Toronto (Cuaj hlis 11, 2015) – Nws tau 30 xyoo txij li thaum lub ntiaj teb championship title sib ntaus twb tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv Toronto – thiab cov neeg coob coob ntawm exuberant Ricoh Coliseum txais tos boxing rov qab nrog nyuaj-los tsoo txiav txim rau ntawm lub ntsiab uas tawm hauv TV card ntawm lub Premier Boxing Champions nyob ntsia hlau loj.

“Superman” Adonis Stevenson (26-1), lub teeb heavyweight lub ntiaj teb champion muab nws coveted siv rau txoj kab nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm nws cov khub Canadian countrymen tiv thaiv cov gritty American challenger Tommy Karpency (25-4-1). Sim yuav Kryptonite rau “Superman,” Karpency twb tawm-classed los ntawm cov muaj muaj zog thiab sai Stevenson. Nyob rau hauv thawj puag ncig, Stevenson pib nws onslaught nrog ib tug loj sab laug uas buckled Karpency tus ob txhais ceg. Ib tug ncaj sab laug txhais tes nyob rau thaum xaus ntawm puag ncig 2 khob qhov rooj Karpency rau nws lub hauv caug. Nrog ib tug boisterous partisan pawg neeg qab nws, Stevenson tas Karpency tawm nrog ib tug ntsoog loj heev TKO ntawm 21 vib nas this ntawm puag ncig 3.

Ib tug jubilant Stevenson chanted “Huag Canada!!” ua ntej hu champ Sergei Kovalev. “C'mon Kovalev – nws yog lub sij hawm mus sib ntaus sib tua rau lub unified title.”

Nyob rau hauv lub co-feature, Errol Spence Jr. (17-0) muab nws unblemished cov ntaub ntawv rau ntawm kab nyob rau hauv lub qhib kev nyuajsiab ntxhov plawv lub ntsiab card tiv thaiv cov txaus ntshai South African welterweight Chris Van Heerden (23-1-1) caij ib tug 9-sib ntaus winning streak.

Spence, ib tug 2012 Olympian, tsom tawm ntawm nws lub ntiaj teb- class pedigree by pounding his opponent with brutal body shots and a flurry of jabs that nearly closed Van Heerden’s left eye. Tom qab ob knockdowns nyob rau hauv lub 7 puag ncig, Spence lub dominating kawm tau punctuated los ntawm ib tug flurry ntawm punches uas coj referee Alan Huggins kom tsis txhob sib ntaus ntawm 50 vib nas this ntawm puag ncig 8.

Spence yuav tam sim no muab nws cov sights rau tsiv mus tus ntaiv nyob rau hauv lub feemxyuam welterweight faib nyob los ntawm cov loj cov npe xws li Keith Thurman thiab Shawn Porter.

Thaum nug nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib yog dab tsi tom ntej no rau nws nws teb “Kuv xav mus tua leej twg nyob rau hauv lub saum toj 10- Kuv xav tias kuv tsim nyog nws.”

Tsis tas li ntawd nyob rau hauv cov uas tawm hauv TV card, former light welterweight champ “Vicious” Vivien Harris (32-10-2) los ntawm Brooklyn, NY battled undefeated prospect Prichard Nyuv (15-0) ntawm Puerto Rico. Nyuv tsom tawm ntawm nws lub hwj chim raws li nws yeej nws yog qub tub rog tus nrog sib ntaus – ending the bout at 1:03 in the 4th round with a punishing knockout. Lub hnub qub microscopic, ua raws nkaus li cov neeg raug 9-11 nyob rau hauv nws lub tsho tshaj sab, yog bullish rau nws yav tom ntej. “Nws yog zoo rau muab tso rau ib tug yeej tshaj ib tug qub lub ntiaj teb champion rau kuv daim resume.”