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Andre Dirrell & Jose Uzcategui Clash in Rematch for IBF Interim 168-Pound World Title Live on SHOWTIME Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 3 los ntawm Barclays Center nyob rau hauv Brooklyn & Presented by Premier Boxing Champions

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Heavyweight Champ Deontay “Lub Bronze Bomber” Wilder
Defends His Title Against Luis “Qhov tiag King Kong” Ortiz
in Main Event & Undefeated Former 154-Pound Champion
Jermall Charlo Battles Hugo Centeno, Jr. for the Interim WBC
Middleweight Title in the Co-Feature
Brooklyn (Lub ob hlis ntuj 12, 2018) – Top super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell clashes with hard-hitting Jose Uzcategui in a rematch for the IBF Interim 168-pound world title live on SHOWTIME Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 3 los ntawm Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™, as part of a tripleheader presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Heavyweight champion Deontay “Lub Bronze Bomber” Wilder will defend his title against Luis “Qhov tiag King Kong” Ortiz in the main event of a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader. Lub telecast pib thaum 9 p.m. THIAB/6 p.m. PT and also features undefeated former 154-pound champion Jermall Charlo kev noj nyob Hugo Centeno, Jr. for the interim WBC middleweight title in the co-feature.
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The hotly contested first match between Dirrell and Uzcategui, which was also for the IBF interim world title, ended in controversy after Uzcategui was disqualified for landing a punch after the bell sounded to end the eighth round. Dirrell was dropped and knocked out by the punch. The referee ruled that the punch was intentional and disqualified Uzcategui. In the IBF mandated rematch, Dirrell and Uzcategui will look to put themselves in position to fight for the super middleweight title that Caleb Truax recently earned via a majority decision over James DeGale.
Dirrell (26-2, 16 Kos), a bronze medal winner for the 2004 U.S. Olympic boxing team, continues his quest for a world championship. The 34-year-old southpaw from Flint, Michigan lost a split decision to Carl Froch in his first attempt in 2009 and dropped a narrow unanimous decision to DeGale in his next attempt in 2015.
“I’m extremely excited to be a part of one of the most dynamic tripleheaders this year,” Dirrell said. “This time around I’ll be phenomenal and leave no doubt who the better fighter is. Kuv 100 percent focused on dominating Uzcategui on March 3 and getting another shot at the title.”
The 27-year-old Uzcategui (26-2, 22 Kos), who is from Venezuela and now lives in Tijuana, Mexico, worked his way up to the match against Dirrell with a string of four straight stoppage victories, including a stunning upset of Julian Jackson in 2015. Uzcategui dropped Jackson four times on the way to a second round technical knockout victory.
“I’m very excited to go get what’s mine,” hais tias Uzcategui. “I feel I won the last fight. I didn’t feel I did anything wrong. What happened in the last fight is in the past. I’m going to get what belongs to me. The world will see what ‘Bolivita’ can do and they’ll want to see more of me.”
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AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION DEONTAY WILDER CONDUCTS LOS ANGELES MEDIA WORKOUT

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Yees duab Credit: Esther Lin / SHOWTIME
Wilder Defends His WBC Title Against Fellow-Unbeaten Luis Ortiz Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 3 Nyob rau SHOWTIME
Nyem NTAWM NO rau cov duab los ntawm Esther Lin / Showtime
Nyem NTAWM NO for Photos from Idris Erba/Team Deontay Wilder
LOS ANGELES (Feb. 9, 2018) – Just days after the birth of his daughter, American heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder met with members of the Southern California media rau hnub Thursday as he prepares to defend his WBC Heavyweight World Championship against fellow-undefeated challenger Luis Ortiz Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 3 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
Wilder and his girlfriend, fellow “WAGS Atlanta” star Telli Swift welcomed their daughter into the world rau hnub Tuesday before Wilder turned his focus to Lub peb hlis ntuj 3, climbing in the ring at Team Watson Boxing Club in the San Fernando Valley to work out with his Los Angeles-based trainer Mark Breland, the former U.S. Olympics gold medalist and former WBC Welterweight World Champion.
The 32-year-old Wilder owns a perfect record of 39 yeej, zero losses and 38 knockouts. Fighting out of his hometown of Tuscaloosa, ALA., nws yog ib tug 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist and is the only reigning American heavyweight world champion. The 6-foot-7 Wilder faces the toughest opponent of his career in Ortiz, a 6-foot-4 Cuban who owns a professional record of 28-0 nrog 24 knockouts.
Here is what Wilder had to say rau hnub Thursday:
DEONTAY Wilder:
“Once I unify all the titles then line up the mandatories, I’ll easily get to 50-0. I’m not a 12-round fighter, and I don’t get overtime. I’m a knockout artist. So that being said, I don’t take much damage, but I give all the damage. I put people in the hospitals. I put people in stretchers. When you fight me your head is not the same when you leave. When you fight me you’re really signing a death warrant.
“This is one of the biggest fights of my career and I’m up for the challenge. I’m going to pass with flying colors.
“Ortiz has got that reputation of being the bogeyman but I’ve never been scared of the bogeyman. For that reason, I wanted him. A lot of people have been avoiding him, even champions that are champions to this day have avoided Luis Ortiz. But this champion right here took on the opportunity.
Even when [Ortiz] failed the drug test once, I still blessed him again because I’m very adamant about what I want to do. Kuv xav mus tua qhov zoo tshaj plaws. I say I’m the best. I say it very proudly, I say it very confidently. I say it so boldly and I want to show the world that I don’t play around. If I say it, I really mean what I say. I don’t have time to waste.
“If he fails again then somebody’s going to need to go whoop his ass. The public needs to whoop his ass. All of Miami should get up and do that. The first time, a lot of people spent a lot of time and a lot of money for tickets and he did what he did. A lot of people were enraged. I heard it and a lot of people blamed me, which I don’t know why. Tab sis, with this fight right here and what I did with my last performance, it makes it even better. It intensifies the whole fight. Yog li ntawd, if he [fails his drug test again] then shame on him. I feel sorry for his soul and his life. I don’t think he’s going to do that. I think he has a lot of responsibilities in his hands right now. At this point in time he knows he needs to do the right thing. Three times is not the charm in all instances.”
“I don’t focus on what these guys are doing. I don’t focus on what their strengths are. I just focus on me. I focus on what I’m capable of doing. I focus on what I’m going to do and when I tell people I’m going to do something, you know I’m going to do it. At the end of the day that’s what my father taught me. There weren’t any contracts back in the day, it was just the shake of a hand. And if you said something and you didn’t abide by it, there’s consequences to your actions, to your words. To this day, I abide by that. Yog li ntawd, if I say I’m going to do something it’s guaranteed to be done.”
On his lifestyle outside of boxing:
“I just think life itself is just mental. I do a lot of visualization. I do a lot of meditation. It strengthens my mind to go through a lot of the situations that I go through. Having a baby and being on a reality show, all of that is fun stuff. Some people know how to maintain it and some people don’t. I’m just a guy that multitasks a lot of things. I can do a lot of things. Even when I’m talking to you, my mind can be in so many different places right now and still be able to comprehend and interact with you. Yog li ntawd, I think I was meant for a lot of things. Boxing is just not what all I can do. I’m so talented in so many different areas.
“I’m a laid back guy. In my personal life I’m just a cool, calm and collected dude that likes to live life and I love peace. Tu siab, in what I do in the ring, I turn into the ‘Bronze Bomber’ and the ‘Bronze Bomber’ don’t get caught by none.”
On being on reality TV and recognized by non-boxing fans:
“I think it’s very important. People need to know who the heavyweight champion of the world is. America got a bad man, an ass-whooper, right in America. I think it’s important and people should understand and should know who that is. That’s why I do the things I do. That’s why I’m so competitive. That’s why I speak the way I speak. Sometimes it may annoy people, it may get on people’s nerves and I never hear it in front of my face, but I understand it. I do it to show people that I’m going to speak it and you’re going to see me deliver it. I think you get the most respect when you say something you’re going to do and you do it. Look at Ali, people hated him. They say he was a big mouth who ran his mouth too much but he proved himself many times and that’s that thing I want to do. I want to speak what I say I’m going to do and you watch me work.”
On Anthony Joshua:
“I want him just as bad as everybody else wants him. If it was up to me, we would’ve been fighting two years ago. I’ve been calling this man out. When they hyped him up and said he was this, said he was that. I’m the type of person that I get happy for other people. With me and my happiness and me being successful, that’s all up to me. It ain’t up to nobody else. Yog li ntawd, when I see other people doing great things, when I see good things coming to other people, I get happy for other people. It’s a hard thing for people to get happy for other people because things don’t happen for them but I’m not like that because I know my blessings will sure enough come. All I got to do is keep working.
“I come in peace all of the time but with him, I don’t think Joshua wants to fight me. His promoters don’t want him to fight me. They’re on the goal of trying to build this resume, saying they want to be the first billionaires, stuff like that. But doing that, the plans all end with me. All roads lead to me. I’m not going nowhere, no time soon. They know black don’t crack. Yog li ntawd, I’m going to be around for a long time. I ain’t the best heavyweight in the division. I’m the best heavyweight on this earth. I’m just waiting on the opportunity to prove it.”
Prediction on Joshua-Parker:
“I’ve always said ‘later rounds’. I see that fight going later rounds if Joseph Parker is smart in what he does. He has nice movement and is able to execute on all of the opportunities that he sees with Joshua. Because Joshua can’t move his head. He’s a muscle, body-building type of guy. You’ve seen my dance? [chuckles] Nrog cov uas, if he’s able to calculate what he needs to do in the ring – because the ring has a lot of secrets – if he’s able to do things he needs to do, I see late rounds. Tab sis, like I said before, I think they’re going to have to knock Joshua out because they’re not going to give it to him.”
Prediction for Lub peb hlis ntuj 3:
“People ask me the round and I always see threes. This year is a magical year. It’s the year of the 33. Yog li ntawd, I see threes everywhere. I see three rounds or less, maybe shorter than that. It all depends on how I feel when I see him.”
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Jermall Charlo Houston Media Workout Quotes & Duab

