Amir Imam Remains Unbeaten

With Unanimous Decision Over Walter Castillo

Unbeaten Moises Flores Outpoints Oscar Escandon To Win

WBA Super Bantamweight Interim World Title; Omar Chavez Triumphs

By Decision, Fabian Maidana by Knockout on SHO EXTREME

Catch SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Replay
מאָנטיק, אַפּריל 20, בייַ 10 p.m.ET/PT on SHO EXTREME

דריקט דאָ צו אָפּלאָדירן פאָטאָס

פאָטאָ קרעדיט: אסתר לין / שאָוטיים

Carson, קאַליף. (אַפּריל 18, 2015) – Confident and determined, אַנדריי “The Polishפּרינס” פאָנפאַראַ (27-3, 16 קאָס) spoiled the ring return of דזשוליאָ Cesar שאַוועז דזשוניער. (48-2-1, 32 קאָס) in resounding fashion שבת נאַכט, flooring the former middleweight champion one time en route to a one-sided ninth-round TKO in the main event ofשאָוטיים טשאַמפּיאָנשיפּ באָקסינג לעבן אויף שאָוטיים.

פאָנפאַראַ, of Chicago by way of Radon, פוילן, dropped Chavez, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, מעקסיקא, with a wide left hook 50 seconds into the ninth round before a boisterous crowd of 8,636 predominately-Chavez fans at StubHub Center. It was the first time in 52 professional fights that Chavez had hit the canvas from a punch.

Upon returning to the corner, Chavez could be heard on the telecast telling trainer דזשאָו גאָאָססען that he had hurt his right leg and could no longer continue. רגעס שפּעטער, the fight was halted. The busier and more accurate fighter throughout, Fonfara was comfortably ahead on the three judges’ scorecards by scored of 89-80 און 88-81 twice after nine full rounds.

Offered an ecstatic Fonfara, who had his fair share of Polish fans at the venue: “I knew he was a tough fighter, quick and in good shape but when he hit me for the first time in the first round, I knew I was going to win this fight. He didn’t punch as hard as everybody said he did.

“I saw his punches easily coming in. I know I threw more punches. I was a little surprised that he did not come out for the (10^טה) but he was cut, had been getting beat up and had just got knocked down, so he knew what would happen if he came out.

“Chavez said before the fight that he didn’t think I could take his body punches. I think I took them pretty good and passed that test.

“I know there are things I can still work on in training to become a more complete boxer, אָבערהייַנט בייַ נאַכט was a dream come true. I want a rematch with (Light Heavyweight World Champion) אַדאָניס סטיוואַנסאַן.

Said Chavez, the son of legendary Mexican icon, דזשוליאָ Cesar שאַוועז סיסטער. in the ring afterward and before he was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure, “Maybe 170,172 pounds is too big for me, maybe I’ll go back down. I’m not sure what my future holds. It was a very tough fight. But I congratulate Andrzej.”

Goossen told reporters afterward that he had “stopped the fight. It was my decision. I didn’t like what I saw. ”

In the first half of a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader, undefeated world-ranked super lightweight אַמיר איך (17-0, 14 קאָס), of Davie, פלאַ., דורך וועג פון אַלבאַני, נ.י., won a lopsided 10-round decision over Walter “די האַממער” שלאָס.

The talented, versatile, איך האָבן, 24, controlled a fight that featured numerous exchanges especially early on with a left jab and straight right hand.

“My combinations were effective the whole night, we stuck to our gameplan and came out victorious,” said Imam. “I want any of the world champions next”.

שלאָס, who saw a nine-fight winning streak come to an end, האט “I thought I won the fight. I didn’t get credit for the punches I threw. The judge who scored it 100-90; געזונט, that gives me no chance to win here. The cut bothered me in the early rounds, but was not a factor after.”

פריער שבת, on SHOWTIME EXTREME, ונדעפעאַטעד מאָיסעס “El Chucky” פלאָווערס (23-0, 16 קאָס), פון Guadalajara, מעקסיקא, captured the WBA Super Bantamweight Interim World Championship with a thrilling 12-round split decision over defending champion אָסקאַר עסקאַנדאָן (24-2 16 קאָס), of Tolima, קאָלאָמביאַ.

פלאָווערס, מאכן זיין 2015 debut and third start in a row in the United States, מנצח דורך די סקאָרז פון 116-112 צוויי מאָל און 113-115.

An emotional Flores was near tears afterward. “דעם איז אַ חלום קומען אמת – more than a dream come true – for me,” ער האט. “I saw my family on the beach, eating meat. I saw my babies better dressed. For me this is a life-changing victory and, יאָ, I thought it was very, very close but I absolutely feel I won.

“I want to fight the best next, the top guys at 122 pounds and right now the top guy is לעאָ סאַנטאַ קרוז. That’s who I’d like to fight next. I really want to thank all my team, from top to bottom, for giving me this wonderful opportunity. We’re very happy that we joined the Al Haymon team. We’re very loyal and we just really appreciate everything they’ve done for us.”

Escandon felt he’d done enough to win despite injuring the right index finger on his right hand in the seventh round.

“I did all that I could, everything was in my reach, but I think I broke or fractured my finger,” ער האט. “In boxing things happen that are out of your control. Because I hurt my hand, I couldn’t throw punches the way I wanted to with my right hand. I tried to do all I could with it. But I didn’t want to injure it further. I’m OK, but I definitely would love a rematch.”

In the SHOWTIME EXTREME co-feature, יבער וועלטערווייט אָמאַר “El Businessman”טשאַוועז (33-3-1, 22 קאָס), of Culiacan, the younger brother of Chavez, דזשוניער. and son of legendary Julio Cesar Sr., won an exciting, שווער-מלחמה געהאלטן, give-and-take eight-round unanimous decision over Richard Gutierrez (28-16-1, 17 קאָס), of Arjona, קאָלאָמביאַ.

Chavez won by the scores of 78-75 צוויי מאָל און 77-74. There were no knockdowns.

Unbeaten Argentine welterweight פאַביאַן “טנט” מאַידאַנאַ (6-0, 5 קאָס), פון Santa Fe, ארגענטינע, the brother of former world champion Marcos Maidana, registered a second-round TKO (32 סעקונדעס אין די קייַלעכיק) over outclassed Cory Vom Baur (2-3), of Vancouver, וואַשן.

די שאָוטיים טשאַמפּיאָנשיפּ באָקסינג דאָובלעהעאַדער וועט שייַעך-לופט דעם וואָך ווי גייט:

DAY CHANNEL

מאָנטיק, אַפּריל 20, 22, 10 פּיעם. ET/PT SHOWTIME Extreme

דינסטיק, יוני 24, בייַ 10 פּ.ם. און/PT SHO Extreme

שבת ס two-fight telecast will be available at SHOWTIME ON DEMAND beginning זונטיק, יוני 22 27.

מאַוראָ ראַנאַללאָ called the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING action with Hall of Fame analyst על בערנסטין און פרייַערדיק וועלט מייַסטער פּאַוליע מאַליגנאַגגי commentating and דזשים גרוי ריפּאָרטינג. אין שפּאַניש, Alejandro לונאַ called the blow-by-blow with former world champion ראַול מאַרקעז serving as color commentator. Barry Tompkins called the SHOWTIME EXTREME action from ringside with boxing historian סטיוו פאַרהאָאָד serving as expert analyst.

The executive producer of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING is דוד דינקינס דזשוניער. מיט Bob Dunphy דיירעקטינג.

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