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Bellator MMA ERKLÆRING OM legalisering av mixed martial arts I NEW YORK

 

SANTA MONICA (Mars 22, 2016) - I dag, staten New York vedtatt lover som gjør at sporten mixed martial arts å utgå fra "Empire State."

 

Bellator MMA President Scott Coker hadde dette å si om landemerket kunngjøring:

 

"The New York Forsamlingens stemme for å legalisere MMA er et vannskille øyeblikk for denne utrolige sporten. Som en som har vært fremme kampsport for mer enn 30 år, Dette er en veldig spennende tid for mixed martial arts. Vi i Bellator MMA er veldig mye ser frem til hosting en hendelse i 'Crown Jewel of America,’ New York. Two Bellator champions, Liam McGeary og Marcos Galvao kaller New York hjem og jeg vet at det betyr mye for dem begge, som det gjør for hele kampanjen. Vi har allerede vært i kontakt med de flotte menneskene på Barclays Center og flere andre utrolige arenaer, og vi kan ikke vente bringe våre idrettsutøvere i verdensklasse og actionfylte viser til en arena i Empire State snart.”

BELGIAN BOXER ALEX MISKIRTCHIAN GETS FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE SHOT

PROMOTER SALITA BACKS FEATHERWEIGHT CONTENDER
Brooklyn, NY (Mars 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 Mars 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 sa.

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, Mai 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. Ikke gå glipp av 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 pm. 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 pm., 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, dedikasjon, 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, Mai 19, 2016

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

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

6:30 pm. – 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, internasjonal bryting forbund. Simply, USA Wrestling er den sentrale organisasjonen som koordinerer amatør bryting programmer i nasjonen og arbeider for å skape interesse og deltakelse i disse programmene. 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, MARS 1 ON SHOWTIME®

Cameras Will Be Following the Fighters At The Brigade Boxing Championship Denne fredagen Natt

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, Mars 1 ved 9 pm. 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 fredagen 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 natt.

 

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, men, 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 natt.

 

The U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent, Vice Adm. Walter Carter, sums up the importance of boxing to America’s future naval officers for Ford. "[Boksing] 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, plassert på 64-21 53rd Drive i Maspeth, New York.
Lou was fantastic,” Ring 8 president Bob Duffy sa. “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 president Bob Duffy
(pictures courtesy of John Roe)
OM RING 8: Ring 8 ble den åttende datterselskap av det som da var kjent som National Veteran Boxers Association – derav, RING 8 – og i dag organisasjonens motto er fremdeles: Boksere Hjelpe Boxers.
RING 8 er fullt forpliktet til å støtte mindre heldige mennesker i boksing samfunnet som kan kreve hjelp i form av å betale husleie, medisinske utgifter, eller hva forsvarlig behov.
Gå på line til www.Ring8ny.com for mer informasjon om RING 8, den største gruppen av sitt slag i USA med mer enn 350 medlemmer. Årlige medlemskontingenten er bare $30.00 og hvert medlem har rett til en buffet middag på RING 8 månedlige møter, unntatt juli og august. Alle aktive boksere, amatør og profesjonell, med en nåværende bokselisens eller bok har rett til en gratis RING 8 årlig medlemskap. Gjestene på Ring 8 medlemmer er velkomne til en kostnad på bare $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.
Kostnaden for klinikken er $369.00.
Hvis du er interessert ta kontakt Bruce Silverglade på (718) 797-2872 eller e-post bruce@gleasonsgym.net.
The boxing show will be at Gleason’s Gym on Februar 13
6:00PM
$20.00 admission
Alle våre kamper er sanksjonert av USABoxingMetro. Alle boksere må ha sin boksing bok med dem for å delta.

Hvis du ønsker å konkurrere, vennligst kontakt vår matchmaker Jieun Lee på matchmaker@gleasonsgym.net. All matchmaking is done by email.

Mars 12, 2016
Benefit for Gleason’s Give A Kid A Dream
Gleason Gym
6:00PM
$25.00 admission
Alle våre kamper er sanksjonert av USABoxingMetro. Alle boksere må ha sin boksing bok med dem for å delta.

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 å 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.
Kostnaden for klinikken er $369.00.
Hvis du er interessert ta kontakt Bruce Silverglade på (718) 797-2872 eller e-post bruce@gleasonsgym.net.
The boxing show will be at Gleason’s Gym on April 16
6:00PM
$20.00 admission
Alle våre kamper er sanksjonert av USABoxingMetro. Alle boksere må ha sin boksing bok med dem for å delta.

