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Hartford Boxing Promotions Announces inaugural show “Fight Night at the Capital”

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Neporažený světlo heavyweight
Richard “Popeye” Rivera to headline & Amateur star Sharad Collier turning pro
Červen 16 at Xfinity Centre in Hartford, CT

(L-R) – Sharad Collier, promoter/trainer Tony Blanco & Richard Rivera

HARTFORD, Conn. (Květen 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, Červen 16, at Xfinity Centre in Hartford, Connecticut.

 

 

Boxing trainer Tony Blanco and his Hartford Boxing Center gym partner, Michael Tran, have teamed with their undefeated light heavyweight prospect, Richard “Pepek Námořník Man” Rivera (7-0, 6 KO), to form Hartford Boxing Promotions.

 

 

“I’m excited about the entire card and providing a platform for some of the best amateurs in recent Connecticut boxing history to fight,” Blanco said. “‘Popeye’ is in the main event. He’s sparred against world champions and each experience has given him more confidence. He’s on his way to greatness. We’re also showcasing (‘The Special One’) Sharad Collier in his pro debut. This kid is something special. Richard is exactly what Hartford needs, somebody youngster can look up to as a role model. ‘Popeye’ is exciting to watch and very popular. Sharad is going to be like that, také.

 

 

“I’m thrilled to partner with Richard and Michael to bring boxing back to Hartford, which is a hotbed for boxing, and it has a rich boxing history. There’s a lot of talent here right now and fans will see that June 16th.”

 

 

Boxing’s roots in the Hartford market dates back nearly a full century, headlined by International Hall of Famers Willie “Will o’ the Wisp” Pep a Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Kouzelná Man” Starling, titul mistra světa vyzyvatelů Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega a Izrael “poněkud” Cardona, a 1996 USA Olympic Boxing Team captain Lawrence Clay-Bey.

 

 

The hardest hitter in New England, rising star Rivera will defend his Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) New England light heavyweight title in the eight-round main event versus an opponent to be determined.

 

 

 

“I’m blessed to help bring boxing back to Hartford,” Rivera commented. “I’m honored to headline our first show, Fans will see good boxing and be entertained. I’m going to put on a good performance on an exciting night. Už se nemůžu dočkat!”

 

 

The 21-yer-old Collard, fighting out of Hartford like Rivera, will be competing in the National Golden Gloves Championships, starting May 14th in Omaha, Nebraska, before returning home to turn pro in a four-round Special Junior Welterweight Attraction versus Carlos Galindo (0-2), of Woburn, Massachusetts.

 

 

“Tony is like my second father and I’m grateful to him for allowing me to make my pro debut in my hometown,” Collier remarked. “I’m bringing a big fan-base and I’m going to put on a show. I’m familiar with a lot of fighters on this card. ‘Popeye’ is like my big brother. We train and have traveled together as amateurs. We motivate each other. I’m going to try and get a faster knockout than him June 16th.”

 

 

Undefeated Danbury, CT lightweight Omar “Beast” Bordoy, Jr. (5-0, 1 KO) in his first scheduled six-rounder vs. Alexander “El Bravo” Picot (2-5-1), fighting out of Hartford by way of Puerto Rico.

 

 

Také bojuje o undercard, all in se čtyřmi kulatými záchvaty, are Hartford featherweight Luis “Lobito” Rivera (4-3) proti. Phillip Davis (1-1-1), of Worcester, MA; pro-debuting New Haven, CT lightweight Anuel Rosa proti. Cleveland’s Roger Blankenship (1-3), New Britain, CT featherweight Nathan Martinez in his professional debut vs. New Bedford’s (MA)Henry Garcia (1-0), Hartford lightweight Jose Maysonette proti. Justin Morales, New Bedford, in a battle of pro-debut fighters, and another pair of pro debut fighters, Bridgeport, CT featherweight Jacob Marrero proti. Jimmy Santiago, of New York City.

 

 

Všechny boje a bojovníci se mohou změnit.

 

 

Lístky, cena na $80.00, $60.00 a $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, jakož i $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

Dveře otevřené na 6 p.m. A, První zápas začíná na 7 p.m. A.

 

 

Sponsors include Hot 93.7 FM, Hartford Boxing Center, Foster Buddies Network and HBC ProShop.

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Hartford Boxing Promotions To launch this summer

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(L-R) – Michael Tran, Richard Rivera & Tony Blanco

HARTFORD, Conn. (Duben 4, 2018) – Professional boxing’s newest promotional company, Hartford Boxing Promotions, has announced its official formation, as well as tentative plans calling for its inaugural event this summer in Hartford.

 

 

 

Boxing trainer Tony Blanco and his Hartford-based House of Boxing gym partner, Michael Tran, have teamed with their undefeated light heavyweight prospect, Richard “Pepek Námořník Man” Rivera (6-0, 5 KO), to form Hartford Boxing Promotions. Rivera is one of the best and most popular pro fighters in New England.

