SangoLwesihlanu ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime® Ukutholakala iyunifomu Personnel in More Than 175 Amazwe
I-NEW YORK (Feb. 19, 2015) - For the okwesibili, cishe isigidi inyufomu amasosha ekhonza kwelinye izwe uzokwazi ukubukela futhi basekele US. Forces Armed veteran Sammy Vasquez njengengxenye yezivumelwano ezikhethekile phakathi ISIKHATHI SOMBUKISO kanye American Forces Network.
Vasquez, ababekhonza ezimbili izinkambo entela Iraq, iyavela umcimbi main of SangoLwesihlanu ShoBox: The New Generation tripleheader, okuyinto Akazikhukhumezi bukhoma at 10 p.m. KANYE/PT (kwabambezeleka the West Coast) on Showtime kusukela Consol Energy Center e Pittsburgh, Pa.
“It means so much to have my brothers and sisters in my corner and supporting me every step of the way. It’s just an awesome feeling,” said the undefeated Vasquez. “The military has helped me get to this point in my career and it’s a huge honor to represent them. It’s nice to give them a little taste of back home from a soldier who’s been there before. I can’t wait to make them proud this weekend.”
Amadoda service nabesifazane U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and Marines imi embulungeni yonke in phezu 1,000 Izitolo ngaphezu 175 amazwe kanye olwandle azongena free toSangoLwesihlanu ShoBox telecast. All Showtime Championship Boxing® telecasts are offered to AFN as part of a gratis license agreement between the networks. AFN also aired Vasquez’s last ShoBox ukubukeka, a TKO lokuqala round ke-Ezingakanqotshwa Juan Rodriguez Jr. ngo-Ephreli 18, 2014.
Ukuze anikeze labo phesheya ithuba elingcono ukubuka Vasquez ngoLwesihlanu lukaShoBox, the telecast ezintathu-fight uyoboniswa ngesisekelo athe ilibele. The schedule:
- Saturday, Feb. 21, isiqala at 7 a.m. KANYE on the AFN|sports channel.
- Noon for Greater Europe (CET)
- 2 p.m. local for Iraq
- 3:30 p.m. local for Afghanistan
- 8 p.m. local for North Asia (Japan, S. Korea)
Vasquez, ababekhonza Labaqaphi National kusukela 2003 kuze 2012, kwaba atshalwa Camp Habbaniyah, Iraq for his first tour in ‘05-’06. He later returned to Iraq for a second tour in ’08-’09.
"Ithuba lami lokuqala kwaba kanye Brigade Second, okuyinto hhayi Guard National, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi ifunwa high amasosha ezidingekayo laphaya, baqala zokuphaka Labaqaphi National,"Kusho Vasquez in April. "Lapho ngiya okwesibili, Ngangineminyaka at JSS Fallujah in Taji, Iraq. Lokho kwaba kanye 56th Stryker Brigade. Ngangihamba wokuqala National Guard Stryker unit ukuya khona. "
Vasquez (17-0, 13 Kos) kuyoba ngokufuna kwakhe 10th Ukunqoba alandelanayo by Knockout uma ethatha southpaw nabo Emmanuel Lartey (17-2, 8 Kos, 1 NC), of Brooklyn, N.Y.. ngendlela Ghana, lokhu Friday.
In the co-feature, zangaphambili osenesikhathi amateur Cuban star and lamanje third-zibalwa WBC ukukhanya sosondonzima Humberto Savigne (12-1, 9 Kos, 1 NC), of Miami nge Guantanamo, Cuba, uzothatha on Ezingakanqotshwa Craig Baker (15-0, 11 Kos), of Baytown, Texas, in a 10-round iziqubu. Southpaw abanamakhono and WBA No. 7 featherweight zibalwa Claudio Marrero (17-1, 13 Kos), of Miami ngendlela Dominican Republic, abayobhekana southpaw Orlando Rizo (18-5, 11 Kos) of Managua, Nicaragua, in an nesishiyagalombili round match ukuthi kuvuleke telecast.
About ShoBox: The New Generation
Kusukela yaqala ukuba khona ngo July 2001, the akukhuthazwa bajule Showtime boxing series, ShoBox: The New Generation kunyatheliswa talent young abafanelana ezinzima. The ShoBox ifilosofi iwukuba televise okuthakazelisayo, isixuku ejabulisa nokufana yokuncintisana kuyilapho sihlinzeka kuyindlela yokunquma for amathemba uzimisele sizimisele ukulwa for isihloko emhlabeni. Ezinye uhlu elandayo 58 fighters abaye bavele on ShoBox sezihambile ukuletha izihloko emhlabeni kuhlanganisa: Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder, Erislandy Lara, Shawn Porter, Lamont Peterson, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Omar Figueroa, Nonito Donaire, Devon Alexander, Carl Froch, Robert Guerrero, Timothy Bradley, Jessie Vargas, Juan Manuel Lopez, Chad Dawson, Paulie Malignaggi, Ricky Hatton, Kelly Pavlik, Paul Williams and more.