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Las Vegas (Jan. 17, 2015) – Thiab cov tshiab Qhov Heavyweight ntiaj teb tau zus ib…
America thaum kawg nws muaj nws Heavyweight ntiaj teb no yeej raws li Alabama lub Deontay Wilder dethroned tiv thaiv yeej Kub Khob ntawm unanimous kev txiav txim siab (118-109, 119-108, 120-107) Saturday on SHOWTIME® los ntawm cov MGM Grand vaj Arena nyob rau hauv Las Vegas.
Wilder (33-0, 32 Kos), uas tsis tau tiv thaiv yav dhau los plaub puag ncig thiab tau khob qhov rooj tawm tag nrho 32 ntawm nws kev tw, boxed brilliantly behind a stellar jab to become the first U.S.-born heavyweight champion in nearly a decade. The towering 6-foot-7 Tuscaloosa native capitalized on his reach advantage, jabbing li qhia siv kuj teem ib tug haib ncaj cai.
Sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv Hall ntawm Famer Muhammad Ali lub 73rd hnub yug, Wilder los ua tus thawj undefeated American Heavyweight champion txij li thaum Riddick Bowe nyob rau hauv 1992 thiab cov thawj American yeej txij li thaum Shannon Briggs yeej lub crown nyob rau hauv 2006.
“Kuv cia li zoo siab thiab zoo siab kom coj kev siv rov qab mus rau America,” Wilder said. “Nws yuav txhais li cas ib tug ntau. I think I answered a lot of questions tonight. We knew we could go 12 rounds. We knew we could take a punch. We knew we could do it.”
Mus rau hauv thawj Heavyweight championship sib ntaus ntawm MGM Grand txij thaum lub infamous Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield lub pob ntseg tom nyob rau hauv 1997, muaj cov lus nug los ntawm boxing insiders yog Wilder, uas tsis tau lawm tiag kuaj, yuav leg lub hwj chim ntawm ib tug yeej muaj tseeb Heavyweight thiab lub xeem nyob rau hauv lub tom qab rounds. But Wilder answered those questions with a disciplined game plan, tsaws ntau tshaj ob npaug rau tag nrho cov punches thiab ntuav 420 jabs rau Stiverne lub 139.
“When I saw he could take a great punch we knew we were in for the long run. Twelve rounds is nothing. I want to bring excitement back to the heavyweight division. Whoever is ready, Kuv npaj txhij.”
Stiverne (24-2-1, 21 Kos) yog tau qaug Wilder nrog ib tug ob peb txhaj tshuaj, but he did not throw enough jabs or cut off the ring effectively. Wilder was allowed to circle the ring and pop his jab at will. Stiverne landed just 39 jabs piv rau Wilder lub 120.
“Nws tsis yog kuv hmo ntuj,” Stiverne Dirita. “Kuv xav 100 feem pua ua ntej lub sib ntaus, tiam sis ib zaug kuv tau txais nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib Kuv yuav tsis txiav lub nplhaib, I couldn’t move my head like I usually do. Kuv yuav hais? Congrats to him.
“I knew I was trying to throw combos of four or five punches and I could only throw two of them. I just felt like I was flat in the ring. What I know I could do I didn’t do. I just have to go back and learn from my mistakes and find out what happened tonight.”
Qhov Super Bantamweight ntiaj teb tau zus ib Leo Santa Cruz defended nws crown rau plaub lub sij hawm nrog ib tug yim-round TKO ntawm Yexus Ruiz thiab Afterword hu ua tawm koj txog haujlwm yeej hlob Abner mares thiab Guillermo Rigondeaux nyob rau hauv lub co-feature ntawm SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.
Rau hauv thaum ntxov rounds twb ze thiab kev sib tw thiab Ruiz, ib tug hnyav underdog, seemed to be a tougher test than he looked on paper. But it was clear that Santa Cruz was landing the cleaner shaper punches. The former bantamweight world champion landed some meaningful shots and had Ruiz in trouble in the seventh and, rau thawj lub sij hawm, nws nyob hais tias nws yuav tiav Ruiz.
