Unbeaten Taras Shelestyuk Outpoints Aslanbek Kozaev,
Undefeated Keenan Smith Yuav siv sij hawm Close txiav txim siab tshaj Benjamin Whitaker,
Sam Teah Deals O'Shaquie Foster Nws Thawj Swb
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Las Vegas (Nov. 7, 2015) – It was cold outside, qhov kub ntsw mus rau hauv lub tsawg 50s, tab sis lub ntsiab tsis tau cuam tshuam rau unbeaten Antoine "ua" Douglas, Txawm li cas los, as the talented world-ranked middleweight turned up the heat and impressively knocked out Les Sherrington nyob rau hauv lub plaub puag ncig nyob rau hauv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm ib tug ShoBox: Tshiab Tiam quadrupleheader Friday nyob rau SHOWTIME.
Douglas (19-0-1, 13 Kos), ntawm Burke, Va., poob Sherrington (35-8, 19 Kos), ntawm Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia, tsib lub sij hawm ua ntej ib tug-ib tog sib ntaus rau lub WBO International 160-phaus title twb nres ntawm 1:02 ntawm plaub. Lub ceev, hard-los tsoo Douglas poob Sherrington ib lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv lub thawj thiab thib ob rounds, ob lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv lub thib peb thiab ib zaug nyob rau hauv lub plaub.
Nyob rau hauv lub co-feature ntawm cov qhia tshwj xeeb uas constructed nplhaib sab nraum lub plawv nroog Las Vegas Txheej xwm Center (DLVEC) thoob plaws los ntawm tus D Las Vegas, Ukrainian southpaw Taras "tiag Deal" Shelestyuk (13-0, 8 Kos), ntawm Los Angeles, California., pitched ib tug nyob ze-10-round shutout tshaj Aslanbek Kozak (26-2-1, 7 Kos), ntawm Vladikavkaz, Russia, mus ntes tus WBO-NABO Regional Welterweight title. Ib tug qub pib xyaum ua standout thiab 2012 Olympic ua si Bronze medalist, Shelestyuk, yeej los ntawm cov qhab nia ntawm 100-90 ob zaug thiab 99-91.
Nyob rau hauv lwm yam kev tshwm sim rau ib daim ntawv nce los ntawm GH3 Promotions thiab Banner Promotions, "Killa" Keenan Smith (9-0, 3 Kos), ntawm Philadelphia, yeej ib unanimous yim-round kev txiav txim siab duaBenjamin "Da Blaxican" Whitaker (10-2, 2 Kos), ntawm San Antonio, Texas, nyob rau hauv ib tug sib tw welterweight seem thiab "Tsunami Sam" Seah (7-1, 2 Kos) ntawm Philadelphia tua nkag ib tug sawv daws pom kev txiav txim siab tshaj yav tas los undefeated O'Shaquie "Ice Dej" Foster (8-1, 5 Kos) txiv kab ntxwv, Texas, nyob rau hauv ib tug sib match. Nws yog lub 135th lub sij hawm ib tug boxer raug kev txom nyem nws tus thawj poob rau ShoBox.
Rau Douglas, nws yog nws thib tsib sib law liag yeej rau ShoBox thiab tej zaum yuav tej zaum yuav tau khwv tau rau nws lub chaw rau ib tug yav tom ntej Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® card. Lub 10 neeg tua hluav taws uas twb nyob tsib los yog ntau tshaj lub sij hawm rau ShoBox txhua tus tau ncaim mus rau kev sib tw rau lub ntiaj teb no title.
