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WBC Champion Badou Jack vs. Former World Champion Lucian Bute
IBF Champion James DeGale vs. Top Contender Rogelio Medina
Winners Set To Meet In Unification Bout
Later This Year On SHOWTIME
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NEW YORK (행진 28, 2016)- A three-fight series to crown a unified divisional champion will begin on 토요일, 4월 30, when WBC 168-pound champion Badou 잭 defends his title against former longtime titlist 루시 안이 Bute, and IBF Champion 제임스 DeGale에 risks his belt against mandated challenger 리오 메디나 에서 쇼 타임 챔피언 쉽 복싱 doubleheader live on쇼 타임 (10 시이. AND/7 시이. PT) 에서 DC Armory 워싱턴 D.C에서.
The winners will meet in a super middleweight world-title unification fight later this year.
잭 (20-1-1, 12 KOS 호텔) will make his second title defense after a breakthrough 2015 campaign in which he won the WBC belt from 앤서니 Dirrell and successfully defended against 조지 그 로브. The southpaw Bute (32-3, 25 KOS 호텔), a former IBF champion with nine defenses between 2007 과 2012, revived his career last November with a gutsy and inspired performance against DeGale.
“I’ve been training really hard for this fight and I’m excited to get in the ring,” 잭 말했다. “I can’t wait to defend my title once again on 4월 30. The fans can expect to see an explosive and skillful performance from me come fight night. I believe I’m the best super middleweight in the world and that I have the skills to beat anyone I get in the ring with. I’m fully focused on Lucian Bute, but I know that a win can set up a massive fight against James DeGale and I’m going to deliver.”
“I’m thrilled to have this tremendous opportunity,” 사이드 뷰트. “I was ringside for Badou Jack’s last two fights — well deserved world title wins. He is a great champion. I plan to train hard and be in the best shape of my career on 4월 30. It’s my chance to win the WBC belt and become two-time world champion. I will win and give boxing fans a spectacular fight.”
DeGale에 (22-1, 14 KOS 호텔) will make his second title defense after an impressive 2015 in which he defeated Andre Dirrell to win the vacant IBF belt and topped Bute in a Fight of the Year candidate. The hard-hitting Medina (35-6, 29 KOS 호텔), the IBF’s mandatory challenger, has knocked out three consecutive opponents.
“I am delighted to be defending my world title on another great show in the United States,” 드게일이 말했다. “I won my belt in style in Boston and I’m looking forward to moving down the East Coast to the great city of Washington, D.C. It’s going to be a defining night in the super middleweight division as Badou Jack and myself look to set up a huge fight later in the year. I’m fully focused on Rogelio Medina. He’s a tough Mexican who earned his title shot. 하지만 날 믿어, no one is getting my world title.”
“This is such a great opportunity for me and I can’t wait to get in the ring,” 사이드 메디나. “I’ve worked so hard for this and I am going to make the most of it. Everyone who has seen me fight knows I leave it all in the ring and you can expect to see an all-out battle on 4월 30. 나는 새로운 세계 챔피언이 될 것입니다.”
라이브 이벤트 티켓, 이는 Matchroom 권투와 관련 메이 프로모션 및 Interbox에 의해 추진된다, 에서 가격이 책정됩니다 $200, $100, $50 과 $25, 지금 판매되고있다. 티켓 방문을 구입하려면 www.ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster의 위치, 또는 전화 (800) 745-3000. “Mayweather Promotions is proud to bring another exciting night of boxing to the great boxing fans in my hometown of Washington, D.C.,” 사이드 레오나르드 엘 러베, 메이 프로모션의 CEO. “I’m really excited about the Badou Jack vs. Lucian Bute fight. 그것은 큰 싸움이 될 것. We know Bute is tough as nails and he’s coming to take the title away from Badou. Badou is going to have to be at his best to be able to beat Bute that night. The winner of that fight will set up a spectacular unification fight with the winner of the fight between British champion James DeGale and Mexican brawler ‘Porky’ 메디나. DeGale can’t take Medina lightly if he wants the unification bout. It’s going to be a thrilling night of action at the DC Armory and on SHOWTIME.”
Badou 잭 “리퍼”, of Las Vegas by way of Stockholm, 스웨덴, captured the WBC 168-pound crown with a 12-round majority decision over previously unbeaten defending champion Anthony Dirrelllast 4월 24. A former amateur standout who represented Gambia in the 2008 올림픽, Jack retained his belt against former world title challenger George Groves last 일곱. 12 on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather’s final fight. 잭, who fights under the Mayweather Promotions banner, was an underdog against both Dirrell and Groves. 6 피트 1, 32-year-old has won four in a row since a shocking first-round knockout loss to Derek Edwards in February 2014.
뷰트, 몬트리올, Canada by way of Romania, has been a super middleweight mainstay for the last decade. He has competed in 12 title fights since 2007, scoring seven knockouts in nine consecutive defenses of the IBF belt he won in 2007 in his adopted hometown of Montreal. During his title reign, the 36-year-old defeated the likes of Glen Johnson, Librado Andrade and Jean-Paul Mendy, but he lost the belt to Carl Froch in 2012 and a string of injuries kept him largely inactive over the next three years. Bute returned from a 19-month absence in August 2015 under new trainer Howard Grant, knocking out Andrea Di Luisa to set up the title shot against DeGale for the crown he once held. Bute stalked the switch-hitting DeGale with a relentless attack, turning in his most impressive performance in years in a close decision loss.
제임스 “땅딸막” DeGale에, 런던의, 영국, won the vacant IBF belt in his U.S. debut last May by dropping Andre Dirrell twice on his way to a unanimous decision. The 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist then successfully defended it last November in a thrilling shootout with hometown favorite and former titlist Lucian Bute. 30 세, who’s only blemish came in a majority decision in his 11제 bout against then-unbeaten George Groves, will make his third consecutive start outside his native England as he looks to become a global power at 168 파운드.
리오 “돼지 고기의” 메디나는 열심히 노력하는 베테랑입니다. 30 에 녹아웃 그의 36 경력 승리. He’s knocked out three consecutive opponents, including a shocking third-round knockout of then-undefeated J’Leon Love in August, 2014. 메디나, 27, has suffered six losses in 42 싸움, 비록 그 패배는 합산 기록을 가진 상대를 상대로 이루어졌지만 187-16-3, 이전에 무패의 선수 4명 포함.
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