Just The Third Unification Between Undefeated Welterweights In Boxing History
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紐約 (二月. 15, 2017) – Sugar Ray Leonard vs. 湯米赫恩斯. Felix Trinidad vs. 霍亞. 梅威瑟VS. 帕奎奧.
That is the elite company welterweight champions Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman will join when they meet in just the 10日unification in division history on 星期六, 三月 4 on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, 巴克萊中心, 布魯克林拳擊™的家, live on CBS from 9-11 P.M. AND/6-8 P.M. PT.
加西亞, the WBC titleholder, and Thurman, the WBA champion, will unify the exact same titles that Leonard (WBC) and Hearns (WBA) unified in their 1981 年度撲滅.
And while Hearns was undefeated and Leonard entered with one loss, 加西亞 (33-0, 19 科斯) and Thurman (27-0, 22 科斯) will meet in just the third unification between 不敗 welterweights in boxing history, 該 第一 since Trinidad vs. De La Hoya in 1999, a bout billed as “The Fight of the Millennium.”
加西亞VS. Thurman will be broadcast in Primetime on CBS, the first unification on network television in any division in over two decades (注意: Terry Norris vs. Paul Vaden at 154-pounds on Dec. 16, 1995 在FOX). It’s also just the second primetime boxing presentation on the CBS Television Network in nearly 40 歲月.
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 歲, 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.
多於 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 三月 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.
注意: Welterweight Unifications (9) In Boxing History
· Jackie Fields (NBA) W DQ 2 Joe Dundee (世界) 7-25-29
· 糖光芒倫納德 (WBC) KO 14 托馬斯·赫恩斯 (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
· 費利克斯·特立尼達 (IBF) 該 12 霍亞 (WBC) 9-18-99
· 里卡多·馬約加 (WBA) KO 3 弗農阿甘 (WBC) 1-25-03
· Cory Spinks (IBF) 該 12 里卡多·馬約加 (WBA, WBC) 12-13-03
· 梅威瑟 (WBC, WBA超) 該 12 馬科斯Maidana (WBA) 5-3-14
· 梅威瑟 (WBC, WBA超) 帕奎奧 (WBO) 5-2-15
注意: 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 總理拳擊冠軍,週六三月 4 巴克萊中心, 布魯克林拳擊™的家. In the co-main event undefeated rising star埃里克森魯賓 battles once-beaten knockout artist 豪爾赫·科塔 in a super welterweight title eliminator bout on CBS at 9 P.M. AND/6 P.M. PT.
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