Vukosa & Marshall draw, “Breakout” Granite Chin full day / night results
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Vukosa vs. Marshall
“Breakout” Pro-Am amateur & pro day-night doubleheader June 26
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Steve Vukosa vs. Mike Marshall“Breakout” Pro-Am amateur & pro day-night doubleheader boxing eventJune 26 in Derry, N.H. BOUT SHEET: NIGHT CARD MAIN EVENT — VACANT NABA UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Steve “The Gentle Giant” Vukosa (13-1, 5 KOs), Quincy, MA vs. “Fly” Mike Marshall (5-1, 4 KOs), N.E. Champion, Danbury, CT CO-FEATURE – VACANT ABF ATLANTIC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Jose Humberto “Olimpico” Corral (20-26, 12 KOs) Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico vs. Justin “Crazy Train” Rolfe (5-2-1, 4 KOs), Fairfield, ME NEW ENGLAND WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Mike “Bad Man”O’Han, Jr. (12-1, 6 KOs), Champion, Holbrook, MA vs. Tyrone “Hands of Stone” Luckey (13-4-4, 9 KOs), Manahawkin, NJ JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHTS Kevin Rodriguez (0-1), Lawrence, MA vs. Ryan Venable (2-5), Roanoke, VA WELTERWEIGHTS Denzel “Double Impact” Whitley (4-0, 3 KOs), Holyoke, MA vs. TBA MIDDLEWEIGHTS Rodrigo Almeida (2-10, 2 KOs), Woburn, MA vs. Julien “Black Dragon” Baptiste (2-0, 2 KOs), Woburn, MA WELTERWEIGHTS Aquilando Brando (0-3), Woburn, MA vs. Eric “Gladiator” Goff (1-0, 1 KO), Weymouth, MA JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHTS Carlos Abel Castillo (1-0, 1 KO), Holyoke, MA vs. Jay Gregory (0-3, 2 KOs), Auburn, NY HEAVYWEIGHTS Dennis Ventura (1-0, 1 KO), Salem, MA vs. Marco Nasciemento (0-1), Woburn, MA LIGHTWEIGHTS Brandon Idrogo (2-0, 2 KOs), Ellenville, NT vs. TBA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS Saul “Spider” Almeida (0-13-4), Framingham, MA vs. Steve Sumpler (pro debut), Albany, NY SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS Jalene Garcia (7-0, 6 KOs), Lynn, MA by way of Puerto Rico vs. Larry “Slo Mo” Smith (12-47-2, 8 KOs), Dallas, TX MIDDLEWEIGHTS Jader Alves (0-8), Woburn, MA vs. Josniel Castro (2-0, 1 KO), Worcester, MA by way of Puerto Rico JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS Nelson “Chino” Perez (2-0, 2 KOs), Marlboro, MA vs. TBA CRUISERWEIGHTS Demeck “Hightower” Edmonds (1-0, 1 KO), Worcester, MA vs. Wallace Nass Silva (pro debut), Boston, MA DAY CARD MAIN EVENT – ABF ATLANTIC CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Yan “Wild Thing” Pallerin (11-1, 5 KOs), Champion, Granby, Quebec, Canada vs. Cristiano Pedro (2-3-1, 1 KO), Challenger, Lewiston, ME by way of Angola LIGHTWEIGHTS Andy Aiello (1-4-1), Bridgewater, MA vs. Ian “Dinamite” Garcia (0-0-1), Springfield, MA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS Andrew Perez (1-0), Methuen, MA vs. Jesus Cintron (1-18-2), Springfield, MA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS Yhago Goncalves (0-3), Portsmouth, ME by way of Brazil vs. Scott Lambert (1-2, 1 KO), Dover Plains, NY HEAVYWEIGHTS Alexis Barriere (1-0, 1 KO), Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieux, Quebec, Canada vs. Andrew Nolan (pro début), Franklin, NY SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS Laurent Humes (pro début), Springfield, MA vs. Philipe Martins (pro début), Marlborough, MA AMATEURS GRANITE CHIN INVITATIONAL MIDDLEWEIGHT SEMIFINAL (3 X 3) Mike Fontanez, Nashua PAL vs. James Maner, Big Six GRANITE CHIN INVITATIONAL WELTERWEIGHT SEMIFINAL (3 X 3) Apostolus Lolos, Nashua PAL vs. Will Guilmette, Hard Knocks GRANITE CHIN INVITATIONAL LIGHT WELTERWEIGHT SEMIFINAL (3 X 3) Jaydell Pazmino, Thrive Boxing vs. Dimas Colon, Intenze 978 SENIOR NOVICE SUPER HEAVYWEIGHTS (3 X 2) Jordan Lindsay, Portland Boxing Club vs. David Marshall, On Point Boxing SENIOR NOVICE HEAVYWEIGHTS (3 X 2) Tyler Boston, Seacoast Boxing vs. Kevin Albino, On Point Boxing Liam Harrison, Seacoast Boxing vs. Haiden Scott, EBF Dylan Goulart, On Point Boxing vs. Theo Beuvelet, Private Jewels SENIOR NOTICE WELTERWEIGHTS (3 x2) Sam Williams, Seacoast Boxing vs. Joe Provenzano, Fenton Boxing Club SENIOR NOVICE FEATHERWEIGHTS (3 X 2) Shyne Conce, Intenze 978 vs. Thomas Lee, Broadway Boxing Club (card subject to change) WHERE: New England Sports Center in Derry, New Hampshire WHEN: Saturday, June 