World’s No. 1 Fighter At 168 Pounds Takes On No. 1 Fighter At 154 Pounds In Main Event Middleweight Bout

SHOWTIME BOXING: スペシャルエディション ライブアット 10 午後. アンド/PT

From Masonic Temple In Detroit, ミシガン州。; 今売られてチケット

ニューヨーク (4月 24, 2018) – Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and unified women’s super middleweight Champion Claressa Shields will attempt to become a two-division world champion on Friday, 6月 22 live on SHOWTIME when she faces unified women’s 154-pound champion Hanna Gabriels for the vacant IBF and WBA Middleweight World Championships at Masonic Temple in Detroit, 私に.

Showtimeのボクシング: スペシャルエディションの放送は から始まります 10 午後. アンド/PT and features the No. 1 で、戦闘機 168 ノーに面したポンド. 1 で、戦闘機 154 両者ともミドル級で初めてチャンピオンになろうとするポンド.

シールズ (5-0, 2 戦績), who grew up in nearby Flint, 男性でも女性でも、オリンピックで連続金メダルを獲得した史上初のアメリカ人ボクサーでした. 23歳は試合後にプロに転向した 2016 オリンピック、ちょうど彼女の第四プロの戦いで統一された女性のスーパーミドル級世界チャンピオンになりました. シールズは現在、2階級チャンピオンになることを目指して、著名なトレーナー、ジョン・デビッド・ジャクソンとともに最初のキャンプを開始する.

“I can’t wait to get into the ring on 6月 22,」シールズは言いました. “I love the fight against Hanna Gabriels – champion versus champion, exactly the kind of fight that I want every time to take women’s boxing to new heights. I’ve said one of my goals is to win world championships in three weight divisions. I’m proud to be super middleweight champion, とに 6月 22 I will add the middleweight championship to my accomplishments. I’m excited to be working with John David Jackson for the next step in my career as I look to conquer another division.”

Two-division champion Gabriels (18-1-1, 11 戦績) is the reigning WBA and WBO World Champion. The native of Costa Rica won her first world title at welterweight in 2009 and has since fought in an astounding 11 consecutive world title fights. The 35-year-old won her first belt in the 154-pound division in 2010 and became unified champion in 2016. 彼女の最後の試合で, Gabriels avenged the only loss on her record, A 2013 defeat to then-undefeated title challenger Oxandia Castillo. She looks to become a three-division world champion on 6月 22.

“I’m really excited and grateful to have the opportunity to showcase my skills against Claressa Shields on SHOWTIME,」とガブリエルズは言った. “This will be a great battle of two world champions, a great night for my country, and a great fight for women’s boxing. I only know one thing – the woman in front of me will lose. I take nothing away from Claressa’s accomplishments, しかし上の 6月 22 she is facing a three-time world champion and I will take the ‘0’ in her record and prove I am the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.”

“This main event is yet another example of SHOWTIME Boxing’s commitment to delivering the best fighters in the best matchups,」ゴードン・ホールは言いました, Showtimeのボクシングのエグゼクティブプロデューサー: SPECIAL EDITION. “We have two unified champions, the top fighters in their respective divisions, facing off for a championship in a new weight class. Will Claressa Shields be as dominant as a middleweight? Can Hanna Gabriels shock the world and hand Claressa her first loss since she was an amateur in 2012? We’ll find out on 6月 22."

SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION (10 午後. アンド/PT) will also feature extensive highlights of unified women’s middleweight champion Christina Hammer (22-0, 10 戦績) 彼女がWBCを防衛するとき & 米国でのWBOタイトル獲得. デビュー戦で元世界チャンピオンのトリ・ネルソンと対戦 (17-1-3, 2 戦績).

If both Shields and Hammer are victorious in their 160-pound bouts on 6月 22, 彼らはショータイムの秋の超大作で対戦し、議論の余地のない女子ミドル級世界チャンピオンを決定します.

“I’m glad Christina Hammer will be fighting that night as well. After I beat champion Hanna Gabriels, I want to unify all the middleweight belts against Hammer,」シールズは言いました. “I’ve never been so motivated. This will be a great year for women’s boxing. 私たちの時間です!"

ハマー, ドルトムントの, ドイツ, has dominated the women’s middleweight division for nearly eight years, having won the WBO title at 160 pounds in 2010. The 27-year-old became unified champion in 2016 with a unanimous decision over WBC titlist Kali Reis and has made two defenses as unified champion. Hammer won the WBO title in 2010 in her eighth professional fight and has dominated the middleweight division since, losing just a handful of rounds in her reign as champion at 160 ポンド. ハマー, 誰が専門的にもモデルや最近ニューヨークでファッションウィークで紹介されました, has campaigned mostly in Germany since turning professional in 2009.

“I have been training intensively for months for my first fight in the U.S.,” Hammer said. “I can’t wait to show my skills, desire and hunger to America and prove that I am THE middleweight champion of the world. While I have great respect for Tori Nelson, I promise I will defeat her in spectacular fashion on 6月 22 and send a message to Claressa Shields. 私が輝く時が来た!"

イベントのチケット, Salitaプロモーションによって促進されます, are available at Ticketmaster.com or at the Masonic Temple Box Office at (313) 832-7100. VIPチケットの価格は $300, リングサイドチケットで $125, 残りのチケットは、 $75, $50 と $35.

“Women’s boxing will shine brightly on 6月 22 in Detroit as the best fight the best,」プロモータードミトリーSalitaは言い. “Claressa Shields, in just her sixth fight as a professional, is once again showing her willingness to take on all challenges when she competes for a second world title against one of the best female fighters in the sport. Hanna Gabriels is a long-reigning world champion and a national hero in Costa Rica. This fight and this card, which features four women’s world champions battling each other, is the definition of world-class boxing. 6月 22 will be their time to shine, live on SHOWTIME in Detroit.”