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Boxers needed for Gleason’s Gym Amateur Boxing Show Saturday Evening, April 16th
SHOWTIME SPORTS® CONTINUES CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS OF SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® WITH THROWBACK THURSDAY “FIGHTS OF THE YEAR” IN APRIL
FIGHTS OF THE YEAR
April 7: JORGE CASTRO vs. JOHN DAVID JACKSON I (1994)
April 14: LUCAS MATTHYSEE vs. JOHN Molina JR. (2014)
April 21: DIEGO CORRALES vs. JOSE LUIS CASTILLO I (2005)
April 28: PAULIE AYALA vs. JOHNNY TAPIA I (1999)
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NEW YORK (April 6, 2016) - Showtime Sports® presents its latest installment of a year-long salute commemorating 30 years of Showtime Championship nkhonya® with “Fights of the Year” in April on SHO kwambiri®.
The fourth round of a 12-month tribute will be highlighted by four of the most rousing and unforgettable fights in boxing history:
- Jorge Castro vs. John David Jackson I - 1994 Mphete Magazine Fight of the Year (Wozungulira 9 earned Round of the Year honors)
- Paulie Ayala vs. Johnny Tapia Ine - 1999 Mphete Magazine Nkhondo ya Zaka (Ayala earned Fighter of the Year honors)
- Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo I - 2005 Consensus Fight of the Year (Wozungulira 10 earned Round of the Year honors)
- Lucas Matthysse vs. John Molina Jr. - 2014 Boxing Writers Association of America Fight of the Year.
The four celebrated battles will air on “Throwback Thursdays” all month at 10 p.m. AND/PT on SHO EXTREME and are available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, Showtime iliyonse® and via the network’s online streaming service. Each fight will be wrapped with brief context and commentary from SHOWTIME Sports ring announcer and International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Lennon Jr.
Below is the schedule of SHOWTIME EXTREME premieres for the month of April:
- Thursday, April 7: Jorge Castro vs. John David Jackson I
- Thursday, April 14: Lucas Matthysse vs. John Molina Jr.
- Thursday, April 21: Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo I
- Thursday, April 28: Paulie Ayala vs. Johnny Tapia I
Castro-Jackson I (Dec. 10, 1994, Castro KO 9) –Castro, thoroughly battered, bloodied and losing by a wide margin, rallies from the absolute brink of defeat to score three knockdowns in the ninth round to overcome Jackson in one of the most dramatic turnarounds ever.
Ayala-Tapia I (June 26, 1999, Ayala W 12) – In some of the fiercest two-way action in the history of Las Vegas boxing, southpaw Ayala hands Tapia his first professional loss in 49 fights and captures the WBA bantamweight title by the scores of 115-114 ndipo 116-113 kawiri. Game On: As the boxers were being announced, Tapia walked across the ring and shoved Ayala causing a momentary skirmish.
Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo I (Mulole 7, 2005, Corrales TKO 10) — After nine intense, back-and-forth rounds, Corrales accomplishes the unthinkable, miraculously regrouping from awiri knockdowns in the 10TH to stop Castillo in the same round (2:06) and etch his spot in boxing lore. After managing to beat the count (and lose a point for excessive spitting out of the mouthpiece), Corrales got Castillo on the ropes and connected with a huge right hand. He continued to unload and Castillo got nailed with a bundle of vicious punches. Posakhalitsa, the ref stopped it.
Lucas Matthysse-John Molina Jr. (April 26, 2014, Matthysse KO 11) — Abloody slugfest, in which both fighters were knocked down multiple times,became an instant classic. Matthysse who went down in the second and fifth rounds, came back with a late-fight onslaught to wear down and drop Molina in the eighth, 10TH ndipo 11TH zipolopolo. The tremendous brawl was as brutal as it was exciting and more compelling to witness than anyone could have imagined.
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Eric Hunter in London, Ready to Take Selby’s IBF Featherweight Title This Saturday
Upcoming world title challenger Eric “The anagwirizana zothetsa’ Hunter is in London and feeling more motivated now than ever to take the title away from Welsh champion Lee Selby.
A proud Philadelphia fighter, Hunter (21-3, 11 Ko) will face Selby (22-1, 8 Ko) in a 12-round battle this Loweruka, April 9, for Selby’s IBF World Featherweight Championship at The O2 in London. The bout will serve as the featured fight before undefeated IBF Heavyweight World Champion Charles Martin defends his belt against fellow unbeaten Anthony Joshua. Extensive highlights of Hunter vs. Selby will be shown on SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL®, prior to live coverage of Martin-Joshua (MOYO pa Showtime® pa 5 p.m. AND/2 p.m. PT).
