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SHAWN PORTER MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES & FOTOS
Former Champion Porter Challenges Welterweight World Champion Keith Thurman In Exciting Primetime Matchup Saterdag, Maart 12
Live On CBS (8:30 namiddag. EN/5:30 namiddag. PT)
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LAS VEGAS (Februarie 19, 2016) – Welterweight star “Showtime” Shawn Porteropened up his training camp to media Donderdag at Porter Hy-Performance Center in Las Vegas as he prepares for his primetime showdown with welterweight world champion Keith “One Time” Thurman op Saterdag, Maart 12 on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS presented by Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) from Mohegan Sun Resort in Connecticut.
Televisie aksie begin by 8:30 namiddag. EN/5:30 namiddag. PT with an all-action showdown between former multiple division world champions Abner Mares en Fernando Montiel.
Porter worked out for media along with his father and trainer, Ken Porter as he looks to become a welterweight world champion for the second time. Porter defeated multiple-division champion Adrien Broner in a primetime PBC main event last year and is looking to again find success under the bright lights.
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Here is what Porter and his father had to say Donderdag:
SHAWN PORTER
On training camp…
“Training camp is going great. It’s been hard work as always and nothing really different specifically for this fight. Obviously it is always a different game plan for a different fighter but that’s about it.
“I’m not making too many adjustments from my previous fight, just taking what I learn from each fight and take those learning experiences with you. Going into this fight we will definitely have some of our past experiences show up.
“It is getting closer. I feel it every day. It’s approaching and the excitement is brewing. The closer it gets the more excited and more focused that I get.
On being perceived as the underdog…
“I do not feel like I am coming in as the underdog. In order to be the champion, jy het om die kampioen te klop. That is my outlook on this fight, not only to outpoint him but to make it very decisive and dominate the fight.
”My motivation is to prove the doubters wrong.
“I have faced a tougher opposition than Keith Thurman. I feel like that may work most to my advantage. I think that there will come points in this fight where I will put him up against things that he has never been up against. It is all about how he reacts to what I throw at him.
“My plan is to go in there and shake him up, make him uncomfortable and carry the fight just like that.
“I am ready and whatever Thurman has to bring. Ek is gereed vir 12 rondes, I’m ready to knock him out. I’m ready to do whatever it takes to win. Ek is gereed.
On sparring with Thurman…
“We expect what we saw in sparring with him to show up in the fight. He moved around a lot when we sparred. There weren’t very many clean shots landed by either of us, but I know from sparring with him that I have to be aggressive and that I have to cutoff the ring.
“I would say that for the majority of this fight it is probably going to be me as the aggressor. He likes to bully guys at the beginning of the fight to wear them down to feel himself out.. We’re expecting him to move a lot more against me.
“We’re going to be aggressive, we’re going to be smart, we’re looking beyond this fight.
“In my last fight I didn’t get hit very much and I am taking that same mindset and defense into this fight.
On being the next Floyd Mayweather Jr…
“I am expecting to beat Keith and be the guy that everyone looks at.
“When you go up against someone at a high level like this, you go up and you show out.
“As far as Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, I think those faces are going away. The welterweight class is exciting and there’s going to be a new face on the top of that ranking. I’d like that face to be me.
“I don’t make any predictions; I just know I am going to win.
“I have been waiting for this fight since 2013. I had just gotten my title then and I could see the way his career was moving that there was a collision course. We didn’t know how long this fight would take to happen or when it would happen, but we knew it was coming.
“When I was told this fight was happening all I could think was ‘Ok, let’s do it’ and it took some time to make the fight happen but when we finally did our faceoff, it felt great to look him in the eyes and let him know ‘I’m coming after you.’
“For me to fight Keith it has always been something that was a part of my career, all business not personal. It was just something that I needed to do to get to where I want to be.
“Keith Thurman is a good fighter. Nothing really sticks out to me as something I should worry about. He’s a good athlete and a good boxer, but he is very beatable, he just hasn’t been beat yet.
