DeMarcho Honored in Ceremony on Gibbs-Pacheco April 1st
3/25 - Cappiello Promotions will honor former World Welterweight Champion, "The Flaming Fury," Tony DeMarco in a special presentation on Friday, April 1st at Mohegan Sun. The ceremony will
take place in conjunction with a spectacular night of boxing action in the Mohegan Sun Arena featuring Willie Gibbs (17-1, 14 KOs) from Philadelphia against Andres Pacheco (13-2, 9 KOs) from Pueblo, Colorado. And on the undercard, the undefeated Elvin Ayala (9-0, 3 KOs) from New Haven, Connecticut will battle Jose Medina (7-3, 2 KOs) from Tilton, New Hampshire. The co-feature includes Chucky Tschorniawski (25-8-1, 14 KOs) from Philadelphia against Chad Brisson (17-2, 10 KOs) from Winnipeg,
Canada.
In 1955, DeMarco won the World Welterweight Title with a 14th round KO
of
Johnny Saxton and Friday, April 1st will mark the 50th anniversary of
this
historic moment. "When I won the title over Saxton it was in a time
where
there were only eight divisions and one undisputed champ in each," said
DeMarco. "I recall Jake LaMotta and Rocky Marciano being the
middleweight
and heavyweight champs when I was the welterweight champ."
DeMarco and Marciano, who was a native of Brockton, Massachusetts,
would
meet while the two were training at separate camps in the Catskill
Mountains. "Rocky, myself, and our training camps would get together
for
dinner occasionally while we were training for fights in the
mountains,"
added Demarco. "I knew Rocky well, he was a classy guy."
DeMarco would lose his welterweight title to Carmen Basilio in a fight
that
was voted by Ring Magazine as its "Fight of the Year" in 1955. The
fight is
often referred to as the fight of the century.
The boxing excitement at Mohegan Sun begins at 7:30pm and will be
televised
on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" beginning at 9:00pm. Tickets are on
sale
now for $50.00 and $40.00, and available through the Mohegan Sun Box
Office
and Ticketmaster. Customers may log onto ticketmaster.com; call any
Ticketmaster phone number; or visit any Ticketmaster outlet.
The undercard also features: Mike Oliver (6-0, 4 KOs) from Hartford
against
Dave Drouin (0-2-2) from Limoiloum, Quebec, Canada; Boston native
Tyrone
Smith (2-0, 1 KO) against Augustine Trujillo (2-1, 2 KOs) from Pueblo,
Colorado; and Chris McInerny (1-0, 1 KO) from Stoughton, Massachusetts
against William Hernandez from Providence, making his professional
boxing
debut.
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