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DERON WILLIAMS VS. FRANK GORE NEW YORK PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES AND PHOTOS

NBA All-Star Williams & NFL Pro Bowl Running Back Gore Announce Boxing Pro Debuts On Undercard of Jake Paul Vs. Tommy Fury Main Event Saturday, Desemba 18 Wanaishi kwenye Showtime PPV® at AMALIE Arena in Tampa, Fla.

Also Featuring Quotes and Photos from Seven-Division World Champion Amanda Serrano

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NEW YORK – November 16, 2021 -Three-time NBA All-Star Deron Williams and legendary NFL running back Frank Gore faced off for the first time following a press conference announcing their professional heavyweight boxing debuts on Tuesday at Edison Ballroom in New York City.

Williams vs. Gore will take place on the undercard of Jake Paul vs. Tommy Furylive on SHOWTIME PPV on Saturday, December 18 at AMALIE Arena in Tampa. The four-round heavyweight bout will be contested with a 215-pound contractual limit as the two legends make their professional boxing debuts.

Also appearing at Tuesday’s event was seven-division world champion and current unified featherweight championAmanda Serrano, who will face 135-pound titleholder Miriam Gutiérrez in the co-feature of the SHOWTIME PPV event.

Tiketi kwa ajili ya tukio kuishi, jina la#PaulFury: One Will Fall, are now available for purchase atwww.amaliearena.com.

Below are quotes from Williams, Gore and Serrano.


Deron Williams

“I’ve always wrestled all the way until high school and always been a big boxing and MMA fan. I’ve done a lot of training at my gym, Fortis MMA, in Dallas for the past six years.

“I’ve always wanted to do an MMA fight. I had one that I was training for before Covid hit but my opponent pulled out. It was always in the back of my mind and I’ve always stayed in shape and stayed training. I got a call from Nakisa (Bidarian) who I hadn’t talked to in five years and he said Frank Gore was training and looking for an opponent, and I felt like it was a great opportunity. I felt like if I didn’t take it I’d be kicking myself for the rest of my life.

“Frank looks good. If I’m going to do a fight I’d rather do it with someone who is capable and who has been training. The man is tough, there’s no doubt about that. Anyone who can take that many snaps in the NFL has to be tough. It’s a good challenge for me and something that I can check off the bucket list.

“Most people are behind me. I’ve had some people say, ‘You’re fighting Frank Gore. What are you doing?’ But that’s OK. There are a lot of unknowns in this game, so it makes it exciting. I’ve been training for years and doing a lot of MMA, and a lot of it has been boxing.

“I first started wrestling when I was like five. I didn’t really know what it was and I spent the whole season being dragged on the mat by my mom crying because I was so scared to go in there. But she said I had to because she had already paid for it and said you’re going to do this every weekend. So I basically went out there crying, got pinned, walked off the mat and then did it again for the whole year. The next year she asked if I wanted to sign up again expecting I would say no, but I actually said yes for some reason. I did that for about a half year before I turned into a little animal. So I think that year and a half of getting pinned made me tougher. Wrestling is a tough sport, and it was a great base for me and I’m really glad I did it and was able to go to the state tournament in Texas as an eight-year-old and 12-year-old. And I would have loved to have kept going but it was in the same season as basketball.

“I loved watching the heavyweights. Growing up in the ‘90s and watching (Mike) Tyson and all those wars they had. And watching (Evander) Holyfield. It was just a special time in boxing and there were still other fighters, but those were the ones I was watching and who I was excited to see.

“I jogged four miles yesterday and that was the first time I’ve ever run four miles. It’s getting out of your comfort zone and it’s a different feeling. Basketball, and football for him, we’re comfortable with that work. It’s learning to get hit in the face and being OK with it. It’s just a new challenge. I’ve been retired for four years now. You just miss competing. You miss having something to train for.”

Frank Gore

“l have always loved boxing. I’ve been training since 2005. I was doing it because it would save my legs since I play running back. I just fell in love with it, how hard it was and I’m very competitive. I was just doing it for the cardio. My first time I didn’t think I could do it, but I kept getting better and better at it.

“I’m definitely not doing this for the money. Nina heri. I’m good and blessed with football and off-the-field stuff.

“I’ve always been an underdog my entire life. I was raised in a one-bedroom apartment. I blew out both of my knees and many thought I wouldn’t make it to the NFL. Sixteen years later and I’m No. 3 on the all-time list.

