The Brockton (Mass.) middleweight prospect David Ribeira “Blessed”. New Bedford (Mass.), light heavyweight prospect Edette “Papito” Mcpanam (7-0, 6 KOs), the 2018 New England Golden Gloves runner-up, takes on the veteran Texas fighter Larry “Slo Mo” Smith (13-50-2, 9 KOs) 6-rounder. In the 10-round main event, the former New England middleweight champion Mike “Bad Man” Ohan Jr., fighting out of nearby Holbrook, Massachusetts, meets the Argentine junior welterweight Jonathan “Yoni” Ariel Sosa (7-13-2, 4 KOs).Īnthony “The Gentle Savage” Andreozzi(3-2, 1 KO) and Julien “Black Dragon” Baptiste (4-2, 2 KOs) fight in an 8-round co-headlining match for the vacant Massachusetts state heavyweight title. I trained hard to get that weight off and maintain my strength. I weighed 225 again in two fights and last November I weighed 262. “I know my opponent is moving up in weight from a lighter weight class. Maybe they’re looking for a big right, but then I switch to a southpaw. I had to learn everything all over again, like the right one.
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My father taught me how to box, and he was left-handed. I was right-handed until I took up boxing. I’m in the zone when I’m boxing and never think about anything else (like MMA). “I’m a construction worker, and it was hard for me to train because I’d be boxing one day, jiu-jitsu the next, and then kickboxing,” Gruber explained. Instead of practicing different disciplines of MMA, he decided to focus on one type of martial arts – boxing. Gruber, 33, switched from MMA to boxing in 2019 when he fought in the Golden Gloves. He’s bigger, but I’m going to show that I’m a puncher.” A few years ago he fought one of my (MMA) teammates. “I know that my opponent is a former Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer. I’m an opportunist, so when this fight was offered to me, I quickly jumped on it. Taking it says a lot about my confidence.
More importantly, I’m comfortable fighting at this weight. I’m going to get close to 200 for this fight. We had a game plan for people to see how much better I had become. “I felt good,” Torres said of his last fight. He weighed in at 186 pounds, but plans to top out at 200 pounds for his heavyweight bout with Gruber. Torres, 22, is coming off a first-round knockout of Igor Pessoa last June at home in Framingham. He is a big guy who is losing weight and has a good amateur background. “He is now training at probably the best gym in the state and showed huge improvement in his first fight with Ken Ball as trainer. “Rafael is an impressive athlete who is currently gaining a lot of attention in the local boxing scene,” commented Granite Chin President Chris Traetti. The Next Chapter presented by Granite Chin Promotions will take place on Saturday night, August 6th at the Bridgewater Veterans Club in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Two transformed mixed martial artists, Rafael Torres (2-0, 2 KOs), Framingham (MA) and Fall River (MA) Jonathan Gruber (3-1, 2 KOs), in a 6-round match for the vacant Massachusetts State Heavyweight Championship. Bridgewater Veterans Club, Massachusetts, USA – August 6, 2022
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