Toronto (Lub yim hli ntuj 5, 2015) — Groupe Yvon Michel (Gym), nyob rau hauv lub koom haum nrog ntiaj teb no Legacy Boxing (Cap) thiab Maple Nplooj kev ua si thiab lom ze (MLSE), yog txaus siab ncha moo teb tom ntej no lub ntiaj teb no title tiv thaiv ntawm ntshai tsam Puncher, Adonis “Superman” Stevenson, Cuaj hlis 11, nyob rau Ricoh Coliseum Toronto nyob rau hauv. Cov kev tshwm sim yog ib feem ntawm lub prestigious Premier Boxing Champions series, airing live on Ntsia hlau loj TV nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States, rau Indigo thiab Tswb TV nyob rau hauv Canada.
Stevenson (26-1-0, 21 Kos),ofMontreal, ib qho ntawm feem haib phaus-rau- phaus punchers nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no, yuav tiv thaiv nws lub ntiaj teb no Boxing Council (Qhov), Lub nplhaib magazine thiab lineal teeb heavyweight (175 phaus) lub ntiaj teb Championship koj cov menyuam rau lub thib rau lub sij hawm, tiv thaiv WBC #9 contender Tommy “Kryptonite” Karpency (25-4-1, 14 Kos), lub koom American southpaw sib ntaus sib tua tawm ntawm Adah, Pennsylvania. Nws yog Stevenson tus xav tiv thaiv nws lub npe nyob rau hauv Toronto:
“Kuv pog mus tshaj tawm kuv tom ntej no kev sib ntaus nyob rau hauv Cuaj hlis 11 nyob rau hauv Toronto tiv thaiv Tommy Karpency. Kuv yuav npaj mus muab cov mob nyob rau hauv. Kuv ua hauj lwm nyuaj thiab nyob teem”, hais tias lub yeej.
Lub 29-xyoo-laus Karpency rho tawm ib tug loj chim Lub kaum hli ntuj 4, 2014 nyob rau Foxwoods Resort ntawm Mashantucket, Connecticut, defeating qub teeb heavyweight lineal yeej Chad Dawson los ntawm txoj kev ntawm ib tug split kev txiav txim siab. Karpency, uas tau yeej nws plaub sib ntaus, kuj yog tam sim no Pennsylvania thiab NABA-USA teeb heavyweight yeej. Nws yog tshwj xeeb yog zoo siab heev tau txais lub ntiaj teb no championship sijhawm.
“Kuv yeej tib yam txiv leej tub Stevenson yeej ua lub ntiaj teb champion. Kuv tuav nws [Dawson] cia li ib lub xyoo tom qab Stevenson tuav nws. Tom qab ntawd yeej, Kuv hais tias lub ntuj yog cov kev txwv thiab hais tias kuv xav qhov zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no. Lub yeej [tshaj Dawson] muaj pov thawj tias kuv yuav nyob hauv cov neeg tseem ceeb ntawm lub teeb heavyweight. Tam sim no nws yog kuv txoj hauj lwm los yeej muaj qhov kev sib ntaus“, piav Karpency.
“Gym yog trilled coj lub ntiaj teb no championship sib ntaus thiab cov 'Premier Boxing Champions’ series rau Toronto rau thawj lub sij hawm,” Gym tus thawj tswj hwm Yvon Michel hais tias. “Peb tau ntsia no peb tes num rau ib tug ntev lub sij hawm. Qhov no tau ua tau vim hais tias peb pom zoo koom tes nrog Les Zoov thiab Lennox Lewis, los ntawm CAP, thiab Wayne Zronick, los ntawm MLSE. Peb muaj txoj kev ntseeg coj ib tug loj boxing kev tshwm sim hais tias qhov no prodigious ua si nawv nroog deserves. Txawm ntau, Peb ntseeg hais tias peb tau pom cov uas yuav tsum tau nrog ib tug neeg yuav lav tsis tau txoj kev vam meej ntawm peb tes num thiab ua nws dua nyob rau hauv ib tug kev bases.”
“Nws yog ib qho kev nco cib fim ua hauj lwm alongside MLSE thiab gym,” GLB president Les Zoov ntxiv. “Ntiaj teb no Legacy lus txib ntawm reviving lub ntiaj teb no-chav kawm kev boxing nyob rau hauv zoo kawg nkaus lub nroog ntawm Toronto tau los ua ib tug kev muaj tiag. “Mus ntxiv rau lub legacy kuv yawg tsim thiab reignite ib tug mob siab rau 'lub qab zib science’ thoob plaws hauv lub nroog yog ib lub zeem muag thiab accomplishment kuv cia siab tias yuav mus ntxiv rau cia ib tug ntev ntiajteb tam sim no raws li zoo raws li nyob rau tag nrho cov yav tom ntejtiam ntawm kiv cua boxing.”