“I’m happy to be here and I respect Deron. He’s coming from the NBA and I always say any man who gets into the ring has got to be different. I don’t care what sport you play. I’m training my behind off for December 18.

“I know he’s trained in MMA and coming over from the NBA but he’s no Nate Robinson. He’s been doing MMA for six years so I have to respect that. He’s been wrestling since he was a kid. I’m training my behind off and the only one I can worry about is myself. I’m looking forward to the challenge and let the best man win on December 18.

“Football and boxing are totally different. When you watched me play I never really got hit. That’s why I was able to last so long. I played off of angles. Sasa, with boxing I’m going in there with guys that have had 300 mapambano amateur, ni 10-0 as pros. So I can’t just dodge all the shots they are throwing because they have more ring experience.

“I would say jogging has been the toughest thing. In football we never jogged. We always did sprints and pulled the sled but I had to really train myself to jog. I had to put my mind somewhere else and work on it.

“My favorite fighter is Floyd (Mayweather, Jr.). There are a bunch of guys I like to watch now. I like Terence (Crawford) and I like Errol Spence, Tank (Davis), Shakur Stevenson. I just want to be the best of me. Whatever my coach tells me to do I’m going to go out and try to do and do my best to get this win on December 18.”

Amanda Serrano

“This fight is more important than the Katie Taylor fight. Miriam Gutierrez is a tough girl at 135 pounds and it’s not my natural weight class. I’m moving up two divisions. I have to get through Miriam in a way that people will want to see me fight Katie next.

“I would actually rather lose the weight than gain the weight. It’s so hard for me to keep the weight on because once I start training I drop it. I’m eating a lot of good foods and had to hire a nutritionist for this camp to make sure I’m strong. I’m a little girl, but I pack a punch wherever I go.

“I definitely want the Katie Taylor fight. That night could be the night I accomplish my goal and become the first undisputed boxer to come out of Puerto Rico. That would be an amazing night. Right now I’m concentrating on boxing because I have two amazing fights but in the future I definitely want to become an MMA champion, but right now it’s all about boxing.

“Pound for pound I think is a matter of opinion. Some people think I am, some people think it’s Claressa Shields. Katie actually fights the week before me so she has to look good, and I have to look good. I’m training really hard for Miriam. I know she is a tough girl and I’m just going to go out and be the best I can be and I think the fight with Katie Taylor is going to happen.”

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OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST NA WBA SUPER Middleweight WORLD CHAMPION ANDRE WARD VS. ALIYEKUWA WORLD TITLE CHALLENGER PAUL SMITH ILIYO Juni 20, 2015 AT ORACLE ARENA KATIKA OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA kuishi kwenye BET MITANDAO & TIDAL.COM

 

Yaliyowasilishwa na ROC NATION SPORTS

Roc Taifa Sports mwenyeji rasmi kupima-katika Juni 20 kiti ndondi mapambano kati ya Olimpiki medali ya dhahabu na WBA super Middleweight Champion Dunia Andre Ward (27-0, 14 KO ya) na aliyekuwa Dunia Title Challenger Paul Smith (35-5, 20 KO ya) Ijumaa, Juni 19 juu ya Ridge katika ubao katika Jack London Square katika Oakland, California.

PHOTOS:

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PHOTO CREDIT: Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Roc Taifa Michezo

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VIDEO:

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VIDEO CREDIT: Roc Taifa Michezo

 

Jumamosi, Juni 6, 2015: Kupambana Night

WAKATI: 3:00 PM PT – Milango Open

3:45 PM PT – Kupambana kwanza

7:00 PM PT – Bet Networks matangazo Begins

7:40 PM PT (takriban.) – Nipsey Hussle Utendaji

 

WAPI: Oracle uwanja

7000 Coliseum Njia

Oakland, California 94621

Picha: Andre Ward vs. Paul Smith mwisho Press Mkutano Juni 20 Kupambana On BET Networks & TIDAL.com

(Kutoka kushoto kwenda kulia) Andre Ward ya mkufunzi Virgil Hunter, Meneja Andre Ward James Prince, COO ya ndondi kwa ajili Roc Taifa Sports David Itskowitch, WBA super Middleweight Champion Dunia Andre Ward, zamani cheo dunia mpinzani Paul Smith, Smith mkufunzi Joe Gallagher na Oakland Halmashauri ya Jiji Rais Lynette Gibson McElhaney pose Juni 17, 2015 katika Oakland, California katika mkutano wa mwisho wa waandishi wa habari wa Kata na Smith Juni 20, 2015 kupambana katika Oracle uwanja katika Oakland ambayo itakuwa televisheni kuishi kwenye BET Networks na streamed kimataifa juu ya TIDAL.com. (Picha By: Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Roc Taifa Michezo)