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Unbeaten Former World Champion Meets Hugo Centeno Jr. Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 3 in Interim Middleweight Title Showdown Live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center in Brooklyn & Los ntawm
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Nyem NTAWM NO for Photos from Andrew Hemingway/SHOWTIME
Houston (Lub ob hlis ntuj 8, 2018) – Unbeaten former 154-pound world champion Jermall Charlo hosted a media workout Thursday in his hometown of Houston as he prepares for his WBC Interim Middleweight World Title showdown against Hugo Centeno Jr. Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 3 los ntawm Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
The Premier Boxing Champions event will be headlined by heavyweight champion Deontay “Lub Bronze Bomber” Wilder defending his title against unbeaten contender Luis “Qhov tiag King Kong” Ortiz.
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Here is what Charlo and his trainer Ronnie Shields had to say Thursday from Charlo Boxing and Fitness Club in Houston:
Charlo JERMALL
“It’s going to be a tough fight against Hugo Centeno Jr. If he can stand up to my power, we’re going to fight and it’ll be a brutal war. If he can’t, I’ll take him out in the first round.
“We can’t let Houston down now. My brother and I have made it this far. We can’t stop now. It’s my turn to put on a spectacular performance on March 3. I’m trying to one-up my brother’s previous performance each time I step in there.
“My goal is to show everybody that I’m the best middleweight in the world. I’m going to keep fighting everyone they put in front of me. I’m going to knock them out one-by-one until Canelo or Golovkin have to face me.
“I’ve had the chance to work on some improvements to my game since my last fight. I think having even more patience in the ring is going to help step my game up even higher. I want to be a champion at middleweight more than I did at 154-pounds.
“Hugo Centeno Jr. is another fighter who is in my way. I know he’ll come in prepared, but I’m confident I’m going to walk out of there with the victory.
“This is going to be a big year for me and my brother. We’re going to keep showing everyone why we’re so feared.”
Ronnie Shields, Charlo lub tus kws qhia
“Jermall looks great in training camp and we expect him to be at his best come Lub peb hlis ntuj 3. He’s motivated to put on a good show and prove to everyone he’s a force in this division.
“Hugo Centeno is a quality fighter. He’s well-trained and has length, so Jermall knows he has to be prepared. Centeno isn’t going to let him win, Jermall is going to have to go in and impose his will on the man.
“I believe Jermall has the talent and determination to beat any of the top middleweights out there. We’re going to keep working every day so that when the time comes for one of those fights with a Golovkin or Canelo, he’ll be prepared to take advantage of the opportunity.”
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Sensational 2016 U.S. Olympian Karlos Balderas Battles Jorge Rojas Live in Primetime on Premier Boxing Champions On FOX & FOX Deportes from Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas in Primetime on Saturday, Lub ob hlis ntuj 17 ntawm 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT

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Former Champions Victor Ortiz & Devon Alexander Clash
In Headlining Welterweight Showdown & Undefeated
Contender Caleb Plant Meets Rogelio “Porky” Medina In IBF
Super Middleweight Title Elimination in Co-Feature
STEP, TX. (Lub ob hlis ntuj 8, 2018) – Heev touted 2016 U.S. Olympian Karlos Balderas yuav sib ntaus sib tua Jorge Rojas in a six-round matchup live in primetime on Saturday, Lub ob hlis ntuj 17 in Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes action from Don Haskins Center on the UTEP campus in El Paso, Texas with television covered starting at 8 p.m. THIAB/5 p.m. PT.
Balderas vs. Rojas will be featured on fight night coverage, which is headlined by a 12-round duel between former welterweight world champions Victor Ortiz (32-6-2, 25 Kos) thiab Devon Alexander (27-4, 14 Kos) in the main event and an a 12-round IBF super middleweight title elimination bout between undefeated contender Caleb “Sweethands” Tsob nroj (16-0, 10 Kos) thiab Rogelio “Porky” Medina (38-8, 32 Kos) nyob rau hauv lub co-feature.
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“It’s just speaks to who Karlos is that he has a televised spot on national TV,” said Richard Schaefer, Chairman and CEO of Ringstar Sports, Balderas’ pab txhawb. “He’s one of those once in a generation talents that combines power, style and grace. From his ring walk and how easily he dispatches opponents you can see this young man has star written all over him. He has that “it” factor. He engages people and gets them all fired up. He has an amazing aura. He’s fun to watch and engaging. I’m expecting a great performance from him.”
The 21-year-old Balderas (3-0, 3 Kos), a first-generation Mexican-American, competed on the U.S. Olympic boxing team in the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Balderas of Santa Maria, California turned pro last year and fought three times in 2017. He scored a knockout victory over Carlos Flores in his last fight on Dec. 15.
“I’m very happy to be fighting on this card on FOX and FOX Deportes in primetime,” said Balderas. “It means more people can see that I’m here and I’m ready and I’m in great shape. We’ve been doing a bunch of different things in my training camp, like biking and swimming that I know will help me. My first three fights have finished very fast, so people haven’t seen my true speed and power. I have an explosiveness that I’d like to showcase more. I’ll look to show more of my speed and my boxing skill in this fight. I need more rounds and experience to progress. I want to box and move more, use my feet more in this fight. I’d like to do that, but we’ll see what happens.”
Rojas (4-2-1, 2 Kos) fought four times last year and is coming off a loss to Cesar Soriano in his last fight on Oct. 17. The 27-year-old Rojas of Puebla, Mexico will be fighting in the U.S. for the first time in his career.
“I’ve been given a great opportunity,” said Rojas. Kuv yuav tawm mus muaj, fight my heart out and try to do my best. Let the best man win. I’m going to do everything I can to represent my team and my city of Cholula. I’ve been training really hard to make the most of this chance. This is really big for me and I want to leave a good impression on the fans, no matter the result.”
Also featured on this exciting night of fights is former 154-pound champion Austin trout (30-4, 17 Kos), uas yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv Juan De Angel (20-7-1, 18 Kos) in a junior middleweight affair, former title challenger Thomas Williams Jr. (20-3, 14 Kos), uas battles Humberto Velazco Torres (18-1-1, 12 Kos) nyob rau hauv ib tug 10-round super middleweight bout, Mark Anthony Hernandez(11-1, 3 Kos), uas yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv Jeison Rosario (14-1, 11 Kos) in an eight-round middleweight fight and 154-pound contender Tony Harrison (25-2, 20 Kos), who enters the ring looking to pick up a victory on his way to a second world title shot.
Rounding out the action is IBF Female Featherweight World Champion Jennifer Han (16-3-1, 1 KO), who fights out of El Paso and will defend her title against Bolivia’s Lizbeth Crespo (11-3, 3 Kos), plus Argentina’s Jonathan Pachado (1-0, 1 KO) tiv thaiv Josh Ross (3-6-4) in a four-round lightweight fight, unbeaten Wesley Diana (1-0, 1 KO) in four rounds of lightweight action and Karlos’ brother Jose Balderas (2-0) in a four round bantamweight affair.
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Caleb Plant Las Vegas Media Workout Quotes & Duab

