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Home Field Advantage: Fan Favorite Sean O’Malley Bulldozes Sterling at UFC 292, Chris Weidman’s Return Sparks Talk of Retirement, Katona vs. Gibson Earns Fight of the Night…and much more from the UFC’s return to Boston last Saturday

Agosto 27, 2023 FNU47 Deja un comentario

Por: Rich Bergeron

UFC 292 was the first UFC event I attended in 16 año. As the MMA writer most known for exposing the Xyience scandal (see www.xyiencesucks.com), I dug out my old Xyience hat to commemorate the occasion. Once the UFC’s most prolific sponsor, Xyience is now primarily an energy drink company and does not even associate with any MMA league anymore. no hace falta decir que, I was the only one in the entire arena sporting Xyience merch.

I paid for my own tickets this time, but I couldn’t avoid thinking about what my UFC 292 experience would have been like if my UFC 78 experiencia, paid for by Xyience, had turned out much differently for me almost 16 hace años que.

I will be ruminating more on the personal story of my own Boston homecoming and the changes we’ve seen for the UFC between the last fight I attended and this one in a new piece I plan to write on www.paythefighters.com. Stay tuned for that, but first let’s get to the UFC’s well constructed fight card for Saturday night.

It began with a tale of two flyweight Silvas: Karine Silva and Natalia Silva. Those bouts ended with two Silva wins by two different methods, but each fighter proved dominant in their particular styles. Karine dispatched Maryna Moroz with a last-second guillotine choke just before the end of the first round. It was a fantastic start to a show that had a few peaks and valleys as far as the entertainment value of some of the match-ups. Natalia took her time and picked apart a game Andrea Lee from a distance for the majority of the contest. She cruised to a unanimous decision by being cautious and careful with her striking aim.

Siguiente, a controversial split decision gave the odds-makers’ favorite fighter Andre Petrovski a win over Gerald Meershaert. Petrovski did not appear to have the cardio to hang with the seasoned veteran Meerschaert. All that was lacking in this fight was the concentrated striking power from Meershaert to put Petrovski down and out. Ambos boxeadores tuvieron sus momentos, but it seemed obvious to me Gerald was the busier and more effective fighter. He was only one of the robbery victims accosted by the judges Saturday night after clearly winning a primarily technical fight. The touches of slugfest sprinkled in from time to time seemed to always favor the more game and eager Meerschaert. He definitely deserved the win. We’ll talk about another robbery of equal caliber a bit later.

A pair of Ultimate Fighter Finale fights came next with Bantamweights Brad Katona and Cody Gibson kicking it off by earning “Fight of the Night” honors. Their toe-to-toe kickboxing match that rarely hit the ground for very long certainly had the crowd riled up from start to finish. Katona ended up being a second quicker on the draw and sharp enough with his jabs and counters to secure a win in a scrap where he often had to take one good punch to land two of his own. Gibson wore the results of Brad’s accuracy on his battered face at the final bell, but he also earned great respect for his never-quit approach from both the crowd and the organization. The UFC offered both fighters contracts for their efforts instead of only the winner getting the nod.

Kurt Holobaugh had to fight friend and fellow Team Chandler fighter Austin Hubbard in the Lightweight finale. It was a fight that started better for Hubbard than it ended. Eventually after a short feeling out process, Holobaugh took the momentum away and secured a phenomenal Triangle Choke just 2:39 en el segundo cuadro. Both fighters had their dominating moments, but it was Holobaugh’s black belt jiu jitsu skills that won the night and the TUF trophy.

Gregory Rodrigues absolutely demolished Russian Dennis Tiuliulin in a middleweight fight that had the Beantown crowd chanting “USA” briefly while rooting for a Brazilian fighter. “Robocop” enjoyed the crowd support and quickly obliged their cheers with his finishing skills in full display. Rodrigues coincidentally looks a bit like the main character in Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer,” if the character bulked up after a few rounds of steroids. Rodrigues certainly laid down the law and pummeled the Russian into unconsciousness with a machine-like precision. He took just one minute and 43 seconds to give the crowd their last stoppage until the main event.

