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DIBELLA ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES
SUMMER BOXING SERIES AT FOXWOODS

PREMIERE INSTALLMENT KICKS OFF JUNE 30TH
AND RETURNS ON JULY 21ST

New York, NY (6/6/16) – DiBella Entertainment has promoted some of the biggest and most exciting boxing events at Foxwoods® Resort Casino in the last decade and now, the N.Y. based promotional company is proud to announce that it has partnered with Foxwoods to stage a summer boxing series.

The series will kick off next month, on Thursday, June 30th, with a special edition New England Broadway Boxing, headlined by Connecticut’s own undefeated, world-rated super bantamweight contender Luis Rosa (22-0, 10KO’s). The series will follow up with its second installment on Thursday, July 21st. The summer series will close out with its final edition sometime in the second half of August.

“Foxwoods is one of the great venues for boxing on the East Coast and our (DBE) home away from home in the New England area. We are thrilled to have partnered with our great friends at the Northeast’s premier resort destination to be doing a summer series, featuring some of boxing’s best talent as well as some of the most promising young fighters out of the New England area,” said Lou DiBella, President of DiBella Entertainment.

“We are proud to continue to offer the most compelling, nationally-televised boxing events featuring the best fighters in the world. For nearly twenty five years, Foxwoods has been considered the ‘Fight Capital of the Northeast,’ and this Summer Boxing Series will only build upon that fact,” stated Felix Rappaport, President & CEO of Foxwoods Resort Casino. “In true Foxwoods fashion, boxing fans can expect nonstop action and excitement from the moment the bell rings.”

In addition to Rosa, DiBella Entertainment promotes some of the New England area’s most promising up-and-coming prospects and contenders, including top-rated, former world title challenger Edwin Rodriguez, Ryan Kielczweski, undefeated female Shelly Vincent, Danny Aquino, and recently signed amateur standouts Mykquan Williams and Anthony Marsella.

A complete list of the upcoming June 30th card will be announced shortly.

Tickets for the June 30th card are on sale now and are priced at $125, $75 and $45, not including applicable service charges and taxes. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com and www.foxwoods.com or by visiting the Foxwoods’ Box Office. To charge by phone, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000.

For additional information, you can visit www.dbe1.com, follow us on Twitter @loudibella @DiBellaEnt or like our fan page on facebook/DiBellaEntertainment.

Founder/editor Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999. Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.