BOWIE, MD (十二月 9, 2018) – Last night at Bowie State University, 在馬里蘭州, 王子牧場拳擊的 後起之秀, super lightweight prospect基思 “賞金” 獵人 (9-0, 7 科斯), remained undefeated thanks to a devastating first round knockout againstSiddharth Ravindra Varma(4-3-1, 1 KO).
Hunter landed a monstrous right uppercut that sent Varma to the canvas up against the ropes forcing, the referee to stop the bout. “I wanted to send a message to the super lightweight division with a great performance and I got the knockout,” said Keith Hunter. “It felt great to let my hands go. I’m going to get right back in the gym, so I can be ready for anything that comes my way. If my name is called, I’m going to be prepared, locked and loaded.”
“I’m very excited about Keith Hunter’s future,” 所述管理 格雷格Hannley, 王子牧場拳擊. “今晚, his power was on display and those watching saw a star in the making. He’s getting better with each fight. He’s going to be a problem for anyone.” This fight was promoted by格雷格·科恩促銷 (GCP).
多倫多 (十二月 7, 2018) — Former British light heavyweight champion Hosea Burton has never been one to duck a fight. 事實上, he’s looking for a fight.
Burton has made his intentions known, calling out undefeated Anthony Yarde, man to man, to his face. The two recently encountered one another during Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder fight week in Los Angeles, 加利福尼亞州, where Burton was on-hand to support his cousin, 憤怒.
“Let’s make the fight happen,” Burton told Yarde. “We’re both excited about it. They say I’m not up to you, but let’s get it going man.” Burton has gone undefeated for two years, since suffering his lone career defeat at the hands of Frank Buglioni, a fight in which he was winning prior to a final round stoppage. Buglioni has recently retired from the sport, leaving Burton to set his sights on Yarde, rather than avenging his defeat first.
Yarde recently scored a knockout victory over Walter Sequeira, 十月 20 in Brentwood, improving his record to 17-0 同 16 擊倒. Burton, 然而, hasn’t been impressed.
“If he’s six foot, I must be six foot nine, because he’s a lot shorter than that,” Burton said of Yarde’s stature. “I would be his first live opponent. Let’s get it on.”
Yarde’s world ranking would play well into Burton’s plans in 2019, which include fighting for a world title after recapturing his domestic gold.
“This would be one of the biggest domestic light heavyweight fights in UK history. Everyone is already placing Yarde amongst the world’s best, but the fact is, he has to get past Hosea,” noted Adam Harris of Athlete Development and Management. “We believe Hosea is the one who’s ready to go after a world title. Let’s have it out and find out who’s right.”
Burton also plans on showcasing his skills in Canada in the new year, following in the footsteps of his cousin Tyson, the lineal heavyweight champion of the world.
Both Tyson and his cousin, Hughie Fury, fought in Canada early in their pro careers, and have held training camps in the Great White North as well. “Some of the best in the world have been coming to Canada to accelerate their careers,” Harris noted, “including Billy Joe Saunders before his most recent fights and, 當然, Tyson in the past. We have a special relationship with the country, and the fight scene in Toronto is booming in a way we’ve never seen before. We have no doubt Hosea will be appreciated and find plenty of competition north of the border.”
‘Baddest Ladies on the Planet’ are Friends and Training Partners
The two baddest ladies on the planet will be side-by-side Saturday night when UFC Superstar Champion Cris Cyborg walks 2x US Olympic gold medal winner and current WBC/WBA/IBF Middleweight Champion Claressa Shields into the ring for T-Rex’s fight versus 168-lb champion Femke Hermans Saturday night live on HBO from Stub Hub Center in Carson, 例如.
Cyborg will be taking time out from preparation for her December 29 PPV battle with Amanda Nunes to join Shields and be ringside for the final HBO boxing telecast this Saturday. Shields and Cyborg have a great mutual respect and have trained together in the gym.
“I’m excited to have Cris walk me out and carry my WBC championship belt on Saturday,” said WBC/WBA/IBF Champ Claressa Shields. “She’ll be supporting me on December 8 and I’ll be rooting big for her against Amanda Nunes on December 29. We are the two baddest ladies on the planet.”
“Both Claressa and Cyborg are leaders in their respective combat sports,” said Shields’ promoter, 德米特里Salita. “Women’s empowerment will be on display on Saturday night on the historic final night of HBO Boxing.”
“In addition to being a celebration of forty-five years of HBO Boxing, Saturday night is a celebration of a new era of women’s boxing and women’s sports,” said Mark Taffet, manager of Claressa Shields and a twenty-five year former HBO Boxing executive. “Claressa Shields and Cris Cyborg are the backbone of the new era, and I’m thrilled Cris will be walking Claressa to the boxing ring on this historic night.”
