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HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION DEONTAY WILDER OPENS UP ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION IN SHOWTIME SPORTS® VIDEO FEATURE

 

“I want to be the savior of heavyweight boxing.” – Deontay Wilder

Wilder Shares His Thoughts With Brendan Schaub As He Prepares To Face Bermane Stiverne on November. 4 Leve på Showtime®

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HVA: SHOWTIME Sports correspondent Brendan Schaub sits down with undefeated heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder for an intimate conversation on the pressures of being a world champion in boxing’s highest profiled division.

 

Wilder faces former heavyweight champion Gold Cup SHOWTIME Championship Boxing® i November 4 rematch that headlines a Premier Boxing Champions event LIVE on SHOWTIME (9 pm. OG/6 pm. PT) fra Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.

 

“Even when people see me out and posting [on social media], it doesn’t mean I’m resting,” Wilder told Schaub. “I’m just taking a little bit of time off and relaxing my mind. In this sport there are a lot of things that I want to do, and things that have to be done. I want to be the savior of heavyweight boxing.”

 

Schaub asked Wilder as the only American heavyweight champion, why he hasn’t received the notoriety yet that he deserves in the U.S. “I don’t get it either,” Wilder said. “It’s mind boggling to see Americans support others before they support their own.”

 

He added: “I like to joke around. I like to laugh. I like to get corny sometimes. I like to get silly. Du vet, I just like to live life … I’m neutral when it comes to a lot of things. I’m an open-minded person. So whether it’s religion or whether it’s race or whether it’s sexuality; I’m not the person to judge. It’s not my place because if I judge you, then God is going to judge me the same way.”

Deontay Wilder, KEITH THURMAN & ERROL SPENCE JR. DISCUSS UPCOMING BOUTS AND 2018 BOXING CAMPAIGNS

Spence Announces He Will Defend IBF Welterweight World Championship Against Lamont Peterson
I Januar 2018 On SHOWTIME®
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BROOKLYN (Oktober. 14, 2017) – Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder and Welterweight World Champions Keith Thurman and Errol Spence Jr. met with the media on Saturday at Barclays Center to discuss their upcoming bouts and expected 2018 campaigns.
Wilder will defend his WBC belt on November. 4 against mandatory challenger Bermane Stiverne live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center in a Premier Boxing Champions event. Thurman announced he expects to return in early 2018 in his first bout since unifying the division and subsequent surgery.
In news on Saturday, IBF Welterweight Champion Spence announced that he will make the first defense of his belt against former world champion Lamont Peterson in January 2018 on SHOWTIME on a date and site to be determined.
Below are flash quotes from the three fighters:
Deontay Wilder
What other heavyweight is doing what I do? What other heavyweight has power like me? I don’t have to put you out in punches in bunches. I don’t have to do that. One punch. Goodnight.
I’m happy that I’ve had time to calm down and think about things. I’m happy that I’m fighting Stiverne because he’s my mandatory. I can finally get him out the way so I’ll be a free man.
This is the story of my life. Every situation that I’m put in, I try to be optimistic about. It’s easy to appreciate the good. But when the bad comes, some people don’t know how to manage that.
I’m the most frustrated guy around. Jeg forstår ikke. The best are supposed to fight the best, rett? I’ve always done that. I called (Wladimir) Klitschko out years ago.
People make so many excuses for my career. The one who is actually trying to make a legacy out of their career, he’s the only one that’s not complaining. The people who don’t have to get in the ring and endure this suffering are the ones that complaining.
Keith Thurman
I’m in the bounce-back stage. It won’t be long before I get back into the ring and hopefully my arm will be better than ever. We’re estimating I’ll be ready for a fight the first quarter of next year.
I look forward to continuing my legacy and dominating the welterweight division.
Everything happens for a reason. I’m 28-years-old and it doesn’t feel good to not be an active fighter while you’re in your prime.
I don’t think that I will take that level of a fight [against Shawn Porter] coming off my injury. I think we’re going to just get a welcome back fight. Throw the arm around, test it out, have an injury-free camp, take the momentum from that and we can possibly get in the ring with Shawn after that.
I look forward to that [potential] fight against Errol. I look forward to great competition and Errol is that. This is a fight that you guys have been talking about, you won’t stop talking about, and you should keep talking about it because when it goes down it will be one of the best fights of this generation.
Everybody knows there’s no Floyd Mayweather. There’s no Manny Pacquiao. Everybody thinks they know who the real champion is. But real talk is that the king of the welterweight division will manifest within one to two years.
“[Terence] Crawford has whacked up a lot of people, but he hasn’t whacked up a welterweight yet. He still needs to make himself relevant in this division. He’s a 140 ubestridte mester. He can come up to this weight division and fight anybody in the top 10 and he deserves that. But we are so flooded with talent he is going to have to make himself relevant at 147 before he gets his hands on us.
Errol Spence Jr.
“Jeg er glad for å være her, it’s been awhile. It’s finally time to defend my title, capture more titles and become the undisputed welterweight champion of the world. That’s what I’m ready to do next year.
“[Peterson] is somebody that I looked up to as an amateur. I sparred with him as an amateur and learned a lot from him. He’s one of my favorite fighters and is a guy that will fight anybody. I’ve never known him to duck a fight.
Lamont is a tricky fighter. He’s been around the block. He does a lot of cagey, veteran things. I’m looking to get experience in this fight. I’m still a young fighter.
Since I was 5-0, I’ve said I’d fight Keith Thurman or anybody in the top 5. He’s got to go through rehab, but I’m ready when he is. I’m always ready to fight the best.

