Whiwhi Eleider Alvarez Matau Hei Kanohi WBC Light Heavyweight Champion
A Tamutu Stevenson, Ko wai Waea Out Sergey Kovalev hoki Pipiri whakakotahitanga
Adrian Granados puranga Tūturu Amir Imam I SHO EXTREME
Hopu te anō i Tenei Rāhina I 10 p.m. AND/PT I te SHOWTIME EXTREME
Pāwhiritia HERE Hei Tikiake Photos i Amanda Westcott / SHOWTIME
Te Kuititanga, Canada (Nov. 29, 2015) - Awhina James DeGale tona IBF Super whitu World Championship i roto i te mau i runga i kainga tino me te toa mua Lucian'okú i runga i Rāhoroi i roto i te hui matua o SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.
Ko te korero taitara tuatahi mō DeGale, te 2008 Mētara Olympic koura i Ingarangi i haere i runga i te ara ki Boston mua i tēnei tau ki te riro i te taitara, a whiriwhiria ki te tiaki i roto i te rohe fakafili.
'okú, i ngana ki te riro hoki te whitiki IBF ka awhina ia ia e iwa nga wa i waenganui i 2007 a 2012, put on an inspired and gutsy performance in an electric atmosphere to open the new Videotron Centre in Quebec City. But the unbelievable pace, me te i te täoro ki o tika overhand, matā tinana me hiato i te DeGale muri (22-1, 14 Koó) whakamatauria ki te kia i te rerekētanga rite DeGale ka kaha 116-112, 117-111 (rua).
"Au e ahau taitamariki, me au hou ahau. Au peaking ahau tika i teie nei,” DeGale said. “I’m ready for the best in the world. Credit ki'okú – te ia he toa nui, me te whakapono ki ahau, ka hoki ia e ".
"Ka rite ki kua mea ahau i roto i te mua, Ko ia he toa-ao o te piha. Kua tonu ka e ahau nga mea ki te mahi i runga i roto i te toru, ka wha nga tau i te muri, me te haere ahau ki te hei toku pai. "
'okú (32-3, 25 Koó) didn’t look anything like the fighter that lost to Carl Froch in 2012. But while the 35-year-old stalked the switch-hitting DeGale with a relentless attack, e kore e taea e ia nui ki ikuna'i te kawenata hohe lahi, nei maka 524 nifó mana whakaritea ki 278 mo'okú.
“I think it was a great fight. I did my best tonight,” Bute said. “I think it was a close fight. He’s an Olympic champion, he’s a world champion. If the judges give him the decision I respect that. I’ll be back in the gym to work hard and continue to fight. I think it was a very close fight. I’m happy with my performance and I’ll be back in the gym to get back in the ring one more time.
“The last three years were difficult for me. After I lost to Carl Froch that was a very difficult period for me. I took a break, and now I’m back. Ite ahau nui, Ite ahau hauora, me te inaianei kua ahau tetahi atu tupono ki kia hoki i runga i te tihi.
“Maybe a few rounds I waited too much and didn’t put the punches together and I let James fight me. When I pushed pressure and pushed back I won the round.”
I roto i te a'ee whakatuwheratanga i runga i SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, Roaa Eleider Alvarez te tika ki te kanohi WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion Tamutu Stevenson ki te nuinga whakatau tata i runga i Ihaka Chilemba, ngä 114-114, 118-110, 115-113.
Alvarez, runga No. 2 i te WBC i 175 pauna, tīmata tere, me te pocketed rauna ki te No. 1 ranked contender Chilemba. But Chilemba weathered the storm and fought his way back in the fight as Alvarez couldn’t keep up the pace he established in the earlier rounds.
Ka haere mai whawhai e rua i roto i ki te tikanga o te ru i roto i te 12th , me te whakatau tumanako, me te ki te riro Chilemba i te a tawhio noa whakamutunga te whawhai e kua kingi te Unuunu.
"I mohio ahau i ahau ki te whakaoti i te rauna i muri mai kaha, engari e whakapono ana ahau i nui ki te riro i te whawhai ahau,” Alvarez said. “I’m ready to accept the challenge and face Stevenson. Ki te riro i te toa ao, whai koe ki te whiua te toa. Na e te aha ahau whai ki te mahi i. "
Mark tohe e Alvarez, nei whawhai i roto i Montreal tata, ko te painga o te "whakatau whenua,"Ahakoa te kaiwhakawa i kingi i te whawhai ko te Unuunu he rohe, ka i te tahi atu e rua i kūpapa rohe.
"Ahau i whakaaro i nui ki te riro te reira e ahau,” Chilemba said. “But it is what it is. Ahau mana'o nei e taea te karanga koe i te reira i te whakatau whenua. "
I muri i te whawhai, Noho iho SHOWTIME Sports ope Brian Custer ki Stevenson ki te tiki i ona whakaaro i runga i Alvarez-Chilemba me tona heke mai.
