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Pittsburgh, PA. (Feb. 21, 2015) - Sammy Vasquez abukisa abalandeli bakhe basemzini in Pittsburgh, ngokuwina a 10-round isinqumo eduze-shutout ngazwilinye (99-91 kabili, 100-90) phezu Emmanuel Lartey kwenzeka main of ShoBox: The New Generation ngolwesihlanu, Feb. 20 kusukela inxusa Energy Center.

 

Vasquez (18-0, 13 Kos) wangena iziqubu ukufuna kwakhe 10^th Knockout alandelanayo ngokumelene Umphikisi ayengasokile angqongqoze phansi ngaphambi wayekade indandatho ezimbili US. Olympians. The military veteran wasn’t able to finish Lartey (17-3, 8 Kos, 1 NC), kodwa lokho kwaba nje into nje ukuthi ingahambi ngendlela yakhe in a ukusebenza baphenyisise umxhwele lapho wazithola esesifundazweni 50 Amaphesenti angu amandla akhe isibhamu.

 

Vasquez waqala kancane futhi ngakwazi ukuba pick isibhamu sakhe angaba ngu ekuseni, but he accelerated the tempo in the second half of the fight as Lartey appeared to slow down. The hometown favorite did his best work with Lartey against the ropes and landed at will in the middle rounds. Lartey seemed like he was ready to quit on his stool after the eighth, kodwa waqhubeka futhi Vasquez behlisa ukukhiqizwa yakhe the final emahlandla lamabili futhi cruised to the ukunqoba.

 

"Ngangicabanga wayezomvusa phansi izikhathi ezimbalwa kodwa hung khona,” Vasquez said. “The jab was going well, but I made a couple of mistakes because I started feeling comfortable. I knew he was hurt after the eighth and my corner told me to step off the gas a little bit and pick my punches more instead of just storming him.

 

“I thought he was going to quit a couple times on his stool. He’s a tough guy – no one could knock him out. Ngehluleka kuphakathi. "

 

Lartey baphonse impi yakhe yesithathu ku ithemba top emva isinqumo ukulahleka to Errol Spence Jr.futhi Felix Diaz.

 

"Sammy kuyinto fighter ezinzima,” Lartey said. “He’s really strong. Ngenza konke okusemandleni ami, kodwa kwaba kuyiphupho nje. "

 

Emva fight, ShoBox ummemezeli Steve Farhood yadiliza game plan Vasquez umxhwele.

 

"Sidlale kakhulu olawulwa futhi ezihlakaniphile by Vasquez, egijimayo njengoba angaba ngu bathuthuka, ikhonya zonke round futhi nokulawula isenzo ukuthi boxing, ukuhlasela noma pinning Lartey ngokumelene izindophi,” Farhood said. “He showed a lot and he deserves the reputation he has as being one of the top young American welterweights.”

 

Craig Baker akhishwe Humberto Savigne in a ecasukile emangalisa, beqeda owamenyezelwa zangaphambili amateur Cuban nge TKO iyinkulumo evelele-esondweni at 1:58 of the round yesibili.

 

Savigne (12-2, 9 Kos, 1 NC), owayenomthombo omkhulu size inzuzo futhi kwaba fighter ayehlome asithandayo, landed a series of right hands in the first and looked like he could make it a quick night against the undefeated-yet-untested Baker. But the Texan fought like an opponent who had nothing to lose against Savigne, ingwazi abanolwazi kuka 400 iziqubu amateur ngaphansi ibhande lakhe.

 

Baker (16-0, 12 Kos) lawela ezimbalwa isibhamu ehloniphekile zokuqala futhi waphuma bhe in the yesibili, throwing a high volume of punches with Savigne against the ropes. Fighting in a small ring, Savigne had nowhere to go and continually ate shots on a suspect chin before falling face forward to the canvas. Savigne got up, kodwa wawela izindophi futhi kwaba ngokucacile out on izinyawo zakhe, ukuphoqa unompempe ukuze angabaleki emncintiswaneni at 1:58.

