The evening card of another Granite Chin day-night doubleheader (separate admissions) is headlined by the 10-round main event for the vacant NABA United States Heavyweight Championship between Vukosa (13-1, 5 Biaya) who will possibly be fighting for the final time – win, kalah, atau seri — and reigning New England heavyweight champion Marshall.
Vukosa, fighting of out Quincy, MA, is a former WBC U.S. Heavyweight Champion, which he captured in 2019 when he won an 8-round unanimous decision against Joe Cusumano (18-2, 16 Biaya). During his 20-year pro boxing career, Vukosa’s gained invaluable experience sparring at the famed Wild Card Boxing gym in Los Angeles as a sparring partner for world champions James Toney, Evander Holyfield dan Wladimir Klitschko. He’s also driven a bus for the past 15 years for the Mass Bay Transportation Authority, mulai dari 4 p.m. and finishing around 2 pagi, after which he does his run in. But he’s now 44 with a wife and three children and his boxing clock is ticking.
“I’m still fighting because I love it,” Vukosa explained. “It’s hard to walk away from something you’re good at. This one fight and it could be the end. My wife will be happy. My body is starting to fall apart: tangan, back and knees. They’ve been killing me. I used to be quick and fast, now I’m slow. I just want to have a good fight, menang, or lose, but I want to win. I really enjoyed by days at Wild Card, those sparring sessions were like real fights, and my amateur days with trainer Jimmy Farrell.
“I saw my opponent when he won the New England title, saya terkesan. (promotor)Chris (Traietti) called asking if I’d fight him, I accepted because I like to fight and a good challenge. I’m looking forward to the fight.”
The 36-year-old Marshall, fighting out of Danbury, CT, has won his last two fights, both on Granite Chin shows at the same venue as his upcoming match with Vukosa, including his N.E. title-winning performance last November against Justin “Crazy Train” Rolfe. Marshall isn’t looking at his opponent as over the hill because of Vukosa’s advance age, but he does plan to make a statement that, semoga, will get him positive exposure outside of New England.
“I know he’s a veteran pugilist, a pupil of Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, who was an awesome fighter in his own right,” Marshall remarked. “This is boxing, apa pun bisa terjadi. My job is to prepare for anything. I’ve had the best quality sparring in house with the No. 1 amateur heavyweight, Fernely Felix, Jr. My team works very hard, My manger, A.J. Galante, asked me to be sharper in my last fight (3-round KO of Tracey Johnson April lalu), so I did what he asked me to do. My cornerman Austin Ampeoquio keeps me sharp with the mitts, and my head coaches David McDonough dan Bennie ‘The Jet’ Little do a good job pushing me as well.
“I know Steve comes to fight and I’m looking forward to an exciting night of boxing. We are two warriors going toe-to-toe in the ring, putting on a show for boxing fans who really enjoy the sport of boxing, not this YouTube celebrity garbage that’s going on right now.”
“Steve ran into some bad luck after the Cusumano win,” Granite Chin president Chris Traietti commented. “A few fights fell through, then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. We literally had a fight in Germany fall out the day we were set to leave for the airport. After that we lost a lot of the steam from the Cusamano fight and kind of had to reassess. He picked up a tune-up fight a few months ago, but we now have to either regain some momentum by winning a fight like this or finally have Steve ride off into the sunset. This fight with Marshall will be no picnic. Dia telah meledak di kancah lokal dengan beberapa pertunjukan yang mengesankan.
“Seperti banyak orang yang datang ke pertarungan, Saya tidak tahu bagaimana pertarungan ini terjadi, yang membuat acara utama menjadi luar biasa. Satu hal yang akan saya katakan, terlepas dari apa yang Steve suka membuat orang percaya, jika dia memenangkan pertarungan ini, itu tidak akan menjadi pertarungan terakhirnya. Peluang nol untuk itu! Jika Marshall menang, Saya tidak ragu dia akan mendapatkan pertarungan televisi dalam waktu dekat di jaringan besar. ”
Dalam acara unggulan 8 putaranround, mantan N.E. juara kelas berat Rolfe (5-2-1, 4 Biaya), Fairfield, ME, akan menghadapi penantang Meksiko Jose Humberto “Olimpico” Corral (20-26, 12 Biaya) untuk gelar kelas berat ABF Atlantik yang kosong.