Top Heavyweight Contender Dominic Breazeale Will Take on Eric Molina on the Undercard of the Deontay Wilder vs. Bermane Stiverne Heavyweight Championship Showdown at Barclays Center on Nov. 4

Mer! Five-Division World Champion, Top Pound-for-Pound Fighter Amanda Serrano Battles Marilyn Hernandez; Long Island’s Seanie Monaghan Returns; Undefeated Prospects Chris Colbert and Titus Williams Clash In Featherweight Battle
New Ticket Pricing Set for the Live Event
BROOKLYN (Oktober 12, 2017)Top heavyweight title contender Dominic Breazeale will take on Eric Molina in a 12-round WBC title elimination match on the undercard of the showdown between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and Bermane Stiverne live on SHOWTIME on Lørdag, November. 4. The event is presented by Premier Boxing Champions from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
The stacked card will also feature former welterweight champion Shawn Porter taking on Adrian Granados and Sergey Lipinets battling Akihiro Kondo for the vacant junior welterweight title in televised bouts. The live three-fight SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins at 9 pm. OG/6 pm. PT.
Mer, five-time world champion Amanda Serrano of Brooklyn takes on Marilyn Hernandez, Long Island’s Seanie Monaghan (28-1-0, 17 KOs) makes his ring return to face Evert Bravo (23-6-1, 17 KOs), from Arboletes, Colombia, and Brooklyn’s Chris Colbert (6-0, 2 KOs) battles Long Island’s Titus Williams (7-0, 2 KOs) in an eight-round featherweight bout.
New prices have been set for tickets to see the event live at Barclays Center, giving fans an unprecedented opportunity to see the heavyweight champion of the world in a rematch against the only contender who has taken him a full 12 runder.
Billetter til dette arrangementet, som er fremmet av DiBella Underholdning og TGB Kampanjer, are on sale now and can be purchased at ticketmaster.com, barclayscenter.com eller ved å ringe 800-745-3000. Tickets can also be purchased at the American Express Box Office at Barclays Center. Gruppe rabatter er tilgjengelig ved å ringe 844-BKLYN-GP.
We’ve recognized that Deontay’s opponent has changed, and we’ve restructured ticket prices to encourage as many fans as possible to attend a great night of fights, and the Heavyweight Championship of the world,” said Lou DiBella of DiBella Entertainment, the promoter of the card. “Stiverne is thrilled for this second chance and he has nothing to lose. Bermane Stiverne is the only opponent that Deontay hasn’t knocked out among his professional opponents. Deontay wants to fix that and Stiverne is looking to throw a wrench into Wilder’s dream of heavyweight unification.
Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) dethroned defending champion Stiverne in January 2015 via unanimous decision in what was the promising challenger’s toughest fight to date. Med seier, Wilder became the first American heavyweight champion in nearly a decade and he has gone on to defend the title five times. Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 KOs) remains the only Wilder opponent to go the distance with the hard-hitting Tuscaloosa, Ala., native who has knocked out every other professional opponent on his long resume.
Dominic Breazeale (18-1, 16 KOs), who lives in Eastvale, California, is coming off a KO victory over Izu Ugonoh on Februar. 25. The 32-year-old Breazeale suffered the only loss of career in a heavyweight championship match against Anthony Joshua in London on June 25, 2016.
Eric Molina (26-4, 19 KOs) has twice fought for the heavyweight world championship. In his first title shot the 35-year-old from Weslaco, Texas was knocked out by Deontay Wilder on June 13, 2015. Molina lost via TKO to Anthony Joshua in his next opportunity on Dec. 10, 2016. Molina bounced back with a majority decision victory against Jamal Woods in his last fight on Sju. 2.
Five-division world champion Amanda Serrano (33-1-1, 25 KOs) will be making her fourth appearance at Barclays Center when she defends her super bantamweight world title against Marilyn Hernandez (26-10, 17 KOs). Serrano, who was born in Puerto Rico and lives in Brooklyn, successfully defended her title with a TKO victory over Edina Kiss in her last fight on Juli 21. Hernandez of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic scored a TKO victory over Maria Hernandez in her last fight on Jan. 10.
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DEONTAY WILDER TO DEFEND WBC HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST MANDATORY CHALLENGER BERMANE STIVERNE LIVE ON SHOWTIME® ON SATURDAY, November. 4 AT Barclays Center i Brooklyn & PRESENTED BY PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS

