TORONTO (August 5, 2015) — Groupe Yvon Michel (Gym), sikanye Legacy Global Boxing (Cap) futhi Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE), iyaziqhenya amemezele ezayo isihloko emhlabeni ukuvikela puncher uyesabeka, Adonis “Superman” Stevenson, September 11, at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto. Lo mcimbi kuyingxenye ohlonishwa Premier Boxing Champions series, airing live on Spike TV e-United States, on Indigo futhi Bell TV in Canada.
Stevenson (26-1-0, 21 Kos),ofMontreal, omunye onamandla kakhulu iphawundi-for- iphawundi punchers in the world, ngiwuvikele yakhe World Boxing Council (WBC), The Ring Umagazini futhi lineal ukukhanya sosondonzima (175 amakhilogremu) ubuqhawe emhlabeni amabhande kakhulu okwesithupha, ngokumelene WBC #9 Olwa Tommy “Kryptonite” Karpency (25-4-1, 14 Kos), abanekhono southpaw American ekulweni out of Adah, Pennsylvania. Kwaba Isifiso Stevenson sika ukuvikela izihloko yakhe Toronto:
“Ngijabulile ukumemezela impi yami elilandelayo September 11 e Toronto ngokumelene Tommy Karpency. Sengilungele ukubeka ubuhlungu on. Ngisebenza kanzima futhi sihlale sigxilile”, wathi iqhawe.
The Karpency oneminyaka engu-29 ubudala ahlusuliwe a October enkulu ecasukile 4, 2014 at the Foxwoods Resort of Mashantucket, Connecticut, ukwehlula owabe ukukhanya sosondonzima iqhawe lineal Chad Dawson ngendlela yesinqumo uqhekeko. Karpency, oye wazuza wakhe wokugcina amane kulwelwa, ubuye Pennsylvania wamanje kanye NABA-USA ukukhanya sosondonzima iqhawe. Yena sesinyusiwe ukuze uthole leli zwe ubuqhawe thuba.
“I beat guy efanayo Stevenson zize babe iqhawe somhlaba. I ukumshaya [Dawson] nje sekuphele unyaka Stevenson ukumshaya. Ngemva kwalokho win, Ngathi isibhakabhaka kwaba umkhawulo nokuthi ngifuna the best in the world. The win [phezu Dawson] wafakazela ukuthi ngiyilungu phakathi kwezicukuthwane at sosondonzima ukukhanya. Manje kuwumsebenzi wami ukunqoba impi“, Wachaza Karpency.
“GYM is trilled ukuletha impi ubuqhawe izwe 'uNdunankulu Boxing Champions’ series eToronto okokuqala,” GYM umengameli Yvon Michel uthe. “Siye abacabangela kulo msebenzi isikhathi eside. Lokhu kuye kwenzeka ngoba sathola ophathina olukhulu Les Woods futhi Lennox Lewis, kusukela CAP, futhi Wayne Zronick, kusukela MLSE. Siyaqiniseka ukuletha esiqakathekileko wesibhakela ukuthi lo wanyathelisa mdlalo muzi emfanele. Futhi na ngaphezulu, nathi siyakholwa, sengathi silitholile nabalingani edingekayo ukuze kuqinisekwe ukuthi ekuphumeleleni kwalo msebenzi futhi ukukwenza ngaphindela kwezisekelo njalo.”
“Kuyinto kuyilungelo elikhulu ukuba ukusebenza eceleni MLSE and GYM,” GLB president Les Woods wanezela. “Igunya Global Legacy sika ngokuvuselela-class emhlabeni isibhakela professional emzini emangalisayo yaseToronto usuyafezeka. “Ukuze uqhubeke ifa umkhulu wami wadala futhi reignite abanothando 'isayensi sweet’ ngaphesheya komuzi umbono nokufeza ngiyethemba uzoqhubeka ukushiya isinyathelo okuhlala njalo manje kanye lonke elesikhathi esizayoizizukulwane boxing fans.”