Terence Crawford to be awarded Fighter of the Year; Riddick Bowe wins Legend Award
Oleksandr Usyk to win Historical Award
賈雷爾 “大寶貝” Miller wins NY State Fighter of The Year
紐約 (12月5日, 2018) – Some of the biggest names in boxing will be on display as Ring 8 will host their annual Holiday and Awards Ceremony at Russo’s on the Bay (162-45 Cross Bay Blvd, 霍華德海灘, 紐約 11414) 在開始 12:30 P.M. and lasting to 5:30 P.M.
WBO Welterweight world champion Terence Crawford will take home the coveted Fighter of the Year.; Former Heavyweight champion of the world, and New York native Riddick Bowe will be honored with The Legend Award.
Undisputed Cruiserweight world champion, Oleksandr Usyk will be an honored with The Historical Award based on the strength of his accomplishment of winning all four sanctioning body titles.
Highly ranked heavyweight contender, 賈雷爾 “大寶貝” Miller will be honored with the New York State Fighter of the Year.
WBA Super Middleweight champion Alicia Napoleon won the New York State Female Fighter of the Year.
(A FULL LIST OF THE HONOREES IS LISTED BELOW)
“Every year the Ring8 holiday and awards banquet attracts substantial star power, but this year it has gone to an even higher level. That is why interest in the event is greater than it has ever been” says Ring8 president Jack Hirsch. “In Terence Crawford and Oleksandr Usyk, we have arguably the two best pound for pound boxers in the world confirmed to attend. Joining them will be former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe and current heavyweight contender Jarrell Miller who will also be honored.
The room will also be filled with a number of former world champions like Iran Barkley, 少年瓊斯, 和路易斯·科拉佐. There is also a possibility that Vasiliy Lomachenko will attend to see his good friend Usyk being honored.” “The food and atmosphere at Russo’s on the Bay is second to none. That along with the many boxing luminaries will make it an afternoon to remember.”
VENTNOR CITY, N.J. (十二月 5, 2018) – The relaunched International Boxing Association (IBA) is making a full commitment to women’s boxing, commencing with a new rule change to sanction 12-round world title fights.
The IBA is going back to the future having been an original pioneer in terms of giving much deserved recognition to women’s boxing, represented by former IBA world champions such as萊拉·阿里, 米婭聖. 約翰· 和 冬青霍爾姆.
在 1991, two-time Major League Baseball all-star pitcher and Cy Young Award winnerDean Chancefounded the IBA, guiding the international sanctioning body until his death in 2015.
Under a new group headed by IBA presidentJ.C. Courreges, the IBA relaunched during the summer of 2017. “This is the IBA’s first step towards establishing equality between men and women in professional boxing,” Courreges announced. “Our goal is to offer equality for women boxers in our organization. Women’s world title fights are 10, 2-minute rounds, 不 12, like in the IBA. “
“There is a new wave of women’s boxing, led byClaressa盾, 凱蒂·泰勒, 阿曼達·塞拉諾and so many other rising female stars worldwide. The IBA plans to be in the forefront and we recently crowned our first woman world champion, strawweightEva Guzman, of Venezuela. 在 2019, we look forward to crowning many other women IBA world champions, in what the IBA is calling the Year of Women’s Boxing.”
Former IBA world champions during the past quarter-century include Hall-of-Famers 霍亞, 喬治·福爾曼, 羅伯托·杜蘭 和 阿圖羅·加蒂, as well as stars such as羅伊·瓊斯, Jr.,Bernard Hopkins, 巴蒂爾莫斯利, 詹姆斯·托尼, Mikkel Kessler, Eric Morales, 科拉萊斯迭戈, 何塞·路易斯·卡斯蒂略, 格倫 - 約翰遜 和 安東尼奧·塔弗.
IBA MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONS
重量級: Vacant
重量級: Mairis鹿 (Latvia)
輕重量級: Vacant
超中量級: Vacant
中量級: 柯蒂斯·史蒂文斯 (美國)
超次中量級: Vacant
次中量級: Vacant
Junior Welterweight: Alexander Duran (巴拿馬)
輕量級: Vacant
Junior Lightweight: Vacant
羽量級 : Vacant
Junior Featherweight: Vacant
最輕量級: Otto Gamez (巴倫蘇埃拉)
Junior Bantamweight: Ronald Batista (巴拿馬)
飛錘: 尼科·埃爾南德斯 (美國)
Junior Flyweight: Vacant
Strawweight: Vacant
Based in Ventnor City, 新澤西州, the IBA also has an office in Florida. The IBA is establishing international representatives around the world in Germany, 羅馬尼亞, 保加利亞, 澳大利亞, Canada and South Africa.