“You’re only as good as you’re last competition. If you look at the Kell Brook fight, I was not as good as I should’ve been. Since then I am very good, but still I feel that you are only as good as your last fight until you prove otherwise.
“It is and isn’t personal. For Keith to be considered one of the top dogs in this weight class, it is personal to me to beat him and reign over him. Other than that, it is all business.”
KEN PORTER
On being his son’s trainer…
“Because I have the history of working with a lot of top-level amateurs who have moved on to the professional level, I think that Shawn sees that in me as an edge.”
On his history with Keith Thurman…
“Ek ken hom baie goed. I’ve had opportunities to work with him in the amateurs. I’ve had opportunities to work with him in the pros. I’ve worked in his corner in an amateur fight before, I’ve worked in his corner in a pro fight.
“Keith knows Shawn, they’ve sparred about 30 rondes. He knows speed and won’t come in the ring trying to land a significant shot from the beginning. If he’s throwing that punch, he’s probably running the other direction at the same time.
“I would challenge [Thurman] to come in the ring and fight, but I know he’s going to fight. I know he will try to outbox us and try to land a slick and unexpected punch. Anyone can land a shot on you, that happens, but it’s what you do after the punch that counts.
“We’re looking forward to trading punches, boxing with him, slugging with him. We’re looking for a fight.”
On what it will take to win this fight…
“At this point in time, there’s going to be a lot of adjustments that have to be made, and I can’t just determine what it’s going to take to do it, but I know it’s going to take everything – speed, quickness, krag, aggressiveness, kondisionering, making adjustments mentally – it’s an intellectual fight.”
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ABNER MARES AND FERNANDO MONTIEL TO MEET IN ALL-ACTION SHOWDOWN OF THREE-DIVISION WORLD CHAMPIONS ON SATURDAY, MAART 12, LIVE ON CBS®
KEITH THURMAN TO DEFEND WBA WELTERWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST SHAWN PORTER IN BLOCKBUSTER SHOWDOWN OF ELITE 147-POUNDERS ON SATURDAY, MAART 12
CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING RETURNS TO PRIMETIME ON CBS WITH PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS BLOCKBUSTER
LIVE ON CBS 8:30 Namiddag. EN/5:30 Namiddag. PT
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NEW YORK – Januarie 23, 2016 - WBA Welterweight World Champion Keith “One Time” Thurman will defend his title against former champ “Showtime” Shawn Porter in a blockbuster matchup of two of the world’s best 147-pound fighters on Saterdag, Maart 12 op SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS.
The welterweight showdown will air live on CBS at 8:30 namiddag. EN / 5:30 namiddag. PT from Mohegan Sun Casino Resort in Uncasville, Connecticut. Die geleentheid, promoted by DiBella Entertainment, is produced by SHOWTIME Sports® for the CBS Television Network, both divisions of the CBS Corporation. The last primetime boxing event on CBS was Muhammad Ali-Leon Spinks on Feb. 15, 1978.
Thurman (26-0, 22 Uitklophoue), of Clearwater, Fla., and Porter (26-1-1, 16 Uitklophoue), of Las Vegas by way of Akron, Ohio, are both coming off superb 2015 campaigns that solidified the fresh faces among the elite of arguably boxing’s most exciting division. With perennial pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather now retired, the 27-year-old Thurman and the 28-year-old Porter are hungry to stake their claim as the future of boxing.
“Thurman vs. Porter is a marquee matchup of two elite boxers in the prime of their careers, and the winner will establish himself as arguably the No. 1 fighter in boxing’s glamour division,"Sê Stephen Espinoza, Uitvoerende vise-president en Algemene Bestuurder, Showtime Sport. “Fights of this caliber don’t come along very often, en wanneer hulle dit doen, they deserve to be on the biggest stage possible. That’s why all of us at SHOWTIME and CBS are so excited to be able to deliver this pivotal matchup to a primetime audience on America’s highest-rated network.”
