Gainera, ekintza! Boladan OHIA munduko txapelduna JERMALL CHARLO BATTLES ONCE-irabiatutako HUGO CENTENO JR. Behineko 160 kiloko TITLE
IN CO-FEATURE
BROOKLYN (Jan. 23, 2018) – Undefeated WBC Heavyweight Munduko txapelduna Deontay “Brontze Bomber” Wilder will face his toughest opponent to date when he meets hard-hitting Cuban southpaw Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz Larunbata, March 3 batetik Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™ and presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
The co-feature of the evening will see the return of undefeated former 154-pound world champion Jermall Charlo, a powerful knockout artist who is looking to prove that he is a dangerous contender in the star-studded middleweight division. Once-beaten contender Hugo Centeno Jr.. will test Charlo’s 160-pound credentials when they meet in a 12-round match to determine the WBC interim champion, with the winner immediately stepping into the picture for middleweight supremacy.
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“We’re very excited to bring the heavyweight champion of the world, Deontay Wilder, back to Brooklyn for his seventh title defense and third appearance at Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™,” esan zuen Lou DiBella, DiBella aisialdia presidenteak. “This fight is happening because Deontay wanted to silence his critics by taking on the biggest challenge available. Deontay has an axe to grind with Ortiz and will swing it on March 3. Former 154-lb. champion Jermall Charlo is already a top player at middleweight and plans to prove he’s carried his power with him by facing one of the division’s best prospects, Hugo Centeno Jr., who is coming off a huge knockout victory in his last fight.”
“Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz is one of the best fights that can be made in the heavyweight division and its’ what heavyweights are all about – power versus power,” said Tom Brown, TGB Promozioak lehendakaria. “Everybody loves the knockout and that’s what Wilder and Ortiz specialize in. Co-nagusia gertatuz gero, Jermall Charlo is strictly seek and destroy in the ring. That ferocious spirit made him a force at 154 and he has brought it with him to the 160 pound ranks. Centeno is a rugged competitor and he doesn’t back down from anyone. That makes this a can’t miss fight for the boxing fans.”
True heavyweights in every sense of the word, the 6-foot-7, 228-pound Wilder and the 6-foot-4, 240-pound Ortiz have 62 combined knockout victories.
The 32-year-old Wilder (39-0, 38 Kos), the only reigning American heavyweight world champion, is a knockout artist with the power to end any fight in spectacular fashion. His only professional match that went the distance was the fight in which he won his world title with a dominant 12-round unanimous decision over Bermane Stiverne on Jan. 17, 2015 -mitikoen heavyweight txapelduna Muhammad Ali urtebetetzea. txapelduna Tuscaloosa kanpo, Alabama Stiverne gehitu bere knockout biktimen zerrenda bere azken borroka suntsitzaileak lehen txandan beren errebantxa ere suntsipen a Barclays Center on batekin Aza. 4.
Wilder jaio zen Ortiz borrokatzea gau hartan, baina Ortiz asmotan bota zuten debekatu substantzia bat positiboa probatu zuen ondoren. Ortiz zen geroago garbitu WBC zehaztu zuen huts egin medikazioa zuen bere pre-probak tramiteak hartu zuten zerrendatu zituen ondoren, which triggered the positive test. He was assessed a fine and allowed to resume boxing.
Wilder, a Bronze Medal winner for the U.S. Olympic boxing team at the 2008 Beijing Games, has successfully defended the title six times. This will be his third title defense at Barclays Center. In his first defense at Barclays Center, Wilder scored a memorable ninth-round knockout over Artur Szpilka back in Jan. 2016.
“I’m looking forward to returning to Barclays Center to defend my title for a seventh time,” Wilder said. “Luis Ortiz is one of the toughest guys around and he’s supposed to be the boogeyman in the heavyweight division. But I’ve never been afraid of the boogeyman and I’ve knocked out every opponent that I’ve faced. I plan on keeping that streak going. Everyone standing in my way of becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion has to go down. It’s Luis Ortiz’s turn.”
The 38-year-old Ortiz (28-0, 24 Kos), of Camaguey, Cuba by way of Miami, Fla., Bere Barclays Center debuta egingo denean Wilder ezagutuko du bere lehen titulua jaurtiketa. hard-sakatuz southpaw aktibatuta pro duela zazpi urte Kubatik defecting ondoren eta izan da geroztik etengabe heavyweight eskailera eskalada. Bere banaketa zutik zementuzko zuen beteranoa contenders Bryant Jennings gaineko garaipen batekin, Tony Thompson eta Malik Scott eta No da. 1-ranked contender by the WBC. Bere azken borroka batean, Ortiz duenean suntsitzaile bigarren txandan Daniel Martz of Azken bat Miami, Florida on Abendu. 15.
Ortiz irabazten badu, he will become the first Cuban born fighter to win a heavyweight world championship.
“This really is the best versus the best as far as the heavyweight division, and everyone who knows boxing knows that,” Ortiz said. “There’s been too much talking already. It’s time to fight. All I ask now is that the winner of this fight receives the respect from the other man, from the public, from the media and the fans that they deserve as the best heavyweight in the U.S.”
Charlo (26-0, 20 Kos) bere super welterweight izenburua irabazi Cornelio Bundrage of knockout nagusi bat ere 2015 eta azkenean bereizketa lortu munduan izenburu bat edukiz pisu klase berean (154 kilo) Jermell ondoren bere anaia bikiak titulu bat irabazi gisa 2016. Arrakastaz defendatzeko bere 154 kiloko titulua hiru aldiz ostean, Richmond Charlo, Texas erabaki mugitzeko 160 libera izenburua beste irabazteko pisua klase ezberdin batean. Bere debuta In 160 libera 27 urteko puntuatu Jorge Sebastian Heiland gorako TKO garaipen bat Barclays Center on Uztailaren 29.
“I really love fighting in Brooklyn and at Barclays Center,” Said Charlo. “The fans in Brooklyn always show me a lot of love. Since my last fight I’ve had a chance to work on my patience and work on improvements to my game. I’ve got the same feeling that I had before I won my first world title. I want to be a champion at 160 more than I did the first time at 154. More than anything I just want to get back in the ring. Centeno is a tough fighter. He’ll be a hard test for someone who isn’t at my level. Ez dut ezer hartu baztertu zuen. Baina besterik borrokalaria beste nire bidea egin zuen. Ez dut sentitzen ezer beste edonork frogatzeko borroka honetan izan dut atsegin. naiz orain gauzak frogatzen neure buruari buruz. 160 kiloko zatiketa horretan nire izena gero eta gehiago entzuten ari. It noiz izan nuen egin baino gehiago 154 kilo.”
Centeno 26 urteko The (26-1, 14 Kos) guztion arreta harrapatu duenean Immanuwel Aleem of knockout harrigarri bat lortu zuen bere azken borroka Abu. 25. nahikoa Centeno abiapuntu den middleweight izenburua contention zen. Oxnard of Centeno, California successfully rebounded from a tough TKO loss to Maiej Sulecki on June 18, 2016 with a victory over Ronald Montes before his match against Aleem.
“I’m excited for the opportunity,” said Centeno. “I think my last outing had a lot to do with this/ It helped to put me in this position. Charlo is a great fighter with a lot of talent. I feel like we have similar statures. It’s going to be an interesting fight. I think it’s going to come down to who is the smarter fighter that night and who has more left in the tank toward the end. This is a life-changing, career-changing fight for me that could lead to bigger and better things. I’m coming to win.”
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