Hvis du ønsker å konkurrere, vennligst kontakt vår 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 interessert ta kontakt Bruce Silverglade på (718) 797-2872 eller e-post bruce@gleasonsgym.net.
Check in day Wednesday June 15 at Gleason’s Gym from
5:00AM til 10:00PM
Preliminary bouts Torsdag og Fredag ​​juni 16 og 17
Finaler Saturday June 18
Spectators $25.00 admission
Alle våre kamper er sanksjonert av USABoxingMetro. Alle boksere må ha sin boksing bok med dem for å delta.

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,” sier Martin. “If he really thinks that, he’s tripping. Things were about to get a lot worse for him. Jeg lover deg, 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 liker at. It’s all business. 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 & Bilder

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 profesjonelle kamper, Inkludert 23 verdensmesterskap.
Ring 8 historian Henry Hascup (rett) eulogized and made a historical tribute to the late Herschel Jacobs, who passed away this past December at the age of 75 (bildet til høyre). 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 president Bob Duffy (helt til høyre) also took part in the presentation.

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

MMA superstjerner å møte og hilse på gjestene på annUAL extravaganza, enno hosting bouts i Muay Thai, Fangsten bryting og brasiliansk Jiu-Jitsu,
samt leverandører og seminarer

NEW YORK, Desember 9 - Den sjette årlige MMA World Expo, East Coast premiere Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sanker presentert av byen Verden Ford, vil komme tilbake til New Yorks Jacob Javits Senter, North Pavilion, på lørdag, Desember 12. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) super Jon "Bones" Jones, Anderson "The Spider" Silva og Eddie Alvarez vil være til stede for hendelsen, som lover å være større enn noensinne, med fire, Live kampidrettsturneringer, inkludert amatør MMA kamper i buret, seminarer og leverandører.

Også på hånden på Expo vil være World Series of Fighting to-divisjon verdensmester David Branch, samt World Series of Fighting ledere Carlos Silva (direktør) og Far Chiefs (President), som vil ta del i en spørsmål og svar sesjon med media og fans, og avsløre nyheten om ligaens planer for 2016.

Branch, regjerende World Series of Fighting mellomvekt (185 pounds) og lett tungvekt (205 pounds) mester, vil avholde en spesiell, en times seminar for Expo beskyttere.

"The MMA World Expo er en fenomenal mulighet til å betjene en befolkning på svært lidenskapelige MMA fans som ennå ikke har the opportunity å tilskuere yrkeal anfall i staten of New York,"Sa Paul Paone, grunnlegger og direktør for MMA World Expo.

"Årets arrangement vil inneholde en enestående antall kampidrettsturneringer for å tilfredsstille alle kjempe fan, inkludert amatør MMA, Fangsten bryting, Muay Thai og brasiliansk Jiu-Jitsi. "

Den ene dagen, "Super Saturday" Arrangementet vil finne sted fra 10 a.m. inntil 9 pm. OG, og vil bli avkortet av bog leve amatør MMA kamper i buret, presentert av New York Fight Veksling. Kampen kortet vil begynne på 6 pm.

I tillegg til de MMA kamper, Det vil bli live konkurranse av fire kamp disipliner som er en sentral del av MMA. Begynnelsen på 10 på morgenen, innsending-bare grappling turneringer, både GI og ingen GI, arrangert av The Good Fight, vil finne sted.

Begynnelsen på 4 p.m., North American Catch Wrestling Association vil være vert for fangst bryting kamper, inkludert en kamp mellom regjerende, to-tiden østkysten Kongen av Catch Wrestling, Thomas Velasquez, og rival, West Coast Kongen av Catch Wrestling, Travis Newaza, for 2015 North American tungvekt Kongen av Catch mesterskap.

Under hele arrangementet, "Training-med-the-Masters" seminarene vil være tilgjengelig for deltakerne. Instruktører inkluderer Ajarn Phil Nurse (Muay Thai), UFC Hall of FameDan "The Beast" Severn, Silva, Alvarez og Newaza.

MMA World Expo vil fortsette å spille sin rolle i kampen for profesjonell MMA legalisering ved å gjennomføre sin sjette årlige legalisering paneldiskusjon, distribuere begjæringer, og sette på skjermen alle utøverne, trenere, fans og leverandører som bidrar til idretten. Den to timer lange legalisering Seminaret vil bli holdt av kampsport journalist Jim Genia, og spesielle gjester vil omfatte Severn og andre bemerkelsesverdige MMA tall.