26, 2021 PROMOTER: Granite Chin Promotions RING ANNOUNCER: John Vena TICKETS: Tickets are on sale and are priced at $25.00 (Day Show) / $40.00 (Night Show) for general seating (unassigned). Unassigned ringside seating will be available at $35.00 per seat during the day show. The night show will offer ringside tables (assigned and seats 4) for $300.00 and are available to purchase online at www.ticketriver.com (Search: Granite Chin Invitational for the day show, Breakout for night show). OTHER: Doors open at 12:15 p.m. ET and 7:15 p.m. ET (night) with the first bouts, respectively, at 12:30 p.m. ET and 7:30 p.m. ET Subscribe to our new YouTube Channel starting soon with the latest boxing news and results, gossip and information from around the world. Just click the image link below:
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Huge Day & Night Event by Granite Chin – Steve Vukosa vs. Mike Marshall
Steve Vukosa vs. Mike Marshall
June 26th Day-Night Doubleheader in Derry, N.H.
The main event on the June 26th “Breakout” card, presented by Granite Chin Promotions, matches two New England heavyweights heading in opposite directions, Steve “The Gentle Giant” Vukosa (13-1, 5 KOs) and “Fly” Mike Marshall (5-1, 4 KOs).
The evening card of another Granite Chin day-night doubleheader (separate admissions) is headlined by the 10-round main event for the vacant NABA United States Heavyweight Championship between Vukosa (13-1, 5 KOs) who will possibly be fighting for the final time – win, lose or draw — and reigning New England heavyweight champion Marshall.
Vukosa, fighting of out Quincy, MA, is a former WBC U.S. Heavyweight Champion, which he captured in 2019 when he won an 8-round unanimous decision against Joe Cusumano (18-2, 16 KOs). During his 20-year pro boxing career, Vukosa’s gained invaluable experience sparring at the famed Wild Card Boxing gym in Los Angeles as a sparring partner for world champions James Toney, Evander Holyfield and Wladimir Klitschko. He’s also driven a bus for the past 15 years for the Mass Bay Transportation Authority, starting at 4 p.m. and finishing around 2 a.m., after which he does his run in. But he’s now 44 with a wife and three children and his boxing clock is ticking.
“I’m still fighting because I love it,” Vukosa explained. “It’s hard to walk away from something you’re good at. This one fight and it could be the end. My wife will be happy. My body is starting to fall apart: hands, back and knees. They’ve been killing me. I used to be quick and fast, now I’m slow. I just want to have a good fight, win, or lose, but I want to win. I really enjoyed by days at Wild Card, those sparring sessions were like real fights, and my amateur days with trainer Jimmy Farrell.
“I saw my opponent when he won the New England title, I was impressed. (promoter) Chris (Traietti) called asking if I’d fight him, I accepted because I like to fight and a good challenge. I’m looking forward to the fight.”
The 36-year-old Marshall, fighting out of Danbury, CT, has won his last two fights, both on Granite Chin shows at the same venue as his upcoming match with Vukosa, including his N.E. title-winning performance last November against Justin “Crazy Train” Rolfe. Marshall isn’t looking at his opponent as over the hill because of Vukosa’s advance age, but he does plan to make a statement that, hopefully, will get him positive exposure outside of New England.
“I know he’s a veteran pugilist, a pupil of Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, who was an awesome fighter in his own right,” Marshall remarked. “This is boxing, anything can happen. My job is to prepare for anything. I’ve had the best quality sparring in house with the No. 1 amateur heavyweight, Fernely Felix, Jr. My team works very hard, My manger, A.J. Galante, asked me to be sharper in my last fight (3-round KO of Tracey Johnson this past April), so I did what he asked me to do. My cornerman Austin Ampeoquio keeps me sharp with the mitts, and my head coaches David McDonough and Bennie ‘The Jet’ Little do a good job pushing me as well.
“I know Steve comes to fight and I’m looking forward to an exciting night of boxing. We are two warriors going toe-to-toe in the ring, putting on a show for boxing fans who really enjoy the sport of boxing, not this YouTube celebrity garbage that’s going on right now.”
