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NTXIV! UNDEFEATED STAR Omar FIGUEROA siv RAU qub NTIAJ TEB ZUS Antonio DEMARCO HAUV SUPER sib TXIAV TXIM!
Daim pib Nyob muag khoom Tam sim no!
Birmingham, AL (Lub yim hli ntuj 20, 2015) – Heavyweight lub ntiaj teb champion Deontay “Lub Bronze Bomber” Wilder (34-0, 33 Kos) yuav ua tus thib ob tiv thaiv ntawm nws lub npe thaum nws ntsib Fabkis txoj kev Johann “Nabqa” Duhaupas (32-2, 20 Kos) in primetime on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) rau NBC Saturday, Cuaj hlis 26 los ntawm Legacy Arena nyob rau hauv Birmingham, Alabama.
Televised kev pab them nqi pib thaum 8:30 p.m. THIAB/5:30 p.m. PT with exciting undefeated brawler Omar “Panterita” Figueroa (25-0-1, 18 Kos) rov qab los rau lub nplhaib rau sib ntaus sib tua yav tas los lub ntiaj teb champion Antonio DeMarco (31-5-1, 23 Kos) nyob rau hauv 12 rounds ntawm super sib txiav txim.
Qhov no sib ntaus yuav hais tias rov qab los ntawm heavyweight ntiaj teb Championship nyob rau hauv boxing primetime rau NBC. Qhov no yog thawj heavyweight title bout nyob rau hauv primetime rau NBC txij thaum May 20, 1985, thaum lwm undefeated American heavyweight lub ntiaj teb champion, Larry Holmes, defended nws title tiv thaiv Carl Williams nyob rau hauv Reno, Nevada nrog legendary broadcaster Marv Albert rau tus hu, cia li raws li nws yuav tsum nyob rau Cuaj hlis 26. Tam sim no, Wilder zoo mus de qhov twg Holmes tshuav thiab xa ntiaj teb no-chav kawm heavyweight txiav txim txoj cai rau hauv kev ua si cov kiv cua’ nyob chav.
Wilder rov qab los rau nws lub tsev lub xeev los mus tiv thaiv nws ntawm title rau lub thib ob lub sij hawm no xyoo tom qab khob tawm Eric Molina nyob rau hauv lub cuaj puag ncig ntawm lawv rau hli ntuj bout. Wilder yeej nws lub ntiaj teb title nrog ib tug dominating kev kawm tiv thaiv yav tas los yeej Bermane Stiverne nyob rau hauv Lub ib hlis ntuj thiab los ua tus thawj undefeated American los yeej ib heavyweight title txij li thaum Michael Moorer nyob rau hauv 1994 thiab cov thawj U.S. yug heavyweight yeej txij li thaum Shannon Briggs nyob rau hauv 2006.
“Sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv tsev lub sij hawm tas ua zoo tshaj qhov uas kuv xav thiab rov qab los dua yog ib tug koob hmoov rau kuv lub neej,” hais tias Wilder. “Kuv tab tom nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej mus nqa ntau boxing rau Alabama thiab qhia tag nrho lub xeev no kuj zoo kawg ua si nawv.”
“Kuv paub kuv tus nrog sib ntaus muaj zoo loj thiab hais tias yog dab tsi peb nyob nraum nrhiav rau nyob rau hauv tw. Nws muaj ib tug zoo cov ntaub ntawv thiab nws yeej tsis tau khob qhov rooj tawm…kom txog rau thaum nws ntsib kuv,” ntxiv Wilder. Kuv paub Duhaupas yog tawv thiab nws los mus tua thiab hais tias yog raws nraim li cas peb yuav tsum tau.”
“Kuv zoo siab heev yuav nyuaj Deontay Wilder rau lub ntiaj teb no heavyweight title,” hais tias Duhaupas. “Qhov no yog ib tug lossis loj lub sij hawm thiab kuv yuav ua kom lub feem ntau ntawm nws nyob rau Cuaj hlis 26. Deontay yog ib tug zoo boxer, tab sis kuv muaj lub siab ntawm ib tug tsov ntxhuav thiab cov kev puas hlwb fortitude lis dab tsi nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib.”
“Deontay Wilder yog ib tug ntawm cov brightest hnub qub nyob rau hauv boxing,” hais tias Lou DiBella, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm DiBella Lom ze. “Cuaj hlis 26 yuav kos tus cim nws thib peb heavyweight championship sib ntaus ntawm 2015 thiab lub thib ob tiv thaiv ntawm nws lub npe. Nws yog zoo rau boxing kom muaj ib tug American heavyweight yeej ua ib tug tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv nws hometown, dawb TV, nyob rau hauv primetime. Nyob rau hauv heavyweight xyoo, Deontay yog ib tug hluas yeej thiab nws yog zoo saib nws sib ntaus sib tua yog li feem ntau thiab ntxiv kom loj hlob thiab ua kom raws li ib tug tau zus ib.”