Futhi ingxenye yalesi ukukhuthazwa owayengumdlali wesibhakela ongenambangi iqhawe zomhlaba, Lennox Lewis. Nakuba hhayi ukulwa, yena Stills njengoba abanothando lomdlalo. Lewis wanqoba Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Vitali Klitschko phakathi abavelele kakhulu ngesikhathi boxing nendlalifa umsebenzi wakhe.
“Akuve kakhulu ukuba yingxenye GLB, ukusebenza ngokuhlanganyela GYM and MLSE, ukuze avuselele isibhakela eToronto futhi kulo lonke elaseCanada ezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu,” Lewis zaphawula. “Njengoba ongenambangi iqhawe owayengumdlali wesibhakela of the world, Ngiyaziqhenya ukuba ukwakha isiteji lonke lapho okwakwenza abashayi-sibhakela, ezifana ukukhanya kwezwe wesibhakela iqhawe Adonis Stevenson, kungaba sikhangise amathalente abo ekhaya futhi zithola ukwesekwa ezisifanele.”
In the co-feature, lamanje Canadian iqhawe sosondonzima Dillon “Country Big” Carman (8-2, 7 Kos), of Mississauga, Ontario, uzobhekana owabe Lewis and Tyson Umphikisi, Jamaican-owazalelwa Donovan “Razor” Ruddock (40-5-1, 30 Kos). Bangu-neziqubu eziyisishiyagalombili izobe ohlwini phakathi nalesi senzakalo, ngani amatalenta abasha kusukela Ontario and Quebec.
Boxing in Toronto and Ontario
Toronto kwaba spot wesibhakela hot kudala njengoba 1880.
Jake Kilrain, George Dixon, Joe nama-, Kid McCoy, Harry Lever, Sam Langford,Benny Leonard, Mickey Walker, Chocolate Kid, Max Baer, Primo Carnera,Joey Giambra, Archie Moore, Floyd Patterson, Bob Foster, Muhammad Ali, futhi Larry Holmes konke zalwa izimpi oludumile e Toronto ngesikhathi wesibhakela emphilweni yabo.
Ezenye standouts naye walwa eToronto abala Jimmy Wilde, Jimmy Welsh,Stribling Young, Rocky Kansas, “Panama” Al Brown, Sandy Saddler, Ukulwa Nokufuna Levinsky, Sammy Angott, Tommy Loughran, Maxie Rosenbloom, Jose Napoles, Ernie Terrell, Jimmy Ellis, Nino Benvenuti, futhi Aaron Pryor.
Legend Canadian George Chuvalo wawalwela wesibhakela nezwe isihloko March 29, 1966 at the Maple Leaf Gardens ngokumelene sivikele iqhawe and wesibhakela iconMuhammad Ali, e cishe iziqubu edume kakhulu eyake yaba emzini. The Chuvalo njalo ezinzima eyathatha 15 uphetha nge ngomuntu owaziwa ngokuthi “The Greatest”.
Toronto bomdabu Nick Furlano futhi Boxed futhi yathatha 15 bafika ngokumelene esisabekayo World Boxing Association (WBA) umhlaba iqhawe super engasindi futhi International Boxing Hall of Fame ilungu, Aaron “The Hawk” Pryor, June 22, 1984, at the Varsity Stadium of the University of Toronto.
Kusuka lapho, Indodana Sarnia sika Steve Molitor International Boxing Federation emhlabeni super bantamweight (122 amakhilogremu) champion, kusukela 2006 to 2011. Walwa eziyisikhombisa isihloko emhlabeni zokuxabana e Ontario, sonke ngesikhathi Rama Casino.
Muva, November 15, 2014 at the Center Hershey in Mississauga, Brampton uqobo Denton Daley inselele WBA emhlabeni lwesikhashana Cruiserweight iqhawe Youri Kalenga, a nativeof the Democratic Republic of the Congo, yokulahlekelwa the 12th futhi nxazonke final.
Amathikithi hamba on ukudayiswa starting Friday, August 7 at 10:00 a.m., on www.ticketmaster.ca, at gym (514) 383-0666, Cap (416) 678-6957 noma Ricoh Coliseum (416) 263-3900. Ticket amanani ukuqala at 40 $. Amathebula ayatholakala ngokuxhumana GLB.