Five straight decisions followed, two of them decided by perfect placement of monstrous leg kicks from the victors. The most painful of those two bouts to watch was Chris Weidman finishing out the preliminaries by facing off with Brad Tavares in a punishing middleweight battle. Weidman, coming back from a vicious rubber chicken leg injury where he tried to plant on a completely broken leg against Uriah Hall, looked rusty as rusty can be. Every takedown he attempted seemed to get stuffed easily by Tavares.

Every punching exchange seemed to be too little, too late for Weidman to come back from the constant leg kicks peppering both the leg with the old injury and Weidman’s other leg for good measure. Even with a torn MCL or ACL (according to Dana White who compelled Weidman to retire after the fight), Weidman stalked Tavares around the cage and tried his best to take the fight to him despite the busted wheel. Tavares won a very strategic and smart fight, disappointing the entire pro-Weidman crowd hoping for that miracle comeback performance that never came.

Marlon “Chito” Vera and Pedro Munhoz opened up the main card with a one-sided affair showcasing Vera’s patience, striking acumen, and nearly-flawless technique. Munhoz finished the fight on his feet, but he endured plenty of facial damage getting there. Chito stayed at a safe range for the majority of the bout and took few risks on the way to his unanimous decision win. The reach and speed of Vera seemed to be the most effective advantages he enjoyed against the shorter and stockier Munhoz. Vera, boring as he may be to watch at times, proved he deserves his own bantamweight title shot.

The third-straight decision gave Mario Bautista a very controversial unanimous decision win over Da’Mon Blackshear. Bautista edged out Blackshear in terms of ground control, but Blackshear was more accurate in his striking and landed more significant strikes in the featherweight scrap. I certainly thought he did enough to win, but the judges did not see the fight the same way and gave the contest to Bautista.

Ian Garry and Neil Magny clashed next in a mismatched welterweight contest. Magny showed tremendous heart in getting back up after every knockdown, but he could not overcome the incessant leg kicks thrown by Garry. Referee Keith Peterson came close to stopping the bout a few times, but Magny kept doing just enough to keep it going, hopping around on one leg at times. Garry’s striking was just as on point as his trash talk game, evoking the spirit of Nate Diaz with a few well-timed hand gestures. The crowd celebrated his continued dominance with Garry telling them about his desire to be the best fighter on the face of the earth someday in his post-fight speech. Magny will have to find an answer to his recent struggles if he wants to remain relevant in the UFC.

Weili Zhang and Amanda Lemos squared off in an epic title fight next. Lemos nearly secured a couple miraculous submission attempts, but the strawweight title fight turned into a question of whether or not Lemos could survive until the final bell. Zhang showcased her talents in all her areas of expertise, and Lemos could only hope to win by way of a couple Hail Mary submission attempts Zhang wriggled out of. Zhang’s speed, power and durability overwhelmed Lemos and left her struggling to avoid a stoppage through much of the later rounds. Somehow she managed to do it, taking a tremendous amount of damage on her way. Zhang walked away retaining her title, much to the delight of fans who backed her through the entire fight.

Finalmente, the main event arrived, well after midnight. Sean O’Malley entered the arena first, and the crowd erupted. Many of them sported green or pink wigs to imitate O’Malley’s signature look. O’Malley honestly looked pretty petrified, as if he didn’t even sleep at all the night before the event. Aljamain Sterling entered the cage to a chorus of boos he attempted to make light of by egging the crowd on to boo him more.

The first round was mostly a showcase of footwork from both fighters. O’Malley’s head games might have worked on Sterling, because he promised in pre-fight interviews he would secure a first round TKO of his own. Rather than rely on his greatest strength, his wrestling, Sterling wanted to beat O’Malley at his own game. That turned out to be the wrong strategy, a fact Sterling eventually realized by the time he ended up on the wrong side of that TKO. There were scant attempts to take O’Malley down, and all of them were completely stuffed. Sterling folded and fell to the canvas after getting hit with an O’Malley counter punch early in the second round. The rest was history as O’Malley closed “the Suga show” with some McGregor-esque ground and pound.

