EN Junio 6, 2015 EN CENTRO DE BARCLAYS EN BROOKLYN Televisado en vivo por HBO ®
-Entradas a la venta Miércoles, Abril 22 en 10:00 AM ET–
NUEVA YORK (Abril 16, 2015) – Roc Nation Sports and Miguel Cotto Promotions are pleased to announce the next highly anticipated battle for Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 Nocáuts), el actual campeón de peso medio del CMB y campeón del mundo de la revista Ring Magazine y el primer nativo de Puerto Rico para convertirse en campeón del mundo en cuatro categorías de peso. En Junio 6, 2015, Cotto defenderá su título contra el ex dos veces campeón del mundo de Daniel Geale (31-3, 16 Nocáuts) de Australia en una pelea que será televisada en vivo por HBO desde Barclays Center en Brooklyn.
Los boletos están a $500, $350, $250, $200, $150, $100, $50 y $25, sin incluir cargos e impuestos aplicables de servicio, y salir a la venta Miércoles, Abril 22 en 10:00 AM ET. Los boletos estarán disponibles en www.barclayscenter.com,www.ticketmaster.com y en la taquilla del American Express en el Barclays Center comenzando Jueves, Abril 23 en 12:00 PM ET. Para comprarlos por teléfono, llamar a Ticketmaster al (800) 745-3000.
“I am happy and excited to be back in New York and fighting at Barclays Center,” said Cotto. “This is another chapter in my career and I’m committed to train as hard as always and bring a big victory. I’m looking forward to seeing all the Puerto Rican fans on June 6 and to being part of another exciting boxing night in Brooklyn.”
“I would like to thank HBO for their continued support, Gary Shaw of GSP, Bill Treacy of Grange Old School Boxing and Dino Duva at Roc Nation Sports for their collective professionalism in making this fight happen,” said Geale. “Por último, si bien no menos importante, thanks to Miguel Cotto for the opportunity to become a world champion once again. I have total respect for Miguel and his achievements, but I can win this fight and that is exactly what I intend to do come June 6 in Brooklyn at Barclays Center.”
“We’re excited and proud to bring Miguel Cotto back to New York along with Miguel Cotto Promotions, now as a part of the Roc Nation Sports family,” said David Itskowitch, COO de Boxeo de Roc Nation Deportes. “Brooklyn and boxing have a long history, and Puerto Rican heritage is closely integrated with both. What a way for New York to kick off the week of the Puerto Rican Day Parade festivities…with Miguel Cotto’s long-awaited return to the ring. The night of Junio 6 will be one to remember for fans in attendance at Barclays Center and those watching at home on HBO.”
“We are excited to have Miguel Cotto back in New York and at Barclays Center for the first time,” said Hector Soto, Promociones Miguel Cotto. “This is a Puerto Rican tradition – Miguel Cotto is New York and New York is boxing. We can’t wait until the night of Junio 6 to present a great and entertaining boxing show together with our partners at Roc Nation Sports.”
“Daniel Geale is a true warrior and will leave everything in the ring against Miguel Cotto like he always does,” dijo Gary Shaw, Gary Shaw Productions. “He’s never in a dull fight and the fans will get their money’s worth as both fighters like to let their hands go. I want to thank Grange Old School Boxing for having confidence in me. This will be a tough fight for Geale, however I’m convinced that he will beat Cotto and I’m hopeful that Miguel didn’t make any other plans for September other than a rematch with Daniel.”
“We are delighted that Miguel Cotto has chosen Barclays Center and Brooklyn to continue his storied career in New York City,” dijo Brett Yormark, Barclays Center CEO. “Cotto’s Puerto Rican heritage combined with Australia’s own Daniel Geale is going to create a tremendous global audience for this Junio 6 lucha. This announcement further cements Barclays Center as the leading boxing venue in this country.”
“El pasado junio, Miguel Cotto became a middleweight champion, joining a select handful of elite fighters to have won major titles in four weight classes or more, and becoming the first Puerto Rican champion to do so ,” dijo Peter Nelson, vicepresidente, programming, HBO Sports. “For Cotto’s first title defense, he faces former two-time world champion Daniel Geale at Barclays Center, the iconic Brooklyn landmark whose mystique elevates every event fortunate enough to call it home. As Cotto continues the next phase of his historic career, we are thrilled to present this middleweight championship fight live on HBO.”
Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 Nocáuts) is the reigning WBC and Ring Magazine middleweight world champion and the first native of Puerto Rico to become world champion in four different weight classes. He is the former WBO junior welterweight world champion, the former WBA welterweight world champion, the former WBO welterweight world champion and the former WBA super welterweight world champion. He also represented Puerto Rico in the 2000 Juegos Olímpicos de Sydney, Australia. Cotto has had 22 peleas de campeonato mundial, la compilación de un registro de 18-4 con 15 knockouts in those bouts. In Puerto Rico, he is hailed as a national hero and the successor of Felix Trinidad as the island’s most revered boxer. Cotto is one of the biggest gate attractions in boxing and one of the largest pay-per-view draws among active fighters. Más recientemente, en junio 2014, Cotto made history in his first fight as a middleweight by dominating Argentine southpaw and defending WBC and Ring Magazine Middleweight World Champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28 Nocáuts). He is trained by legendary Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach and has fought some of the biggest names in the sport including Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Cotto owns his own boxing promotional company in Puerto Rico, Promociones Miguel Cotto, and presides over his charity La Fundación El Ángel de Miguel Cotto, a non-profit organization dedicated to combatting childhood obesity. En marzo 2015, Cotto and Roc Nation Sports announced that they had entered into a partnership that includes a co-promotional agreement with Miguel Cotto Promotions to promote Cotto’s fights.
Daniel Geale (31-3, 16 Nocáuts) is the former IBF and WBA middleweight world champion and the current holder of the PABA and WBO Interim Asia Pacific middleweight titles. A boxing hero in his native Australia and hailed as Tasmania’s 2012 Athlete of the Year, Geale is Ring Magazine’s fourth rated middleweight in the world and the WBC’s number six rated contender. Como amateur, he competed for Australia in the 2000 Olympic Games and was a gold medalist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Inglaterra. Geale made his professional debut in Australia in 2004, eventually compiling twenty-one consecutive victories and winning the IBO middleweight title in 2007 against previously undefeated Daniel Dawson (29-0, 20 Nocáuts). En Mayo 2009, Geale suffered his first defeat, losing his title to Anthony Mundine (35-3, 23 Nocáuts) in a hotly-contested battle. The Australian rebounded in May 2011 to win the IBF middleweight title with a split decision victory over Sebastian Sylvester (34-3, 16 Nocáuts) en Alemania. After two successful title defenses, including a unanimous-decision victory over Ghanaian Osumanu Adama (20-2, 15 Nocáuts), Geale stunned Germany’s Felix Sturm (37-2-2, 16 Nocáuts) to win the WBA middleweight title, unifying the titles in 2012. A year later on August 17, 2013, Geale lost his IBF middleweight title to Darren Barker (25-1, 16 Nocáuts) via a split-decision in Atlantic City. He bounced back six months later with a sixth round technical knockout victory over Garth Wood (12-3-1, 8 Nocáuts). En Julio 26, 2014, in an event televised by HBO World Championship Boxing, Geale faced off against undefeated WBA Middleweight World Champion Gennady Golovkin (29-0, 26 KO ') en Nueva York, but came up short in trying to reclaim his former title. En su pelea más reciente, Geale captured the vacant PABA and WBO Interim Asia Pacific middleweight titles, winning a twelve-round unanimous decision victory over fellow Australian Jarrod Fletcher (18-2, 10 Nocáuts).
Cotto vs. Jar, una pelea a 12 asaltos por CMB y Ring Magazine Campeonato Mundial de peso medio de Cotto, se lleva a cabo Sábado, Junio 6 Barclays Center en Brooklyn y será televisado en vivo por HBO. La lucha es presentado por Roc Nation Deportes y Miguel Cotto Promociones en asociación Gary Shaw Productions y patrocinado por Cerveza Tecate.