 

"I ubuhlungu kuye round yokuqala futhi ngangibona ukuthi kwesilevu sakhe wayebuthakathaka, Ngangibona ukuthi ngangingakwazi aqedele kuye,” Baker said. “In the second, I nje unuka igazi futhi ngabona ukuthi ukuya emsebenzini, Kwadingeka ukuba aqedele kuye.

 

"Akekho wanginika ithuba ezazingena, but I was the undefeated fighter and he wasn’t. I worked too hard to come here and lose. I just have to keep working. You haven’t seen the last of me – this is a life changing moment.”

 

The Savigne oneminyaka engu-36 ubudala washaqeka ngokucacile ngemva kwempi.

 

"Wayeyindoda kangcono tonight,” Savigne said. “I wasn’t expecting him to be as tough as he was. I made a huge mistake in taking him lightly. This is something that I’ll learn from. Now I’ll go back to the drawing board. I’ll go back to the gym – I’ll keep working hard and I’ll be back.

 

"In the round yokuqala, Baker hit me on the side of the indlebe futhi ngalahlekelwa equilibrium. Ngangineminyaka benesiyezi ngokuphelele. He hurt me with that shot. Wayeyindoda engcono tonight. "

 

Claudio Marrero wawina a ubusa ngazwilinye isinqumo anqobe Orlando Rizo e iziqubu ukuvulwa telecast. Marrero (18-1, 13 Kos) alawula iziqubu kusukela ekuqaleni, kokungqongqoza Rizo (18-6, 11 Kos) phansi izikhathi ezine belibangise ukunqoba obukholisayo amaphuzu 78-71, 78-70, 80-68.

 

Marrero kwaba fighter nolaka nangokwengeziwe futhi ngempumelelo, kokwehla 43 Amaphesenti angu amandla punches futhi 39 Amaphesenti angu punches zakhe inani.

 

"Bengizama ukuyibamba wamisa isibhamu big ukuze mina ngikwazi ukuqeda ebusuku,” Marrero said. “It got away from me at times, kodwa kwaba ukulungiselela kahle for ukuthatha leso sinyathelo for a shot at isihloko emhlabeni.

 

“I’m not disappointed I didn’t knock him out. I underestimated his tenacity to get back up and stay in the fight and I need to work on my discipline so that doesn’t happen again. I feel that I’m ready for a shot at a title whenever I get an opportunity.”

 

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About ShoBox: The New Generation
Kusukela yaqala ukuba khona ngo July 2001, the akukhuthazwa bajule Showtime boxing series, ShoBox: The New Generation kunyatheliswa talent young abafanelana ezinzima. The ShoBox ifilosofi iwukuba televise okuthakazelisayo, isixuku ejabulisa nokufana yokuncintisana kuyilapho sihlinzeka kuyindlela yokunquma for amathemba uzimisele sizimisele ukulwa for isihloko emhlabeni. Ezinye uhlu elandayo 58 fighters abaye bavele on ShoBox sezihambile ukuletha izihloko emhlabeni kuhlanganisa: Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder, Erislandy Lara, Shawn Porter, Lamont Peterson, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Omar Figueroa, Nonito Donaire, Devon Alexander, Carl Froch, Robert Guerrero, Timothy Bradley, Jessie Vargas, Juan Manuel Lopez, Chad Dawson, Paulie Malignaggi, Ricky Hatton, Kelly Pavlik, Paul Williams and more.

 

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Pittsburgh, PA. (Feb. 19, 2015) - Pittsburgh intandokazi and welterweight Ezingakanqotshwa Sammy Vasquez okulinganiswa isikali at 147 ¼ amakhilogremu futhi Emmanuel Lartey kulinganiswa 146 Amakhilogremu ½ ngesikhathi NgoLwesine ezisemthethweni nesisindo-in for kusasa ShoBox: The New Generation tripleheader.

 

Vasquez (17-0, 13 Kos), oye akhishwe nine izimbangi iqonde, futhi Lartey (17-2, 8 Kos, 1 NC), of Brooklyn, N.Y.. ngendlela Ghana, oseneminyaka angqongqoze phansi never, uzohlangana in the 10-round umcimbi welterweight main, hlala eISIKHATHI SOMBUKISO (10 p.m. KANYE/PT, kwabambezeleka the West Coast) kusukela Consol Energy Center e Pittsburgh, Pa.

