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| Uncasville, CT – Fight fans are in for a royal treat this weekend with wall-to-boxing courtesy of the region’s hottest promotion. CES Boxing makes its long-awaited return to Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, April 22 with Championship Jackpot featuring two title bouts for the vacant WBC Silver bantamweight and super bantamweight championships. Fans who stick around after the final bell can also watch Saturday’s pay-per-view lightweight showdown between Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia live from Las Vegas at various casino locations, including the Bow & Arrow Sports Bar, MJ23 Sports Bar and Grill, Tom’s Watch Bar, and others. The fun begins tomorrow at 1 pm with the official Championship Jackpot final weigh-in and press conference from the Mohegan Sun FanDuel Sportsbook. This event is open to the public. OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN AND PRESS CONFERENCE* Friday, April 21, 1 pm Mohegan Sun FanDuel Sportsbook 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd, Montville, CT 06382 *Open to the public First bell is Saturday at 6 pm for Championship Jackpot, which features three preliminary bouts and seven bouts streaming live on Spectation Sports beginning at 7 play-by-play from Michael Parente alongside color commentator and New England boxing icon “Sucra” Ray Oliveira. Super bantamweight Tramaine Williams of New Haven, CT, faces Oklahoma City’s Elijah Pierce in the 10-round main event of Championship Jackpot for the vacant 122-pound strap while Stamford, CT, super welterweight Chordale Booker battles Daniel Aduku of Accra, Ghana, in the eight-round co-main event for the vacant 154-pound title. Tickets are available online at CESFights.com or MoheganSun.com or at the Mohegan Sun box office. First bell is 6 pm ET. The event also features the highly-anticipated return of several Connecticut standouts, including female welterweight Stevie Jane Coleman of Columbia, featherweight Nathan Martinez of New Britain, electrifying super lightweight Mike Kimbel of Waterbury, East Hartford welterweight Jeff Gonzalez, and pro debut cruiserweight Slawomir Bohdziewicz, a two-time New England Golden Gloves champion. On the Championship Jackpot main card, unbeaten super welterweight Anthony Velazquez (12-0, 11 KOs) of Springfield, MA, battles California’s Rashid Stevens (6-1-1, 5 KOs) in an eight-round bout and Port Chester, NY, super bantamweight Carlos Vanegas Nunez – one of the newest members of the CES stable – makes his promotional debut in a six-round bout against Irving, TX, native Dominique Griffin (4-3-2, 2 KOs). With both a professional boxing and a professional mixed martial arts bout under his belt in 2023, the fast-rising Kimbel (1-0, 1 KO) returns to the squared circle April 22 in a four-round bout against Pawtucket, RI, super lightweight Dahvon Shelton (1-1), who steps back into the ring for the first time since 2018. Coleman (4-1, 1 KO) puts her four-fight win streak on the line in a six-round bout against Orlando’s Josefina Vega (1-3-1), also a regional MMA standout and sturdy veteran who has competed for CES MMA, Bellator, and Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. A Western New England Golden Gloves and New England Golden Gloves champion in 2022, Bohdziewicz opens the live stream in a four-round bout against Max Weslei Da Silva of Woburn, MA. On the preliminary card, Gonzalez (2-0) returns to his home state to battle Providence’s Yeison Berdugo, an experienced Muay Thai fighter for Lion Fight Promotions who is now making his professional boxing debut. Martinez (7-2, 2 KOs), a dynamic featherweight prospect, returns for the first time since November of 2021 in a six-round bout against Argentinian and 35-fight veteran Daniel Alberto Coronel. Waltham, MA, heavyweight Harold Roy makes his debut in a four-round bout against Gabriel Aguilar Costa (1-4). For more information, follow CES Boxing on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @CESBOXING. INFORMATION CES Boxing is one of the top promotions in the northeast and one of the few to successfully promote both mixed martial arts and professional boxing. Launched in 1992 by longtime boxing judge Jimmy Burchfield Sr., the promotion is the only in professional boxing to boast two reigning WBC Youth world champions in lightweight Jamaine Ortiz and featherweight Irvin Gonzalez. CES Boxing recently teamed with UFC FIGHT PASS, the world’s No. 1 streaming platform for combat sports, to showcase its events to a worldwide audience, and worked as a promotional consultant for the Mike Tyson-Roy Jones Jr. pay-per-view event in November of 2020. Mohegan Sun Arena is one of the busiest Arenas in the United States and is ranked consistently among the top venues in the world according to Billboard Magazine, Pollstar and VenuesNow. Mohegan Sun Arena finished 2021 with its first “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its capacity in the world according to Pollstar and VenuesNow, ranked among the top 10 venues in the United States regardless of size based on ticket sales, and was named “2021 Innovator of the Year” by Celebrity Access for its ViacomCBS residency. In recent years, the award-winning venue has also been the “#1 Casino Venue in the World,” “#1 Social Media Venue in the World” and a seven-time national award winner for “Casino of the Year – Arena” by the Academy of Country Music. For more information on concerts and other great events, visit MoheganSun.com. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Speci |
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