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UNDEFEATED SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT PROSPECT JUNIOR YOUNAN PROMISES A BREAKOUT YEAR IN SHOWTIME SPORTS® VIDEO FEATURE; RONALD ELLIS CAMP NOTES
Younan Faces Fellow Unbeaten Ronald Ellis In Main Event Of ShoBox: The New Generation, Olandelayo Friday, Feb. 2 Live SHOWTIME®
“After you see me fight, you’re going to remember what you saw.” – Junior Younan
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INI: SHOWTIME Sports delivers a behind-the-scenes look into the life and training camp of undefeated super middleweight prospect Junior Younan as he prepares to face fellow unbeaten Ronald Ellis in the main event of ShoBox: The New Generation olandelayo Friday, Feb. 2, bephila Showtime at 10 p.m. KANYE/PT from WinnaVegas Casino in Sloan, Iowa.
Ellis (14-0-1, 8 Kos), of Lynn, Mass., and Brooklyn’s Younan (13-0, 9 Kos) will clash in the 10-round main event of a four-fight telecast that features eight fighters with a combined record of 113-3-3.
The Brooklyn-born Younan is a former amateur standout who was dubbed by The New York Times as “a boxing prodigy” as a 10-year-old. And while he’ll face the toughest opponent of his career on Feb. 2, he’s confident he has the pedigree and talent to become a world champion.
“I love being in that spotlight, putting on a show and hearing the fans,"Uthe. “There’s nothing like it. I definitely think I can be the face of the super middleweight division.
“After you see me fight, you are going to remember what you saw. Lesi yisikhathi yami. This might not be a world title yet, but this is my first step.”
He added: “I don’t think there’s anything I can’t handle. 2018 should definitely be an interesting year. This is my breakout year.”
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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
UHlelo World Champion Robert Easter unqoba Javier Fortuna
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BROOKLYN (UJan. 21, 2018) - welterweight Ezingakanqotshwa iqhawe emhlabeni Errol Spence Jr. agcinwayo isihloko sakhe IBF ne-umisiwe umxhwele wangaphambili ezimbili division iqhawe Lamont Peterson uma kwenzeka main of SHOWTIME ubuqhawe BoxingSaturday ebusuku kusukela Barclays Center, ekhaya yeBrooklyn Boxing®.
Lapho eziphendulela okokuqala kusukela dethroning Kell Brook ku SHOWTIME ngoMeyi ngonyaka odlule, Spence (23-0, 20 Kos) phandle Boxed a Peterson ezinzima (35-4-1, 17 Kos) kusukela ekuqaleni kuze uqede, sibonisa ukubhekana nezinto eziningi amakhono, isivinini namandla. Le mpi samiswa ngaphambi kokuqala round lwesishiyagalombili ngemva Umqeqeshi Peterson sika, Barry Hunter, wabiza umisiwe.
Le mpi zenzeka uyofana nendlela kokubili fighters ezibikezelwe, kusukela ngo indaba cagey Tactical ngaphambi liphendulwe mpi nabanolaka imizuliswano phakathi. imizuzu emibili ku round amahlanu, Spence wasebenzisa amashashazi hook kwesokunxele ukuthumela Peterson ukuze canvas (Chofoza LAPHAi-gqamisa). The Washington, D.C. bomdabu wabuyela izinyawo zakhe baqhubeka empini, kodwa Spence wazibonakalisa kakhulu. The 2012 U.S. phandle Olympian lawela Peterson 161-45, ngenkathi ixhuma ku 49 amaphesenti amandla akhe punches ukuze nje 31 kwephesentheji Peterson.
Ngemva ukulwa Spence wakhuluma SHOWTIME Ezemidlalo intatheli Jim Grey yashesha adumisa imbangi yakhe. "Ngifuna ukubonga Lamont,"Uthe. "Kuningi guys yasenqaba lesi lokulwa Wakuthatha ngilichawe yangempela futhi mina ukumncoma ukuthi. He’s a tough fighter. He’s willing to die in there.” Click LAPHA ukubukela gqamisa ingxoxo.
Naphezu wabongwa ukuwina ngawo imfashini, Spence namanje ukholelwa ukuthi igumbi ukuthuthukisa. "Mina namanje angathuthukisa kakhulu ngiziphendulele,"Kusho unbeaten iqhawe emhlabeni. "Mina nje ukugcina siphelelisa amakhono ami siqhubeke sithuthuka. Uya ubone kangcono Errol Spence ngokuzayo ngithola esiyingini.