Wilder vs. Stiverne World Title Rematch Headlines SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Tripleheader Beginning Live At 9 pm. OG/6 pm. PT
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BROOKLYN (Oktober. 5, 2017) – WBC tungvekt verdensmester Deontay Wilder will defend his title against mandatory challenger Gold Cup på lørdag, November. 4 live on SHOWTIME in a rematch of their 2015 verden tittel kampen. The event is presented by Premier Boxing Champions from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) dethroned defending champion Stiverne in January 2015 via unanimous decision in what was the promising challenger’s toughest fight to date. Med seier, Wilder became the first American heavyweight champion in nearly a decade and he has gone on to defend the title five times. Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 KOs) remains the only Wilder opponent to go the distance with the hard-hitting Tuscaloosa, Ala., native who has knocked out every other professional opponent on his long resume.
Billetter til direktesendingen, som er fremmet av DiBella Underholdning og TGB Kampanjer, are on sale now and can be purchased at ticketmaster.com, barclayscenter.com eller ved å ringe 800-745-3000. Tickets can also be purchased at the American Express Box Office at Barclays Center. Gruppe rabatter er tilgjengelig ved å ringe 844-BKLYN-GP.
The Nov. 4 main event will be the second heavyweight world championship bout to air live on SHOWTIME on back-to-back Saturdays. På Oktober. 28 unified heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua will meet Kubrat Pulev for Joshua’s IBF and WBA world titles in the main event of a fight card from Cardiff, Wales.
After Wilder vs. Stiverne I, Stiverne was hospitalized at University Medical Center in Las Vegas for severe dehydration and muscle damage, which he claimed affected his performance in his first title defense. Stiverne bounced back with a win over Derric Rossy and has been advocating for a rematch since.
Stiverne asked for it, so he’s going to get it,” Wilder said. “Whatever happens happens. Ask and you shall receive. I’m relieved to be getting my mandatory out of the way. At least now I won’t have to deal with that down the road.
In the first fight, I broke my hand in the third round, and I still dominated. That was a lot of the reason why it went the distance. This time it’s a different day, different time and different fight. This time it won’t end well for him.
Despite all of these obstacles that are thrown in my path, it still will not stop me from reaching my ultimate goal, which is to be the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
Stiverne replaces Luis Ortiz, who was pulled from the fight by the WBC onsdag after he failed a VADA anti-doping test.
Stiverne will pay for Luis Ortiz screwing up,” Wilder concluded.
Stiverne was in camp preparing to fight Dominic Breazeale in a heavyweight attraction on the November. 4 undercard. Now the Haitian-born Las Vegas resident gets a shot at winning back the heavyweight crown he first won with a knockout of Chris Arreola in 2014.
“Jeg er klar, willing and able to seize back my title from Wilder,” Stiverne Dirita. “We all know that Wilder dodged a bullet in the first fight, men ikke denne gangen. It was my fault, but I learn from my mistakes. På November 4, Wilder will feel my pain.
After defeating Stiverne, Wilder went on to knockout each of his next five challengers including twice as the headliner on SHOWTIME. Wilder-Stiverne II will be the 10th heavyweight world championship fight to air live on SHOWTIME in the last two years as the heavyweight division continues its resurgence.
The show must go on, som de sier, and Deontay Wilder still plans to put on a show for New York City,” sa Lou DiBella, President of DiBella Entertainment and promoter of the stacked November. 4 begivenhet. “Considering Stiverne’s status as mandatory challenger, he was always going to be a roadblock in Deontay’s quest for heavyweight unification. Now it’s time to see if Deontay can clear that roadblock and continue on his path to becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion and the most recognizable and dominant force in boxing.
I SHOWTIME Championship Boxing co-feature, former welterweight world champion Shawn Porter will battle perennial contender Adrian Granados in a matchup of two all-action fighters. In the opening bout of the three-fight telecast beginning at 9 pm. OG/6 pm. PT, unbeaten contender Sergey Lipinets will take on Akihiro Kondo for the vacant IBF Junior Welterweight World Championship.
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“Showtime” Shawn Porter vs. Adrian Granados Highlights Stacked Undercard for Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz Event On Saturday, November. 4 ved Barclays Center i Brooklyn, Presentert av Premier Boxing Champions

