Ntshav nchuav los ntawm Omar Figueroa lub qhov ntswg lub sij hawm tas los nws yog nyob rau hauv lub AT&T Center, nws ob txhais tes raug mob los ntawm ntuav ib txhiab punches. Figueroa twb tag, thiab nws yog tag nrho cov tsim nyog nws thaum lub championship siv twb muab tso rau nws lub xub pwg.

Uas yog nyob rau Lub Xya hli ntuj 27, 2013. Figueroa tiv thaiv Nihito Arakawa thiab thov lub WBC Hnav Title nyob rau hauv ib tug bout uas topped ntau sib ntaus ntawm lub xyoo npe.

Ob xyoos tom qab, Omar “Panterita” Figueroa yog tuaj rov qab mus rau lub AT&T Center. Figueroa (25-0-1, 18 Kos) yog headlining ib tug Premier Boxing Champions card rau Dec. 12, qhov twg nws mam li sib ntaus sib tua Antonio DeMarco (31-5-1, 23 Kos).

Daim pib pib ntawm $31 yog muaj nyob rau ntawm www.attcenter.com rau lub sib ntaus, uas kuj muaj xws li Dominic “Teeb meem” Breazeale tiv thaiv “Tub huabtais” Charles Martin nyob rau hauv ib tug heavyweight bout thiab rov qab los rau lub nplhaib ntawm yav tas los welterweight zus Victor Ortiz.

Rau Figueroa, nws xa mus rau AT&T Center nplhaib txhais tau tias ib tug rov qab mus rau qhov chaw ntawm ib tug ntawm cov loj tshaj nights ntawm nws lub neej, thaum nws swb lawm Arakawa nyob rau hauv ib tug kev txiav txim siab.

“Mus ntiv taw-mus-ntiv taw, 12 rounds, nws yog zoo li ib yam dab tsi nyob rau hauv lub mob Rocky tsos,” Figueroa hais tias. “Nws yog hais txog muaj lub siab tawv thiab lub siab mus nyob twj ywm nyob rau hauv muaj thiab ua tau hais tias txoj kev. Yuav mus nyob rau hauv muaj, ntshav thiab tawg ob txhais tes, nws yog amazing. Kuv zoo siab uas yuav ua tau qhov ntawd no nyob rau hauv lub AT&T Center.”

Figueroa, 25, yog kev txaus siab ntawm lub Rio Grande Valley. Nws yog ib tug neeg uas Weslaco, hais txog 250 mais qab teb ntawm tus AT&T Center. Nws cob muaj nrog nws txiv, Omar Sr., uas ntej muab tso rau hnab looj tes rau nws tus tub thaum Jr. yog 6.

Nicknamed “Panterita,” Figueroa tsim nws style nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib los ntawm ib tug kwv yees li ntawm 200 pib xyaum ua nyob rau hauv sib ntaus Mexico thiab lwm 50 nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States raws li ib tug junior.

Nws yog ib tug relentless Puncher. Nws tsis mloog noj ib ob peb hits yog hais tias nws txhais tau tias tau txais ib tug ob peb txhaj tshuaj nyob rau hauv nws tus kheej. Fights nrog Figueroa ua tsis hais txog cov “qab zib science” thiab ntau ntxiv txog sheer phaj. Uas style coj cov loj tshaj kev sib ntaus cov AT&T Center tau puas tau pom.

Figueroa thiab Arakawa hloov pauv punches rau txhua thib ob ntawm lawv 12-round sib ntaus, nrog lub AT&T Center neeg coob coob chanting “Omar! Omar!” thoob plaws hauv. Txawm tias Figueroa, ib tug orthodox fighter, raug mob nws ob txhais tes xuas nrig ntaus Arakawa lub ntsej muag thiab lub cev, Arakawa yuav tsis mus cia. Ob leeg fighters siab rau 36 feeb, muab txhua lwm yam nods ntawm kev hwm ntawm qhov kawg ntawm txhua puag ncig.

Thaum qhov kev sib ntaus ntawd thiab Figueroa twb crowned tus thawj lub ntiaj teb no zus los ntawm cov Rio Grande Valley, nws ua siab tawv qhawv los ntawm kev sib ntaus khwv tau nws ntau npaum li cas tshaj ib tug siv nyob rau hauv boxing voj voog. Raws li Compubox, uas tallies punches ces muab pov tseg thiab tsaws, Figueroa kev cob cog rua rau 450 hwj chim punches nyob rau hauv qhov kev sib ntaus, lub plaub-feem ntau tag nrho-lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv tej chav kawm ntawv nyob rau hauv CompuBox hnyav lub 30 xyoo ntawm cov ntaubntawv povthawj siv fights.