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Undefeated Contender Plant Battles Rogelio Medina in Super Middleweight World Title Eliminator Saturday, Lub ob hlis ntuj 17 in Primetime on Premier Boxing Champions on FOX & FOX Deportes from Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas
Nyem NTAWM NO for Photos from Mario Serrano/Team Plant
Las Vegas (Lub ob hlis ntuj 7, 2018) – Undefeated super middleweight contender Caleb “Sweethands” Tsob nroj hosted a media workout in Las Vegas Wednesday as he prepares for his world title eliminator showdown against Rogelio “Porky” Medina Saturday, Lub ob hlis ntuj 17 as part of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes from Don Haskins Center on the UTEP campus in El Paso, Texas.
Televised kev pab them nqi pib thaum 8 p.m. THIAB/5 p.m. PT and is headlined by a 12-round duel between former welterweight world champions Victor Ortiz thiab Devon Alexander. Daim pib rau cov kev tshwm sim, uas yog txhawb los ntawm TGB Promotions, are on sale now and can be purchased through Ticketmaster.
Here is what Plant had to say Thursday from City Boxing Gym in Las Vegas:
Khalej COG
“Medina is a rough, tough competitor who comes to win every time. He puts it all on the line, so I expect it to be a great fight. He’s going to fight to the very end so I have to be ready.
“Kev kawm camp tau zoo heev. A lot of fighters say this, but this truly has been my best camp. My sparring and my strength training has been on point. My weight is on point and I’m ready to put it all together on February 17.
“My team has done a great job putting me in a position to be at my best on fight night. We’re going to keep working so that everything finishes with me putting on a great performance in El Paso.
“It’s great to be fighting in primetime on FOX and FOX Deportes. I know I’ll have a lot of eyes on me but I’m not going to let it affect what I do. I’m going to stay under control and execute the game plan we worked on.
“Caleb Truax just won the IBF title and after this fight I’ll be number two in that division. That’s definitely a fight that we want and will look to make happen after this one. David Benavidez is the fight I would want first after I win the IBF title.
“This is going to be a fun USA vs. Mexico fight and I’m looking to represent for my country. I think the competitiveness will be extremely high on fight night.
“I’m thankful to everyone who has supported me and I’m going to keep giving them great performances on Lub ob hlis ntuj 17.”
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Showtime SPORTS® thiab Premier BOXING CHAMPIONS ncha moo lag luam-ua, ALL-STAR BOXING SCHEDULE

