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

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

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (Május 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, Június 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 a Sailor 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, túl.

 

 

“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 és Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Mágikus ember” Starling, világbajnoki címet provokátorok Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega és Izrael “inkább” Cardona, és 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. Alig várom,!”

 

 

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 “A 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.

 

 

Also fighting on the undercard, minden négy körös viadal, 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.

 

 

Verekedések és a harcosok változhatnak.

 

 

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

 

 

Kapunyitás este 6 p.m. ÉS, első mérkőzés kezdődik 7 p.m. ÉS.

 

 

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. (Április 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 a Sailor 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 és Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Mágikus ember” Starling, világbajnoki címet provokátorok Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Gleccsermászó” John Scully és Izrael “inkább” Cardona, és 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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Csütörtök, Július 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. ÉS/5 p.m. PT
Mashantucket, CT (Július 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 Csütörtök, Július 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “A technikus” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KO) faces former world champion Am “Király” Soliman (44-13, 18 KO) A 10 körös fő esetén Premier Boxing Champions tovább ESPN & ESPN.
Televíziós lefedettség kezdődik 8 p.m. ÉS/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 KO) and California’s 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, who fought professionally between 1940 és 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 KO), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Jack Dempsey kétszer; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Louis “Gyerek” 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) Jack “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 “Mágikus ember” 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 “Rossz” Chad Dawson (33-4, 18 KO) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 KO), Stamford’s world No. 1-rangsorolt ​​váltósúlyú Vejar Fiú (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 Egyéb Berto (27-0) és kihívója Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 forduló, 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.
-ban 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th kerek, 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 -ban 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, saját 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 “Csikk” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, legyőzteZahir Raheem és Artur Grigorian és vesztes Juan Diaz és 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 a 10th fordulójára 2011 harc, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) a 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, és 114-113) saját 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), és Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez -ban 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. és Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Az ő 15th pro harc, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10th-kerek TKO az 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 kerek.
Jegyek az élő esemény, amelyek segítik elő DiBella Entertainment, az ára $150, $75 és $45, ide nem értve a kapcsolódó szolgáltatási díjak és adók, és már kaphatók. Jegyek kaphatók www.ticketmaster.com és www.foxwoods.com vagy személyesen a Foxwoods’ Jegypénztár. Ha tölteni telefonon, hívja Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000.
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Vezetője John Seip aláírja olasz szuper középsúlyú kilátásba Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

MIAMI (Április 6, 2015) – Veterán ökölvívó menedzser John Seip aláírta díszes olasz amatőr bokszoló Daniel Mark Scardina egy exkluzív vezetői szerződést.

 

Seip a legismertebb vezető Kimerül “Kid Chocolate” Quillin A World Boxing Organization (WBO) középsúlyú világbajnoki címét. A natív New Yorker is kezeli emelkedő brit szuper középsúlyú Paripa “A Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 KO).

 

A 21 éves Scardina jégverés Rozzano, a város kevesebb, mint 40,000 az emberek a tartomány Milánó. Elkezdett ökölvívó 2008 évesen 16, következő nagybátyja nyomdokaiba aki egy boxer akkoriban, valamint Daniele példakép.

 

Scardina, aki 56 amatőr mérkőzések, foglyul legnagyobb elismerés számos olasz versenyeken, beleértve a Rovereto Nemzeti, Nemzeti Silver Glove, és két Nemzeti Golden Gloves. Azt is bronzérmet szerzett egy nemzetközi rendezvény.

 

-ban 2013, bokszolt a Italia Thunder Boxing csapat a World Series of Boxing, megnyerte csak elleni mérkőzésen a német ellenfele.

 

Scardina első fogott Seip figyelmét a világhírű 5th St. Gym Miami Beach, Eredetileg nyílt 1950 által Chris Dundee, és az otthoni számtalan világbajnokok képzett van köztük Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston és Willie Pep. A gazdag hagyomány folytatódik az új 5th St. Edzőterem, a közelben található a 1434 Alton Street, ahol top harcosok a világ minden tájáról, mint Bernard Hopkins még a vonat.

 

“Először láttam képzés a 5th St. Edzőterem és úgy nézett ki, mint egy tipikus amatőr,” Seip magyarázta. “Ledobta széles ütéseket, és nem tudom, hogyan kell dobni a jó jab. Edzőcipő Guy Laieta és Dino Spencer kezdett dolgozni vele, és most ő használja a REACH, Harcolj a távolból, és dobott kombinációi jabs és horgok. Ő szenvedélyes boksz, hallgat és a tanulás minden nap. Daniele jó keze sebesség és teljesítmény. Jóképű gyerek, túl. Láttam benne valamit,, immateriális javak, és úgy döntött, hogy aláírja vele.

 

“Dino egyik tulajdonosa, aki létrehozott egy remek edzőtermet nagy sparring lehetőségeket légkörben felvázoló ennyi tehetséges harcosok, akik tényleg tolja egymást. Ez már nyilvánvaló, hogy Danielle javult a képzés területén van. Ő hosszú, Gyors és hatékony. Ő munkaerkölcs hihetetlen; ő az első az edzőteremben, utolsóként távozik. Akkor nem árt ez a gyerek, bármelyik. Mindannyian úgy vélik, hogy ő egy nagyon fényes jövő.”

 
Scardina üt nagy zsák 5. St. Gym Miami Beach

Ellentétben harcosok Oroszország és a volt szovjet blokk nemzetek, valamint azokat a latin-amerikai, aki jön az Egyesült Államok, hogy megállapítsák, profi ökölvívás karrier, Olasz származású harcosok ritkán követte ugyanazon az útvonalon, mint Scardina, költözött Miami tavaly, és alszik a padlón bátyja lakás.

 

A magányos olasz születésű világbajnok, aki harcolt szakmailag Amerikában Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KO), aki a WBC / WBA középsúlyú bajnoka 1979-1980. Antuofermo, bár, költözött családjával a Brooklyn a Puglia, Olaszország volt, amikor 17 és megtanulta, hogyan kell box Amerikában.

 

“Mindig is szerettem volna lenni bajnok Amerikában,” Scardina mondta. “Ez az amerikai álom számomra. Azt hiszem, van egy nagyszerű lehetőség ebben az országban, hogy a legnagyobb bokszoló tudok lenni a megfelelő segítség. John Seip a megfelelő manager számomra, mert azt hiszi, mi lehet a világbajnoki csapatként együtt.”

 

Scardina kedvenc boxer Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux és Miguel Cotto. “Dolgozom tökéletes mint egy külső harcos és a fő karomban közelebb,” Scardina hozzá. Küzdök lesz világbajnok.”

 

Scardina elvárás az, hogy a profi debütálása idén májusban vagy júniusban.

 

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