The ceremony is open to the public and kicks off a festival that is sure to be a great week of family entertainment, including food, live music, rides, games, and a laser light show.
Wednesday schedule of events:
· 4pm: Mass and Blessing of San Gennaro Statue at St. Peter Church
· 5pm: Grand procession down Main Street to Festival on Ives Street
· 5:30pm: Award Ceremony
Jimmy Burchfield Sr. has been involved in boxing most of his life. The legendary promoter was profiled on
The Final Bell Podcast last Friday, where he shared stories about his illustrious career, from with working alongside his grandfather at his demolition company, to owning and operating the famous ‘Classic Restaurant & Lounge’ and then following his passion to become the top boxing and MMA promoter in the Northeast.
Over the last 30+ years, Burchfield Sr. promoted such notable fighters as Vinny Paz, Peter Manfredo, Jr., Chad Dawson, and 2004 Olympian Jason Estrada. His stable currently includes top lightweight Jamaine Ortiz, heavyweight contender and fellow honoree Jiuseppe Cusumano, WBC US junior middleweight champion Chordale Booker, and many of the best prospects in New England.
Jiuseppe "The Sicilian Nightmare" Cusumano (22-4, 20 KOs) is fresh off an electrifying 8th round knockout of Adam Kownacki on June 24th. The ‘Fight of the Year’ contender was the co-feature of a major boxing event at Madison Square Garden that was televised live on DAZN. Cusumano, who trains out of Champs Boxing Club in Danbury, came into the bout as the heavy underdog, but displayed tremendous power, grit, and determination to drop Kownacki in the opening round and finish the popular Polish fighter in the 8th in front of his legion of fans.
Vinnie Carita is a power-punching cruiserweight with a record of 28-1-1 with 27 knockouts. The Penbroke, MA resident, who trains alongside Cusumano, is on an 18-bout knockout streak, the last one coming in June when he blasted out Remberto Zapata in four rounds in Colombia.
INFORMATION
CES Boxing is one of the top promotions on the East Coast. Founded in 1992 by Jimmy Burchfield Sr., CES Boxing has promoted many world class fighters, including Jamaine Ortiz, Juiseppe Cusumano, Hank Lundy, Vinny Paz, Peter Manfredo, Mariusz Wach, Jason Estrada, Matt Godfrey, Chad Dawson and Ray Oliveira. CES Boxing has promoted such super fights as "The Thriller on Triller: Tyson v Jones Jr.", "Mayweather vs. Gotti III" and "The Contender: Manfredo v Pemberton".
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