SHOWTIME feerka CAALAMIGA AH® Lee vs. Saunders
Hawada Live At 5 p.m. IYO/PT on Sho EXTEME
NEW YORK (Dec. 1, 2015) - SHOWTIME Sports® soo bandhigi doonaa World WBO dhexe ee Championship dhexeeya titlist difaacaneysa Andy Lee oo tartame laga badinin Billy Joe Saunders on Saturdaiyo, Dec. 19, ku nool yihiin Sho xad dhaaf ah (5 p.m. IYO/PT) ka Manchester, England.
The SHOWTIME feerka CAALAMIGA AH qurbaan ah Box Nation telecast will feature analysis from SHOWTIME boxing experts Brian Custer, Al Bernstein iyo 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. IYO/PT.
"Waxaan ku faraxsanahay inaan ku samatabbixiyo kala gurteen muhiimka ah ee middleweights hogaanka Maraykanka. dhagaystayaasha,"Ayuu yiri Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager of SHOWTIME Sports. “The 160-pound class is one of boxing’s hottest and deepest divisions right now, iyo goolka guusha ee dagaalka this Inuu dhig u ah kulanka weyn ama midnimo ee 2016. "
Ireland ee Lee (34-2-1, 24 KOs) ku guuleystay horyaalka WBO bannaan oo leh TKO lixaad ee wareega markaas-badinin Matt Korbov ee December 2014. The 6-foot-2, 31-sano jir ahaa isku xigta badisay lix ka hor dagaalka feerka kala ah 12-wareega barbaro la gashay kooxda heysata horyaalka hore laga badinin Peter Quillin on April 11, 2015, ee Brooklyn. Both fighters went down in a highly competitive scrap that was scored 113-112 u Quillin, 113-112 u Lee iyo 113-113.
Ka hor jeestay pro Lee ahaa hiwaayadda sarre oo wakiil Ireland ee 2004 Olympic Games ee Athens.
"Waa wax weyn in taageerayaasheyda in laga xoreeyo dalka ka. ka heli doonaa si ay u arkaan dagaalka u dhaxeeya aniga iyo Saunders oo Waxaan idiin xaqiijin waxa ay noqon doontaa oo xiiso leh,"Ayuu yiri Lee.
Saunders (22-0, 12 KOs), ee Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, waa WBO ee No. 1 tartamaya dhexe. The 26-year-old is coming off a fourth-round TKO over Yoannan Bloyer ee la soo dhaafay July 24 ee London.
Laba bilowday ka hor, in guusha note-ka qiimo badan oo uu xirfadiisa, 5-foot-11, Saunders qaatay go'aan kala wareega 12-ka weyn Chris Eubank Jr. on Nov. 29, 2014, ee London. Dhamaan laakiin mid ka mid ah dagaal Saunders 'ay ka kala dhaceen England; kale waxay ahayd Northern Ireland.
Saunders sidoo kale wuxuu ahaa hiwaayadda kaamil ah; uu wakiil England ee 2008 Olympic Games sida welterweight ah da'da 18. Saunders is the great-grandson of one of Britain’s most famous gypsy bare-knuckle champions, Absolom Hasayeeshee.
"Tani waa habeen weyn ii waxaana ku faraxsanahay in ay ka soo baxeen nool America,” 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 iyo (Miguel) Cotto noqon doonaa labada daawashada sababtoo ah waxaan ku sii dhawaanayaa heerka iyo ay heli doontaa si aad u aragto waxa aan ahay oo dhan ku saabsan. "
Promoter Frank Warren yiri, "Waan ku faraxsanahay in SHOWTIME hadda doono televising Lee vs. Saunders ku nool laga xoreeyo dalka ka. 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.”