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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
門票現已公開發售!
費城 (十月 13, 2016) – Undefeated welterweight world champion 丹尼 “迅速” 加西亞 (32-0, 18 科斯) will make his first appearance in his native Philadelphia since 2010 as he takes on Colombia’s 塞繆爾·巴爾加斯 (25-2-1, 13 科斯) 在主要事件 總理拳擊冠軍 上 穗 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, Garcia is teaming up withPhilabundance, the region’s largest hunger relief organization, to arrange a regional food drive, collecting most-needed items, such as tuna and vegetables. Fans are being encouraged to drop off canned goods at the Liacouras Center (1776 N Broad St) and the DSG Boxing Gym (3731 Jasper St). 另外, $10 from each ticket sold will be donated and provide 20 meals per ticket for people in need. More information on these efforts and how you can get involved will be announced shortly.
加西亞, a two-division world champion, will battle Vargas in a 10-round non-title bout in his first fight since his exciting win over 羅伯特· “鬼” 戰士 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,” 加西亞說. “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,” 巴爾加斯說. “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. 這是我的時間. I can’t fail. This is going to be a Rocky story in Rocky’s town.”
在穗電視報導開始於 9 P.M. AND/8 P.M. CT and features undefeated rising star 賈勒特赫德 (18-0, 12 科斯) in a 12-round bout against once-beaten super welterweight contender 豪爾赫·科塔 (25-1, 22 科斯) 和前世界冠軍 哈維爾財神 (30-1-1, 22 科斯) battling undefeated 奧馬爾·道格拉斯 (17-0, 12 科斯) 在10輪輕量級回合.
“This win will put me one step closer towards winning a world title,” 稱，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,” 科塔說. “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,” 說財神. “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.”
門票現場活動, which is promoted by DSG Promotions and King’s Promotions, 售價為 $200, $100, $75, $50 和 $35 與現已公開發售. To purchase tickets visit LiacourasCenter.com/events or call 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, 盧卡斯Matthysse, 拉蒙特彼得森, Paulie Malignaggi and Zab Judah on his way to 31 美國頂級團隊產品積累了令人印象深刻的. 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. 他轉為職業選手 2010 after just 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 percent knockout rate, 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.
即參加了首屆泛美青少年錦標賽的業餘突出 2003, the 27-year-old Fortuna owns victories over Abner Cotto, 卡洛斯·伊万·貝拉斯克斯, 米格爾·薩穆迪奧和帕特里克·海蘭. He took down the highly regarded Bryan Vasquez to earn a super featherweight world title in May of last year. 代表拉羅馬納, 多明尼加共和國, Fortuna bounced back from a defeat to Jason Sosa to stop previously unbeaten Marlyn Cabrera in September.
An undefeated fighter out of Wilmington, 特拉華州, 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.
About Philabundance
Philabundance is the Delaware Valley’s largest hunger relief organization, serving more than 90,000 people each week in nine counties in PA and Southern NJ. Of those served, thirty percent are children, sixteen percent are seniors, and adults served include students, the working poor and single parents. 在 2015, Philabundance rescued more than 10 million pounds of food and distributed 28 million pounds through its own distribution programs, and a network of 350 agencies. A one-dollar donation provides two meals – Give now or learn more at Philabundance.org.
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