“Last year was an amazing year for me: I headlined the very first Premier Boxing Champions show and was named PBC Fighter of the Year,” Thurman said. “But this is my year to dominate the welterweight division and I’m excited to be getting ready to take out Shawn Porter. I am ready to get back in the ring and bring boxing fans what they’ve been looking for – the top true welterweight champion of the world, the one who is going to take out all competitors one by one. I am Keith ‘One-Time’ Thurman and I’m going to show you what a champion looks like on Maart 12."
“I’m very confident in my ability. That’s why I’ve been looking forward to this fight because I’m someone who can beat Keith Thurman,” Porter said. “Nothing about Keith really makes me nervous. I do know that he’s going to be ready for this fight. He’s a fighter that has the heart of a lion just like I do. I expect this to be a fight to the finish. A win over Keith Thurman is what we’ve been waiting for.”
“Keith Thurman against Shawn Porter is one of the best matchups that can be made in the welterweight division right now and I am thrilled that it is taking place at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn.,” gesê Lou DiBella, President van DiBella Vermaak. “The hard-punching world titleholder Thurman and the highly skilled former champion Porter will have the opportunity to prove that they are the next heir to the throne in the post-Mayweather era of the 147 pond afdeling.”
“One Time” Thurman, who owns a better than 80 percent KO ratio and knocked out 18 van sy eerste 20 teenstanders, is considered one of the most avoided fighters in boxing. After unsuccessfully lobbying to fight the best of the division for the past two years, Thurman finally had a breakout 2015.
The hard-hitting Florida native floored former champion and long-time contender Robert Guerrero en route to a convincing 12ste round unanimous last March in Las Vegas. He then dominated and bloodied former champ Luis Collazo on Julie 11, winning via seventh round TKO. Thurman won the Interim WBA belt with a knockout of Diego Chaves in 2013 and scored consecutive knockouts over Jesus Soto Karass (2013) and Julio Diaz (2014) in his first and second title defenses.
Against Porter, Thurman will now get a chance to prove what he’s been claiming for years – that he’s the world’s best welterweight – in the toughest test of his career.
“Showtime” Porter has built one of the most impressive resumes in the division since making his welterweight debut in 2010. Dra, who surprisingly turned professional as a super middleweight (168 pond), won the IBF crown in 2013 with an impressive unanimous decision over Devon Alexander.
The physically-gifted and offensive-minded Ohio native knocked out former two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi with a brutal clean right hand in April of 2014 in the lone defense of his title. Porter lost the IBF belt less than four months after the Malignaggi victory in a close majority decision defeat to undefeated British superstar Kell Brook, but he bounced back with a fifth-round knockout of Erick Bone in March of 2015. Porter scored what many considered an upset victory in his next bout over then three-division world champion Adrien Broner with a clear unanimous decision last Junie 20 in Las Vegas.
The aggressive, come-forward Porter has built his career as a perennial underdog who relishes in the role. Maar, with the resume he has built, it’s hard to consider him an underdog anymore heading into this crossroads showdown with Thurman.
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ANTHONY DIRRELL oorheers MARCO ANTONIO RUBIO op sy pad na eenparige beslissing oor PREMIER boks CHAMPIONS op CBS
Van die Amerikaanse BANK CENTER
IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
JAMIE MCDONNELL behou kapokgewig wêreldtitel MET aksiebelaaide oorwinning in herontmoeting met Tomoki KAMEDA
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (Sewe. 6, 2015) - Anthony "Die Dog" Dirrell (28-1-1, 22 Uitklophoue) behaal 'n indrukwekkende eenparige besluit oor Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio (59-8-1, 51 Uitklophoue) Sondag middag in die Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) op CBS hoofren van die Amerikaanse Bank Sentrum in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Dirrell bewys te vinnig te wees vir Rubio soos hy konsekwent klop die Mexikaanse veteraan om die punch en was in staat om die stryd te beheer. Rubio gehang taai dwarsdeur die stryd, voortgaan om na vore te kom in sy pogings om Dirrell vang.
Dirrell gewen deur tellings van 100-90 op al drie beoordelaars telkaarte en gewys dat hy nog steeds het meer in die tenk toe hy getrek uit 'n backflip in die ring net sekondes nadat die laaste klok.