Undefeated Contender Sergey Lipinets Faces Akihiro Kondo for Vacant IBF Junior Welterweight World Title in Opening Bout of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®Tripleheader Live på SHOWTIME® ved 9 pm. OG/6 pm. PT
Mer, Heavyweights Bermane Stiverne and Dominic Breazeale to Meet in 10-Round Attraction Streaming Live Online via SHOWTIME Sports®
BROOKLYN– (September 28, 2017) – Former welterweight world championShowtime” Shawn Porter vil kjempe Adrian Granados in the featured bout of a stacked undercard for Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz on Lørdag, November. 4 ved Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™, i et arrangement presentert av Premier Boxing Champions.
Unbeaten contender Sergey Lipinets vil ta på Akihiro Kondo for the vacant IBF Junior Welterweight World Championship to open the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader beginning live at 9 pm. OG/6 pm. PT.
Mer, former heavyweight champion Gold Cup og førstnevnte tittel-utfordrer Dominic Breazeale will meet in a 10-round heavyweight attraction that will stream live on line via SHOWTIME Sports.
Billetter til direktesendingen, som er fremmet av DiBella Underholdning og TGB Kampanjer, are on sale now and can be purchased at ticketmaster.com, barclayscenter.com eller ved å ringe 800-745-3000. Tickets can also be purchased at the American Express Box Office at Barclays Center. Gruppe rabatter er tilgjengelig ved å ringe 844-BKLYN-GP.
Deontay Wilder versus Luis Ortiz on November 4 is the best heavyweight championship fight that was makeable this year, and it will be supported by a tremendous action-packed undercard, televised on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING,” sa Lou DiBella, President i DiBella Entertainment. “Shawn Porter versus Adrian Granados is an all-action, fan-pleasing fight that will once again have fans at Barclays Center cheering. Sergey Lipinets is a knockout artist and up-and-coming star, attempting to secure his first world title. Dess, SHOWTIME will stream other undercard bouts, including what should be a competitive heavyweight title eliminator between top contenders Bermane Stiverne and Dominic Breazeale.
Adrian Granados is as tough as they come and while he may lack the name recognition of Porter, he should not be overlooked,” sa Tom Brown, President av TGB Kampanjer. “You look at his record and he has five losses, but those five losses are three split decisions and two majority decisions and the two draws that are split draws. This is another huge opportunity for him. Adrian feels he’s paid his dues and belongs in a fight of this magnitude.
The 10-round welterweight match against Granados will be Porter’s fourth fight at Barclays Center. Porter won the welterweight title in his debut at the arena with a unanimous decision over Devon Alexander on Dec. 7, 2013. He lost a narrow decision to unified welterweight champion Keith Thurman in a 2016 Fight of the Year candidate in Brooklyn, and scored a TKO victory against former welterweight champion Andre Berto in his last fight on April 22 in front of the Barclays Center faithful.
The 29-year-old Porter (27-2-1, 17 KOs), who was born in Akron, Ohio and now lives in Las Vegas, remains one of the top welterweights in the division and aims to secure another title shot with a strong performance against Granados.
To be fighting on an undercard for a Deontay Wilder fight is nothing short of excellent,” Said Porter. “I’m excited and looking forward to this opportunity. Against Granados I’m getting into the ring with someone who is very established as an amateur and a professional, has great skills and isn’t going to go in there and lay down. That’s always going to bring out the best in me, and that’s always going to create a very exciting match-up. I know that when I do what I’m planning to do, it’s going to be exciting, entertaining and fill the seats.
Adrian Granados (18-5-2, 12 KOs), Chicago, is accustomed to tough assignments and is known for delivering exciting toe-to-toe action. The 28-year-old has been in with Felix Diaz, losing a close majority decision in 2014, and then unbeaten Amir Imam, whom he defeated by TKO in 2015 when Imam was the top contender at 140-pounds. Granados went punch for punch with Adrien Broner in his last match, but came up just short, losing a split decision in Broner’s hometown of Cincinnati on Februar. 18.
I’m very excited to be fighting one of the best welterweights in the world in Shawn Porter,” said Granados. “With our styles it’s going to be fireworks from the opening bell. I was getting ready for a fight in October but when this opportunity arose I jumped at it. It’s a tremendous card to be fighting on with the whole world watching and I’m looking to
put on a great performance.
The 28-year-old Sergey Lipinets (12-0, 10 KOs) is a former kickboxer from Russia who has been waiting nearly a year for his opportunity to fight for a world championship. Lipinets has only been the distance twice in his pro career and he earned his title shot with an eighth-round knockout of Lenny Zappavigna in a title eliminator last December. I sin siste start, Lipinets stopped Clarence Booth via third-round TKO in March at Barclays Center.
I feel very privileged to be in the position to fight for this world title,” said Lipinets. “I will prepare to face the best possible fighter on that night and I promise that I will not disappoint. The lights will be bright but I have trained too hard not to leave the ring as a world champion.
Akihiro Kondo (29-6-1, 16 KOs) will be making his U.S. debut and fighting for a world championship for the first time when he meets Lipinets for the 140-pound title. The 32-year-old Kondo, of Kazo, Saitama, Japan, has won eight straight matches, including five by stoppage. This will be his third fight this year after he stopped Komsan Polsan in March and defeated Yuya Okazaki by TKO in May.
Former world champion Bermane Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 KOs) is coming off a two-year absence from the ring. Stiverne, 38, became the first Haitian-born boxer to win the heavyweight title when he defeated Chris Arreola in May of 2014. He lost the title to Wilder by decision on January of 2015 i Las Vegas. In his last fight Stiverne, who moved from Canada and now resides in Las Vegas, Nev., defeated Derric Rossy via decision.
The 32-year-old Dominic Breazeale (18-1, 16 KOs) var medlem av den 2012 US-. Olympic boxing team and won his first 17 pro fights before suffering the only loss of his career when he fell short vying for a title against now-unified champion Anthony Joshua in June of 2016. In his last match, the fighter from of Alhambra, Calif. scored a fifth-round TKO victory over Polish heavyweight contender Izu Ugonoh on Februar. 25 in a memorable slugfest.
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PROMOTER DON KING HOPES WBC WILL DECLARE BERMANE STIVERNE WBC INTERIM HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP

 

LAS VEGAS (Desember. 17, 2016) – In the aftermath of Saturday’s news that the WBC Interim heavyweight title fight in Russia between former heavyweight champion Gold Cup and top-ranked Alexander Povetkin had been cancelled because Povetkin tested positive for drugs again, Hall of Fame promoter Don “Only In America” King offered a simple solution:

 

Declare his fighter, Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 KOs), av Las Vegas, the interim champion.

 

“I’ve had a long-standing respect with the WBC, beginning with Jose Sulaiman and now with his son, Mauricio, who has done an incredible job filling his father’s shoes as WBC president and just got re-elected for four more years. I stand with them and with the WBC for trying to do things the right way and with their organization’s safety procedures in regard to the boxers and the sport.

 

“It’s sad but this guy, Povetkin, has become a total embarrassment. He’s now tested positive in two WBC heavyweight title fights in a row. I’m all for winning and losing fights in the ring, but it’s time for justice to prevail. I don’t know what’s going on over there with so many Russian athletes in so many sports testing positive for drugs, but it has to stop. They cannot be allowed to continue to do things the way they are.

 

“The WBC should declare Stiverne world champion, make him the mandatory for (WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay) Wilder, and let’s move on with it. There are a lot of great heavyweight fights that can be made with willing boxers who don’t break the rules every fight.

 

“I’m very disappointed for Bermane, who’s now gone through two training camps with nothing to show for it. Why put up all that money for travel and expenses and then have no fight. He was ready to beat Povetkin and regain a part of the WBC title.

 

“And then – worse yetfor them to try and put it on Bermane for not fighting is just ludicrous. They’re taking the victim and trying to set him up as the criminal in this.’’

 

Stiverne pulled out after the WBC withdrew its sanction because Poverkin tested positive for the banned substance Ostarine. WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman revealed the positive test by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) on Saturday morning. Deretter, the WBC withdrew its recognition of the fight.

“There’s no reason to fight if the WBC won’t sanction the bout,” said Stiverne, who could have gone through with the bout but without the sanction opted not to. “I’m very disappointed in the actions of Povetkin. I’ve been training for months to be victorious.