 

WBA super Middleweight Champion Dunia Andre Ward (kushoto) na aliyekuwa cheo dunia mpinzani Paul Smith (haki) pose juu ya Juni 17, 2015 katika Oakland, California katika mkutano wa mwisho wa waandishi wa habari kwa ajili ya thier Juni 20, 2015 kupambana katika Oracle uwanja katika Oakland ambayo itakuwa televisheni kuishi kwenye BET Networks na streamed kimataifa juu ya TIDAL.com. (Picha By: Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Roc Taifa Michezo)

ANDRE WARD VS. PAUL SMITH & UNDERCARD MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES & PHOTOS

OLYMPIC medali ya dhahabu NA WBA SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION ANDRE WARD VS. FORMER WORLD TITLE CHALLENGER PAUL SMITH Juni 20, 2015 AT ORACLE ARENA KATIKA OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, LIVE ON BET MITANDAO & TIDAL.COM, Yaliyowasilishwa na ROC NATION SPORTS

Oakland, Kama vile (Juni 17, 2015) – Siku ya Jumanne, Juni 17, Olympic Gold mshindi na WBA Middleweight Champion Dunia Andre Ward (27-0, 14 KO ya) na aliyekuwa Dunia Title Challenger Paul Smith (35-5, 20 KO ya) ya Uingereza walishiriki katika vyombo vya habari Workout katika Gym Mfalme katika Oakland, California mapema mwa mwezi Juni yao 20 kupambana katika Oracle uwanja katika Oakland katika mapambano 12 ya raundi ambayo itakuwa televisheni kuishi televisheni kuishi kwenye BET na streamed kimataifa juu ya TIDAL.com katika 10:00 ET / 7:00 PM PT. Wapiganaji undercard Wang Zhimin, Meng Fanlong na Haruni Coley pia wakakishiriki hadharani kikao cha mafunzo.

 

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VIDEO:

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Andre Ward (27-0, 14 KO ya) – Olimpiki medali ya dhahabu na WBA super Middleweight Champion Dunia

"Mimi sina waliona hisia hii, kupambana wiki katika Oakland, katika muda. Wiki iliyopita hisia wale wameanza kuweka katika. Nimekuwa umakini na kupata tayari, lakini mapambano ya wiki ni tofauti tu. Hakuna jambo ukubwa wa mapambano unapaswa kujisikia kama hii. Mimi nina msisimko. Mimi nina kutumika aina hii ya shinikizo. "

 

"Smith ni bingwa wa Ulaya. Yeye got hakuna tatizo kusafiri. Yeye hajali kama yeye bleeds. Kama kubisha naye chini, yeye kuja kushinda, na hii ndiyo sababu sisi ilichukua yake. Hatukuwa kumchukua kwa sababu kulikuwa na kitu chochote laini juu yake. Sisi ilichukua yake kwa sababu yeye ni mshindani mgumu. Nina furaha kwamba wote wa ghafla alianza kuzungumza kama alivyofanya wiki iliyopita. Mimi nilikuwa karibu kupata mashaka kwamba alikuwa si kusema chochote. Mimi hivyo kutumika kwa guys kuzungumza mengi. Hivyo, hatimaye kuanza kuzungumza na mimi kupendwa hivyo. Siyo kwamba mimi zinahitajika motisha zaidi, lakini ni kidogo tu ya ziada. "

 

"Mimi kuja nyuma mbali ya layoffs mbili. Wakati wa kambi ya hii iliyopita, Nilihisi mengi zaidi kuliko mimi katika siku za nyuma. Nilifanya zaidi. Bega langu anahisi nguvu na nadhani wote ni kwenda kuona kwamba siku ya Jumamosi usiku. "

 

"Kila mpiganaji ina mapambano yao binafsi. Huwezi kutabiri nini wale changamoto na mapambano ni kwenda kuwa na huwezi kutabiri ni muda gani wanaenda kuwa. Nilikuwa na uwezo wa kuvumilia kupitia kwamba. Paul Smith si tu mapigano Andre Ward mbali ya kambi wiki nane, yeye kupambana Andre Ward mbali ya kila kitu mimi tu akaenda kwa njia ya. Matatizo yote, ucheleweshaji wote, zote za hisia zile ... yeye kupambana kwamba guy kuja Jumamosi usiku. "