In die mede-hoofren, Jamie McDonnell (27-2, 12 Uitklophoue) gebruikte geweldige druk om die nederlaag Tomoki "El Mexicanito" Kameda (31-2, 19 Uitklophoue) deur 'n eenparige besluit en sy kapokgewig wêreld titel te behou.
McDonnell en Kameda het heen en weer oor die hele 12-ronde verhouding wat gesien McDonnell toepassing druk met sy konsekwent jabs terwyl Kameda gekyk om telling met 'n groot tellers.
McDonnell was in staat om 'n uitklop score in die finale ronde met 'n skerp links haak wat Kameda gestuur om die doek. Kameda en sy hoek aangevoer dat die uitklop moes gewees het beslis 'n strokie, maar tevergeefs. Tellings van die beoordelaars was 116-11, 115-112 en 117-110.
Hier is wat die vegters te sê gehad het Sondag:
ANTHONY DIRRELL
“Ek het 'n off nag toe ek geveg Badou Jack, but everyone saw my jabs and straight punches. Ek beweeg en ek het hom regtig vang.
"Rubio is 'n taai vegter, maar ek was in staat om die stryd met my spoed en vaardighede te beheer. Ek het gevoel regtig goed daar.
“Ek verdien nog 'n skoot op 'n wêreld-titel.”
MARCO ANTONIO RUBIO
"Hy was 'n baie vinnige vegter. Ek het probeer om te stoot en stoot, maar ek kon hom nie vind.
"Ek is mal boks. Ek sal terug te kry in die gimnasium en die trein vir 'n ander stryd, want dit is wat ek is lief vir om te doen.
"Ek waardeer al die ondersteuners wat my vandag ondersteun. Ek veg vir hulle. "
JAMIE MCDONNELL
"Ek het nie gedink dit was 'n omstrede besluit, want ek voel altyd in beheer en ek glo dat ek het die stryd gemaklik.
"My steek die sleutel in die stryd, en dit was 'n groot wapen vir my. Ek moes net om seker te maak dat ek vas aan die wedstrydplan ons het gewerk vir meer as agt weke.
“Toe ek val hom in die laaste ronde, Ek dink hy het 'n bietjie te glip, Ek het probeer om weg te bly. Maar ek het hom te vang. Daarna het ek geweet ek die oorwinning verseël.
“Alles het volgens plan. Die plan was om hom te boks en vang hom met 'n paar groot skote.”
Tomoki KAMEDA
“Ek het gedink ek het hierdie stryd 'n baie meer duidelik as die laaste stryd.
“Ek gevolg ons plan perfek. Ek het alles reg.”
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PBC op CBS is bevorder deur Leijah Battah Promosies en Warriors Boxing.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. (September 3, 2015) - Premier Boxing Championsop CBS vegters is verbind deur media en ondersteuners Donderdag by 'n oefensessie by die PAL Gym in Corpus Christi soos hulle voor te berei vir hul Sondag, September 6 showdowns op Amerikaanse Bank Sentrum.
Die geleentheid is deur die opskrif voormalige wêreldkampioen Anthony "Die Dog" Dirrell (27-1-1, 22 Uitklophoue) neem op Mexiko se Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio (59-7-1, 51 Uitklophoue) en funksies van die herontmoeting tussen kapokgewig-wêreldkampioen Jamie McDonnell (26-2-1, 12 Uitklophoue) en opwindende schreeuwer Tomoki "El Mexicanito" Kameda (31-1, 19 Uitklophoue) met televisie dekking begin by 4 namiddag. EN/1 namiddag.
Kaartjies vir die lewende gebeurtenis, wat bevorder deur Leija Battah Promosies en Warriors Boxing, word geprys teen $109, $93, $49, $38 en $15, nie van toepassing insluitende die koste van diens en belastings en is nou op die rakke. Kaartjies is beskikbaar by www.ticketmaster.com, die Amerikaanse Bank Sentrum Box Office of deur te bel Leija Battah Promotions by (210) 979-3302. Te hef deur oproep Ticket by (800) 745-3000.