“I wasn’t invited to the open workout yesterday,” said Hunter. “They had an open workout for Selby and didn’t have one for me. I’m kind of irritated about that. It’s not even fair to the fans, mukudziwa? I’m sure that a lot of fans wanted to see who their man is fighting. I have no choice but to use it as fuel for even more motivation.”
The 29-year-old Hunter, in Europe for the first time, says he doesn’t mind travelling to win this championship. Pamenepo, despite being an underdog via the odds makers, Hunter says his victory won’t be an upset. “I won’t call it an upset when I win. I’m the better fighter. And it doesn’t bother me to come here. All the great ones had to do it. Ine ndikufuna kukhala wamkulu, so I have to do this. As long as they don’t cheat me with the judges, I’m ok.”
Hunter says his victory will be the culmination of his lifelong dream. “It would mean everything. It would right my wrongs. All those who doubted me. All my failures and letdowns on the way here. It will turn all my negatives into positives.”
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“Chinjoka” idzatulutsidwa pa Epulo 16 Live pa CBS Sports Network kuchokera ku DLVEC ku Las Vegas
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Las Vegas (April 5, 2016) – The April 16TH10-chochitika chachikulu pakati pa Canada welterweight Steve “Chinjoka” Claggett ndi nzika zaku South Africa Chris “Kutentha” Van Heerden amaphatikiza ndi “Knockout Night at the D” filosofi ponena za kukhala ndi omenyana nawo mofanana, masewera osangalatsa.
The “Knockout Night at the D” mndandanda, zoperekedwa ndi ndi D Las Vegas ndipoMtawuni Las Vegas Events Center(DLVEC), zimathandiza ndi Roy Jones Jr. (RJJ) Malonda a nkhonya.
The Apr. 16TH “Knockout Night at the D” chochitika chidzawonekera Loweruka usiku, April 16 (8 p.m. PT / 11 p.m. AND), padziko CBS Sports Network kuchokera pansi pa magetsi a neon pamalo akunja a DLVEC.
Gulu lowulutsa likuphatikizapo Jim “JR” Ross, Sean Wheelock ndi kale lonse ngwazi Kevin “The Flushing Flash” Kelley. Joe Martinez ndiye wolengeza mphete.
Claggett vs. Van Heerden ndinkhondo yolimbana ndi osewera onse awiri omwe ali ndi zovuta, makamaka kwa wopambana yemwe adzagwiritse ntchito ngati choyambira chamtengo wapatali pantchito yake ya nkhonya.
Claggett wazaka 26 (23-3-1, 16 Ko), yemwe ndi katswiri wolamulira wa Canadian Professional Boxing Council komanso ngwazi yaku Canada ya welterweight, ali wokondwa kumenya nkhondo ku Las Vegas koyamba. “Izo ngati kutulo,” Iye anafotokoza. “Ndaphunzitsidwa ku Las Vegas nthawi zambiri koma tsopano ndi nthawi yoti ndiwonetse zomwe ndingachite kumeneko pomenya nkhondo. Kupambana kudzanditsegulira zitseko zambiri ndipo kutha kunditsogolera kunjira yomwe ingakhazikitse moyo wanga wonse wankhonya.. Zosasowa kunena, Ndine wokhazikika komanso wokonzekera mwayi.”
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Claggett, komanso Van Heerde, amadziwika kuti omenyana kwambiri, kuponya nkhonya m'magulu, ndipo chinachake pamapeto pake chiyenera kupereka. Van Heerden (23-1-1, 12 Ko), kumenyana kuchokera ku Santa Monica (MONGA), ndi bungwe lomwe kale linali la International Boxing Organisation (IBO) ndi mayiko nkhonya Federation (IBF) welterweight ngwazi.
