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

쇼 타임 권투: SPECIAL EDITION 라이브에서 10 시이. AND/PT

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NEW YORK (4월 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, 유월 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, 나를.

쇼 타임 권투: 스페셜 에디션 텔레비전 방송은 10 시이. AND/PT and features the No. 1 에서 전투기 168 아니 직면 파운드. 1 에서 전투기 154 그들이 미들급 부문에서 처음으로 챔피언이 되려고 노력하면서 파운드.

방패 (5-0, 2 KOS 호텔), who grew up in nearby Flint, 역사상 최초의 미국 복서 (남성 또는 여성)로 올림픽 금메달 연속 우승. 23 세의 그는 2016 올림픽을 거쳐 그녀의 네 번째 프로 경기에서 통일 여자 슈퍼 미들급 세계 챔피언이되었습니다.. Shields는 이제 2 부 리그 챔피언이되기 위해 유명한 트레이너 John David Jackson과 함께 첫 캠프를 시작합니다..

“I can’t wait to get into the ring on 유월 22,"방패는 말했다. “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, 과에 유월 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 KOS 호텔) 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. 그녀의 마지막 시합에서, 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 유월 22.

“I’m really excited and grateful to have the opportunity to showcase my skills against Claressa Shields on SHOWTIME,”가브리엘 스가 말했다. “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, 하지만에 유월 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,"고든 홀 말했다, 쇼 타임 복싱의 수석 프로듀서: 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 유월 22."

쇼 타임 권투: SPECIAL EDITION (10 시이. AND/PT) will also feature extensive highlights of unified women’s middleweight champion Christina Hammer (22-0, 10 KOS 호텔) 그녀가 WBC를 방어하면서 & 미국의 WBO 타이틀. 전 세계 챔피언 토리 넬슨과의 데뷔 (17-1-3, 2 KOS 호텔).

If both Shields and Hammer are victorious in their 160-pound bouts on 유월 22, 그들은 논란의 여지가없는 여자 미들급 세계 챔피언을 결정하기 위해 SHOWTIME의 가을 블록버스터에서 만날 것입니다..

“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,"방패는 말했다. “I’ve never been so motivated. This will be a great year for women’s boxing. 우리 시대!"

망치, of Dortmund, 독일, 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 파운드. 망치, who also models professionally and was recently featured at Fashion Week in New York City, 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 유월 22 and send a message to Claressa Shields. 빛날 시간이야!"

이벤트 티켓, 하기 Salita 프로모션에 의해 추진되는, are available at Ticketmaster.com or at the Masonic Temple Box Office at (313) 832-7100. VIP 티켓 가격은 $300, 경기장 티켓 $125, 나머지 티켓은 $75, $50 과 $35.

“Women’s boxing will shine brightly on 유월 22 in Detroit as the best fight the best,"프로모터 드미트리 Salita 말했다. “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. 유월 22 will be their time to shine, live on SHOWTIME in Detroit.”