“Steve ran into some bad luck after the Cusumano win,” Granite Chin president Chris Traietti commented. “A few fights fell through, then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. We literally had a fight in Germany fall out the day we were set to leave for the airport. After that we lost a lot of the steam from the Cusamano fight and kind of had to reassess. He picked up a tune-up fight a few months ago, but we now have to either regain some momentum by winning a fight like this or finally have Steve ride off into the sunset. This fight with Marshall will be no picnic. He has burst upon the local scene with some impressive performances.
“Like many coming to the fight, I have no idea how this fight shakes out, which makes for a great main event. One thing I will say, despite what Steve like to make people believe, in the event he wins this fight, it won’t be his final fight. Zero chance of that! If Marshall wins, I have no doubt he will get a television fight in the very near future on a major network.”
In the 8-round co-featured event, former N.E. heavyweight champion Rolfe (5-2-1, 4 KOs), of Fairfield, ME, will takes on Mexican challenger Jose Humberto “Olimpico” Corral (20-26, 12 KOs) for the vacant ABF Atlantic heavyweight title.
New England welterweight champion Mike “Bad Man” Ohan, Jr. (12-1, 6 KOs), fighting out of Holbrook, MA, will defend his title in an 8-round match against upset-minded Tyrone “Hands of Stone” Luckey (13-14-4 (9 KOs).
Undefeated Holyoke, MA welterweight Denzel “Double Impact” Whitley (4-0, 3 KOs) will be in his first scheduled 6-rounder versus Anthony Andreozzi (0-1), of Swansea, MA. Indianapolis junior welterweight Dewayne Wisdom will be in his 66th pro fight against Nelson “Chino” Perez (2-0, 2 KOs) in a 6-rounder.
Also slated to be in action on the undercard, all in 4-round bouts, is Weymouth, MA welterweight Eric “Gladiator” Goff (1-0) vs. Aquilando Brandao (0-3), Holyoke junior middleweight Carlos Abel Castillo (1-0, 1 KO) vs. Jay Gregory (0-3), Woburn, MA middleweight Julien “Black Dragon” Baptiste (2-0, 2 KOs) vs. Rodrigo Almeida (2-10, 2 KOs), Framingham, MA light heavyweight Saul “Spider” Almeida (0-13-4) vs. pro-debuting Steve Sumpter, Lawrence, MA junior lightweight Kevin Rodriguez (0-1) faces Ryan Venable (2-4), undefeated Puerto Rican super middleweight Jelame Garcia (7-0, 6 KOs) vs. Larry “Slo Mo” Smith (12-47-2, 8 KOs), and Worcester’s (MA) 3-time New England Golden Gloves champion Demek “Hightower” Edmonds (1-0, 1 KO) vs. pro-debuting Wallace Nass Silva.
The pro segment of the afternoon’s Pro-Am card will be headlined by ABF Atlantic Cruiserweight Champion Yan “Wild Thing” Pellerin (11-1, 5 KOs) defending his title against Lewiston, ME challenger Cristiano Pedro, fighting out by way of Angola, in an 8-round fight.
Other pro fights, all 4-rounders, include Canadian heavyweight Alexis Barriere (1-0, 1 KO) vs. New York’s pro-debuting Andrew Nolan, Methuen (MA), light heavyweight Andrew Perez in his pro debut vs. Jesus Cintron (1-18-2), Springfield (MA) super lightweight Ian “Dinamite” Garcia (0-0-1) vs. Andy Aiello (1-4-1), of Bridgewater, MA, New York light heavyweight Scott Lampert (1-2, 1 KO) vs. Yhago Goncalves (0-3), of Portsmouth (ME) by way of Brazil, and Springfield’s pro-debuting super middleweight Laurent Humes vs.pro-debuting Philipe Martins, of Marlborough, MA.
The inaugural “Granite Chin Invitational” tournament, pitting some of the best amateur boxers in New England in the semifinals round, in the USA Boxing-sanctioned event during the afternoon portion of the day-night doubleheader. The semifinals winners will advance to the tournament’s championship final August 28th at New England Sports Center.
Some of the top N.E. amateur boxers expected to compete include 2021 USA National Championships gold medalist Arika Skoog, the 2-time N.E. Golden Gloves champion out of Newton (MA); 2-time N.E. Golden Gloves champion Tashawn Ward, a featherweight from Providence (RI); and middleweights James Maner, 2019 N.E. Golden Gloves champion from Providence, and 2-time N.E. Golden Gloves champion Mike Fontanez, of Nashua (N.H).
Tickets are on sale and are priced at $25.00 (Day Show) / $40.00 (Night Show) for general seating (unassigned). Unassigned ringside seating will be available at $35.00 per seat during the day show. The night show will offer ringside tables (assigned and seats 4) for $300.00 and are available to purchase online at www.ticketriver.com (Search: Granite Chin Invitational for the day show, Breakout for night show).
