Just The Third Unification Between Undefeated Welterweights In Boxing History
BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWTIME ב- CBS, מוגש על ידי אלופי פרמייר באגרוף, Live on CBS From Barclays Center In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (פבואר. 15, 2017) – Sugar Ray Leonard vs. טומי Hearns. Felix Trinidad vs. אוסקר דה לה הויה. Floyd Mayweather vs. מני Pacquiao.
That is the elite company welterweight champions Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman will join when they meet in just the 10הunification in division history on יום שבת, מרץ 4 on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS, מוגש על ידי אלופי פרמייר באגרוף, מרקליס המרכז, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™, live on CBS from 9-11 p.m. ו/6-8 p.m. PT.
גרסיה, the WBC titleholder, and Thurman, the WBA champion, will unify the exact same titles that Leonard (WBC) and Hearns (WBA) unified in their 1981 מאבק של השנה.
And while Hearns was undefeated and Leonard entered with one loss, גרסיה (33-0, 19 קוס) and Thurman (27-0, 22 קוס) will meet in just the third unification between בלתי מנוצח welterweights in boxing history, the ראשון since Trinidad vs. De La Hoya in 1999, a bout billed as “The Fight of the Millennium.”
גרסיה vs. Thurman will be broadcast in Primetime on CBS, the first unification on network television in any division in over two decades (הערה: Terry Norris vs. Paul Vaden at 154-pounds on Dec. 16, 1995 על FOX). It’s also just the second primetime boxing presentation on the CBS Television Network in nearly 40 שנים.
While Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman are joining a who’s who of legendary 147-pounders, their showdown also presents current implications in boxing’s glamour division. With the retirement of pound-for-pound kingpin Floyd Mayweather, Garcia and Thurman, both just 28 שנים, meet with a chance to become the new face of the stacked 147-pound division, and perhaps earn a spot on the mythical pound-for-pound list.
יותר מ 80 percent of the total punches landed by Garcia are power shots, putting his high-octane power punch output nearly 10 percent higher than the welterweight average.
Keith Thurman ranks No. 4 amongst all current boxers in percentage of power punches landed, connecting at 48.2 percent according to Compubox. That’s more than 10 percent better than the welterweight average.
Both fighters are young, hungry and undefeated. Their bout on מרץ 4 is the quintessential career-defining fight. It is a chance for both to add to their growing legacy and potentially, ultimately, be forever linked with every boxing great in the coveted International Boxing Hall of Fame.
הערה: Welterweight Unifications (9) In Boxing History
· Jackie Fields (NBA) W DQ 2 Joe Dundee (העולם) 7-25-29
· שוגר ריי לאונרד (WBC) KO 14 תומאס Hearns (WBA) 9-16-81
· Donald Curry (WBA, IBF) KO 3 Milton McCrory (WBA) 12-6-85
· Simon Brown (IBF) KO 10 Maurice Blocker (WBC) 3-18-91
· פליקס טרינידד (IBF) W 12 אוסקר דה לה הויה (WBC) 9-18-99
· ריקרדו Mayorga (WBA) KO 3 ורנון פורסט (WBC) 1-25-03
· Cory Spinks (IBF) W 12 ריקרדו Mayorga (WBA, WBC) 12-13-03
· פלויד Mayweather (WBC, WBA סופר) W 12 מרקוס Maidana (WBA) 5-3-14
· פלויד Mayweather (WBC, WBA סופר) מני Pacquiao (WBO) 5-2-15
הערה: Curry-McCrory and Trinidad-DLH were matchups of unbeatens.
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ABOUT THURMAN vs. GARCIA
Keith Thurman vs. Danny Garcia is a welterweight world title showdown between undefeated 147-pound titlists. The 12-round bout headlines BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWTIME ב- CBS, שהוצג על ידי אלופי אגרוף לראש הממשלה,,יום שבת במרץ 4 מרקליס המרכז, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™. In the co-main event undefeated rising starאריקסון לובין battles once-beaten knockout artist חורחה קוטה in a super welterweight title eliminator bout on CBS at 9 p.m. ו/6 p.m. PT.
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