“Van Heerde ndi wodabwitsa, wankhondo wachangu komanso wokangalika,” Claggett anatero. “Ndili ndi zochita koma, kwa zaka zambiri, Ndinkangomenya nkhondo molimba mtima komanso wowombera bwino. Masiku ano, Komabe, Ndili ndi zidule zingapo mmanja mwanga. Mtima wake ndi kulimba kwake zawonetsedwa ndipo ziyenera kulemekezedwa. Kulumikizana uku kumapangitsa kuti pakhale kusinthana kwabwino. Ndikuyembekeza kuti iyi ikhala ndewu yayikulu pakati pa omenyera anjala awiri pomwe iye akulephera (kupitilira nyenyezi yotukuka Errol Spence Jr. September watha) ndipo ine ndikutuluka ndewu zingapo ndikugwa. Uku ndikulumikizana kwakukulu. Iye akufanana ndi kalembedwe ka (Konstantin)Ponomarev (yemwe Claggett adataya chisankho cha 8 chaka chatha) ndi osiyanasiyana ndi kuyenda. Ndipo izo zimandilimbikitsa ine!”
Lancaster wosagonja, California welterweight Neeco “Tambala” Macias (11-0, 4 Ko) akukumana Limberth “Mphezi” Ponsi, Jr. (10-2, 8 Ko), ku Rock Island, Illinois, mu mawonekedwe a 8-round co-. Wopanda kumenyedwa wa Baltimore welterweight chiyembekezo Malik “Iceman” Hawkins(6-0, 5 Ko) Nkhope Errol Sidney (6-1-2, 2 Ko), wa New Orleans, mumpikisano wozungulira 6 kuti mutsegule kuwulutsa kwa wailesi yakanema.
The undercard imakhalanso ndi chiyembekezo chokhazikika cha Las Vegas mu maulendo anayi ozungulira: welterweight Jeremy “J Flash” Nichols (2-0, 2 Ko), featherweight Sal Lopez (2-0) ndi junior featherweight Randy Moreno (1-0, 1 KO).
Onse ndewu ndi ozimitsa timavutika kusintha.
Matikiti, wogulira pa $149.99 VIP ringside, $119.00 ringside, $74.99 seated and $29.99 rear seated, are on sale at www.Ticketmaster.com kapena www.DLVEC.com. Misonkho ndi zolipiritsa zimagwira ntchito pamatikiti onse ogulitsidwa.
Zitseko pa 5:00 p.m. PT ndi kutsegula podwala nthawi ya 6:00 p.m. PT.
The “Knockout Night at the D” mndandanda unapangidwa mogwirizana ndi DLVEC ndi Neon Star Media.
CBS Sports Network ikupezeka m'dziko lonselo kudzera pa chingwe chapafupi, Video Telco wosamalira ndi kudzera pa Kanema DirecTV Channel 221 ndi mbale Network Channel 158. Kuti mudziwe zambiri, kuphatikizapo zonse mapulogalamu ndandanda ndi momwe CBS Sports Network, kupita www.cbssportsnetwork.com.
TITLE Boxing ndiye bwenzi lovomerezeka la zovala ndi magolovesi a “Knockout Night at the D” mndandanda.
ZAMBIRI:
Twitter: @thedlasvegas, @dlvec, @DerekJStevens, @BoxingatheDLV, @RoyJonesJRFA
Instagram: @dlvec, @thedlasvegas, @RoyJonesJRFA
Tsatirani omenyerawa pa Twitter: @SDragonClaggett, @TheHeat001 (Van Heerden), @Limbo_1991 (Ponsi), @mkh0_6 (Hawkins)
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BERNARDO AND MENARD READY FOR THEIR CROSSROADS BATTLE ON SHOBOX: THE NEW M'BADO, MOYO ON SHOWTIME®
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5th annual New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2016 inducted in festive ceremony
NYSBHOF Maphunziro a 2016 (L-R): Seated – Vilomar Fernandez, Dennis Rappaport, Randy Gordon and Ed Brophy; Standing: Aaron Davis and Joe DeGuardia
-Onse zithunzizi Peter Frutkoff-
NEW YORK (April 5, 2016) – Kuposa 300 people packed Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, NY this past Sunday for the fifth annual New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) kupatsidwa ulemu chakudya.
Aliyense inductee adzalandira mwambo m'njira lamba zikutanthauza ake kupatsidwa ulemu mu NYSBHOF. Plaques are on display at the New York State Athletic Commission.
The 2016 inductees anasankhidwa ndi NYSBHOF nominating m'Komiti: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Don Majeski, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo Prospero ndipo Neil Terens.
boxers onse anafunikila kukhala anafooka kwa zaka zosachepera zitatu kuti tikhale oyenera NYSBHOF kupatsidwa ulemu, ndipo inductees onse ayenera kukhala ku New York State kwa mbali yaikulu ya nkhonya ntchito zawo kapena pa pachimake pa ntchito awo.