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Acerca de Roc Nation Deportes
Roc Nation Deportes, una sub-división de Roc Nation, puesto en marcha en la primavera de 2013. Shawn Fundador “JAY Z” El amor de Carter de los deportes llevan a la formación natural de las Naciones Roc Deportes, ayudar a los atletas de la misma manera Roc Nation ha estado ayudando a los artistas en la industria de la música para el año. Roc Nation Sports centra en los atletas de elevación’ carrera a nivel mundial, tanto dentro como fuera de la cancha. Roc Nation Deportes conceptualiza y ejecuta de marketing y patrocinio ofertas, alcance comunitario, caritativas tie-ins, relaciones con los medios y estrategia de marca. Roc Nation Sports lanzó su división de boxeo, una empresa de servicios integrales de promoción que representa a los campeones del mundo Miguel Cotto y Andre Ward, en agosto 2014. Roc Nation Deportes’ lista incluye atletas estreno como Robinson Cano, Skylar Diggins, Kevin Durant, Geno Smith, Victor Cruz, CC Sabathia, James Young, Dez Bryant, Ndamukong Suh, Rusney Castillo, Yoenis Cespedes, Jaelen Fuerte, Todd Gurley, Wilson Chandler, Erick Aybar and Frances Tiafoe.
Acerca de Promociones Miguel Cotto
Miguel Cotto Promotions es la empresa de promoción líder en Puerto Rico fundada por el cinco veces campeón mundial y cuatro divisiones Miguel Cotto y el empresario Héctor Soto en 2005. Miguel Cotto Promotions tiene la visión de desarrollar el mejor talento en Puerto Rico y Latinoamérica, mientras busca las mejores asociaciones en el negocio para presentar los espectáculos de mejor calidad en la industria. En 2015, Miguel Cotto Promotions lanzó su proyecto más reciente llamado “Boxeo Al Maximo” en asociación con la cadena Univision Puerto Rico, capturing great ratings results on the new Sábado night fights’ platform.
Acerca de Gary Shaw Productions
Basado en Nueva Jersey, Gary Shaw Productions se fundó en 2002 por el presidente y director ejecutivo, Gary Shaw, un ex regulador de Nueva Jersey. Haber promovido espectáculos de boxeo en China., Australia, México y Reino Unido, GSP es conocida como una empresa internacional, cuyo principal objetivo es llevar emoción al boxeo con peleas competitivas. Participar en algunos de los eventos más importantes en la historia del boxeo., que incluyen Felix Trinidad vs. Fernando Vargas, Lennox Lewis contra. Vitali Klitschko, Winky Wright contra. Felix Trinidad, Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo, Shane Mosley contra. Winky Wright y Marquez vs Vasquez I, II & III, GSP se ha consolidado como una de las principales empresas de promoción del deporte..
Acerca del Barclays Center
Barclays Center abrió en septiembre 28, 2012, y es un importante lugar de deportes y entretenimiento en el corazón de Brooklyn, Nueva York. Una de las configuraciones de asientos más íntimas jamás diseñada en un estadio moderno de usos múltiples, Ofertas Barclays Center 17,732 asientos para baloncesto, 15,795 para hockey, y hasta 19,000 asientos para conciertos, y tiene 101 suites de lujo, cuatro bares / salones, cuatro clubes, y 40/40 CLUB & Restaurante de American Express.
Barclays Center alberga una amplia variedad de eventos, incluyendo conciertos de primer nivel, las principales cartas de boxeo profesional, baloncesto universitario superior, espectáculos familiares, los Brooklyn Nets y pronto los New York Islanders.
Barclays Center ha redefinido el servicio al cliente y la experiencia culinaria del estadio. Es más que 2,000 los empleados son capacitados por Disney Institute, el brazo de asesoría comercial de The Walt Disney Company, y su programa de comida BrooklynTaste ™ presenta selecciones de 55 restaurantes y vendedores conocidos en el barrio.
Barclays Center involucra al cliente con tecnología de punta para mejorar la experiencia del fan. Como el primer estadio del mundo en utilizar la tecnología de transmisión de multidifusión móvil Cisco StadiumVision, Barclays Center permite a los fanáticos ver videos en vivo y repeticiones instantáneas desde sus teléfonos móviles mientras están conectados al Wi-Fi gratuito del estadio..
Ubicado en lo alto de uno de los centros de transporte más grandes de la ciudad de Nueva York, Barclays Center es accesible por 11 líneas de metro, el ferrocarril de Long Island, y 11 líneas de bus.
Para obtener más información sobre Barclays Center, por favor visite www.barclayscenter.com