IBF, WBA And WBC Champion Shields To Meet WBO & WBC Champion In Recess Hammer In Arguably The Most Significant Women’s Boxing Event In History
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نیویورک - فوریه 12, 2019 - Undefeated middleweight world champions Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer will meet on Saturday, آوریل 13 زنده در SHOWTIME تا قهرمان بلامنازع 160 پوندی زنان جهان شود. اتحاد پرفروش‌ها از سالن بورد واک در آتلانتیک سیتی, N.J. رویداد اصلی خواهد بود SHOWTIME بوکس: ویرایش ویژه در زندگی 9 p.m. ET/PT و مسلماً مهم‌ترین رویداد بوکس زنان در تاریخ است.
سپر در مقابل. Hammer features two of the consensus top-10 pound-for-pound fighters in the world squaring off to crown only the second undisputed champion in female boxing history.The fight, در ابتدا برای ماه نوامبر برنامه ریزی شده بود 2018, was postponed due to a now-resolved medical issue suffered by Hammer.
The 23-year-old Shields (8-0, 2 کوس) is a two-division champion who holds the IBF, عناوین 160 پوندی WBA و WBC. The 28-year-old Hammer (24-0, 11 کوس) owns the WBO belt, is the WBC Champion in Recess, and has dominated the women’s middleweight division for more than eight years. Shields and Hammer fought on the same card last June on SHOWTIME, with both fighters winning impressively to set up the first undisputed showdown in the women’s 160-pound division.
The winner of Shields vs. Hammer will join Terrence Crawford, جرمین تیلور, برنارد هاپکینز, الکساندر اوسیک و سیسیلیا براخوس وزنه‌بردار زنان به‌عنوان تنها مبارزانی که هر چهار عنوان اصلی جهان را در هر کلاس وزنی متحد کرده‌اند..
سپر در مقابل. Hammer is promoted by Salita Promotions. Ticket prices and on-sale date will be announced next week by Boardwalk Hall.
“I always seek the biggest challenges and set the highest goals. I will be ready like never before and will defeat Christina Hammer on April 13,” said Shields. “Nothing will stop me from becoming undisputed champion and continuing my journey to carry women’s boxing to never-before-seen heights. I want to be the greatest of all time and change the game forever for all women in sports, and April 13 is an important step on that road to history.”
“I have waited a long time for this moment,” said Hammer. “I am bigger, stronger and more experienced than Claressa Shields. I am undefeated and have been a champion for over eight years. I can’t wait to show the world that I am the best and undisputed middleweight champion of the world.”
“SHOWTIME Sports has a long history of featuring the best in women’s combat sports, whether it was with Laila Ali and Christy Martin in boxing, or Gina Carano, Cris Cyborg و Ronda Rousey در MMA,گفت: "گوردون سالن, تهیه کننده اجرایی SHOWTIME بوکس: ویرایش ویژه. "اخیرا, از آنجا که 2016 we have featured today’s elite with Claressa Shields, کریستینا چکشی, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano appearing in an industry-leading 10 presentations of women’s boxing. Male or female, SHOWTIME has delivered the best fighters in their toughest matchups, and April 13 تفاوتی نخواهد داشت. We have two of the best pound-for-pound female fighters in the world facing each other with all four middleweight titles at stake. It doesn’t get much better than that.”
“The biggest women’s fight of all time is set to take place on April 13 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City,”گفت: مروج دیمیتری سالیتا. “Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer, هر دو قهرمان, both in their prime, are not only taking on the biggest challenge in their respective careers by meeting each other in the ring, but are breaking barriers for boxing and for women in sports. آوریل 13 is destined to be an electric and historic night of boxing live on SHOWTIME.”
“Shields vs. Hammer is the biggest and most important fight in women’s boxing history – two undefeated unified champions in their prime battling for the undisputed middleweight championship of the world,” said Shields’ manager Mark Taffet. “Christina Hammer is indeed a very good fighter and champion, but Claressa Shields is once-in-a-lifetime. The same intense focus and determination that got Claressa through life, earned her two Olympic gold medals, and won her five world titles in eight pro fights will carry her to victory on April 13.”
“We are very excited to bring world-class championship boxing back to Atlantic City’s Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall,” said Matt Doherty, Executive Director of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority. “This reinforces the CRDA’s commitment to attract world-class sporting events and increase visitors to our destination.”
Shields was the first American boxer in history – male or female – to win consecutive Olympic gold medals. سنگ چخماق, میشیگان, native turned professional following the 2016 Olympics and became unified women’s super middleweight world champion in just her fourth professional fight. Shields moved down to middleweight for her June 22 headliner on SHOWTIME, defeating Hanna Gabriels to win the IBF and WBA titles and become a two-division champion in just her sixth professional contest. After Hammer was named WBC Champion in Recess due to her medical issue, Shields picked up the vacant WBC title last November with a unanimous decision over Hannah Rankin. She most recently defended all three titles in December against Femke Hermans.
چکش, of Dortmund, آلمان, has been the dominant force in the women’s middleweight division since winning the WBO title in 2010. Hammer became unified champion in 2016 with a unanimous decision over WBC titlist Kali Reis and made four defenses as unified champion. In her eight years as champion, Hammer has lost just a handful of rounds across 16 دعوا عنوان جهان. چکش, who also models professionally and was recently featured at Fashion Week in New York City, made her U.S. debut on June 22 after campaigning mostly in Germany since turning professional in 2009. After being forced to withdraw from the November unification due to the health issue, Hammer won a non-title fight via second round knockout last Saturday, فوریه 9 در آلمان.
The undercard for the SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION telecast will be announced in the coming weeks.