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Flokkur Archives: Premier Boxing Champions
AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION DEONTAY WILDER CONDUCTS LOS ANGELES MEDIA WORKOUT
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Jermall Charlo Houston Media Workout Quotes & Myndir
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Sensational 2016 Bandarískt. 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, Febrúar 17 á 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
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Caleb Plant Las Vegas Media Workout Quotes & Myndir
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Showtime SPORTS® og Premier Boxing Champions tilkynna iðnaður-fremstur, ALL-STAR BOXING SCHEDULE
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HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION DEONTAY WILDER MAKES SEVENTH DEFENSE AGAINST UNDEFEATED CONTENDER LUIS ORTIZ SATURDAY, MARCH 3 Frá Barclays Center í BROOKLYN & PRESENTED BY PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS
EINNIG Í VERKI! 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 heimsmeistari Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder will face his toughest opponent to date when he meets hard-hitting Cuban southpaw Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz Laugardagur, Mars 3 frá 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.
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“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™,” sagði Lou DiBella, Forseti DiBella Skemmtun. “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, Forseti TGB Tilboð. “Everybody loves the knockout and that’s what Wilder and Ortiz specialize in. Í sam-aðalkeppni, 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 Nóvember. 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. Í nýjasta baráttu sinni, Ortiz scored a devastating second-round knockout of Daniel Martz in Miami, Florida á Desember. 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 £) 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 Júlí 29.
“I really love fighting in Brooklyn and at Barclays Center,” Said 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. Ég ætla ekki að taka neitt í burtu frá honum. 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 pund.”
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 Ágúst. 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
Léttur heimsmeistari Robert Easter sigraði Javier Fortuna
í Showtime Championship Boxing® Co-Feature
Ekki missa af Replay Mánudagur, Janúar 22 á
10 p.m. OG/PT On Showtime Extreme
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BROOKLYN (Jan. 21, 2018) - Undefeated welterweight heimsmeistari Errol Spence Jr. haldið IBF titil sinn með glæsilegum stöðvunar fyrrum tveggja deild meistari Lamont Peterson í aðalkeppni á Showtime Championship BoxingLaugardagur nótt frá Barclays Center, heimili BROOKLYN hnefaleikum®.
Í fyrstu málsvörn hans frá dethroning Kell Brook á Showtime maí sl, Spence (23-0, 20 Kos) út Hnefaleikar sterkur Peterson (35-4-1, 17 Kos) frá upphafi til enda, sýningarskápur a breiður fylking af færni, hraða og kraft. Baráttan var hætt áður en upphaf áttunda umferð eftir þjálfara Peterson er, Barry Hunter, kallaður fyrir stöðvaður.
Baráttan spilað út svipað og hvernig bæði bardagamenn spáð, byrja í cagey taktíska mál áður en það breyttist í árásargjarn berjast í miðju umferðir. Tvær mínútur í umferð fimm, Spence notaði blöðrur vinstri krók til að senda Peterson á strigann (Smelltu HÉRfyrir hápunkt). The Washington, D.C. innfæddur aftur á fætur og hélt áfram að berjast, en Spence reyndist vera of mikið. The 2012 Bandarískt. Olympian út lenti Peterson 161-45, þegar tengst á 49 prósent af kýla hans valdi bara 31 prósent fyrir Peterson.
Eftir að berjast Spence talaði við Showtime Sports blaðamaður Jim Gray og var fljótur að gefa inneign til andstæðingi hans. "Ég vil þakka Lamont,"Sagði hann. "A einhver fjöldi af krakkar hafnaði í baráttunni og hann tók hana út eins og alvöru stríðsmaður og ég fel honum fyrir það. He’s a tough fighter. He’s willing to die in there.” Click HÉR að horfa á viðtal hápunkt.
Þrátt fyrir launin sigur í valdmannslegur tísku, Spence telur enn að hann hefur svigrúm til að bæta. "Ég er enn hægt að bæta mikið á vörn mína,"Sagði ósigraður heimsmeistari. "Ég er bara að halda fullkomna kunnáttu mína og halda gengur. Þú ert að fara að sjá betri Errol Spence næst þegar ég komast í hringnum.
"Allir vita að ég hef verið að bíða eftir" Some Time "Thurman,"Segir Spence, leita á undan að hugsanlega sameiningu leik með WBC og WBA veltivigtar heimsmeistari Keith Thurman. "Þar sem ég var 15-0 I’ve been calling this guy out and he keeps making excuses. Við skulum fá það á. Hann hefur tvö af belti og við báðir höfum stór nöfn. Það er auðvelt berjast til að gera og ég vil það. "
Peterson, sem börðust hraustlega á móti yngri Spence, virt ákvörðun þjálfara sínum að hætta að berjast, "Ef hann biður mig um að berjast milljón manns, Ég mun. Ef hann biður mig að hætta. Ég mun hætta. Ég mun aldrei efast um ákvörðun sína. Ég veit að hann ber hag minn fyrir brjósti. "
"Það var mjög erfitt, en ef þú veist Lamont, þú veist að hann var ekki að fara að gefast upp,"Sagði þjálfari Barry Hunter. "Ég þurfti að stöðva það. Í lok dagsins, þetta er sonur minn hérna. Það er ekkert meira virði en hans velferð. Ef það kemur að því að hann eða vinna, Ég sæki hann. Ég hugsa um hann. "
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) í sam-helstu atburði á Showtime útsending. Dómarar skoraði bardagann 114-113, 113-114 og 115-112.
