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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. (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 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, pia.

 

 

“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 na Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Uchawi Mtu” Starling, cheo dunia challengers Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega na Israel “badala” Cardona, na 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. Siwezi kusubiri!”

 

 

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 ya, 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 “Mnyama” 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, wote katika kikohozi nne mzima, 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.

 

 

All mapambano na wapiganaji ni chini ya mabadiliko.

 

 

Tiketi, bei saa $80.00, $60.00 na $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase, vilevile $125.00 VIP tickets that include food and soft drinks), at Ticket Master outlets or at the Hartford Boxing Center gym.

 

 

Milango wazi katika 6 p.m. NA, bout kwanza kuanza saa 7 p.m. NA.

 

 

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. (Aprili 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 na Christopher “Battling” Battalino. Other top-area boxers include world champion Marlon “Uchawi Mtu” Starling, cheo dunia challengers Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega, “Iceman” John Scully na Israel “badala” Cardona, na 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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Alhamisi, Julai 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. NA/5 p.m. PT
MASHANTUCKET, CT (Julai 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 Alhamisi, Julai 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 Kos) faces former world champion Am “King” Soliman (44-13, 18 Kos) katika raundi 10 tukio kuu ya Premier Boxing Mabingwa juu ya ESPN & ESPN.
Televisheni chanjo huanza saa 8 p.m. NA/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 na 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 mara mbili; 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 “Uchawi Mtu” 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 “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) na mpinzani Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 raundi, 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.
Katika 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th pande zote, 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 katika 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, katika zao 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 “Kitako” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, kuwashindaZahir Raheem na Artur Grigorian na kupoteza kwa Juan Diaz na 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 katika 10th raundi ya zao 2011 kupambana, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) katika 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, na 114-113) katika zao 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), na Ike Damasovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez katika 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. na Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Katika yake 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 raundi ya 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 pande zote.
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Meneja John Seip ishara Italia super middleweight matarajio Daniele Marco Scardina

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

 

MIAMI (Aprili 6, 2015) – Mkongwe ndondi meneja John Seip ina saini sana decorated Italia Amateur boxer Daniel Mark Scardina kwa kipekee usimamizi mkataba.

 

Seip ni bora inayojulikana kwa ajili ya kuongoza Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin kwa World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight cheo dunia. asili New Yorker pia itaweza kupanda British super middleweight Steed “Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Kos).

 

21 mwenye umri wa miaka Scardina anayetoka Rozzano, mji wa chini ya 40,000 watu katika Mkoa wa Milan. Alianza ndondi katika 2008 katika umri wa miaka 16, kufuatia nyayo mjomba wake ambaye alikuwa bondia wakati huo, vilevile Daniele ya mfano wa kuigwa.

 

Scardina, ambaye alikuwa 56 kikohozi amateur, alitekwa heshima ya juu katika mbalimbali mashindano ya Italia ikiwa ni pamoja na Rovereto Taifa, National Silver Glove, na mbili Golden National kinga. Yeye pia alishinda medali ya shaba katika tukio International.

 

Katika 2013, yeye Boxed kwa Italia Thunder Boxing Team katika World Series of Boxing, kushinda mechi yake tu dhidi ya mpinzani German.

 

Scardina kwanza hawakupata tahadhari Seip ya saa maarufu duniani 5th St. Gym katika Miami Beach, awali kufunguliwa katika 1950 na Chris Dundee, na nyumba ya mabingwa wa dunia isitoshe mafunzo huko ikiwa ni pamoja na Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston na Willie Pep. utamaduni tajiri unaendelea katika mpya 5th St. Gym, iko karibu katika 1434 Alton Street, ambapo wapiganaji juu kutoka duniani kote kama vile Bernard Hopkins bado mafunzo.

 

“Mimi kwanza kuona naye mafunzo katika 5th St. Gym na yeye anaonekana kama amateur kawaida,” Seip alielezea. “Akatupa kukwepa makonde pana na hakujua jinsi ya kutupa jab nzuri. Trainers Guy Laieta na Dino Spencer kuanza kufanya kazi pamoja naye na sasa yeye kutumia kufikia yake, kupambana katika umbali, na kutupa mchanganyiko wa jabs na kulabu. Yeye ni passionate kuhusu ndondi, kusikiliza na kujifunza kila siku. Daniele ana mkono kasi nzuri na nguvu. Yeye ni mtoto mzuri, pia. Niliona kitu ndani yake, intangibles, na kuamua kutia saini yake.

 

“Dino ni mmiliki ambaye imeunda top-notch mazoezi na nafasi kubwa sparring katika anga akishirikiana wapiganaji wengi wenye vipaji ambao kwa kweli --buburushana. Ni tayari dhahiri kwamba Danielle umeongezeka mafunzo yake ujuzi kuna. Yeye kwa muda mrefu, haraka na nguvu. Kazi yake ya maadili ni ajabu; yeye kwanza katika mazoezi, mwisho kuondoka. Huwezi kuumiza mtoto huyu, ama. Sisi wote wanaamini kwamba ana baadaye mkali sana.”

 
Scardina hits nzito-mfuko katika 5 St. Gym katika Miami Beach

Tofauti na wapiganaji kutoka Russia na mataifa wa zamani wa Urusi-kambi, pamoja na wale kutoka Amerika ya Kusini wanaokuja United States kuanzisha ndondi kazi zao za kitaaluma, Wapiganaji mwiitaliano mara chache wamefuata njia hiyo kama Scardina, ambaye alihamia Miami mwaka jana na kulala kwenye sakafu ya ghorofa ya ndugu yake.

 

lone mwiitaliano bingwa wa dunia ambao walipigana kitaaluma katika Amerika ni Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Kos), ambaye alikuwa WBC / WBA middleweight bingwa katika 1979-1980. Antuofermo, ingawa, wakiongozwa na familia yake Brooklyn kutoka Puglia, Italia alipokuwa 17 naye kujifunza jinsi ya sanduku katika Amerika.

 

“Mimi siku zote alitaka kuwa bingwa katika Amerika,” Scardina alisema. “Hiyo ni ndoto ya Marekani kwa ajili yangu. Nadhani itabidi kuwa na nafasi kubwa katika nchi hii kuwa bondia mkubwa naweza kuwa na msaada wa kulia. John Seip ni meneja haki kwa ajili yangu kwa sababu anaamini tunaweza michuano ya dunia kwa pamoja kama timu.”

 

Scardina ya favorite mabondia ni Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux na Miguel Cotto. “Mimi nina kazi ya ukamilifu kama mpiganaji nje na kuu mikono yangu karibu,” Scardina aliongeza. Mimi nina kupambana na kuwa bingwa wa dunia.”

 

Scardina anatarajiwa kufanya mechi yake ya kwanza pro hii Mei au Juni.

 

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