New York.
International boxing judge John McKaie (venstre) was the guest speaker. McKaie has judged nearly 800 professionelle kampe, Herunder 23 world championships.
Ring 8 historian Henry Hascup (højre) eulogized and made a historical tribute to the late Herschel Jacobs, who passed away this past December at the age of 75 (afbilledet til højre). Jacobs (27-20-2, 11 KOS) fought professionally between 1960 og 1978. His most notable win was a 10-round decision in 1971 against three-time world light heavyweight champion and Hall-of-Famer, Harold Johnson, at the famed Sunnyside Garden in Queens. Jacobs also gave Rubin “Orkan” Carter (4-0) his first pro loss in 1962 by way of a six-round decision.
Jim Kinney (speaking) made a special presentation to Herschel Jacobsson (far left). Ring 8 historian Henry Hascup (white shirt) og Ring 8 Præsident Bob Duffy (længst til højre) also took part in the presentation.

Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, Eddie Alvarez, MMA Bouts og tre andre Combat Turneringer Overskrift MMA World Expo, Lørdag, December. 12 i New York City

MMA superstjerner at mødes og hilse gæster på annual udstyrsstykke, endo hosting anfald i Muay Thai, fangst brydning og Brasiliansk Jiu-Jitsu,
samt leverandører og seminarer

NEW YORK, December 9 - Den sjette årlige MMA World Expo, East Coast premiere Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) samt samle præsenteret af byen Verden Ford, vil vende tilbage til New Yorks Jacob Javits center, North Pavilion, på lørdag, December 12. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) superstjerner Jon "Bones" Jones, Anderson "The Spider" Silva og Eddie Alvarez vil være på hånden til arrangementet, der vil være større end nogensinde, med fire, levende bekæmpe sportsturneringer, herunder amatør MMA anfald i buret, seminarer og leverandører.

Også på hånden på Expo vil være World Series of Fighting to-division verdensmester David Branch, samt World Series of Fighting ledere Carlos Silva (Direktør) og Far Chiefs (Præsident), der vil deltage i et spørgerunde med medierne og fans, og afslører nyt om ligaens planer for 2016.

Branch, den regerende World Series of Fighting mellemvægt (185 pounds) og lys sværvægter (205 pounds) mester, vil være vært for en særlig, en time seminar for Expo lånere.

"The MMA World Expo er en fænomenal mulighed for at servicere en befolkning på meget passionerede MMA fans, der endnu ikke har oportunity at spectate erhverval anfald i staten of New York,"Sagde Paul Paone, grundlægger og direktør for MMA World Expo.

"Dette års arrangement vil indeholde et hidtil uset antal bekæmpe sportsturneringer at tilfredsstille enhver kamp fan, herunder amatør MMA, fangst brydning, Muay Thai og brasilianske Jiu-fælles efterforskningsholdi. "

Den ene-dag, "Super lørdag" Arrangementet vil finde sted fra 10 a.m. indtil 9 p.m. OG, og vil blive rundet bog leve Amatør MMA anfald i buret, forelagt af New York Fight Exchange. Kampen kortet vil begynde på 6 p.m.

Ud over de MMA kampe, vil der være live-konkurrence i fire bekæmpe discipliner, der er en central del af MMA. Begyndende ved 10 om morgenen, indsendelse kun kæmper turneringer, både gi og ingen gi, vært ved den gode kamp, vil finde sted.

Begyndende ved 4 om aftenen, det nordamerikanske Catch Wrestling Association vil være vært for fangst wrestling kampe, herunder en kamp mellem regerende, to-tiden østkyst King of Catch Wrestling, Thomas Velasquez, og rival, West Coast King of Catch Wrestling, Travis newaza, til 2015 Nordamerikanske Heavyweight King of Catch mesterskabet.

Hele arrangementet, "Træning-med-den-Masters" seminarer vil være til rådighed for deltagerne. Instruktører omfatter Ajarn Phil Sygeplejerske (Muay Thai), UFC Hall of FamerDan "The Beast" Severn, Silva, Alvarez og newaza.

MMA World Expo vil fortsætte med at spille sin rolle i kampen for professionelle MMA legalisering ved at gennemføre sin sjette årlige legalisering paneldiskussion, distribuere andragender, og lægge på display alle de atleter, trænere, fans og leverandører, der bidrager til sporten. De to-timers legalisering seminaret vil være vært ved combat sports journalist Jim Genia, og særlige gæster vil omfatte Severn og andre bemærkelsesværdige MMA tal.