"Wonke umuntu uyazi ebengilindele ku" Abanye Isikhathi "Thurman,"Kusho Spence, ebheka phambili kungenzeka ukuhlanganisa umdlalo nge WBC futhi WBA Welterweight World Champion Keith Thurman. "Kusukela ngineminyaka engu- 15-0 I’ve been calling this guy out and he keeps making excuses. Ake sithathe it on. Anakho ezimbili amabhande futhi sobabili zinamagama enkulu. Kuba mpi lula ukwenza futhi ngifuna ke. "
Peterson, owalwela ngobuqhawe ngokumelene Spence abasebasha, wasihlonipha isinqumo of Umqeqeshi wakhe ayeke ukulwa, "Uma engibuza ukulwa kwesigidi abantu, Ngizo. Uma ebuza ngiyeke. Ngizoyeka. Angisoze embuzweni isinqumo sakhe. Ngiyazi ukuthi ukufunela yami okuhle kodwa. "
"Kwakunzima ngempela, kodwa uma wazi Lamont, wazi wayengeke akwazi ukuba bangayeki,"Kusho umqeqeshi Barry Hunter. "Kwadingeka ukuba ayeke ke. Ekupheleni kosuku, lo uyindodana yami khona lapha. Akunalutho esiyigugu ukwedlula inhlalakahle yakhe. Uma kuziwa kuye noma ngokuwina, I pick kuye. Mina obakhathalelayo kuye. "
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) uma kwenzeka co-main we SHOWTIME telecast. Abahluleli igoli iziqubu 114-113, 113-114 futhi 115-112.
I iziqubu emuva-naphambili wabona fighters ezimbili onekhono uhlale ephaketheni bese ubheka ukwenza umonakalo kusuka ngaphakathi. A yesibili round iphuzu ebanjwayo kusukela Fortuna esamlahlekisela lapho Dominican Waxwayiswa bese azohlawuliswa ukushaya Easter ngemuva ekhanda. Ngaphandle ebanjwayo iphuzu elilodwa, ukulwa ngabe kukora draw. Nakuba Easter Jr. kwaba kancane matasa nakakhulu, Fortuna ifike le punches elinamandla kakhulu. Easter Jr., eyayinesikhundla abalulekile ukuphakama inzuzo, phandle lawela Fortuna, yokuxhuma ku 120 of 383 (31 Amaphesenti angu) amandla punches ngenkathi Fortuna uxhumekile 113 of 441 (26 Amaphesenti angu).
"Kwakungumkhuleko abasebasha mpi ezinzima, yena a wangaphambili iqhawe emhlabeni isizathu,"Easter watshela Mpunga. "Thina kwenza ukuthi kube nzima ngokuzama yokulwisana Punch. Wayengahlezi uphonsa kakhulu futhi wenza kwaba nzima ngami ukuxosha lokhu umfana emhlabeni.
“Angikwazanga ukuthola Knockout kodwa sifika win futhi yilokho okubalulekile. Ngangazi wayezomvusa ukusebenza uma wafikelwa amandla ami. Wavele wafuna ubambe bese ubamba wonke lokulwa. "
Ebheka phambili, Easter wenza izinhloso zakhe ezicacile njengoba efuna ukuhlanganisa izikhathi esikhathini esizayo esiseduze, "Ngifuna ukulwa Champions futhi sabahlanganisa lezi amabhande. Ayalwa ezifana nalezi abekho umdlalo uhlelo lwami. Sengikulungele Mikey Garcia futhi Jorge Linares ukuze asayine inkontilaka. "
A Fortuna abebengeneme futhi wakhuluma Gray, "Umphakathi wazi ukuthi kwenzekani lapha. Bona booed ngoba bayazi ukuthi I won le mpi.
"Uma ekhona umuntu ake siphinde silwe at 135-amakhilogremu,"Kusho Fortuna, who failed to make weight on two attempts Friday, okwakusho ukuthi ibhande Easter kuyoba emgqeni. "Mina nakanjani ukwenza isisindo. Angiyekanga ngokwami isikhathi esanele ukuqeqesha. "
Unbeaten light heavyweight contender Marcus Browne (21-0, 16 Kos) wenza umsebenzi okusheshayo of Francy Ntetu (17-2, 4 Kos) e SHOWTIME Championship Boxing PRELIMS isenzo, as he dropped and battered his opponent early to force referee Arthur Mercante to stop the bout at just 2:15 of the emzuliswaneni wokuqala. Ukulwa for wakhe 12th time at the Barclays Center, the 27 EStaten Island bomdabu oneminyaka engu-igcinwe irekhodi lakhe singenasici yayinjalo sisebenzisa isandla sakhe esinamandla langakwesobunxele Ntetu overmatched.