“To wake up the day of the fight, have breakfast, take a nap and then find out he tested positive is the worst possible situation.”

This is the second time in seven months Povetkin (30-1-0, 22 KOs) has tested positive for a banned substance. He tested positive for Meldonium ahead of a scheduled May bout with Wilder, cancelling that fight.

If it had transpired, the winner of the fight for the WBC interim heavyweight title would have become the mandatory challenger to Wilder. Stiverne lost the WBC title to Wilder on a 12-round decision on Jan. 15, 2015. He’s the only fighter to go the distance with Wilder.

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ALL ACCESS: DEONTAY WILDER PREMIERES Onsdag NIGHT AT 10 pm. OG/PT

 

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We answered every question tonight.” – Deontay Wilder

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Relive the thrilling battle for the WBC Heavyweight Championship through the award-winning lens ofALL ACCESS as Deontay Wilder answers the critics with a dominant, 12-round decision over defending champ Bermane Stiverne. ALL ACCESS: Deontay Wilder reveals the depth of character within the new champion and a selfless nature to go along with his monster punching power and surprising boxing acumen. ALL ACCESS: Deontay Wilder premierer denne onsdagen ved 10 pm. OG/PT på SHOWTIME®.

 

Wilder makes the first defense of his WBC Heavyweight title against Eric Molina on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®, neste Lørdag, Juni 13 på SHOWTIME.

 

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Wilder vs. Molina, en 12-runde kampen om Wilders WBC Heavyweight Championship, skjerLørdag, Juni 13, på The Bartow Arena i Birmingham, Ala. DiBella Underholdning og Bruno Hendelses teamet har gått sammen for å bringe denne hendelsen til Alabama. Det vil luften live på SHOWTIME (9 pm. OG/ 6 pm. PT). Den sendingen vil også være tilgjengelig på spansk via sekundær lyd programmering (SAP). Foreløpige bouts vil bli sendt direkte på SHOWTIME EXTREME (7 pm. OG/PT, forsinket på vestkysten).

SHOWTIME MESTERSKAP BOXING®: Gold Cup vs.. Deontay Wilder Tegner RECORD seere

Main Event Blir den høyest rangerte Bout On Any kvalitetsnettverk i det siste året;

The Three-Fight Telecast Tegner den høyeste rating på SHOWTIME®I mer enn to år;

Alt Tre kamper på live Telecast rang i topp-20 Flest klikk Bouts på posten for nettverket

NEW YORK (Jan. 21, 2015)-SHOWTIME Sports fått et rekordstort publikum for Lørdagens2015 SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING premiere telecast headlined by newly minted WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder in his breakout win over Bermane Stiverne. The main event ranks as the highest-rated fight on any premium network in the past 12 months while the entire three-fight telecast becomes the highest rated on SHOWTIME in more than two years. The Jan. 17 sendingen tilt den nest største publikum siden 2004* bak Miguel Cotto vs. Austin Trout event fra desember. 2012. (*siden Nielsen begynte å separat måle premium TV multipleksingskanaler)

 

Wilder imponerende seier fanget en gjennomsnittlig publikum av 1.24 million seere, rangert som den fjerde høyeste rangerte kampen på posten for nettverket, med en topp publikum av 1.34 million seere.

 

The average individual audiences for each of the three fights on the telecast now rank in the top-20 of the most watched bouts on SHOWTIME since 2009. WBC Super Bantamweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz’s eighth-round TKO of Jesus Ruiz ranks 12th høyeste mens sendingen åpneren, superlett Amir Imam femte runde TKO av Fidel Maldonado Jr. rekkene 20th.

 

Arrangementet ble samtidig fremmet av Don King Productions og Golden Boy Promotions og fant sted på MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas.

 

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"TILBAKE TIL ÆRE": STIVERNE VS. WILDER, en 12-runde kamp for Stiverne sin WBC Heavyweight Championship fant sted lørdag, Jan. 17 på MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas, og og sponset av Corona og Mexico - Live It To Believe It!. I den 12-runde samfunksjonen, ubeseiret WBC Super bantamvekt verdensmester Leo Santa Cruzforsvares mot Jesus Ruiz og ubeseiret Amir jeg møtt Fidel Maldonado Jr. i en 10-runde superlett bout for WBC Continental Amerika Super Lightweight tittel. Arrangementet fant sted på MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas, Nev., og vil sendt live på SHOWTIME (10:00 pm. OG/ 7:00 pm. PT). Den sendingen var også tilgjengelig på spansk via sekundær lyd programmering (SAP). Foreløpige bouts ble sendt direkte påSHOWTIME EXTREME® (8:00 pm. OG/PT, forsinket på vestkysten).

 

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TIDLIGERE WBC tungvekt Gold Cup, HALL OF FAME PROMOTER DON KING, TRAINER DON HOUSE MEET THE MEDIA TO DISCUSS BOXER’S CONDITION, FUTURE FOLLOWING HIS LOSS TO DONTAY WILDER ON SATURDAY NIGHT

 

Press Conference Quotes; Mandag, Jan. 19, at MGM Grand

LAS VEGAS (Jan. 19, 2015) - To netter etter å ha blitt innlagt på sykehus etter hans tap til ubeseiret utfordreren Deontay WilderSHOWTIME® fra MGM Grand Garden Arena, former WBC Heavyweight Champion Gold Cup, sin Hall of Fame promoter, Don King, og hans trener, Don Hus, vert en pressekonferanse sent i dag på MGM Grand.

