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Hartford Boxing Promotions Announces inaugural showFight Night at the Capital

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

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (Mei 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, Juni 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 de matroos” 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. “‘Popeyeis 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. ‘Popeyeis exciting to watch and very popular. Sharad is going to be like that, ook.

 

 

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 othe WispPep en ChristopherBattlingBattalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, wereldtitel uitdagers GasparEl IndioOrtega en Israël “tamelijk” Cardona, en 1996 USA Olympic Boxing Team captain Lawrence Klei-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. Ik kan niet wachten!”

 

 

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), van 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. ‘Popeyeis 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 “Het Beest” 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.

 

 

Ook vechten op de undercard, allemaal in vier-ronde vlagen, are Hartford featherweight Luis “Lobito” Rivera (4-3) vs. Phillip Davis (1-1-1), van 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.

 

 

Alle gevechten en vechters zijn aan verandering.

 

 

Tickets, geprijsd op $80.00, $60.00 en $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, evenals $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

Deuren open om 6 p.m. EN, eerste aanval begint om 7 p.m. EN.

 

 

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

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (April 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 de matroos” 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 othe WispPep en ChristopherBattlingBattalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, wereldtitel uitdagers GasparEl IndioOrtega, “Alpinist” John Scully en Israël “tamelijk” Cardona, en 1996 USA Olympic Boxing Team captain Lawrence Klei-Bey.

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Connecticut’s top all-time great fighters & Foxwoodsbest fights

PBC op ESPN & ESPN Deportes Doubleheader
Donderdag, Juli 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino8 p.m. EN/5 p.m. PT
Mashantucket, CT (Juli 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 Donderdag, Juli 21, as rising middleweight contender SergiyThe Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KO) faces former world champion Ben “Koning” Soliman (44-13, 18 KO) in de 10-round belangrijkste gebeurtenis van Premier Boxing Champions op ESPN & ESPN.
Uitgezonden dekking begint bij 8 p.m. EN/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 KO) en Californië Paul Mendez (19-2-2, 9 KO).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the WispPep (229-11-1, 65 KO), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 en 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)GeneThe Fighting MarineTunney (65-1-1, 48 KO), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Jack Dempsey tweemaal; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Louis “Kind” 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) Krik “Bright EyesDelaney (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 “Magic 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 “Slecht” Chad Dawson (33-4, 18 KO) and world welterweight contender GasparEl IndioOrtega (131-29-6, 69 KO), Stamford’s world No. 1-gerangschikt weltergewicht Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 KO), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Lawrence Klei-Bey (21-3-1, 16 KO).
De nee. 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 Andere Berto (27-0) en uitdager Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 rondes, 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.
In 2004, New England favorite Scott “The SandmanPemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th ronde, 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), vechten uit Cranston, RI, and New Bedford’s all-action SucraRay Oliveira. Paz had a 13-3 record at Foxwoods, gemarkeerd door zijn 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50thcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill in 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, in de 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 “Mikpunt” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, verslaanZahir Raheem en Artur Grigorian en verliezen aan Juan Diaz en 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 in de 10th ronde van hun 2011 gevecht, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) in de 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, en 114-113) in de 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), en Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez in 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. en Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. In zijn 15th pro strijd, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10th-ronde TKO van 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 ronde.
Tickets voor de live-evenement, die wordt bevorderd door DiBella Entertainment, zijn geprijsd op $150, $75 en $45, niet met inbegrip van toepasselijke diensten en belastingen, en zijn nu te koop. Kaarten zijn verkrijgbaar bij www.ticketmaster.com en www.foxwoods.com of door een bezoek aan de Foxwoods’ Box Office. Voor het opladen via de telefoon, bel Ticketmaster op (800) 745-3000.
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Manager John Seip tekent Italiaanse super middengewicht vooruitzicht Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

MIAMI (April 6, 2015) – Veteraan boksen manager John Seip heeft ondertekend zeer ingericht Italiaanse amateur-bokser Daniel Mark Scardina een exclusieve bestuurlijke overeenkomst.