 

 

 

“We want to bring boxing back to Hartford,” Blanco addressed why they founded this new promotional company. “Hartford is a hotbed of boxing. There’s a lot of talent here and Hartford has a rich boxing history.

 

 

 

“We hope to promote our first show on June 16th, subject to Connecticut Boxing Commission approval, at Xfinity Theatre in Hartford. It’s owned by Live Nation and has been used only as a concert hall, but it has an old-school feel and will be an awesome venue for boxing. We’re excited about promoting events in this new venue for boxing.”

 

 

 

Boxing’s roots in the Hartford market dates back nearly a full century, headlined by International Hall of Famers Willie “Will o’ the Wisp” Pep a Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Kouzelná Man” Starling, titul mistra světa vyzyvatelů Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Ledař” John Scully a Izrael “poněkud” Cardona, a 1996 USA Olympic Boxing Team captain Lawrence Clay-Bey.

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Connecticut’s top all-time great fighters & Foxwoods’ best fights

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Čtvrtek, Červenec 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. A/5 p.m. PT
Mashantucket, CT (Červenec 19, 2016) — Connecticut may not have equal status with New York City or Las Vegas in terms of being a fight capital, but the Nutmeg State has produced five Hall-of-Famers with Foxwoods Resort Casino, located in Mashantucket, CT, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on Čtvrtek, Červenec 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “technik” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KO) faces former world champion Am “Král” Soliman (44-13, 18 KO) V 10 kole hlavní události Champions Premier Boxerské na ESPN & ESPN.
Televizní pokrytí začíná na 8 p.m. A/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 KO) a Kalifornská Paul Mendez (19-2-2, 9 KO).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 KO), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, kteří profesionálně bojovali mezi 1940 a 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Sandy Sedlář.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 KO), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Jack Dempsey dvakrát; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Louis “Dítě” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 KO), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom (222-42-31, 2 NC, 19 KO), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Zvedák “Bright Eyes” Delaney (73-11-2, 43 KO), who was born in Canada but lived in Bridgeport.
Over the year, many other Connecticut fighters have made an impact on the sport including Hartford’s NBA featherweight champion Battling Battalino (57-26-3, 26 KO), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist Marlon “Kouzelná Man” Starling (45-6-12, 27 KO), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Travis Simms (28-1, 21 KO), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Špatný” Chad Dawson (33-4, 18 KO) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 KO), Stamford’s world No. 1-zařadil welterweight Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 KO), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Lawrence Clay-Bey (21-3-1, 16 KO).
The No. 1 Foxwoods fight of all-time, held on April 16, 2011, was also promoted by DiBella Entertainment, and was selected as the 2011 Ring Magazine and BWAA Fight of the Year. Defending champion Ostatní Berto (27-0) a challenger Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 kola, each getting dropped twice, with Ortiz winning a hard-fought decision (114-111, 114-112, 115-110) for the WBC welterweight title.
A close second place is the 2003 BWAA Fight of the Year, in which future Hall-of-FamerJames Toney (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Vassiliy Jirov. The action started days earlier at the pre-fight press conference when a skirmish erupted as tables were overturned and glasses thrown. The animosity continued between the two fighters and their respective camps right up to the final bell. Previously undefeated, Jirov (31-0) started fast but faded, getting decked in the final round.
V 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th kolo, come-from-behind knockout of always-tough Omar Sheika in a rematch of a previous draw, for a regional super middleweight title.
Two other N.E. fan favorites who fought regularly at Foxwoods were multiple-time world champion Vinny Paz (Pazienza during his boxing career), fighting out of Cranston, RI, and New Bedford’s all-action “Sucra” Ray Oliveira. Paz had a 13-3 record at Foxwoods, zdůrazněna jeho 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50thcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill v 2004. Oliveira was only 6-7-1 fighting at Foxwoods, but he faced nothing but iron and he did defeat a world champion, Vince Phillips, v jejich 2000 non-title fight that produced the second-most total punches (2,989) recorded at that time.
Brazilian boxing fans always turned out in force when countryman Acelino “Pažba” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, porážetZahir Raheem a Artur Grigorian a prohrál s Juan Diaz a Diego Corrales.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion Andy Leecoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan v 10th kolo jejich 2011 boj, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) v 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, a 114-113) v jejich 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), a Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez v 1997 (Quartey was originally awarded a win by majority decision, but a scoring error was discovered and the fight was ruled a majority draw).
Two of the greatest boxers in modern boxing history, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. a Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Ve svém 15th pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10th-kolo TKO z Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Shane Mosley successfully defended his title against Jesse James Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10th kolo.
Vstupenky na koncertě, která je podporována DiBella Entertainment, jsou ceny na $150, $75 a $45, bez platných poplatků za služby a daní, a jsou již v prodeji. Vstupenky jsou k dispozici na adrese www.ticketmaster.com a www.foxwoods.com nebo návštěvou Foxwoods’ Pokladna. Chcete-li účtovat telefonicky, volejte Ticketmaster na (800) 745-3000.
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Manažer John Seip značky Italian Super střední vyhlídky Daniele Marco Scardina