 

"Kila mapambano kwa ajili yangu ni Super Bowl. Sikumpoteza hata katika muda mrefu sana. Sisi tayari kwa kila kitu ambacho Paul Smith ni kwenda kuwa na kila kitu yeye kwenda kuleta meza. Ni jambo zuri wakati kupambana wiki inakuja kote na unajua kwamba hawakuwa na kukata pembe yoyote. Kila rep kuhesabiwa kwa ajili yangu katika kambi hii. Kila pande zote kuhesabiwa kwa ajili yangu. Mimi kusukuma nyuma kile kocha wangu alitaka mimi kufanya. Kulikuwa na kitu mwanga kuhusu kambi hii. Nasikia kambi Smith kuzungumza mengi kuhusu pete kutu na kama kwamba ni nini wao ni benki ya, wao vibaya mpango wa mchezo kuja Juni 20. "

 

"Mpango wa mchezo ni razzle, dazzle, kulipuka na kufanya hivyo wote. Mimi kuwa na ufahamu kama mtaalamu. Virgil ameniambia kambi hii nzima 'Hakuna mchezo mpango kwa ajili Paul Smith. Basi ni kuja kwenu. Tumekuwa ndondi muda wa kutosha kwamba wakati kupata katika pete utasikia kujua nini cha kufanya. 'Tutaweza kufanya marekebisho njiani, lakini hakuna maalum mchezo mpango kwa ajili Paul Smith. Nadhani wewe ni kwenda kuona kila kitu kuja Jumamosi usiku. Sitakuja kwa nguvu. Mimi nina kwenda tu basi ni mtiririko. "

 

"Mji Hii ni kubwa kupambana wakati. Siyo tu Oakland. Ni San Francisco. Ni Haywayd. Ni Stockton. Ni miji yote yanayozunguka. Wakati wowote wao wana moja ya zao katika mstari wa mbele, wanaunga mkono na kwamba ni nini mimi upendo kuhusu Bay Area. "

 

 

Paul Smith (35-5, 20 KO ya) – Aliyekuwa Dunia Title Challenger

"Mwisho kubwa kikao Gym Mimi nilikuwa alikuwa Ijumaa hii iliyopita. Kila kitu mimi naweza kuwa uwezekano wa kosa ilitokea wakati kambi ya mafunzo yangu. wiki iliyopita kuhusu ni kufurahi, kupumzika, kupata nishati ngazi yako juu na uzito wako chini. "

 

"Wakati [mkufunzi] Joe [Gallagher] anapata katika [kwa Oakland], tutaweza kukaa chini na yeye kumweka nje mambo mara moja kwamba tunahitaji kufanya kazi nje ... nini mahitaji ya kusukuma, mchezo mpango. Makini na mpango wa mchezo na mbinu. Tutaweza kuwa kuangalia kanda ya Kata na dissecting yao. "

 

"Ni kubwa kuwa na watu katika Gym leo. Jana, tukafika Gym Mfalme kufanya kazi nje na ilikuwa kidogo utulivu zaidi. Ni nzuri ya kuwa na hali nzuri kama hii katika mazoezi. Kila mtu anajua kuna mapambano ya wiki hii na ni kubwa ya kuwa na watoto (kutoka wavulana na wasichana Club ya Oakland) hapa. "

 

"I love Oakland. Ni ngumu, lakini ni mgumu pale nilipo kutoka mno. Liverpool ni mgumu. Mimi nina kweli matumaini kwamba Fainali kwenda mchezo saba hivyo ni mwishoni mwa wiki kubwa kwa Oracle uwanja. Itakuwa kuleta baadhi anga kwa medani usiku kabla mapambano. Mimi pengine si kupata usingizi yoyote kwa sababu ya kelele. "

 

"Kuna si mengi zaidi siwezi kufanya ili kujiandaa sasa. Kuna kitu Andre anaweza kufanya leo kusaidia kunipiga Jumamosi usiku. Chochote sisi wote kufanyika katika muda wa wiki kabla ya ni nini tunaenda katika pete na. Siwezi kupata fit tena. mchezo mpango inafanywa. Mimi niko katika nafasi ambapo mimi nina kupata kupambana mpiganaji bora katika mgawanyo wangu katika dunia. Najua kwamba zaidi ya mtu yeyote. Hakuna mtu anahitaji kuwakumbusha yangu ya kwamba, lakini mimi pia kujua mimi kuwa na nafasi ya kumpiga. Najua kwamba mimi tu kufanya kile mimi kufanya na fimbo na mpango wa mchezo. "

