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El invicto campeón mundial de peso pesado Deontay Wilder detiene al retador Chris Arreola en el final del octavo cuadro de Premier Champions Boxing Champions en FOX & Evento principal de FOX Deportes Primetime del Legacy Arena en Birmingham, Alabama
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JERRY ODOM TO FACE JULIUS JACKSON IN MATCHUP OF SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS NEXT FRIDAY, Julio 22 En ShoBox: LA NUEVA GENERACIÓN
Odom Replaces The Injured Ronald Ellis In Co-Featured Bout Live On SHOWTIME® En 10 p.m. Y/PT From Foxwoods Resort Casino In Mashantucket, Conn.
NUEVA YORK (Julio 15, 2016) – Prospect Jerry Odom steps up to face Julius Jackson in a matchup of super middleweights next Friday, Julio 22 en ShoBox: La Nueva Generación en vivo por SHOWTIME (10 p.m. Y/PT) desde el Foxwoods Resort Casino en Mashantucket, Conn.
The hard-hitting Odom (13-2-1, 12 KOs) replaces Ronald Ellis, who pulled out of the bout el jueves with a right hand injury.
Odom was deep in training and looking to bounce back from a controversial draw with Ellis in February on ShoBox when he received the opportunity to face Jackson (19-1, 15 KOs). Jackson is the older brother of John and son of former two-division world champion Julian “The Hawk” Jackson.
“I have been training for a few fights that fell through. I’m in shape and ready to go,", Dijo Odom. “When my team got the call we decided it was the right decision to take this opportunity.
“My power will be a big factor. Jackson has faced punchers before, but he hasn’t faced one like me. Esta es una gran oportunidad, and I will put on a show el viernes próximo.”
Undefeated top 10-ranked super bantamweight Adam “Mantequilla” Lopez (15-0, 7 KOs) faces Roman Ruben Reynoso (18-1-1, 7 KOs) en el evento principal a 10 asaltos. In an eight round lightweight bout, O'Shaquie adoptivo (10-1, 7 KOs) meets Rolando Chinea (12-1-1, 6 KOs).
La Julio 22 ShoBox telecast marks the 15-year anniversary of the celebrated prospect developmental series.
Leo Santa Cruz, Mikey García & Ivan Redkach Los Angeles Media Workout Quotes & Fotos
Featherweight World Champion Amanda Serrano Defends Her Title Against Colombia’s Calixta Silgado as Part of Stacked Night of Fights Saturday, Julio 30 Barclays Center en Brooklyn
Carl Frampton Media Workout Quotes & Fotos
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SHOWTIME Sports® CONTINUA DE CELEBRACIÓN 30 AÑOS DE SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® CON CUATRO CLÁSICAS LUCHA DE JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ EN JULIO
Sintonizar Esta noche En 10 p.m. Y/PT por SHOWTIME EXTREME® Para Revivir Chávez vs.. Hector “Macho” Camacho; Ver Ronda 12 AHORA:http://s.sho.com/2996PsP
Más, Chavez vs. Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker, vs.Frankie Randall II y vs. Meldrick Taylor II en "Throwback Thursday" este mes
NUEVA YORK (Julio 7, 2016) - Ampliamente reconocido como el peleador nacido en México por excelencia en la historia y uno de los mejores boxeadores de todos los tiempos., Julio Cesar Chavez será honrado como SHOWTIME Sports® transmite las clásicas peleas de Chávez en la continuación de su celebración de un año de 30 años de SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.
El mes estará destacado por cuatro de las peleas más memorables del incomparable Chávez: contra Hector “Macho” Camacho, Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker, la segunda de tres peleas con Frankie Randall y la revancha con Meldrick Taylor. Las cuatro peleas se transmitirán los jueves a las 10 p.m. Y/PT por SHOWTIME EXTREME (horario completo a continuación).
Por años, la venerada leyenda del ring fue considerada el mejor luchador libra por libra del mundo. En una increíble carrera de 25 años (1980-2005), Chávez luchó 115 veces (107-6-2 con 88 nocauts). Al mas alto nivel, compitió en cuatro categorías de peso - 130 libras para 147 libras - y fue seis veces campeón mundial en tres divisiones.
Tiene récords de las defensas más exitosas en títulos mundiales (27), la mayoría de las victorias en peleas por el título (31), la mayoría de las peleas por el título (37) y la segunda mayor cantidad de defensas del título ganadas por knockear (21, después Joe Louis con 23). Chávez fue 31-4-2 con 21 KOs en peleas por títulos mundiales. Un multiple Boxeador del Año ganador, Chávez fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama del Boxeo Internacional en 2011.