Both fighters gave great post-fight speeches, true to form. Sterling was gracious in defeat and showed his respect for O’Malley striving to reach his dream. Considering Sterling criticized O’Malley before the fight for being Dana White’s pet project and not deserving a title shot, it was a huge mea culpa. También, if it was indeed all about being favored by Mr. White, O’Malley might have ticked off the Baldfather by indicating he’d like to fight Boxer Gervonta Davis more than any other actual UFC fighter.

As only the second Dana White Contender Series fighter to earn a world title, O’Malley can certainly call his own shots to some extent, but a boxing crossover is a very sensitive subject in the wake of Francis Ngannou recently making waves for backing out of his UFC contract and signing up for a heavyweight boxing match with Tyson Fury that will eclipse his career UFC earnings by a mile. Only Conor McGregor has been able to convince UFC brass to go all in on a crossover fight into boxing so far. Dana White has since completely scrapped tentative plans to create “Zuffa Boxing” to account for his fighters wanting to emulate McGregor’s profile, financial track record and bold bravado that earned him that opportunity to fight Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition bout.

Often, to get Dana White’s attention and respect, fighters simply have to sell themselves enough for that to translate into massive merchandise and ticket sales generated off their buzz. Much like the WWE, big personas and colorful characters often win out on opportunities in the UFC over athletes who just concentrate on their physical skill sets. Strikers are especially favored, because they deliver on the UFC’s implied “put on a show” standard of excellence imposed on every fighter who steps into the cage. It’s a style of management and carrot and stick leadership that fools fighters into thinking it’s better for their careers to constantly come forward with little concern for defense and take tremendous risks to be much more exciting and entertaining than they need to be to win a particular fight.

Now this kid O’Malley confesses to want to be like Dana himself, comfortable enough financially to bet $250,000 per poker hand. The most special talent prior to O’Malley used his own rising star persona to build his own name brands and buy his own whiskey company. He has a yacht and a Lamborghini, and he’s still the most talked about and called out fighter in the organization even after losing such a one-sided battle with Dustin Poirier and being sidelined with a broken leg for a few years. The fact that O’Malley can realize and internalize that he’ll probably never get to Conor’s level without a huge crossover fight in boxing speaks volumes about where the UFC is at today.

It is the kind of development I have to chuckle at knowing how hard it’s been to bring all the fighter pay and contract issues to court without an army of lawyers to face the UFC’s formidable legal team. One such legal army recently secured the go ahead to pursue a class action anti-trust lawsuit on behalf of over 1,200 ex combatientes de UFC. The judge in the case appears to be already siding with the plaintiffs. Reaction to UFC class-action lawsuit certification: What happened, and what’s next? (msn.com)

Whenever the organization is confronted by statistics that show the revenue share for fighters is minuscule compared to other major sports with players’ associations, the response is typically something to the effect of: “We’ve made so many millionaires. Our fighters are doing just fine, and they all get plenty of financial opportunities with the fame we’ve helped them achieve.”

As an expert on the UFC’s financial history and an audience member at UFC 292, I couldn’t avoid confronting the reality that so many “UFC Nut-hugger” journalists get all the fringe benefits of press privileges because they play along so well with that “Zuffa Myth” mentality. The folks who put the UFC on the map subliminally seduce their supporters with access and promises of fame and opportunity, and fighters and media members alike get sucked into those kind of management theatrics. En turno, you don’t end up with much investigative reporting in MMA media circles, and fighters who ask a lot of questions and demand better contract conditions don’t get re-signed or set up with prime fight match-ups.

It took the main event result to really clarify the issue for me of how the UFC constantly keeps the focus on their supposed ability to create superstars just by letting a fighter sign any contract with the organization. Some who agree that’s the case would say it was the organization’s ability to see enough talent in O’Malley to put him on Dana White’s Contender Series that led to the spectacular rise to fame the new champ’s riding. Ciertamente, O’Malley wouldn’t have even been in Boston Saturday night if he never got into the organization. Sin embargo, there have been plenty of DWCS fighters who didn’t get any more UFC opportunities because they lost that entry-level fight. O’Malley had to win and keep winning to be where he was on Saturday night.