For mere information om arrangementet besøg http://www.mmaworldexpo.com, "Like" os på Facebook, Følg os på Twittermmaworldexpo, eller ring 212-956-4720.

Om MMA World Expo:

MMA World Expo blev påbegyndt i 2009 og har haft alle begivenheder i Jacob Javits Center i New York.

Tidligere MMA World Expo underskrivere har inkluderet Matt Hughes, Frankie Edgar, Randy Couture, Jon Jones, Carlos Condit, Fabricio Werdum, Matt Serra, Jim og Dan Miller, Jamie Varner, Nate Diaz, Wanderlei Silva, bl.a..

Træning-med-den-Masters serien instruktører har inkluderet: Dan Severn, Renzo Gracie, Marcelo Garcia, Phil Sygeplejerske, Howard Davis Jr., Coban Lookchaomaesaitong, Lee Kemp, Jimmy Pedro bl.a..

Tidligere leverandører har inkluderet Toyota, Xyience, Headrush, Muscle Pharm, Combat Sports, Everlast, Vitamin Shoppe, Zebra Mats, Met-Rx, Monster Ringe og Bure, US Marines, Dymatize, World Series of Fighting, Spartan Race, M-I Entertainment, bl.a..

Brooklyn slagsmål serien Udvalgte i The Wall Street Journal

Når du er på Ropes, Boksning Trives i New York Takket være lokale Fighters

Livsnerven i byens boksning scene er stærk i fitnesscentre og små spillesteder i hele byen, selvom du ikke kan finde det på Madison Square Garden

Ved
Alex Raskin
Will Rosinsky er en 30-årig Queens indfødte der arbejder som brandmand i Crown Heights, Brooklyn. En mangeårig bekendt af hans, Joe Smith Jr., er en 26-årig bygningsarbejder fra Long Island og medlem af den lokale 66 Arbejdere Union.
Lørdag nat, de to kommer til Barclays Center i Brooklyn til en aften med boksekampe hovednavn ved en mellemvægt mesterskabet Bout. Men de vil ikke sidde på tribunerne. Rosinsky og Smith vil være der til at bekæmpe hinanden på en undercard til titlen match mellem band med Peter Quillin (32-0-1) og WBA mellemvægt mester Daniel Jacobs (30-1).
“Vi kender hinanden,” Rosinsky (19-2) sagt om Smith, hans tidligere sparringspartner. “Der er ikke noget anderledes, at han vil os gøre, at jeg ikke har set ham gøre allerede.”
For sin del, Smith (19-1) selv tog nogle ferie tid fra sit daglige arbejde med henblik på at forberede Lørdagens lys-heavyweight Bout. “Jeg er sikker på en masse mennesker kan ikke gøre det,” sagde han, “men jeg er heldig og jeg var i stand til at tage ud og stadig betale min regninger til tiden.”

Blandet kampsport kan være i stigning, men boksning scene i New York City har aldrig været stærkere som det fremgår af en nylig nat i midten af ​​plan slagsmål i Marine Park, Brooklyn.