"Antoine Douglas yog lub zoo meej piv txwv ntawm yam uas peb ua nyob rau hauv lub ShoBox series. Peb tsim kom neeg tua hluav taws. Peb tsim lawv los ntawm prospect rau contenders,"Hais tias Gordon Hall, Executive tsim ntawm ShoBox: Tshiab Tiam thiab Senior Vice President ntawm Qhuav, SHOWTIME kev ua si. "Peb twb pom Antoine loj hlob. Nws pib raws li ib tug pheej zeem muag, thiab peb sib phim nws tiag tiag tawv thiab txhua tus thiab txhua txhua lub sij hawm nws tshaj li ua hauj lwm. Hmo no, nws kawm tiav los ntawm ShoBox nrog ib tug spectacular kev kawm; muaj tsis muaj tsis ntseeg li nws yog tam sim no ib tug contender. "
"Peb tau txais li cas Antoine Douglas yuav tsum tau: Lub hom huv tib si hom kev kawm uas yuav ua rau koj xav mus saib nws tiv thaiv qhov zoo tshaj plaws middleweights. Hmo no yog Antoine tus kawm tiav los ntawm ShoBox. Tam sim no nws mam li txav mus rau loj thiab zoo dua tej yam uas,” hais tias ShoBoxcov kws muaj txuj analyst Steve Farhood tom qab ntawd:
Douglas mus 10 rounds rau lub thib ob lub sij hawm thiab upped nws winning streak mus rau tsib txij li thaum boxing ib tug kos nyob rau hauv Lub Xya hli ntuj 2014.
"Lawv hais tias qhov no yog kuv kawm tiav hnub, lub sij hawm rau ib tug hau thiab lub tsho tshaj sab, li ntawd, qhov no yog twv yuav raug hu ib tug loj yeej,'' Hais tias Douglas, ib sab saum toj pib xyaum ua tug neeg ua nws mus rau lub 2011 U.S. Olympic hlw kom qis thiab cov WBA lub cuaj-ranked contender mus nyob rau hauv. "Nws yog ib tug zoo kev sib ntaus sib tua nyobShoBox thiab kuv txaus siab txhua yam uas lawv tau ua rau kuv tau kuv npaj txhij mus rau qib tom ntej. Tam sim no, nws yog lub sij hawm rau kuv mus muab cov kauj ruam tom ntej.
"Kuv yuav tsum yeej, tej zaum los ntawm knockout, tab sis kuv tsis tau xav kom nws yuav no txoj kev. Kuv xav pom Sherrington yuav tougher, ntau npaj. Kuv xav tias kuv jab yog tus yuam sij. Nws muab nws mus rau tag nrho cov loj txhaj tshuaj Kuv tsaws nrog kuv sab tes xis thiab sab laug sib ntsib.
"Kuv paub tias kuv yuav sai dua nws. Kuv twb heev npaj. Ib tug zoo tshaj plaws uas kuv zoo siab txog yog li cas kuv cia kuv lub composure. ''
Sherrington, uas twb sib ntaus sib tua nyob sab nraum ntawm teb chaws Australia thiab ua nws US. thiab 2015 debuts, tuaj nyob rau hauv muaj yeej yim ntawm nws lub xeem cuaj fights, nrog rau nws tus khub kawg. Tab sis lub WBA tus tsis. 12 contender yog tsis muaj phim rau Douglas.
"Antoine Douglas yog zoo heev thiab nws yuav mus nyob rau los yeej tej yam loj nyob rau hauv no kev ua si nawv,'' Sherrington hais tias.
"Kuv yuav tsis ua excuses, tab sis kuv twb khov thiab yuav tsis yeej sov li. Thiab ces nws ntes tau kuv txias. Kuv tuaj ntawm no mus cuag ib tug lub neej npau suav ntawm kuv tab sis nws twb tsis meant yuav. Kuv tau tos txais cov loj pob nyob rau hauv ib tug loj tsuag tsuag thiab nyob rau hauv lub phem tshaj txoj kev. Tag nrho credit mus rau Douglas rau cov uas. ''
Farhood twb nyiam nrog Shelestyuk, ib tug qub pib xyaum ua standout. "[Terrace] Shelestyuk ntsia zoo li lub feem ntau paub tab fighter rau ntawm daim card,'' Farhood hais tias. "Nws muaj ib tug zoo kawg nkaus pib xyaum ua pedigree, nws yog ib tug Olympic Bronze medalist. Nws tiv thaiv ib tug fighter uas tau ua rau nws tua thiab muab pov ib tug ntau ntawm cov punches — nws sim 85 punches ib puag ncig. Nws yeej qhov kev sib ntaus los ntawm tus thawj puag ncig rau thiab nws ntsia zoo li lub ntiaj teb no-chav kawm fighter hais tias nws twb tsim los tau.”