La cuestión es: Sean O’Malley’s cult following and tremendous self-confidence is a result of his own personal crusade to be someone special with unlimited potential and amazing talent. He would never even be in the conversation for a title if he did not put in all the untold hours in the gym striving to be better. The UFC did not create Sean O’Malley, they just gave him a platform to show what kind of fighter he could be. And while he is enjoying the superstardom the UFC will credit themselves for, O’Malley has to know the only way he can maximize his earning potential is to eclipse the organization itself. He has to go above and beyond their restrictive financial borders to a sport where the revenue share is so much better and a guy like Francis Ngannou can make more in one fight than he made in his entire UFC career.

Así, If Dana White really did make Sean O’Malley his pet project as Aljamain Sterling suggested, Él hizo un gran trabajo. Desafortunadamente, the monster he created may come back to bite him in the long run. Another UFC co-promoted boxing card will get too many of their employees trying to take the same route and wondering why Dana’s little buddy is getting all the breaks and benefits. Veterans and newcomers will both likely look at any hyped up Davis vs. O’Malley boxing match as an admission by their leadership that the UFC can’t pay their fighters enough to keep them in the cage.

“Kid, you have no idea how much money you’re gonna to make,” Dana White told O’Malley after the win according to a recent O’Malley interview. I imagine in his head, Dana finished that thought with “us.”

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SHOWTIME SPORTS® UNVEILS LOADED BOXING SCHEDULE FEATURING MARQUEE MATCHUPS FROM PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS

Marzo 18, 2022 FNU47 Deja un comentario

TWO WORLD TITLE UNIFICATIONS, SEVEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS AND THREE WORLD TITLE ELIMINATORS ACROSS FIVE MONTHS

Star-Studded Lineup Is Highlighted by Errol Spence Jr., Gervonta Davis, Jermell Charlo, David Benavidez and Jermall Charlo

NUEVA YORK - Marzo 15, 2022 - SHOWTIME Sports and Premier Boxing Champions today announced nine boxing events across the first half of 2022 featuring some of the sport’s most accomplished and dynamic stars in highly competitive matchups. The lineup pits champions against champions and top contenders against top contenders to form the strongest and most ambitious schedule in the industry. The robust lineup includes:

Nine marquee events across five months featuring 21 boxeadores invictos;

Two world championship unifications bouts, one for all four world title belts and the coveted title of Undisputed Champion, and one for three world title belts;

Seven world championship matches with at least 13 world title belts at stake and three world title eliminators;

All of the top-six ranked super welterweights fighting in a seven-week span;

Several pivotal crossroads fights from super bantamweight to super middleweight with an average of two events per month through July.

