SHOWTIME papali ea litebele INTERNATIONAL® Lee vs.. Saunders
Airs Live Ka 5 p.m. LE/PT ka Sho EXTEME
NEW YORK (Aug. 1, 2015) - Showtime Sports® tla hlahisa le WBO Middleweight World Championship pakeng tsa ho sireletsa titlist Andy Lee le unbeaten challenger Billy Joe Saunders ka Saturdale, Aug. 19, phela ka ho Sho Extreme (5 p.m. LE/PT) ho tloha Manchester, Engelane.
The Showtime Boxing INTERNATIONAL nyehelo ea Lebokose le leqepheng la Sechaba se telecast will feature analysis from SHOWTIME boxing experts Brian Custer, Al Bernstein le 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. LE/PT.
"Re u thabile ho lopolla ena ea bohlokoa matchup ea holimo middleweights ho US. bamameli ba,"A re 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, le mofenyi wa ntoeng ena lokela ho boemong bo a inehela bakeng sa e khōlō makhaola-khang kapa kopanngoa a 2016. "
Oa Ireland Lee (34-2-1, 24 Kos) hlōla lolea WBO tlotla le botšelela ho pota TKO ea ka nako eo-Krrish Matt Korbov ka December 2014. 6-mithara tse 2, 31-ea lilemo li a ne a le tse tšeletseng ntoa win streak pele papali ea litebele le karohano 12 ho pota atamela le Krrish pele e neng e 'mampoli Petrose Quillin ka April 11, 2015, e Brooklyn. Both fighters went down in a highly competitive scrap that was scored 113-112 bakeng sa Quillin, 113-112 bakeng sa Lee le 113-113.
Pele ho retelehela lan Lee e ne e le holimo tsenwe le o nang le ditho Ireland ka 2004 Olympic Games a Athens.
"Ho e khōlō hore Fans ka U.S. tla fumana ho bona ntoa e pakeng tsa ka le Saunders 'me ke tiisetso ka hore lintho li tla ho ba e thabisang,"Lee o ile a re.
Saunders (22-0, 12 Kos), ea Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, ke WBO ea Ha ho. 1 middleweight contender. The 26-year-old is coming off a fourth-round TKO over Yoannan Bloyer ho qetela July 24 London.
Tse peli qala months ago, ka ho fetisisa hlokomela bohlokoa tlhōlo ea mosebetsi oa hae oa, le 5 ba maoto a-11-, Saunders o ile a nka 12 ho pota e petsoha ka qeto ea ka Chris Eubank Refresh. ka Nov. 29, 2014, London. All le mong ho e Saunders 'ho tlisa lintoa etsahetseng Engelane; tse ling e ne e le Northern Ireland.
Saunders ne a boetse a e finyelletsoeng tsenwe; a o nang le ditho England ka 2008 Olympic Games e le welterweight a le lilemo li 18. Saunders is the great-grandson of one of Britain’s most famous gypsy bare-knuckle champions, Absolom Beeney.
"Sena ke e khōlō bosiu le 'na' me ke thabile hoo hore lintho li tla tsoa a phele ho 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 le (Miguel) Cotto e tla ba ka bobeli ho shebella hobane ke atamela ka potlako boemong ba bona le ba tla fumana ho bona hore na ke tsohle ka. "
Mohlophisi Frank Warren o ile a re, "Ke thaba hore ebe Showtime tla hona joale televising Lee vs.. Saunders phela ka 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.”