Fury To Face Sefer Seferi; Terry Flanagan To Face Maurice Hooker For Vacant 140-Pound World Title
Суббота, Июнь 9 Live on SHOWTIME Sports YouTube Channel and SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook Page
НЬЮ-ЙОРК (Июнь 4, 2018) – SHOWTIME Sports has secured the U.S. rights to stream the long-awaited return of former heavyweight world champion Тайсон Фьюри, который столкнется Экспедиция Экспедиция in a 10-round heavyweight bout Saturday, Июнь 9 из Манчестер Arena. Showtime Бокс INTERNATIONAL® will stream live exclusively to U.S. audiences on the SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook page and SHOWTIME Sports YouTube Channel beginning at 4:30 p.m. И/1:30 p.m. PT.
В первом бою, местный герой Терри Фланаган (33-0, 13 КО) будет стремиться стать чемпионом мира в двух весовых категориях, когда сразится с непобедимым американцем Морис Хукер (23-0-3, 16 КО) for the vacant WBO Junior Welterweight crown. This will be the fourth live streaming boxing event this year on SHOWTIME Sports social media platforms.
Live coverage for the Frank Warren promoted event will be provided by BT Sport and BoxNation with U.K. спортивные комментаторы Джон Роулинг обеспечение пошагового и Ричи Вудхолл Анализ. Боксерский телеведущий Рэй Флорес и аналитик Крис Мэнникс will deliver pre-fight and post-fight analysis from Staples Center in Los Angeles for the SHOWTIME Sports audience.
Прямая трансляция Fury vs.. Сефери будет предшествовать вечернему SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.® doubleheader that features WBA Featherweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz in a rematch against fellow three-division world champion Abner Mares live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET / PT, задерживается на западном побережье) из Стэйплс-центра. В со-функция, Джермелл Чарло встретится с Остином Траутом за титул чемпиона мира по версии WBC в суперсреднем весе..
Ярость (25-0, 18 КО), бывший WBA, WBO and IBF Heavyweight World Champion will end a two-years-and-seven-months exile from the sport on June 9. Fury has been inactive since outpointing Владимир Кличко in Dusseldorf in November 2015 из-за травмы, personal problems and a doping ban.
“I’m the fittest I’ve ever been,- сказал Фьюри., who has teamed up with new trainer Ben Davison. “Timing, reflexes, everything is better than it’s ever been. I kid you not. Я 29 лет, coming into the prime of my life, I’m stronger and faster, holding more muscle mass than ever. I’m more confident looking at the competition.”
Albania’s Seferi (23-1, 21 КО) is a 39-year-old Switzerland-based cruiserweight who is stepping up in weight and opposition when he faces the 6-foot-9 Fury. Seferi’s sole loss came in 2016 in a heavyweight bout against now-secondary WBA heavyweight champ Manuel Charr.
“This is going to be a hard fight for Fury,” said Seferi. “Two-and-a-half years out of the ring is a long time and nobody knows if he is still the same fighter that dethroned Wladimir Klitschko.”
Фланаган, the first Englishman to earn a lightweight world title, will seek to capture a title in a second weight class just days away from his 29й день рождения. проститутка, a southpaw from Dallas, Texas and ShoBox alum, has been training with Теренс Кроуфорд. Hooker will look to follow in the footsteps of fellow Dallas resident Эррол Спенс младший., who went to Kell Brook’s hometown of Sheffield, England to capture his first world championship.
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