The following championships are sanctioned by the IBA: 世界, InterContinental, Americas and International. The IBA sanctions the following Regional Titles: Latino, Caribbean, 歐洲的, African, Asian and South Pacific.
IBA Executive Committee members areJ.C. Courreges, 總統; Stephane Cabrera, 副總裁, Jean Philippe Lustyk, 副總裁; 和 Bruno Wartelle, Ratings Chairman; Klaus Hagemann 和 史蒂夫·斯莫傑are Co-Chairmen of the IBA Officials Committee.
A year ago, Shohjahon “Shoh” Ergashev was a little-known super lightweight prospect from Central Asia.
然而, being able to punch holes in brick walls has a way of helping people remember your name and the Uzbekistani power puncher has taken the boxing world by storm this year.
擁有超過 300,000 followers on Instagram and his brutal knockout videos on YouTube regularly getting over 500,000 意見, 2018 is Shoh time.
Promoted by Salita Promotions, boxing’s Russian diamond mine, 爾加舍夫 (14-0, 13 科斯) has recently signed a co-managerial deal with TV executive turned super manager Mark Taffet. He will be looking to further his growing reputation on December 14 in a 10-round showdown against Uganda’s Badru Lusambya (26-4-2, 24 科斯) in Krasnodar, 俄羅斯.
“I am very happy to be able to show my skills to my fans in Russia on December 14 and I am training hard for a great victory,“Ergashev說. “Nothing will stop me from realizing my dreams!” The showdown against Lusambya will be Ergashev’s fifth ring appearance this year (4-0, 3 科斯). He started the year with an impressive nationally televised TKO 3 over then 18-0 桑尼弗雷德里克森.
“Shohjahon has had a tremendous year fighting both in the US and Russia on a consistent basis,” said Dmitriy Salita of Salita Promotions. “His skills, power and charisma are making him a star on both continents. I look forward to a spectacular performance against Lusambya to end the year.”
26-year-old Ergashev is the current WBA International Super Lightweight Champion. His brand-new co-manager Mark Taffet says he appreciates the Uzbek’s willingness to take on dangerous opponents anywhere and any time.
“We are very excited that Shohjahon will be returning to the ring in Russia in what should be a tremendous fight between two knockout artists. The fans are in for a real treat December 14 as Shoh continues his march toward a world title.”
Middleweight Contender Willie Monroe Jr. Talks Upcoming Showdown Against Jermall Charlo Saturday, 十二月 22 in Premier Boxing Champions on FOX & FOX Deportes Action from Barclays Center in 布魯克林 “I’m in my stable now and I’m ready to come flying out of the gate on December 22,” – Monroe
ROCHESTER,紐約. (十二月 4, 2018) – Middleweight contender and former title challenger威利·夢露JR. discussed his upcoming contest against WBC Interim Middleweight ChampionJermall夏洛茨維爾 as he prepares to enter the ring in Premier Boxing Champions action Saturday, 十二月 22 live on FOX and FOX Deportes from Barclays Center, 布魯克林拳擊™的家.
With fight night approaching, Monroe is hard at work in his hometown of Rochester,紐約. Along with his coach Timothy Nolan, Monroe believes he is on track to deliver a great performance against an unbeaten opponent.
“Everything in camp right now is on point and moving forward,” said Monroe.”We’re getting the work we need each day. We know how to run a camp smoothly. If I can’t tell anything is wrong, then it’s going great.”
A
veteran of two middleweight world title contests against Gennady Golovkin and
Billy Joe Saunders, Monroe has had his eye on a Charlo matchup to once again
prove himself against an elite middleweight.
“I’ve
always watched Jermall’s fights because I have an eye on anyone around my
weight class,” 夢露說. “Over the last year or so I’ve started to
think I’m really going to get this fight and I’m excited about it coming to
fruition on December 22.
“He’s
considered one of the top middleweights and it makes this a great match. This
time I’m going to have a full training camp like I didn’t get to have for
Golovkin and Saunders and it’s going to help me.”
While
he doesn’t possess the prodigious knockout power of his opponent, Monroe is
more than confident that his other ring attributes will make up for that
difference.
“We’re
both at the top of the division and you don’t get this far without having a lot
of physical ability,” 夢露說. “This fight isn’t about who’s the
fastest and strongest though, it’s about how we’re going to execute. I’m not
focused on who hits harder but who hits smarter. That’s always going to
determine who wins a boxing match.
“Boxing
is about intelligence first and everything follows after that. Will I be able
to execute and make Jermall uncomfortable? We’ll see what happens on fight
night. I’m going to be ready though. I’m in my stable now and I’m ready to come
flying out of the gate on December 22.”
