Vanavond (September 22), in het SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia, een jonge prospect wordt geroepen “de toekomst van boksen” door enkele belangrijke mensen zal de zwaarste strijd van zijn carrière hebben.
In een van de belangrijkste ondersteunende aanvallen van Hard Hitting Promotions’ (in samenwerking met Greg Cohen Promotions & Devin Haney Promotions) “Fight Night in The Sugarhouse” evenement, WBC Youth World Lightweight Champion en de beste amateur, Devin “De droom” Haney (16-0, 11 KO), zal het opnemen tegen Enrique Tinoco uit Mexico (16-4-3, 12 KO) in een acht-round showcase. Het evenement wordt aangevoerd door Joey, zwaargewicht uit Philadelphia “De Tank” Dawejko (17-4-4, 10 KO) het opnemen van Demetrius Banks in Detroit (9-1, 4 KO) in een gevecht van acht ronden. Tickets zijn geprijsd bij VIP op de eerste rij: $150, VIP: $100, Eerste rang: $65 en General Admission: $45 en kunnen worden gekocht bij www.hardhittingpromotions.com. Zo gevorderd in vaardigheden op jonge leeftijd was Haney, een familielid van Mayweather, waar hij prof werd in Mexico bij 16 en, op leeftijd 18, is ongeslagen in 16 gevechten. Hij wordt getraind door de gerespecteerde voormalig wereldkampioen Mike McCallum. Haney onderscheidt zich ook als de jongste promotor in het boksen, aangezien hij ook Devin Haney Promotions beheert. Dit is het zwaarste gevecht uit je carrière; heb je tijdens de training iets anders gedaan?? Ik deed hetzelfde als altijd. Dit is wat ik heb voorbereid voor mijn hele leven, dus ik ben altijd klaar.” Vertel me over het werken met een geweldige vriend als Mike McCallum als je trainer. Ik heb ongeveer drie gevechten met Mike samengewerkt en het gaat geweldig. Ik heb veel dingen van hem geleerd. Wat vind je van je tegenstander?, Enrique Tinoco? Ik zag hem een tijdje terug vechten. Ik heb hem live gezien. Hij ziet er ruig uit en zet wat druk op zijn tegenstander. Hij komt om te vechten, maar ik weet zeker wat ik met hem moet doen. Ik had veel ervaring bij de amateurs en heb veel geweldige profs sparren. Ik ben klaar voor alles wat hij te bieden heeft. Hoe voelt het als iemand als Floyd Mayweather je de 'toekomst van de sport' noemt??’ Het voelt geweldig. Ik heb hard gewerkt om mensen te laten erkennen in de sport en me te vergelijken met de beste boksers op dit moment. Floyd is als een mentor voor mij. Beide Floyds zijn. Ik wil gewoon hard blijven trainen en iedereen laten zien dat ik echt de toekomst van het boksen ben. Ik voel echter geen enkele druk om elke keer perfect te presteren. Ik geloof niet in druk. Dat zit allemaal in het hoofd. Ik ga daar gewoon naar binnen om mijn vaardigheden te demonstreren. Vanavond, deuren open 6PM en de eerste aanval is op 7PM. Het Sugarhouse-casino bevindt zich op 1001 N Delaware Avenue in Philadelphia. |
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BOXING’S HEAVYWEIGHT RESURGENCE CONTINUES ON SHOWTIME®
ANTHONY JOSHUA VS. KUBRAT PULEV HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT TO AIR LIVE ON SHOWTIME
Zaterdag, Oktober 28 FROM CARDIFF, WALES
Joshua vs. Pulev Kicks Off First Of Consecutive Saturdays Featuring Heavyweight World Title Fights From SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®
Fotokrediet: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Sport
NEW YORK - September 21, 2017 - Showtime Sport® 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 Zaterdag, Oktober 28 live op Showtime from Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
De Oktober 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 Zaterdag, November 4. Both main event bouts will air live on SHOWTIME as the network concludes a robust 2017 boxing campaign that will have featured 22 WK-gevechten, 16 bouts matching fellow undefeated fighters, three world title unifications, three world title rematches and the emergence of three bright young stars (Errol Spence Jr., Gervonta Davis and David Benavidez) as they earned their first world titles.
With the addition of Joshua vs. Pulev, four of the consensus top-five heavyweights in the world will compete on SHOWTIME in consecutive weeks. Joshua vs. Pulev and Wilder vs. Ortiz will be the ninth and 10th 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,"Zei Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President en General Manager van SHOWTIME Sports. “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.”
Joshua, the undefeated British superstar (19-0, 19 KO), 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. Nu, Joshua returns to take on the top-ranked IBF challenger in Pulev (25-1, 13 KO) bij de 70,000 seat national stadium in Wales.
Joshua, 27, has remarkably knocked out all of his opponents since turning pro shortly after winning gold in the 2012 Olympische Spelen. The Watford, England native won his first title with a second-round KO of defending IBF Heavyweight Champion Charles Martin in April 2016, earning a heavyweight belt in the fewest number of fights in more than 20 jaar. He has since successfully defended the title three times – against Dominic Breazeale in June of 2016, Eric Molina in December and Klitschko in April.
Pulev, van Sofia, Bulgarije, will be making his second attempt at winning the IBF world championship, having lost to Klitschko in his first try in November 2014. Daarna, 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.
Joshua vs. Pulev is promoted by Matchroom Sport. Fewer than 200 tickets remain on sale viawww.StubHub.co.uk priced at £300.
Voor meer informatie, bezoek www.sho.com/sports, Volg ons op Twitter @ShowtimeBoxing, of word fan op Facebook op www.Facebook.com/SHOBoxing.