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10 Marquee Txheej xwm Across Thawj Half Ntawm 2018
12 Lub ntiaj teb no Champions; 14 Undefeated Fighters
12 Ntiaj teb Championship Fights
Danny Garcia * Deontay Wilder * Jermall Charlo * Mikey Garcia * Erislandy Lara
Adrien Broner * Keith Thurman * Leo Santa Cruz * Hlob Abner mares
* Jermell Charlo * Errol Spence Jr.
TSHIAB YORK – Lub ib hlis ntuj 24, 2018 – Showtime kev ua si thiab Premier Boxing Champions tau tshaj tawm hauv TV lineup rau Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® for the first half of the year. Airing 10 nyob ntiaj teb no-chav kawm boxing txheej xwm – featuring 12 world champions and 12 lub ntiaj teb no title fights – PBC thiab Showtime yog tsim kom muaj ib tug kev lag luam txheem rau ib sab saum toj-flight boxing rau lub caij thiab ib theem ntawm lub koom haum ua ntej tsis pom nyob rau hauv kev ua si nawv.
The schedule features more than two dozen elite fighters competing in boxing’s deepest and most talent-laden weight divisions and boasts the largest collection of stars in the sport today. Lub slate muaj xya matchups ntawm sab saum toj-10 ranked fighters, plaub matchups ntawm sab saum toj-tsib ranked fighters, plaub sab saum toj-10 phaus-rau-phaus nyob ntiaj teb no champions thiab ib lub ntiaj teb title unification bout.
Coj los ntawm Showtime thiab PBC, boxing tej Renaissance nyob rau hauv 2017 nrog tsim lub ntiaj teb no champions Mikey Garcia, Keith Thurman, Danny Garcia, Deontay Wilder, Leo Santa Cruz thiab Anthony Yausua, alongside budding hnub qub Gervonta Davis, Errol Spence Jr., Jermell thiab Jermall Charlo thiab David Benavidez. Nyob rau hauv 2018, tag nrho cov noj chaw nyob ntev nyob rau hauv lub wake ntawm cov laus los ntawm Floyd Mayweather, Wladimir Klitschko, Miguel Cotto thiab lwm tus neeg.
“Cov hnub qub tau lawm tiag tiag raws li, thiab Showtime thiab PBC yuav ib zaug dua muab lub pace rau ib thaj av xyoo nyob rau hauv boxing,” hais tias Stephen Espinoza, Thawj Tswj Hwm, Cov kev ua si & Cov kev tshwm sim Programming, Showtime tes hauj lwm Inc. “Mus ntxiv nrog rau qhov zoo momentum, peb lub hom phiaj yog kom xa cov heev tshaj plaws fights rau ib tug zoo ib yam hauv paus mus rau lub broadest tau cov neeg tuaj saib. This lineup delivers pivotal bouts with frequency and purpose – tag nrho cov dawb rau peb cov neeg rau npe. Showtime yog nyob deb deb Tsis. 1 lo lus uas peb boxing kiv cua thoob teb chaws.”
Lub 27 fighters unveiled nyob rau hauv qhov kev lag luam-ua lineup tus kheej 731 tag nrho yeej, 106 world title victories and a staggering win percentage of .957. Fourteen of the fighters are undefeated and all but four have earned at least one world championship. Also included in this lineup are four of the consensus top-10 ranked welterweights, ob tug ntawm cov kev pom zoo sab saum toj-tsib ranked featherweights, thiab peb pom zoo sab saum toj-tsib fighters nyob rau hauv lub 154-phaus division.
Cov tag nrho slate ntawm boxing txheej xwm airs nyob thoob plaws tag nrho cov Showtime platforms – TV, mobile thiab lub network internet streaming kev pab cuam.
Nyob rau hauv 2017, Showtime kev ua si tauj qhov kev lag luam tseem ceeb tshaj plaws thiab zoo ib yam lub sij hawm – 25 nights of live boxing featuring 33 ntiaj teb no championship fights thiab ntau tshaj 70 bouts in all. Ib zaug dua, lub brightest hnub qub yuav fim raws li lub network pib lub feem ntau kev thiab qhia lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv boxing, qhia hauv qab no:
2018 Showtime BOXING SIJ HAWM
Presented by Premier Boxing Champions
Jan 20 SPENCE vs. PETERSON Brooklyn
IBF Welterweight ntiaj teb Championship
EASTER JR. vs. fortuna
IBF Lightweight World Championship
Feb 17 GARCIA vs. RIOS Las Vegas
WBC Welterweight Title Eliminator
BENAVIDEZ vs. Gabriel II
WBC Super Middleweight ntiaj teb Championship
Hiav txwv 3 Wilder vs. Ortiz Brooklyn
WBC Heavyweight ntiaj teb Championship
CHARLO vs. CENTENO JR.
WBC Interim Middleweight Championship
Hiav txwv 10 GARCIA vs. LIPINETS San Antonio
IBF Junior Welterweight ntiaj teb Championship
BARTHELEMY vs. RELIKH II
WBA Super Hnav ntiaj teb Championship
Plaub Hlis Ntuj 7 LARA vs. HURD
154-Phaus ntiaj teb Championship Unification
Plaub Hlis Ntuj 21 BRONER vs. FIGUEROA
WBC Super Hnav Title Eliminator
GERVONTA Davis
Tej zaum 19 Keith THURMAN Brooklyn
WBA / WBC Welterweight ntiaj teb Championship
Tej zaum 19 Stevenson vs. JACK Canada
WBC teeb Heavyweight ntiaj teb Championship
Lub rau hli ntuj 9 SANTA CRUZ vs. MARES II Los Angeles
WBA Featherweight ntiaj teb Championship
JERMELL Charlo
WBC Super Welterweight ntiaj teb Championship
Lub rau hli ntuj 16 ERROL Spence JR. Dallas
IBF Welterweight ntiaj teb Championship
2018 Cov kev tshwm sim By kev tshwm sim
Jan. 20: Spence vs. Peterson – Barclays Center in Brooklyn
Ib tug ntawm boxing lub feem ntau heev ntshai hluas champions, unbeaten IBF Welterweight ntiaj teb tau zus ib Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 Kos) ncaws tawm tawm lub sij hawm nrog ib tug yim-round TKO ntawm yav tas los ob-division ntiaj teb no yeej thiab sab saum toj-10 ranked welterweightLamont Peterson (35-3-1, 17 Kos) in Spence first title defense. Nyob rau hauv lub co-feature, undefeated IBF Hnav ntiaj teb tau zus ib Robert Easter Jr. (20-0, 14 Kos) yeej ib tug nyob ze, split-kev txiav txim siab kov yeej qub ntiaj teb no yeej Javier Fortuna (33-1-1, 23 Kos) nyob rau hauv ib tug nkaus packed sib ntaus.
Feb. 17: Garcia vs. Rios – Mandalay Bay Txheej xwm Center nyob rau hauv Las Vegas
Ob-division ntiaj teb no yeej Danny Garcia (33-1, 19 Kos) returns to the ring to begin his quest toward another welterweight world championship. Garcia’s long reigns at 140 thiab 147 pounds ended last March in a close decision loss to unified champion Keith Thurman. Tam sim no, Garcia yuav cam tawv qub ntiaj teb no yeej Brandon Rios (34-3-1, 25 Kos), ib tug tag nrho-txiav txim fighter uas tau tiv thaiv qhov zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv kev ua si nawv. Nyob rau hauv lub co-ntsiab kev tshwm sim, boxing tus yau ntiaj teb no yeej, 21-xyoo-laus David Benavidez (19-0, 17 Kos), yuav ua kom nws thawj title tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv ib tug rematch tiv thaiv sab saum toj contender Ronald Gavril (18-2, 14 Kos). Lub super middleweights tiv thaiv ib tug thrilling sib ntaus kawg Cuaj hlis uas twb nyob rau hauv ib tug muaj teeb kev txiav txim siab rau Benavidez.
Lub peb hlis ntuj 3: Wilder vs. Ortiz – From Barclays Center in Brooklyn
Lub rooj txhawb siab ntawm lub heavyweight ntiaj teb no championship division tseem. America lub undefeated, Ua Tsis. 1 Heavyweight, WBC ntiaj teb tau zus ib Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 Kos),yuav fim khub unbeaten challenger Luis Ortiz (28-0, 24 Kos) nyob rau hauv ib tug muab matchup ntawm kev pom sab saum toj-5 ranked heavyweights. Wilder tau tuav lub coveted ntsuab siv txij li thaum lub ib hlis ntuj 2015 thiab ua rau muaj kev vam meej lub npe defenses. Tam sim no, Wilder ntsib ib tug heev txawj Cuban pugilist nrog loj xuas nrig ntaus hwj chim nyob rau hauv Ortiz. Cov pa roj carbon monoxide-ntsiab kev tshwm sim yuav feature qub super welterweight yeej thiab sab saum toj middleweight contender Jermall Charlo (26-0, 20 Kos) kev noj nyob ib zaug-ntaus contender Hugo Centeno Jr. (26-1, 14 Kos)rau lub Interim WBC Middleweight ntiaj teb Championship.
Lub peb hlis ntuj 10: Garcia vs. Lipinets – Freeman Coliseum nyob rau hauv San Antonio
Ib tug ntawm cov saum toj kawg nkaus phaus-rau-phaus fighters nyob rau hauv boxing, Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 Kos) yuav sim ua kom muaj keeb kwm los capturing ib lub ntiaj teb title nyob rau hauv ib tug plaub ceeb thawj hoob kawm. Taw ntsees nyob rau hauv nws txoj kev yog unbeaten hwj chim-Puncher thiab IBF Jr. Welterweight Champion Sergey Lipinets (13-0, 10 Kos), uas yog ua nws ua ntej title tiv thaiv. Ob tug 140-phaus lub npe yuav tsum nyob rau hauv ib kab raws li ob-division yeej Rances Barthelemy (26-0, 13 Kos)zoo los ua tus thawj Cuban boxer mus puas tau yeej lub ntiaj teb no lub npe nyob rau hauv peb txawv hnyav kawm ntawv thaum nws ntsej muag Kirly Relikh (21-2, 9 Kos) nyob rau hauv ib tug rematch ntawm lawv muaj teeb meem Tej zaum bout, lub sij hawm no rau cov tsis muaj WBA Super Hnav title.
Plaub Hlis Ntuj 7: Lara vs. Hurd – Qhov chaw TBD
WBA ntiaj teb tau zus ib Erislandy Lara (25-2-2, 14 Kos) and IBF World Champion Jarrett Hurd (21-0, 15 Kos) yuav tau raws li los koom ua ib lub npe nyob rau hauv ib tug defining lub sij hawm ntawd rau lub 154-phaus division. Nyob rau hauv 2017, Showtime televised yim matchups featuring tag nrho cov saum toj kawg nkaus tsib ranked super welterweight champions thiab challengers nyob rau hauv ib tug unofficial kev sib tw. Qhov no unification match yuav pit cov kev wizardry lub teb chaws Cuba lub Lara tiv thaiv lub dag lub zog thiab kev txiav txim ntawm Hurd.
Plaub Hlis Ntuj 21: Broner vs. Figueroa – From Barclays Center in Brooklyn
Four-division world champion Adrien Broner (33-3, 24 Kos) tau tsim muaj nws tus kheej tsis tau tsuas yog raws li ib tug ntawm cov loj tshaj thim nyob rau hauv kev ua si nawv, tab sis raws li ib tug dav hlau tua rog uas yog ib txwm kam mus fim cov toughest kev sib tw. Qhov ntawd yuav mus ntxiv thaum nws yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv undefeated qub ntiaj teb no yeej Omar Figueroa (27-0-1, 19 Kos), ib tug tag nrho-txiav txim brawler uas yeej tsis yuav siv sij hawm ib kauj ruam rov qab, as the former champions meet in a WBC Super Lightweight Final Eliminator. The co-main event will feature one of boxing’s brightest young stars in Gervonta Davis (19-0, 18 Kos) raws li 23-xyoo-laus undefeated qub yeej zoo tsam lub cav muab nws lub npe.
Tej zaum 19: Thurman defends Worlds Titles – From Barclays Center in Brooklyn
Keith Thurman yog ib lub xwb unified 147-phaus lub ntiaj teb no yeej thiab cov kev pom zoo Tsis. 1-ranked fighter nyob rau hauv boxing lub preeminent hnyav division. Lub undefeated Thurman(28-0, 22 Kos) tau tuav lub WBA title txij li thaum 2015. Nws tau thov cov WBC siv nrog ib tug decisive yeej tshaj yav tas los undefeated Danny Garcia kawg peb hlis ntuj nyob rau hauv lub feem ntau saib bout ntawm lub xyoo, ib tug kev nthuav qhia ntawm Showtime Boxing rau CBS. Tom qab ib qho luj tshib kev raug mob uas yuav tsum tau phais, Thurman yuav rov qab mus ua hauj lwm tiv thaiv ib tus nrog sib ntaus yuav tsum tau txiav txim.
Tej zaum 19: Stevenson vs. Jack – Los ntawm Canada
WBC teeb Heavyweight ntiaj teb tau zus Adonis Stevenson (29-1, 24 Kos) tau qhab nia knockouts nyob rau hauv rau ntawm nws yim title defenses thiab yuav fim tej zaum nws toughest kev sib tw thaum nws battles ob-division yeej Badou Jack (22-1-2, 13 Kos).Jack yuav ib tug 175-phaus ntiaj teb no title nyob rau hauv nws lub teeb heavyweight debut nyob rau hauv lub yim hli ntuj thiab relinquished lub siv nyob rau hauv kev txiav txim kom sai li sai ua no matchup ntawm sab saum toj-tsib ranked lub teeb heavyweights.
Lub rau hli ntuj 9: Raug Cruz vs. Mares II – Los ntawm Los Angeles
Tom qab lawv 2015 title showdown coj cov Staples Center pawg neeg rau nws txhais ko taw, WBA Featherweight Champion Leo Santa Cruz (34-1-1, 19 Kos) thiab peb-division ntiaj teb no yeej Hlob Abner mares (31-2-1, 15 Kos) yuav sib ntsib dua nyob rau hauv lawv cov sib koom hometown ntawm Los Angeles. Raug Cruz, uas kuj tau tuav lub npe nyob rau hauv peb kev sib cais rau yav dhau los rau xyoo, tseem yog ib qhov tseem muaj menyuam coob coob fighters nyob rau hauv kev ua si nawv niaj hnub no. Niam, ib tug qub lub ntiaj teb no yeej nyob rau ntawm lub bantamweight, super bantamweight thiab featherweight, aims Pes tsawg kua zaub ntsuab tom qab lub kaw feem ntau txiav txim tsis tau rau Santa Cruz nyob rau hauv 2015. Qhov no high-tswg matchup ntawm kev pom zoo sab saum toj-tsib ranked featherweights yuav muab ntxiv clarity mus rau ib tug stacked division uas muaj xws li Gary Russell Jr., Carl Frampton and Lee Selby. The consensus No. 1 fighter at 154 phaus, Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 Kos) yuav tiv thaiv nws WBC Super Welterweight ntiaj teb Championship nyob rau hauv lub co-feature tiv thaiv tus nrog sib ntaus yuav tsum tau txiav txim.
Lub rau hli ntuj 16: Spence defends Welterweight Title – Los ntawm Dallas
Tshiab tawm ib tug dominating kev kawm tiv thaiv ib sab saum toj-10 qub welterweight yeej, phaus-rau-phaus zoo Errol Spence Jr. (23-0, 20 Kos) rov mus rau nws lub hometown ntawm Dallas rau lub thib ob tiv thaiv ntawm lub IBF Welterweight ntiaj teb Championship.
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HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION DEONTAY WILDER MAKES SEVENTH DEFENSE AGAINST UNDEFEATED CONTENDER LUIS ORTIZ SATURDAY, MARCH 3 LOS NTAWM Barclays CENTER rau hauv Brooklyn & PRESENTED BY PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS

