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Two Main Events to Air Live on SHOWTIME
in a Split-Site Doubleheader Saturday, 할 수있다 19
Hard-Hitting 175-pound Champion Adonis Stevenson
Defends Title Against Two-Division Champion
Badou Jack From Canada &
프리미어 복싱 챔피언에 의해 발표
Tickets on Sale Now for MGM National Harbor Show
국가 HARBOR (4월 20, 2018) – Two exciting main events will be presented on the same night, 토요일, 할 수있다 19 live on SHOWTIME as part of a split-site doubleheader telecast.
페더급 세계 챔피언 게리 러셀 주니어. will defend his WBC title against undefeated mandatory challenger 조셉 “조조” 디아즈 주니어. 토요일에, 할 수있다 19 in a clash live on SHOWTIME from MGM National Harbor in Maryland.
The other half of the split-site SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast will feature WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion 아도니스 스티븐슨 2 부 세계 챔피언에 대한 그의 타이틀 방어 Badou 잭 in a main event from Canada presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
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러셀 주니어. and Diaz Jr. have both had sensational professional and amateur careers, including representing the U.S. at two different Olympic Games – Russell in 2008 and Diaz in 2012. Russell is noted for having some of the fastest hands in boxing but will be tested by a young, hungry contender in his first world title fight.
“The featherweight division is one of the most talent laden in boxing and Gary Russell, 주니어. is at the head of a class of terrific boxers at 126 파운드,” 말했다 TGB 프로모션의 톰 브라운. “요셉 디아즈 주니어. is young, hungry and undefeated and he’s coming for the title and he’s going to have to beat Russell in front of his hometown crowd to take it. It has the makings of an instant classic. Boxing fans will be the real winners on May 19.”
“SHOWTIME continues to deliver the most meaningful and action-packed fights in boxing, week after week,” 스티븐 에스피 노자는 말했다, 대통령, Sports and Event Programming for SHOWTIME. “일에 19, we have two events that demand top-billing, with world champions facing their toughest challengers in an international split-site doubleheader. Gary Russell and JoJo Diaz will meet in the latest of what has become a de facto featherweight tournament this spring on SHOWTIME. Over the next two months, SHOWTIME will deliver four pivotal matchups featuring three world champions and seven of the consensus top-10 featherweights in the world. 대 아도니스 스티븐슨. Badou Jack is by far the biggest fight at light heavyweight in 2018, fellow 175-pound champs facing off in what has the makings of a lasting rivalry.”
The 29-year-old Russell (28-1, 17 KOS 호텔), 워싱턴에서 태어난 사람, D.C. 지금은 국회 의사당 높이에 살고, 메릴랜드, will be defending his title before a hometown crowd. This will be Russell’s second straight fight at MGM National Harbor following his knock-out win over Oscar Escondon in his first title defense there on May 20, and second defense overall. It was his third straight knockout victory in a world title fight since dropping a majority decision to Vasyl Lomachenko in his first world title shot in 2014.
러셀, 그의 아버지에 의해 훈련 누가, 게리, 미스터, 권투 가족의 일부입니다. 그의 남동생 중 두 명, 게리 안토니오와 게리 안투 안느, 현재 최고의 전문가입니다, are also trained by their father and will be fighting on their older brother’s undercard on May 19.
“I don’t see this being a long night,” 사이드 러셀 주니어. “If he gets reckless, it might end early. I don’t plan on going the distance with anyone I step in the ring with. I know he’s in for a rude awakening. I don’t feel as though he has the punching power, the hand speed or the ring IQ to do anything to me. At the end of the day he’ll have the opportunity to say he got in the ring with Mr. 게리 러셀, 주니어.
“It will be an early birthday gift for my Dad. Last year I fought on his birthday, 할 수있다 20. 그건 꽤 멋지다. I love fighting at the MGM. I love the convenience. I love that all my friends and fans, and the people who honk at me from their cars when I’m running can hop in their cars rather get on a plane to come and see me fight.”
Diaz Jr., who is also trained by his father, 조셉, 미스터, was a two-time amateur national champion in the bantamweight division. He represented the U.S. 에서 2012 Olympic games in London. Immediately after, 디아즈 주니어. signed with Golden Boy Promotions and began a stellar career that has earned him a spot at the pinnacle of the featherweight division.
“I’m happy to be fighting for my first world title against the best 126-pound world champion,” said Diaz Jr. “I’ll prove to everyone that I belong on that featherweight throne come May 19.”
“I will be the bigger man come fight night, and I will break him down physically and mentally. He just better give me the credit I deserve once I beat him, and not blame his inactivity for being a factor in his loss.”
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