 

 

Aaron Coley (9-1-1, 6 KO ya) – Junior Middleweight matarajio

"Nimekuwa mafunzo katika mazoezi sawa na Andre Ward ajili ya kupambana hii. Ni furaha kubwa kwangu kupigana katika Oakland. Nina kuhusu 200 Watu kuja kupambana. Mimi nina kuangalia kwa majeruhi katika vita hii, kwa kweli. Mimi kuja mbali ya hasara ya kwanza ya kazi yangu na mimi nina mapigano kwa mara ya kwanza katika Oakland, hivyo mimi nina kuangalia kumvutia. Nataka kupata kwamba majeruhi mapema. "

 

Meng "damu baridi" Fanlong (1-0) – Mwanga Heavyweight matarajio

 

"Nina furaha sana na kuheshimiwa kuwa juu ya tukio hili kubwa katika Oracle uwanja siku ya Jumamosi, Juni 20 akishirikiana Andre Ward. Mimi ni fahari sana kuwa mapigano kwenye kadi hiyo kama World Champion Andre Kata. "

 

 

Wang "Jimmy" Zhimin (9-1) – Junior welterweight matarajio

"Mimi nina kuangalia mbele na mapambano yangu siku ya Jumamosi, Juni 20 katika Oracle uwanja katika Oakland. I am very happy to be on this great card with Andre Ward and Go Warriors.”

 

Ward vs. Smith, a 12 duru bout yaliyowasilishwa na Roc Taifa Michezo, unafanyika Jumamosi, Juni 20 katika Oracle uwanja katika Oakland, California, Itakuwa televisheni kuishi kwenye BET na streamed kimataifa juu ya TIDAL.com katika 10:00 ET / 7:00 PM PT na zimetolewa kwa kushirikiana na Matchroom Sport. kupambana ni kufadhiliwa na Waterfront Hotel, Ukumbi Wafalme, Kiatu Palace, CTMS Travel, U-BOAT, FanDuel, Fandango, Q 102.1, 95.7 Mchezo na KBLX 102.9. Mbali na hatua kubwa ndani ya pete, Tukio hilo kipengele kadhaa mashuhuri kumgusa Roc Taifa ambayo zaidi kutumika watazamaji na kuimarishwa shabiki uzoefu, ikiwa ni pamoja na Nipsey Hussle kuchukua kwa pete kwa ajili ya utendaji maalum kabla ya tukio kuu. Tukio itakuwa mwenyeji na mashuhuri emcee Sway Calloway na pia kipengele kugonga bwana DJ Franzen ambao utatumika sambamba sway katika usiku. Tiketi bei saa $250, $125, $90, $60 na $30, si ikiwa ni pamoja na gharama za huduma husika na kodi, ni juu ya kuuzwa sasa na inapatikana katika maeneo yote Ticketmaster, online saa Ticketmaster.com na malipo kwa njia ya simu katika (800) 745-3000. Milango wazi katika 3:00 PM, mapambano ya kwanza huanza saa 3:30 Mchana na BET matangazo na TIDAL.com mkondo kuanza katika 10:00ET / 7:00 PM PT.

 

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ROC NATION SPORTS ANNOUNCES SPECIAL PERFORMANCES AND UNDERCARD FIGHTERS FOR JUNE 20, 2015 ANDRE WARD VS. PAUL SMITH throne boxing EVENT AT ORACLE ARENA IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA kuishi kwenye BET MITANDAO & TIDAL

 