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TSEEM NYOB HAUV KEV TXIAV TXIM! UNDEFEATED FORMER WORLD CHAMPION JERMALL CHARLO BATTLES ONCE-BEATEN HUGO CENTENO JR. FOR INTERIM 160-POUND TITLE
IN CO-FEATURE
Brooklyn (Jan. 23, 2018) – Undefeated WBC Heavyweight ntiaj teb tau zus Deontay “Lub Bronze Bomber” Wilder will face his toughest opponent to date when he meets hard-hitting Cuban southpaw Luis “Qhov tiag King Kong” Ortiz Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 3 los ntawm Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™ and presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
The co-feature of the evening will see the return of undefeated former 154-pound world champion Jermall Charlo, a powerful knockout artist who is looking to prove that he is a dangerous contender in the star-studded middleweight division. Once-beaten contender Hugo Centeno Jr. will test Charlo’s 160-pound credentials when they meet in a 12-round match to determine the WBC interim champion, with the winner immediately stepping into the picture for middleweight supremacy.
Tickets for the show, uas yog txhawb los ntawm DiBella Lom ze thiab TGB Promotions, pib ntawm $50 thiab yog muag tam sim no. Mus yuav daim pib, visit Ticketmaster.com, BarclaysCenter.com, los yog hu rau 800-745-3000. Tickets for the event can also be purchased at the American Express Box Office at Barclays Center.
“We’re very excited to bring the heavyweight champion of the world, Deontay Wilder, back to Brooklyn for his seventh title defense and third appearance at Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™,” hais tias Lou DiBella, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm DiBella Lom ze. “This fight is happening because Deontay wanted to silence his critics by taking on the biggest challenge available. Deontay has an axe to grind with Ortiz and will swing it on March 3. Former 154-lb. champion Jermall Charlo is already a top player at middleweight and plans to prove he’s carried his power with him by facing one of the division’s best prospects, Hugo Centeno Jr., who is coming off a huge knockout victory in his last fight.”
“Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz is one of the best fights that can be made in the heavyweight division and its’ what heavyweights are all about – power versus power,” said Tom Brown, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm TGB Promotions. “Everybody loves the knockout and that’s what Wilder and Ortiz specialize in. Nyob rau hauv lub co-ntsiab kev tshwm sim, Jermall Charlo is strictly seek and destroy in the ring. That ferocious spirit made him a force at 154 and he has brought it with him to the 160 pound ranks. Centeno is a rugged competitor and he doesn’t back down from anyone. That makes this a can’t miss fight for the boxing fans.”
True heavyweights in every sense of the word, the 6-foot-7, 228-pound Wilder and the 6-foot-4, 240-pound Ortiz have 62 combined knockout victories.
The 32-year-old Wilder (39-0, 38 Kos), the only reigning American heavyweight world champion, is a knockout artist with the power to end any fight in spectacular fashion. His only professional match that went the distance was the fight in which he won his world title with a dominant 12-round unanimous decision over Bermane Stiverne on Jan. 17, 2015 -the birthday of legendary heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. The champion out of Tuscaloosa, Alabama added Stiverne to his list of knockout victims in his last fight with a devastating first round destruction in their rematch at Barclays Center on Nov. 4.
Wilder was originally supposed to fight Ortiz that night, but Ortiz was pulled from the match after he tested positive for a banned substance. Ortiz was later cleared after the WBC determined he had failed to list medication that he was taking on his pre-testing paperwork, which triggered the positive test. He was assessed a fine and allowed to resume boxing.
Wilder, a Bronze Medal winner for the U.S. Olympic boxing team at the 2008 Beijing Games, has successfully defended the title six times. This will be his third title defense at Barclays Center. In his first defense at Barclays Center, Wilder scored a memorable ninth-round knockout over Artur Szpilka back in Jan. 2016.
“I’m looking forward to returning to Barclays Center to defend my title for a seventh time,” Wilder said. “Luis Ortiz is one of the toughest guys around and he’s supposed to be the boogeyman in the heavyweight division. But I’ve never been afraid of the boogeyman and I’ve knocked out every opponent that I’ve faced. I plan on keeping that streak going. Everyone standing in my way of becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion has to go down. It’s Luis Ortiz’s turn.”
The 38-year-old Ortiz (28-0, 24 Kos), of Camaguey, Cuba by way of Miami, Fla., will make his 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. Nyob rau hauv nws feem ntau tsis ntev los no sib ntaus, Ortiz scored a devastating second-round knockout of Daniel Martz in Miami, Florida rau Dec. 15.
If Ortiz wins, he will become the first Cuban born fighter to win a heavyweight world championship.
“This really is the best versus the best as far as the heavyweight division, and everyone who knows boxing knows that,” Ortiz said. “There’s been too much talking already. It’s time to fight. All I ask now is that the winner of this fight receives the respect from the other man, from the public, from the media and the fans that they deserve as the best heavyweight in the U.S.”
Charlo (26-0, 20 Kos) won his super welterweight title with a dominant knockout of Cornelius Bundrage in 2015 and eventually achieved the distinction of holding a world title in the same weight class (154 phaus) as his twin brother after Jermell won a title in 2016. After successfully defending his 154-pound title three times, Charlo of Richmond, Texas decided to move up to 160 pounds to win another title in a different weight class. In his debut at 160-pounds the 27-year-old scored a TKO victory over Jorge Sebastian Heiland at Barclays Center on Lub Xya hli ntuj 29.
“I really love fighting in Brooklyn and at Barclays Center,” Hais Charlo. “The fans in Brooklyn always show me a lot of love. Since my last fight I’ve had a chance to work on my patience and work on improvements to my game. I’ve got the same feeling that I had before I won my first world title. I want to be a champion at 160 more than I did the first time at 154. More than anything I just want to get back in the ring. Centeno is a tough fighter. He’ll be a hard test for someone who isn’t at my level. Kuv tsis noj dab tsi tam sim los ntawm nws. But he’s just another fighter that’s in my way. I don’t feel like I have anything to prove to anyone else in this fight. I’m all about proving things to myself now. In the 160-pound division you’re hearing my name more and more. It’s more than you did when I was at 154 phaus.”
The 26-year-old Centeno (26-1, 14 Kos) caught everyone’s attention when he scored a stunning knockout of Immanuwel Aleem in his last fight on Aug. 25. It was enough to springboard Centeno into middleweight title contention. Centeno of Oxnard, California successfully rebounded from a tough TKO loss to Maiej Sulecki on June 18, 2016 with a victory over Ronald Montes before his match against Aleem.
“I’m excited for the opportunity,” said Centeno. “I think my last outing had a lot to do with this/ It helped to put me in this position. Charlo is a great fighter with a lot of talent. I feel like we have similar statures. It’s going to be an interesting fight. I think it’s going to come down to who is the smarter fighter that night and who has more left in the tank toward the end. This is a life-changing, career-changing fight for me that could lead to bigger and better things. I’m coming to win.”
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ERROL Spence JR. RETAINS IBF WELTERWEIGHT TITLE WITH RESOUNDING TKO VICTORY OVER LAMONT PETERSON SATURDAY NIGHT ON SHOWTIME® FROM BARCLAYS CENTER