“Nyob rau hauv ib tug kev ua si nawv uas tau ua coob tsim nyog nco tshooj,” announcer Mauro Ranallo hais tias thaum lub sij hawm qhov kev sib ntaus, “no nyob rau hauv San Antonio koj yuav tau ntxiv lwm tshooj rau boxing tus zoo nkauj thiab brutal txojsia.”

Thaum tsiv mus txog rau lub 140-phaus ceeb thawj hoob kawm, Figueroa hais tias qhov no yog thawj lub sij hawm nws yog muaj siab noj qab nyob zoo txij thaum lub Arakawa sib ntaus. Raws li Figueroa lub hnub qub tseem sawv, DeMarco, ib tug qub WBC Hnav zus nws tus kheej los ntawm Sinaloa, Mexico, yog sawv nyob rau hauv nws txoj kev.

“Qhov no yuav tsum yog ib tug tawv heev sib ntaus thiab yuav feem ntau yuav tsum yog ib tug tsov rog vim hais tias ntawm peb cov sib ntaus sib tua yeej,” DeMarco hais tias.

Lub Dec. 12 card uas muaj cov loj matchups, lwm tseem ceeb tshwm sim bout feature sDominic “Teeb meem” BREAZEALE (16-0, 14 Kos) tiv thaiv “Tub huabtais” Charles Martin (22-0-1, 20 Kos) thiab Chris “Lub Npau suav phem” Arreola (36-4-1, 31 Kos) tiv thaiv Travis “Kuv lub sij hawm” Kauffman (30-1, 22 Kos).

BREAZEALE, ib tug qub quarterback ntawm lub University of Northern Colorado, coj li boxing tom qab nws kawm ntawv qib siab ua hauj lwm tas thiab los ua ib tug 2012 Olympian. Nws tau sau ib tug knockout nyob rau hauv tag nrho tab sis ob tug kev sib ntaus, tab sis ntsib nws toughest xeem tiv thaiv Martin, uas tau ncaim ntau tshaj plaub rounds cia li ib zaug nyob rau hauv nws cov nag fights yim.

Victor Ortiz ua rau nws rov qab mus rau lub nplhaib nyob rau hauv lub AT&T Center raws li zoo, raws li nws cov hauj lwm tau muab ib tug fascinating txoj kev txij li thaum nws tiv thaiv Floyd Mayweather Jr. nyob rau hauv 2011. Ortiz nyob rau hauv “Dancing nrog lub hnub qub” nyob rau hauv 2013, thiab muaj yeeb yam cwj pwm nyob rau hauv “Lub Expendables 3” thiab “Southpaw.” Nws San Antonio sib ntaus yuav tsum yog nws cov thawj nyob rau hauv 364 hnub, thiab Ortiz yuav tsum yog ib tug kiv cua nyiam.

Leija / Battah Promotions tau coj lub sib ntaus card rau San Antonio, raws li hometown tub Jesse James Leija hais tias nws vam mus coj loj thiab loj sib ntaus rau lub AT&T Center.

“San Antonio yog tej zaum qhov zoo tshaj plaws lub nroog rau boxing nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States,” Vauj hais tias. “Peb xav kom muab lub kiv cua lawv cov nyiaj tsim nrog ib co ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws neeg tua hluav taws nyob rau hauv Texas thiab lwm qhov.”

Lub sib ntaus nyob rau AT&T Center yog kuj yog ib tug lub sij hawm rau ib co hauv zos neeg tua hluav taws tau nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib rau ib tug tshaj tawm hauv xov uas yuav tau tawm hauv TV rau NBC thiab NBCSN pib thaum 5 p.m. CST.

Mario Barrios, ib tug 20-xyoo-laus uas tau mus kawm Southwest High School nyob rau hauv San Antonio, twb tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv rau lub sij hawm 2015 thiab yeej tag nrho rau fights. Rau Barrios (13-0, 7 Kos), taug kev mus rau hauv lub AT&T Center yog ib yam dab tsi nws hais tias tag nrho nws lub hauj lwm tau raug lub tsev mus rau.

“Kuv twb tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv thiaj ntau qhov chaw tsis muaj leej twg paub kuv,” Barrios hais tias. “Mus tua nyob rau hauv tsev, nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm kuv tsev neeg, nws yuav tsum yog ib tug me ntsis kev nyuaj siab. Nws tseem yuav mus xav rau kuv zoo li hais tias taw tes nyob rau hauv koj lub hauj lwm uas koj nyob nraum tiag ua ib yam dab tsi.”