Las peleas se transmitirán en "Throwback Jueves”Durante el mes de julio a 10 p.m. Y/PT por SHOWTIME EXTREME® y están disponibles en SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, SHOWTIME EN CUALQUIER MOMENTO® y a través del servicio en línea de la red.
A continuación se muestra el calendario de estrenos de SHOWTIME EXTREME para el mes de julio:
- ESTA NOCHE/Jueves, Julio 7: Chavez vs. Camacho
- Jueves, Julio 14: Chavez vs. Whitaker
- Jueves, Julio 21: Chávez Randal II
- Jueves, Julio 28: Chavez vs. Taylor II
"Reversión Jueves"Tidbits
- Chavez, campeón superpluma del CMB (81-0) y su homólogo de la OMB, Camacho, luchó en septiembre. 12, 1992, in Las Vegas. JCC rechazó una oferta determinada de "Macho" para tomar una decisión unánime en 12 asaltos.
- Chávez tuvo un final de racha ganadora de 87 peleas cuando él y el campeón de peso welter del CMB Whitaker pelearon por un controvertido empate mayoritario de 12 asaltos en septiembre.. 10, 1993, en el Alamodome de San Antonio. Un juez lo calificó para "Sweet Pea" por 115-113; los demás lo tenían 115-115.
- Chávez recibió su derrota inicial en una decisión dividida de 12 asaltos ante su némesis Randall en enero. 29, 1994. En la revancha lo siguiente Mayo 7, Chávez ganó una fina, decisión técnica dividida en ocho asaltos después de que se detuviera la pelea debido a un gran corte en la ceja de Chávez. Chávez y Randall pelearían por tercera vez, con Chávez tomando el partido de goma en un claro, decisión unánime en 10 asaltos en mayo 22, 2004.
- Chávez fue 2-0 contra Taylor, ganando por nocaut en el octavo asalto en una revancha en septiembre. 17, 1994. En su pelea inicial cuatro años y medio antes, Chávez se recuperó para ganar por 12º-paro ronda.
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UNDEFEATED AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT JARRELL MILLER TO FACE TOUGH VETERAN FRED KASSI ON FRIDAY, Agosto. 19 EN CASO DE PRINCIPAL SHOBOX: LA NUEVA GENERACIÓN
Tripleheader from Rhinos Stadium in Rochester, N.Y. Airs Live en 10 p.m. Y/PT por SHOWTIME®
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NUEVA YORK (Junio 30, 2016) – Undefeated heavyweight Jarrell Miller claims he’s America’s top heavyweight prospect. “Big Baby” will get a chance to back up his boast when he faces his toughest test to date in veteran Fred Gato en el evento principal de ShoBox: La Nueva Generación en Viernes, Agosto. 19.
The confident and hard-hitting Miller (17-0-1, 15 KOs) and the durable and vastly experienced Kassi (18-5-1, 10 KOs) will headline a tripleheader live on TIEMPO DE LA FUNCION en 10 p.m. Y/PT from the outdoor soccer venue Rhinos Stadium in Rochester, N.Y.
Two undefeated young bantamweight prospects will square off in theShoBox co-feature as world-ranked Nikolay Potapov (14-0-1, 6 KOs) y Antonio Nieves (16-0-1, 8 KOs) meet in a 10-round bantamweight bout.
En la primera pelea de la transmisión por televisión, undefeated welterweight knockout artist Bakhtiyar Eyubov (10-0, 10 KOs) will face battle-tested veteran Karim Mayfield (19-3-1, 11 KOs) en un partido de 10 asaltos.
Tickets for the event presented by Salita Promotions go on sale este viernes en Mediodía ET y están disponibles en http://www.rhinossoccer.com/y http://www.etix.com
“This is an amazing opportunity. I’m in the main event going against a tough opponent, and he’s definitely game to fight,” Miller said. “I’m ready to put his lights out like I do everybody else. I know he’s durable and a little older than me. He’s a tough guy and he can take a beating. Hasta aquí, he’s only been stopped once. I’ll be the second.
“I’m going back to basics in this camp. I’m an advanced fighter, but there are a couple of things I’ve wanted to work on. It’s easy for heavyweights to rely on power and forget about technique. You see what happened to Dominic Breazeale against Anthony Joshua? His power didn’t mean jack because there was no technique behind it. I want to be the kind of fighter who puts his technique first and power last.”
