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ニューヨーク (セブン. 1, 2016) – The most popular and prolific prizefighters in British Boxing history will be highlighted when ショウタイム選手権ボクシング’s 30th anniversary year-long celebration continues in September with “Britain’s Best’’ on SHOWTIME EXTREME®.
The featured fighters –ナシーム・ハメド, リッキーハットン, ジョー·カルザゲ, カールFroch, クリスユーバンク と 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 世界チャンピオン, 含めて カール フランプトン, ジェームスDeGale, リーセルビー と アンソニー·ジョシュア.
Of the eight fighters, all but Eubank and Hatton reached dizzying heights by scoring significant victories against distinguished American fighters. Benn blasted out イランバークリー で 2:57. In his premium network television debut, Hamed dominated トム “Boom Boom” Johnson と, 10 ヵ月後, 停止ケビン・ケリー. Calzaghe destroyed Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy. Froch rallied from the brink of defeat to stop Jermain テイラー, and Hatton crushed perennial 140-pound world champion コンスタンチン・チュー オーストラリアの.
The rivalry between longtime WBO Middleweight and Super Middleweight champion, ユーバンク, and Benn, a longtime WBC Super Middleweight boss, may have been the most celebrated in U.K. 歴史. 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:
- 木曜日, セブン. 1: Chris Eubank-Nigel Benn 二
- 木曜日, セブン. 8: Naseem Hamed-Tom “Boom Boom” Johnson
- 木曜日, セブン. 15: Ricky Hatton-Kostya Tszyu
- 木曜日, セブン. 22: Joe Calzaghe-Jeff Lacy
- 木曜日, セブン. 29: Carl Froch-Jermain Taylor
All fights will air on “Throwback Thursdays” on SHOWTIME EXTREME (10 午後. アンド/PT) throughout the month of September and will be available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, SHOWTIMEいつでも® およびネットワークのオンラインストリーミングサービスを経由して.
(Throwback Thursdays/ Fight Synopsis)
Eubank vs. Benn II – Oct. 9, 1993, Old Trafford Stadium, マンチェスター, ランカシャー, イングランド
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.
以上と 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 12目 round is considered a classic as both boxers were told they needed it to win. 終了時, 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. ジョンソン – Feb. 8, 1997, New London Arena, ロンドン, イングランド
The undefeated WBO Champion Hamed unified the featherweight division with an eighth-round TKO over respected longtime IBF titlist, トム「ブームブーム」ジョンソン. Hamed dominated Johnson, 誰が作っていた 12目 防衛, 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 と 69-65 when it was stopped at2:27 ラウンドの.
Four starts later, Hamed won his United States debut with a wild fourth-round knockout over Kelly, a former WBC Champion, マディソン·スクエア·ガーデンで.
Hatton vs. チュー - 六月 4, 2005, M.E.N. アリーナ, マンチェスター, イングランド
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 11目-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 ポンドのためポンド ボクサー, Hatton won when Tszyu failed to answer the bell for the 12th round. 後に 11, Hatton was ahead by 107-102, 106-103 と 105-104.
Calzaghe vs. レイシー - マーチ 4, 2006, M.E.N. アリーナ, マンチェスター, イングランド
In the most important and anticipated super middleweight match since ロイ·ジョーンズ 敗れた ジェームズトニー で 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 ザ· リングチャンピオンシップ, becoming the first super middleweight to be recognized as world champion by The Ring.
Froch vs. テイラー – April 25, 2009, Foxwoods Resort Casino in Foxwoods, コン.
Froch registered one of the most dramatic finishes to a world title fight sinceジュリオセザールチャベス, behind on points, 停止 Meldrickテイラー two seconds from the end of the 12th round in 1990.
Frochは, 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 残り秒数.
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 残り秒数, 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)
クリスユーバンク (45-5-2, 23 戦績), of Brighton, イングランド, 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 回 (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 戦績), of West Ham, イングランド, went pro in January 1997 と彼の最初を獲得 22 ノックアウトによる戦い. He took the WBO 160-pound belt with an eighth-round TKO over ダグ・デウィット 4月に 29, 1990, アトランティックシティ. 初防衛戦で, 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.
ナシーム・ハメド (36-1, 31 戦績), シェフィールドの, イングランド, 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 フェザー級 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 戦績) マンチェスターの, イングランド, is viewed by many as the No. 1 British 140-pounder of all time. 彼は 2005 リングMagazine Fighter of the Year, the first British boxer to receive the award since its inception in 1928. He was also the 2005 ESPN and アメリカのボクシング作家協会 今年のファイター. During his15-year career (1997-2012), he held various world titles at junior welterweight and one at ウェルター級. He reached the pinnacle of his profession in June 2005 when he upset Tszyu to seize the unified IBF, Ring and lineal 140-ポンドタイトル.
ジョー·カルザゲ (46-0, 32 戦績) 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 と 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, リング 雑誌 と lineal スーパーミドル級 タイトル, as well as The リング ライトヘビー級 タイトル.
Carl “The Cobra” Froch (33-2, 24 戦績), of Nottingham, イングランド, was a four-time スーパーミドル級 world champion who possessed an aggressive, スタイル, toughness and granite chin. Froch won the WBC crown twice and was the WBA titleholder from 2013-2015 と IBF champion from 2012-2015. で 2013, ザ· BBC listed him as the best British pound-for-pound boxer.
One outing after Froch captured the WBC belt with a triumph over ジャンパスカル5月 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 ジャーメイン·テイラー senseless and knock him out at 2:46 の 12目 4月に 25, 2009. 数ヶ月後, Froch entered the Super Six World Boxing Classic on SHOWTIME, where he got the only two defeats of his career, losing decisions to ミッケル・ケスラー, とにアンドレウォード 決勝で.
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