Nipsey Hussle, Sway Calloway & DJ Franzen wanaunda Entertainment Line Up

Antonio Nieves vs. Stephon Young Matukio Katika televisheni Co-Matukio Bout

Luis Arias, Aaron Coley, Daniel Franco, Tony Hirsch, Meng Fanlong & Wang Zhimin

Kuwa Matukio ya juu undercard

NEW YORK - Juni 10, 2015 - Kutarajia sana kurudi pete ya WBA Middleweight Champion Dunia na Olimpiki Gold mshindi Andre Ward (27-0, 14 KO ya) dhidi ya aliyekuwa Title Dunia Challenger Paul Smith (35-5, 20 KO ya) ya Uingereza juu ya Juni 20 has been elevated to another level with the announcement that the event will now include a live musical performance by Los Angeles-based rapper Nipsey Hussle mara moja kabla ya Kata na Smith kufanya vita. Mashabiki pia kuwa na uwezo wa kupata hatua na utendaji kuishi kwenye BET Networks zote nchini Marekani na kimataifa juu ya TIDAL.com, wapya ilizindua muziki Streaming huduma unachanganya bora ya juu uaminifu sauti ya shaba, video ufafanuzi juu ya muziki na expertly curated wahariri.

 

Tiketi bei saa $250, $125, $90, $60 na $30, si ikiwa ni pamoja na gharama za huduma husika na kodi, ni juu ya kuuzwa sasa na inapatikana katika maeneo yote Ticketmaster, online saa Ticketmaster.com na malipo kwa njia ya simu katika(800) 745-3000.

 

Katika intriguing televisheni ushirikiano featured bout pitting matarajio mbili unbeaten dhidi ya mtu mwingine, Cleveland asili Antonio Nieves (12-0, 6 KO ya) na Stephon Young (13-0-1, 5 KO ya) ya St. Louis itakuwa vita ni nje juu ya raundi nane katika bout featherweight. Cleveland imekuwa inajulikana kama hotbed kwa ajili ya kuzalisha na kuahidi mabondia, ikiwa ni pamoja na matarajio undefeated Nieves aliyekuwa Amateur yenye ulitarajiwa, kushinda juu ya 60 mapambano wakati kuwa na tano wakati Cleveland Golden za kinga bingwa, Taifa Golden mshindi kinga fedha na ushindani katika majaribio ya Olimpiki. 28-umri wa miaka Nieves alifanya kwanza yake ya kikazi Novemba 12, 2011 kupata uamuzi usiojulikana dhidi DeWayne Wisdom katika La Villa Karamu katika Cleveland, Ohio. Nieves imeendelea rack up ushindi kuokota mafanikio tano katika busy 2014, ikiwa ni pamoja na tatu na mtoano. Katika outing yake ya mwisho, chini ya wiki mbili zilizopita Juni 6, Nieves chuma kwanza raundi ya mtoano kiufundi kushinda juu ya Gabor Molnar katika Presque Isle Downs Casino katika Erie, Pennsylvania. On Juni 20, matarajio wenzake undefeated Young utaangalia kumaliza Nieves 'kushinda streak. Pia Amateur decorated ambao kufufuka kama juu kama cheo namba mbili wa kitaifa na narrowly missed kufanya 2012 U.S. Olimpiki Boxing Team, Young alifanya mechi yake ya kwanza pro juu ya Agosti 12, 2011 na uamuzi ushindi usiojulikana juu Ricky LACEFIELD katika Ameristar Casino katika Saint Charles, Missouri. Young undefeated kukimbia aliendelea hivi karibuni kwenye Machi 27 dhidi ya Yesu Gonzalez na raundi ya pili ya kiufundi mtoano katika Balozi katika Saint Louis, Missouri.

 

Mbali na hatua ndani ya pete, Roc Taifa Sports kuleta majina mengine makubwa kwa kiti ndondi uzoefu katika Oracle uwanja ikiwa ni pamoja na mashuhuri tukio emcee, radio utu, MTV habari mwandishi na Oakland-asili Sway Calloway, ambao utatumika kama jeshi tukio la, na kugonga bwana DJ Franzen, mkazi DJ katika Las Vegas 'Moto 97.5. Sway na Franzen kuwakaribisha pamoja katika usiku wa kuweka nishati kati vipindi vya.

 

Kutakuwa na nyuso kadhaa mashuhuri ringside tayari kukamata hatua zote juu ya Juni 20 ikiwa ni pamoja na WBC na Gonga Magazine Middleweight Champion Dunia Miguel Cotto, Michael B. Jordan, Frank Gore (Indianapolis Colts), Colin Kaepernick (San Francisco 49ers), E-40, Brice Butler (Oakland Washambulizi), Marcell Reece (Oakland Washambulizi), James Jones (Oakland Washambulizi), Pia fupi na Ryan Coogler.