“I approach Jarrell like all young fighters,” Kassi said. “I’m a seasoned pro that has fought top-tier opponents. Jarrell will have to bring his ‘A game’ against me. He’s got size and power, but it’s nothing I haven’t seen. I’m tired of getting robbed by judges like in El Paso (against Chris Arreola), and in Alabama (against Dominic Breazeale). That should have been me fighting Anthony Joshua in The O2. En contra (Hughie) Furia, the cut saved him. Another round or two and he would have been done. Then we heard what we always hear, ‘oh, Fury had a bad night, so did Breazeale, so did Arreola.’ They all seem to have ‘bad’ nights when I’m in the other corner. I’m hoping to actually get some credit when Miller has a ‘bad’ night too. I’m a heavyweight boxer, that’s boxer underlined. I move my feet, I use angles, I hit and don’t get hit. That’s boxing and it’s my art. Boxing fans are going to have a great time watching me dismantle a giant.”
“I am very happy to be back on SHOWTIME fighting the best opponent of my career,”Dijo Eyubov. “I know this will be my hardest fight to date and that’s what motivates me. I am grateful that I am getting an opportunity to prove myself and I want to show that I am ready for the best fighters in the world. I am ready for the boxing world to know my name. Agosto 19, Karim Mayfield, here I come.”
“This will be a special event at Rochester Rhinos soccer stadium. We have America’s brightest heavyweight contender in Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller and a knockout sensation out of Brooklyn by way of Kazakhstan in Bakhtiyar ‘Bakha’ Eyubov,”promotor Dmitriy Salita dicho. “This show has all the ingredients to be one of the most talked about boxing events of the summer, and we think Miller has all the skills and charisma to break through in the heavyweight division. I am grateful to SHOWTIME and Rhinos Stadium that boxing fans will witness talented fighters in their toughest fights to date. I look forward to an explosive night of boxing.”
“Wendy and I are so excited to be hosting both SHOWTIME and the fighting debut of Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller at Rhinos Stadium,", Dijo Wendy y David Dworkin, owners of the Rochester Rhinos soccer stadium. "Agosto 19 will be a great opportunity to showcase our stadium and the City of Rochester to a nationwide audience.”
The menacing Miller, a 6-foot-4 Brooklyn, N.Y. nativo, is a consensus top 15 heavyweight – he’s ranked No. 8 en el de la OMB, No. 9 en la AMB y No. 14 en el FIB. The 27-year-old former professional kickboxer has knocked out six consecutive opponents as he’s risen through the rankings as one of America’s top heavyweight hopes. Prior to Miller’s knockout of Nick Guivas en Mayo 27, his previous two fights were onShoBox – a third round destruction of Akhror Muralimov last October and a knockout of Donovan Dennis in January in which he was pushed to the seventh round for the first time.
Kassi has been in with some of the most recognizable names in the heavyweight division, Incluyendo Amir Mansour, Dominic Breazeale y Hughie Fury. The 36-year-old fought to a disputed majority draw with three-time world title challenger Chris Arreola last July on PBC on CBS in which most ringside observers, Incluyendo ShoBox analista Steve Farhood, had Kassi winning by a wide margin. The New Orleans resident has been stopped just once – in 2014 by Mansour – and stands as an excellent barometer for Miller’s progression as a legitimate contender.
The fast-rising Potapov, of Potolsk, Rusia, is ranked in the top 15 in three of the four sanctioning bodies (No. 7 OMB, No. 13 FIB, No. 14 AMB) after just 15 peleas profesionales. A former amateur standout with over 200 peleas, the 25-year-old Potapov has already gone at least 10 rounds seven times since turning professional in 2010. The only blemish on his record is a draw with undefeated prospect Stephon joven en su última pelea el Abril 15 en ShoBox.
Coincidently, the only blemish on Antonio Nieves’ record is a 2015 draw with Stephon Young. The 29-year-old is coming off his first 10-round performance, a unanimous decision over then once-beaten Oscar Mojica de junio 18. The Cleveland, Ohio native will face his toughest opponent to date in fellow unbeaten Potapov in the matchup of unbeaten bantamweights.
The Brooklyn-based Eyubov has passed every test he’s faced, and knocked out all of his opponents in the process. The 29-year-old native of Kazakhstan is coming off an impressive third-round stoppage of veteran Jared Robinson last January on ShoBox. Eyubov will step up his level of opposition when he faces Karim Mayfield, a 35-year-old veteran who owns wins over Mauricio Herrera y Steve Forbes and has never been stopped in 23 peleas.
