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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”
Pāwhiritia HERE to Watch Round 12 From Ayala-Tapia I & Tune-In Tonight To Re-Live The Full Fight (Sho EXTREME® i 10 p.m. AND/PT)
Credit Photo: Tom Casino / SHOWTIME
NEW YORK (Feb. 4, 2016) – Round 2 o te 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 Whawhai o te Tau; Ayala was 1999 Fighter o te Tau.
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. I tua atu, the third round of Vazquez-Marquez II earned Round of the Year honors in ’07 while the fourth of Vazquez-Marquez III was 2008 Te rauna o te tau.
These epic rivalries will air on “Throwback Thursdays” all month long at10 p.m. AND/PT on SHO EXTREME and are available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, SHOWTIME te Wā® 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, Feb. 4: Ayala vs. Tapia I
- Rāpare, Feb. 11: Ayala vs. Tapia II
- Rāpare, Feb. 18: Vazquez vs. Marquez ahau & II
- Rāpare, Feb. 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.
I roto i te 30 years of memorable fighters and unforgettable fights, SHOWTIME boxing’s history can largely be told through its rivalries as well.
I 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. Engari, 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 years in boxing.
It was a bit different with Ayala and Tapia. When they first fought, Ayala wasn’t a familiar name. Repair, i runga i ētahi atu i te ringa, 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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BELLATOR MMA INKS SERGEI KHARITONOV TO AN EXCLUSIVE, Maha-FIGHT PŪKAHA
Santa MONICA (February 3, 2015) - Sergei Kharitonov (23-5) is the newest free agent by Bellator MMA, with the news that the Russian heavyweight has been signed to an exclusive multi-year, kirimana maha-whawhai. A veteran of both Strikeforce and Pride Fighting Championships, Kharitonov remains on active duty with the Russian Airborne Troops.
Doubling as a kickboxer at different points throughout his combat sports career, “The Paratrooper” has decided to parlay his recent five-fight winning streak and focus purely on mixed martial arts. Kharitonov’s resume is extensive, with the 35-year-old scoring wins against some of the sport’s most notable names including UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum, Andrei Arlovski, Pedro Rizzo, Murilo “Ninja” Rua, and Alistair Overeem.
“I have had the best seat in the house for some of Kharitonov’s heavyweight outings,"Ka mea a Bellator MMA te peresideni Scott Coker, “and I know Sergei [Kharitonov] can come in and make an immediate impact on our heavyweight division. He is an extremely skilled and experienced fighter who can end a fight in the blink of an eye, and we look forward to having him do just that inside the Bellator cage. Ētahi atu, he’s already competed at one ‘Dynamite’ event before, maybe he could do so again in the future!"
Kharitonov joins a division that is currently championed by fellow Russian fighter Vitaly Minakov, other top names include Bobby Lashley, Cheick Congo, Vinicius Queiroz, Kimbo Poro, Tony Johnson, Justin mātuhi, Rana Charles, a James Thompson.
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NEW ENGLAND FIGHTS TO HOLD WEIGH-INS THIS FRIDAY AT LEWISTON RAMADA
Lewiston, Maine (February 3, 2016) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, ka mau tona hui muri, “Nef 21: TE Immortals” tenei Rāhoroi, February 6, 2016 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i 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. I mua i teie mahana, the promotion announced that it would hold the event weigh-in this Rāmere, February 5, 2016, i 2:00 pm EST at the Ramada Hotel & Conference Center. The Ramada is located at 490 Pleasant Street in 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 “Boy ātaahua” Boyington (12-8) and Jon Lemke (5-3), as well as boxing main event participants Brandon “Ko te Cannon” Berry (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.
Te “NEF 21” kāri whawhai:
NGAIO BOXING
149 Pauna: Tollison Lewis vs. Brandon Berry
147 Pauna: Evincii Dixon vs. Antonio Chaves Fernandez
175 Pauna: Crowsneck Boutin vs. Joel Bishop
NGAIO MMA
155 POUND TITLE: Jon Lemke vs. Bruce Boyington (c)
145 Pauna: Derek Shorey vs. Josh Lange
185 Pauna: Zach Elkins vs. Mike Hansen
155 Pauna: Zenon Herrera vs. CJ tiaka
170 Pauna: Andrew Tripp vs. Alex Henry
125 Pauna: Norman Fox vs. Brandon Warne
AMATEUR MMA
205 POUND TITLE: Mike Williams vs. Ryan Glover
170 POUND TITLE: Ricky Dexter vs. Karepe Farrington
135 POUND TITLE: Henry Clark vs. Johnny Crafts
145 Pauna: Rafael Velado vs. Mike Pietersen
120 Pauna: Erin Lamonte vs. Randi Beth Boyington
140 Pauna: Erik Nelson vs. Julio Martinez
265 Pauna: Gravin Guillen vs. Matt Glover
155 Pauna: Frank Johanson vs. Taylor Costantino
265 Pauna: Brendan Battles vs. Dave Smith
230 Pauna: Zak Bergeron vs. Ras Hylton
170 Pauna: Adam Nielsen vs. Ruben Redman
155 Pauna: Dustin Shorey vs. Juan Meneses
160 Pauna: Caleb Swoveland vs. Tom Burgess
155 Pauna: Tony Agust vs. Chad Murillo
125 Pauna: Justin Witham vs. Jake Denham
140 Pauna: Clifford Redman vs. Richmond Pierce Wiegman
135 Pauna: David Thompson vs. Caleb Costello
hui i muri mai New England whawhai ', "NEF 21: TE Immortals,” takes place this Saturday, February 6, 2016 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Bell time is 7:00 PM EST. Tickets for “NEF 21” start at just $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i 207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."
Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna ki te kupu matua i runga i Rāhoroi, March 19 at The Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City
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