Two Main Events to Air Live on SHOWTIME

in a Split-Site Doubleheader Saturday, مه 19

Hard-Hitting 175-pound Champion Adonis Stevenson

Defends Title Against Two-Division Champion

Badou Jack From Canada &

ارائه شده توسط برتر قهرمانان بوکس

Tickets on Sale Now for MGM National Harbor Show

HARBOR ملی (آوریل 20, 2018) – Two exciting main events will be presented on the same night, روز شنبه, مه 19 live on SHOWTIME as part of a split-site doubleheader telecast.

 

 

 

قهرمان جهان در وزن سبک گری راسل جونیور. will defend his WBC title against undefeated mandatory challenger یوسف “جوجو” دیاز جونیور. در روز شنبه, مه 19 in a clash live on SHOWTIME from MGM National Harbor in Maryland.

 

 

 

The other half of the split-site SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast will feature WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion آدونیس استیونسون defending his title against two-division world champion Badou جک in a main event from Canada presented by Premier Boxing Champions.

 

 

 

Tickets for the MGM National Harbor show, which is promoted by TGB Promotions in association with Golden Boy Promotions, در فروش در حال حاضر و در دسترس هستند با مراجعه بهHTTP://mgmnationalharbor.com/.

 

 

 

راسل جونیور. and Diaz Jr. have both had sensational professional and amateur careers, including representing the U.S. at two different Olympic Games – Russell in 2008 and Diaz in 2012. Russell is noted for having some of the fastest hands in boxing but will be tested by a young, hungry contender in his first world title fight.

 

 

 

“The featherweight division is one of the most talent laden in boxing and Gary Russell, جونیور. is at the head of a class of terrific boxers at 126 پوند,” گفت: تام براون از تبلیغات TGB. “جوزف جونیور دیاز. is young, hungry and undefeated and he’s coming for the title and he’s going to have to beat Russell in front of his hometown crowd to take it. It has the makings of an instant classic. Boxing fans will be the real winners on May 19.”

 

 

“SHOWTIME continues to deliver the most meaningful and action-packed fights in boxing, week after week,” گفت: استفان اسپینوزا, رئيس جمهور, Sports and Event Programming for SHOWTIME. “در ماه مه 19, we have two events that demand top-billing, with world champions facing their toughest challengers in an international split-site doubleheader. Gary Russell and JoJo Diaz will meet in the latest of what has become a de facto featherweight tournament this spring on SHOWTIME. Over the next two months, SHOWTIME will deliver four pivotal matchups featuring three world champions and seven of the consensus top-10 featherweights in the world. آدونیس استیونسون در مقابل. Badou Jack is by far the biggest fight at light heavyweight in 2018, fellow 175-pound champs facing off in what has the makings of a lasting rivalry.”

 

 

 

The 29-year-old Russell (28-1, 17 کوس), که در واشنگتن متولد شد, D.C. و اکنون در کاپیتول هایتس زندگی می کند, مریلند, will be defending his title before a hometown crowd. This will be Russell’s second straight fight at MGM National Harbor following his knock-out win over Oscar Escondon in his first title defense there on May 20, and second defense overall. It was his third straight knockout victory in a world title fight since dropping a majority decision to Vasyl Lomachenko in his first world title shot in 2014.

 

 

 

راسل, که توسط پدرش آموزش دیده است, گری, پدر, عضوی از خانواده بوکس است. دو تا از برادران کوچکترش, گری آنتونیو و گری آنتوآن, در حال حاضر حرفه ای های شکست ناپذیر هستند, are also trained by their father and will be fighting on their older brother’s undercard on May 19.

 

 

 

“I don’t see this being a long night,” سعید راسل جونیور. “If he gets reckless, it might end early. I don’t plan on going the distance with anyone I step in the ring with. I know he’s in for a rude awakening. I don’t feel as though he has the punching power, the hand speed or the ring IQ to do anything to me. At the end of the day he’ll have the opportunity to say he got in the ring with Mr. گری راسل, جونیور.

 

 

 

“It will be an early birthday gift for my Dad. Last year I fought on his birthday, مه 20. که خیلی باحال. I love fighting at the MGM. I love the convenience. I love that all my friends and fans, and the people who honk at me from their cars when I’m running can hop in their cars rather get on a plane to come and see me fight.”

 

 

 

Diaz Jr., who is also trained by his father, یوسف, پدر, was a two-time amateur national champion in the bantamweight division. He represented the U.S. در 2012 Olympic games in London. Immediately after, دیاز جونیور. signed with Golden Boy Promotions and began a stellar career that has earned him a spot at the pinnacle of the featherweight division.

 

 

 

“I’m happy to be fighting for my first world title against the best 126-pound world champion,” said Diaz Jr. “I’ll prove to everyone that I belong on that featherweight throne come May 19.”

 

 

 

“I will be the bigger man come fight night, and I will break him down physically and mentally. He just better give me the credit I deserve once I beat him, and not blame his inactivity for being a factor in his loss.”

 

 

 

 

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