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TSHIAB YORK (Oct. 22, 2015) - Unbeaten nce hnub qub Antoine "ua" Douglas yuav tua rau ShoBox: Tshiab Tiam rau ib tug thib tsib lub sij hawm thaum nws yuav siv sij hawm rau Les "Xauv N Load" Sherrington nyob rau hauv ib tug sib tsoo ntawm lub ntiaj teb no-kab sab middleweights nyob rau hauv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm aquadrupleheader nyob rau SHOWTIME (10 p.m. THIAB/PT, ncua nyob rau hauv lub sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv) rauFriday, Nov. 6, ntawm Downtown Las Vegas Txheej xwm Center (DLVEC), thoob plaws los ntawm lub D Las Vegas nyob rau hauv iconic Downtown Las Vegas.
Qhov nrov prospect-taw qhia kom paub boxing series premiered nyob rau hauv Lub Xya hli ntuj 2001 thiab tau ua 63 lub ntiaj teb no champions rau hnub tim. Antoine tus fifth ShoBox tsos yuav khi nws nrog yim lwm yam neeg tua hluav taws rau ob qhov chaw nyob rau lub tag nrho-lub sij hawm daim ntawv teev (lub ShoBox appearance record is held by Chris Avalos nrog rau cov tshwm sim). Tag nrho cov neeg tua hluav taws uas muaj tsib los yog ntau tshaj ShoBox tshwm sim mus rau kev sib tw rau lub ntiaj teb no title, tsib kovyeej -Lwm yam Pawg ntseeg, Ishe Smith, Robert Guerrero, Kendall Holt thiab Badou Jack-thiab Peb poob luv luv -Avalos, Mike Arnaoutis thiab Sechew Powell. Ib tug thib rau tsib lub sij hawm- Shobox muab kev koom tes, Lateef Kayode, yog teem mus cam WBA Cruiserweight ntiaj teb tau zus Denis Lebedec rau Nov. 4.
Douglas, ntawm Burke, Va., yog lub WBA lub cuaj-ranked contender. Nws yuav nkag mus rau hauv lub 10-round bout rau lub WBA thiab WBO International 160-phaus lub npe nrog ib cov ntaub ntawv ntawm 18-0-1, 12 Kos. Australia cov Sherrington, lub WBA tus tsis. 12th-nyob contender, yog 35-7, 30 Kos.
"Douglas tau li qhia siv kuj qhua thoob plaws nws lub fights rau ShoBox thiab yog sib ntaus sib tua lwm laus, ntau-tej tus nrog sib ntaus ib zaug dua,'' Hais tias ShoBox cov kws muaj txuj analyst Steve Farhood. "Ib feem ntawm qhov kev txaus siab ntawm cov menyuam fighters tsim ShoBoxyog pom lawv kawm tiav rau contender raws li txoj cai. Douglas yog cia li hais txog tias thaum uas kis; nws yog noj nws kawg kawm ntawv. ''
Lub 10-round ShoBox co-feature yuav phim qub thoob ntiaj teb pib xyaum ua standout thiab 2012 Olympic Bronze medalist, Ukrainian southpaw Taras "tiag Deal" Shelestyuk (12-0, 8 Kos), ntawm Los Angeles, California. tiv thaiv tej Aslanbek Kozak (26-1-1, 7 Kos), ntawm Vladikavkaz, Russia, nyob rau hauv ib tug Welterweight sib ntau sib tw.
Ob yim-rounders yuav nyob ib puag ncig tawm cov plaub-sib ntaus telecast: southpaw "Killa" Keenan Smith(8-0, 3 Kos) ntawm Philadelphia battles Benjamin "Da Blaxican" Whitaker (10-1, 2 Kos) ntawm San Antonio nyob rau hauv ib tug super sib seem thiab O'Shaquie "Ice Dej" Foster (8-0, 5 Kos) txiv kab ntxwv, Texas, confronts "Tsunami Sam" Seah (6-1, 2 Kos) ntawm Philadelphia nyob rau hauv ib tug sib match.
