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NEW YORK (Седем. 1, 2016) – The most popular and prolific prizefighters in British Boxing history will be highlighted when SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP Бокс’s 30th anniversary year-long celebration continues in September with “Britain’s Best’’ on SHOWTIME EXTREME®.
The featured fighters –Naseem Хамед, Рики Хатън, Joe Calzaghe, Carl Froch, Крис Eubank и 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 световни шампиони, включително и Carl Фрамптън, James DeGale, Lee Селби и Anthony Joshua.
Of the eight fighters, all but Eubank and Hatton reached dizzying heights by scoring significant victories against distinguished American fighters. Benn blasted out Иран Barkley в 2:57. In his premium network television debut, Hamed dominated Мъжко животно “Boom Boom” Johnson и, 10 months later, спряKevin Kelly. Calzaghe destroyed Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy. Froch rallied from the brink of defeat to stop Jermain Taylor, and Hatton crushed perennial 140-pound world champion Костя Tszyu на Австралия.
The rivalry between longtime WBO Middleweight and Super Middleweight champion, Eubank, and Benn, a longtime WBC Super Middleweight boss, may have been the most celebrated in U.K. история. 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:
- Четвъртък, Седем. 1: Chris Eubank-Nigel Benn II
- Четвъртък, Седем. 8: Naseem Hamed-Tom “Boom Boom” Johnson
- Четвъртък, Седем. 15: Ricky Hatton-Kostya Tszyu
- Четвъртък, Седем. 22: Joe Calzaghe-Jeff Lacy
- Четвъртък, Седем. 29: Carl Froch-Jermain Taylor
All fights will air on “Throwback Thursdays” on SHOWTIME EXTREME (10 p.m. И/PT) throughout the month of September and will be available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, SHOWTIME ВСЯКО ВРЕМЕ® и чрез онлайн услугата за стрийминг на мрежата.
(Throwback Thursdays/ Fight Synopsis)
Eubank vs. Benn II – Oct. 9, 1993, Old Trafford Stadium, Манчестър, Ланкашир, Англия
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.
С повече от 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 12тата round is considered a classic as both boxers were told they needed it to win. At the finish, 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. Johnson – Feb. 8, 1997, New London Arena, Лондон, Англия
The undefeated WBO Champion Hamed unified the featherweight division with an eighth-round TKO over respected longtime IBF titlist, Том „Бум Бум“ Джонсън. Hamed dominated Johnson, who was making his 12тата 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 и 69-65 when it was stopped at2:27 на кръга.
Four starts later, Hamed won his United States debut with a wild fourth-round knockout over Kelly, a former WBC Champion, в Madison Square Garden.
Hatton vs. Цзю - Юни 4, 2005, M.E.N. Арена, Манчестър, Англия
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 11тата-round TKO over Tszyu for the unified IBF, 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 паунд-за-килограмова боксьори, Hatton won when Tszyu failed to answer the bell for the 12th round. След 11, Hatton was ahead by 107-102, 106-103 и 105-104.
Calzaghe vs. Lacy - Март 4, 2006, M.E.N. Арена, Манчестър, Англия
In the most important and anticipated super middleweight match since Roy Jones победен James Toney в 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 The ПръстенШампионат, becoming the first super middleweight to be recognized as world champion by The Ring.
Froch vs. Taylor – April 25, 2009, Foxwoods Resort Casino in Foxwoods, Кон.
Froch registered one of the most dramatic finishes to a world title fight sinceЖулио Сезар Чавес, behind on points, спря Meldrick Taylor 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 остават секунди.
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 остават секунди, 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)
Крис Eubank (45-5-2, 23 Нокаута), of Brighton, Англия, 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 пъти (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 Нокаута), of West Ham, Англия, went pro in January 1997 и спечели първата си 22 fights by knockout. He took the WBO 160-pound belt with an eighth-round TKO over Дъг Деуит април 29, 1990, в Atlantic City. В първата си защита, 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.
Naseem Хамед (36-1, 31 Нокаута), Шефилд, Англия, 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 перо 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 Нокаута) на Манчестър, Англия, is viewed by many as the No. 1 British 140-pounder of all time. Той беше най- 2005 ПръстенMagazine Fighter of the Year, the first British boxer to receive the award since its inception in 1928. He was also the 2005 ESPN and Асоциация на писателите на бокса в Америка Fighter на годината. During his15-year career (1997-2012), he held various world titles at junior welterweight and one at борец от полусредна категория. He reached the pinnacle of his profession in June 2005 when he upset Tszyu to seize the unified IBF, Ring and lineal 140-pound titles.
Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 Нокаута) 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 и 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 WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Пръстен списание и lineal супер средна категория титли, as well as The Пръстен полутежката заглавие.
Carl “The Cobra” Froch (33-2, 24 Нокаута), of Nottingham, Англия, was a four-time супер средна категория world champion who possessed an aggressive, стил, toughness and granite chin. Froch won the WBC crown twice and was the WBA titleholder from 2013-2015 и IBF champion from 2012-2015. В 2013, на Седемнадесет от Радах listed him as the best British pound-for-pound boxer.
One outing after Froch captured the WBC belt with a triumph over Жан Паскалпрез май 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 Джърмейн Тейлър senseless and knock him out at 2:46 на 12тата април 25, 2009. Няколко месеца по-късно, Froch entered the Super Six World Boxing Classic on SHOWTIME, where he got the only two defeats of his career, losing decisions to Микел Кеслер, иАндре Уорд на финала.
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