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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
Juni 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, 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 The Sailor 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, også.

 

 

“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 og Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, verden tittel utfordrere Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega og Israel “heller” Cardona, og 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. Jeg kan ikke vente!”

 

 

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), av 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 “The 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.

 

 

Kjemper også på underkortet, alt i fire-runde bouts, 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.

 

 

Alle kamper og jagerfly er gjenstand for endring.

 

 

Billetter, priset til $80.00, $60.00 og $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, samt $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

Dørene åpner kl 6 pm. OG, første bout starter på 7 pm. OG.

 

 

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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. (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 The Sailor 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 og Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, verden tittel utfordrere Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Iceman” John Scully og Israel “heller” Cardona, og 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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Torsdag, Juli 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 pm. OG/5 pm. 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 Torsdag, Juli 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KOs) faces former world champion Er “Konge” Soliman (44-13, 18 KOs) i 10-runde main event av Premier Boxing Champions på ESPN & ESPN.
TV-dekning begynner på 8 pm. OG/5 pm. 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 og 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 to ganger; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Louis “Kid” 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) Jekk “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 “Dårlig” 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) og utfordrer Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 runder, 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.
I 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th runde, 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 i 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, i sin 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, ødeleggendeZahir Raheem og Artur Grigorian og tapte for Juan Diaz og 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 i 10th runde av deres 2011 fight, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) i 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, og 114-113) i sin 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), og Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez i 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. og Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. I sin 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-runde TKO av 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 runde.
Billetter til direktesendingen, som er fremmet av DiBella Entertainment, er priset til $150, $75 og $45, ikke inkludert gjeldende avgifter og skatter, og er i salg nå. Billetter kan kjøpes på www.ticketmaster.com og www.foxwoods.com eller ved å besøke Foxwoods’ Billettluke. For å lade via telefon, kalle Ticket på (800) 745-3000.
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Manager John Seip signerer italiensk super mellomvekt prospektet Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

MIAMI (April 6, 2015) – Veteran boksing sjef John Seip har signert høyt dekorert italiensk amatør bokser Daniel Mark Scardina til en eksklusiv ledelses kontrakt.

 

Seip er best kjent for guiding Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin til World Boxing Organization (WBO) verden mellomvekt tittel. De innfødte New Yorker forvalter også stigende britisk super mellomvekt Steed “Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 KOs).

 

Den 21 år gamle Scardina hyller fra Rozzano, en by med mindre enn 40,000 mennesker i Lombardia. Han startet boksing i 2008 i en alder av 16, følgende i sin onkels fotspor som var en bokser på den tiden, samt Daniele rollemodell.

 

Scardina, som hadde 56 amatør bouts, fangede topps i en rekke italienske turneringer inkludert Rovereto National, National Silver Glove, og to nasjonal Golden Gloves. Han vant også en bronsemedalje i en internasjonal begivenhet.

 

I 2013, han eske for Italia Thunder Boxing Team i World Series of Boxing, vant sin eneste kamp mot en tysk motstander.

 

Scardina først fanget Seip oppmerksomhet på den verdensberømte 5th St. Gym i Miami Beach, opprinnelig åpnet i 1950 av Chris Dundee, og hjemmet til utallige verdensmestere har trent det inkludert Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston og Willie Pep. Den rike tradisjonen fortsetter med den nye 5th St. Gym, ligger i nærheten på 1434 Alton gate, hvor topp krigere fra hele verden som Bernard Hopkins fortsatt trene.

 

“Første gang jeg så ham trene på 5th St. Gym og han så ut som en typisk amatør,” Seip forklarte. “Han kastet brede slag og visste ikke hvordan å kaste en god jab. Trainers Guy Laieta og Dino Spencer begynte å jobbe med ham, og nå har han ved hjelp av hans rekkevidde, slåss på avstand, og kaster kombinasjoner av jabs og kroker. Han er lidenskapelig opptatt av boksing, lytte og lære hver dag. Daniele har god hånd fart og kraft. Han er en kjekk gutt, også. Jeg så noe i ham, immaterielle eiendeler, og bestemte seg for å signere ham.

 

“Dino er en eier som har skapt en top-notch treningsstudio med flott sparring muligheter i en atmosfære med så mange dyktige krigere som virkelig presser hverandre. Det er allerede klart at Danielle har forbedret sitt ferdighetstrening der. Han er lang, rask og kraftig. Hans arbeidsmoral er utrolig; Han er den første i gym, siste til å forlate. Du kan ikke skade denne gutten, enten. Vi alle tror at han har en veldig lys fremtid.”

 
Scardina treffer heavy-bag på 5th St. Gym i Miami Beach

I motsetning jagerfly fra Russland og tidligere Sovjet-blokken nasjoner, samt de fra Latin-Amerika som kommer til USA for å etablere sine profesjonelle boksekarriere, Italienskfødte jagerfly sjelden har fulgt den samme ruten som Scardina, som flyttet til Miami i fjor og sover på gulvet i sin brors leilighet.

 

Den ensomme italienskfødte verdensmester som kjempet profesjonelt i Amerika er Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KOs), som var WBC / WBA mellomvekt mester i 1979-1980. Antuofermo, skjønt, flyttet med sin familie til Brooklyn fra Puglia, Italia da han var 17 og han lærte å bokse i Amerika.

 

“Jeg har alltid ønsket å være en mester i Amerika,” Scardina sa. “Det er den amerikanske drømmen for meg. Jeg tror jeg vil ha en stor mulighet i dette landet til å være den største bokseren jeg kan være med riktig hjelp. John Seip er den rette lederen for meg fordi han mener vi kan VM sammen som et team.”

 

Scardina favoritt boksere er Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux og Miguel Cotto. “Jeg jobber med perfeksjon som en utenfor fighter og til hoved armene mine tettere,” Scardina lagt. Jeg kjemper for å bli verdensmester.”

 

Scardina forventes å gjøre sin pro debut i mai eller juni.

 

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