{"id":2660,"date":"2021-10-04T14:41:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T14:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/threelionspromotions.com\/home\/?p=2660"},"modified":"2021-10-04T14:41:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T14:41:46","slug":"undefeated-ryan-rozicki-steps-forward-to-face-oscar-rivas-for-inaugural-wbc-bridgerweight-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/threelionspromotions.com\/ver2\/undefeated-ryan-rozicki-steps-forward-to-face-oscar-rivas-for-inaugural-wbc-bridgerweight-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Undefeated Ryan Rozicki Steps Forward to Face Oscar Rivas for Inaugural WBC Bridgerweight Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"
On October 22, 2021, GYM Promotions, in association with Three Lions Promotions, presents the inaugural WBC Bridgerweight Championship of the World featuring\u00a0Ryan \u201cThe Bruiser\u201d Rozicki\u00a0(13-0-0, 13KOs) of Sydney, Nova Scotia, against\u00a0Oscar “Kaboom” Rivas\u00a0(27-1-0, 19KOs) of Montreal, Quebec, at the Olympia Theatre in Montreal. Rozicki steps in for Bryant Jennings, who the WBC reports “was not able to subject himself to the Canadian government\u2019s entry requirements concerning COVID-19, or with the post-arrival mandatory quarantine.”<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve been working toward this moment from the second I stepped in the ring as an amateur,\u201d said Rozicki. \u201cShort notice, no notice, it doesn\u2019t matter. When someone offers you a world title shot, it\u2019s time to rumble. I\u2019m ready to make history.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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The arrival of Bridgerweight boxing presents an interesting scenario for the fighters. Boxers must weigh between 200 and 224 pounds. Rozicki, a career cruiserweight, will be moving up in weight for the contest. Recently, Rivas dropped down below the Bridgerweight limit for the first time since 2009, defeating Sylvera Louis by TKO3.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cHis size doesn\u2019t worry me. From cruiserweight up, everyone hits hard,\u201d explained Rozicki. \u201cI know I hit harder than Rivas. He\u2019ll be surprised when he feels this cruiserweight punch. I promise you that.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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Although both Rozicki and Rivas are looking to make history as the first Bridgerweight champion, the Cape Bretoner is also looking to become the first boxer from his island to win a world championship. The last man to try was Jack Munroe back in 1904. Known as \u201cThe Cape Breton Miner,\u201d Munroe lost to heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries by TKO2 in San Francisco.<\/span><\/div>\n
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In fact, it\u2019s been a while since any Nova Scotian won a world title. The most recent was \u201cMysterious\u201d Billy Smith of Little River. He defeated Matty Matthews for the welterweight crown in 1900. Before Smith, there was George Dixon of Halifax, the first black champion of the world, who held the bantamweight and\/or featherweight championships for most of the 1890s. Then, of course, there was the province\u2019s uncrowned heavyweight king \u2013 Sam Langford.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to be part of that history,\u201d said Rozicki. \u201cIt\u2019s been over a hundred years since someone from Nova Scotia wore a world title. No one from Cape Breton has ever done it. Time to end the championship drought.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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Three Lions Promotions directing manager Dan Otter believes his man can do it. \u201cI don\u2019t think folks realize the kind of fighter Ryan is. Maybe some haven\u2019t seen him in action yet. The guy is a force of nature. It\u2019ll take something special from Rivas to beat this young man. If Rivas is still standing after twelve, I\u2019ll be shocked.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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To arrange interviews with Rozicki contact: dan@threelionspromotions.com<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On October 22, 2021, GYM Promotions, in association with Three Lions Promotions, presents the inaugural WBC Bridgerweight Championship of the World featuring\u00a0Ryan \u201cThe Bruiser\u201d Rozicki\u00a0(13-0-0, 13KOs) of Sydney, Nova Scotia, against\u00a0Oscar “Kaboom” Rivas\u00a0(27-1-0, 19KOs) of Montreal, Quebec, at the Olympia Theatre in Montreal. Rozicki steps in for Bryant Jennings, who the WBC reports “was not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,6,7],"class_list":["post-2660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-rivas","tag-rozicki","tag-wbc-title"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/threelionspromotions.com\/ver2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/threelionspromotions.com\/ver2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/threelionspromotions.com\/ver2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threelionspromotions.com\/ver2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threelionspromotions.com\/ver2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/threelionspromotions.com\/ver2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threelionspromotions.com\/ver2\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/threelionspromotions.com\/ver2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threelionspromotions.com\/ver2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threelionspromotions.com\/ver2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}