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نيويورك (سبعة. 1, 2016) – The most popular and prolific prizefighters in British Boxing history will be highlighted when شوتايم بطولة الملاكمة’s 30th anniversary year-long celebration continues in September with “Britain’s Best’’ on SHOWTIME EXTREME®.
The featured fighters –نسيم حامد, ريكي هاتون, جو Calzaghe, كارل Froch, كريس يوبانك و Nigel Benn– were longtime world champions. Each had a distinctive personality inside and outside the ring, and all helped usher in an era of boxers from Great Britain that currently features a record 14 أبطال العالم, بما فيه كارل فرامبتون, جيمس DeGale, لي سيلبي و أنتوني جوشوا.
Of the eight fighters, all but Eubank and Hatton reached dizzying heights by scoring significant victories against distinguished American fighters. Benn blasted out إيران باركلي في 2:57. In his premium network television debut, Hamed dominated توم “Boom Boom” Johnson و, 10 months later, توقفتKevin Kelly. Calzaghe destroyed Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy. Froch rallied from the brink of defeat to stop Jermain تايلور, and Hatton crushed perennial 140-pound world champion كوستيا Tszyu أستراليا.
The rivalry between longtime WBO Middleweight and Super Middleweight champion, يوبانك, and Benn, a longtime WBC Super Middleweight boss, may have been the most celebrated in U.K. تاريخ. Eubank took their savage first fight on a ninth-round TKO; the rematch ended in a draw.
Hamed (2015) and Calzaghe (2014) are members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Below is the schedule of SHOWTIME EXTREME premieres for the month of September:
- الخميس, سبعة. 1: Chris Eubank-Nigel Benn II
- الخميس, سبعة. 8: Naseem Hamed-Tom “Boom Boom” Johnson
- الخميس, سبعة. 15: Ricky Hatton-Kostya Tszyu
- الخميس, سبعة. 22: Joe Calzaghe-Jeff Lacy
- الخميس, سبعة. 29: Carl Froch-Jermain Taylor
All fights will air on “Throwback Thursdays” on SHOWTIME EXTREME (10 عصرا. و/PT) throughout the month of September and will be available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, شوتايم في أي وقت® and via the network’s online streaming service.
(Throwback Thursdays/ Fight Synopsis)
Eubank vs. Benn II – Oct. 9, 1993, Old Trafford Stadium, مانشستر, Lancashire, انجلترا
Three years after Eubank rallied to stop defending champion Benn in an intense, fiercely contested battle for the WBO Middleweight Crown that marked the beginning of a great era for British middleweights and super middleweights, the rivals fought to a controversial 12-round draw in a 168-pound unification bout for Eubanks’ WBO and Benn’s WBC titles.
مع أكثر من 42,000 fans in attendance roaring their approval, the two legends went at it again from start to finish. There were lots of close rounds with frenzied flourishes at the end of each. The thrilling 12عشر round is considered a classic as both boxers were told they needed it to win. في النهاية, one judge scoring it for Eubank, 115-113, one judge gave it to Benn by the identical score while the third judge had it 114-114.
Hamed vs. جونسون – Feb. 8, 1997, New London Arena, لندن, انجلترا
The undefeated WBO Champion Hamed unified the featherweight division with an eighth-round TKO over respected longtime IBF titlist, Tom “Boom Boom” Johnson. Hamed dominated Johnson, who was making his 12عشر defense, from the third round on, scoring the bout’s lone knockdown with a huge uppercut in the eighth. Hamed was ahead by 69-63, 69-64 و 69-65 when it was stopped at2:27 الجولة.
Four starts later, Hamed won his United States debut with a wild fourth-round knockout over Kelly, a former WBC Champion, في ماديسون سكوير غاردن.
Hatton vs. تسزيو - يونيه 4, 2005, M.E.N. حلبة, مانشستر, انجلترا
The largely unproven but hungry Hatton scored one of the most sizeable stunners in British history and announced his entry to the upper echelons of the world boxing scene by recording an 11عشر-round TKO over Tszyu for the unified اتحاد الملاكمة العالمي, Ring and lineal light-welterweight titles.
This is regarded as the signature performance in Hatton’s career; the stamina, aggression and heart he displayed is now legendary. A massive underdog against a dominant, feared champion and one of the world’s top الجنيه مقابل الجنيه الملاكمين, Hatton won when Tszyu failed to answer the bell for the 12th round. بعد 11, Hatton was ahead by 107-102, 106-103 و 105-104.
Calzaghe vs. Lacy - يمشي 4, 2006, M.E.N. حلبة, مانشستر, انجلترا
In the most important and anticipated super middleweight match since روي جونز مهزوم جيمس توني في 1994, Calzaghe produced a masterpiece and the performance of his career, thoroughly overwhelming the previously unbeaten IBF kingpin Lacy. It was a Brit Beatdown at its brutal best, a wipeout from the outset. Calzaghe cut Lacy over both eyes and caused blood to flow from Lacy’s nose midway through a fight that could have been stopped several times, and floored him in the 12th.