Raug Cruz (29-0-1, 17 Kos) tuaj tawm blazing nyob rau hauv lub yim, landed a big right cross to kick off the round and continued to tee-off on the challenger. In trouble against the ropes and not fighting back, referee Kenny Bayless dhia nyob rau hauv thiab nres lub sib ntau sib tw nrog Ruiz (32-6-5, 21 Kos) tseem nyob rau nws ob txhais taw nyob rau ntawm lub :29 of the eighth round. The champion landed 43 feem pua ntawm nws tag nrho punches thiab ze li ntawm 50 feem pua ntawm cov nws lub hwj chim punches, thaum lub sij hawm tsaws ib tug impressive 73 hwj chim txhaj tshuaj rau lub cev.
“Zoo li kuv xav, nws yog ib tug tsov rog,” Santa Cruz said. “He came prepared. We hurt him and we didn’t let the chance go away. We kept going after him and we stopped him. I hurt him with the right hand. I knew he was hurt so I went after him. I knew Kenny Bayless would stop it because he wasn’t throwing punches.
“I want the best and I want to please the fans. Kuv xav (Hlob Abner) Niam, Kuv xav (Bill) Rigondeaux. Hopefully peb tom ntej no kev sib ntaus yog tiv thaiv ib tug ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws.”
Ruiz, uas tsuas tsaws 22 feem pua ntawm nws tag nrho punches, tsis pom zoo nrog rau cov stoppage.
“Kuv xav tau ib tug rematch,” Ruiz hais tias. “Kuv tsis xav tias lawv yuav tsum tau nres kev sib ntaus, but I have to accept it. But I’m fine. Saib kuv – Kuv tsis txiav. Nws yeej tsis tau poob rau kuv.”
Nyob rau hauv lub qhib sib ntau sib tw ntawm cov SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast, undefeated super sib Amir kuv floored Fidel Maldonado Jr. plaub lub sij hawm thiab tua nkag ib tug thib tsib-round TKO nyob rau hauv ib tug brawl uas featured tsib tag nrho knockdowns.
Maldonado yog tus busier fighter, tab sis Imam floored hauv Albuquerque neeg nyob rau lub plaub lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv nws cov hauj lwm nrog ib tug luv luv cai yog ib tug lub sij hawm ntawd ua ntej lub tswb nrov mus xaus lub thib ob. Ces, nyob rau hauv ib tug thaum ntxov neeg sib tw rau Round ntawm lub xyoo uas featured peb knockdowns, Maldonado teb los ntawm khob cia Imam rau cov thawj lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv nws cov hauj lwm 30 seconds into the third with a solid straight left. Imam bounced back and sent Maldonado to the canvas with a huge right with 20 vib nas this sab laug nyob rau hauv lub thib peb thiab ces dua nrog ib tug ncaj cai raws li ib feem ntawm ib tug vicious nres nrog tsawg tshaj li 10 vib nas this sab laug nyob rau hauv lub round.
Qhov kev txiav txim tseem thiab Imam (16-0, 14 Kos) floored Maldonado for the fourth time in the fight with a short right followed by a left hook just seconds before the bell to close the fifth. Maldonado (19-3, 16 Kos) tau txais li tab sis twb wobbling thiab referee Robert Byrd halted qhov contest ntawm 2:59. Imam’s power was the difference, tsaws 50 feem pua ntawm cov nws lub hwj chim txhaj tshuaj.
“Nws yog ib tug nyuaj knockdown, tab sis yeej tau sawv thiab tas kev sib ntaus nyuaj thiab hais tias yog dab tsi kuv tau,” Imam hais tias. “I just had to stay composed and do what I had to do. “I started timing him. When I hit him with that good shot he was out. I could see it. That was the rope-a-dope. I was swinging for the fences and that was it, tus me nyuam.
“I’m ready for the title shot right now. I just want to fight for the title.”
Plaub ntawm tsib knockdowns tshwm sim muaj tsawg tshaj li 30 seconds left in each round. Tom qab kev sib ntaus, Maldonado tuaj hais tias nws tsuas ua tsis tau tejyam los tiv thaiv nws tus kheej thaum lub ib ncig twb winding down.
