Just The Third Unification Between Undefeated Welterweights In Boxing History
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS, представили Премиер Бокинг Цхампионс, Live on CBS From Barclays Center In Brooklyn
ЊУЈОРК (Јан. 15, 2017) – Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Томи Хеарнс. Felix Trinidad vs. Оскар де ла Хоја. Флоид Маивеатхер вс. Манни Пацкуиао.
That is the elite company welterweight champions Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman will join when they meet in just the 10тхunification in division history on Субота, Март 4 on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS, представили Премиер Бокинг Цхампионс, из Барцлаис Центер, дом БРООКЛИН БОКСИНГ ™, live on CBS from 9-11 п.м. И/6-8 п.м. ПТ.
Гарсија, the WBC titleholder, and Thurman, the WBA champion, will unify the exact same titles that Leonard (ВБЦ) and Hearns (ВБА) unified in their 1981 Борба године.
And while Hearns was undefeated and Leonard entered with one loss, Гарсија (33-0, 19 КОс) and Thurman (27-0, 22 КОс) will meet in just the third unification between непоражен welterweights in boxing history, the први since Trinidad vs. De La Hoya in 1999, a bout billed as “The Fight of the Millennium.”
Гарсија против. Thurman will be broadcast in Primetime on CBS, the first unification on network television in any division in over two decades (Белешка: Terry Norris vs. Paul Vaden at 154-pounds on Dec. 16, 1995 он ФОКС). It’s also just the second primetime boxing presentation on the CBS Television Network in nearly 40 године.
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 година стар, 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.
Више од 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, ultimately, be forever linked with every boxing great in the coveted International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Белешка: Welterweight Unifications (9) In Boxing History
· Jackie Fields (НБА) W DQ 2 Joe Dundee (Свет) 7-25-29
· Сугар Раи Леонард (ВБЦ) КО 14 Thomas Hearns (ВБА) 9-16-81
· Donald Curry (ВБА, ИБФ) КО 3 Milton McCrory (ВБА) 12-6-85
· Simon Brown (ИБФ) КО 10 Maurice Blocker (ВБЦ) 3-18-91
· Феликс Тринидад (ИБФ) W 12 Оскар де ла Хоја (ВБЦ) 9-18-99
· Рицардо Маиорга (ВБА) КО 3 Vernon Forrest (ВБЦ) 1-25-03
· Cory Spinks (ИБФ) W 12 Рицардо Маиорга (ВБА, ВБЦ) 12-13-03
· Флоид Маивеатхер (ВБЦ, ВБА супер) W 12 Маркос Маидана (ВБА) 5-3-14
· Флоид Маивеатхер (ВБЦ, ВБА супер) Манни Пацкуиао (ВБО) 5-2-15
Белешка: 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 SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS, presented by Премиер Бокс шампиона,Субота Март 4 из Барцлаис Центер, дом БРООКЛИН БОКСИНГ ™. In the co-main event undefeated rising starЕриксон Лубин battles once-beaten knockout artist Хорхе Цота in a super welterweight title eliminator bout on CBS at 9 п.м. И/6 п.м. ПТ.
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