| MONTREAL (Feb. 27, 2015) – Light wesibhakela world iqhawe Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (25-1, 21 Kos) esebuyele ring Saturday, April 4 at Pepsi Coliseum e Quebec City ukuvikela isicoco sakhe ngokumelene yangaphambili super middleweight emhlabeni iqhawe Sakio “The Scorpion” Taurus (32-6-3, 21 Kos). The April 4 Umcimbi uphawula DEBUT of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on CBS (3 p.m. KANYE/12 p.m. PT).
“Ngijabule ukuba kube bottale umcimbi wokuqala PBC on CBS,” Stevenson wathi. “Ngiyazi Bika uzoyeka at lutho, kanjalo impi kuyoba umbukwane ecasula-minded ngokweqile. I babikezela ukuthi Bika uyolahlekelwa by Knockout okokuqala emsebenzini wakhe.”
“Ngemva kwayo yonke leminyaka ekulweni at 168 amakhilogremu, kwakuya kuba nzima ukwenza isisindo futhi yikona ngokuyinhloko okwamshukumisa in ukunqotshwa zami,” Bika wathi. “Angisiboni inkinga okwenza Eqa wesibhakela ukukhanya nobuso Stevenson and Angizizwa ngizoza kusimo ngoba iqhawe wenza lokhu soguquko ngempumelelo ngokwakhe eminyakeni engaphansi kwamashumi amabili adlule ngokumelene Chad Dawson. Ngiyakuthembisa ukuthi ngibe iqhawe entsha on April 4.”
Stevenson, 37, wawina emhlabeni ukukhanya sosondonzima isihloko in June of 2013 in Montreal, via a block 76-yesibili, lokuqala round Knockout nje phezu inkosi ke-Akuphikwa of the division, Dawson. Ukunqoba umxhwele isetshenzwa Stevenson “Knockout of the Year” futhi “Fighter of the Year” accolades. Lapho eziphendulela okokuqala okulandelayo Isikhombisa. 28, wangaphambili world iqhawe Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud kwakudaliwe a test enkulu for the new iqhawe, kodwa southpaw onamandla ngenkani Cloud umhlalaphansi ekupheleni nxazonke yesikhombisa.
Ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbili, “Superman” waphetha unyaka kuka No wakhe kokunqoba kucacile. 1 Olwa amandla, Tony “Bomber” Bellew of Great Britain, ongakwazanga ukuqedela round lesithupha. Ngomeyi 2015 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Inselele Polish Fonfara Andrzei wazibonakalisa inselele ezinzima futhi abalandeli babephathwa ukuba iziqubu ongasoze walitshalwa njengoba Stevenson angqongqoze Fonfara phansi kabili imizuliswano ekuseni kuphela ukuvakashela ngendwangu ngokwakhe round lesishiyagalolunye. Abahluleli amaphuzu fight 116-109, 115-110 futhi 115-110 ngoba Stevenson in wakhe ISIKHATHI SOMBUKISO® DEBUT. In ukuvakasha yakhe yokugcina, Dec. 19, 2014 on Showtime kusukela Pepsi Coliseum, “Superman” wenza umsebenzi short of veteran Russian Dmitry “The Hunter” Sukhotskiy, ukumvimba lesihlanu.
Taurus, ukulwa out of Australia ngendlela Cameroon lakubo, okuyinto wayemelela at the 2000 Olympics, uye nedumela njengoba ezinzima, rough brawling iqhawe ulwisane the best. Uye waba ezweni eziyisithupha isihloko ukulwa (1-3-2), ubambelele omunye imiqhele 168-ganda division in 2013-14. Uye alwa Champions eziningi zomhlaba, Angikaze akhishwe 41 iziqubu professional futhi kwaba “The Olwa, Season 3” engokoqobo ewuchungechunge yethelevishini iqhawe in 2007.
“The Scorpion” kwabonisa-class nezwe lakhe ubunzima nokuzimisela ukulwa nge elite middleweights emhlabeni super ngaleso sikhathi, challenging world champions Markus Beyer futhi Joe Calzaghe in 2006, Lucian Bute in 2007 futhi Andre Ward in 2010. Nokuqinisela nokuzikhandla ekugcineni ikhokhwe off for Bika lapho ayethandwa athandwayo 168-ganda isihloko, ngowakho Marco Antonio Periban by isinqumo 2013 at Barclays Center e Brooklyn, N.Y.. Yena bavikela ngempumelelo isicoco sakhe ngemva kwezinyanga eziyisithupha empi a 12- round draw with Anthony Dirrell on Showtime in 2013. Bika ekugcineni laphelelwa ibhande lakhe a rematch nge Dirrell on Showtime August odlule.
PBC on CBS, isihloko esikhulu by the light wesibhakela ubuqhawe kwezwe fight phakathi Stevenson and Bika, kugqugquzelwa Groupe Yvon Michel (Gym) futhi eyethulwe Videotron futhi sikanye Mise-O-Umdlalo.
Amathikithi go on ukudayiswa Saturday, Feb. 28 at 10 a.m. Futhi, at the Pepsi Coliseum box Ihhovisi Quebec, ngokubiza (418) 691-7211 noma (800) 900-7469, online at www.billetech.com, at gym (514) 383-0666 futhi Champion Boxing Club (514) 376-0980. Ticket amanani isukela $25 to $250 on the floor.
Ngenxa the show ibanjelwe ngayizolo Easter, Gym ukhuthaza Quebec umphakathi uze imindeni kanye namaqembu ngokunikela amathikithi amabili (in the zezitsha) for the--price-of-1 sipho esikhethekile izinsuku ezimbili kuphela (Saturday, Feb. 28 futhi Sunday, March 1) for labo amathikithi okuthenga ngqo ngokusebenzisa www.billetech.com.
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