“Veterans Stadium Showcase” Press Conference Quotes & Pictures

Outdoors boxing Aug. 11th in Quincy, MA

(L-R) – Thomas O’Toole, Mike Ohan, Jr., Harry Gigliotti, Julien Baptise & Francis Hogan

(all pictures by Frank Wahlberg)

(FIGHTER QUOTES AND PICTURES BELOW)

QUINCY, Mass. (August 2, 2023) – The official “Veterans Stadium Showcase” press conference was held today in Quincy at Best Western Adams Inn for Undefeated prospects Gabriel “The Menace” Morales (7-0, 4 KOs), a lightweight, and middleweight the “Veterans Stadium Showcase” Pro-Am card, presented by Granite Chin Promotions (GCP), on Friday night, August 11th (Aug. 12th rain date), at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy, Massachusetts.

“Veterans Stadium Showcase” will be streamed live on www.bxngtv.com.



“August 11th is going to be a special night,” Granite Chin President Chris Traietti said. “I plan on having 3,000 people in the stadium, It’s a great card from top to bottom. The City of Quincy is behind it. There are countless people to thank.”

MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS – (L-R) Mike Ohan, Jr. & Harry Gigliotti

Tickets for “Veterans Stadium Showcase,” are on sale and available for purchase online at www.EventBrite.com.

Sponsorship opportunities are available by contacting Traietti at chris@granite-chin-promotions.com for details.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. ET with the amateur matches starting at 6:30 p.m. ET, pro card commences at 8 pm. ET.

INFORMATION:

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FIGHTERS’ QUOTES

Harry “The Hit Man’ Gigliotti (9-4, 3 KOs): “I’d like to thank Chris for making this fight. I also want to thank my team. Me and Mike share one fighter, we both lost to Tiger Johnson, both stopped in the fifth round, but I don’t think that means anything.”

Mike “Bad Man” Ohan, Jr. (14-2, 9 KOs): “I’m glad to be fighting in front of a lot of friends and family. I want to thank them all for the support they’ve given me over the years. I also want to thank my trainers, Mark DeLuca and Matt Ryan, and my stablemates.”

Julien “The Black Dragon" Baptiste (5-3, 2 KOs): “I want to thank Chris for putting me in a great position again. I plan to get his (Mass. middleweight champion Jamer Jones) belt.”

Francis “Frank The Tank” Hogan (14-0,13 KO): “I want to thank Jimmy (Burchfield, CES Boxing) for working with Chris (Traietti) and Chris for putting me on this card. I’ve been learning in training camp Just another guy (Miguel Angel Suarez) in my way. I plan to run right through him. My fans are going to love seeing me fight.”

Thomas “The Kid” O’Toole (7-0, 5 KOs): “I want to thank Chris (Traietti) for this opportunity to fight on his promotion. I’m really looking forward to fighting in Quincy. There are a lot of good fighters on this good. It’s going to be a good night of boxing and, no doubt I’m going to win that title (vacant USBF Cruiserweight).