Cotto Receives Honorary Title of “Athlete of the Year”
纽约 (五月 26, 2015) – The National Puerto Rican Day Parade (NPRDP) today announced that its 2015 Parade, 预定 星期天, 六月 14 on New York’s Fifth Avenue, will officially kick off a week of festivities with the WBC and Ring Magazine Middleweight World Championship fight between Miguel Cotto and Daniel Geale on 星期六, 六月 6, 2015 在巴克莱中心布鲁克林. It was also announced that Miguel Cotto, Roc Nation Sports and Miguel Cotto Promotions will be making a contribution to the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Scholarship Fund.
“Roc Nation Sports and Miguel Cotto Promotions are thrilled to be aligned with the National Puerto Rican Day Parade and to kick off their week of festivities with our event on June 6 在巴克莱中心布鲁克林,” said David Itskowitch, COO of Boxing for Roc Nation Sports. “New York’s Puerto Rican community has supported Miguel throughout his career and we look forward to mirroring that support through our scholarship fund contribution and association with the Parade’s mission to promote education and empowerment.”
此外, to honor Cotto’s impressive athletic accomplishments spanning over a decade which include him becoming Puerto Rico’s first and only Four Division World Champion, the NPRDP has bestowed upon him the honorary title of “Athlete of the Year.”
“It’s a privilege for my June 6 fight against Daniel Geale at Barclays Center in Brooklyn to be named the official kick-off event of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Week and I want to express my deepest gratitude for being honored me as Athlete of the Year,” said Cotto. “New York is truly my second home because I have been embraced by its Puerto Rican community. I’m looking forward to seeing my New York fans at Barclays Center on 六月 6.”
The NPRDP established the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Scholarship Awards Program to help promote the pursuit of higher education within the community. 在 2015, the organization will double the total dollar figure and number of scholarships awarded from the previous year to 30 scholarships in the amount of $2,000 每. In celebration of the 2015 class of scholarship winners, 米格尔·库托, Roc Nation Sports and Miguel Cotto Promotions will be contributing $5,000 to the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Scholarship Fund in support of helping other high school and college students pay for their educations.
“The mission of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade is to create an awareness and appreciation of Puerto Rican contributions to the United States by holding an annual parade that displays the culture and diverse achievements of the Puerto Rican community and by supporting the higher education of our youth through our scholarship program,” said Ululy Rafael Martinez, Vice-Chair of NPRDP. “We are proud to honor Miguel Cotto as Athlete of the Year and express our deepest gratitude to Roc Nation Sports and Miguel Cotto Productions for contributing to our scholarship fund.”
该 2015 National Puerto Rican Day Parade will take place on 星期天, 六月 14, 从 11:00 调幅 到 5:00 PM on New York’s Fifth Avenue. The Parade’s overall theme will be a continuation of “Un Pueblo Muchas Voces” (One Community, Many Voices) with a special commemorative theme “Celebrating Afro-Boricua Heritage,” meant to coincide with the designation of the next decade as the “International Decade for People of African Descent” by the United Nations. Spectators can watch the Parade from any designated areas between E. 44th and E. 79th Streets. NPRDP 2015 official events include the following:
五月 27 – Education Leadership Awards
五月 30 – 152nd Street Festival in the Bronx
六月 6 – Miguel Cotto vs. Daniel Geale at Barclays Center in Brooklyn
六月 6 – Rising Stars Challenge
六月 7 – Annual Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
六月 12 – Annual Gala of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade
六月 14 – 58th National Puerto Rican Day Parade
For more information please visit www.nprdpinc.org. Follow NPRDP on Twitter: @PRparadeNYC, Instagram的: NPRDP, #PRparade, 并在Facebook上www.facebook.com/
库托与. 罐, 12轮的争夺库托的WBC和环杂志中量级世界冠军, 发生 星期六, 六月 6 在巴克莱中心在布鲁克林，将在HBO电视直播. 战斗, 这是在与加里邵氏制作协会颁发由大鹏民族体育和米格尔·库托促销, 会的正式启动仪式 2015 全国波多黎各日游行一周，是由塔咖提Cerveza主办, Jaybird, TapouT, 龙舌兰酒CAZADORES和地点国王. In addition to the great action inside the ring, 该活动将有几个显着的大鹏民族接触，这将进一步成为观众与增强型风扇体验, 包括中华民国国家和格莱美奖提名歌手大肖恩取到环的专场演出前的主要事件. 本次活动将由著名主持人“纽约之声”安吉马丁内斯主持，还将打大师DJ路宝谁担任马丁内斯一起彻夜. 门票分 $500, $350, $250, $200, $150, $100, $50 和 $25, 不包括适用的服务费和税款, 现已公开发售，并可以转让的www.barclayscenter.com, www.ticketmaster.com 并在美国运通票房巴克莱中心. 要通过电话进行充电, 致电特玛在 (800) 745-3000. 门开处 6:00 PM, 第一次战斗开始于 6:15 PM 和HBO的电视节目开始在 10:30 PM ET/PT.
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