Barry Tompkins llamará al ShoBox acción desde el ringside, con Steve Farhood y el ex campeón del mundo Raúl Márquez will serve as expert analysts. El productor ejecutivo es Gordon Hall con Rich Gaughan producir y Rick Phillips dirigente.
SHOBOX: LA NUEVA GENERACIÓN CELEBRA EL 15 ANIVERSARIO CON TELECAST DE CUATRO LUCHA EL VIERNES, Julio 22, VIVIR EN SHOWTIME
World-Ranked Adam Lopez Risks Perfect Record Against
Roman Reynoso In Main Event Live en 10 p.m. Y/PT
Tickets on Sale At Foxwoods Resort Casino
NUEVA YORK (Junio 29, 2016) – The popular, prospect-orientated boxing series, ShoBox: La Nueva Generación celebrates its 15th anniversary with a quadrupleheader on Viernes, Julio 22, vivir TIEMPO DE LA FUNCION (10 p.m. Y/PT, en diferido en la Costa Oeste) desde Foxwoods Resort Casino en Mashantucket, Conn.
En el evento estelar a 10 asaltos, undefeated top 10-ranked Adam “Mantequilla” Lopez (15-0, 7 KOs) of Phoenix faces Romano Rubén Reynoso (18-1-1, 7 KOs) of Argentina in a bantamweight bout. Super middleweights Ronald Ellis (12-0-1, 10 KOs) of Lynn., Misa., y Julius Jackson (19-1, 15 KOs) de St. Thomas, Islas vírgenes, will collide in the eight-round co-feature.
Completará la transmisión de cuatro peleas Dos ocho todoterrenos. O'Shaquie adoptivo (10-1, 7 KOs), de naranja, Texas, se reúne Rolando Chinea (12-1-1, 6 KOs), de Lancaster, Penn., in a featherweight scrap and undefeatedKhiary Gris-Pitts (13-0, 10 KOs), de Worcester, Misa., will be opposed by fellow unbeaten Ismael Garcia (10-0, 4 KOs), de Vineland, N. J., by way of Pahokee, Fla., in the super welterweight opener.
Tickets for the GH3 Promotions event are priced at $45, $75 y $150 and can be purchased by phone from the Foxwoods Resort Casino at800.200.2882 o en línea en www.foxwoods.com.
Since its premiere on July 21, 2001, 67 boxers who’ve appeared onShoBox went on to become world champions; the most recent,Rau'shee Warren. An additional 75 fighters who appeared on ShoBoxhave fought for a world title.
Testament to the ShoBox mission statement and to the competitiveness of the fights – prospects are matched against their toughest opposition to date – 150 fighters have suffered their first loss on the developmental series.
López, Ellis and Foster fought on GH3’s Febrero. 19 ShoBox at Atlantic City. Lopez and Foster triumphed; Ellis boxed a draw.
Adam Lopez vs. Romano Rubén Reynoso: 10-pelea de peso gallo
The steadily improving Lopez, now trained by Houston-based Ronnie Shields, will be making his fourth ShoBox start since March 2015. In his first three, he defeated previously unbeaten prospects (registro combinado: 44-0-2) on each occasion.
Último Febrero. 19, los 5 pies 7, 25-year-old Lopez captured a career-best, highly competitive 10-round decision over Mario Muñoz (16-0-1) de México. Lopez survived a nasty cut over his right eye to win by the scores of 98-92 dos veces y 97-93. In his other fights on ShoBox, Lopez won a (then personal-best) 10-round majority decision over DominicanEliecer Aquino (17-0-1) en julio 17, 2015, and by second-round knockout over Pablo Cruz (11-0) en marzo 13, 2015.
Regarding his upcoming fight against Reynoso, López dijo, “Everything is good. I’m starting to turn up my sparring. I have switched trainers to Ronnie Shields en Houston. I see a lot of improvement since my last fight.
“Reynoso is a good fighter from Argentina. He is in Canada now, so I am sure he is getting good sparring there. He is kind of wild, but guys like that are hard to fight because you don’t know where the punches are coming from, but we will be prepared for anything.”
Born in Phoenix and raised in Los Angeles, Lopez moved to San Antonio at 15. Continuó 125-23 in the amateurs and won six national championships before turning pro at 21 en febrero 2012.
The 25-year-old Reynoso brings a 10-fight winning streak into his United States and ShoBox debut. A five-year pro, the South American lightweight champion fought his initial 18 fights in Buenos Aires before winning his last fight and lone start this year on a decision over Cristian Arrazola último Mayo 20 en Canadá. Reynoso’s lone defeat came in his fourth fight.