 

In the co-isici Goossen Promotions tripleheader, zangaphambili osenesikhathi amateur Cuban star and lamanje third-zibalwa WBC ukukhanya sosondonzimaHumberto Savigne (12-1, 9 Kos, 1 NC), of Miami nge Guantanamo, Cuba, uzothatha on Ezingakanqotshwa Craig Baker (15-0, 11 Kos), of Baytown, Texas, in a 10-round iziqubu. Savigne measured 176 amakhilogremu futhi Baker kuhlaziywe-in at 174 amakhilogremu.

 

In the iziqubu ukuvulwa telecast, southpaw abanamakhono and WBA No. 7 featherweight zibalwa Claudio Marrero (17-1, 13 Kos), of Miami ngendlela Dominican Republic, abayobhekana southpaw Orlando Rizo (18-5, 11 Kos) of Managua, Nicaragua, in an nesishiyagalombili round match. Marrero stepped-in at 126 ¼ amakhilogremu ngesikhathi Rizo kwaba at 126 amakhilogremu.

 

Phambili amathikithi ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe at $238, $100, $60, $40 futhi $25 kubafundi empini ID esebenzayo (Ibhokisi Office kuphela), plus izimali ezifanele, ngoba "The Ukuziqhenya Pittsburgh III" ezisendalini ngokusebenzisa Sporting Goods Box Office the Dick sika at Consol Energy Center, Ticketmaster.com, bonke Izitolo noma Ticketmaster icala ngocingo at 800-745-3000. Amanani ukwandisa $5 ngosuku lomcimbi. Doors lizovula ngobusuku umcimbi 6 p.m. kanye insimbi yokuqala at 6:30 p.m.

 

Nakhu fighters ayezokusho ngaphambi NgoLwesine nesisindo-in:

 

Sammy Vasquez

“This fight is definitely going to be exciting. I can’t talk trash about Emmanuel – he’s a tough guy who has faced two U.S. Olympians and never been dropped. So there’s not much I can say about him.

 

“I’m looking to open up some flaws. I’ve seen a couple of things I can do to maybe make him hit that canvas.

 

“I hope everybody tunes in. We’ve trained hard and this is just the beginning. It’s the start of 2015 and by the end of the year I hope to be a top contender or get a title shot. But I have to get past Emmanuel first and that won’t be easy.”

 

Emmanuel Lartey:

"Akazange wabhekana uhlobo guys ukuthi ngiye abhekana; he hasn’t faced the opposition that I have. He’s going to be surprised when he steps in the ring with me.

 

"Ungenzi, I’m not worried about fighting in his hometown. I can win with a decision, kodwa Ngizofika efuna Knockout benzela futhi wenze isitatimende.

 

“He’s definitely underestimating me. Sammy has built up his record with cupcakes.

 

“This is going to be a good test for him and a good test for me. I’m going to be the one walking out with a W.”

 

Humberto SAVIGNE:

"Angazi ukuthatha noma yisiphi isitha kalula. Ngiyazi Baker uya ukuze bazame ukuphula me, kodwa ngiye abaqeqeshiwe kanzima kakhulu futhi, zonke ngokwethembeka, Ngingumfana kangcono kunaye. Ungathathi nginamanga, I’m not overlooking him. I’m just determined to win, futhi ngizokulwa, noma ngesinqumo noma Knockout.

 

"Ngiyazi Ngithathe ukulwa a guy ezinzima, but I’ve trained hard and this is my year. I’m lucky to be surrounded by such of great team.

 

"Nginomuzwa wokuthi 2015 unyaka wami. Ngithathe zibalwa wesithathu WBC, futhi lokho kuphela ngoba kwadingeka izinyanga eziyisithupha sokungasebenzi, kungenjalo ngizosala yesibili. Ngemuva Baker, Ngifuna [Adonis] Stevenson.

 

"I asikisela abalandeli balungele, sit back and enjoy because I’m going to give them a real show. I’m going to make Baker see fireworks.”

 

Craig Baker:

“This is the fight I’ve been waiting for. I’m finally getting an opportunity to make a statement and surprise some people. I know I’m the underdog, but that doesn’t bother me. I’m undefeated for a reason. He’s the one with a loss on his record.

