CES ON UFC WEIGHTS

CES ON UFC WEIGHTS
Listed below are Thursday’s official weigh-in results for CES Boxing Live on UFC FIGHT PASS®, scheduled for tomorrow night at the Connecticut Convention Center.

Limited tickets for Friday’s event can be purchased online at CESFights.com. Headlining Friday’s card are regional rivals Jimmy Williams (18-5-2, 6 KOs) of New Haven, CT, and Greg Vendetti (22-4-1, 12 KOs) of Stoneham, MA, who face one another in the 10-round main event for the vacant WBC USNBC Silver Super Welterweight Title.

Friday’s event also features the long-awaited Connecticut debut of Stamford’s own Chordale Booker (16-0, 7 KOs), a rising star in the middleweight division who faces tough veteran Silveiro Ortiz (37-27, 18 KOs) of Yucatan, Mexico in the eight-round co-main event.

Also on the card, undefeated super bantamweight Angel Gonzalez (5-0, 3 KOs) of Hartford, who now fights out of Florida, returns to New England in a tough six-round matchup against Dominican Republic-born challenger Juan Gabriel Medina (12-7, 11 KOs). Featherweight Nathan Martinez (6-1, 2 KOs) of New Britain returns from a two-year layoff to face Mexican challenger Francisco Dominguez (7-11-1, 1 KO) in the six-round special attraction.

Preliminary bouts begin at 6:30 pm ET followed by the live FIGHT PASS stream beginning at 7 with play-by play from Michael Parente alongside color commentators “Sucra” Ray Oliveira and Fun 107 radio host and veteran ringside correspondent Madelyn Grimaldi.

Visit CESFights.com for more information and follow CES Boxing on FacebookInstagram and Twitter at @CESBOXING.

WEIGH-IN RESULTS


Jimmy Williams
New Haven, CT
18-5-12, 6 KOs
152 1/2

Greg Vendetti
Stoneham, MA
22-4-1, 12 KOs
153

Nathan Martinez
New Britain, CT
6-1, 2 KOs
126

Francisco Dominguez
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
7-11-1, 1 KO
126 1/2

Chordale Booker
Stamford, CT
16-0, 7 KOs
159

Silverio Ortiz
Yucatan, Mexico
37-27, 18 KOs
157

Angel Gonzalez
Hartford, CT
5-0, 3 KOs
116

Juan Gabriel Medina
La Ramona, Dominican Republic
12-7, 11 KOs
117

Ramon Caraballo
New Britain, CT
Pro debut
146

Samuel Lajoie-Dery
Montreal, Canada
1-0, 1 KO
146

Stevie Jane Coleman
Columbia, CT
0-1
149

Christina Barry
Manitoba, Canada
1-7
147

Carlos Perez
New Haven, CT
1-0
140

Tyriek Gainey
Paterson, NJ
Pro debut
134

Written by
Daxx Khan has been a regular member of the Talkin Boxing with Billy C TV & Radio Show since 2011, throughout his over two decades involved with the sport of boxing he has owned his own gym, currently is a Coach with "Newburgh Hook Elite Boxing", has covered over 175 world title fights across the globe, worked for two sanctioning body organizations, written for multiple major sporting news outlets. The first world title fight he covered was in 1991 while still attending NYU when he accompanied boxing media Icon Bert Sugar to the "Terrible" Terry Norris versus "Sugar" Ray Leonard WBC Super Welterweight title fight which Norris won by wide unanimous decision. Daxx is also former USA Boxing Coach and representative for "The World Boxing Federation".

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