“Kuv cia li tau ntes tau nrog ib tug ob peb punches,” Maldonado said. “Nws khaws cia nws composure thiab nws tuaj tawm nrog rau W. I just got caught. I got lazy in there and he capitalized. He was the better man tonight. I got kind of bored at the end of the rounds and I paid for it.”
Nyob rau hauv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm SHOWTIME BOXING rau Sho huab, undefeated teeb Heavyweight prospectVyacheslav Shabranskyy (12-0, 10 Kos) khaws cia nws zoo meej cov ntaub ntawv lawm nrog ib tug meej puav TKO yeej ntawm Garrett Wilson (13-9-1, 7 Kos).
Shabranskyy khaws cia nws deb thiab yog zoo heev; tsaws 48 feem pua ntawm cov nws lub hwj chim txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv thiab cuam ntau tshaj 60 punches in each round. The Ukrainian prospect scored a knockdown with a right in the closing seconds of the second and another with a clean right in the final 10 vib nas this ntawm lub yim, sending Wilson face first to the canvas. Wilson beat the count but was saved by the bell as Shabranskyy unloaded more than a dozen consecutive punches.
Lub check Wilson coj ib tug zoo kawg li ntaus nyob rau hauv lub cuaj thiab seemingly tsis tsaws ib tug punch, yuam referee Jay Nady mus nres lub sib ntau sib tw tom qab lub cuaj thaum suggestion ntawm lub ringside tus kws kho mob.
Nyob rau hauv lub qhib sib ntau sib tw ntawm cov Sho huab telecast, Heavyweight Eric Molina (23-2, 17 Kos) yeej Raphael Zumbano (32-9-1, 25 Kos) ntawm yim puag ncig TKO nyob rau hauv ib tug-ib tog yi.
Molina, uas tsaws 76 feem pua ntawm cov nws lub hwj chim txhaj tshuaj thiab ntau tshaj 50 feem pua ntawm nws tag nrho punches, twb txuas ntawm yuav thaum referee Russell Mora halted qhov contest ntawm 1:28 ntawm lub yim.
Nyob rau hauv ib tug uas tsis yog-uas tawm hauv TV viav vias sib ntau sib tw, Cesar Quinonez (1-0, 1 KO), ib tug Las Vegas haiv neeg thiab cov thawj fighter mus kev los ntawm Fernando Vargas’ gym Feroz sib ntaus Hoobkas, ua nws kev taw qhia thiab tua nkag ib tug knockout yeej tshaj Chula Vista lub Joan Valenzuela (1-2) nyob rau hauv lub thib ob puag ncig ntawm 2:13.
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“XA ROV MUS RAU KOOB MEEJ”: STIVERNE VS. Wilder, ib tug 12-round sib ntaus rau Stiverne lub Qhov Heavyweight Championship coj qhov chaw Saturday, Jan. 17 nyob rau ntawm lub MGM Grand vaj Arena nyob rau hauv Las Vegas, thiab pa roj carbon monoxide-nce los ntawm Don King Productions thiab Golden Tub Promotions thiab txhawb nqa los ntawm Corona thiab Mexico – Nyob Nws Yuav Ntseeg Nws!. In the 12-round co-feature, unbeaten Qhov Super Bantamweight ntiaj teb tau zus ib Leo Santa Cruz defended tiv thaiv Yexus Ruiz thiab undefeated Amir kuv ntsib Fidel Maldonado Jr. nyob rau hauv ib tug 10-round super sib sib ntau sib tw rau lub Qhov Continental teb chaws Amelikas Super Sib Title. Cov kev tshwm sim coj qhov chaw nyob rau ntawm lub MGM Grand vaj Arena nyob rau hauv Las Vegas, Nev., thiab yuav tau aired nyob rau SHOWTIME (10:00 p.m. THIAB / 7:00 p.m. PT). Lub telecast kuj muaj nyob rau hauv lus Mev ntawm ob suab programming (SAP). Preliminary bouts tau tawm hauv TV nyob rau SHOWTIME huab® (8:00 p.m. ET / PT, ncua nyob rau hauv lub sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv).
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