Tag nrho tiam sis Douglas yuav tau ua lawv ShoBox debuts nyob rau ib qho kev tshwm sim txhawb los ntawm GH3 Promotions thiab Banner Promotions. Tag nrho yim boxers yuav tsum sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv Las Vegas rau thawj lub sij hawm. Daim pib no yog luv nqi ntawm $100.50, $75.50, $40.50, $25.50 thiab $20.50 thiab muaj nyob rau yuav khoom ntawm www.ticketmaster.com.
Douglas, 23, tau impressive nyob rau hauv plaub sib law liag yeej vim nws boxed ib tug kos nrog qub ntiaj teb no title challenger Michel Ntshiab nyob rau hauv ib yim-rounder uas yog ib feem ntawm lub 200th ShoBox telecast rau Lub Xya hli ntuj 25, 2014. Douglas tau yeej nws ob lub pib los ntawm knockout: rau Lub Xya hli ntuj 17, ib tug thib peb-round TKO tshaj Istvan Szili thiab nyob rau Lub peb hlis ntuj 13, ib tug sixth-round TKO tshajThomas LaManna.
"Qhov no yog ib tug zoo heev matchup rau kuv,'' Hais tias Douglas. "Kuv xav tias kuv nyob rau hauv txoj cai qhov chaw nyob rau kuv cov hauj lwm. Kuv xav kom txav mus rau ibyam thiab khwv tau lub npe txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv.
"Kuv tau pom Sherrington thiab nws yog siab thiab ntev. Nws nyiam mus tua nyob rau hauv. Nws tau poob rau Sam Soliman. Kuv twb tau nyob rau hauv camp nrog Soliman thiab nws tsis yog ib tug loj Puncher.
"Qhov no yog kuv thawj zaug sib ntaus nyob rau hauv Las Vegas, Kuv pog heev. Las Vegas yog lub boxing Mecca ntawm lub ntiaj teb no. Qhov no yog ib tug lossis loj kauj ruam mus rau kuv. "
Douglas, ib sab saum toj pib xyaum ua tug neeg ua nws mus rau lub 2011 U.S. Olympic raug kev txom nyem, tau tsis tshua muaj active txij thaum txoj siav pro nyob rau hauv Lub kaum hli ntuj 2012. Nws tiv thaiv ob zaug nyob rau hauv 2012, cuaj lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv '13, rau lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv '14 thiab qhov no yuav tsum yog nws cov peb pib lub xyoo no.
Sherrington ntawm Burleigh, Kub ntug dej hiav txwv, Australia, yuav tsum sib ntaus sib tua nyob sab nraum ntawm nws lub teb chaws rau cov thawj lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv no, nws U.S. thiab 2015 debuts. Nws yeej nyob rau hauv ob ib tug kab thiab yog 8-1 nyob rau hauv nws cov nag fights cuaj, tsis tau los rau yav tas los IBF ntiaj teb Middleweight zus Soliman nyob rau hauv lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2013.
Txij thaum lub ntsim yeej rau Soliman uas khob qhov rooj nws tawm ntawm lub ntiaj teb no qeb duas, Sherrington tau nrhiav kom txhiv nws tus kheej nyob rau hauv ib tug loj matchup nyob rau hauv ib tug loj theem. Qhov no yog nws lub caij nyoog.
"Qhov no sib ntaus yog ib yam dab tsi kuv tau tos tag nrho kuv lub hauj lwm rau thiab kuv npaj rau muab nws kuv zoo tshaj plaws txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv,'' Nws hais tias. "Kuv yuav tsis tos kom tau tshaj rau America thiab showcase kuv txawj. Sib ntaus sib tua saum toj-theem neeg tua hluav taws yog txhua yam kuv twb puas nug. ''
Tus zoo li conditioned 6-taw, 33-xyoo-laus Sherrington muab nws cov hauj lwm nyob ib ncig ntawm tom qab poob nws pro debut nyob rau hauv lub Plaub Hlis 2002 thiab yuav 4-3 nyob rau hauv nws thawj thawj xya pib. Txij thaum lub peb hlis ntuj 2006, nws yog 25-3 thaum winning ob peb menyuam yaus npe. Nyob rau hauv nws cov nag pib on Dec. 2014 nws yog tej lub WBA Oceania Middleweight Title nrog ib tug shutout 10-round kev txiav txim siab dua Samir Santos Barbosa.
