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America ekugcineni has iqhawe layo emhlabeni sosondonzima njengoba Alabama sika Deontay Wilder kwasusa champion sivikele Gold Cup nge isinqumo ngazwilinye (118-109, 119-108, 120-107) Saturday on ISIKHATHI SOMBUKISO® ukusuka MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Wilder (33-0, 32 Kos), ababengakaze balwa odlule round lesine futhi base akhishwe konke 32 kwabaphikisi bakhe professional, 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 consistently ukumisa ilungelo enamandla iqonde.
Ukulwa on Hall of Famer Muhammad Ali 73rd birthday, Wilder waba Ezingakanqotshwa American iqhawe lokuqala wesibhakela kusukela Riddick Bowe in 1992 futhi iqhawe lokuqala American kusukela Shannon Briggs won umqhele 2006.
“Angive ejabulile futhi happy ukuletha lo ibhande emuva America,” Wilder said. “It uya kusho okuningi. I think I answered a lot of questions tonight. We knew we could go 12 emahlandla. We knew we could take a punch. We knew we could do it.”
Ulibangise wokuqala esigabeni sosondonzima ubuqhawe fight at MGM Grand kusukela elidumile Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield indlebe bite in 1997, kwakukhona imibuzo kusuka boxing wangaphakathi uma Wilder, ababengakaze ihlolwe ngempela, bangawenza lo amandla wesibhakela weqiniso futhi last in the emahlandla kamuva. But Wilder answered those questions with a disciplined game plan, kokufika ngaphezu kabili punches inani uphonsa 420 limgwaza to Stiverne sika 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, Ngikulungele.”
Stiverne (24-2-1, 21 Kos) wakwazi siyendayende Wilder nge isibhamu ezimbalwa, 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 limgwaza kuqhathaniswa Wilder sika 120.
“Kwakungekhona ebusuku yami,” Stiverne Dirita. “Ngazizwa 100 Amaphesenti angu ngaphambi ukulwa kodwa uma ngifika e ring ngangingakwazi ukusika ring, I couldn’t move my head like I usually do. Yini ngithi? 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.”
WBC Super Bantamweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz bavikela umqhele wakhe for the okwesine nge an yesishiyagalombili-round TKO uJesu Ruiz futhi wamagama avela ngemuva wamemeza izingqwele nabo Abner Mares no Guillermo Rigondeaux in the co-feature of Showtime Championship Boxing.
The emahlandla okuqala ayengabantu close wokuncintisana kanye Ruiz, a isinamumva esindayo, 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, okokuqala, kubonakala sengathi aqedele Ruiz.
Santa Cruz (29-0-1, 17 Kos) waphuma bhe in the yesishiyagalombili, 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, unompempe Kenny Bayless wagxuma futhi wayeka the iziqubu nge Ruiz (32-6-5, 21 Kos) namanje ngezinyawo zakhe at :29 of the eighth round. The champion landed 43 Amaphesenti angu punches zakhe inani cishe 50 Amaphesenti angu amandla akhe punches, ngesikhathi kokufika an umxhwele 73 amandla isibhamu umzimba.
“Like I kulindeleke, kwaba impi,” 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. Ngifuna (Abner) Omama, Ngifuna (Bill) Rigondeaux. Sethemba fight esilandelayo kuphambene omunye the best.”
Ruiz, ngubani kuphela esesifundazweni 22 Amaphesenti angu punches zakhe inani, awavumelani stoppage.
“Ngifuna a rematch,” Ruiz wathi. “Angizizwa kufanele baye bayeka ukulwa, but I have to accept it. But I’m fine. Ngibheke – Angikho ukusika. Akazange ngisho ukulahla kwami.”
In the iziqubu ukuvulwa telecast Showtime Championship Boxing, Ezingakanqotshwa super engasindi Amir I ngamangala kabi Fidel Maldonado Jr. izikhathi ezine futhi amaphuzu okwesihlanu-round TKO sekusuke isidumo ukuthi iyavela knockdowns ezinhlanu inani.
