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Shohjahon Ergashev Shines While Jesse Hernandez Edges Ernesto Garza In Co-Featured Bouts
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VERONA, N.Y.. (Jan. 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: Den nye generasjonen Fredag 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. Den 2012 og 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 Fredag i Verona.
“I have to drop down and see how I feel (første),” 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: Den nye generasjonen.
“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.”
I 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 totale slag.
Hernandez (11-1, 7 KOs) landet 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. Til meg, 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 sendingen.
The win over the top-10 ranked Fredrickson extended Ergashev’s perfect record to 12-0 med 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 av den tredje.
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) og (Javan) Sukker (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.
Fredagens tripleheader will replay on Mandag, Jan. 15 ved 10 pm. OG/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME and will be available on SHOWTIME on DEMAND® and SHOWTIME ANYTIME®.
Barry Tompkins called the ShoBox handling fra ringside med Steve Farhood og tidligere verdensmester Raul Marquez tjene som ekspert analytikere. The executive producer was Gordon Hall with Rich Gaughan producing and Rick Phillips directing.
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Unified Verdensmester å forsvare Titler Against Undefeated Challenger Tori Nelson fredag, Jan. 12, i Main Event på Showtime
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Flint, meg. (Januar 11, 2018) – Unified kvinner Super mellomvekt verdensmester Claressa Shields snakket med media på en treningsøkt i hennes hjemby Flint, Mich., før hun dro til Verona, N.Y.. å forsvare sine 168 pund titler mot ubeseirede IBF obligatorisk challenger Tori Nelson i morgen natt, Fredag, Jan. 12 leve på SHOWTIME.
Shields vil veie i ettermiddag før i morgen natts ShoBox: Den nye generasjonen telecast fra Turning Stone Resort Casino. Den sendingen begynner på 10 pm. OG/PT og har kampen om to ubeseirede 140 pund prospekter Shakh Ergashev og Sonny Fredrickson og Jesse Hernandez gjør sin ShoBox tilbake mot Ernesto Garza.
Billetter til dette arrangementet, som er markedsført av Salita kampanjer, er for tiden på salg for $75 for de to første rekker av ringside, $65 for resterende ringside seter og alle andre priset til $49 og $37, pluss eventuelle avgifter. Billetter kan kjøpes i person eller ved å ringe Turning Stone Resort billettkontoret på 800.771.7711 eller online på Ticket.
Her er hva den 22 år gamle Shields måtte si fra hjembyen hennes gym, Den Berston Field House:
Claressa Shields
"Jeg føler meg fantastisk. Jeg presset meg selv denne leiren. Det var en lengre camp enn vanlig så jeg har hatt god tid til å bli klar. Tori nelson har gjort en masse søppel snakker, men jeg kommer til å vise henne at hun kan være 17-0, men hun har aldri kjempet en jente som meg før.
“Jeg kan bare ha 4 profesjonelle kamper til mitt navn, men jeg har masse amatør erfaring. Jeg har kjempet jenter som er 16-0, Jeg ser ikke hvor som helst på henne posten hvor hun kjempet en ubeseiret fighter av det kaliber.
“Jeg har forberedt for denne kampen på samme måte som jeg alltid gjør. Jeg har ikke gjort noe spesielt. Jeg fokusere på meg selv, ikke mine motstandere.
“I det sjette eller syvende runde, Nelson går ned.
“Når jeg slo Nelson, Jeg ønsker å kjempe Christina Hammer, men jeg tar det en kamp om gangen. Jeg ønsker å kjempe minst én gang på 154 pounds før du tar på Hammer.”