Browne esungulwe ukubusa kwakhe kusukela ekuqaleni, kokufika overhand kwesokunxele ehlanzekile ukuthi uphonse Ntetu sekuphakathi round. I-Montreal, Quebec bomdabu wayengalokothi ukwazi izinyawo zakhe wazithola ekhoneni ngokumelene izindophi imizuzwana amathathu nje kamuva. A ithala inhlanganisela yamandla lawela phezu Ntetu ukuzilwela kwesokunxele unompempe ne nenye indlela ngaphandle ayeke ukulwa ne 45 asele ngesibalo round eyodwa.
“Sasisebenza kulolu win. Wahamba ku shot eliqinisekile Ngimnike ukukhokha,"Kusho Browne. "I-overhand kwesokunxele wambamba nokuthi kwaba ukuqala kwenkathi yokuphela kwezwe kuye. Ngangazi yalimala.
“Ngidinga shot isihloko emhlabeni. Ngikulungele ukuthatha noma yiziphi Amaqhawe. Anginayo yimuphi izintandokazi. Ngiyajabula ehlanganiswe omunye ukusebenza enkulu lapha e Barclays Center. Ngizofika ukugcina ukuthuthukisa ngize ngempela babe Mr. Barclays Center. "
credit, owathuthela kuze kube ukukhanya division sosondonzima for le mpi, bekubudisi ekubhekaneni inhlanganisela Browne sika isivinini namandla esendleleni eya ukulahlekelwa umsebenzi wakhe pro yesibili.
"[Browne] inhlekelele kakhulu, Halala kuye,” Said Ntetu. “Muhle okusheshayo, yena smart futhi angizange lilindele ukuba kube ukuthi alufakwa. Wathola kimi nehhuku sakhe sokunene iqonde kwesokunxele.
"Ngangisemzini ukuma okwanele ukulwa ngoba 10 emahlandla. Lena akuyona yami ekilasini isisindo, kodwa angifuni ukwenza izaba. "
Esikhathini iziqubu emcimbini wokuvulwa SHOWTIME Championship Boxing PRELIMS, Ezingakanqotshwa Adam Kownacki (17-0, 14 Kos) delivered a brutal knockout of IAGO Kiladze (26-2, 18 Kos) at 2:08 of the sixth round of their heavyweight matchup. Kownacki, owazalwa ngo Lomza, Poland kodwa elwa eBrooklyn, I-New York, wajabulela ukusekelwa langakubo isixuku njengoba kancane kancane egqoka Kiladze phansi.
Kownacki kwaba kakhulu ngobudlova futhi olunembile fighters ezimbili, kokwehla 43 amaphesenti kwamandla akhe punches and 35 Amaphesenti angu punches zakhe inani, kuqhathaniswa nje 30 amaphesenti futhi 18 Amaphesenti angu, ngokulandelana, i-Kiladze. Naphezu ekhaleni nokuchitheka kwegazi Kownacki wahlupheka ngomzuliswano wokuqala, le esigabeni sosondonzima basePoland baqala uwathele bese siphelelwa Kiladze nge uchungechunge uppercuts futhi eyodwa nambili inhlanganisela e round wesine. I iziqubu ezimatasa yaphela lapho Kownacki uxhumekile inhlanganisela uppercuts emibili ngakwesokunene ukuthi wathumela Kiladze emhlane wakhe ngomzuzu wokugcina lo mjikelezo lesithupha. Ngemva Kiladze ethukile wabuyela izinyawo zakhe, unompempe Shada Murdaugh ngokuthi ukulwa ngokusikisela udokotela ringside.
“Ngiyabonga ngakho bonke abalandeli bami Polish abaphuma ningiphe ukuthi ukusekelwa extra ", wathi Kownacki, owalwa phambi kwamakhulu Bakwethu lwakhe. "Ngizofika siqhubeke silwele abalandeli futhi ukunika wonke umbukiso omkhulu.
