Just The Third Unification Between Undefeated Welterweights In Boxing History
ЧЕМПИОНАТ SHOWTIME ПО БОКСУ на CBS, представлен Premier Boxing Champions, Live on CBS From Barclays Center In Brooklyn
НЬЮ-ЙОРК (Февраль. 15, 2017) – Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Томми Хернс. Феликс Тринидад против. Оскар Де Ла Хойя. Флойд Мэйвезер. Мэнни Пакьяо.
That is the elite company welterweight champions Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman will join when they meet in just the 10йunification in division history on Суббота, Март 4 on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS, представлен Premier Boxing Champions, от Barclays Center, дом Бруклина БОКС ™, live on CBS from 9-11 p.m. И/6-8 p.m. PT.
Гарсия, the WBC titleholder, and Thurman, the WBA champion, will unify the exact same titles that Leonard (WBC) and Hearns (WBA) unified in their 1981 Бой года.
And while Hearns was undefeated and Leonard entered with one loss, Гарсия (33-0, 19 КО) and Thurman (27-0, 22 КО) will meet in just the third unification between непобежденным welterweights in boxing history, the первый since Trinidad vs. De La Hoya in 1999, a bout billed as “The Fight of the Millennium.”
Гарсия против. Thurman will be broadcast in Primetime on CBS, the first unification on network television in any division in over two decades (Заметка: Терри Норрис против. Paul Vaden at 154-pounds on Dec. 16, 1995 на FOX). It’s also just the second primetime boxing presentation on the CBS Television Network in nearly 40 годы.
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 лет, 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.
Более чем 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 Март 4 is the quintessential career-defining fight. It is a chance for both to add to their growing legacy and potentially, в конечном счете, be forever linked with every boxing great in the coveted International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Заметка: Welterweight Unifications (9) In Boxing History
· Джеки Поля (НБА) W DQ 2 Joe Dundee (Всемирная) 7-25-29
· Шугар Рэй Леонард (WBC) KO 14 Томас Хернс (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
· Феликс Тринидад (IBF) W 12 Оскар Де Ла Хойя (WBC) 9-18-99
· Рикардо Майорга (WBA) KO 3 Вернон Форрест (WBC) 1-25-03
· Cory Spinks (IBF) W 12 Рикардо Майорга (WBA, WBC) 12-13-03
· Флойд Мэйвезер (WBC, WBA в суперсреднем) W 12 Маркос Майдана (WBA) 5-3-14
· Флойд Мэйвезер (WBC, WBA в суперсреднем) Мэнни Пакьяо (WBO) 5-2-15
Заметка: Curry-McCrory and Trinidad-DLH were matchups of unbeatens.
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ABOUT THURMAN vs. ГАРСИЯ
Keith Thurman vs. Danny Garcia is a welterweight world title showdown between undefeated 147-pound titlists. The 12-round bout headlines ЧЕМПИОНАТ SHOWTIME ПО БОКСУ на CBS, представленный Премьер Бокс чемпионов,Суббота марта 4 от Barclays Center, дом Бруклина БОКС ™. In the co-main event undefeated rising starЭриксон Любин battles once-beaten knockout artist Хорхе Кота in a super welterweight title eliminator bout on CBS at 9 p.m. И/6 p.m. PT.
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