“Everything is going well in training camp,’’ Reynoso said. “We know that Lopez is tall for 122 pounds and he has good hand speed. He has a good name and we will try to learn more in the next few weeks.
“This is a big opportunity for us and we will do our best. This is a big fight and we know we have to win. With a win, we would hope to get a world title opportunity.’’
Ronald Ellis vs. Julius Jackson: Pelea de peso mediano a ocho asaltos
Ellis gets an immediate opportunity to regain his winning ways after taking a sizeable jump up in class and boxing an eight-round draw with hard-hitting Jerry Odom en su Febrero. 19 ShoBox debut. A spirited, close contest throughout was scored 78-74 for Ellis and 76-76 una pieza. The draw snapped a four-fight-knockout streak for Ellis, who’s won all 10 of his knockouts inside two rounds (eight in the first) desde que se convirtió en profesional en 2011.
“This is going to be another coming out party for me,’’ the 5-foot-11, 25-year-old Ellis said. “The last fight was a draw. I had some problems with my hand, but I’m back and this is a step for me. Hopefully he comes to fight. I hope he brings it 100 percent because I am bringing 200 por ciento.
“I am glad to be on ShoBox de nuevo. I showed the fans a little bit in my last fight. They can expect the same thing but a little bit more on Julio 22.''
Jackson is making his second ShoBox Empezar. In his debut – and initial go in the U.S. – the older brother of Juan and son of former two-division world champion Julian "The Hawk" Jackson registered two knockdowns en-route to a ninth-round TKO over Jonathan Nelson (19-2, 10 KOs) en diciembre. 20, 2014.
Much like Ellis, Jackson is also getting a quick-fix chance to redeem himself and get back on the winning track. Pero, unlike Ellis, Jackson perdidosu pelea más reciente. His perfect record and 19-fight winning streak ended when he lost by second-round TKO to now top-rated super middleweight contender José Uzcátegui último Octubre. 6.
“I’m looking to redeem myself and come out with a win,’’ said the 6-foot-2 Jackson, quien cumple 29 en Agosto. 1. “This is my second ShoBox fight and I’m excited to get back to let the world see my talent. I’m getting better, my training has been good. I expect to be in with another really good fighter. It should be a great fight.’’
La 2008 Olympian for the Virgin Islands and a pro since January 2009, Jackson is fighting for the third time in a row in the U.S.
O’Shaquie Foster vs. Rolando Chinea: Eight-round featherweight bout
O’Shaquie (pronounced “oh-SHACK-ee”) Foster is making his third appearance on ShoBox. Último Febrero. 19, he began to live up to expectations when he rebounded from a sub-standard performance in his ShoBox debut (an eight-round decision loss to Samuel Seah en noviembre 2015) to register a seventh-round TKO over previously undefeated Lavisas Williams (8-0-1).
Fomentar, 22, dropped southpaw Williams four times – in the second, third, fourth and seventh rounds. Three of the knockdowns appeared to result from a push, but Williams’ gloves touched the canvas each time so they went into the books as knockdowns. After the final knockdown in the seventh, la pelea se detuvo a las 52 segundos en la ronda.
“Everything is going good,’’ Foster said. “I’ve been doing a lot of conditioning. Estoy en la mejor forma de mi vida. Chinea has a good jab and I know he will be in a good shape.
“Ever since I moved to Virginia to train, my conditioning, mentality and confidence has gone way up and that was the difference from my first fight to my last fight on ShoBox. En Julio 22, I will be even that much better.’’
A highly decorated amateur standout, the 5-foot-8½ inch Foster advanced to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials where he lost to unbeaten pro prospect, Joseph "Jo-Jo" Díaz. Antes de eso, Foster fue un 2010 Campeón Nacional PAL, un cinco veces campeón nacional de Ringside y dos veces campeón nacional de guantes de oro junior.
Chinea, a 5-foot-8, 25-años de edad, está haciendo su ShoBox debut. After going pro in November 2011, él fue 10-0-1 before losing an eight-round decision to Ismail Muwendo en abril 2015. He’s won two straight since, including a six-round decision over previously undefeatedladarius Miller (entonces 9-0) en su última pelea el Febrero. 16.
“I treat every opponent the same,’’ Chinea. “I give everything I got and I leave it all in the ring. I know Foster was a good amateur. I know he can box and I know he has some pop.
“This is the moment I’ve dreamed about since I started boxing at 14. My main goal is to tune out the crowd and win. I want to be a main event fighter on SHOWTIME and this is the first step.’’
