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Premier Boxing Champions on Spike Tripleheader Features Rising Star Jarrett Hurd Battling Once-Beaten Contender Jorge Cota & Former World Champion Javier Fortuna Taking On Unbeaten Super Featherweight Omar Douglas
9 P.M. AND/8 P.M. CT
门票现已公开发售!
费城 (十月 13, 2016) – Undefeated welterweight world champion 丹尼 “迅速” 加西亚 (32-0, 18 科斯) will make his first appearance in his native Philadelphia since 2010 as he takes on Colombia’s 塞缪尔·巴尔加斯 (25-2-1, 13 科斯) 在主要事件 总理拳击冠军 上 Spike 星期六, 十一月 12from Temple University’s Liacouras Center. The bout will be Garcia’s final hurdle before a planned massive showdown with unbeaten champion 基思 “一度” 瑟曼 scheduled for the first quarter of 2017.
In keeping with his desire to give back to the community, 加西亚正在与 菲拉邦丹斯, 该地区最大的饥饿救济组织, 安排区域美食活动, 收集最需要的物品, 例如金枪鱼和蔬菜. Fans are being encouraged to drop off canned goods at the Liacouras Center (1776 北布罗德街) 和 DSG 拳击馆 (3731 贾斯珀街). 另外, $10 from each ticket sold will be donated and provide 20 每张票为有需要的人提供餐食. More information on these efforts and how you can get involved will be announced shortly.
加西亚, a two-division world champion, will battle Vargas in a 10-round non-title bout in his first fight since his exciting win over 罗伯特· “鬼” 战士 一月. Garcia insisted on staging the fight in his hometown and using the event as a vehicle to raise awareness and money for the less fortunate in the area.
“My dad and I wanted to get one more fight in before the end of the year and there was no doubt in my mind it had to be in Philadelphia,” 加西亚说. “My team got it done and it’s a great feeling to fight at home over the holidays. I’m excited to use this opportunity to give back to the community and put on a show on November 12. This city means everything to me. I hope everyone comes out, but shows up with cans of food too. I’m gearing up for a big fight with Keith Thurman next year that’s going to be a can’t miss event. 第一, I’m going to fight for my city on 十一月 12.”
“Things happen when you work hard and I’m so excited about this opportunity,” 巴尔加斯说. “Garcia is a great fighter and he cleaned out the 140-pound division and now he is champion at 147. A win would change my life and everyone around me. 这是我的时间. I can’t fail. This is going to be a Rocky story in Rocky’s town.”
在穗电视报道开始于 9 P.M. AND/8 P.M. CT 和不败的后起之秀 贾勒特赫德 (18-0, 12 科斯) in a 12-round bout against once-beaten super welterweight contender 豪尔赫·科塔 (25-1, 22 科斯) 和前世界冠军 哈维尔财神 (30-1-1, 22 科斯) battling undefeated 奥马尔·道格拉斯 (17-0, 12 科斯) 在10轮轻量级回合.
“This win will put me one step closer towards winning a world title,” 称，赫德. “The win over Oscar Molina was a big opportunity that has opened a lot of doors and was a great experience. Cota is a tough veteran with a high knockout rate. He is a little wild and I have to look out for that. I’m going to go out there to land nice shots and stick to my game plan.”
“I’m looking forward to this opportunity to fight a good undefeated fighter,” 科塔说. “I know that I have the power and skills to beat anybody out there. I’m going to leave it all in the ring and get the victory on 十一月 12.”
“I’m only thinking about winning heading into this fight,” 说财神. “Douglas is a good fighter who moves very well. I’m looking forward to this challenge on 十一月 12. I will be a world champion once again.”
“This is the type of fight that I need if I am going to be a champion,” said Douglas. “I plan on putting on a crowd pleasing performance. Fortuna is a decent fighter and I’m going to have to break him down. He is good for four or five rounds but then he slows down. I’m going to set him up to take him out in the later rounds.”
门票现场活动, 由 DSG Promotions 和 King’s Promotions 推广, 售价为 $200, $100, $75, $50 和 $35 与现已公开发售. 如需购买门票，请访问 LiacourasCenter.com/events 或致电 800-298-4200. Garcia returns to headline in his hometown as a two-division world champion who has picked up major victories over top fighters including Amir Khan, 卢卡斯Matthysse, 拉蒙特彼得森, Paulie Malignaggi and Zab Judah on his way to 31 职业胜利. The 28-year-old earned a vacant welterweight world title in his last bout when he won a toe-to-toe battle with former world champion Guerrero in Los Angeles taking his professional record to 32-0.
The 27-year-old Vargas enters this bout on a five-fight win streak including three stoppage victories including his most recent outing, a 10-round decision over Juan Armando Garcia in May. Born in Columbia, his family left to find a better life when he was 15 years old and after a brief stay in New York City, they moved to the Toronto suburb of Mississauga. Vargas enrolled at a boxing gym early on and learned discipline while adapting to his surroundings. 他转为职业选手 2010 刚刚之后 12 amateur bouts and was undefeated in his first 16 fights while fighting out of Canada.
Hurd fights out of Accokeek, MD。, just south of Washington, D.C. and is perfect since entering the pro ranks in 2012. The 26-year-old has faced three straight undefeated fighters including a sixth-round stoppage of Frank Galarza in 2015 and a 10th-round TKO over Oscar Molina in the co-main event of the Keith Thurman vs. Shawn Porter card in June. The exciting boxer-puncher will look to continue his climb to a world title on十一月 12.
A powerful puncher sporting an 88 敲除率百分比, Cota made his U.S. debut in August of 2015 and upset Cuban Olympic silver medalist Yudel Jhonson while knocking him down twice over the 10-round bout. The fighter out of Sinaloa, Mexico is entering this fight with nine straight wins, including six by way of knockout. The 27-year-old will be making his first ring appearance of 2016.
即参加了首届泛美青少年锦标赛的业余突出 2003, the 27-year-old Fortuna owns victories over Abner Cotto, 卡洛斯·伊万·贝拉斯克斯, 米格尔·萨穆迪奥和帕特里克·海兰. He took down the highly regarded Bryan Vasquez to earn a super featherweight world title in May of last year. 代表拉罗马纳, 多明尼加共和国, Fortuna bounced back from a defeat to Jason Sosa to stop previously unbeaten Marlyn Cabrera in September.
An undefeated fighter out of Wilmington, 特拉华州, Douglas impressed in his last two outings when he defeated contender Frank De Alba in a step up fight last December and followed it up with a seventh-round knockout of Alexei Collado in June. The 25-year-old has picked up four victories since the beginning of 2015 and will face his toughest competition to date when he battles Fortuna.
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