 

“A win would do wonders for my career. It would open up the door to some great opportunities.

 

“It will be an interesting fight. I’ll play it by ear, kodwa ngikulungele ukuba wodweshu futhi sengikulungele ukuya 10 emahlandla. "

 

Claudio Marrero:

“I’m not intimidated by Rizo’s amateur accomplishments. If he says he trained hard, kahle, I oqeqeshwe kanzima kuka kuye. Ngicabanga ukuthi lowo akazi ukuthi lokho kuyisifiso for. Zithembe me - lokhu ngeke usuku epaki. Lokhu kuzoba nempi.

 

"Ngifisa Orlando Rizo inhlanhla. Uthi uya kudingeka khona ukuba ungathandani angqongqoze phansi.

 

"Lokhu ngingesiso yisikhulumi kadoti. It neze style yami. I ukhulume ngidinga ukwenza ngezibhakela yami indandatho. "

 

Orlando curl:

"Ngiyazi lokhu ngeke kube lula ukulwa. Ngiyazi Claudio Marrero kunzima, but I’m ready for him. I’ve been training very hard for him. Yena kangcono bakulungele, ngoba ngiyazi.

 

"Angicabangi uye eyake yalwiwa muntu onjengami. Izifakazelo My amateur kukhona lihle. Ngingumfana ezine-time boxing wezempi iqhawe, ezintathu-time Central American iqhawe futhi zangaphambili baseNicaragua FECARBOX Champion. Ngathola a Bronze Medal in the 2007 Imidlalo Pan-American in Brazil. Ngakho kangcono balungele a fight onzima, ngoba angiyi ukwenza kube lula ngaye.

 

"Claudio Marrero kangcono abe-game A yakhe phezu, ngoba ngiseza ukuzomehlisa. "

 

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Social Media: Landela Goossen Promotions on TwitterGoossenBoxing, Sammy Vasquez on TwitterTeamSVasquez, Showtime Sports @ SHOsports and Consol Energy CenterCONSOLEnergyCtr. Sebenzisa hashtag #VasquezLartey ukulandela ingxoxo.

 

Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe Goossen Promotions ukubuka website yabo atwww.GoossenPromotions.com. Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe Showtime Sports ukuvakashelwa www.Sho.com/sports.

About ShoBox: The New Generation
Kusukela yaqala ukuba khona ngo July 2001, the akukhuthazwa bajule Showtime boxing series, ShoBox: The New Generation kunyatheliswa talent young abafanelana ezinzima. The ShoBox ifilosofi iwukuba televise okuthakazelisayo, isixuku ejabulisa nokufana yokuncintisana kuyilapho sihlinzeka kuyindlela yokunquma for amathemba uzimisele sizimisele ukulwa for isihloko emhlabeni. Ezinye uhlu elandayo 58 fighters abaye bavele on ShoBox sezihambile ukuletha izihloko emhlabeni kuhlanganisa: Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder, Erislandy Lara, Shawn Porter, Lamont Peterson, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Omar Figueroa, Nonito Donaire, Devon Alexander, Carl Froch, Robert Guerrero, Timothy Bradley, Jessie Vargas, Juan Manuel Lopez, Chad Dawson, Paulie Malignaggi, Ricky Hatton, Kelly Pavlik, Paul Williams and more.

SangoLwesihlanu ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime^® Ukutholakala iyunifomu Personnel in More Than 175 Amazwe

I-NEW YORK (Feb. 19, 2015) - For the okwesibili, cishe isigidi inyufomu amasosha ekhonza kwelinye izwe uzokwazi ukubukela futhi basekele US. Forces Armed veteran Sammy Vasquez njengengxenye yezivumelwano ezikhethekile phakathi ISIKHATHI SOMBUKISO kanye American Forces Network.

 

Vasquez, ababekhonza ezimbili izinkambo entela Iraq, iyavela umcimbi main of SangoLwesihlanu ShoBox: The New Generation tripleheader, okuyinto Akazikhukhumezi bukhoma at 10 p.m. KANYE/PT (kwabambezeleka the West Coast) on Showtime kusukela Consol Energy Center e Pittsburgh, Pa.