Khiary Gray-Pitts vs. Ismael Garcia: Eight-round super welterweight bout
Gris-Pitts, 23, will be boxing on ShoBox por primera vez. Ambidextrous with quick hands and feet, Gray-Pitts turned pro in June 2014. He fought three times that year, eight times in 2015 (8-0, 8 KOs, seven in the first, one in the second) and this will be his third fight in 2016.
"Estoy muy emocionado,’’ Gray-Pitts said. “Now I get to showcase my skillset to the whole world. It’s something I’ve been waiting for. There’s still more that people haven’t seen yet when it comes to me. Now I get to see what I have the ability to do. I’m able to block [la multitud] fuera.
“The more pressure there is, the more relaxed I am. No sé mucho sobre mi oponente, but it doesn’t matter as long as I go in there and get done what I need to get done.”
The 5-foot-9 Gray-Pitts is coming off a second-round knockout overQuinton Willis último Mayo 13. En su salida anterior al último, the previous Febrero. 19, won a 10-round decision over Eduardo Flores.
García, 29, has fought sporadically since turning pro in March 2010, although he’s been more active in the last 14 meses. He fought in May and October in 2015 and won his one start this year on a six-round split decision over Carlos García último Marzo 18. Garcia’s initial seven fights took place in Atlantic City, the last three in Philadelphia.
“It is my television debut, and everything we have been working on in my first 10 fights we will put together for this fight,’’ Garcia said. “This is SHOWTIME. Estar en ShoBox is a long time coming for me. It’s what I’ve dreamed about since I started boxing. It’s his TV debut as well so I know he will be on top of his game. We will be preparing 100 percent for that and then some.
“I have seen a little of Gray-Pitts on tape. This will be my toughest test, as I will be his toughest test. When you have 13-0 lucha 10-0, it will be a good fight.’’
Barry Tompkins llamará al ShoBox acción desde el ringside, con Steve Farhood y el ex campeón del mundo Raúl Márquez will serve as expert analysts. El productor ejecutivo es Gordon Hall con Rich Gaughan producir y Rick Phillips dirigente.
MIKEY GARCIA RETURNS ON SATURDAY, Julio 30 FOR STACKED NIGHT OF BOXING ON SHOWTIME® AND SHOWTIME EXTREME®FROM BARCLAYS CENTER PRESENTED BY PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® - 9 p.m. Y/6 p.m. PT
Leo Santa Cruz Defends WBA Featherweight Championship vs. Carl Frampton
Two-Division Champ Mikey Garcia Returns Against Former Champion Elio Rojas
Tony Harrison and Sergey Rabchenko Meet in IBF 154-Pound Eliminator
SHOWTIME BOXING ON SHOWTIME EXTREME® - 7 p.m. Y/PT
Brooklyn Welterweights Paulie Malignaggi and Gabriel Bracero Square Off
Ivan Redkach Faces Tevin Farmer in Lightweight Bout
Entradas a la venta ahora
BROOKLYN (Junio 28, 2016)—Undefeated former two-division world champion Mikey García will return to the ring after a two-and-a-half-year layoff on Sábado, Julio 30 on an exciting night of boxing on TIEMPO DE LA FUNCION y SHOWTIME EXTREME that is one of the strongest cards ever assembled at Barclays Center en Brooklyn.
García, who won world titles at featherweight and super featherweight, will fight former world champion Elio Rojas en un combate de 10 asaltos en el SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING co-feature of the Leo Santa Cruz vs. Carl Frampton event presented by Premier Boxing Champions (PBC).
En la pelea de apertura de la SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast that begins at 9 p.m. Y/6 p.m. PT, once-beaten 154-pound contenders Tony Harrison y Sergey Rabchenko will meet in a 12-round IBF Junior Middleweight Eliminator. Harrison and Rabchenko will square off for the No. 2 mandatory challenger spot to IBF titlist Jermall Charlo, who successfully defended his crown on Mayo 21, and undefeated contender Julian Williams, who earned the No. 1 mandatory position on Marzo 5, both on SHOWTIME. Harrison vs. Rabchenko is the sixth matchup in 2016 between top 154-pound fighters, a lineup showcasing three world title fights and three title elimination matches in one of boxing’s deepest divisions.
The combined record of the six fighters on the SHOWTIME telecast is an impressive 162-4-1 con 113 nocauts.
