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.
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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
Mike “Bad Boy” Ohan (picture by Emily Harney/Fightography)
昆西, 質量. (十一月 1, 2021)– Granite Chin Promotions most recent signee, New England welterweight champion Mike “Bad Boy” Ohan (13-1, 7 科斯), will close out 2021 headlining “Championship Road,「 在星期六晚上, 十一月 13, streaming live Saturday evening, 十一月 13, 上bxngtv.com, from The Rim in Hampton, 新罕布什爾.
Ohan, fighting out of Holbrook (嘛), will be in his first scheduled 10-round bout against Mexican challenger Israel “Filipino Tigre” Rojas (14-24, 5 科斯) in a super lightweight, non-title fight.
“Ten rounds means a lot to me,” Ohan said. “It’s something I’ve watched my entire life because all legends fought 10-rounders. This is special for me. I’m ready to go and I will outclass my opponent.”
Ohan captured the vacant New England title last November, when he won an 8-round unanimous decision over Ryan Dibartolomeo, followed by a successful title defense in his last fight in June, when challenger Tyrone Luckey retired after the five rounds.
The New England title is a stepping-stone and next year I feel like I can collect more title belts next year,“ 他加了. “I signed with Chris (崔耶蒂, president of Granite Chin Promotions) because I want to be in big fights. 我不能等待這場戰鬥, I’m already in top shape. Two guys I recently defeated recently knocked out undefeated opponents, (埃里克) 帕爾默 (WSD6 vs. 8-0-1 Ruddicus Livsey) and Luckey (WKO1 and WKO6 vs. 7-0-1 Eduardo Aguilar).”
A former 2-time Southern New England Golden Gloves champion, the now 27-year-old Ohan is the son of a former prizefighter, middleweight Mike Ohan (14-6-2, 11 KOs – 1983-95), who sparred “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler. Ohan, Jr’s grandfather on his mother’s side also boxed.
“I always looked up to my father as a fighter,” Ohan., JR. 提到, “but he didn’t want me to box. I started late and didn’t go to the gym until I was 16 to help stay out of trouble. My father’s supportive and he goes to my fights. I fell in love with boxing right away and I feel even stronger about it today.”
Ohan’s birth name is Ohanian, but he is Irish. “It’s in my blood,他解釋說. “It goes back to the old bare-knuckle days. My father is Irish on his mother’s side, Armenian on his father’s. My grandmother is Irish on both sides. 所以, I have a lot of Irish in me from my parents.”
Undefeated Holyoke (嘛) welterweight prospect Denzel “Double Impact” Whitley (6-0, 5 科斯), of meets John Ferrara (0-1), of Tiverton (RI) in the 6-round, 共同功能的事件.
Guyana-native heavyweight Nkosi Soloman (3-1, 2 科斯), 的戰鬥布魯克林, has been added to the card in a 6-round fight against TBA.
戰鬥在undercard, each slated for 4 發, is Woburn (嘛) middleweight Julien “Black Dragon” Baptiste (3-0, 2 科斯) VS. Providence’s pro-debuting Alfred “Keenan” Raymond, Maine middleweight Llmar Kelly (0-1) VS. Providence’s Robert “Golden Boy” Nolette (0-1), Holyoke (嘛) junior middleweight Carlos Castillo (3-0, 3 科斯) VS. Swansea’s (嘛) 安東尼安德烈奧齊 (0-1), Pittsfield (嘛) super middleweight Steve Sumpter (2-0, 2 科斯) VS. Juan Celin Zapata (6-19-2, 4 科斯), 和斯普林菲爾德 (嘛) middleweight Jamer Jones (1-0, 1 KO) VS. Woburn’s (嘛) Aguilando Brandao (1-7).
還, 勞倫斯 (嘛) lightweight “El Gallo” Kevin Rodriguez (2-1, 1 KO) VS. Daron Jenkins (0-5), Springfield light heavyweight Laurent Humes (2-0, 2 科斯) VS. Woburn’s pro-debuting Thailisson Nunes, 普羅維登斯 (RI) 次中量級達蒙鎮 (3-0, 2 科斯) VS. TBA, Pittsfield (嘛) heavyweight Quinton Sumpter (1-0, 1 KO) VS. Woburn’s pro-debuting Wewerson Silveira Silva.
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昆西, 質量. (十一月 19, 2018) – A major change has been made to this Wednesday night’s (十一月. 21) “Championship Boxing at The Armory” 卡, 由花崗岩下巴促銷提出 (GCP) on Thanksgiving Eve, at the National Guard Armory (70 Victory Road) in Dorchester, 馬薩諸塞州.
The originally scheduled headliner, three-time world title challengerAleksandra Magziak Lopes (18-4-3, 1 KO), withdrew when she accepted a world title shot Dec. 8 卡森, 加利福尼亞州, against undisputed World welterweight champion塞西莉亞 “第一夫人” 布拉克胡斯 (34-0, 9 科斯) in the main event on HBO.
Many of New England’s most talented and popular boxers will still be in action this Wednesday evening. GCP co-promoter克里斯·特萊蒂 (26-4, 21 科斯), fighting out of Quincy (嘛), will defend his New England cruiserweight title against challengerNick Lavin (5-9, 4 科斯), of Shelton (CT), in the new eight-round main event.
The 33-year-old Traietti, an Iraq War veteran and college graduate, defeated the heavy-handed Lavin by way of an eight-round unanimous decision August 5, 2017 for the N.E. 稱號.
“As disheartening as it was to lose Aleks on this show,” Traietti said, “we are thrilled she’s getting a career defining opportunity on HBO. She’s worked hard for the opportunity and we wish her the best of luck December 8th.
“We shuffled some of the bouts around and moved my fight to the main event. 上次我們打, Nick showed up and gave me eight tough rounds. I have no doubt he’s going to deliver a similar performance. 總體, we are excited about this card as it features a mix of local veterans and prospects. Fans are in for a fun night that will be action packed.”
在六輪的共同功能的事件, former N.E. 次中量級冠軍 德里克 “The Surgeon” Silveira (14-2, 7 科斯), fighting out of Salem, 嘛, faces Mexican veteranFranciso “El Mono” Medel (12-15, 8 科斯), who has been a gatekeeper for NE’s top prospects over the past few years.
Claremont, NH favoriteRicky Ford (3-1-1, 1 KO) will be shooting for his fourth consecutive when he meets索爾·阿爾梅達, 沃本, in a four-round middleweight match.
2017 落基馬西亞諾錦標賽冠軍 Henry Gedney (1-0), a promising super middleweight prospect from Gloucester, 嘛, is matched versusFrancisco Neto (0-1), 沃本, in a four-round bout.
Pembroke, MA重量級 Vinnie “American Dream” Carita(18-1-1, 17 科斯), a court officer in Brockton, MA and Pembroke, MA resident, takes on 61-fight veteran史蒂夫 “The Spoiler” Walker, the former Mid-West middleweight titlist, in a scheduled eight-round fight.
Undefeated New York junior welterweight prospect雷周杰倫貝穆德斯 (4-0, 2 科斯) 拋出朝下 Bruno Dias (0-4), 沃本 (嘛), 在四圓.
普羅維登斯 (RI) 中量級 Anthony Concepcion (1-0, 1 科斯), trained by World Boxing Organization (WBO) 世界中量級冠軍 狄米崔斯 “布布” 安德拉德, squares off with former Pacific Coast lightweight champion羅伯托 “舊” 巴倫蘇埃拉in the four-round opener.
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