Juara kelas welter New England Mike "Orang Jahat" Ohan, Jr. (12-1, 6 Biaya), berjuang keluar dari Holbrook, MA, akan mempertahankan gelarnya dalam pertandingan 8 ronde melawan orang yang berpikiran marahTyrone “Tangan dari Batu” Luckey (13-14-4 (9 Biaya).
Undefeated Holyoke, MA kelas welter Denzel “Double Impact” Whitley (4-0, 3 Biaya) will be in his first scheduled 6-rounder versus Anthony Andreozzi (0-1), of Swansea, MA. Indianapolis junior welterweight Dewayne Wisdom will be in his 66th pro fight against Nelson "Chino" Perez (2-0, 2 Biaya) dalam ronde 6.
Also slated to be in action on the undercard, semua dalam pertarungan 4-putaran, is Weymouth, MA kelas welter Eric “Gladiator” Goff (1-0) vs. Aquilando Brandao (0-3), Holyoke junior middleweight Carlos Abel Castillo (1-0, 1 KO) vs. Jay Gregory (0-3), Woburn, MA middleweight Julien “Black Dragon” Baptiste (2-0, 2 Biaya) vs. Rodrigo Almeida (2-10, 2 Biaya), Framingham, MA light heavyweight Saul “Spider” Almeida (0-13-4) vs. pro-memulai debutnya Steve Sumpter, Lawrence, MA junior lightweight Kevin Rodriguez (0-1) wajah Ryan Venable (2-4), terkalahkan Puerto Rico super menengah Jelame Garcia (7-0, 6 Biaya) vs. Larry “Slo Mo” Smith (12-47-2, 8 Biaya), and Worcester’s (MA) 3-time New England Golden Gloves champion Demek “Hightower” Edmonds (1-0, 1 KO) vs. pro-memulai debutnya Wallace Nass Silva.
The pro segment of the afternoon’s Pro-Am card will be headlined by ABF Atlantic Cruiserweight Champion Yan “Wild Thing” Pellerin (11-1, 5 Biaya) defending his title against Lewiston, ME challenger Cristiano Pedro, fighting out by way of Angola, in an 8-round fight.
Other pro fights, all 4-rounders, include Canadian heavyweight Alexis Barriere (1-0, 1 KO) vs. New York’s pro-debuting Andrew Nolan, Methuen (MA), kelas berat ringanAndrew Perez dalam debut profesionalnya vs.. Jesus Cintron (1-18-2), Springfield (MA) super ringan Ian “Dinamite” Garcia (0-0-1) vs. Andy Aiello (1-4-1), of Bridgewater, MA, New York light heavyweight Scott Lampert (1-2, 1 KO) vs. Yhago Goncalves (0-3), of Portsmouth (ME) by way of Brazil, and Springfield’s pro-debuting super middleweightLaurent Humes vs.pro-debuting Philipe Martins, of Marlborough, MA.
The inaugural “Granite Chin Invitational” tournament, pitting some of the best amateur boxers in New England in the semifinals round, in the USA Boxing-sanctioned event during the afternoon portion of the day-night doubleheader. The semifinals winners will advance to the tournament’s championship final August 28th at New England Sports Center.
Some of the top N.E. amateur boxers expected to compete include 2021 USA National Championships gold medalist Arika Skoog, the 2-time N.E. Golden Gloves champion out of Newton (MA); 2-time N.E. Juara Sarung Emas Tashawn Ward, a featherweight from Providence (RI); dan middleweights James Maner, 2019 N.E. Golden Gloves champion from Providence, and 2-time N.E. Juara Sarung Emas Mike Fontanez, of Nashua (N.H).
Tiket yang memberikan promosi dan harga $25.00 (Day Show) / $40.00 (Night Show) for general seating (unassigned). Unassigned ringside seating will be available at $35.00 per seat during the day show. The night show will offer ringside tables (assigned and seats 4) untuk $300.00 and are available to purchase online at www.ticketriver.com(Pencarian: Granite Chin Invitational for the day show, Breakout for night show).
Pintu terbuka di 12:15 p.m. AND dan 7:15 p.m. DAN (malam) with the first bouts, masing-masing, di 12:30 p.m. AND dan 7:30 p.m. DAN.
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