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Carl Frampton Named ESPN & 雅虎体育
2016 年度战斗机
First Frampton vs. Santa Cruz Fight Earns Honorable Mentions for 2016 年度扑灭 & 整年的
LAS VEGAS (一月 4, 2016) – Several end-of-year praises, including two Fighter of the Year honors for featherweight world champion 卡尔·弗兰普顿, will add prestige and excitement for the highly anticipated rematch between the Northern Ireland-native and former three-division world champion 狮子座圣克鲁斯, which will take placeSaturday, 一月 28 at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas live on SHOWTIME.
Frampton was named the 2016 Fighter of the Year by ESPN 和 雅虎体育, with both outlets highlighting his sensational victory over Santa Cruz in July, a ferocious battle that made Frampton the first Irishman to win world titles in two divisions. 二月里, Frampton bested junior featherweight world champion Scott Quigg to unify world titles in a UK mega-fight. Both the Frampton vs. Santa Cruz and Frampton vs. Quigg fights were shown on SHOWTIME. Frampton is also a nominee for the BWAA Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year award that will be announced in February.
“The biggest win for me was the Leo Santa Cruz fight,” Frampton told ESPN. “He was a three-weight world champion and most of the press and bookies picked him to win. You can see the difference in how I reacted at the end of both fights. I knew I was a better fighter than Quigg, but the Santa Cruz victory was the one I got more pleasure from.”
Frampton’s fight against Los Angeles power puncher Santa Cruz also earned honorable mention for Fight of the Year from ESPN 和 今日美国. ESPN ranked round 12 of their action-packed matchup as the third best Round of the Year. 此外, the Frampton vs. Santa Cruz clash is nominated for the BWAA’s Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier Fight of the Year.
Frampton’s recognition spanned across the globe, as he was awarded the BBBofC Fighter of the Year award, the most prestigious boxing award in the UK. He also was selected as the PBC 年度战斗机, with Santa Cruz vs. Frampton being named a finalist for PBC Fight of the Year.
The multitude of year-end honors has continued to build excitement around what will undoubtedly be another action-packed display of grit, skill and action later this month in Las Vegas. Frampton will look to cement his status as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, while Santa Cruz will look to take back his featherweight world title and regain his position at the top of the division.
The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader will be televised beginning at 10 P.M. AND/7 P.M. PT并具有不败的轻量级世界冠军 德扬Zlaticanin taking on undefeated former two-division world champion 米奇·加西亚.
门票现场活动, which is promoted by Ringstar Sports in association with Cyclone Promotions and TGB Promotions, 售价为 $504, $404, $304, $204, $104 和 $54, 与现已公开发售. 门票可在 www.AXS.com.
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