An all-Brooklyn showdown between welterweight technicians Paulie “Hombre Mágico” Malignaggi y Gabriel “Tito” Bracero highlights the undercard action on SHOWTIME BOXING on SHOWTIME EXTREME. The 10-round bout is a matchup between a former two-division world champion, Malignaggi, and a fellow Brooklyn native, Bracero, coming off the biggest win of his career when he knocked out Danny O'Connor en octubre pasado.
A 10-round clash between once-beaten lightweight Ivan Redkach and streaking Tevin Farmer, un ganador de 14 Derecho, will open the SHOWTIME EXTREME telecast live at 7 p.m. Y/PT.
La Julio 30 event at Barclays Center comes on the heels of last Saturday’s potential Fight of the Year thriller between Keith Thurman y Shawn Porter, a back-and-forth slugfest that generated the top grossing live gate and second-highest attended boxing event in venue history.
“This is the strongest card from top to bottom that I have promoted at Barclays Center,” said DiBella Entertainment President Lou DiBella. “Every single fight is significant and competitive, and this is a great follow up from the tremendous success that boxing had with Thurman-Porter this past weekend.”
“This will be our 19º evento de boxeo, but from top to bottom it’s arguably our best card yet,” said Brooklyn Sports & CEO de entretenimiento Brett Yormark. “We are excited to welcome undefeated Santa Cruz and Frampton to Brooklyn for the first time, a fight that could rival Barclays Center’s epic Thurman-Porter bout for Fight of the Year. It’s also a pleasure to welcome Brooklyn’s own Paulie Malignaggi back to Barclays Center for the fifth time and to host the return of Mikey Garcia after a two and a half year hiatus. Julio 30 is going to be another big night for BROOKLYN BOXING.”
“We are excited to be part of Mikey Garcia’s return to the ring. Before the layoff, he was a two-division world champion and considered one of the top boxers in the world. We know he is determined to reclaim his place among the elite,", Dijo Stephen Espinoza, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo & Gerente General, SHOWTIME Sports. “SHOWTIME has distinguished itself by delivering the most compelling matchups and the most important events in boxing all year long. There is no other network as committed to the sport, y la Julio 30 evento, from top-to-bottom, is a prime example.”
MIKEY GARCIA vs. ELIO ROJAS
“I expect to pick up right where I left off,” Garcia told SHOWTIME Sports reporter Jim Gray last Saturday on CBS. “I was a world champion, I was undefeated, and I still am. I didn’t leave because I was injured. I think I’ll come back even better. I’m hungrier now than I was before.
“I just have to get one fight in. This first fight with Elio (Rojas) will be somewhere between 135 y 140 libra, but I want to fight at 135 and win a title there. I want to win a title there and keep going after champion after champion. Now that all that (uncertainty) is behind me I look forward to the next stage of my career. This next stage of my career will be what people remember me for.”
“Mikey Garcia is a great fighter,” Rojas said. “I want to thank him for this opportunity. We are both former WBC World Champions and I expect a great fight. Sin embargo, all of the talk surrounding this fight has been about Mikey’s comeback and his future plans. I am no tune-up. This is also about me coming back and fighting again. He may be looking past me, but I am fully focused on him and securing the victory. I will do whatever I have to do to win, so I can move on and regain my world championship.”
García (34-0, 28 KOs), de Ventura, Calif., is 28-years-old and in the prime of his career. Once considered one of the top young boxers pound-for-pound in the world, he will make his first ring appearance since he retained the WBO 130-pound title with a 12-round unanimous decision overJuan Carlos Burgos el ene. 25, 2014. García, the brother of renowned trainer Robert García, has been victorious by knockout in 10 de su pasado 12 fights and holds impressive victories overRoman “Rocky” Martinez, Juan Manuel Lopez, Orlando Salido y Bernabe Concepcion.
Rojas (24-2, 14 KOs), of San Francisco de Macoris, República Dominicana, won the WBC featherweight world championship in 2009 with a 12-round unanimous decision over defending titleholder Takahiro Ao en Japón. The 33-year-old successfully defended the title against Guty Espadas Jr. en 2010, before losing the belt via unanimous decision to Jhonny González en abril 2012. Since the loss to Gonzalez, Rojas moved up to lightweight, donde derrotó Robert Osiobe en agosto 2014.
TONY HARRISON vs. SERGEY RABCHENKO:
“I’m thrilled to return to the ring on this big stage for my first fight in Brooklyn, and I’m ready to put on a show,” said Harrison. “Fighting for a world title is my dream and I know that I have a challenge in front of me. I’m working hard in camp to get another knockout and to make my mark on the division.”