 

Seip is het best bekend voor het begeleiden van Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin aan de World Boxing Organization (WBO) wereld middengewicht titel. De inheemse New Yorker beheert ook de stijgende Britse super middengewicht Ros “De Hengst” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 KO).

 

De 21-jarige Scardina afkomstig uit Rozzano, een stad van minder dan 40,000 mensen in de provincie Milaan. Hij begon boksen in 2008 op de leeftijd van 16, in de voetsporen van zijn oom, die was een bokser op dat moment, evenals Daniele's rolmodel.

 

Scardina, wie had 56 amateur-aanvallen, gevangen hoogste eer in tal van Italiaanse toernooien waaronder de Rovereto National, Nationale Silver Glove, en twee Nationale Golden Gloves. Ook won hij een bronzen medaille op een internationaal evenement.

 

In 2013, hij boxed voor de Italia Thunder Boxing Team in de World Series of Boxing, het winnen van zijn enige wedstrijd tegen een Duitse tegenstander.

 

Scardina ving eerst de aandacht Seip's op de wereldberoemde 5th St. Sportschool in Miami Beach, oorspronkelijk geopend in 1950 door Chris Dundee, en het huis van talloze wereldkampioenen hebben er getraind met inbegrip Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston en Willie Pep. De rijke traditie wordt voortgezet in het nieuwe 5th St. Sportschool, in de buurt van gelegen 1434 Alton Straat, waar de top vechters uit de hele wereld, zoals Bernard Hopkins nog steeds trainen.

 

“Ik zag hem voor het eerst trainen op het 5th St. Sportschool en hij zag eruit als een typische amateur,” Seip uitgelegd. “Hij gooide breed stoten en wist niet hoe je een goede jab gooien. Sneakers Guy Laieta en Dino Spencer begon te werken met hem en nu is hij met behulp van zijn bereik, vechten op een afstand, en het gooien van combinaties van jabs en haken. Hij is over boksen gepassioneerd, luisteren en leren elke dag. Daniele heeft goede hand snelheid en kracht. Hij is een knappe jongen, ook. Ik zag iets in hem, immateriële activa, en besloot hem te ondertekenen.

 

“Dino is een eigenaar die een top-notch fitnessruimte heeft gemaakt met grote sparring mogelijkheden in een sfeer met zoveel getalenteerde strijders die elkaar echt te duwen. Het is nu al duidelijk dat Danielle zijn opleiding vaardigheden er is verbeterd. Hij is lang, snel en krachtig. Zijn arbeidsethos is ongelooflijk; hij is de eerste in de sportschool, laatste te vertrekken. U kunt deze jongen geen kwaad, beide. We geloven allemaal dat hij een zeer mooie toekomst.”

 

Scardina raakt zware tas op 5th St. Sportschool in Miami Beach

In tegenstelling tot de strijders uit Rusland en de voormalige Sovjet-blok landen, evenals die uit Latijns-Amerika, die naar de Verenigde Staten komen om hun professionele boksen carrière te vestigen, Italië geboren strijders hebben zelden dezelfde route als Scardina gevolgd, die vorig jaar naar Miami verhuisde en slaapt op de vloer van zijn broer appartement.

 

De eenzame Italië geboren wereldkampioen, die professioneel in Amerika vochten is Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KO), die de WBC / WBA middengewicht kampioen in was 1979-1980. Antuofermo, hoewel, verhuisde met zijn familie naar Brooklyn uit Puglia, Italië toen hij 17 en hij leerde het vak in Amerika.

 

“Ik heb altijd al een kampioen in Amerika,” Scardina zei. “Dat is de Amerikaanse droom voor mij. Ik denk dat ik een grote kans in dit land tot de grootste bokser ik kan met de juiste hulp te hebben. John Seip is de juiste manager voor mij, omdat hij gelooft dat we kunnen wereldkampioenschap het samen als een team.”

 

Scardina favoriete boxers zijn Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux en Miguel Cotto. “Ik ben bezig met perfectie als een externe vechter en naar de belangrijkste mijn armen dichterbij,” Scardina toegevoegd. Ik vecht om wereldkampioen te worden.”

 

Scardina wordt verwacht dat hij zijn pro-debuut in mei of juni te maken.

 

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