“Ngicabanga ngenza ukulwa okuningi kunalokho engangikucabanga kufanele abe. Kuyinto omunye lwekufundza mina ngikwazile win. Yilokho okubalulekile. "
EGeorgia owazalelwa Kiladze, olwela aphume Los Angeles, ayikwazanga ukhulume nabezindaba njengoba wayiswa NYU Lutheran Hospital ngenxa yezizathu zokuqapha.
NgoMgqibelo telecast ngeke udlale ku Sunday, January 21 at 9 a.m. KANYE/PT ku SHOWTIME futhi Monday, January 22 at 10 p.m. KANYE/PT on SHOWTIME obedlulele futhi izotholakala kwi SHOWTIME ON IFUNA® futhi Showtime Anytime®.
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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 (January 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, March 10th. The Premier Boxing Champions event was set to take place on Februwari 10, but Garcia’s quest for a fourth world title had to be rescheduled following a training injury to Lipinets’ isandla. 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. Amathikithi kuthiwa ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe at $250, $150, $75, $50 futhi $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 ukuthatha on 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, 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 futhi 135 amakhilogremu, has stopped 19 of wakhe wokugcina 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 November 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 and 140-pounds, although he did not win alphabet titles.
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Errol Spence JR. vs. LAMONT PETERSON FINAL WEIGHTS, Egroundini, IZITHOMBE & 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
Chofoza LAPHA For ifotho; Credit: Tom Casino / Showtime
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING – 9 p.m. KANYE/6 p.m. PT on Showtime
IBF Welterweight World Championship
Errol Spence Jr.: 147 amakhilogremu
Lamont Peterson: 146 ¾ amakhilogremu
Referee: IHarvey Dock; Judges: Julie Lederman (N.Y.), Don Trella (Conn.), Steve Weisfeld (N.J.)
IBF Lightweight World Championship
Robert Easter Jr.: 134 Amakhilogremu ½
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. KANYE/4 p.m. PT On Facebook Live &YouTube
Light Heavyweight Bout – 10 Emahlandla
Marcus Browne: 175 ¾ amakhilogremu
Francy Ntetu: 174 Amakhilogremu ½
Heavyweight Bout – 10 Emahlandla
Adam Kownacki: 260 amakhilogremu
IAGO Kiladze: 220 Amakhilogremu 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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UNIFIED WOMEN’S SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION CLARESSA SHIELDS DOMINATES TORI NELSON IN THE MAIN EVENT OF SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION FRIDAY ON SHOWTIME® FROM TURNING STONE RESORT CASINO
Shohjahon Ergashev Shines While Jesse Hernandez Edges Ernesto Garza In Co-Featured Bouts
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Verona, N.Y.. (UJan. 13, 2018) – Unified Women’s Super Middleweight World Champion Claressa Shields dominated previously undefeated Tori Nelson en route to a 10-round unanimous decision in the main event of ShoBox: The New Generation Friday on SHOWTIME from Turning Stone Resort Casino.
Shields controlled from opening to closing bell, sweeping 100-90 on all three judges’ scorecards in the first 10-round distance fight of her career. The 2012 futhi 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist out-landed Nelson 225-81 with her total punches, 186-70 in powers shots, and connected at a 44 percent clip with her power shots compared to just 20 percent for Nelson.
“I landed every shot that I thought possible to land,” Shields said. “She was tough, she wasn’t a pushover. She put on a good fight.”
Shields advanced to 5-0 with two knockouts in what was likely her final fight in the super middleweight division. The 22-year-old now has her sights set on the middleweight division where she will eventually target undefeated and Unified Women’s Middleweight World Champion Christina Hammer, who was ringside Friday e Verona.
“I have to drop down and see how I feel (kuqala),” Shields said. “I think I could make 160 easy, I’m going to be bigger and stronger than any girl.
“Hammer just wants to scope. I think she’s pretty scared to be honest. She is more worried about me than I am about her. I’m going to kick Hammer’s ass. People think Hammer is more skilled than me so I can’t wait to show her that she’s not.”
Hammer, who is expected to fight in a co-featured bout on the next Shields card, was interviewed by SHOWTIME analyst Steve Farhood and expressed excitement to make her U.S. debut and eventually face the American champion.
“It’s a great combination me and her on the same card,” Hammer said. “I can’t wait to show the fans who Christina Hammer is. That will be the best fight ever. It will be the game-changer for female boxing. It’s our time to shine.
“I’m long-time world champion and I have more experience. I have longer reach, I’m tall, I have good footwork and better technique than her. I feel the energy, and I can’t wait to fight against her.”