Taras Shelestyuk ua nws debut ntawm lub caij muaj hnub nyoog ntawm 27. Ib tug prospect ntawm 147 phaus, nws yog ib tug pib xyaum ua standout (195-15) nyob rau hauv Ukraine nrog nws kim heev thoob ntiaj teb kev. Nws yog lub kub medalist nyob rau 2011 Ntiaj teb Championships thiab ib tug Bronze medalist nyob rau 2012 Olympics, ob leeg nyob rau 152 phaus.
Lub 5-taw-10 29-xyoo-laus, uas tau yug los nyob rau hauv Makeevka, Ukraine, yog kawm los ntawm International Boxing Hall ntawm Famer, Freddie, Roach. Shelestyuk yog ib tug lefthander nrog khoom txawj, zog thiab xuas nrig ntaus hwj chim uas tau heev dua lwm yam campaigned nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States vim txoj siav pro nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 2013. Nws mus 6-0 nyob rau hauv 2013, 3-0 nyob rau hauv 2014, thiab yog 3-0 xyoo no. Nws tuaj tawm ib unanimous yim-round kev txiav txim siab dua Juan Rodriguez kawg Plaub Hlis Ntuj 3 nyob rau hauv Ontario, California. Nws ncaim yim rounds ob zaug.
Uas hais txog nws lub npe menyuam yaus, Shelestyuk hais tias, "Kuv lub npe menyuam yaus yog 'tiag Deal,'Thiab nws txhais tau tias kuv ua pov thawj li kuv hais nyob rau hauv lub lag luam uas kuv ua. "
Kozaev, 29, 5-ko taw-7, yog ua nws 2015 debut thiab thib tsib U.S. pib. Nws yeej nws thawj ob tug ua ntej poob nws kev mus ua si ua ntej lub xeem rau ib tug 12-round kev txiav txim siab rau prospect Ray Robinson nyob rau hauv ib tug NABO welterweight title sib ntaus ntawm Feb. 21, 2014. Nws yog luv luv rau lub welterweight chav kawm ntawv thiab yog spotting Shelestyuk 3 ½ nti nyob rau hauv qhov siab.
Smith, lub 2008 Lub teb chaws Golden Cov hnab looj tes Featherweight yeej thiab ib tug 2007 Junior Olympic National zus, muab pro nyob rau hauv lub Plaub Hlis 2010-rau 130 phaus.
Lub 5-taw-7, 25-xyoo-laus yuav tau ua nws plaub pib ntawm lub xyoo tom qab sib ntaus sib tua cia li ib lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv ob qho tag nrho 2012 thiab 2011. Nws yeej yog ob tug uas nws peb fights nyob rau hauv 2015 los ntawm knockout, nrog rau tej qho yooj yim thib ob-round knockout tshaj Hadley LAVELL kawg Aug. 15 nyob rau hauv Atlantic City. Qhov no yuav ua tau nws ob lub sib ntaus vim kos npe nrog GH3 Promotions thiab nws cov thawj txij li thaum nws niam tuag nyob rau hauv lig Cuaj hlis.
"Qhov no tsis tau ib tug ntxhib kev kawm camp raws li kuv niam tau dhau mus lawm thiab peb muaj cov kev pam tuag rau Sept. 29,’’ Smith said. “Going through that is extra motivating and I am dedicating this fight to her. I am excited to be in my first television bout. Kuv yuav tsis tos rau Nov. 6."