(L-R) – NYSBHOF/Ring 8 pulezidenti Bob Duffy, Don Majeski, Ed Brophy and Jill Diamond (WBC)
Mkonzi Brophy: “I’d like to thank the committee of the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame and Ring 8, a wonderful group that sponsors the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. I’m so proud to have been born in New York, in the small town of Canastota, where boxing is in our blood. I’m thrilled to be honored today. My name is attached to the International Boxing Hall of Fame as director, but so many different people help out. I only accept this honor on their behalf. Boxing is the greatest sport. Congratulations to all of the inductees. This is the greatest day of my life.”
(L-R) – Ron McNair, Aaron Davis and Bob Duffy
Aroni Davis: Zikomo, Mphete 8. Boxing is a hard sport. It was much harder in the gym. I saw Gerry Cooney, Iran Barkley ndipo Roberto Duran and wanted to do what those guys did and it made me a fighter I was. I’d like to thank my father and Billy Giles, who was my trainer. I’d also like to thank Joe DeGuardia, who managed me later in my career, and thanks to everybody who supported me.”
(L-R) — Bob Duffy, Dennis Rappaport and family
Dennis Rappaport: “It seems like yesterday when a six or seven year old living in Brooklyn watched a fight between Jake LaMotta ndipo Jim Hairston. This young man was mesmerized. The next month he watchedShuga Ray Robinson gwetsa miyala Graziano and that was the start of a love affair that’s lasted 63 Zaka. Nkhonya, at its best, is poetry in motion. It’s Shapespeare, Picasso, Rembrandt. But it can also be crude. I started in boxing managing three fighters: Ronnie Harris, Gerry Cooney ndipo Howard Davis. Jr. Because of the creative marketing of our fighters, one reporter called me and my partner, Mike Jones, ‘The Gold Dust Twins’ but then the media starting calling us, ‘The Wacko Twins.’ I preferred ‘The Gold Dust Twins.”
(L-R – Jack Hirsch, Joe DeGuardia and Bob Duffy
Joe DeGuardia: It’s a real pleasure, honor and privilege to be inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. Like many of you here, I live and bleed boxing, which has been a big part of my life. Four months ago, I received the (Mphete 8 at its Holiday awards dinner) Promoter of the Year award. I said then that we are truly a family of boxing; it’s a real brotherhood. I also talked about how boxing tied into lire. In that room – not with us now – was my father who passed away three weeks ago. Because of him, I developed this love of boxing that I’ve carried in life: work hard to do the best you can in life. I’m truly honored to be inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. In honor of my father and everybody else who loves this sport. I accept on behalf of my father who, Ndikudziwa, is watching us now.”
(L-R) – Charles Murray and Bob Duffy
Charles Murray: “They called me, ‘The Natural.’ I appreciate this, being honored for my contributions to boxing. Thank you very much.”
(L-R) – Steve Farhood, Vilomar Fernandez and Bob Duffy
Vilomar Fernandez: “It wasn’t easy fighting guys like Roberto Duran and Alexis Arguello. They were the best in the world. I’m thankful for the opportunities to fight them, I’m honored today.”
(L-R) – Henry Hascup, Randy Gordon, Melvina Lathan, Bob Duffy and Gerry Cooney
Randy Gordon: “Zikomo, aliyense. This amazing event we have every year, I never expected this would happen. My career was born out of the aches of one of boxing’s biggest scandals, the US Championships on ABC, uyambe Don King, and Ring Magazine produced the ratings for the tournament. It turned out the ratings and some of the records were padded and it just about knocked Ring Magazine out of business. Bert Randolph Shuga hired me to be its Editor In Chief. Kugwira ntchito pamodzi, we brought Ring Magazine back from the dead. I burst into tears when Jack Hirsch called to tell me I was being inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. This is an absolute dream. Anybody who has ever or will ever be inducted into any hall of fame, nobody can possibly enjoy this more than me. I love boxing with every ounce of my body. My wife and family drive me back into boxing. This is the greatest honor. I can’t get enough of boxing. I’m truly the luckiest man ever placed on this planet.”
(L-R) – Mkonzi Brophy, Don Majeski, Jack Hirsch and Joe DeGuardia
NYSAC Executive Director Dave Berlin and Harold Lederman
(L-R) – Joe DeGuardia and NYSBHOF/Ring 8 pulezidenti Bob Duffy
Maphunziro a 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Shuga” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo ndi Arthur Mercante, SR.
