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SHOWTIME SPORTS® CONTINUES CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS OF SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® WITH PAULIE AYALA-JOHNNY TAPIA I & II, PLUS ISRAEL VAZQUEZ-RAFAEL MARQUEZ I, II & III
UNRIVALED “RIVALRIES”
Fare clic QUI to Watch Round 12 From Ayala-Tapia I & Tune-In Tonight To Re-Live The Full Fight (SHO EXTREME® a 10 p.m. E/PT)
Photo Credit: Tom Casino / Showtime
NEW YORK (Febbraio. 4, 2016) – Round 2 della SHOWTIME Sports® 12-round celebration commemorating 30 years of Showtime Championship Boxing® continues in February with “Rivalries’’ onSHO EXTREME®.
This month will be highlighted by five of the most exhilarating and memorable fights in boxing history: the two Paulie Ayala-Johnny Tapiabattles and the first three Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez wars.
Ayala-Tapia I was 1999 Fight of the Year; Ayala was 1999 Fighter of the Year.
The initial three Vazquez-Marquez showdowns are universally acknowledged as among the best of all-time and were consensus Fight of the Year winners in 2007 and ’08. Inoltre, the third round of Vazquez-Marquez II earned Round of the Year honors in ’07 while the fourth of Vazquez-Marquez III was 2008 Round the Year.
These epic rivalries will air on “Throwback Thursdays” all month long at10 p.m. E/PT on SHO EXTREME and are available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, SHOWTIME ANYTIME® and via the network’s online streaming service. Each fight will be wrapped with brief context and commentary from SHOWTIME Sports host Brian Custer.
Below is the schedule of SHOWTIME EXTREME premieres for the month of February:
- Today/Thursday, Febbraio. 4: Ayala vs. Tapia I
- Giovedi, Febbraio. 11: Ayala vs. Tapia II
- Giovedi, Febbraio. 18: Vazquez vs. Marquez I & II
- Giovedi, Febbraio. 25: Vazquez vs. Marquez III
In celebration of the best rivalries on SHOWTIME, see below for a special column from SHOWTIME Sports expert analyst and boxing historian Steve Farhood.
RIVALRIES
By Steve Farhood
Boxing without rivalries would be like elections without debates.
Rivalries are natural, especially in boxing. Who is the best prospect in the neighborhood?
Who is the best bantamweight in Mexico? Who is the best fighter in the entire world?
Fans want to know, and so do the fighters, especially if a one-on-one matchup is likely to provide a definitive answer.
The best example comes from the best rivalry in history, regardless of sport: When Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier clashed in their rubber match in Manila, they were fighting for something much greater than the world heavyweight title. They were fighting for the championship of each other.
Ali-Frazier … Robinson-LaMotta … Louis-Schmeling … Barrera-Morales … Mayweather-Pacquiao … Pep-Saddler … Leonard-Duran … Holyfield-Tyson: Boxing history has been told through its juiciest rivalries.
In 30 years of memorable fighters and unforgettable fights, SHOWTIME boxing’s history can largely be told through its rivalries as well.
Su Showtime EXTREME, we’ll be focusing on two rivalries in particular: Rafael Marquez-Israel Vazquez and Paulie Ayala-Johnny Tapia.
Marquez-Vazquez is the equal of any pairing in recent history. So compelling were the battles, so consuming was the rivalry that many fans can’t tell you what the final scoreboard read. It didn’t matter all that much.
(Fittingly, the fighters split four bouts.)
What made Marquez-Vazquez different from most rivalries: They were defined more by similarities than differences. Most rivalries feature stark contrast. Think Borg-McEnroe. Or Bird-Magic. Or Evert-Navratilova. But Marquez and Vazquez were both classy champions from Mexico who needed each other to raise their profiles and all-time standings.
They gave us no trash-talking, no posturing, no hatred, real or imagined. Invece, they punched and bled and fought proudly and at the highest level. And because of the classic ring drama they created, that was more than enough.
Suffice to say that two of their bouts were chosen as Fight of the Year. And Marquez-Vazquez III was surely among the best fights I’ve covered live in my 37 anni di boxe.
It was a bit different with Ayala and Tapia. When they first fought, Ayala wasn’t a familiar name. Tapia, d'altra parte, was an undefeated and long-reigning champion with a unique personality and a distinctive ring persona.
A suitable rival is exactly what Tapia needed to fully realize the potential that we sensed when he soundly defeated New Mexico rival Danny Romero two years before.
A pair of controversial decisions, the contentiousness that marked the negotiations preceding the rematch, and Tapia’s raw emotion made Ayala-Tapia a particularly bitter rivalry.
It was a memorable rivalry as well.
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SANTA MONICA (Febbraio 3, 2015) - Sergei Kharitonov (23-5) è il nuovissimo free agent di Bellator MMA, con la notizia che il peso massimo russo è stato firmato per un'esclusiva pluriennale, contratto pluriennale lotta. Un veterano dei campionati Strikeforce e Pride Fighting, Kharitonov rimane in servizio attivo con le truppe aviotrasportate russe.