 

Her er hva de hadde å si:

 

PROMOTER Don King

 

"Vi kalte denne pressekonferansen fordi Bermane vi så på lørdag natt var ikke den Bermane vi alle vet. Deontay Wilder gjorde en veldig god jobb; dette er ikke en pressekonferanse etter unnskyldninger, det er for faktum. Legene på sykehuset i UMC sa at han hadde et alvorlig tilfelle av dehydrering. Hans muskler ble ikke fungerer og de trodde han hadde blod i urinen hans, så de tok noen tester og holdt ham på sykehuset før morgenen.

"Vi ønsker å applaudere Deontay Wilder for å gjøre jobben sin, men mannen før ham var handikappet og ute av stand til å gjøre jobben sin, men det bør ikke ta noe bort fra seieren. Deontay utført og gjorde en god jobb. Det er uheldig, men Bermane blir nødt til å gjøre det en annen dag. Kjenne mester vi har i Deontay så treffende uttalte at han vil ta på noen, Jeg er sikker uten tvetydighet ville han gi en omkamp med den virkelige Bermane enn mannen som ble handikappet i ringen, ikke ta bort seieren han hadde og måten han skinte.

"Vi priser Deontay og håper han kan være mester lenge nok til hvor vi kan ha en omkamp av" Return to Glory.

"Akkurat som vår store militære, når de blir slått ned, de får tilbake opp igjen. Selv med sin alvorlig dehydrering Bermane fortsatt sto der for 12 runder.

"Vi ønsker å takke Richard Sturm, President i MGM Grand underholdning og Stephen Espinoza med SHOWTIME Boxing for å spille en viktig rolle i å få dette programmet sammen. Vi applauderer både våre ansatte og MGM ansatte for å gjøre en prisverdig jobb for å gjøre dette skje. Ånden for 'Return to Glory "var høy. Vi hadde en flott kort med Amir Imam i kampen i natt, å få slått ned og komme tilbake opp. Alle kamper var eksepsjonell. Det var en god kveld i boksing for fansen og det er det vi er egentlig om.

"Don huset så veltalende uttalt helsen Bermane er så viktig, så når jeg fant ut var han på sykehuset, Jeg gikk for å holde den dagen det med ham fordi vi vanligvis bare sende dem til sykehuset for å få sjekket ut, men de bestemte seg for å holde ham. Da de bestemte seg for å holde ham, Jeg måtte komme over dit og se min fighter. De ansatte var veldig bra og svært elskverdig til meg og veldig definitive om hva som kan være galt og undersøker alle aspekter. De sier han er sunn og bør ta av en måned eller så for å få litt hvile og deretter begynne å jobbe for å forberede sin retur til ære og gjenerobre tungvekts krone som i dag innehas av en stor mester heter Deontay Wilder. "

Gold Cup

 

"Jeg vil be om unnskyldning for ikke å gjøre det post-kampen pressekonferanse. Dessverre var jeg ikke i stand til å utføre i kampen som jeg ønsket å på grunn av alvorlig dehydrering og muskelskader. Jeg visste ikke at det var så alvorlig før de fortalte meg. Jeg kunne ha dødd av det. Jeg er fornøyd med å bare være meg selv, walk and talk again. Thank God for this, det er egentlig det som teller for meg å være sunn akkurat nå.

"Jeg visste ikke hvor alvorlig det Lørdag natt. Jeg var i stand til å gi folk et godt show, 12 runder med boksing. Hvis jeg måtte gjøre det igjen ville jeg gjøre det igjen. Dette er ikke slutten for meg. Jeg vil gi den et par uker, og deretter komme tilbake til arbeid. Jeg har en visjon for dette, men akkurat nå er det bare på pause. Det er bare et spørsmål om tid før jeg vil komme tilbake på føttene mine og gå igjen. Når det gjelder min helse, Jeg har blitt utskrevet fra sykehuset. De ville ikke la meg dra før jeg var tilstrekkelig hydrert. Jeg er takknemlig. Takk til min promoter og trener, alle som har tatt imot meg.

"Til mine fans, Jeg ber om unnskyldning for ikke å være i stand til å utføre som Bermane vanligvis gjør. Jeg vet at folk som virkelig kjenner meg, vet hvordan jeg kjempe. Min siste kamp med Chris Arreola, Jeg ga deg et bra show. Det er uheldig at jeg ikke kunne gjøre hva jeg ville gjøre med min kamp med Deontay Wilder. Jeg ønsker å gratulere ham, han kjempet en god kamp. Forhåpentligvis et sted i fremtiden vil vi møtes igjen.

"Takk alle sammen for å komme ut til pressekonferansen, Jeg er tilbake på beina 100 prosent akkurat nå. Jeg trenger bare et par uker eller en måned med hvile for å være tilbake der jeg slapp. "

DON HOUSE, Stiverne sin Trainer

"Takk til dere for å komme ut. Det viktigste er at Bermane er OK. Det er min største bekymring. Jeg la merke til et sted i kampen, trolig rundt den tredje eller fjerde runde, noe ikke var riktig. Selv om han fortalte meg at han var OK, vi alle vet Bermane. Jeg har ikke noe imot å miste en kamp, men jeg visste at noe ikke var riktig, så jeg var veldig bekymret. Rundt niende eller 10. runde ble jeg tenker å stoppe kampen, fordi du ikke trenger å fortsette, men han ønsket å fortsette å kjempe.

"Du gjorde ikke se Bermane, du så kanskje 10-15 prosent av Bermane. Jeg tror virkelig og virkelig følte at dette skulle ha vært en anstendig kamp for Bermane, men ville vare i fire runder eller mindre fordi hans kraft og fart. Vi aldri undervurdert ham. Vi trente som om han kjemper King Kong. Jeg trener hver fighter sånn, undervurderer ingen. Men Lørdagnatt, vi hadde om 15 prosent av Bermane.