“Tus thawj heavyweight championship sib ntaus nyob rau hauv lub caij ntuj sov Alabama no yog ib tug lossis loj kev vam meej thiab peb cia siab tias tsis muaj dab tsi tsawg lub sij hawm no nyob ib ncig ntawm,” hais tias Noob Hallman, tus thawj tswj hwm thiab CEO ntawm Bruno kev tshwm sim Team. “Thaum lub heavyweight champ hais tias nws xav kom mus tua nyob rau hauv Birmingham, koj kom nws tshwm sim. Peb tab tom nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej mus rau lwm zoo kawg zaub them nyiaj yug rau Deontay los ntawm cov neeg ntawm Alabama.”
“Los ntawm Holmes nyob rau hauv '85 rau Wilder nyob rau hauv '15, NBC Cov kev ua si tseem yog cov nplua nuj boxing cuab yeej cuab tam nrog ib tug heavyweight championship sib ntaus nyob rau hauv primetime,” said Jon Miller, Thawj Tswj Hwm, Programming, NBC Cov kev ua si thiab NBCSN. “Qhov no tshaj tawm hauv xov yuav qhia Deontay mus rau ib tug tag nrho pab pawg neeg tshiab ntawm kev ua si kiv cua, uas yog dab tsi peb teem tawm mus ua thaum peb ua ntej tau koom tes nrog PBC.”
Daim pib rau cov kev tshwm sim, uas yog txhawb los ntawm DiBella Lom ze nyob rau hauv lub koom haum nrog Bruno kev tshwm sim Team, pib ntawm xwb $25 thiab yog muag tam sim no. Rau Daim pib thov mus saib www.alabamatitlefight.com. Yug thiab tsa nyob rau hauv Tuscaloosa, Wilder yog lub sib ntaus sib tua kev txaus siab ntawm Alabama muaj tiv thaiv plaub lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv nws hometown, ib zaug nyob rau hauv Mobile thiab tam sim no ob zaug nyob rau hauv Birmingham. Lub 29-xyoo-laus pib boxing thaum muaj hnub nyoog 21 tom qab nws tus ntxhais Naieya yug nrog spina bifida. Txawm tias lub caij pib nyob rau hauv no kev ua si nawv, Wilder yuav mus nyob rau los sawv cev rau lub U.S. nyob rau hauv lub 2008 Olympic ua si, qhov twg nws yeej ib bronze medal. Nws yog tus kawg American txiv neej boxer rau cov puav pheej nyob rau hauv lub Olympics.
Ua ntej winning nws lub npe ntawm ib tug 12-round kev txiav txim siab, Wilder tsis tau tso cai ib tus nrog sib ntaus kom tau yav tas los rau plaub puag ncig nyob rau hauv tej yam nws pro sib ntaus. Nyob rau lub sij hawm Wilder racked li yeej tshaj Audley Harrison, Siarhei Liakhovich, Jason Gavern thiab Malik Scott.
Ib tug tej fighter sawv 6'5″ nrog 20 knockouts rau nws lub npe, Duhaupas ua rau nws U.S. debut rau Cuaj hlis 26 nrhiav kom paub nws heavyweight championship npau suav. Tom qab xa cov pro nyob rau hauv 2004, lub 34-xyoo-laus yeej nws thawj 17 kev sib ntaus thiab tau khaws Fabkis, South American thiab lub Mediterranean heavyweight lub npe tshaj nws 11-xyoo ua hauj lwm. Thaum tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv 10 txawv teb chaws thoob plaws hauv nws cov hauj lwm, lub dav hlau tua rog tawm ntawm Abbeville, Sum, Fabkis tau nyob rau hauv txhua yam ntawm ntaus pob ncaws pob ib puag ncig thiab yuav tsis yuav phased los ntawm lub teeb kaj lug ntawm primetime thaum nws nkag mus rau lub nplhaib nyob rau hauvCuaj hlis 26.
Figueroa ua nws PBC thiab 140-phaus debut rau Tej zaum 9 thaum nws coj down qub ntiaj teb no yeej Ricky Burns nyob rau hauv ib tug exciting sib ntaus sib tua uas featured zoo ob-txoj kev txiav txim thoob plaws. Lub 25-xyoo-laus yeej ib 135-phaus lub ntiaj teb no npe nyob rau hauv 2013 thaum nws outslugged Nihito Arakawa nyob rau hauv ib tug phem “Sib ntaus ntawm lub xyoo” sib ntaus sib tua ua ntej tiv thaiv nws title tiv thaiv Jerry Belmontes thiab Daniel Estrada. Yug nyob rau hauv Weslaco, Texas, nws yog tab tom nrhiav yuav ib tug tseem ceeb nyob rau hauv kev quab yuam 140 lb. hnyav faib.
Ib tug qub ntiaj teb no yeej nyob rau hauv lub khaub-ncaws nyias faib, lub 29-xyoo-laus DeMarcosteps rov qab mus rau hauv lub nplhaib nyob rau hauv Birmingham rau Cuaj hlis 26. Sib ntaus sib tua tawm ntawm Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, nws yog tswv yeej tshaj John Molina Jr. thiab Jorge Linares. Nws zoo nkaus li rau ib koob tshuaj rau ntawm ib qho ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv qhov kev ua si raws li nws yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv lub undefeated Figueroa.
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