 

“It means so much to have my brothers and sisters in my corner and supporting me every step of the way. It’s just an awesome feeling,” said the undefeated Vasquez. “The military has helped me get to this point in my career and it’s a huge honor to represent them. It’s nice to give them a little taste of back home from a soldier who’s been there before. I can’t wait to make them proud this weekend.”

 

Amadoda service nabesifazane U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and Marines imi embulungeni yonke in phezu 1,000 Izitolo ngaphezu 175 amazwe kanye olwandle azongena free toSangoLwesihlanu ShoBox telecast. All Showtime Championship Boxing^® telecasts are offered to AFN as part of a gratis license agreement between the networks. AFN also aired Vasquez’s last ShoBox ukubukeka, a TKO lokuqala round ke-Ezingakanqotshwa Juan Rodriguez Jr. ngo-Ephreli 18, 2014.

Ukuze anikeze labo phesheya ithuba elingcono ukubuka Vasquez ngoLwesihlanu lukaShoBox, the telecast ezintathu-fight uyoboniswa ngesisekelo athe ilibele. The schedule:

• Saturday, Feb. 21, isiqala at 7 a.m. KANYE on the AFN|sports channel.
• Noon for Greater Europe (CET)
• 2 p.m. local for Iraq
• 3:30 p.m. local for Afghanistan
• 8 p.m. local for North Asia (Japan, S. Korea)

Vasquez, ababekhonza Labaqaphi National kusukela 2003 kuze 2012, kwaba atshalwa Camp Habbaniyah, Iraq for his first tour in ‘05-’06. He later returned to Iraq for a second tour in ’08-’09.

 

"Ithuba lami lokuqala kwaba kanye Brigade Second, okuyinto hhayi Guard National, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi ifunwa high amasosha ezidingekayo laphaya, baqala zokuphaka Labaqaphi National,"Kusho Vasquez in April. "Lapho ngiya okwesibili, Ngangineminyaka at JSS Fallujah in Taji, Iraq. Lokho kwaba kanye 56^th Stryker Brigade. Ngangihamba wokuqala National Guard Stryker unit ukuya khona. "

 

Vasquez (17-0, 13 Kos) kuyoba ngokufuna kwakhe 10^th Ukunqoba alandelanayo by Knockout uma ethatha southpaw nabo Emmanuel Lartey (17-2, 8 Kos, 1 NC), of Brooklyn, N.Y.. ngendlela Ghana, lokhu Friday.

 

In the co-feature, zangaphambili osenesikhathi amateur Cuban star and lamanje third-zibalwa WBC ukukhanya sosondonzima Humberto Savigne (12-1, 9 Kos, 1 NC), of Miami nge Guantanamo, Cuba, uzothatha on Ezingakanqotshwa Craig Baker (15-0, 11 Kos), of Baytown, Texas, in a 10-round iziqubu. Southpaw abanamakhono and WBA No. 7 featherweight zibalwa Claudio Marrero (17-1, 13 Kos), of Miami ngendlela Dominican Republic, abayobhekana southpaw Orlando Rizo (18-5, 11 Kos) of Managua, Nicaragua, in an nesishiyagalombili round match ukuthi kuvuleke telecast.

About ShoBox: The New Generation
Kusukela yaqala ukuba khona ngo July 2001, the akukhuthazwa bajule Showtime boxing series, ShoBox: The New Generation kunyatheliswa talent young abafanelana ezinzima. The ShoBox ifilosofi iwukuba televise okuthakazelisayo, isixuku ejabulisa nokufana yokuncintisana kuyilapho sihlinzeka kuyindlela yokunquma for amathemba uzimisele sizimisele ukulwa for isihloko emhlabeni. Ezinye uhlu elandayo 58 fighters abaye bavele on ShoBox sezihambile ukuletha izihloko emhlabeni kuhlanganisa: Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder, Erislandy Lara, Shawn Porter, Lamont Peterson, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Omar Figueroa, Nonito Donaire, Devon Alexander, Carl Froch, Robert Guerrero, Timothy Bradley, Jessie Vargas, Juan Manuel Lopez, Chad Dawson, Paulie Malignaggi, Ricky Hatton, Kelly Pavlik, Paul Williams and more.