Tsis tas li ntawd ib feem ntawm no nce qib yog yav tas los undisputed heavyweight zus ib ntawm lub ntiaj teb no, Lennox Lewis. Thaum tsis sib ntaus sib tua ntxiv lawm, nws stills li tus mob siab rau rau nws ua si nawv. Lewis yeej Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Vitali Klitschko ntawm cov ntau notables thaum lub sij hawm nws illustrious boxing hauj lwm.
“Nws yog qhov zoo yuav tsum muaj ib feem ntawm GLB, ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv nrog gym thiab MLSE, mus rau revive boxing nyob rau hauv Toronto thiab thoob plaws Canada rau lub siab tshaj plaws qib,” Lewis remarked. “Raws li lub qub undisputed heavyweight zus ib ntawm lub ntiaj teb no, Kuv zoo siab yuav tsum tau tsim tsa ib lub teb chaws platform qhov twg boxers, xws li lub ntiaj teb no teeb heavyweight yeej Adonis Stevenson, yuav nthuav lawv tej txuj ci nyob rau hauv tsev thiab tau txais cov nyiaj them yug lawv yuav tsum tau txais.”
Nyob rau hauv lub co-feature, tam sim no Canadian heavyweight yeej Dillon “Loj Lub teb chaws” Carman (8-2, 7 Kos), ntawm Mississauga, Ontario, yuav fim qub Lewis thiab Tyson tus nrog sib ntaus, Jamaican-yug Donovan “Rab chais” Ruddock (40-5-1, 30 Kos). Ib tug tag nrho ntawm yim bouts yuav tau teem lub sij hawm cov kev tshwm sim, showcasing hluas tej txuj ci los ntawm Ontario thiab Quebec.
Boxing nyob rau hauv Toronto thiab Ontario
Toronto yog ib tug boxing kub cov nqaij ntawd raws li thaum ntxov raws li 1880.
Jake Kilrain, George Dixon, Joe Gans, Kid McCoy, Harry Qib, Sam Langford,Benny Leonard, Mickey Walker, Kid Qhob noom xim kasfes, Max Baer, Primo Carnera,Joey Giambra, Archie Moore, Floyd Patterson, Bob Foster, Muhammad Ali, thiab Larry Holmes tag nrho cov waged epic battles nyob rau hauv Toronto thaum lub sij hawm lawv cov boxing hauj lwm.
Lwm yam standouts uas tseem tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv Toronto muaj xws li Jimmy Wilde, Jimmy Welsh,Hluas Stribling, Rocky Kansas, “Panama” Al Brown, Sandy Saddler, Battling Levinsky, Sammy Angott, Tommy Loughran, Maxie Rosenbloom, Jose Napoles, Ernie Terrell, Jimmy Ellis, Nino Benvenuti, thiab Aaron Pryor.
Canadian lus dab neeg George Chuvalo tiv thaiv rau cov heavyweight ntiaj teb no title Lub peb hlis ntuj 29, 1966 nyob rau Maple nplooj vaj tiv thaiv tiv thaiv tau zus ib thiab boxing iconMuhammad Ali, nyob rau hauv tej zaum tus nto moo tshaj plaws bout puas tau muaj nyob rau hauv lub nroog. Lub ib txwm tawv Chuvalo ntawd kub ntev li 15 Rounds nrog tus txiv neej lub npe hu ua “Lub Tshaj”.
Toronto haiv neeg Nick Furlano kuj Boxed thiab lasted 15 rounds tiv thaiv ferocious ntiaj teb Boxing Association (WBA) lub ntiaj teb no super sib zus thiab International Boxing Hall ntawm koob meej neeg, Aaron “Lub Hawk” Pryor, Lub rau hli ntuj 22, 1984, nyob rau Varsity chaw ntau pob ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm Toronto.
Txij thaum ntawd los, Sarnia tus tub Steve Molitor yog tus International Boxing Federation ntiaj teb no super bantamweight (122 phaus) champion, los ntawm 2006 rau 2011. Nws tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv xya lub ntiaj teb no title fights nyob rau hauv Ontario, tag nrho cov nyob rau Rama Twv txiaj yuam pov.
Ntau tsis ntev los, Kaum Ib Hlis Ntuj 15, 2014 nyob rau Hershey Center nyob rau hauv Mississauga, Brampton tus kheej Denton Daley sib tw WBA ntus lub ntiaj teb no cruiserweight yeej Youri Kalenga, ib tug nativeof lub koom pheej ywj pheej ntawm cov Congo, poob nyob rau hauv lub 12th thiab zaum kawg puag ncig.
Daim pib mus muag starting Friday, Lub yim hli ntuj 7 ntawm 10:00 a.m., rau www.ticketmaster.ca, ntawm gym (514) 383-0666, Cap (416) 678-6957 los yog Ricoh Coliseum (416) 263-3900. Daim pib nqi pib ntawm 40 $. Ntxhuav kuj los ntawm kev hu GLB.
