I-New York, NY, February 19, 2015 – Spike TV uye wanezela Punch engathí sina yabo “Premier Boxing Champions” series ukumemezela-team. Five-time, ezimbili-division iqhawe emhlabeni boxer Antonio Tarver and Bellator popular ummemezeli futhi zangaphambili professional MMA fighter, Jimmy Smith, izosebenza njengoba color abahlaziyi ngesizini Spike TV siqala ukufika of “Premier Boxing Champions.”

Spike TV wokuqala “Premier Boxing Champions” Lomcimbi uzoba indawo Friday, March 13 at 9:00pm ET/PT kusukela Citizens Bank Arena, e-Ontario, NJENGE. Lo mcimbi izoveza-ups umdlalo ezimbili etendeni kuhlanganise Andre Berto vs. Josesito Lopez and Shawn Porter vs. Robert Garcia. Spike uzakumemezela umhlaziyi umbala ngokushesha.

Tarver and Smith ephelele Spike sika “Premier Boxing Champions” ukumemezela iqembu okubandakanya Dana Jacobson njengoba aphethe noScott Hansen njengoba nishaye-by-igalelo ummemezeli.

“Kuyasijabulisa ukwengeza ezimbili amazwi ashukumisayo futhi onolwazi ngamunye ifa ezabo yayihluke eliyingqayizivele combat yezemidlalo,” wathi Jon Slusser, Senior Vice President, Ezemidlalo and esiphawuliwe Entertainment. “Antonio sinikeza ubuntu omkhulu a lozalo championship and Jimmy uyoletha nokuqondisisa kwakhe Amazing namandla anayo MMA ukuba isibhakela.”

Anthony “The Magic Man” Tarver, kusukela Tampa Fla, kwadingeka omunye kakhulu-ahlobisa careers lo mdlalo sika amateur. In 1995, waba kuphela fighter ukuba baye bayinqoba Pan American, U.S. National Championships, and World Championships in the same year. After winning the bronze medal in 1996 Olympics, waphenduka pro futhi wenyukela ezinhlwini ukukhanya division sosondonzima. In 2003, Tarver wanqoba Montell Griffith in the win ezinkulu career yakhe kuze kube yileso sikhathi ezothatha IBF and WBC isihloko amabhande. Ngemva ezinzima 12-round isinqumo ukulahlekelwa Roy Jones Jr, Tarver avenged ukuthi ukunqotshwa obabayo an Amazing 2^nd round Knockout of Jones Jr., okuthusayo amazing boxing fans emhlabeni wonke. Ngemuva zihlukanise ukulwa amabili kanye Glen Johnson, Tarver isipikili Jones Jr. nge 12-round isinqumo ukunqoba empini yesithathu trilogy yabo sikhumbuleke. The Tarver oneminyaka engu-46 ubudala (31-6, 22 Kos) is on a mission to become the oldest heavyweight champion of the world. He is currently world-rated in the heavyweight division at No. 5 by the IBO and No. 9 by the WBA. Fight yakhe yokugcina (Dec. 11, 2014) kwaphumela umxhwele lwesikhombisa-round Knockout of 29-2-1 Johnathon Banks. Uye wakhonza njengesithunywa umhlaziyi umbala for Showtime Championship Boxing futhi izinkanyezi okuphambene uSylvester Stallone in the film isici “Rocky Balboa” njengoba uhlamvu “Mason Dixon.”

Jimmy Smith okwamanje umhlaziyi umbala for Bellator MMA on Spike TV. Smith waqala ukuqeqeshwa Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in in 2000 while at UCLA and became a professional MMA fighter in 2003. Smith compiled a 5-1 irekhodi ngaphambi kokuyolala in 2006 ukugxila a career ithelevishini. Smith izinkanyezi in the show Discovery Channel, “Fight Quest,” lapho ayehamba emhlabeni ukufunda ezahlukene fight eyala. Yena wajoyina Bellator in 2010 futhi uye wakhonza njengephayona color umhlaziyi yayo lead kusukela, ihlangana igalelo-by-igalelo ummemezeli, Sean Wheelock.

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