Shelestyuk siv nws 3½-nti siab kom zoo dua mus rau tus thawj qhov kev ua si tab sis outclassed Kozaev. "Qhov no yog ib tug zoo sib ntaus rau kuv. Kuv zoo siab. Kuv yeej kuv thawj pro title, mus 10 rounds rau thawj lub sij hawm thiab yeej tag nrho cov rounds,'' Shelestyuk hais tias.
"Lub txiv leej tub yog ib tug super tawv tus nrog sib ntaus. Kuv xav tias kuv twb yuav mus khob nws tawm nyob rau hauv ob peb tug cov rounds tab sis nws coj tag nrho kuv nyuaj punches. Nws yog ib tug tub rog thiab muaj ib tug ntau ntau kev tshaj kuv. ''
Kozaev, ua nws thawj pib nyob rau hauv 18 lub hlis, pib sai tab sis tau outhustled thiab outworked los ntawm tus thib ob round rau. "Nws yog ib tug zoo fighter thiab kuv muab kuv zoo tshaj plaws, tab sis muaj tsis tiv thaiv rau xws li ib tug ntev lub sij hawm yog ib tug loj tshaj,'' Nws hais tias.
Smith tau kov yeej ib tug siab phem txiav tshaj rau sab laug qhov muag los ntawm ib tug nce nyob rau hauv lub thib rau lub headbutt tab sis tuaj rov qab kom tau ib tug knockdown nyob rau hauv lub xya. Nws kovyeej los ntawm cov qhab nia ntawm 79-73 thiab 78-74 ob zaug.
"Keenan Smith tau kov yeej ib tug heev phem txiav los yeej muaj qhov kev sib ntaus,'' Farhood hais tias. "Nws tua nkag ib tug knockdown uas yog npaj txhij txog lig nyob rau hauv lub sib ntaus. Kuv xav hais tias nws yog ib tug heev nyob ze sib ntaus, tab sis Smith puas tau txaus nyob rau hauv thaum ntxov rounds los yeej. Nws yog twv yuav raug hu ib tug prospect uas yuav tau txais zoo dua.”
Smith tau sib ntaus sib tua rau plaub lub sij hawm xyoo no tom qab ib tug peb-xyoo hiatus. Nws yog tsawg tshaj li zoo siab tom qab ntawd. "Qhov no yog ib tug ntxhib camp rau kuv. Kuv niam tuag. Kuv nplooj siab no sib ntaus rau nws thiab yeej xav kom tau lub knockout,'' Xamiv hais uas coj qhws tag nrho-liab yeej nyob rau hauv nws yawm.
"Kuv tsis yog txhua txhua uas zoo siab vim hais tias kuv xav tias kuv yuav tau tiav lawm nws txawm tias kuv sab laug lub xub pwg twb ua phem rau thiab kuv yog tsis 100 feem pua. Kuv kuj tsis pom ntau npaum li cas ntawm tag nrho cov tawm ntawm kuv lub qhov muag tom qab tus txiav.