"Vi kommer til å se tilbake, se hva vi gjorde galt, hvordan vi kan gjøre ting bedre, hva vi skulle ha gjort. Vi vil ta en titt på hvordan dehydrering kan ha skjedd. Vi vil ta en titt på kampen, og noen av de tingene vi gjorde i trening og finne ut hva vi gjorde galt. "

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"TILBAKE TIL ÆRE": STIVERNE VS. WILDER, en 12-runde kamp for Stiverne sin WBC Heavyweight Championship fant sted lørdag, Jan. 17 på MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas, og ble samtidig fremmet av Don King Productions og Gylne Boy Promotions og sponset av Corona og Mexico - Live It To Believe It!. I den 12-runde samfunksjonen, ubeseiret WBC Super bantamvekt verdensmester Leo Santa Cruzforsvares mot Jesus Ruiz og ubeseiret Amir jeg møtt Fidel Maldonado Jr. i en 10-runde superlett bout for WBC Continental Amerika Super Lightweight tittel. Arrangementet fant sted på MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas, Nev., og vil sendt live på SHOWTIME (10:00 pm. OG/ 7:00 pm. PT). Den sendingen var også tilgjengelig på spansk via sekundær lyd programmering (SAP). Foreløpige bouts ble sendt direkte påSHOWTIME EXTREME® (8:00 pm. ET / PT, forsinket på vestkysten).

 

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Deontay Wilder Bringer tungvekt BACK TO AMERICA MED enstemmig beslutning OVER WBC CHAMPION BERMANE STIVERNE

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Amerika endelig har sin tungvektsverdensmesteren som Alabama Deontay Wilder detronisert regjerende mester Gold Cup via enstemmig avgjørelse (118-109, 119-108, 120-107) Lørdag på SHOWTIME® fra MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas.

 

Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs), som aldri hadde kjempet seg forbi den fjerde runden og hadde slått ut alle 32 av sine faglige motstandere, boxed brilliantly behind a stellar jab to become the first U.S.-born heavyweight champion in nearly a decade. The towering 6-foot-7 Tuscaloosa native capitalized on his reach advantage, jabbing konsekvent å sette opp en kraftig rett høyre.

 

Fighting på Hall of Fame Muhammad Alis 73rd bursdag, Wilder ble den første ubeseiret amerikanske tungvektsmester siden Riddick Bowe i 1992 og den første amerikanske mesteren siden Shannon Briggs vant kronen i 2006.

 

“Jeg er bare spent og glad for å bringe dette beltet tilbake til Amerika,” Wilder said. “Det kommer til å bety mye. I think I answered a lot of questions tonight. We knew we could go 12 runder. We knew we could take a punch. We knew we could do it.

 

Overskriften i første tungvekt kampen at MGM Grand siden den beryktede Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield øret bite i 1997, det var spørsmål fra boksing innsidere hvis Wilder, som aldri hadde blitt virkelig testet, kunne håndtere strømmen av en ekte tungvekter og sist i senere runder. But Wilder answered those questions with a disciplined game plan, landing mer enn doble den totale slag og kaster 420 jabs til Stiverne s 139.

 

When I saw he could take a great punch we knew we were in for the long run. Twelve rounds is nothing. I want to bring excitement back to the heavyweight division. Whoever is ready, Jeg er klar.”

 

Stiverne (24-2-1, 21 KOs) var i stand til å rave Wilder med et par skudd, but he did not throw enough jabs or cut off the ring effectively. Wilder was allowed to circle the ring and pop his jab at will. Stiverne landed just 39 jabs forhold til Wilder 120.

 

“Det var ikke min natt,” Stiverne Dirita. “Jeg følte 100 prosent før kampen, men når jeg fikk i ringen jeg ikke kunne kutte ringen, I couldn’t move my head like I usually do. Hva kan jeg si? Congrats to him.

 

I knew I was trying to throw combos of four or five punches and I could only throw two of them. I just felt like I was flat in the ring. What I know I could do I didn’t do. I just have to go back and learn from my mistakes and find out what happened tonight.

 

WBC Super bantamvekt verdensmester Leo Santa Cruz forsvarte sin krone for fjerde gang med en åttende-runde TKO av Jesus Ruiz og etterord kalt ut andre vinnere Abner Mares og Guillermo Rigondeaux i co-funksjonen i SHOWTIME Championship Boxing.

 

De tidlige rundene var tett og konkurransedyktig og Ruiz, en tung underdog, seemed to be a tougher test than he looked on paper. But it was clear that Santa Cruz was landing the cleaner shaper punches. The former bantamweight world champion landed some meaningful shots and had Ruiz in trouble in the seventh and, for første gang, det viste seg at han kunne fullføre Ruiz.

 

Santa Cruz (29-0-1, 17 KOs) kom ut Lynrask i åttende, landed a big right cross to kick off the round and continued to tee-off on the challenger. In trouble against the ropes and not fighting back, dommer Kenny Bayless hoppet inn og stoppet kampen med Ruiz (32-6-5, 21 KOs) fortsatt på føttene på :29 of the eighth round. The champion landed 43 prosent av sine totale slag og nesten 50 prosent av hans makt slag, mens landing en imponerende 73 makt skudd til kroppen.

 

“Som jeg forventet, det var en krig,” Santa Cruz said. “He came prepared. We hurt him and we didn’t let the chance go away. We kept going after him and we stopped him. I hurt him with the right hand. I knew he was hurt so I went after him. I knew Kenny Bayless would stop it because he wasn’t throwing punches.

 

I want the best and I want to please the fans. Jeg ønsker (Abner) Mødre, Jeg ønsker (Regning) Rigondeaux. Forhåpentligvis vår neste kamp er mot en av de beste.”