The former world champion Nelson (17-1-3, 2 Kos) became the 173rd undefeated fighter to suffer their first professional loss on ShoBox: The New Generation.
“I’m not happy because I didn’t win, but other than that I thought I executed pretty well,” said the 41-year-old Nelson. “I gave her a better fight than she was expecting.
“No disrespect to Claressa, she doesn’t have great power. She has great speed and she overwhelms you with a lot of punches. My movement threw her off like I knew it would but knowing she was the champion, I needed to just push a little bit more.”
In the ShoBox co-feature, Jesse Hernandez narrowly defeated Ernesto Garza via split-decision in an action-packed fight that was scored 95-94 Hernandez, 95-93 Garza, 97-93 Hernandez.
After a close first round, Garza floored Hernandez with a flush left hand to the nose in the closing moments of the second round. Hernandez recovered, and while the middle rounds featured tremendous back-and-forth action, Hernandez seemingly had no trouble walking down Garza, who’s punches seemed to lack any real power. Garza (9-3, 5 Kos) found a second wind and seemed to pick up the eighth and ninth rounds until Hernandez roared back in an excellent 10th and final round that featured 178 punches inani.
Hernandez (11-1, 7 Kos) lawela 50 percent of his power punches and connected on 40 percent of his punches compared to just 28 percent for Garza, however he threw just 719 total punches compared to more than 1,000 by Garza.
“I think it should have been a unanimous decision,” Hernandez said. “I’ve always been a slow starter and I feel like I lost the first two rounds, especially with the knockdown. But I won pretty much every round after that, I maybe lost three rounds.
“I’m not completely happy with my performance. I have to control my distance and my range a little bit better. I need to go back to the gym and work on those things. Before the summer comes I hope to have another fight and I hope it’s on SHOWTIME.
“I give Garza a lot of credit for getting in the ring and knocking me down. He hung in there for 10 rounds even after I caught him with some good shots. He was able to withstand those shots, but all that said, I still think it should have been a unanimous decision.”
Garza countered that sentiment.
“I thought it was a bogus decision,” Garza said. “I don’t understand that last judge’s card. I was happy with everything that I did. I executed well and did everything I needed to do to win the fight.
“I’m really disappointed with the outcome. I felt that I won. To me, I won a majority of the rounds and I knocked him down. I know knocking your opponent down usually leads to you winning the fight.”
Undefeated Uzbekistan power-puncher Shohjahon Ergashev handed Sonny Fredrickson the first loss of his career with an impressive third round TKO in the opening bout of the ShoBox telecast.
The win over the top-10 ranked Fredrickson extended Ergashev’s perfect record to 12-0 kanye 12 knockouts.
The 26-year-old pressed the action from the beginning, negating Fredrickson’s five-inch reach advantage with a steady diet of well-timed, crisp punches. Ergashev landed a wide left to the head that stumbled Fredrickson in the opening minute of the third and continued to tee-off as his opponent wobbled against the ropes With Fredrickson (18-1, 12 Kos) unable to defend himself and eating a series of brutal lefts, referee Benjy Esteves stepped in to stop the bout at 1:58 lesithathu.
All of Ergashev’s 61 connects in the bout were power shots, and he connected on 77 percent of his power punches in the third and final round.
“The ref saved him,” Ergashev said. “If he let him stay on his feet any longer I would have knocked him out. He couldn’t handle my power.
“At this stage of my career, I am in the best shape of my life and the best I have felt. This is my time right now, especially because I am training with Rick (Phillips) futhi (Javan) Sugar (Hill Steward). That’s what leads to all of my knockout power.
“I’m ready for whatever comes next. I’m ready for more fights in the U.S., and I want to keep getting more exposure to show off my skills. I’m ready to fight anybody in America.”
Fredrickson, who became the 172 fighter to suffer his professional loss on the prospect developmental series, suffered a jaw injury in the bout and was unavailable for comment.
SangoLwesihlanu tripleheader will replay on Monday, UJan. 15 at 10 p.m. KANYE/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME and will be available on SHOWTIME on DEMAND® and SHOWTIME ANYTIME®.
Barry Tompkins called the ShoBox action kusukela ringside noSteve Farhood futhi zangaphambili nezwe iqhawe Raul Marquez ukukhonza njengoba isazi Abahlaziyi. The executive producer was Gordon Hall with Rich Gaughan producing and Rick Phillips directing.
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