Tony “Lightning” Luis to fight for regional championship in June 26 main event of the Sully Huff Invitational at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
NIAGARA Superavit, N.Y.. – The thrill of championship professional boxing is returning to Niagara Falls, NY. Seneca Niagara Obstinatus & Casino and Greg Cohen Promotions (produced by David Schuster’s Winner Take All Productions), in compliance with the Seneca Nation of Indians Athletic Commission, announced today that an installment of the popular “CBS Sports pugilatu in risus Network” series will be presented in the Seneca Niagara Event Center on Friday, June 26.
The night’s card is being dubbed the Sully Huff Invitational, in memory of Stanley “Sully” Huff, a successful boxer from the Seneca Nation of Indians, qui est anno 2014 at aetatis suae 84. Huff was a Courier-Express Golden Gloves champion in 1950 and later founded the Iroquois Boxing Club. He also served in the United States Army during the Korean War, earning the rank of Sergeant, and later was elected to serve on the Seneca Nation of Indians Tribal Council.
In the night’s televised 10-round main event, Canada’s popular, world-rated and fast-rising lightweight star Tony “Lightning” Luis (19-3, 7 KOs) will fight for a regional championship against an opponent TBA. This past weekend, Luis dropped a controversial decision to Derry Mathews in Liverpool, England (38-9-2, 20KOs), where the two battled for the interim WBA Lightweight title.
In co-pluma televised, brand-new NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion and WBA #12- # XI-aestimavit et IBF “Procellae” Dennis Hogan (21-0-1, 7 KOs), of Australia, via Kildare, Hibernia, will take on comebacking Kenny Abril (14-7-1, 7 KOs) Roffensis, New York,.
The televised opener will feature up-and-coming American heavyweight KO artist Jarrell “Magnus infantem” Miller (12-0-1, 10 KOs) of Brooklyn taking on an opponent that will be announced at a future date.
Nullam enim “CBS Sports pugilatu in risus Network” satus procul $35 and go on sale on Wednesday, Aprilis 22 at Noon. Tickets are available at select Seneca Resorts & Casinos retail outlets, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by phone at800-745-3000.
“Speed, energy, actio, trepidationem, and entertainment are the hallmarks of any visit to Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino and exactly what our guests will enjoy with this world-class professional boxing card,” said Audrey Oswell, chief operating officer, Seneca Gaming Corporation. “We are happy to once again bring an incredible display of athletic competition to Western New York.”
Before the highly debatable decision loss for the world championship in mid-April, the 27-year-old Tony Luis, ex Cornwall, Ontario, pulled off a dominant 10-round unanimous-decision upset victory over then IBF #15 Karl rated “Dynamite” Dargan in January. Iii, deinde, February 20, et ille sponsus, Manon Latulippe excepit prima nativitate puerum, filium nomine Miguel. Luis est rated #11 et in mundo per WBA #14 per IBF.
30-Dennis Hogan erat a quattuor-anno-senem tempus gentis pugilem super amateur 150 Kildare in patria pugnat, Hibernia. Qui vivit et impedimenta Victoria, Australia. Hogan is the current NABA-US Super Welterweight Champion. In quattuor annus pro curriculo, Hogan has also won the WBA Oceania Light Middleweight, Queensland State Super Middleweight, State, et Queensland Middleweight Australian Middleweight Championships.
Kenny Abril, a 30-year-old southpaw, started boxing at age seven and had 120 amateur bouts before turning professional in 2003. He has faced several undefeated and top contenders, scoring a late-2012 victory over heavily decorated veteran Dennis Laurente, which is still Laurente’s only loss in the last nine years.
Prior to boxing professionally, 26-year-old Jarrell Miller had a three-year, Invictus (18-0) kickboxing and MMA career. As a boxer, he was a New York Golden Gloves finalist and has worked as chief sparring partner for both Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko.
“I’m excited to be helping bring nationally televised championship boxing to a world-class venue such as the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino,” Greg dixit promotor Cohen. “Tony Luis has a huge fan following in his nearby native Canada. His supporters will be out in force to watch. Kenny Abril is from nearby Rochester, New York and he’ll have a giant following in attendance as well. On the undercard will be several local favorites in exciting match-ups. I’m proud to be part of this great event and the resurgence of televised professional boxing.”
Several other exciting match-ups will be announced soon.
The event is being conducted under the rules and regulations of the Seneca Nation of Indians Athletic Commission, whose members are Scott Snyder, Sean Crane, and Justin Schapp.
“We look forward to welcoming the boxers and their teams to Seneca territory,” Commissioner Snyder said. “As a Commission, our primary focus is to ensure the safety and well-being of the fighters who will be competing at Seneca Niagara. We will be working with the fighters, promoters and everyone involved to ensure that we have a safe and enjoyable evening of sports entertainment.”
About Greg Cohen Promotions
One Lorem caestu est SUMMUS outfits, Greg Cohen Promotions (GCP) reverentur nomen est a mundi-genus magister exhibuit pro elite promovendi et pugilatu eventus professionalem pugnatores per orbem terrarum.
Conditor et CEO Greg Cohen fuerit implicata professionalem pugilatu in diversis rationibus cum nuper 1980s, statuentes ut sibi et suae artis honing sagax negotiatoris international pugilatu.
Rudis ingenii capacitas macula praeclarissimus atque evolvere, Cohen lacus pro perito ductu, inter alia multa, Junior priores WBA Middleweight Champion Austin “Procul dubio” Trout, Cohen unknown New Mexico, qui adiuvatur a duce ac spe ad elite stipendium per-level visum superstar.
In addition ad Trout, Greg Cohen Promotions cum alius laboret in una constituatur, ut per illud, et tempus duo-heavyweight fortissimus Asim “Petra” Rahman (50-8-2, 41 KOs); et multa omnes-vicis-genus pondus-mundi fortissimus James multiple “Out luminum” Toney (74-7-3, 45 KOs).
Current world-aestimavit diiudicat GCP adiciaris numero ad includunt in Arash Usmanee, quod notissimum est in summo X, super featherweight; priores WBA International Middleweight Champion et mundi-aestimavit middleweight CONCERTATOR Jarrod Fletcher; summa-aestimavit featherweight Joel Brunker; cruiserweight Lateef kayode; Canadian lightweight actio heros et TV Tony Luis, et WBA et quinque-Hibernicum National tempus Amateur Champion, Dennis Hogan; surgam et sensatio Welterweight Cecil McCalla.
Greg Cohen Promotions habet populus mundi-genus pugilatu eventus in Iunctus Civitas et optimum venues in mundo, et quoque dum superbe talentum et / aut content sem ligula enim plures possidet HBO, Showtime, ESPN, NBC Sports Network, MSG et FOX Sports Net.