For mer informasjon om arrangementet besøk http://www.mmaworldexpo.com, "lik oss på Facebook, Følg oss på Twittermmaworldexpo, eller ring 212-956-4720.

Om MMA World Expo:

MMA World Expo ble påbegynt i 2009 og har hatt alle hendelser i Jacob Javits Center i New York.

Tidligere MMA World Expo underskriverne har tatt med 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..

Trening-med-the-Masters serien instruktører har tatt: Dan Severn, Renzo Gracie, Marcelo Garcia, Phil Nurse, Howard Davis Jr., Coban Lookchaomaesaitong, Lee Kemp, Jimmy Pedro bl.a..

Tidligere leverandørene har tatt med Toyota, Xyience, Headrush, Muscle Pharm, Kampsport, Everlast, Vitamin Shoppe, Zebra Mats, Met-Rx, Monster Ringer og Bur, US Marines, Dymatize, World Series of Fighting, Spartan Race, M-I Entertainment, bl.a..

Brooklyn slagsmål serien Utvalgt The Wall Street Journal

Gang på Ropes, Boksing Trives i New York Takk til Lokale Fighters

Selve livsnerven i byens boksing scene er sterk i treningssentre og små arenaer over hele byen, selv om du ikke kan finne det på Madison Square Garden

Av
Alex Raskin
Will Rosinsky er en 30 år gammel Queens innfødt som jobber som brannmann i Crown Heights, Brooklyn. En langvarig bekjent av hans, Joe Smith Jr., er en 26 år gammel bygningsarbeider fra Long Island og et medlem av den lokale 66 Arbeidere Union.
På lørdag natt, de to kommer til å Barclays Center i Brooklyn for en natt av boksekamper med opp til mellomvekt mesterskap bout. Men de vil ikke bli sittende på tribunen. Rosinsky og Smith vil være der for å slåss mot hverandre på en undercard til tittelkamp mellom Brooklynites Peter Quillin (32-0-1) og WBA mellomvekt mester Daniel Jacobs (30-1).
“Vi kjenner hverandre,” Rosinsky (19-2) sa Smith, hans tidligere sparringspartner. “Det er ingenting annet som han skal gjøre at jeg ikke har sett ham gjøre allerede.”
For hans del, Smith (19-1) selv tok litt ferie tid fra sin jobb for å forberede Lørdagens light-tungvekt bout. “Jeg er sikker på at mange mennesker kan ikke gjøre det,” han sa, “men jeg er heldig, og jeg var i stand til å ta av, og fortsatt betale regninger i tide.”

Mixed martial arts kan være på vei oppover, men boksing scene i New York har aldri vært sterkere, som vist av en fersk natten av mid-level kamper i Marine Park, Brooklyn.