Maldonado kwaba matasa nakakhulu fighter, kodwa Imam ngamangala kabi the Albuquerque ohlala for the okwesine emsebenzini wakhe nge short ilungelo nje isikhashana ngaphambi insimbi ukuqeda yesibili. Bese, in ikhandidethi ekuseni for Round of the Year ukuthi iyavela knockdowns ezintathu, Maldonado waphendula yikutsheyelela phansi Imam ngokokuqala emsebenzini wakhe 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 seconds kwesokunxele in the lesithathu bese aphinde nge ngqo njengengxenye ukuhlaselwa ngonya nge esingaphansi 10 seconds kwesokunxele in the round.
Isenzo waqhubeka futhi 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) wasukuma kodwa kwaba Ukuzamazama futhi unompempe uRobert Byrd wakumisa emncintiswaneni at 2:59. Imam’s power was the difference, kokwehla 50 Amaphesenti angu amandla akhe isibhamu.
“Kwaba a knockdown ezinzima, kodwa Champions vuka aqedele ukulwa kanzima futhi yilokho Ngenza,” Imam wathi. “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, baby.
“I’m ready for the title shot right now. I just want to fight for the title.”
Abane knockdowns amahlanu kwenzeka esingaphansi 30 seconds left in each round. Emva fight, Maldonado uvumile ukuthi umane wehluleka ukuvikela ngokwakhe lapho imizuliswano base ezehlela.
“I nje wabambeka nabaningana punches,” Maldonado said. “Wagcina ezolile futhi waphuma kanye 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.”
In the umcimbi main of Showtime Boxing on SHO obedlulele, Ezingakanqotshwa ukukhanya ithemba sosondonzimaVyacheslav Shabranskyy (12-0, 10 Kos) wagcina irekhodi lakhe ephelele abephule nge obukholisayo baphenyisise TKO yokunqoba Garrett Wilson (13-9-1, 7 Kos).
Shabranskyy wagcina ibanga lakhe futhi wawuphumelela kakhulu; kokwehla 48 Amaphesenti angu amandla akhe shot futhi waphonsa ngaphezu 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 seconds of the yesishiyagalombili, 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.
The Wilson okuhlala wathatha eshaywe okukhulu eyesishiyagalolunye futhi ebonakala akazange nomhlaba a Punch, ukuphoqa unompempe Jay Nady ukunqanda iziqubu emva yesishiyagalolunye phezu kwama- udokotela ringside.
In the iziqubu ukuvulwa telecast SHO obedlulele, wesibhakela Eric Molina (23-2, 17 Kos) wanqoba Raphael Zumbano (32-9-1, 25 Kos) via yesishiyagalombili round TKO in a indaba eyodwa emaceleni.
Molina, abafika 76 Amaphesenti angu amandla akhe isibhamu futhi ngaphezu 50 Amaphesenti angu punches zakhe inani, kwaba oxhumanisa at intando lapho unompempe Russell Mora wakumisa emncintiswaneni at 1:28 wesishiyagalombili.
In a non-isiqephu swing iziqubu, Cesar Quinonez (1-0, 1 KO), ungowokuzalwa Las Vegas kanye fighter lokuqala ukuya professional kusukela Fernando Vargas’ gym Feroz Fight Factory, wenza DEBUT yakhe professional futhi amaphuzu win Knockout phezu Chula Vista sika Joan Valenzuela (1-2) in the round yesibili at 2:13.
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“KUNGABUYELA INKAZIMULO”: STIVERNE VS. Wilder, a 12-round fight for Stiverne sika WBC esigabeni sosondonzima Championship zenzeka ngoMgqibelo, UJan. 17 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, futhi co-kugqugquzelwa Don King Productions futhi Golden Boy Promotions futhi kuxhaswe ngu Corona and Mexico – Live It To Believe It!. In the 12-round co-feature, unbeaten WBC Super Bantamweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz bavikela ngokumelene UJesu Ruiz futhi Ezingakanqotshwa Amir I bebhekene Fidel Maldonado Jr. in a 10-round iziqubu super engasindi for the WBC Continental Americas Title Super Esilula. Lesi senzakalo senzeka ngesikhathi MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., futhi ngeke senza live on ISIKHATHI SOMBUKISO (10:00 p.m. KANYE / 7:00 p.m. PT). The telecast zazitholakala nangesi Spanish via izinhlelo secondary audio (SAP). Iziqubu Preliminary abangu isiqephu live on Showtime obedlulele® (8:00 p.m. ET / PT, kwabambezeleka the West Coast).
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