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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
June 16 at Xfinity Centre in Hartford, CT

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

HARTFORD, Conn. (May 3, 2018) -Hartford Boxing Promotions has announced its inaugural event, “Fight Night at the Capital”, to take place Saturday night, June 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 badmaaxa 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, aad.

 

 

“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 iyo Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, tartanka horyaalka adduunka Gaspar “Hindiga” Ortega iyo Israa'iil “halkii” Cardona, iyo 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 sugi karo!”

 

 

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), ee 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 “Bahalkii” 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, oo dhan ee roonaadaan afar-wareega, 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.

 

 

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Tigidhada, qiime jaban ah $80.00, $60.00 iyo $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, iyo sidoo kale $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

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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 badmaaxa 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 iyo Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling, tartanka horyaalka adduunka Gaspar “Hindiga” Ortega, “Iceman” John Scully iyo Israa'iil “halkii” Cardona, iyo 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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Thursday, July 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. IYO/5 p.m. PT
MASHANTUCKET, CT (July 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 Thursday, July 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KOs) faces former world champion Ahay “King” Soliman (44-13, 18 KOs) in 10-wareega dhacdada ugu weyn ee Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN & ESPN.
Caymiska Telefiishinka bilaabantaa 8 p.m. IYO/5 p.m. 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 iyo 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 laba jeer; 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) Jack “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 “Bad” Chad Dawson (33-4, 18 KOs) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “Hindiga” 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) oo tartame Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 wareeg, 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 Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th wareegsanaa, 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 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, ee ay 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, adkaadeenZahir Raheem iyo Artur Grigorian oo ay guuldarro Juan Diaz iyo 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 ee 10th wareega ay 2011 dagaalka, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) ee 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, iyo 114-113) ee ay 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), iyo 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. iyo Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. In uu 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-TKO wareega 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 wareegsanaa.
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Maareeyaha John Seip saxiixay rajo weyn dhexe Talyaaniga Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

Miami (April 6, 2015) – Tababaraha feerka Halyeeyga John Seip ayaa saxiixay aadka u qurxiyey feeryahanka hiwaayadda Talyaaniga Daniel Mark Scardina in heshiis gaar ah uu macalin.

 

Seip waxaa ugu caansan ee hagaya Peter “Chocolate Kid” Quillin in Boxing Organization Adduunka (WBO) Horyaalka dhexe aduunka. The New York hooyo ayaa sidoo kale waxay maamushaa kacaya dhexe British super Steed “Wasiilo The” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 KOs).

 

21-sano jirka ah Scardina kasoo jeeda Rozzano, magaalada ka yar 40,000 dadka ku nool Gobolka Milan. Waxa uu bilaabay feerka ee 2008 da'doodu ay ku 16, raaco raadkii adeerkiis oo ahaa feeryahanka a wakhtigaas, iyo sidoo kale Daniele ee dayasho.

 

Scardina, kuwaas oo lahaa 56 roonaadaan hiwaayadda, qabtay sharaf ugu sareeya ee koobabka Talyaaniga badan oo ay ka mid yihiin National Rovereto ah, Glove Silver Qaranka, iyo laba Gacmo Golden Qaranka. Waxa uu sidoo kale ku guuleystay biladda maarta ah ee munaasabad International.

 

In 2013, uu Boxed u Italia Thunder Boxing Team ee Taxanaha Adduunka ee Boxing, guuleysato uu kaliya ka dhanka ah koox German.

 

Scardina ugu horeysay lagu qabtay Seip ee dareenka ee dunida ugu caansan 5th St. Gym ee Miami Beach, asal ahaan ka furmay 1950 by Chris Dundee, oo guriga ka mid ah kooxda heysata horyaalka adduunka xad-dhaaf ah ayaa waxaa loo tababaray oo ay ku jiraan Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston iyo Willie Pep. Dhaqanka qaniga ku socotaa cusub 5th St. Gym, ku yaal agagaarka 1434 Alton Street, halkaas oo dagaalyahanno sare oo dunida ku baahsan sida Bernard Hopkins weli tababaraan.

 

“Waxaan marka hore ku arkay tababarka isaga at the 5th St. Gym oo wuxuu eegay sida aan rasmi ahayn oo caadi ah,” Seip sharaxay. “Waxa uu tuuray qaad ballaaran oo aanay garanayn sidii ay u tuur Jab wanaagsan. Trainers Guy Laieta iyo Dino Spencer isaga la shaqeeya bilowday iyo haatan uu la isticmaalayo uu gaari, dagaal ka fogaan ah, iyo ku tuurista isku bannanatahay oo qabsatooyinkooduna. Waxa uu dareen xoog leh oo ku saabsan feerka, dhegaysiga iyo barashada maalin kasta. Daniele leeyahay xawaaraha ay gacanta wanaagsan oo awoodda. Waxa uu kid doonteen, aad. Waxaan arkay wax isaga ku sugan, intangibles, oo go'aansatay inay la wareegaan.

 

“Dino waa qofka leh yaa abuuray a gym u oolli-jirin fursado sparring weyn ee jawi soo muuqan Xarakada badan oo tayo leh kuwaas oo midba midka kale runtii riixdo. Waxaa hore u muuqatay in Danielle soo hagaagtay uu tababarka xirfadaha waxaa. Waxa uu muddo dheer, si dhakhso ah oo awood leh. Isaga oo xilkasnimada shaqada waa mid cajiib ah; uu ugu horeysay ee jiimka, ee la soo dhaafay in uu ka tago. Waxaad waxba ma yeeli karaan waxarkan, midkood. Dhammaanteen waxaan aaminsanahay in uu leeyahay mustaqbal aad u dhalaalaya.”

 
Scardina dhufatay culus boorsada ku 5aad St. Gym ee Miami Beach

Si ka duwan dagaal ka Russia iyo quruumaha hore ee Soviet-ku mideesan, iyo sidoo kale kuwa ka Latin America oo u yimid in ay Maraykanka in la dhiso mustaqbalkooda feerka xirfadeed, Xarakada Talyaaniga u dhashay dhif ah ayaa raacay waddo la mid ah sida Scardina, oo u dhaqaaqay Miami ee sanadkii hore iyo seexdo dabaqa ah guri walaalkiis.

 

Kooxda heysata horyaalka adduunka ayaa keliya Talyaaniga u dhashay, kuwaas oo la dagaalamay si xirfad leh ee America waa Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KOs), kuwaas oo ahaa horyaalka dhexe WBC / WBA ee 1979-1980. Antuofermo, inkasta oo, dhaqaaqay isaga iyo qoyskiisa in ay Brooklyn ka Puglia, Italy markii uu ahaa 17 oo wuxuu bartay sida SANDUUQ ee America.

 

“Waxaan mar walba rabay in aan horyaalka ku America,” Scardina yiri. “Taasi waa riyo Maraykanka ii. Waxaan qabaa inaan heli doonaa fursad weyn ee dalkaan in ay feeryahanka ugu weyn ee aan la joogo gargaar sax ah. John Seip waa tababaraha saxda ah ii leh sababtoo ah waxa uu aaminsan yahay in aan si wadajir ah u awoodo horyaalka adduunka koox ahaan ah.”

 

Diinta Scardina jecel yihiin Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux iyo Miguel Cotto. “Waxaan ka shaqeeya kaamil ah sida dagaalka dibadda ah iyo in ay hubka aan ugu weyn ee u dhow,” Scardina daray. Waxaan u dagaalamaya in ay noqdaan horyaalka adduunka.”

 

Scardina ayaa la filayaa in uu u safto pro May ama June.

 

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