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Jose Pedraza uvikela IBF Junior Esilula World Championship
Against Edner Cherry e SHOWTIME ubuqhawe Boxing® Co-Isici
Amathikithi ON SALE MANJE!
Cincinnati (Aug. 28, 2015) – Owabe ezintathu-division emhlabeni iqhawe Adrien “Inkinga” Broner (30-2, 22 Kos)ubuyele ezweni lakubo ngifuna isihloko umhlaba wesine ebhekana esikanye zangaphambili emhlabeni iqhawe Khabib “The Hawk” Allakhverdiev (19-1, 9 Kos) ngoba WBA emhlabeni isihloko Super Esilula on Saturday, October 3 hlala e ISIKHATHI SOMBUKISO (10 p.m. KANYE/7 p.m. PT) kusukela U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In the Showtime Championship Boxing co-feature, Ezingakanqotshwa IBF Junior Esilula World Champion Jose “The Sniper” Pedraza (20-0, 12 Kos) uyovikela ibhande lakhe ngokumelene veteran wangaphambili isihloko emhlabeni inselele Edner “Cherry Bomb” Okusamathunduluka (34-6-2, 19 Kos).
“Ngijabulile ukuba emuva Cincinnati ukuthatha enzima okusezingeni eliphezulu fighter ngubani uyovusa it,” Said Broner. “Le mpi kusho umhlaba kimi. Kuyinto deal omkhulu nethuba abe ezine-division emhlabeni iqhawe ngesikhathi 26 ubudala.”
“Broner kuyinto boxer omuhle, he is a guy fast and abanamakhono, kodwa njengoba umuntu Anginayo lutho okuhle ngaye,” Said Allakhverdiev. “Ngibheke phambili ukusebenza ubuqhawe umhlaba ngokuwina futhi ngiyazi ukuthi uma engazama ukwenza okuthile ukuze uthole ekhanda lami, ukuba asondele kimi noma ukuze ibenze kimi ukuthi ngiyakuba njengoba avalelwe ngangokunokwenzeka futhi ugcine intukuthelo yami for lwa ebusuku.”
“I’m very excited to be back on SHOWTIME defending my title,” Said Pedraza. “Lokhu kungesinye isinyathelo lokuba superstar in the sport isibhakela. I will be victorious and make my island proud.”
“Ngingumfana ayolwa enk- October 3 kodwa mina nginengu kakhulu ejabulile ngalelithuba,” wathi Cherry. “Lokhu akuyona into entsha for me. Angikho ukuthatha Pedraza kalula. Muhle a iqhawe ngesizathu. Lokhu yinto eza once in a esaphila futhi Ngiya konke-in ukunqoba lesi sihloko.”
Amathikithi for the umcimbi bukhoma, lapho kugqugquzelwa Warriors Boxing futhi Mayelana Izigidigidi Promotions, kuthiwa ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe at $154, $104, $79, $54, futhi $29 futhi ezisendalini MANJE. Amathikithi ayatholakala U.S. Bank Arena ibhokisi ehhovisi, konke ezithengisa Ticketmaster kuhlanganise khetha Kroger ezitolo, call 1-800-745-3000, noma online at Ticketmaster.com. The 12-round mpi ngeke kusukela wawisa isinqumo ngazwi linye zangaphambili welterweight emhlabeni iqhawe kube Broner wokuqala Shawn Porter in June 20. Broner is 8-1 e isihloko ukulwa kanye eqoqwe amabhande at 130, 135 futhi 147 amakhilogremu, kodwa ayikaze wawina isihloko at 140 amakhilogremu. Dropping down in weight, Broner ufuna ukwengeza isihloko emhlabeni wesine phindela wakhe ukubuya kwakhe ukuze Cincinnati, lapho wanqobaEmmanuel Taylor September odlule phambi abalandeli bakhe langakubo in a 2014 Fight of the Year candidate.
Allakhverdiev sika (liphinyiselwe ah-lockh-ver-DEE-ev) kuphela angelasici weza nge impikiswano 12-round kuqhekeka isinqumo in a ukuzivikela isihloko bese-Ezingakanqotshwa Jessie Vargas in April 2014. Allakhverdiev, of Moscow, Russia, Ekuqaleni wawina WBA 140-ganda umqhele nge-eziyisishiyagalombili round isinqumo technical phezu ngaphambilini unbeaten ezintathu-division emhlabeni iqhawe Joan Guzman in November 2012. In his lone defense, the southpaw amaphuzu knockdowns ezimbili in a emaceleni eyodwa 11th-round TKO phezu zangaphambili emhlabeni iqhaweSouleymane M'Baye in July 2013. This is Allakhverdiev’s first start since the questionable loss to Vargas.
Pedraza, of Caguas, E-Puerto Rico, wawina singenamuntu IBF 130-iphawundi isihloko isinqumo obusa ngazwilinye phezu Andrey Klimov on June 13 on SHOWTIME in Birmingham, Ala. The switch-hitting former Puerto Rican Olympian backed up his “The Sniper” moniker against Klimov as he picked apart the Russian with superior speed and accuracy. Pedraza earned a shot at the title in his previous bout with a career-best win over former world title challenger Michael Farenas November odlule.
Okusamathunduluka, of Wauchula, Fla., kuyinto zangaphambili isihloko emhlabeni inselele ngubani 10-0 kanye 1 NC since 2009. His only blemishes since 2007 kukhona ukulahleka ukuba Timothy Bradley futhi Paulie Malignaggi at 140-pounds. Since the loss to Bradley in a bout for the WBC Super Lightweight World Championship in 2008, Cherry Uye Ezingakanqotshwa njengoba wenza indlela yakhe phansi 135 futhi 130 amakhilogremu. Okusamathunduluka, owazalwa ngo Bahamas, owns banqobe Vicente Escobedo, Monte Meza Clay futhi Wes Ferguson.
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