The bak-og-áfram bardaginn sá tvo hæfa bardagamenn vera í vasanum og líta á að gera skaða innan frá. Annað umferð lið frádráttur frá Fortuna reyndist dýrt þegar Dóminíska var varað þá refsað fyrir hitting um páskana á bak við höfuð. Án eitt stig í mínus, baráttan hefði verið skorað jafntefli. Þó páska Jr. var örlítið uppflettingar, Fortuna lenti öflugri högg. Páskar Jr., sem hélt verulega hæð kostur, út lenti Fortuna, tengja á 120 af 383 (31 prósent) máttur högg á meðan Fortuna tengd við 113 af 441 (26 prósent).
"Þetta var erfið barátta, Hann er fyrrverandi heimsmeistari fyrir ástæðu,"Easter sagði Gray. "Við gerðum það erfitt að reyna að vinna gegn kýla. Hann var ekki að henda mikið og það gerði það erfitt fyrir mig að elta þessa dagana í kring.
“Ég gat ekki fengið knockout en við fengum sigurinn og það er allt sem skiptir máli. Ég vissi að hann var að fara að keyra þegar hann fann kraft minn. Hann vildi bara að grípa og halda öllu baráttunni. "
Horft fram á veginn, Páskar gerði fyrirætlanir hans skýr og hann leitar sameiningu lota í náinni framtíð, "Ég vil berjast við meistarar og sameina þessar reimar. Berst eins og þessir eru ekki í áætlun leiknum mínum. Ég er tilbúinn fyrir Mikey Garcia og Jorge Linares til að undirrita samning. "
A disgruntled Fortuna talaði einnig að grár, "Almenningur veit hvað gerðist hér. Þeir púað af því að þeir vita, að ég vann þessari baráttu.
"Ef hann er maður skulum berjast aftur á 135 pund,"Segir Fortuna, who failed to make weight on two attempts Föstudagur, sem þýddi að belti Easter myndi ekki vera á línunni. "Ég mun örugglega gera þyngd. Ég vissi ekki að gefa mér nægan tíma til að þjálfa. "
Unbeaten light heavyweight contender Marcus Browne (21-0, 16 Kos) gert fljótur að vinna Francy Ntetu (17-2, 4 Kos) í Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP Hnefaleikar PRELIMS aðgerð, as he dropped and battered his opponent early to force referee Arthur Mercante to stop the bout at just 2:15 af fyrstu umferð. Berjast fyrir hans 12th time at the Barclays Center, að 27 ára Staten Island innfæddur haldið óflekkað met sitt óbreytt með því að nýta öflugur vinstri hönd sína á overmatched Ntetu.
Browne komið yfirburði sína frá upphafi, lending hreint overhand vinstri sem lækkað Ntetu hálfa leið í gegnum hringinn. Montreal, Québec innfæddur var aldrei hægt að endurheimta fætur hans og fann sig horn gegn strengina aðeins þrjátíu sekúndum síðar. A barrage af öflugum samsetningar lenti á varnarlaust Ntetu fór dómarinn með litla möguleika en að hætta að berjast við 45 sekúndur þar í umferð númer eitt.
“Við unnum fyrir þessu vinna. Hann gekk inn í a viss skot og ég gerði honum greiða,"Segir Browne. "The overhand vinstri tóku hann og það var upphafið að endalokum fyrir hann. Ég vissi að hann var að meiða.
“Ég þarf heimurinn titil skot. Ég er tilbúinn til að taka á einhverju meistarar. Ég hef engar óskir. Ég er feginn að ég setti saman annan mikinn árangur hér á Barclays Center. Ég ætla að halda áfram að bæta þar til ég orðin virkilega Mr. Barclays Center. "
inneign, sem flutti upp í ljós þungavigtar deild fyrir þessari baráttu, átti erfitt með að takast á við samsetningu Browne er á hraða og kraft á leið sinni til seinni missi atvinnumaður ferlinum.
"[Browne] er mjög sprengiefni, Congrats til hans,” Said Ntetu. “Hann er fljótur, Hann er klár og ég átti ekki von að hann sé að sprengiefni. Hann fékk mig með hægri krók hans og beina vinstri.
"Ég var í nógu formi til að berjast fyrir 10 umferðir. Þetta er ekki þyngd bekknum mínum, en ég vil ekki að beita afsökunum. "
Í opnun lota af Showtime Championship Boxing PRELIMS, undefeated Adam Kownacki (17-0, 14 Kos) delivered a brutal knockout of Iago Kiladze (26-2, 18 Kos) á 2:08 of the sixth round of their heavyweight matchup. Kownacki, fæddur í Lomza, Póllandi en berjast út af Brooklyn, New York, naut stuðnings heimabæ mannfjöldi hans sem hann klæddist Kiladze stöðugt niður.