Raddoppiando come kickboxer in diversi momenti della sua carriera negli sport da combattimento, "The Paratrooper" ha deciso di sfruttare la sua recente serie di vittorie consecutive di cinque incontri e di concentrarsi esclusivamente sulle arti marziali miste. Il curriculum di Kharitonov è ampio, con il punteggio di 35 anni vince contro alcuni dei nomi più importanti dello sport tra cui il campione dei pesi massimi UFC Fabricio Werdum, Andrei Arlovski, Pedro Rizzo, Murilo “Ninja” Rua, e Alistair Overeem.
"Ho avuto il miglior posto in casa per alcune delle uscite dei pesi massimi di Kharitonov,"Ha dichiarato Bellator MMA presidente Scott Coker, “E conosco Sergei [Kharitonov] può entrare e avere un impatto immediato sulla nostra divisione dei pesi massimi. È un combattente estremamente abile ed esperto che può porre fine a un combattimento in un batter d'occhio, e non vediamo l'ora di farlo fare proprio questo nella gabbia di Bellator. Di Più, ha già gareggiato in uno "Dinamite' evento prima, forse potrebbe farlo di nuovo in futuro!"
Kharitonov si unisce a una divisione che è attualmente sostenuta da un altro combattente russo Vitaly Minakov, altri nomi principali includono Bobby Lashley, Cheick Kongo, Vinicius Queiroz, Kimbo Slice, Tony Johnson, Justin Wren, Dan Charles, e James Thompson.
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Lewiston, Maine (Febbraio 3, 2016) - Combattimenti New England (NEF), Numero uno di promozione lotta regionale dell'America, terrà la sua prossimo evento, “NEF 21: Gli immortali” questo Sabato, Febbraio 6, 2016 al Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. The event will feature both mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts with an MMA cage and a boxing ring set up side-by-side. Proprio oggi, the promotion announced that it would hold the event weigh-in this Venerdì, Febbraio 5, 2016, a 2:00 pm EST at the Ramada Hotel & Conference Center. The Ramada is located at 490 Pleasant Street a Lewiston, Maine.
Weigh-ins are open to the public and free to attend. All of the fighters competing on Saturday night will be at the weigh-in, including MMA headliners Bruce “Pretty Boy” Boyington (12-8) and Jon Lemke (5-3), as well as boxing main event participants Brandon “The Cannon” Bacca (10-1) and Tollison Lewis (2-0). Fans and press are encouraged to attend. For those unable to make it to the Ramada on Friday, weigh-ins will be streamed live on the NEF Youtube page at www.Youtube.com/nefmma.
Il “NEF 21” carta di lotta:
Pugilato professionistico
149 STERLINE: Tollison Lewis vs. Brandon Berry
147 STERLINE: Evincii Dixon vs. Antonio Chaves Fernandez
175 STERLINE: Crowsneck Boutin vs. Joel Bishop
MMA PROFESSIONALE
155 POUND TITLE: Jon Lemke vs. Bruce Boyington (c)
145 STERLINE: Derek Shorey vs. Josh Lange
185 STERLINE: Zach Elkins vs. Mike Hansen
155 STERLINE: Zenon Herrera vs. CJ Ewer
170 STERLINE: Andrew Tripp vs. Alex Henry
125 STERLINE: Norman Fox vs. Brandon Warne
AMATEUR MMA
205 POUND TITLE: Mike Williams vs. Ryan Glover
170 POUND TITLE: Ricky Dexter vs. Caleb Farrington
135 POUND TITLE: Henry Clark vs. Johnny Crafts
145 STERLINE: Rafael Velado contro. Mike Pietersen
120 STERLINE: Erin Lamonte vs. Randi Beth Boyington
140 STERLINE: Erik Nelson vs. Julio Martinez
265 STERLINE: Gravin Guillen vs. Matt Glover
155 STERLINE: Frank Johanson vs. Taylor Costantino
265 STERLINE: Brendan Battles vs. Dave Smith
230 STERLINE: Zak Bergeron vs. Ras Hylton
170 STERLINE: Adam Nielsen vs. Ruben Redman
155 STERLINE: Dustin Shorey vs. Juan Meneses
160 STERLINE: Caleb Swoveland contro. Tom Burgess
155 STERLINE: Tony Agust vs. Chad Murillo
125 STERLINE: Justin Witham vs. Jake Denham
140 STERLINE: Clifford Redman vs. Richmond Pierce Wiegman
135 STERLINE: David Thompson vs. Caleb Costello
prossimo evento New England Combattimenti ', "NEF 21: Gli immortali,” takes place this Saturday, Febbraio 6, 2016 al Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. Bell time is 7:00 PM EST. Tickets for “NEF 21” start at just $25 e sono già in vendita su www.TheColisee.com o chiamando il botteghino al Colisée 207.783.2009 x 525. Per ulteriori informazioni sugli aggiornamenti delle carte evento e lotta, si prega di visitare il sito web della promozione in www.NewEnglandFights.com. In aggiunta, è possibile guardare i video su NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, li seguono su Twitternefights e unirsi al gruppo Facebook ufficiale "New England Fights".
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