 

Ruiz, som bare landet 22 prosent av sine totale slag, uenige med stansen.

 

“Jeg vil ha en omkamp,” Ruiz sa. “Jeg føler ikke de burde ha stoppet kampen, but I have to accept it. But I’m fine. Se på meg – Jeg er ikke kutte. Han hadde ikke engang slippe meg.”

 

I åpnings bout av SHOWTIME Championship Boxing telecast, ubeseiret superlett Amir jeg floored Fidel Maldonado Jr. fire ganger og scoret et femte runde TKO i et slagsmål som kjennetegnet fem totalt knockdowns.

 

Maldonado var travlere fighter, men Imam lysekroner Albuquerque bosatt for fjerde gang i karrieren med en kort riktig bare et øyeblikk før det ringte for å avslutte den andre. Deretter, i en tidlig kandidat for Round of the Year som inneholdt tre knockdowns, Maldonado svarte med å banke ned Imam for første gang i karrieren 30 seconds into the third with a solid straight left. Imam bounced back and sent Maldonado to the canvas with a huge right with 20 sekunder igjen på den tredje og deretter igjen med en rett høyre som en del av en ond angrep med mindre enn 10 sekunder igjen i runden.

 

Handlingen fortsatte og Imam (16-0, 14 KOs) floored Maldonado for the fourth time in the fight with a short right followed by a left hook just seconds before the bell to close the fifth. Maldonado (19-3, 16 KOs) fikk opp, men ble gjentok og dommer Robert Byrd stoppet konkurransen på 2:59. Imam’s power was the difference, landing 50 prosent av hans makt skudd.

 

“Det var en tøff knockdown, men vinnere får opp og fullføre kampen hardt og det er hva jeg gjorde,” Imam sa. “I just had to stay composed and do what I had to do. “I started timing him. When I hit him with that good shot he was out. I could see it. That was the rope-a-dope. I was swinging for the fences and that was it, babyen.

 

I’m ready for the title shot right now. I just want to fight for the title.

 

Fire av de fem knock-out skjedde med mindre enn 30 seconds left in each round. Etter kampen, Maldonado innrømmet at han rett og slett ikke klarte å beskytte seg når de runder var svingete ned.

 

“Jeg fikk bare tatt med et par slag,” Maldonado said. “Han holdt fatningen og han kom ut med W. I just got caught. I got lazy in there and he capitalized. He was the better man tonight. I got kind of bored at the end of the rounds and I paid for it.

 

I hovedturneringen av SHOWTIME BOKSING på SHO EXTREME, ubeseiret lett tungvekt prospektetVyacheslav Shabranskyy (12-0, 10 KOs) holdt sin perfekt rekord intakt med en grundig bevisende TKO seier Garrett Wilson (13-9-1, 7 KOs).

 

Shabranskyy holdt sin avstand og var svært effektive; landing 48 prosent av sin makt skutt og kastet mer enn 60 punches in each round. The Ukrainian prospect scored a knockdown with a right in the closing seconds of the second and another with a clean right in the final 10 sekund av den åttende, sending Wilson face first to the canvas. Wilson beat the count but was saved by the bell as Shabranskyy unloaded more than a dozen consecutive punches.

 

Den slitesterke Wilson tok en enorm juling i den niende og tilsynelatende ikke lande en punch, tvinge dommer Jay Nady å stoppe kampen etter den niende på forslag fra ringside lege.

 

I åpnings bout av SHO EXTREME telecast, tungvekt Eric Molina (23-2, 17 KOs) beseiret Raphael Zumbano (32-9-1, 25 KOs) via åttende runde TKO i en ensidig affære.

 

Molina, som landet 76 prosent av hans makt skudd og mer enn 50 prosent av sine totale slag, var kobler på vilje når dommeren Russell Mora stoppet konkurransen på 1:28 av den åttende.

 

I en ikke-TV-swing bout, Cesar Quiñonez (1-0, 1 KO), en Las Vegas innfødt og den første fighter å gå profesjonell fra Fernando Vargas’ gym Feroz Fight Factory, gjorde sin profesjonelle debut og scoret en knockout seier over Chula Vista Joan Valenzuela (1-2) i andre runde på 2:13.

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“TILBAKE TIL ÆRE”: STIVERNE VS. WILDER, en 12-runde kamp for Stiverne sin WBC Heavyweight Championship fant sted lørdag, Jan. 17 på MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas, og ble samtidig fremmet av Don King Productions og Gylne Boy Promotions og sponset av Corona og Mexico – Leve det å tro det!. I den 12-runde samfunksjonen, ubeseiret WBC Super bantamvekt verdensmester Leo Santa Cruz forsvares mot Jesus Ruiz og ubeseiret Amir jeg møtt Fidel Maldonado Jr. i en 10-runde superlett bout for WBC Continental Amerika Super Lightweight tittel. Arrangementet fant sted på MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas, Nev., og vil sendt live på SHOWTIME (10:00 pm. OG / 7:00 pm. PT). Den sendingen var også tilgjengelig på spansk via sekundær lyd programmering (SAP). Foreløpige bouts ble sendt direkte på SHOWTIME EXTREME® (8:00 pm. ET / PT, forsinket på vestkysten).

 

For mer informasjon besøk www.donking.com, www.goldenboypromotions.com og www.sports.sho.com, Følg på TwitterGoldenBoyBoxing, BStiverne, BronzeBomber, @SHOSports and @MGMGrand and become a fan on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/GoldenBoyBoxing og www.facebook.com/SHOBoxing, eller besøke SHOWTIME Boksing blogg på http://theboxingblog.sho.com/.