Må ikke narre af deres “ægte” job, respektabel da de kan være. Rosinsky og Smith, både Golden Handsker mestre, var boksning længe før de kom ind i traditionelle arbejdsstyrke. De er en del af New Yorks voksende pugilistic middelklasse, gå symboler på sportens renæssance i byen.
Der var en tid, hvor New York var synonymt med boksning. Madison Square Garden i gennemsnit 28 kæmpe kort et år mellem 1940 og 1950, når arenaen blev placeret på Eighth Avenue mellem 49th og 50th gader. Den nuværende Garden vært kun to kort i 2015, herunder Gennady Golovkin er udsolgte titel forsvar mod David Lemieux på Oktober. 17. Det viste sig, at boksning var at forsvinde fra byens sports scene.
“Vi havde ikke en hel masse foregår i den første del af det nye århundrede,” forklarede Bruce Silverglade, ejer af Brooklyn berømte Gleason Gym.
“De kampe forlod New York,” sagde han. “Skatter er en stor del af denne, men blot omkostningerne ved at drive et show… New York er et dyrt by. Du er nødt til at huse de krigere. Du er nødt til at give dem en dagpenge. Hvis du tager den samme stor kamp og sætte det i Las Vegas, eller et sted, hvor der er et kasino, der understøtter boksning, de vil give dig et websted gebyr for at komme.”
"For så vidt angår populariteten af ​​boksning i byen New York, det kunne ikke være bedre, så vidt jeg er bekymret.’ -Bruce Silverglade, ejer af Gleason Gym
De skatter og omkostninger forbliver, men takket være nyere spillesteder, mellemledere punge, og lokaliserede kampen kort, de er ikke så uoverkommelige. Nu lokale boksere har en hjemby fordel i en by, der er, igen, pleje sporten på alle niveauer.
Som Silverglade udtrykte det, “[boksning er] begyndt at komme tilbage.”
Barclays center-kortet på lørdag lyder som en lokal hvide sider. Heather Hardy, der arbejder som træner i Gleason s og kan prale med en 14-0 professionelle rekord, gør hendes femte optræden på arenaen. “Jeg sælge billetter til mine klienter, medarbejdere, deres klienter. Jeg er ligesom alles lillesøster,” sagde 33-årige mor og Brooklyn indfødte.
Også vist er stigende lys-sværvægter udfordrer og Staten Island indfødte Marcus Browne (16-0) og Huntington, N.Y., Native Chris ALGIERI (20-2), en weltervægt. Med hensyn til den vigtigste begivenhed, Jacobs er et produkt af East New Yorks Starrett By Boxing Club, og Quillin bor også i bydelen.
Det vil være den 28. og sidste kamp kort af året i New York, der matcher sidste års samlede, ifølge New York State Athletic Kommissionen. Så sent som 2009, kun 14 boksning kort blev bestilt inden for bygrænsen.
Nu begivenhederne er reflekterende af selve byen.
“Den store ting om New York er, at uanset hvor i verden du kommer fra, vil du altid finde en 'Hjemmepublikummet’ i New York på grund af dens iboende diversitet,” forklarede Tom Hoover, formand for New York State Athletic Kommissionen.
Det er tilfældet for de stigende perspektiver og nye indvandrere Bakhtiyar Eyubov (9-0) og tre-tiden georgiske nationale mester Giorgi Gelashvili (3-0), som begge vandt slagsmål på Oktober. 29 “Brooklyn Brawl” udstillingsvindue på Aviator Sport og Events Center i Marine Park.
Tak for en stor del til den ukrainske-fødte, Brooklyn-hævet bokser og promotor Dmitriy Salita, de to har fundet et hjem gym, Brooklyns Fight Factory, og en mulighed for at bokse foran deres voksende antal af fans, hvoraf mange også kommer fra tidligere sovjetrepublikker.
En anden Starrett By produkt, Ord (35-2-1) klatrede rangerer som en weltervægt før tabe til Amir Khan i 2013. Han fortsatte boksning, men efter at have læst en bog om Israels økonomi kaldes “Start-Up Nation,” Salita besluttede at prøve sin hånd på at fremme.
“Jeg kiggede rundt i boksning verden i New York City,” Said Word, en ortodoks Jøde med en ortodoks kæmper holdning. “Jeg lavede et par telefonopkald. Det hele kom sammen ret hurtigt. Seks, måske syv uger senere, Jeg havde min første udstilling på Sept. 1, 2010. Flere gode krigere kæmpede.”
Salita s Davidsstjerne Kampagner sidst lancerede Brooklyn Brawl serien, som iscenesætter slagsmål på mellemstore spillesteder som Coney Island MCU Park, Paramount Theatre, og Aviator center.
Da kampene typisk vises på MSG netværk eller online på ESPN3, Salita s krigere vinder behov eksponering. En anden af ​​hans krigere, livslang ven og sværvægter udfordrer Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller, leverede en imponerende præstation på Showtime i oktober, droppe Akhror Muralimov i tre runder for at forbedre til 16-0-1.
“Jeg tror, ​​der er en større middelklasse i boksning, end der var før,” Said Word.
“Der er flere mennesker nu, at gøre $50,000 til $100,000 et år.”
At middelklassen måske ikke eksisterer det ikke var for sportens tilgængelighed. I dag, alle er at træde ind i ringen.
“I dag er jeg rundt 80% forretningsfolk-mænd, kvinder, børn,” Said Silverglade, hvis kunder spænder i alder fra 6 til 87. Han bemærkede, at når Gleason er blevet placeret i Manhattan, “det var 100% Boxers-amatører og professionelle. Vi havde faktisk to forretningsmænd. Ingen børn, ingen kvinder.”
Nu, som i mange fitnesscentre i området, kvinder og børn udgør en stor del af Silverglade forretning. “For så vidt angår populariteten af ​​boksning i byen New York, det kunne ikke være bedre, så vidt jeg er bekymret,” sagde han. “Jeg kunne ikke være i erhvervslivet i dag, Jeg kunne ikke råd til forsikring eller huslejen andet.”