Fury To Face Sefer Seferi; Terry Flanagan To Face Maurice Hooker For Vacant 140-Pound World Title
星期六, 六月 9 Live on SHOWTIME Sports YouTube Channel and SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook Page
紐約 (六月 4, 2018) – SHOWTIME Sports has secured the U.S. rights to stream the long-awaited return of former heavyweight world champion 泰森怒, 誰將會面臨 Sefer Seferi in a 10-round heavyweight bout Saturday, 六月 9 from Manchester Arena. 欣欣拳擊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. AND/1:30 P.M. PT.
在開幕回合, 當地的英雄 特里·弗拉納根（Terry Flanagan） (33-0, 13 KO的) will look to become a two-division world champion when he clashes with unbeaten American 莫里斯·胡克（Maurice Hooker） (23-0-3, 16 KO的) 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. sportscasters John Rawling providing the blow-by-blow and Richie Woodhall the analysis. Boxing broadcaster 雷弗洛雷斯 與分析師 Chris Mannix will deliver pre-fight and post-fight analysis from Staples Center in Los Angeles for the SHOWTIME Sports audience.
The live stream of Fury vs. Seferi will precede that evening’s 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, delayed in the West Coast) from Staples Center. 在共同特徵, Jermell Charlo will face Austin Trout for the WBC Super Welterweight World Championship.
憤怒 (25-0, 18 科斯), a former 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 弗拉基米爾克里琴科 in Dusseldorf in November 2015 due to an injury, personal problems and a doping ban.
“I’m the fittest I’ve ever been,” said Fury, who has teamed up with new trainer Ben Davison. “Timing, reflexes, everything is better than it’s ever been. I kid you not. 我 29 歲, 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 科斯) 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.”
Flanagan, 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 29日 生日. Hooker, a southpaw from Dallas, Texas and 的ShoBox alum, has been training with 特倫斯·克勞福德. Hooker will look to follow in the footsteps of fellow Dallas resident 埃羅爾·斯彭斯JR., who went to Kell Brook’s hometown of Sheffield, England to capture his first world championship.
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