"Tab sis hmo no, nws yog zoo li ib tug welterweight sib ntaus sib tua ib tug junior welterweight. Kuv tiv kev txom nyem nyob rau hauv 141 thiab nws yog nyob rau 147. Tab sis yuav yim rounds rau thawj lub sij hawm ntawd mas nws yeej yog ib lub zoo tshaj plaws. Kuv cia li xav tias zoo li kuv yuav tsum tau tiav lawm zog npaum li cas. Cov huab cua yog tsis muaj teeb meem. ''
Whitaker muaj ib tug peb-kev sib ntaus yeej streak kawg. "Lub tw yog txoj kev tawm. Nws yog ib tug los ze zog npaum kev sib ntaus tshaj uas,'' Nws hais tias. "Kuv tsis to taub yuav ua li cas nws yuav tau ceeb toom tag nrho cov kev sib ntaus rau cov tuav, tab sis yeej tsis tau ib tug taw tes noj tam sim ntawd. Lub knockdown yog tsis txawm ib tug knockdown. Nws yog ntau tshaj ntawm ib qho chaw twg. Cov nyob nug kuv tias kuv yuav ua ntxiv mus thiab kuv yog zoo li, 'Kuv twb tsis txawm mob, tsis txawm wobbled ib tug me ntsis. '
"Kuv yuav hlub kom sib ntaus sib tua nws dua. ''
Teah yeej qhib kev nyuajsiab ntxhov plawv lub telecast los ntawm cov qhab nia ntawm 79-73 thiab 77-75 ob zaug. "Qhov no yog ib qho chim,'' Farhood hais tias. "Teah yeej ib fighter leej twg tau ib tug nyuaj kev pib xyaum ua. Qhov teeb meem rau O'Shaquie Foster yog hais tias nws ntsia zoo li ib tug pib xyaum ua. Nws tsis tau kho mus rau lub pro kev ua si. Nws tsis tau qhia txaus lub zog thiab txaus txiav txim. Nws yog ib tug chim siab thiab [Yog] Teah coj kom zoo dua ntawd.”
Yeah, ua nws yim-round debut, yeej nws thib peb nyob rau hauv ib tug kab. "Kuv siab npaum lintawd thiab yuav tsis hais kom dab tsi zoo,'' Nws hais tias. "Qhov no yog twv yuav raug hu kuv biggest yeej thiab kuv twv yuav raug hu xav tias kuv yeej. Kuv yuav tau ua ntau, tab sis kuv ua txaus. Qhov no yog ib tug zoo yeej rau kuv pab neeg. Ua hauj lwm 10 teev ib hnub twg them tawm rau kuv.
"Qhov no yog kuv thawj lub sij hawm mus yim rounds thiab kuv xav muaj zog. Tuav ib tug unbeaten fighter yog loj loj. Thawj thawj rau rounds kuv coasted. Lub ob rounds qaug zog teev nyob rau hauv thiab kuv pib mus xav tias huab cua, tab sis kuv xav tias zoo tam sim no. ''
Yog hais tias leej twg ntawm lub yim boxers froze nyob rau hauv lub teeb kaj lug nws yog Foster. "Rau ib txhia yog vim li cas kuv cia li tsis kuv tus kheej nyob rau hauv muaj,'' Ib tug xab chim Foster hais tias. "Kuv yuav tau ua li ntawd ntau npaum li cas tab sis kuv cia li tsis pov txaus punches. Nws yog lub sij hawm rau kuv mus regroup thiab tau txais nws ua ke rau tom ntej no lub sij hawm. ''
Tag nrho tiam sis Douglas tau ua lawv ShoBox debuts.
Lub ShoBox quadrupleheader yuav rov-cua lim tiam no raws li nram no:
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Monday, Nov. 9, 10 p.m. ET/PT SHOWTIME EXTREME
Friday tus plaub-sib ntaus telecast yuav muaj nyob rau ntawm Showtime xav tau® pib hnub no / hnub Saturday, Nov. 7.
Barry Tompkins hu ua lub ShoBox txiav txim los ntawm ringside nrog Farhood thiab yav tas los lub ntiaj teb no yeej Raul Marquez pab raws li cov kws muaj txuj tshuaj ntsuam. Cov thawj tsim yogGordon Hall nrog Richard Gaughan ua thiab Rick Phillips directing.