Kownacki var ákveðnari og nákvæmur tveggja bardagamenn, lending 43 prósent af orku kýla sínum og 35 prósent af heildar kýla hans, samanborið við bara 30 prósent og 18 prósent, sig, fyrir Kiladze. Þrátt fyrir blóðuga nef sem Kownacki orðið í fyrstu umferð, pólsku þungavigtar hellti á og dekk Kiladze með röð af uppercuts og einn-tveir samsetningar í fjórðu umferð. The aðgerð-pakkað lota kom til enda þegar Kownacki tengt á blöndu af tveimur uppercuts og hægri hönd sem sendi Kiladze á bakinu í endanlegri mínútu sjötta umferð. Eftir töfrandi Kiladze aftur á fætur, dómarinn Shada Murdaugh kallaður í baráttunni á tillögu Ringside læknis.
“Ég er svo þakklát fyrir alla mína pólska aðdáendur sem koma út og gefa mér að auka stuðning ", sagði Kownacki, sem börðust fyrir framan hundruð samlanda sinna. "Ég ætla að halda áfram að berjast fyrir stuðningsmennina og gefa öllum mikið sýningu.
“Ég held að ég gerði baráttuna mikið erfiðara en ég ætti að hafa. Það er annað nám og ég fékk sigur. Það er allt sem skiptir máli. "
Lýðveldið Georgíu-fæddur Kiladze, sem berst út af Los Angeles, var ekki að tala við fjölmiðla þar sem hann var fluttur á NYU lútersku Hospital fyrir varúðar- ástæðum.
Laugardaginn útsending verður aukaleikur á Sunnudagur, Janúar 21 á 9 a.m. OG/PT um Showtime og Mánudagur, Janúar 22 á 10 p.m. OG/PT á Showtime Extreme og verður í boði á Showtime á eftirspurn® og Showtime hvenær sem®.
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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
Unbeaten Three-Division World Champion Garcia Challenges Unbeaten Junior Welterweight World Champion Lipinets in SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Main Event
SAN ANTONIO, TX (Janúar 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, Mars 10th. The Premier Boxing Champions event was set to take place on 10. febrúar, but Garcia’s quest for a fourth world title had to be rescheduled following a training injury to Lipinets’ hönd. 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. Miðar eru verðlagðar á $250, $150, $75, $50 og $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 taka á Kiryl Relikh in a rematch of their thrilling fight last May, this time for the vacant WBA 140-pound world title. The doubleheader af viðureign titli í breiður-opinn 140 pund deild setur á svið fyrir hugsanlegum sameiningu leik.
The 29-ára gamall Garcia (37-0, 30 Kos), eindregið aftur pund-fyrir-pund listum í 2017 með því að skora á hápunkta knockout af Dejan Zlaticanin að vinna WBC Léttur heimsmeistari í janúar og þá ráðandi fjögurra deild meistari Adrien Broner á leið til samhljóða ákvörðun í júlí. Garcia er meðlimur frægur hnefaleikafjölskyldu, 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, Calif., returned to the ring after a two-and-half-year layoff in July 2016 without missing a beat by stopping former champion Elio Rojas. Garcia, who has held world titles at 126, 130 og 135 £, has stopped 19 af síðasta sinn 22 opponents including Roman “Rocky” Martinez, Juan Manuel Lopez and Orlando Salido.
With a win, Garcia would become only the third fighter in modern history to become champion at 126, 130, 135 and 140-pounds, joining future Hall of Famers Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao*.
The unbeaten Lipinets (13-0, 10 Kos) captured a super lightweight world title in just his 13th pro fight by defeating Akihiro Kondo via a unanimous decision on Nóvember 4 á 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 and 140-pounds, although he did not win alphabet titles.
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ERROL Spence JR. vs. LAMONT PETERSON FINAL WEIGHTS, Tilvitnanir, MYNDIR & COMMISSION OFFICIALS FOR WELTERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY ON SHOWTIME®
Spence Makes First Title Defense In Main Event Of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® From Barclays Center In Brooklyn, Presented By Premier Boxing Champions
Smelltu HÉR Fyrir Myndir; Credit: Tom Casino / Showtime
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING – 9 p.m. OG/6 p.m. PT á Showtime
IBF veltivigtar World Championship
Errol Spence Jr.: 147 £
Lamont Peterson: 146 ¾ £
Dómarinn: Harvey Dock; Judges: Julie Lederman (N.Y.), Don Trella (Conn.), Steve Weisfeld (NJ)
IBF Lightweight World Championship
Robert Easter Jr.: 134 ½ £
Javier Fortuna: 136 ½ pounds**
Dómarinn: 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. OG/4 p.m. PT On Facebook Live &YouTube
Light Heavyweight Bout – 10 Umferðir
Marcus Browne: 175 ¾ £
Francy Ntetu: 174 ½ £
Heavyweight Bout – 10 Umferðir
Adam Kownacki: 260 £
Iago Kiladze: 220 ½ £
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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