Maphunziro a 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Dundee, Sandy Saddler, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey woponya mivi uja, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones, Junior Jones, James “Bwanawe” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Arum, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Malonda, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard ndi Don Dunphy.
Maphunziro a 2014: Floyd Patterson, Tracy Harris Patterson, Billy Backus, Kevin Kelley, Juan LaPorte, Gerry Cooney, Mustafa Hamsho, Howard Davis, Jr., Lou Ambers, Jack Britton, Terry McGovern, Teddy Atlas, Lou DiBella, Steve Farhood, Gene Moore, Angelo Prospero, Whitey Bimstein, Ti D'Amato, William Muldoon ndi Tom O'Rourke.
Maphunziro a 2015: Saul Mamby, Joey Giambra, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paul Berlenbach, Billy Graham, Frankie Genaro, Bob Miller, Tommy Ryan, Jimmy Slattery, Bob Duffy, Mike Katz, Tommy Gallagher, Bruce Silverglade, Charley Goldman, Jimmy Johnston, Cedric Kushner, Harry Markson, Damon Runyon ndi Al Weill.
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Badou Jack vs. Lucian Bute Press Conference Quotes & Photos
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Patrick “The chilango” Hyland Fighting For Irish Boxing History
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Limba Report: Churcher KOs Horvath To Secure WBF title as Herbert Shines In Wales
Lee Churcher pulled out a sensational against the odds victory over Hungarian Balazs Horvath lachiwelu night to secure the World Boxing Foundation Intercontinental Middleweight title, at the Pill Millennium Centre in his hometown of Newport.
Churcher, who was World ranked some two hundred plus places lower than Horvath, dominated the bout right from the off. Working behind a good solid jab, the Newport lad enthralled the local fans with some slick combinations, to both body and head, so much so that the more experienced Hungarian soon had to result to holding tactics whenever Churcher was in close range.
The canny Welshman was having none of it though and just patiently waited for any opportunity that came his way to punish Horvath with vicious body shots.
By midway through the first round Churcher’s confidence really began to grow, after badly shaking Horvath with the aforementioned body shots, so it came as no surprise to anyone when shortly after Churcher sent Horvath to the deck.
Horvath recovered but once again resorted to holding tactics to frustrate Churcher through to the end of the round.
More of the same in round two more or less, except Churcher really started to get into a flow, catching Horvath with more vicious body shots, the Hungarian tried to cover up, before again trying to grab hold of the Welshman, Churcher is canny though and worked behind the jab again before letting rip with yet another huge right hand to send Horvath down for the second time.
The Hungarian made the count and immediately on the restart Churcher went back on the attack, but the Hungarian tried to stifle the Welshman’s attacks by attempting to grab hold again, Churcher though used this to his advantage and let rip with a huge body shot to send the Hungarian back down to the canvas.
Clearly in distress, Horvath made an initial attempt to get back to his feet before settling to be just up on one knee, the pain showing on the Hungarian’s face clear for all to see as he attempted to unsuccessfully beat the count.
Whilst it may not have been a classic, kanthu, but nothing can take away from Lee Churcher the artistry of his craft and tactics throughout and of course claiming the third Championship accolade of his career, the World Boxing Foundation Intercontinental Middleweight Championship, to add to his British Masters and BBBofC Welsh Area Title.
Main support for the Churcher-Horvath Championship bout, featured a four round Super Welterweight bout between Nottingham duo Carwyn Herbert and Matt Scriven.
What a cracking fight, both combatants going at it hammer and tongs in close combat for the full three minutes of each and every round.
After the full four rounds of non-stop action referee Chris Kelly scored the bout 40-36 to the youngster Carwyn Herbert, however that doesn’t really express the closeness of each round or the full on intent of either competitor throughout.
Supporting the two pro bouts were six Wales versus England exhibition bouts, supervision courtesy of Wales Boxing. Whilst I’m not going to cover these because they were not pro, have to say the final two bouts of the six were excellent and really could have featured on any pro card and nobody would have known the difference.
Have to say plaudits must go to co-promoters Dave Murphy (Acourtier Events) and Steven Fisher (Lights Out Promotions) for digging deep into their pockets to bring both the MBC and the WBF Championship to Wales for the first time, even if it meant there wasn’t enough money in the kitty to justify a full pro show, hopefully the Welsh fans will get behind Lee Churcher so his first defense of the WBF title can also be in Newport or nearby.