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

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

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (Mai 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, Juuni 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 “Popeye madrus Man” Rivera (7-0, 6 Kos), 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, liiga.

 

 

“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 ja Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, maailma pealkiri challengers Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega ja Iisrael “pigem” Cardona, ja 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. Ma ei saa oodata!”

 

 

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), 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” pikoode (2-5-1), fighting out of Hartford by way of Puerto Rico.

 

 

Also fighting on the undercard, kõik neli ringi hood, are Hartford featherweight Luis “Lobito” Rivera (4-3) vs. Phillip Davis (1-1-1), of Worcester, MA; pro-debuting New Haven, CT lightweight Anuel Rosa vs. 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 vs. Justin Morales, of New Bedford, in a battle of pro-debut fighters, and another pair of pro debut fighters, Bridgeport, CT featherweight Jacob Marrero vs. Jimmy Santiago, of New York City.

 

 

Kõik võitleb ja võitlejad võivad muutuda.

 

 

Piletid, hinnaga $80.00, $60.00 ja $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, samuti $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

Uksed avatakse kell 6 Pärastlõunal. JA, Esimene hooaeg algab 7 Pärastlõunal. JA.

 

 

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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. (Aprill 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 “Popeye madrus Man” Rivera (6-0, 5 Kos), 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 ja Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, maailma pealkiri challengers Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Liustikuronija” John Scully ja Iisrael “pigem” Cardona, ja 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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Neljapäev, Juuli 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 Pärastlõunal. JA/5 Pärastlõunal. PT
Mashantucket, CT (Juuli 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 Neljapäev, Juuli 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 Kos) faces former world champion Olen “Kuningas” Soliman (44-13, 18 Kos) 10-voor põhiturniiri kohta Premier Boxing Champions edasi ESPN & ESPN.
Televisiooni ulatus algab 8 Pärastlõunal. JA/5 Pärastlõunal. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 Kos) and California’s Paul Mendez (19-2-2, 9 Kos).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 Kos), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 ja 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Sandy Saddler.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 Kos), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Jack Dempsey kaks korda; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) ’93-94 Louis “Laps” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 Kos), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom (222-42-31, 2 NC, 19 Kos), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Tungraud “Bright Eyes” Delaney (73-11-2, 43 Kos), 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 Kos), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist Marlon “Magic Man” Starling (45-6-12, 27 Kos), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Travis Simms (28-1, 21 Kos), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Halb” Chad Dawson (33-4, 18 Kos) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 Kos), Stamford’s world No. 1-ranked welterweight Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 Kos), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Lawrence Clay-Bey (21-3-1, 16 Kos).
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 Andre Berto (27-0) ja väljakutsuja Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 vooru, 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.
Sisse 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th ümber, 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, highlighted by his 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50thcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill sisse 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, nende 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 “Butt” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, võidetiZahir Raheem ja Artur Grigorian ja kaotamas Juan Diaz ja 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 aastal 10th ringi oma 2011 võitlus, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) aastal 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, ja 114-113) nende 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), ja Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez sisse 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. ja Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Tema 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-ringi TKO on 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 ümber.
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Manager John Seip kirjutab Itaalia super race väljavaade Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

MIAMI (Aprill 6, 2015) – Veteran poks juht John Seip on alla kirjutanud väga kaunistatud Itaalia amatöör poksija Daniel Mark Scardina eksklusiivne juhtimis lepingu.

 

Seip on tuntud suunavad Soikuma “Kid Chocolate” Quillin Maailma Boxing Organization (WBO) maailma võiduajamine pealkiri. Native New Yorker haldab ka tõusvad Briti super race Ratsu “Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Kos).

 

21-aastane Scardina hails Rozzano, linna alla 40,000 inimesed Milano provints. Ta alustas poks 2008 aastaselt 16, järgmised onu jälgedes, kes oli poksija tol ajal, samuti Daniele rolli mudel.

 

Scardina, kes olid 56 amatöör vagusid, pildistatud võitsid paljudes Itaalia turniirid sealhulgas Rovereto National, National Silver Glove, ja kaks National Golden Gloves. Ta võitis ka pronksmedali International sündmus.

 

Sisse 2013, Ta raamiga Italia Thunder Boxing Team World Series of Boxing, Võitnud tema ainus mängu vastu Saksa vastane.

 

Scardina esimese püütud Seip tähelepanu maailmakuulsa 5th St. Spordisaal, Miami Beach, algselt avatud 1950 poolt Chris Dundee, ja kodus lugematuid maailmameistrid on koolitatud seal hulgas Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston ja Willie Pep. Rikas traditsioon jätkub uute 5th St. Spordisaal, asub lähedal kell 1434 Alton Street, kus top võitlejad üle kogu maailma, näiteks Bernard Hopkins veel koolitada.

 

“Nägin teda esmakordselt koolitust 5th St. Jõusaal ja ta nägi välja nagu tüüpiline amatöör,” Seip selgitas. “Ta viskas lai löögid ja ei tea, kuidas visata hea jab. Treenerid Guy Laieta ja Dino Spencer alustas tööd temaga ja nüüd ta kasutab oma varjatud, võitlevad kaugusel, ja viskamine kombinatsioone jabe ja konksud. Ta on kirglik poks, kuulata ja õppida iga päev. Daniele on hea käsi kiirust ja jõudu. Ta on ilus poiss, liiga. Ma nägin temas midagi, immateriaalse, ja otsustas sõlmida temaga.

 

“Dino on omanik, kes on loonud tipptasemel jõusaal suure sparring võimalusi atmosfääri featuring nii palju andekaid võitlejaid, kes tõesti suruge üksteise. See on juba selge, et Danielle on paranenud tema oskuste koolitus on. Ta on pikk, kiire ja võimas. Tema tööeetika on uskumatu; Ta on esimene jõusaalis, viimase lahkuda. Sa ei saa haiget see poiss, kumbki. Me kõik usume, et ta on väga helge tulevik.”

 
Scardina tabab raske kott 5. St. Spordisaal, Miami Beach

Erinevalt võitlejad Venemaa ja endise Nõukogude bloki riigid, samuti need, Ladina-Ameerikast, kes tulevad Ameerika Ühendriigid luua oma professionaalse poks karjääri, Itaalias sündinud võitlejad harva on järginud sama marsruut kui Scardina, kes kolis Miami eelmisel aastal ja magab põrandal oma venna korteris.

 

Üksildane Itaalias sündinud maailmameister, kes võitlesid professionaalselt Ameerikas Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Kos), kes oli WBC / WBA võiduajamine meister 1979-1980. Antuofermo, kuigi, kolis koos perega Brooklyni Puglia, Itaalia kui ta oli 17 ja ta sai teada, kuidas kasti Ameerikas.

 

“Olen alati tahtnud olla meister Ameerikas,” Scardina ütles. “See on American dream minu jaoks. Ma arvan, et on suurepärane võimalus selles riigis olla suurim poksija võin olla õige abi. John Seip on õige manager minu jaoks, sest ta usub, saame maailmameistrivõistlused meeskonnana.”

 

Scardina lemmik poksijad on Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux ja Miguel Cotto. “Ma tegelen täiuslikkuse kui väljaspool võitleja ja peamised minu käte lähemale,” Scardina lisatud. Olen võidelnud muutunud maailmameister.”

 

Scardina on eeldatavasti tema pro debüüdi mais või juunis.

 

Jälgi Instagram Scardinadanieletoretto.