"Ko te he whawhai tinana tata,” Stevenson said. "E ia (Alvarez) riro i tēnei whawhai, engari ko te reira tino tata. "
"Te paraparau nei tatou e pā ana ki Kovalev no te kī tonu te WBC ia te No. 1 nguha. E hiahia ana ahau i tenei whawhai ki te tupu. The fans want it to happen. I said June is perfect for me. He said ‘OK, Pipiri,'Ka mea a Kathy Duva' Kāore he raruraru, June.’ Then she said on HBO. Na ka mea ahau, 'Wareware e pā ana ki te pouaka whakaata, let them talk.’ We want the fight to happen. Let the TVs work together and make it happen.
“I want to fight Kovalev. That’s the best opportunity for me because I want his titles. For sure, this fight will happen in June. I don’t have a problem; my team doesn’t have a problem. I want this fight in June.
Kovalev is scared. I talked to him, saw it in his eyes that he’s scared of me. It will happen, but I know Kovalev is scared. I want Kovalev. I’m very hungry to get his titles.”
Ora Adrian Granados he knockdown tuatahi-a tawhio noa ki te paorooro tūturu amanaki super Kōmāmā Amir Imam i roto i te a'ee whakatuwheratanga o SHOWTIME BOXING ON SHO EXTREME ki te TKO a tawhio waru (2:34).
Ko te he kuru mate mo te Imam, nei tomo te whawhai kia rite ki te No. 1 kaiwero whakahauanga ki WBC Super Kōmāmā World Champion Viktor Postol.
Imam looked like he was going to finish the fight early after a nice left-right combo floored the Chicago native. But after escaping the first, Granados te mangai te tempo o te whawhai, worked the inside and prevented Imam – considered one of boxing’s most talented young contenders – from establishing his jab. With Imam unable to keep the fight at a distance, Granados picked apart the Don King-promoted fighter. After seven rounds of punishment and Iman gasping for air against the ropes Granados finished his opponent with a series of devastating combo shots.
He Granados koa (15-3-2, 10 Koó), nei te parekura ki whawhai ki te lekooti ngā o 49-0, tohe tona take ki te riro i te kaiwero whakahauanga.
"E whakapono ana ahau kia ahau i te kaiwero whakahauanga,” Granados said. “He was in line and I stopped him. Eaha te auraa? Come on. I was the underdog, engari e ahau tika haere ki te tango i te reira. Ahau i haere mai ki te tango i te reira.
"Mana'o i te reira nui. Kia i ahau kōemiemi ia ko ahau kia rite ki, 'Kua ka koe ki te tiki ia ia i teie nei. This time you’re not taking it from me.’ It was a flash knockdown. Mau ia ki te ringa matau, engari ko ahau pai. Ahau pihai noa tika ake a mohio ahau ia ia e haere ki te whakamātau ki te whakaoti i ahau. Ka tatou i roto i te reira, a haere ana tika hoki ki te mahi. "
Ahakoa te mate e vare i, E ahau (18-1, 15 Koó) e kore e tatarahapa tango i te whawhai pea e e patoto ia i roto i te totohe taitara.
"E mohio ana ahau ki te iwi ai mea kia kaua e tangohia e ahau tenei whawhai, ko ahau e hiahiatia ana i tenei whawhai i roto i waenganui i rite te rangi-ake mo toku whawhai i muri mai no te mea e kore ahau i hiahia ki te tatari mo te ono ki te waru marama mo te pere taitara ao.
"Ko te kī ki te whawhai ki toku werohanga, Ahau e kore e tika i whakamahi i te reira nui,” Imam said. “But that’s the way it goes and I’m going to definitely come back stronger. I wasn’t thinking anything after that first-round knockdown. I’ve done that many times and didn’t think the fight was over. I wasn’t surprised at all by the way he came out. E matau ana ahau pehea ia whawhai. Te ia he toa pai me i te reira he ki reira katoa. "
I roto i te a'ee whakatuwheratanga o SHOWTIME BOXING ON SHO EXTREME, tūturu amanaki taumahamaha Oscar Rivas (18-0, 13 Koó) patototanga i hōia Joey Abell (31-9, 29 Koó) i :46 o te tuarua a tawhio.
Rāhoroi o SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast ka anō-rangi i runga iRāhina, Nov. 30 i 10 p.m. AND/PT runga i SHOWTIME EXTREME i te SHOWTIME BOXING ON SHO EXTREME ka anō-rangi i runga i te Wenerei, Nov. 2 i 10 p.m. ET / PT. Both telecasts will be available On Demand beginning tenei Rātapu.
Mauro Ranallo called the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING action with Hall of Fame analyst Al Bernstein and former world champion Paulie Malignaggi commentating and Jim Gray reporting. I roto i Spanish, Alejandro Luna called the blow-by-blow with former world champion Raul Marquez serving as color commentator. Ka karanga Barry Tompkins te mahi SHOWTIME EXTREME i ringside ki faihisitōlia mekemeke Steve Farhood te taviniraa ei kaitātari mohio.
The executive producer of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING is David Dinkins Jr. with Bob Dunphy directing.