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Hnav ntiaj teb tau zus ib Robert Easter xwb Javier fortuna

nyob rau hauv Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Co-Feature

 

Tsis txhob nco Lub Replay Monday, Lub ib hlis ntuj 22 ntawm

10 p.m. THIAB/PT Nyob SHOWTIME huab

 

 

Nyem NTAWM NO rau cov duab los ntawm Amanda Westcott / Showtime

 

 

Nyem NTAWM NO rau cov duab los ntawm Ed Diller / DiBella Lom ze

 

 

Brooklyn (Jan. 21, 2018) - Undefeated welterweight ntiaj teb no yeej Errol Spence Jr. muab khaws cia tseg nws IBF npe nrog ib tug impressive stoppage ntawm yav tas los ob-division yeej Lamont Peterson nyob rau hauv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP BOXINGSaturday hmo ntuj los ntawm Barclays Center, lub tsev ntawm Brooklyn BOXING®.

 

 

 

Nyob rau hauv nws thawj thawj tiv thaiv txij li thaum dethroning Kell Brook rau Showtime kawg May, Spence (23-0, 20 Kos) tawm boxed ib tug nyuaj Peterson (35-4-1, 17 Kos) los ntawm pib rau tag, showcasing ib tug dav array ntawm kev txawj ntse, ceev thiab lub hwj chim. Lub sib ntaus raug nres ua ntej qhov pib ntawm lub yim round tom qab Peterson tus kws qhia, Barry Hunter, hu ua rau lub stoppage.

 

 

 

Lub sib ntaus ua si tawm zoo xws li cov yuav ua li cas ob fighters kwv yees, pib nyob rau hauv ib tug cagey tactical yi ua ntej nws muab rau hauv ib tug nruj kev sib ntaus nyob rau hauv nruab nrab rounds. Ob feeb mus rau puag ncig tsib, Spence siv ib tug blistering tshuav nuv xa Peterson mus rau lub canvas (Nyem NTAWM NOrau highlight). Lub Washington, D.C. haiv neeg rov qab mus rau nws ob txhais taw thiab txuas ntxiv mus sib ntaus sib tua, tab sis Spence muaj pov thawj yuav tsum tau ntau npaum li cas. Lub 2012 U.S. Olympian tawm tsaws Peterson 161-45, thaum txuas rau 49 feem pua ​​ntawm cov nws lub hwj chim punches los cia li 31 feem pua ​​rau cov Peterson.

 

 

 

Tom qab qhov kev sib ntaus Spence hais rau Showtime kev ua si reporter Jim Grey thiab yog ceev kom muab credit rau nws tus nrog sib ntaus. "Kuv xav ua tsaug rau Lamont,"Nws hais tias. "Ib tug ntau ntawm hais mav muab cia rau hauv lub sib ntaus thiab nws coj nws zoo li ib tug tiag tiag warrior thiab kuv muab nws rau cov uas. He’s a tough fighter. He’s willing to die in there.” Click NTAWM NO mus saib cov kev sib tham highlight.

 

 

 

Txawm tias ua haujlwm tau nyiaj lub yeej nyob rau hauv commanding zam, Spence tseem ntseeg hais tias nws muaj chav los txhim kho. "Kuv tseem yuav ua tau kom ib tug ntau rau kuv tiv thaiv,"Hais tias lub unbeaten ntiaj teb no yeej. "Kuv cia li yuav tsum khaws zoo kawg nkaus kuv txawj thiab kom cov neeg kawm txoj. Koj yuav mus ntsib ib tug zoo dua Errol Spence tom ntej no lub sij hawm kuv tau nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib.

 

 

 

"Txhua leej txhua tus paub hais tias kuv twb tau tos rau" Ib txhia lub sij hawm "Thurman,"Hais tias Spence, saib tom hauv ntej mus rau ib tug tau koom ua ke match nrog WBC thiab WBA Welterweight ntiaj teb tau zus ib Keith Thurman. "Txij li thaum kuv yog 15-0 I’ve been calling this guy out and he keeps making excuses. Wb tau nws nyob rau hauv. Nws muaj ob tug ntawm rau koj cov menyuam thiab peb ob leeg muaj loj cov npe. Nws yog ib qho yooj yim kev sib ntaus los ua thiab kuv xav kom nws. "

 

 

 

Peterson, uas tiv thaiv nco ntsoov ua tiv thaiv tus hluas Spence, hwm qhov kev txiav txim ntawm nws tus kws qhia los tsis txhob sib ntaus, "Yog hais tias nws nug kuv mus tua ib tug lab cov neeg, Kuv yuav. Yog hais tias nws nug kuv txog qhov. Kuv yuav tsis. Kuv yeej yuav tsis nug nws txiav txim siab. Kuv paub tias nws muaj kuv zoo siab ntawm lub plawv. "

 

 

 

"Nws yog tiag tiag nyuaj, tab sis yog tias koj paub Lamont, koj puas paub nws twb tsis yog yuav mus muab,"Hais tias tus kws qhia Barry Hunter. "Kuv tau mus nres nws. Nyob rau ntawm lub kawg ntawm lub hnub, qhov no yog kuv tus tub no. Tsis muaj dab tsi ntau nqi tshaj nws zoo. Yog hais tias nws los rau nws los yog yeej, Kuv tuaj tos nws. Kuv yuav tu txog nws. "

 

 

Undefeated 135-pound world champion Robert Easter (21-0, 14 Kos) earned a split decision victory over former world champion Javier Fortuna (33-2-1, 23 Kos) nyob rau hauv lub co-ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm lub Showtime telecast. Lub tsev hais plaub tau qhab nia lub bout 114-113, 113-114 thiab 115-112.

