SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL® Lee vs. Saunders
Tags Live I 5 p.m. AND/PT i runga i SHO EXTEME
NEW YORK (Dec. 1, 2015) - SHOWTIME Sports® ka tapae te WBO Whitu Ao Championship i waenganui i te parururaa i titlist Andy Lee me te kaiwero hinga kore Billy Joe Saunders i runga i Saturdaa, Dec. 19, ora i runga i Sho EXTREME (5 p.m. AND/PT) i Manchester, Ingarangi.
Te SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL whakahere o te Pouaka Nation telecast will feature analysis from SHOWTIME boxing experts Brian Custer, Al Bernstein a Paulie Malignaggi before and after the world championship showdown. An encore presentation of the bout will air on SHO EXTREME later that evening at 9 p.m. AND/PT.
"Kei oaoa ki te whakaora i tenei matchup nui o runga Middleweights ki te US matou. whakarongo,"Ka mea Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice peresideni me Kaiwhakahaere General o SHOWTIME Sports. “The 160-pound class is one of boxing’s hottest and deepest divisions right now, a kia patia i te toa o tenei whawhai ia mo te pupūtanga matua whakakotahitanga ranei i roto i 2016. "
A Ireland Lee (34-2-1, 24 Koó) riro te wātea WBO taitara ki te TKO te ono-a tawhio noa o na-tūturu Matt Korbov i roto i te Hakihea 2014. Te 6-waewae-2, 31-tau tahi i runga i te wini pūkenga e ono-whawhai i mua i mekemeke te utu i te afa 12-a tawhio noa ki te toa tūturu mua Peter Quillin i runga i April 11, 2015, i roto i te Brooklyn. Both fighters went down in a highly competitive scrap that was scored 113-112 mo Quillin, 113-112 mo Lee me 113-113.
I mua i tahuri ko pro Lee te runaruna runga, me te kanohi Ireland i roto i te 2004 Olympic Games i Atene.
"E mea rahi e oku pā i roto i te U.S. ka whiwhi ki te kite i te whawhai i waenganui i ahau, me Saunders me kī ahau te haere te reira ki te kia whakaongaonga,"Ka mea a Lee.
Saunders (22-0, 12 Koó), of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, Ko o te WBO No. 1 whitu tekau nguha. The 26-year-old is coming off a fourth-round TKO over Yoannan Bloyer whakamutunga Hōngongoi 24 i roto i te London.
E rua tīmata ki muri, i roto i te nuinga o te wikitoria tuhipoka-utu o tona mahi, te 5-waewae-11, Ka mau Saunders i te afa whakatau 12-a tawhio noa ki runga Chris Eubank Jr. i runga i Nov. 29, 2014, i roto i te London. Kua riro wahi katoa engari kotahi o Saunders 'whawhai i roto i Ingarangi; te tahi atu ko Airangi ki te Raki.
Was Saunders hoki te runaruna ta'na; kanohi ia Ingarangi i roto i te 2008 Olympic Games rite te Welterweight i te tau o 18. Saunders is the great-grandson of one of Britain’s most famous gypsy bare-knuckle champions, Absolom Beeney.
"He po nui hoki ahau tenei me te oaoa vau e te haere i te reira i roto i ora ki Amerika ahau,” Saunders said. “The U.S. viewers will get to see just what I can do when I face Lee and become world champion. It’s a big boost for me and takes the fight to another level when American TV comes on board and then you know it’s a big fight on the world stage. I hope that (Gennady) Golovkin me (Miguel) Ka waiho cotto rua matakitaki no e ahau nohopuku tata ratou taumata a ka whiwhi ratou ki te kite i te aha ahau katoa ahau e pā ana ki ".
Ka mea kaiwhakatairanga Frank Warren, "Au oaoa e ka pouaka inaianei SHOWTIME Lee vs ahau. Saunders ora i roto i te U.S. as it confirms the importance of this fight on the world scene. My relationship with the network goes back many years with fights like Joe Calzaghe vs. Jeff Lacy, Ricky Hatton vs. Kostya Tszyu, Frank Bruno vs. Oliver McCall, plus Naseem Hamed and Nigel Benn fights. I believe that Lee vs. Saunders will be another great fight to add to that list because of what’s at stake for both fighters. What lies ahead for the winner will make them fight to their very best.”