By impressively prevailing over Lacy, Calzaghe also earned the ال عصابةبطولة, becoming the first super middleweight to be recognized as world champion by The Ring.
Froch vs. تايلور – April 25, 2009, Foxwoods Resort Casino in Foxwoods, كونيتيكت.
Froch registered one of the most dramatic finishes to a world title fight sinceخوليو سيزار تشافيز, behind on points, توقفت Meldrick تايلور two seconds from the end of the 12th round in 1990.
Froch, making his second U.S. start and initial defense of the WBC title, survived a third-round knockdown – the first of his career, amateur and pro – to finish Taylor with 14 seconds left.
Froch hurt and staggered Taylor with a cracking right hand just over a minute into the 12th. Desperate to get the knockout, he continued to belt Taylor all over the ring. With about 90 seconds left, Taylor went down from a barrage of head shots. He barely arose at nine with 0:29 remaining but had no defense for an ensuing barrage of damaging blows.
(The British Invasion/Boxer Capsules)
كريس يوبانك (45-5-2, 23 كوس), of Brighton, انجلترا, was one of the top British super middles of all-time; he was responsible for helping British boxing ride a peak of popularity in the 1990s. After winning the WBO 160-pound title by stopping Benn and making three subsequent defenses , Eubank moved up to 168, captured the WBO crown and retained it 14 مواعيد (12-0-2) over a five-year-period. One of the draws came against WBC champion Benn in world title unification in their rematch in October 1993.
Nigel “Dark Destroyer” Benn (42-5-1, 35 كوس), of West Ham, انجلترا, went pro in January 1997 وفاز الاولى له 22 fights by knockout. He took the WBO 160-pound belt with an eighth-round TKO over Doug DeWitt نيسان 29, 1990, في اتلانتيك سيتي. In his first defense, he stunned the boxing world by scoring a devastating TKO 1 over former middleweight world champion Barkley on Aug. 18, 1990. In his next outing, Benn fought Eubank the first time. He captured the WBC 168-belt in October 1992 and made nine successful defenses.
نسيم حامد (36-1, 31 كوس), شيفيلد, انجلترا, was a global superstar. He was known, loved, despised and acclaimed as one of the greatest British pound for pound boxers of all time. He was known for his marvelous movement and entertaining, albeit unconventional antics. He held multiple world championships at وزن الريشة and made 16 consecutive featherweight world title defenses. He was considered the linear world champ at 126 pounds for five years (1995-2000) and was The Ring Magazine’s No. 1 Featherweight Fighter from 1997‑2000.
Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton (45-3, 32 كوس) مانشستر, انجلترا, is viewed by many as the No. 1 British 140-pounder of all time. وكان 2005 عصابةMagazine Fighter of the Year, the first British boxer to receive the award since its inception in 1928. He was also the 2005 ESPN and Boxing Writers Association of America مقاتل من السنة. During his15-year career (1997-2012), he held various world titles at junior welterweight and one at وزن الوسط. He reached the pinnacle of his profession in June 2005 when he upset Tszyu to seize the unified اتحاد الملاكمة العالمي, Ring and lineal 140-pound titles.
جو Calzaghe (46-0, 32 كوس) is the longest-reigning super middleweight world champion in history, having held the WBO title for more than 10 years and making 21 successful defenses before relinquishing it to move up to light heavyweight. As his reins at 168 و 175 pounds overlapped, he retired with the longest continual time as world champion of any active fighter. Calzaghe annihilated IBF Super Middleweight Champion Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy to become world super middleweight champion on March 4, 2006. He held the رابطة الملاكمة العالمية, WBC, اتحاد الملاكمة العالمي, المنظمة العالمية للملاكمة, عصابة مجلة و lineal المتوسط السوبر عناوين, as well as The عصابة وزن خفيف الثقيل لقب.
Carl “The Cobra” Froch (33-2, 24 كوس), of Nottingham, انجلترا, was a four-time المتوسط السوبر world champion who possessed an aggressive, نمط, toughness and granite chin. Froch won the WBC crown twice and was the WBA titleholder from 2013-2015 و اتحاد الملاكمة العالمي champion from 2012-2015. في 2013, ال بي بي سي listed him as the best British pound-for-pound boxer.
One outing after Froch captured the WBC belt with a triumph over جان باسكالفي شهر مايو 2008, he rattled the boxing world by producing one of the most remarkable comebacks in history. Rallying from an early knockdown and a four-point deficit on two of the scorecards entering the final round, Froch came on to batter former undisputed middleweight champion جيرمين تايلور senseless and knock him out at 2:46 من 12عشر نيسان 25, 2009. بعد عدة أشهر, Froch entered the Super Six World Boxing Classic on SHOWTIME, where he got the only two defeats of his career, losing decisions to ميكيل كيسلر, واندريه وارد in the finals.
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