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(L-R) – Daniel Mark Scardina a John Seip

 

MIAMI (Duben 6, 2015) – Veteran box manager John Seip podepsala vysoce zdobené italskou amatérský boxer Daniel Mark Scardina na exkluzivní manažerské smlouvy.

 

Seip je nejlépe známý pro vedení Petr “Kid Chocolate” Quillin na Světové boxu organizace (WBO) world titul middleweight. Rodák z New Yorku řídí také rostoucí britskou Super střední Oř “Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 KO).

 

21-letý Scardina pochází z Rozzanu, město méně než 40,000 lidé v provincii Milán. Začal boxovat v 2008 ve věku ze dne 16, ve stopách svého strýce, který byl boxer v té době, stejně jako vzor Daniele je.

 

Scardina, který měl 56 amatérské záchvaty, chycené nejvyšší ocenění v mnoha italských turnajích včetně Rovereto Národní, Národní Silver Glove, a dva národní Golden rukavice. On také vyhrál bronzovou medaili na mezinárodní akci.

 

V 2013, on boxoval za Italia Thunder Boxing Team na World Series of Boxing, vyhrál svůj jediný zápas proti německému soupeři.

 

Scardina nejprve chytil Seip pozornost na světově proslulé 5th St. Gym v Miami Beach, původně otevřen v roce 1950 podle Chris Dundee, a domov bezpočtu mistrů světa trénovali tam, včetně Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston a Willie Pep. Bohatá tradice pokračuje v nové 5th St. Tělocvična, se nachází poblíž u 1434 Alton Street, kde špičkoví bojovníci z celého světa, jako je Bernard Hopkins Stále vlak.

 

“Poprvé jsem ho viděl na tréninku 5th St. Gym a vypadal jako typický amatér,” Seip vysvětlil. “Hodil široké údery a nevěděl, jak se hodit dobrý úder. Trainers Guy Laieta a Dino Spencer začal pracovat s ním a teď používat jeho dosah, bojovat na dálku, a házení kombinace popíchnutí a háčky. Je to vášnivý box, poslech a každý den učení. Daniele má dobrou rychlost ruční a elektrické. Je to hezký kluk, také. Viděl jsem něco, co v něm, nehmotný majetek, a rozhodl se ho podepsat.

 

“Dino je vlastník, který vytvořil prvotřídní posilovnu s velkými zápasení příležitostí v atmosféře představovat tolik talentovaných bojovníků, kteří opravdu tlačit sebe. Už je jasné, že Danielle tam zlepšil jeho trénink dovedností. Je to dlouhá, rychlý a výkonný. Jeho pracovní morálka je neuvěřitelné; je to poprvé v posilovně, poslední odejít. Nemůžete ublížit toho kluka, ať už. Všichni věříme, že má velmi světlou budoucnost.”

 
Scardina hity těžký pytel na 5. St. Gym v Miami Beach

Na rozdíl od bojovníků z Ruska a bývalého sovětského bloku zemí, stejně jako ti z Latinské Ameriky, kteří přicházejí do Spojených států stanovit jejich profesionální boxerské kariéry, Italské narozený bojovníci vzácně stejnou cestou jako Scardina, který se přestěhoval do Miami v loňském roce, a spí na podlaze bytu svého bratra.

 

Osamělý Ital narozený mistr světa, který bojoval profesionálně v Americe Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KO), kdo byl WBC / WBA middleweight mistr v 1979-1980. Antuofermo, ačkoli, se s rodinou přestěhoval do Brooklynu z Apulie, Itálie, když mu bylo 17 a on se naučil, jak se boxovat v Americe.

 

“Vždycky jsem chtěl být mistrem v Americe,” Scardina řekl. “To je americký sen pro mě. Myslím, že budu mít velkou šanci v této zemi, aby byl největší boxer mohu být se správným pomoci. John Seip je správná manažer pro mě, protože se domnívá, že můžeme mistrovství světa společně jako tým.”

 

Scardina Oblíbené boxerky jsou Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux a Miguel Cotto. “Pracuji na dokonalosti jako vnější bojovník a na hlavní náručí užší,” Scardina přidán. Bojuji, aby se stal mistrem světa.”

 

Scardina se očekává, že svůj profesionální debut tento květnu nebo červnu.

 

Navazují na Instagram Scardinadanieletoretto.