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), een volledige dochteronderneming van CBS Corporation, eigenaar en exploitant van de premie televisienetwerken Showtime®, The Movie Channel™ en FLIX®, en biedt ook SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, The Movie Channel™ ON DEMAND en FLIX ON DEMAND®, en het netwerk van de authenticatie service Showtime ANYTIME®. Showtime Digital Inc., een volledige dochteronderneming van SNI, exploiteert de stand-alone streaming service SHOWTIME®. SHOWTIME is momenteel beschikbaar voor abonnees via de kabel, DBS en telco providers, en als een stand-alone streaming service via Apple®, Jaar®, Amazone,Google, Xbox One en Samsung. Consumenten kunnen zich ook abonneren op SHOWTIME via Hulu, YouTube TV, sling TV, DirecTV Now, Sony PlayStation™ Vue and Amazon Channels. SNI beheert ook Smithsonian Networks™, een joint venture tussen DNI en het Smithsonian Institution, die biedt Smithsonian Channel™, en biedt Smithsonian Earth™ door middel van SN Digital LLC. SNI verkoopt en distribueert sport en entertainment evenementen voor tentoonstelling aan abonnees op een pay-per-view-basis via Showtime PPV. Voor meer informatie, ga naar www.SHO.com.
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HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION DEONTAY WILDER DEFENDS AGAINST UNDEFEATED CONTENDER LUIS ORTIZ LIVE ON SHOWTIME® SATURDAY, November. 4 VAN Barclays Center in Brooklyn & PRESENTED BY PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS
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BROOKLYN (Zeven. 20, 2017) – Ongeslagen WBC wereldkampioen zwaargewicht Deontay “De Bronzen Bomber” Wilder will make his sixth title defense when he meets hard-hitting Cuban southpaw Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz op Showtime Championship Boxing, in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions op Zaterdag, November. 4 live op Showtime (9 p.m. EN/6 p.m. PT) uit Barclays Center, het huis van BROOKLYN BOKSEN ™.
Tickets voor de live-evenement, die wordt bevorderd door DiBella Entertainment en TGB Promotions, zijn nu te koop en te koop bij ticketmaster.com, barclaysc
An exciting lineup of undercard attractions will be announced soon to support this titanic heavyweight matchup. True heavyweights in every sense of the word, the 6-foot-7, 228-pound Wilder and the 6-foot-4, 240-pound Ortiz have 60 combined knockout victories.
“I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time and I’m excited that the time has come to meet Luis Ortiz,” Said Wilder. “Ortiz is considered the boogeyman of the sport and I am the hardest hitter in boxing. When you put us together in a ring, you will get one of the best heavyweight fights in a long time. I will unify the division. This I promise. This is the first step towards unifying. Any heavyweight that gets in my way is getting knocked out.”
“Wilder has been doing a lot of talking about me and this fight,” Said Ortiz. “I’m tired of hearing it. I’m not that big on talking. I like to do all my talking in the ring and that’s what I plan to do. Ik respect voor hem. I know he hits hard, but I hit hard too. Het gaat om een geweldig gevecht worden. I can’t wait to get in the ring and shut him up in front of everybody at Barclays Center on SHOWTIME on November 4.”
“This fight is happening because Deontay Wilder wants to beat the best, regardless of the risk,” zei Lou DiBella, Voorzitter van DiBella Entertainment. “He will knock ‘King Kong’ off the Empire State Building for the world to see on November 4 at Barclays Center.”
“The resurgence of the heavyweight division is going to be on full display at Barclays Center and on SHOWTIME on November 4,” zei Tom Brown, president of TGB Promotions. “Deontay is facing his toughest challenge yet in the undefeated Cuban, giving him the opportunity to really prove himself. We are thrilled to be a part of the action and can’t wait until fight night.”
“Deontay Wilder tegen. Luis Ortiz is one of the highlights of what has been an exceptional year for boxing on SHOWTIME,” zei Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Showtime Sport. “We have consistently delivered the biggest names in boxing in their most important fights. The main event on November. 4 features two dynamic punchers with a 92-percent knockout ratio between them. It will be the 21st world championship fight on SHOWTIME this year and the 16th time we’ve seen undefeated fighters going head-to-head. It is clear that no other network is more committed to delivering the most significant bouts directly to its subscribers than SHOWTIME.”
“Op November 4 Barclays Center will once again host one of the year’s best fights,” zei Brett Yormark, CEO of Brooklyn Sports & Vermaak. “Deontay has made his mark in Brooklyn, and I am thrilled to welcome him back to our ring alongside a tough competitor in Luis Ortiz, who will be fighting here for the first time.”
The 31-year-old Wilder (38-0, 37 KO), the only reigning American heavyweight world champion, won his WBC title with a dominant 12-round unanimous decision over Bermane Stiverne on Jan. 17, 2015 -the birthday of legendary heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali.
Wilder, a Bronze Medal winner for the U.S. Olympic boxing team at the 2008 Beijing Games, has successfully defended the title five times. In his previous defense at Barclays Center, Wilder scored a memorable ninth-round knockout over Artur Szpilka back in Jan. 2016. In his most recent defense, Wilder, van Tuscaloosa, Ala. stopped Gerald Washington via fifth-round technical knockout before a hometown crowd at Legacy Arena in Birmingham on Februari. 25.
The 38-year-old Ortiz (27-0, 23 KO), of Camaguey, Cuba by way of Miami, Fla., will make his SHOWTIME and Barclays Center debut when he meets Wilder for his first title shot. The hard-hitting southpaw turned pro seven years ago after defecting from Cuba and has since been steadily climbing the heavyweight ladder. He cemented his standing in the division with victories over veteran contenders Bryant Jennings, Tony Thompson and Malik Scott and is the No. 1-ranked contender by the WBC.
If Ortiz wins, he will become the first Cuban born fighter to win a heavyweight world championship.
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