“This is the start of realizing my dream,” Rabchenko said. “America is the Mecca of boxing so it is a huge privilege for me to be asked to fight there. American fans like to see knockouts and I like to knock people out so I think they will like what they see. I think I can build a fan base there. I am hungrier than ever. I have not seen much of Harrison, but I am ready for anyone. People say he is a very good fighter with good power. I’m not worried. I have good power as well and I think I will have too much for him.”
Con tan sólo 25 años de edad, Harrison (23-1, 19 KOs) has showed tremendous promise. He manufactured a 10-fight knockout streak from 2013 a 2015 and proved he could recover from a loss when he dominated Cecil McCalla para 10 rounds in October 2015 y se detuvo Fernando Guerrero in impressive fashion in March.
Fighting out of Belaraus, Rabchenko (27-1, 20 KOs) is looking to put himself squarely into world title contention when he makes his U.S. debutar en Julio 30. The 30-year-old is coming off stoppage victories over Walter Calvo en mayo 2015 and Miguel Aguilar in February.
SHOWTIME EXTREME:
PAULIE MALIGNAGGI vs. GABRIEL BRACERO:
“I feel truly blessed to have yet another opportunity to fight in Brooklyn,” Malignaggi said. “I have known Tito a long time and I know he always comes to fight. We will give the Brooklyn fans a great appetizer before the terrific main event later that night in Barclays Center.”
“I’m looking to make a statement by winning this fight,” said Bracero. “Paulie and I have been friends since the amateurs and I’m thankful to have this opportunity, but he’s had his run. Now it’s time for me to have mine. This fight is going to change my life.”
Un ex campeón del mundo en 140 y 147 libras-, the 35-year-old Malignaggi (35-7, 7 KOs) will return to the ring to fight at Barclays Center for the fifth time. He has faced a slew of big names throughout his career and has been victorious over the likes of Zab Judah, Vyacheslav senchenko y Pablo Cesar Cano. Nacido y criado en el barrio de Bensonhurst de Brooklyn, “The Magic Man” was victorious twice fighting in his birth country of Italy last year after unsuccessfully challenging unbeaten Danny García en agosto.
Another Brooklyn-native, Bracero (24-2, 5 KOs) comes off of a sensational one-punch knockout of rival Danny O'Connor in their rematch last October. The 35-year-old owns victories over Dmitry Salita y Pavel Miranda in addition to his first triumph over the previously unbeaten O’Connor in 2011.
IVAN REDKACH vs. TEVIN FARMER:
“I am extremely happy to be back in the ring on a big show in New York,” Redkach said. “There are so many Ukrainian fans in New York and I am thrilled to have their support and will put on a great show for them. I want to thank Leo Santa Cruz and his team for having me in their camp as we both prepare ourselves to put on tremendous performances come Julio 30."
“I couldn’t be more excited about this fight,” Farmer said. “This is my Barclays Center debut and it is going to be a spectacular performance. I have called out anyone and everyone in the 130- pound division to no avail, so now I’m moving up to 135 to take on Redkach, one of the most feared punchers in the division. Redkach is an aggressive guy and I know he is coming to fight, but there is no way I leave that ring without my hand being raised. This is a fight where I can and I will make a major statement. I’m willing to fight whoever they put in front of me to inch closer to a world title opportunity and Julio 30 is another step in that direction. I tip my hat off to Redkach for giving me this fight, but this is my time to shine.”
Nacido en Ucrania, pero luchando fuera de Los Angeles, REDK (19-1-1, 15 KOs) began boxing at the age of six and has put together an impressive career since turning pro in 2009. The 30-year-old owns victories over Tony Luis, Sergey Gulyakevich y Yakubu Amidu. Más recientemente, Redkach knocked out Erick Daniel Martinez en octubre 2015 and fought to a draw with Luis Cruz en abril.
Representando a la ciudad luchadora de Filadelfia, Agricultor (24-1-1, 5 KOs) ha ganado 14 bouts in a row since losing to unbeaten world champion Jose Pedraza en 2012. The 25-year-old has come on strong in recent years, upsetting previously unbeaten fighters such as Emmanuel Gonzalez, Ángel Luna y Camilo Pérez. Farmer dominated veteran Gamaliel Díaz in March and will make his Barclays Center debut on Julio 30.
Las entradas para el evento en vivo, which is promoted by DiBella Entertainment in association with Cyclone Promotions, empieza en $38 y se pueden comprar en línea visitando www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com o llamando al 1-800-745-3000. Los boletos también están disponibles en la taquilla del American Express en el Barclays Center. Descuentos para grupos están disponibles llamando al 844-BKLYN-GP.
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