Charlo
was serving as color commentator for Monroe’s August fight on FS1 and since
then the two have gone face-to-face at two separate press events leading up to
fight night. With fight week looming, Monroe believes the frequent face time
will make an even more exciting fight.
“I’m
definitely more eager to fight from seeing Jermall over and over again,”
夢露說. “The little things that you pick up in person tend to make
you want to fight even more. You see the opponent and you build it up more in
your head and use it for motivation. I think it’s going to make it even more
entertaining when we finally get in there.”
Tickets
for the show, which is being promoted by Lions Only Promotions and TGB
Promotions in association with DiBella Entertainment, 開始於 $50 and are on
sale now. Tickets can be purchased atticketmaster.com, barclayscenter.com, 或致電
800-745-3000. Tickets can also be purchased at the American Express Box Office
at Barclays Center. 集團折扣可致電844-BKLYN-GP.
Televised
coverage begins at 8 P.M. ET /下午5時. PT and features Jermell Charlo defending
his WBC super welterweight world title against Tony Harrison, in addition to
the Charlo vs. Monroe showdown. Televised action also features a heavyweight
showdown between Dominic Breazeale and Carlos Negron.
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Fans
can live stream the fights on the FOX Sports app, available in English or
Spanish through the FOX or FOX Deportes feeds. The fights are available on
desktop at FOXSports.com and through the app store, 或連接的設備，包括
蘋果電視, Android的電視, 消防電視, 的Xbox One和Roku公司.
Dominican Juan Carlos “Merengue” Abreu (24-4-1, 19 科斯) aims to beat in high fashion the current IBF USBA welterweight champion Alexander Besputin (11-0, 9 科斯) 俄羅斯, in a duel that will be broadcast by the ESPN+ app this Saturday,十二月 8日 在 6:00 下午ET.
The
fight will be part of the world championship unification bout between José
Pedraza and Vasyl Lomachenko at the Madison Square Garden Theater.
“I
feel very well prepared for this fight. Focused and motivated for victory. It
would be very important because it is at a huge event, and many people all over
the world will see it. I’m just waiting to have that title, God willing”, said
Abreu, who is trained by Chiro Perez in Florida, and managed by Spartan Boxing
Club.
“Besputin
is strong, and he is protected by Top Rank. I know I have to do extra work than
I normally do for the win, and I have the experience to beat him or any other
boxer. I am ready to win, and I hope the judges are fair to my performance”, he
added.
In
his last appearance, Abreu lost by unanimous decision in close fight against
Egidijus Kavaliauskas of Lithuania.
“I know what it feels like to face the promoter’s fighter and lose unfairly. I’min the same situation this Saturday, but that doesn’t take away my dream of being great in this sport. Let’s do this,” said Abreu.
ALL ACCESS: WILDER VS. FURY EPILOGUE Premieres on SHOWTIME Immediately Following The Delayed Telecast of the Dramatic Main Event
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The thrilling Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury heavyweight blockbuster, a sure-fire Fight of the Year candidate,will air on SHOWTIME this Saturday, 十二月 8 在 9 P.M. ET / PT. The WBC Heavyweight World Championship bout between the 6-foot-7 unbeaten American champion Wilder and 6-foot-9 challenger Fury originally aired live on SHOWTIME PPV®週六, 十二月 1 從斯台普斯中心在洛杉磯.
週六, both Wilder and Fury made strong cases for 2018 Fighter of the Year honors. Wilder faced the two toughest opponents of his career this year including a spectacular knockout win over Cuban slugger Luis Ortiz in a Fight of the Year candidate in March. 憤怒, the lineal heavyweight champion, returned from a two-and-a-half-year layoff to score two wins in a span of 10 weeks before facing Wilder. 週六, he miraculously withstood a devastating, final-round knockdown that appeared to knock him out cold. Fury rose dramatically and continued to fight until the final bell to cap an effort that will go down as one of the greatest comeback stories in all of sports.
The SHOWTIME presentation of the Wilder vs. 憤怒, a bout that has been hailed as “…the greatest night for boxing in the U.S. in recent memory,“通過雅虎! 體育, will be immediately followed by the premiere ofALL ACCESS: WILDER VS. FURY EPILOGUE. The networks’ Emmy Award winning結語reveals the drama of fight night from a unique perspective and introduces viewers to the rarely seen aftermath of world championship prizefighting. ALL ACCESS: WILDER VS. FURY EPILOGUEgoes behind the scenes, into the locker rooms, corners and inner circles as Fury aims to complete a storybook comeback and Wilder looks to continue his reign as the “baddest man on the planet.”