 

 

 

Cov rov-thiab-khuav bout pom ob tug neeg txawj neeg tua hluav taws nyob rau hauv lub hnab tshos thiab zoo ua puas tsuaj los ntawm lub sab hauv. Ib tug thib ob round point deduction los ntawm fortuna muaj pov thawj kim thaum lub Dominican twb ceeb toom thiab ces nplua rau ntaus Easter qab lub taub hau. Tsis muaj ib tug taw tes txiav, kev sib ntaus yuav tau qhab nia ib tug kos. Thaum Easter Jr. yog ib nyuag busier, Fortuna tsaws cov haib tshaj punches. Easter Jr., uas muaj nyob rau ib tug tseem ceeb qhov siab kom zoo dua, tawm tsaws fortuna, txuas rau 120 ntawm 383 (31 feem pua) hwj chim punches thaum fortuna kev cob cog rua rau 113 ntawm 441 (26 feem pua).

 

 

 

"Nws yog ib tug tawv sib ntaus, nws yog ib tug qub lub ntiaj teb no yeej rau ib tug yog vim li cas,"Easter hais Grey. "Peb ua nws tawv ua rau counter punch. Nws twb tsis ntuav ntau ntau thiab nws ua rau nws nyuaj rau kuv mus caum no txiv leej tub nyob ib ncig ntawm.

 

 

 

“Kuv yuav tsis tau txais cov knockout tab sis peb tau txais lub yeej thiab hais tias yog tag nrho cov uas tseem ceeb. Kuv paub nws twb mus khiav ib zaug nws muaj kuv lub hwj chim. Nws cia li xav mus lob thiab tuav tag nrho lub sib ntaus. "

 

 

 

Nrhiav ua ntej, Easter ua nws intentions kom meej raws li nws thov kev koom ua ke bouts nyob rau hauv lub nyob ze yav tom ntej, "Kuv xav mus tua cov champions thiab koom ua ib lub cov koj cov menyuam. Fights zoo li no yog tsis nyob rau hauv kuv kev ua si txoj kev npaj. Kuv npaj txhij rau Mikey Garcia thiab Jorge Linares kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus. "

 

 

 

Ib tug disgruntled fortuna kuj hais rau grey, "Cov pej xeem paub dab tsi tshwm sim no. Lawv booed vim hais tias lawv paub hais tias kuv yeej no sib ntaus.

 

 

 

"Yog hais tias nws yog ib tug txiv neej wb sib ntaus sib tua dua nyob rau ntawm lub 135-phaus,"Hais tias fortuna, who failed to make weight on two attempts Friday, uas txhais hais tias Easter tus siv yuav tsis tsum nyob rau hauv txoj kab. "Kuv yuav twv yuav raug hu ua tus luj. Kuv tsis tau muab kuv tus kheej sij hawm txaus los qhia. "

 

 

 

Unbeaten light heavyweight contender Marcus Browne (21-0, 16 Kos) ua ceev ua hauj lwm ntawm Francy Ntetu (17-2, 4 Kos) nyob rau hauv Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING PRELIMS txiav txim, as he dropped and battered his opponent early to force referee Arthur Mercante to stop the bout at just 2:15 ntawm cov thawj puag ncig. Sib ntaus sib tua rau nws 12th time at the Barclays Center, lub 27 xyoo-laus Staten Island haiv neeg khaws cia nws unblemished cov ntaub ntawv lawm los siv nws haib sab laug txhais tes nyob rau overmatched Ntetu.

 

 

 

Browne tsa nws lub dominance ntawm qhov pib, tsaws ib tug huv overhand laug uas poob Ntetu halfway los ntawm lub round. lub Montreal, Quebec haiv neeg twb yeej tsis tau rov nws ob txhais taw thiab pom nws tus kheej cornered tiv thaiv cov ropes cia li peb caug vib nas this tom qab. Ib tug barrage haib ob peb ua ke los tsaws rau lub nti Ntetu sab laug lub referee nrog me ntsis kev xaiv tab sis kom tsis txhob sib ntaus nrog 45 vib nas this ntxiv nyob rau hauv round tus naj npawb ib.

 

 

 

“Peb ua hauj lwm rau qhov no yeej. Nws taug kev mus rau hauv ib tug paub tseeb txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv thiab kuv ua rau nws them,"Hais tias Browne. "Lub overhand sab laug ntes tau nws thiab hais tias yog thaum pib ntawm lub kawg rau nws. Kuv paub nws raug mob.

 

 

 

“Kuv xav tau ib tug ntiaj teb no title txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv. Kuv yuav npaj mus noj nyob rau hauv ib yam ntawm cov champions. Kuv tsis muaj tej nyiam. Kuv zoo siab kuv muab tso ua ke ib lub sijhawm zoo kev kawm no nyob rau hauv Barclays Center. Kuv yuav kom txhim kho kom txog thaum kuv yeej ua Mr. Barclays Center. "

 

 

 

credit, uas tau tsiv mus rau lub teeb heavyweight division rau no sib ntaus, muaj ib tug nyuaj lub sij hawm soj ntsuam nrog Browne lub ua ke ntawm kev ceev thiab lub hwj chim rau nws txoj kev mus rau lub thib ob uas nws plam nws pro hauj lwm.

 

 

 

"[Browne] yog heev heev, congrats rau nws,” hais tias Ntetu. “Nws tseem ceev, nws yog ntse thiab kuv tsis xav tias yuav nws yuav hais tias heev. Nws tau txais kuv nrog nws sab nuv thiab ib tug ncaj sab laug.

 

 

 

"Kuv yog nyob rau hauv txaus zoo sib ntaus rau 10 rounds. Qhov no tsis yog kuv ceeb thawj hoob kawm, tab sis kuv tsis xav kom excuses. "

 

 

 

Nyob rau hauv lub qhib bout ntawm lub Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING PRELIMS, undefeated Adas Kownacki (17-0, 14 Kos) delivered a brutal knockout of Iago Kiladze (26-2, 18 Kos) ntawm 2:08 of the sixth round of their heavyweight matchup. Kownacki, yug los nyob rau hauv Lomza, Poland tab sis sib ntaus sib tua tawm ntawm Brooklyn, New York, enjoyed cov nyiaj them yug ntawm nws hometown pawg neeg raws li nws tshee coj qhws Kiladze cia.

 

 

 

Kownacki yog qhov ntau txhoj puab heev thiab muaj tseeb ntawm ob tug neeg tua hluav taws, tsaws 43 feem pua ​​ntawm nws lub hwj chim punches thiab 35 feem pua ​​ntawm nws tag nrho punches, piv rau xwb 30 feem pua ​​thiab 18 feem pua, feem, rau Kiladze. Txawm tias ib tug ntshav ntswg uas Kownacki raug kev txom nyem nyob rau hauv thawj round, lub Polish heavyweight pib ncuav nws nyob rau hauv thiab nruab log Kiladze nrog ib tug series ntawm uppercuts thiab ib-ob peb ua ke nyob rau hauv lub plaub puag ncig. Qhov kev txiav txim-packed bout tuaj mus rau qhov kawg thaum Kownacki kev cob cog rua rau ib tug ua ke ntawm ob uppercuts thiab ib tug sab tes xis hais tias xa Kiladze rau nws rov qab nyob rau hauv lub kawg feeb ntawm lub thib rau puag ncig. Tom qab ib tug stunned Kiladze rov qab mus rau nws ob txhais taw, referee Shada Murdaugh hu ua kev sib ntaus nyob rau suggestion ntawm lub ringside tus kws kho mob.

