KINGSTON, 자메이카 (7월 24, 2017) – 명예 심판의 전당 스티브 스모 거 and International judge 스티브 Weisfeld, arguably the top two worldwide in their respective positions, are both working 이 수요일 (7월 26) championship final of the seventh annual Wray and Nephew Rum Contender Boxing Series, outdoors on the grounds of The Mico University College in Kingston, 자메이카.

Former Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) and Jamaican welterweight champion Sakina Mullings (22-3, 14 KOS 호텔) 에 소요 필 “암살자” 로즈 (9-4-1, 5 KOS 호텔) in the 10-round championship final.

Mullings’ most significant victory to date is a 12-round decision in 2013 위에 하워드 이스트만 (46-11), the former European champion and two-time world title challenger from Guyana. Mullings was born in Kingston and lives in Stoney Hill, 자메이카.

Fighting out of Whitby, 온타리오, 캐나다, Rose stopped two-time Canadian Olympian Adam Trupish (11-1) 두 번째 라운드에서의 2014 싸움, and last November he upset previously undefeated Ryan Young (10-0) with an opening round knockout.

Two Jamaicans battle it out in the consolation fight as 리처드 “The Frog” Holmes (14-7, 8 KOS 호텔) 그의 동포에 직면 Tsetsi Davis (18-6, 5 KOS 호텔. The championship and consolation bouts are both scheduled for 10 라운드.

The purse breakdown for the top four fighters is $2,000,000 ($15,623 USD) for the champion, $500,000 ($3905 USD) 차점자, $250,000 ($1953 USD) third place, 과 $200,000 ($1562 USD) fourth place.

The 2017 series originally pitted 16 professional boxers, featuring eight junior middleweights from each country, Team Jamaica vs. Team Canada, fighting in qualifying rounds leading up to 수요일 championship final between. This is the first year Canada has competed in the tournament. 전 세계 챔피언 DeMarcus “잘라 잘라” 콜리, who hails from Washington D.C., was champion of last year’s tournament held in the United States.

Phil Rose & 타일러 벅스 톤

“My fiancé is from Jamaica and I first went there looking to promote shows there,” 말했다 타일러 벅스 톤 (미국 복싱 프로모션), who has served as consultant to the television producer, in addition to being the promoter/manager for Team Canada. “I spoke to the Jamaica boxing commissioner and he told me about past Contender shows. He was concerned about the team fighting Team Jamaica being able to fill the eight-fighter field. I agreed to bring Team Canada and it’s been a great experience for me and all the guys.

“They flew in on a 금요일, fought 수요일에, and flew back to Canada the following day. They stayed in a mansion, where there was a beautiful in-ground pool, and the fighters had their own cooks. They had to adjust to the heat having been used to fighting and training in Canada. 하지만, 이봐, they had no problems losing weight. Everybody here has been super nice. The Jamaican media wasn’t nice to us at the beginning, claiming we weren’t good enough to compete with Jamaican fighters, but we won the first round, 5-3, and then got some respect. Our fighters even have some Jamaican fans now.”

Unlike the original version of 도전자 미국, which was a reality television show, the “Jamaican Contender” is all about fighting, no behind the scenes stories. It has aired on JTV in Jamaica, drawing 800,000 viewers for the quarterfinals, 1-million for the semifinals, 과 1.2 million viewers are projected for 수요일championship final. These are incredible viewing numbers considering there are only 2.8 million people living in Jamaica. Fans outside of Jamaica may watch a live stream the championship final online via 1Stopmedia.com.

Jamaica has a rich boxing tradition, producing many world-class fighters and champions such as 마이크 맥 칼럼, 트레버 버빅, Donovan Ruddock, 글렌 존슨, Simon Brown, 니콜라스 월터스, O’Neil Bell, 우리아 부여, 알리샤 애쉴리, Alex Stewart 과 하워드 그랜트. 에 1973, Kingston hosted the World Heavyweight Championship between a pair of future Hall of Famers, “큰” 조지 포먼 (37-0) 과 “담배 '” 조 프레이 (29-0), in which Foreman captured the WBC and WBA titles from defending champion Frazier by way of a second-round knockout.