PHILADELPHIA – Camdenus, NJ junior lightweight Jason Sosa, takes home the Briscoe Award as the “2016 Philly Fighter of the Year”, on Sunday at the annual awards event presented by Philly Boxing History Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to honoring and celebrating the Philadelphia fight scene – past and present.
Sosa upended the boxing world in 2016 by raising his game to the championship level and pulling off two upsets that few experts gave him the slightest chance of winning.
Primo, Sosa traveled to China to face WBA champion and heavy betting favorite Javier Fortuna for the WBA belt. Fortuna was skilled and carried a points lead into round eleven. Autem, Sosa’s “no quit” attitude keeps him in the fight until the very last bell. In the 11th, Sosa shocked Fortuna, and everyone watching, with a TKO victory that made the Camden fighter a world champ.
Five months later, Sosa defended his crown in Monte Carlo against another betting favorite, Stephen Smith of Liverpool. Sosa dropped Smith in the second and kept his title with a unanimous decision.
On the strength and significance of these two victories, Sosa led the pack among all other Philly-based boxers, and earned the biggest award at the 10th Annual Briscoe Awards, which will be presented on Sunday, October 15, 2017, at Xfinity Live! Philadelphia, 1:00 PM.
DE BRISCOE Awards OCTOBER 15 EX 1-4 PM
Awards Briscoe nominantur in honore fabuloso Philly middleweight Bennie Briscoe et tropaea donata – in Statua Briscoe et Briscoe Numisma – omnes iconem defuncti similitudinem habent. Eventus caestu locali communitatis colligit, inter award winners, familias suas, praeteritum et praesens pugiles, pugna fans, aliis caestu populi, et ludis fans.
Hic decimus annus est Briscoe Awards, quae afferuntur a Philly Boxing Historia Inc., a 501(c)3 Non lucrum Unitarum, dedicatum servando et celebrando magnum legatum Philadelphiae caestu. Praeteritum winners ad Briscoe Awards Bernard Hopkins includit, Garcia danny, Steve Cunningham, et multis aliis.
Res redit ad Xfinity Ago! Philadelphia, centrum medium ludis ludis Philly, at locus
1100 Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia. Admission is $5, ac tesserae comparari possunt apud BriscoeAwards.com vel vocando
609-377-6413. Quisque sit amet.
The 10th Annual Briscoe Awards will be held on Sunday, October 15, 2017,
1-4 PM, at Xfinity Live!,
1100 Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia.