 

Katika yasiyo ya televisheni undercard hatua, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ya undefeated matarajio Luis "Cuba" Arias (10-0, 4 KO ya) will make his second appearance of 2015. Arias began boxing at the age of seven and compiled an amateur record of 140-25, kupata USA Boxing namba moja ya wanaume junior cheo katika 2006, wanaume namba moja chini ya 19 cheo katika 2008 na cheo namba moja ya watu katika 2010. Yeye alitekwa U.S.A. Wananchi wa Taifa michuano Chini-19 katika 2008 na wawili Mabingwa U.S.A Wananchi wa Taifa katika 2009 na 2010. Arias 'mtaalamu kwanza ulifanyika Novemba 10, 2012 katika Kituo cha mazao ya chakula katika Los Angeles ambako kushindwa Josh Thorpe kupitia wanne mzima usiojulikana uamuzi. Alianza 2013 na ushindi tatu, wote kwa mtoano, ambao walikuwa na kufuatiwa na ushindi dhidi ya DonYil Livingston juu ya uamuzi Mei 4 katika MGM Grand Garden Arena katika Las Vegas. He closed the year with three more victories including a second-round knockout of Cameron Allen in his first scheduled eight-round fight. Katika bout yake hivi karibuni kwenye Machi 14katika Coliseo Roger L. Mendoza katika Caguas, Puerto Rico, Arias kushindwa Zakaria Kelley wakati Kelley alikuwa hana halali katika mzunguko wa pili kwa ajili ya mara kwa mara makofi chini. On Juni 20, yeye itabidi kuangalia kuweka njia zake kushinda kwenda katika duru sita super Middleweight bout dhidi ya mpinzani kuangaliwa.

 

Mitaa Hayward, California favorite Aaron Coley (9-1-1, 6 KO ya) anaungana undercard kuangalia aje kutoka kitaalamu hasara yake ya kwanza ambayo iliingia kupitia usiojulikana uamuzi dhidi yenye Ikiwa Ievgen Khytrov katika Aviator Sports Complex katika Brooklyn, New York juu ya Aprili 10 katika mapambano kwamba alikuwa televisheni juu ya Showtime ya ShoBox. Yeye kuangalia kupata nyuma kufuatilia kushinda juu ya Juni 20 wakati anachukua juu ya Yosmani Abreu (4-9-2) ya Las Vegas, Nevada katika raundi ya sita junior Middleweight mapambano.

 

Hailing kutoka Riverside, California na mapigano kati ya ndondi hotbed ya Oxnard, undefeated junior nyepesi Daniel "papatika" Franco (10-0-3, 7 KO ya) alianza ndondi akiwa na umri wa miaka nane, amassing rekodi Amateur ya 67-15, kushinda Oxnard PAL michuano ya 2006 na kinga michuano California State Silver katika 2007 njiani. Wakati Franco mtaalamu kwanza Desemba 18, 2010, yeye kushindwa Emanuel Machorro katika Club 401 katika Ontario, California kupitia raundi ya tatu kiufundi mtoano. Licha ya kuwa waliojiunga kama ya muda mwanafunzi katika Chuo CHAFFEY katika RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Franco hisia mapema katika kazi yake, kuandaa rekodi undefeated na mbili huchota katika kumbi katika California mwishoni mwa 2013. Mmoja wa wale huchota wakaja juu Alejandro Ochoa katika Utulivu kanuni kwa Montebello, California Septemba 20, 2013, lakini katika rematch miezi mitatu baadaye, Franco outmatched Ochoa bao sita mzima ushindi uamuzi usiojulikana katika Westin Bonaventure Hoteli katika Los Angeles. Katika bout yake hivi karibuni mnamo Januari 17, alifunga kuvutia raundi ya kwanza Knockout kushinda juu Sergio Najera katika Oceanview banda katika PORT HUENEME, California. Juni 20, Franco, ambaye hivi karibuni saini mkataba wa kipekee uendelezaji na Roc Taifa Michezo, utaona hatua katika raundi ya nane junior nyepesi bout dhidi Jonathan Alcantara (7-13-2, 1 KO) ya Los Angeles, California.

 

Bidhaa nyingine ya Bay Area, Oakland ya Tony Hirsch (18-6-2, 8 KO ya) alitekwa wazi WBC United States Middleweight Title dhidi basi-undefeated Wes Capper na uamuzi wa wengi katika mapambano yake ya mwisho Machi 14, 2015 katika Sam Town Hotel & Kamari Hall katika Las Vegas, Nevada. Hirsch lawama undercard Juni 20 kuangalia kuendelea njia zake kushinda mpinzani kutajwa jina lake katika raundi ya sita Middleweight mapambano.