Smith mus 72-4 nyob rau hauv lub amateurs. Ob ntawm lub yeej tuaj tiv thaiv tam sim no lub ntiaj teb no-kab sab contender Amir kuv.
Whitaker, ib tug 5-taw-9, 31-xyoo-laus, tau tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv Texas nyob rau hauv tag nrho tab sis ib yam ntawm nws fights. Nws tau impressive nyob rau hauv nws peb sib ntaus xyoo no, winning lawv tag nrho cov los ntawm meej thiab ua puav yim-round kev txiav txim siab.
Whitaker ua ib txoj hauj lwm zoo tshaj plaws-yeej ob si dhau los thaum nws soundly tawm-tallied yav tas los undefeated knockout artist thiab lub zos nyiam, Skender Halili. Tsis tas li ntawd, Whitaker yog tej lub tsis muaj WBC United States (USNBC) thiab U.S.A. Texas State Super Welterweight titles los ntawm outpointing Rodolfo Gomez rau Jan. 16 nyob rau hauv Laredo.
"Tham yog pheej yig, no sib ntaus yog yuav mus yuav ib tug tsov rog,'' Hais tias Whitaker, ib tug peb-xyoo pro uas yog yeej nyob rau hauv nws thawj thawj xya pro sib ntaus thiab kuj yog tswv ib tug yeej tshaj yav tas los undefeatedFelipe Rivas. "Nws xav kom nws undefeated cov ntaub ntawv tab sis kuv sim tau rau qhov chaw uas kuv xav tau.”
Foster, 22, yuav tau ua nws yim-round debut. Ib tug pro txij li thaum lub yim hli ntuj 2012, nws ua luv luv ua hauj lwm ntawm nws ob lub tw, xeem qhib-round knockouts tshaj Dali-a Jackson (1:03) thiab Frank Jordan (1:26) nyob rau hauv Cuaj Hli Ntuj Tim. 26 thiab Aug. 22, feem.
“It is going to be a great fight. I am glad for the opportunity,'' Hais tias Foster, uas tau coj raws li tib zoo tom qab ib tug 100-plus pib xyaum ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv uas nws paub mus rau lub 2012 U.S. Olympic ua si hlw kom qis qhov twg nws poob rau unbeaten pro prospect, Yauxej "Jo-Jo" Diaz.
"Kuv tau raug kev cob qhia tiag tiag. Kuv tau ntsia Teah thiab nws throws ib tug ntau ntawm dav thiab cov tsiaj qus punches. Kuv tab tom nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej rau sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv Las Vegas. ''
Lub 2011 Houston Golden Cov hnab looj tes thiab 2010 NPAWG National zus, Foster yog ib tug tsib-lub sij hawm Ringside National yeej thiab ob-lub sij hawm lub teb chaws Junior Golden Cov hnab looj tes zus.
Yeah, 28, ib tug khaub-ncaws nyias, yuav kuj yuav ua nws yim-round debut. Tag nrho xya ntawm nws yav tas los pib tau teem tseg rau plaub rounds. Txij thaum kev txom nyem nws leeg txog tej no rau ntawm ib feem ntau plaub-round kev txiav txim siab rau undefeated Laviasas Williams Lub Xya hli ntuj 25, 2014, Teah tau yeej ob nyob rau hauv ib tug kab, ob leeg rau shutout plaub-round kev txiav txim siab, xws li ib tug 40-36 whitewash tiv thaivRaymond Vélez nyob rau hauv nws leeg pib xyoo no nyob rau Lub Xya hli ntuj 17.
Barry Tompkins yuav hu rau ShoBox txiav txim los ntawm ringside nrog Farhood thiab yav tas los lub ntiaj teb no yeej Raul Marquez pab raws li cov kws muaj txuj tshuaj ntsuam. Lub executive tsim kom yog Gordon Hall nrog Richard Gaughan ua thiab Rick Phillips directing.
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Hais txog ShoBox: Tshiab Tiam
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