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Om ShoBox: Den nye generasjonen
Siden oppstarten i juli 2001, den kritikerroste SHOWTIME boksing serie, ShoBox: Den nye generasjonen har omtalt unge talenter matchet tøft. Den ShoBox filosofi er å kringkaste spennende, folkemengde-tiltalende og konkurransedyktige kamper samtidig som det gir en Proving Ground for villige prospekter fast bestemt på å kjempe for en verden tittel. Noen av de voksende liste av 73 krigere som har dukket opp på ShoBox og avansert å samle verdens titler inkluderer: Errol Spence Jr., Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder, Erislandy Lara, Shawn Porter, Gary Russell Jr., Lamont Peterson, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Nonito Donaire, Devon Alexander, Carl Froch, Robert Guerrero, Timothy Bradley, Jessie Vargas, Juan Manuel Lopez, Chad Dawson, Paulie Malignaggi, Ricky Hatton, Kelly Pavlik, Paul Williams og mer.
Om Turning Stone Resort Casino
Vert av januar 12 begivenhet, Turning Stone Resort Casino er en prisbelønt destinasjon resort, som fortsetter å markere seg som en ledende arena for fight-of-the-års nivå boksing. Januar Arrangementet vil markere Turning Stone 24. nasjonalt fjernsyn boksing event, semente anlegget som en ledende destinasjon for nasjonalt tv kampsport. Turning Stone har verdensklasse fasiliteter, inkludert fire hoteller, mer enn 20 signatur restauranter og spisesteder, to spas, en helt ny 125,000 kvadrat Las Vegas stil gaming gulvet, en kabaret-stil Showroom, en 5,000 sete arena, fem golfbaner, flere barer, cocktailbarer og utesteder med live underholdning hver helg.
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Undefeated heavyweight KO artist Apti Davtaev will make his long-awaited American debut denne fredagen night on the untelevised undercard of two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa “T-Rex” Shields (4-0, 2 KOs) defense of her WBC and IBF titles against undefeated mandatory challenger Tori Nelson (17-0-3, 2 KOs) på Turning Stone Resort Casino i Verona, New York. A recent signing of Salita Promotions, Davtaev (13-0-1, 13 KOs), from Kurchaloi, Russland, will take on Philadelphia-based veteran Garrett “The Ultimate Warrior” Wilson (18-13-1, 9 KOs) in an eight-round showcase.
Standing an imposing 6 ‘5″ and already having won the WBC Slovenian title in just his tenth pro fight, Davtaev moved from his training base in Grozny to Detroit to work with well-respected Javan SugarHill Steward at the Kronk Gym.
“I loved training in Detroit with SugarHill Steward,” said Davtaev. “I feel my skills are going to a new level and I look forward to showing them off on January 12. I know Wilson is experienced and has fought some very good fighters, but I am in great shape and ready to put on a show!”
Not looking to waste any time, the 28-year-old Davtaev says he’ll be looking for “names” in the big man’s division of boxing after this fight.
“My goals are to stay active and fight the better names in the division this year,” han sa. “I look forward to showing the boxing fans my skills and challenging the big names. The fans in New York can expect to see a new contender in the heavyweight division.”
Steward, nephew of the great Emanuel Steward and quickly building a strong reputation of his own, says that Davtaev has what it takes.
“Apti is a strong, coordinated, big heavyweight who will be ready to compete very soon with the other contenders in the division. I am very impressed with his ability to learn and to transfer what he’s learned into sparring. I am excited to see Apti in action January 12 for his American debut. I expect to see an exciting knockout!”
Presented by Salita Promotions, Shields vs. Nelson will serve as the headliner of a televised tripleheader on SHOWTIME (10 pm. OG/PT).
Also featured on the January 12 sendingen, Uzbekistan power-puncher Shohjahon Ergashev (11-0, 11 KOs) will face fellow undefeated and top-10 ranked Sonny Fredrickson (18-0, 12 KOs) Toledo, Ohio. I co-feature, Jesse Hernandez (10-1, 7 KOs) will take on Ernesto Garza (9-2, 5 KOs; 1-3 WSB) i en 10-runde super bantamvekt bout.
Billetter til dette arrangementet, som er markedsført av Salita kampanjer, er for tiden på salg for $75 for de to første rekker av ringside, $65 for resterende ringside seter og alle andre priset til $49 og $37, pluss eventuelle avgifter. Billetter kan kjøpes i person eller ved å ringe Turning Stone Resort billettkontoret på800.771.7711 eller online på Ticket.
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