 

Meng "damu baridi" Fanlong (1-0) Ilikuwa Kichina kitaifa mwanga Heavyweight bingwa kwa miaka saba mfululizo kutoka 2008 kwa 2013. Hailinging kutoka Chi Feng, Mongolia, saba wakati taifa Kichina bingwa pia alikuwa tuzo ya medali ya dhahabu wakati wa Kichina Taifa Michezo. Orodha Fanlong ya mikopo katika amateurs pia ni pamoja na anayewakilisha China katika 2012 Majira Michezo ya Olimpiki mjini Beijing, ambapo alishinda ufunguzi bout yake kabla ya kuanguka kwa sana ulitarajiwa Brazil Yamaguchi Falmbwa katika raundi ya 16; kufikia fainali ya michuano Asia katika 2011 wakati wake alichukua nyumbani medali ya fedha; kushinda tatu kikohozi katika 2011 Dunia Amateur Boxing Mabingwa katika mtindo kubwa kufikia robo fainali; na kuifanya kwa nusu fainali ya 2010 Asia Michezo, kutoka ambayo yeye kuletwa nyumbani medali ya shaba. Meng alifanya kwanza yake ya kikazi mnamo Januari 17, 2015 katika Mohegan Sun Casino katika UNCASVILLE, Connecticut, bao ushindi dhidi ya Marcellus Yates uamuzi. Yeye sasa kuangalia kuendelea kupanda yake ya kikazi wakati anachukua juu ya Albert Avina (0-3) ya Stockton, California kati ya nne pande zote cruiserweight bout Juni 20.

 

Rounding nje undercard itakuwa Wang "Jimmy" Zhimin (9-1) ya Ning Bo, China ambaye atakabiliwa Jose Guzman (6-10-1) ya Bronx, New York katika raundi ya sita junior welterweight bout. Katika 2010, Zhimin ilifika fainali ya Kichina ya Taifa Boxing mashindano ya ambapo alipokea medali ya fedha. Mwaka mmoja baadaye katika 2011, Zhimin kufikiwa mnara wa kazi yake Amateur wakati yeye alishinda dhahabu katika Dunia Mfululizo wa ndondi nchini China yake ya asili. Katika 2012, yeye alishinda medali nyingine ya fedha, wakati huu katika Erdos Kimataifa Boxing mashindano. Zhimin alifanya kwanza yake ya kikazi mnamo Januari 17, 2015 katika Mohegan Sun Casino katika UNCASVILLE, Connecticut bao uamuzi ushindi usiojulikana juu Kin Moy (Pro Albamu).

 

Ward vs. Smith, a 12 duru bout yaliyowasilishwa na Roc Taifa Michezo, unafanyika Jumamosi, Juni 20 katika Oracle uwanja katika Oakland, California, Itakuwa televisheni kuishi kwenye BET na streamed kimataifa juu ya TIDAL.com katika 10:00 ET / 7:00 PM PT na zimetolewa kwa kushirikiana na Matchroom Sport. kupambana ni kufadhiliwa na Waterfront Hotel, Ukumbi Wafalme , Kiatu Palace, Q 102.1, 95.7 Mchezo na KBLX 102.9. Mbali na hatua kubwa ndani ya pete, Tukio hilo kipengele kadhaa mashuhuri kumgusa Roc Taifa ambayo zaidi kutumika watazamaji na kuimarishwa shabiki uzoefu, ikiwa ni pamoja na Nipsey Hussle kuchukua kwa pete kwa ajili ya utendaji maalum kabla ya tukio kuu. Tukio itakuwa mwenyeji na mashuhuri emcee Sway Calloway na pia kipengele kugonga bwana DJ Franzen ambao utatumika sambamba sway katika usiku. Tiketi bei saa $250, $125, $90, $60 na $30, si ikiwa ni pamoja na gharama za huduma husika na kodi, ni juu ya kuuzwa sasa na inapatikana katika maeneo yote Ticketmaster, online saa Ticketmaster.com na malipo kwa njia ya simu katika (800) 745-3000. Milango wazi katika 3:00 PM, mapambano ya kwanza huanza saa 3:10 Mchana na BET matangazo na TIDAL.com mkondo huanza saa 10:00ET / 7:00 PM PT.

 

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