Ikke la deg lure av deres “ekte” jobber, respektabel som de kan være. Rosinsky og Smith, både Golden Gloves vinnere, ble boksing lenge før de kom inn i tradisjonelle arbeidsstyrken. De er en del av New Yorks voksende pugilistic middelklasse, vandre symboler av sportens renessanse i byen.
Det var en tid da New York var synonymt med boksing. Madison Square Garden i gjennomsnitt 28 kjempe kort et år mellom 1940 og 1950, når arenaen var plassert på Eighth Avenue mellom 49th og 50th gater. Den nåværende Hage vert bare to kort i 2015, inkludert Gennady Golovkin er utsolgt tittelforsvar mot David Lemieux på Oktober. 17. Det viste seg at boksing ble forsvinne fra byens sports scene.
“Vi hadde ikke en hel masse som skjer i den første delen av det nye århundret,” forklarte Bruce Silverglade, eier av Brooklyn berømte Gleason Gym.
“Kampene forlot New York,” han sa. “Skatter er en stor del av dette, men bare kostnaden ved å gjøre et show… New York er en dyr by. Du må huse jagerfly. Du må gi dem en per diem. Hvis du tar den samme store kampen og sette den i Las Vegas, eller et sted hvor det er et kasino som støtter boksing, de vil gi deg et nettsted gebyr for kommende.”
"Så langt som populariteten av boksing i byen New York, det kan ikke bli bedre, as far as I’m concerned.’ -Bruce Silverglade, Eieren av Gleason Gym
Skatter og kostnader forbli, men takket være nyere arenaer, midlevel vesker, og lokaliserte kampkort, de er ikke så prohibitive. Nå lokale boksere har en hjemby fordel i en by som er, igjen, pleie idrett på alle nivåer.
Som Silverglade sette det, “[boksing er] begynner å komme tilbake.”
The Barclays Center kortet på lørdag leses som en lokal hvite sider. Heather Hardy, som jobber som trener på Gleason og kan skilte med en 14-0 profesjonell rekord, gjør sin femte opptreden på arenaen. “Jeg selger billetter til mine klienter, medarbeidere, sine kunder. Jeg er som alles lillesøster,” sa den 33 år gamle mor og Brooklyn innfødte.
Også vises stiger lett tungvekt kandidat og Staten Island innfødt Marcus Browne (16-0) og Huntington, N.Y., innfødte Chris Algieri (20-2), en weltervekt. Som for hovedturneringen, Jacobs er et produkt av East New Yorks Star by Boxing Club, og Quillin bor også i bydelen.
Det vil være den 28. og siste kampen kortet av året i New York, som matcher fjorårets total, ifølge New York State Athletic Commission. Så sent som 2009, bare 14 boksing kortene ble bestilt innenfor bygrensen.
Nå hendelsene er reflekterende av byen selv.
“Det flotte med New York er at uansett hvor i verden du kommer fra, du vil alltid finne en "hjemmepublikummet’ i New York, på grunn av sin iboende mangfold,” forklarte Tom Hoover, leder av New York State Athletic Commission.
Dette er tilfellet for stigende prospekter og nyankomne innvandrere Bakhtiyar Eyubov (9-0) og tre-tiden Georgian nasjonal mester Giorgi Gelashvili (3-0), begge vunnet kamper på Oktober. 29 “Brooklyn slagsmål” presentere på Aviator Sport og Events Center i Marine Park.
Takket i stor del til den ukrainske fødte, Brooklyn-hevet boxer og promoter Dmitriy Salita, de to har funnet et hjem gym, Brooklyn Fight Factory, og en mulighet til å bokse foran deres økende antall fans, mange av dem også hagl fra tidligere sovjetrepublikker.
En annen Star By produkt, Ord (35-2-1) klatret i gradene som weltervekt før de tapte til Amir Khan i 2013. Han fortsatte boksing, men etter å ha lest en bok om Israels økonomi kalt “Oppstart Nation,” Salita bestemte seg for å prøve seg på å fremme.
“Jeg kikket rundt i boksing verden i New York by,” Said Word, en ortodoks jøde med en ortodoks kampstilling. “Jeg gjorde et par telefonsamtaler. Det hele kom sammen ganske raskt. Seks, kanskje syv uker senere, Jeg hadde min første utstilling på september. 1, 2010. Flere gode krigere kjempet.”
Salita Star of David Kampanjer slutt lanserte Brooklyn slagsmål serien, hvilke stadier kamper på mellomstore arenaer som Coney Island MCU Park, Paramount Theatre, og Aviator Senter.
Siden kampene er vanligvis vises på MSG Network eller online på ESPN3, Salita sin jagerfly er stadig behov for eksponering. En annen av hans krigere, livslang venn og tungvekt kandidat Jarrell “Big baby” Miller, leverte en imponerende ytelse på Showtime i oktober, slippe Akhror Muralimov i tre runder for å forbedre til 16-0-1.
“Jeg tror det er en større middelklasse i boksing enn det var før,” Said Word.
“Det er flere folk nå som make $50,000 til $100,000 et år.”
At middelklassen er kanskje ikke eksisterer var det ikke for sportens tilgjengelighet. Nå for tiden, alle er stepping i ringen.
“I dag er jeg rundt 80% forretningsfolk-menn, kvinner, barn,” Said Silverglade, hvis kunder varierer i alder fra 6 til 87. Han bemerket at når Gleason-tallet ble plassert i Manhattan, “det var 100% boxers-amatører og proffer. Vi hadde egentlig to forretningsmenn. Ingen barn, ingen kvinner.”
Nå, som i mange treningssentre i området, kvinner og barn utgjør en stor del av Silverglade virksomhet. “Såvidt populariteten av boksing i byen New York, det kan ikke bli bedre, så langt som jeg er bekymret,” han sa. “Jeg kunne ikke være i virksomhet i dag, Jeg hadde ikke råd til forsikring eller leien ellers.”