ANTHONY JOSHUA VS. KUBRAT PULEV HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT TO AIR LIVE ON SHOWTIME
土曜日, 10月 28 FROM CARDIFF, ウェールズ
ジョシュア対. Pulev Kicks Off First Of Consecutive Saturdays Featuring Heavyweight World Title Fights From SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®
フォトクレジット: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Sport
ニューヨーク - 9月 21, 2017 - ショウタイムスポーツ® will close out a banner year of world-class boxing with back-to-back Saturdays featuring heavyweight world championship fights live on SHOWTIME. The network announced today coverage of unified heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua’s upcoming WBA and IBF world title defense against top-rated mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev on 土曜日, 10月 28 ショウタイムに住んでいる カーディフのプリンシパリティ スタジアムから, ウェールズ.
ザ· 10月 28 SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast will be the first of two heavyweight world title fights airing live on SHOWTIME on consecutive Saturdays, with WBC World Champion Deontay Wilder set to defend his title against undefeated contender Luis Ortiz on 土曜日, 11月 4. Both main event bouts will air live on SHOWTIME as the network concludes a robust 2017 boxing campaign that will have featured 22 世界選手権の戦い, 16 bouts matching fellow undefeated fighters, three world title unifications, three world title rematches and the emergence of three bright young stars (エロール·スペンス·ジュニア, Gervonta Davis and David Benavidez) as they earned their first world titles.
With the addition of Joshua vs. プレフ, four of the consensus top-five heavyweights in the world will compete on SHOWTIME in consecutive weeks. ジョシュア対. Pulev and Wilder vs. Ortiz will be the ninth and 10目 heavyweight world championship bouts to air live on SHOWTIME in the last two years.
“There’s so much to be excited about in the sport of boxing, and it all comes to a fever pitch on consecutive Saturdays this fall on SHOWTIME,「ステファン·エスピノーザは言った, SHOWTIMEスポーツのエグゼクティブ·バイス·プレジデント兼ゼネラルマネージャー. “This has been a great year for boxing. More specifically, it has been a great year for SHOWTIME boxing. There’s no better way to end it than with two major heavyweight world championship events. We are proud to be in business with the two biggest punchers in the sport, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder, and the rest of the talented and hungry heavyweight challengers of today.”
ジョシュア, the undefeated British superstar (19-0, 19 戦績), exploded onto the world stage in April when he defeated heavyweight legend Wladimir Klitschko via a spectacular come-from-behind knockout. In the year’s leading Fight of the Year candidate, a bout that aired live on SHOWTIME, Joshua picked up the vacant WBA heavyweight title to go along with his IBF belt. 今, Joshua returns to take on the top-ranked IBF challenger in Pulev (25-1, 13 戦績) アット 70,000 seat national stadium in Wales.
ジョシュア, 27, has remarkably knocked out all of his opponents since turning pro shortly after winning gold in the 2012 五輪. The Watford, England native won his first title with a second-round KO of defending IBF Heavyweight Champion Charles Martin in April 2016, 以上の試合で最少試合数でヘビー級ベルトを獲得した 20 年. He has since successfully defended the title three times – against Dominic Breazeale in June of 2016, Eric Molina in December and Klitschko in April.
プレフ, ソフィアの, ブルガリア, will be making his second attempt at winning the IBF world championship, having lost to Klitschko in his first try in November 2014. その後, his lone loss, Pulev quickly rebounded and became a two-time European champion with a win over Dereck Chisora. He also holds wins over two former world title foes of Klitschko in Samuel Peter and Kevin Johnson.
ジョシュア対. Pulev is promoted by Matchroom Sport. Fewer than 200 tickets remain on sale viawww.StubHub.co.uk priced at £300.
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