Letterlough-Hall headlines Hank Tuohys July 18th card in Hyannis
23.05 - Pro boxings newest promoter, Hank Tuohy, has landed an ESPN2 show July 18 on Cape Cod in his inaugural promotion -- Battle Zone at the Tent" headlined by a 10-round light heavyweight match between popular knockout artists Julian Mr. KO Letterlough and Richard The Destroyer Hall.
Tuohys Cape Cod-based sports marketing company, Old Colony Sports, is promoting The Battle Zone at the Tent, in association with Mohegan Sun, Jimmy Burchfields Classic Entertainment Sports, Inc. and Gary Shaw Productions, LLC.
Letterlough-Hall is the main event on the ESPN2 Friday Night Fights card at The Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis (MA). The co-feature and undercard will feature many of New Englands most exciting fighters.
Tuohy has boxing experience as marketing director for several ESPN2 pro boxing cards, promoted by attorney Anthony Cardinale, at the Cape Cod Melody Tent, Suffolk Downs and The Roxy nightclub in Boston. He also was executive producer of a weekly, 2-hour boxing show on radio, In This Corner.
Hank represents a new breed of boxing promoter, providing first-class sports entertainment through event marketing and cross promotions.
We look at boxing in a different light because we promote events, not just boxing shows, Tuohy explained Old Colony Sports promotional philosophy. We can pick and choose fighters for our shows, working with the best promoters in the industry such as Jimmy Burchfield and Gary Shaw, to bring the best fighters to Massachusetts. We look forward to developing working relations in the near future with Lou DiBella, Duva Boxing, Main Events and Sugar Ray.
We got an ESPN2 show right out of the gate because of my reputation for being fearless and accepting challenges. The fact ESPN enjoyed working with us on past War at the Shore programs on The Cape featuring theatre-in-the-round seating led to our interest in promoting a new show this summer. My marketing experiences through sports have offered me great opportunities
An example of Tuohys unique approach is a pre-fight VIP cookout, catered by Outback Steakhouse, and ringside ticket for $125 per person. Everybody in attendance will receive a complimentary goody bag loaded with client marketing products and information. Some randomly selected bags will also include complimentary gift certificates to local restaurants. Raffles based on seating location will be conducted throughout the night for gift certificates, T-shirts, hats, etc. Twice during the course of the evening an entire lucky row drawing will be held and all 30-ticket holders in the winning row will receive a Blooming Onion gift certificate from Outback.
Im not your typical boxing promoter, Hank added. To be successful as a boxing promoter, we understand that the person paying for the seat has to receive equal entertainment value for the price of the ticket. Fights are the most important part of the night we will have exciting, competitive matches -- but its not the entire show. I want our shows to transcend boxing and sports. We want people leaving our show to be talking about what a great overall experience they had.
Ive been a boxing fan for many years. I remember listening to the Clay-Liston fights on radio at home in Milton (MA) and trying to envision how the fight was going. I love the mano-a-mano part of boxing with fighters competing for the prize. My goal is to continue doing ESPN2 shows, as well as someday promoting shows on HBO and Showtime, perhaps at the FleetCenter in Boston.
Letterlough (19-3-2, 18 KOs), of Reading (PA), and Jamaican-born Hall (25-4, 24 KOs) have knocked out 42 opponents in their combined 44 victories for a knockout ratio higher than 94-percent. Letterlough is a former WBO NABO and Pennsylvania light heavyweight champion who also fought Vassiliy Jirov for the IBF cruiserweight title. Hall is a three-time world championship challenger having lost twice to WBO light heavyweight title-holder Dariusz Michalczewski and once to then undisputed light heavyweight champion Roy Jones.
In addition to Outback Steakhouse, event sponsors include Davidoff Cigars, Hooters of Hyannis, Robertsons GMC Trucks, Dinos Sports Bar of Mashpee, Enterprise Car Rental, Data Link/Nextal, Amaris Restaurant of Sandwich and Maris Sennott Todays Real Estate.
A post-fight party will be open to the public at Hooters of Hyannis, as well as cigar smoking/wine tasting at Puff The Magic.
Ticket prices are $125.00 VIP, $65.00 ringside and $35.00 general admission. Contact Ticketmaster (508.931.2787), the Cape Cod Melody Tent (508.775.9100) or Old Colony Sports (508.477.5355/www.oldcolonysports.com).
Doors open at 6 p.m. for the VIP party, 7 p.m. for the general public, with the first bout scheduled for 7:30 p.m. All bouts and fighters are subject to change.
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