 

 

 

“Kuv thiaj ua tsaug rau tag nrho kuv Polish kiv cua uas tuaj tawm thiab muab rau kuv hais tias ntxiv kev pab txhawb nqa ", hais tias Kownacki, uas tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm pua ​​pua ntawm nws compatriots. "Kuv yuav mus kom sib ntaus sib tua rau lub kiv cua thiab muab txhua leej txhua tus ib tug zoo qhia.

 

 

 

“Kuv xav tias kuv ua qhov kev sib ntaus ib tug nyuaj heev tshaj li kuv yuav tsum tau muaj. Nws yog ib txoj kev kawm kev thiab kuv tau txais lub yeej. Hais tias yog tag nrho uas tseem ceeb. "

 

 

 

Cov koom pheej ntawm Georgia-yug Kiladze, uas fights tawm ntawm Los Angeles, yog tsis txawj hais lus rau xov xwm raws li nws raug coj mus rau NYU Lutheran tsev kho mob rau precautionary yog vim li cas.

 

 

 

Saturday lub telecast yuav replay rau Sunday, Lub ib hlis ntuj 21 ntawm 9 a.m. THIAB/PT rau Showtime thiab Monday, Lub ib hlis ntuj 22 ntawm 10 p.m. THIAB/PT rau Showtime huab thiab yuav muaj nyob rau ntawm Showtime xav tau® thiab SHOWTIME txhua lub sij hawm®.

 

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MIKEY GARCIA vs. SERGEY LIPINETS WORLD TITLE SHOWDOWN RESCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 10 LIVE ON SHOWTIME AT THE FREEMAN COLISEUM IN SAN ANTONIO & PRESENTED BY PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS

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Unbeaten Three-Division World Champion Garcia Challenges Unbeaten Junior Welterweight World Champion Lipinets in SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Main Event
San Antonio, TX (Lub ib hlis ntuj 19, 2018) – The highly anticipated showdown between undefeated three-division world champion Mikey Garcia and IBF 140-pound champion Sergey Lipinets has been rescheduled for Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 10th. The Premier Boxing Champions event was set to take place on Lub ob hlis ntuj 10, but Garcia’s quest for a fourth world title had to be rescheduled following a training injury to Lipinets’ tes. The fight will be live on SHOWTIME and will remain in San Antonio but move to the Freeman Coliseum.
Ticket information will be released early next week. Those holding tickets for the original date at the Alamodome will receive priority on seat exchange for the new venue. Daim pib no yog luv nqi ntawm $250, $150, $75, $50 thiab $20 and will be available at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 210 556-6390. The event is promoted by Ringstar Sports and TGB Promotions, in association with Leija-Battah Promotions.
The remainder of the card will remain the same including the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING co-feature, which will see two-division world champion Rances Barthelemy kev noj nyob Kiryl Relikh in a rematch of their thrilling fight last May, this time for the vacant WBA 140-pound world title. The doubleheader of title bouts in the wide-open 140-pound division sets the stage for a potential unification match.
The 29-year-old Garcia (37-0, 30 Kos), emphatically returned to pound-for-pound lists in 2017 by scoring a highlight reel knockout of Dejan Zlaticanin to win the WBC Lightweight World Championship in January and then dominating four-division champion Adrien Broner on his way to a unanimous decision in July. Garcia is a member of a renowned boxing family, and is noted for his sportsmanship and his commanding presence in the ring, honed by his brother and acclaimed trainer Robert Garcia.
Garcia, of Moreno Valley by way of Oxnard, California., returned to the ring after a two-and-half-year layoff in July 2016 tsis muaj ploj lawm ib tug khiav nrawm los siv ceev xwmphem qub yeej Elio Rojas. Garcia, uas tau tuav lub ntiaj teb no lub npe nyob rau ntawm lub 126, 130 thiab 135 phaus, tau nres 19 ntawm nws lub xeem 22 tw nrog rau Roman “Rocky” Martinez, Juan Manuel Lopez thiab Orlando Salido.
Nrog ib tug yeej, Garcia yuav ua xwb peb fighter nyob rau hauv niaj hnub yav dhau los ua tau zus ib ntawm 126, 130, 135 thiab 140-phaus, koom yav tom ntej Hall ntawm Famers Juan Manuel Marquez thiab Manny Pacquiao *.
Lub unbeaten Lipinets (13-0, 10 Kos) yuav ib tug super sib ntiaj teb no npe nyob rau hauv cia li nws 13th pro sib ntaus los ntawm defeating Akihiro Kondo ntawm ib tug unanimous kev txiav txim siab nyob rau hauv Kaum Ib Hlis Ntuj 4 on SHOWTIME. He is originally from Kazakhstan but moved to Russia when he was six years old. He currently lives in Beverly Hills, California, Lipinets and is trained by Buddy McGirt.
The 28-year-old moved up the 140-pound rankings with victories over then unbeaten Haskell Rhodes, Levan Ghvamichava and Walter Castillo before knocking out Leonardo Zappavigna in a world title eliminator last December. Lipinets will look to stamp his place as an elite fighter when he takes on the accomplished and dangerous Garcia on March 10.
*Pacquiao won lineal championships at 126 thiab 140-phaus, although he did not win alphabet titles.
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ERROL Spence JR. vs. LAMONT PETERSON FINAL WEIGHTS, QUOTES, DUAB & COMMISSION OFFICIALS FOR WELTERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY ON SHOWTIME®

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Spence Makes First Title Defense In Main Event Of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® From Barclays Center In Brooklyn, Presented By Premier Boxing Champions

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SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING – 9 p.m. THIAB/6 p.m. PT rau SHOWTIME

 

 

IBF Welterweight ntiaj teb Championship

 

 

Errol Spence Jr.: 147 phaus

 

 

Lamont Peterson: 146 ¾ phaus

 

 

Referee: Harvey Dock; Judges: Julie Lederman (N.Y.), Don Trella (Conn.), Steve Weisfeld (N.J.)

 

 

IBF Lightweight World Championship

 

 

Robert Easter Jr.: 134 ½ phaus

 

 

Javier Fortuna: 136 ½ pounds**

 

 

Referee: Ricky Gonzalez; Judges: Glenn Feldman (Conn.), John McKaie (N.Y.), Kevin Morgan (N.Y.)

 

 

**Fortuna does not make the 135-pound lightweight limit and cannot win IBF title. Fortuna initially weighed 136.8 pounds and measured 136.4 pounds after the two-hour allowance.

 

 

SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING PRELIMS – 7 p.m. THIAB/4 p.m. PT On Facebook Live &YouTube

 

 

Light Heavyweight Bout – 10 Ib ncig

 

 

Marcus Browne: 175 ¾ phaus

 

 

Francy Ntetu: 174 ½ phaus

 

 

Heavyweight Bout – 10 Ib ncig

 

 

Adas Kownacki: 260 phaus

 

 

Iago Kiladze: 220 ½ phaus

FLASH QUOTES:

 

 

SPENCE:

 

 

“This is a tough challenge. If you know Lamont, you know he’s a tough fight but I came to dominate the division and it started with Kell Brook. I’m going to get Lamont Peterson and then I’m going to get the other welterweights that are out there.

 

 

“It’s definitely important not just to win the fight, but how I win the fight. I came to dominate the division and I came here to look good. I’m the future of the division and I’m the future of boxing.”

 

 

PETERSON:

 

 

“I wouldn’t say that Errol isn’t the bigger guy, I just believe that it doesn’t matter. It’s all about boxing skills.

 

 

“I think we’ll both make each other look pretty good, but I’m going to win.”

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