Doors open at 12:15 p.m. ET and 7:15 p.m. ET (night) with the first bouts, respectively, at 12:30 p.m. ET and 7:30 p.m. ET.
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Steve Vukosa vs. Mike Marshall Headlines “Breakout” June 26
STEVE VUKOSA vs. MIKE MARSHALL
New England Sports Center in Derry, New Hampshire 26/6/21
“Breakout,” presented by Granite Chin Promotions, will feature two heavyweight title fights as part of another day-night doubleheader on June 26th at New England Sports Center in Derry, New Hampshire.
The night card is headlined by the 10-round main event for the vacant NABA United States Heavyweight Championship between ageless Steve “The Gentle Giant” Vukosa (13-1, 5 KOs) and Mike “Fly” Marshall (5-1, 4 KOs).
Vukosa, fighting of out Quincy, MA, is a former WBC U.S. Heavyweight Champion, which he captured in 2019 when he won an 8-round unanimous decision against Joe Cusumano (18-2, 16 KOs).
The reigning New England Heavyweight Champion, Marshall won his belt last November at the same venue as his upcoming fight with Vukosa, when the Danbury, CT fighter took an 8-round unanimous decision from Justin “Crazy Train” Rolfe.
Former N.E. heavyweight champion Rolfe (5-2-1, 4 KOs), representing Fairfield, ME, will face his Mexican opponent, Jose Humbert “Olimpico” Corral (20-26, 12 KOs), in the 8-round, co-featured event for the vacant ABF Atlantic heavyweight title.
“I am excited to be coming back to Derry with another doubleheader, featuring open-class amateurs and local professionals,” Granite Chin president Chris Traietti said. “I try to grow and develop the Granite Chin brand every show. Bringing in an elite level amateur tournament is a great way to introduce local fans to the future of the sport and help me develop relationships with amateur boxers.”
Undefeated Holyoke, MA welterweight Denzel Whitley (4-0, 3 KOs) will be in his first scheduled 6-rounder versus Anthony Andreozzi (0-1), of Swansea, MA. Lawrence, MA junior lightweight Kevin Rodriguez (0-1) faces Ryan Venable (2-4) in a 4-round battle.
Also slated to be in action on the undercard, all in 4-round bouts against opponents to be determined, are Weymouth, MA welterweight Eric “Gladiator” Goff (1-0), Holyoke junior middleweight Carlos Castillo (1-0, 1 KO), and Woburn, MA middleweight Julien “Black Dragon” Baptiste (2-0, 2 KOs).
A Pro-Am card will feature the inaugural “Granite Chin Invitational” tournament, pitting some of the best amateur boxers in New England in the semifinals round, in the USA Boxing-sanctioned event during the afternoon portion of the day-night doubleheader. The semifinals winners will advance to the tournament’s championship final August 28th at New England Sports Center.
Some of the top N.E. amateur boxers expected to compete include 2021 USA National Championships gold medalist Arika Skoog, the 2-time N.E. Golden Gloves champion out of Newton (MA); 2-time N.E. Golden Gloves champion Tashawn Ward, a featherweight from Providence (RI); and middleweights James Maner, 2019 N.E. Golden Gloves champion from Providence, and 2-time N.E. Golden Gloves champion Mike Fontanez, of Nashua (N.H).:
The pro segment of the afternoon’s Pro-Am card will showcase ABF Atlantic Cruiserweight Champion Yan “Wild Thing” Pellerin (11-1, 5 KOs) defending his title against Lewiston, ME challenger Cristiano Pedro, fighting out by way of Angola in an 8-round fight.
Other pro fights, all 4-rounders, include Canadian heavyweight Alexis Barriere (1-0, 1 KO) vs. New York’s pro-debuting Andrew Nolan, Methuen (MA), light heavyweight Andrew Perez in his pro debut vs. TBA, Springfield (MA) super lightweight Ian “Dinamite” Garcia (0-0-1) vs. Andy Aiello (1-4-1), of Bridgewater, MA, New York cruiserweight Scott Lambert (1-2, 1 KO) vs. Yhago Goncalves (0-3), of Portsmouth (ME) by way of Brazil, and Springfield’s pro-debuting light heavyweight Laurent Humes vs.pro-debuting Philipe Martins, of Marlborough, MA..
Tickets are on sale and are priced at $25.00 (Day Show) / $40.00 (Night Show) for general seating (unassigned). Unassigned ringside seating will be available at $35.00 per seat during the day show. The night show will offer ringside tables (assigned and seats 4) for $300.00 and are available to purchase online at www.ticketriver.com (Search: Granite Chin Invitational for the day show, Breakout for night show).
Doors open at 12:15 p.m. ET and 7:15 p.m. ET (night) with the first bouts, respectively, at 12:30 p.m. ET and 7:30 p.m. ET.
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