Hier is wat die deelnemers moes Donderdag sê:
ANTHONY DIRRELL
"Opleiding was groot. Geen klagtes. Dit was 'n fantastiese kamp en al die harde werk wat gedoen is.
"Ek weet Rubio is 'n groot vegter. Hy geveg die groot name en hy is 'n groot veteraan. Ek is opgewonde in die ring met hom te kry.
"Ek was plat laaste stryd. Geen verskonings. Elkeen het hul dae. Jy kan nie kies en keur, dit gebeur net. Enigiemand wat my ken, weet dat ek nie veg soos daardie. Dit is in die verlede en ek is gereed om te veg Rubio.
"Ek het 'n paar meer sparring vroeër in die kamp en dit het my in 'n goeie ritme. Ek is skerp nou en ons het 'n groot plan gewerk. Nou is dit net oor om dit aan die ring op die stryd dag en om op 'n show.
"Ek is op soek om uit te gaan en te doen wat ek doen, wat is mense te stuur na die hondehok. Of dit nou 'n stelling of nie, Ek wil net die oorwinning. "
MARCO ANTONIO RUBIO
"Ek het al my moeite in hierdie oefenkamp sit. Ons is bereid om te veg Dirrell. Hy is hoog, hy is sterk en hy is baie moeilik om in die ring. Ek het die weg Ek was veronderstel om voorbereid. Ek hou van die uitdaging van 'n taai teenstander.
"Ek was fisies moeg na my laaste stryd na soveel jare in die boks. Ek het altyd geweet ek sou terug kom, omdat boks is my lewe. Ek het gewerk vir 5 maande om terug te kry in die vorm en ek is in 'n groot vorm.
"Dit was moeilik om te maak 160 vir die laaste twee of drie gevegte. Ek het te veel in die sauna om gewig te maak. Maar nou 168 Ek voel 'n groot. Dit sal geen invloed op my pons krag. Dit is iets nuuts wat ek sien uit om.
"Ek het die regte sparring vennote hierdie kamp het. Ek is in 'n goeie toestand en ek het beslis die regte strategie vir hierdie stryd.
"Ek kom terug op volle sterkte. Ek sien meer groot gevegte in die toekoms. Ek voel groot en gereed om op alle ander vegters te neem. "
JAMIE MCDONNELL
"Ek het al werk op sommige nuwe tegnieke en ek is seker hy sal 'n paar nuwe dinge aan die tafel wat ek verwag nie te bring, maar ek dink ek kan hom ook verras wees.
"Ek het gewerk op sit op my stoot en die skep van meer krag, maar ook 'n baie werk op my beweging. Verdediging is belangrik, want ek het gemerk met daardie regterhand wat my laaste stryd platgeslaan.
"Ek het net om dit alles saam te stel. Op stryd nag sal saam in die ring kom. Ek voel fiks, die beste wat ek nog ooit gevoel.
"Ons sien uit daarna om daar in en maak 'n verklaring dié tyd. Ek wil 'n ware verklaring op die wêreld verhoog maak. Geen naby oorwinning hierdie tyd, Ek is gereed vir die groot seuns. "
Tomoki KAMEDA
"Alles in die kamp is goed gaan en ons weet dat ons suksesvol sal wees Sondag nag.
"Hierdie keer het ons 'n nog beter plan as die vorige keer. Ek is gereed vir my opponent se styl en enigiets wat hy kan bring om die ring.
"Ek het McDonnell bestudeer en ek weet sy swakhede. Ons beplan op die neem van hom uit hierdie tyd. Ek sal nie ophou totdat ek die oponthoud.
"Ek het gedink ek het die vorige keer en ek beplan om te bewys dat ek die beter vegter en die beste by my gewig. Dit was baie geheg, maar hierdie keer my krag en strategie sal vir hom te veel wees.
"Ons het die oorwinning kry nie die laaste keer, but I’m lucky to have this opportunity just a few months later on national TV. It’s a big fight for me and I need to win.”
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