The massive schedule features the sport’s biggest stars: Errol Spence, Jr., Gervonta “Tanque” Davis, Jermell Charlo, David Benavidezy Jermall Charlo. There are also 18 fighters aged 27 years and younger including unified world championStephen Fulton, Jr., and highly regarded, invicto contendiente de peso welterJaron "Boots" Ennis. With this emphasis on youth and kingmaking, SHOWTIME Sports and Premier Boxing Champions are well positioned to carry the sport into the future. Led byStephen Espinoza, Presidente, Deportes & Programación de eventos, Showtime Networks Inc., and four-time Emmy^® Award-winning executive producerDavid Dinkins, Jr., who guides an all-star cast of commentators and production aces, TIEMPO DE LA FUNCION^® remains the most tenured and trusted platform in boxing. Arguably the best active welterweight of this era, the undefeated Spence, already a unified champ, will seek to collect a third world title when he puts his WBC and IBF straps on the line against WBA World ChampionYordenis Ugas enSábado,Abril 16 in the main event on SHOWTIME PPV^® en AT&Estadio T, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Spence-Ugas is only the 12^º unification match in the history of the welterweight division, joining classic matchups such as"Sugar" Ray Leonard vs.Thomas HearnsYo yFloyd Mayweather vs.Manny Pacquiao. The match is rich with intrigue as Spence attempts to claim supremacy in one of boxing’s deepest divisions, while Ugas, who nearly quit the sport, aims to complete a stunning turnaround after beating eight-division world champion Pacquiao in August. Boxing superstar and five-time, en tres divisiones campeón del mundoTanqueDavis will headline his fourth straight SHOWTIME PPV event against nemesisRolando Romero enSábado, Mayo 28, Barclays Center en Brooklyn, Nueva York, for Davis’ WBA Lightweight World Title. The bout comes on the heels of Davis’ hard-fought 12-round unanimous decision win overIsaac “Pitbull” Cruz in which Davis overcame an injury in front of a star-studded, sellout crowd in Los Angeles last December. WBO 154-pound No. 1-clasificado contendientetim tszyu, the son of Hall of FamerKostya Tszyu, who fought many of his most memorable bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, hará su U.S. debutSábado, March 26contra 2012 U.S. Olympian and top contenderTerrell Gaushaat The Armory in Minneapolis. The streaking southpawsErickson Lubin ySebastián Fundora will engage in a Super Welterweight Title Eliminator, for the WBC interim title, in the second of back-to-back, intriguing crossroads matchups in the division onSábado, Abril 9 from Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Jermell Charlo y Brian Castaño once again will seek to become the first undisputed 154-pound champion in the four-belt era and just the third overall undisputed champion today when they meet in a rematch of their 2021 classic onSábado, Mayo 14 in Los Angeles. Más, rising welterweight starEnnis, posiblemente the most talented boxer yet to win a world title, returns as the co-feature againstCustio Claytonin an IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator. Former two-time world championBenavidez regresa a la acción enSábado,May 21against knockout artistDavid Lemieux en 168 pounds in Phoenix, Ariz., in a bout between two of the sport’s biggest punchers. Fulton, in his first bout since his title unification win in the 122-pound division againstBrandon Figueroa, will defend his titles onSábado, Junio 4 in Minneapolis, against former unified world championDanny Roman in another can’t miss matchup. Jermall Charlo will defend his WBC Middleweight World Championship for the fifth time onSábado, Junio 18, when he faces former world title challenger, Sin CMB. 6-clasificadoMaciej Sulecki on the Juneteenth holiday weekend in Houston. OnSábado, Julio 9, en San Antonio, Texas, newly minted WBC Featherweight World ChampionCITAS DE LA CONFERENCIA DE PRENSA VIRTUAL DE MARK MAGSAYO will make his first title defense since dethroningGary Russell Jr.., on SHOWTIME against unbeaten mandatory challenger and former super bantamweight titleholderRey Vargas.
Additional high-stakes matches will be announced as individual fight cards fill out. “It’s a good time to be a boxing fan and SHOWTIME viewer with so many high-level, consequential matchups on our schedule,", DijoEspinoza, Presidente, Deportes & Programación de eventos, Showtime Networks Inc. “We continue to grow the sport at every level, from our grassroots seriesSHOBOXto crowning unified and undisputed champions across boxing’s deepest divisions. When you consider the competitive nature of these fights, the star power of fighters like Errol Spence, Jr., ‘Tank’ Davis, David Benavidez, the Charlo brothers—and the youthful vitality of Stephen Fulton, Jr., Jaron Ennis and Brandun Lee—it’s never been clearer that SHOWTIME is the destination for the most compelling fights and will be for years to come. This SHOWTIME Boxing lineup is hands down the most potent of any network or platform in 2022.” The SHOWTIME Sports boxing schedule features seven editions of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING^® and two significant SHOWTIME PPV events, todo presentado por Premier Boxing Champions: ·Marzo 26 - SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXINGThe Armory, Minneapolis, Desde.
o Tim Tszyu vs. Terrell Gausha, Super Welterweight Bouto Michel Rivera vs. José Adorno, Lightweight Bouto Elvis Rodriguez vs. Juan Jose Velasco, Superligero (142 LBS) Bout ·Abril 9 - SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__The Theatre at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas
o Erickson Lubin vs. Sebastián Fundora, WBC Super Welterweight Interim Titleo Tony Harrison vs. Sergio García, Super Welterweight Bouto Kevin Salgado vs. Bryant Perrella, Super Welterweight Bout ·Abril 16 - SHOWTIME PPV__AT&Estadio T, Arlington, Texas
o Errol Spence Jr. vs. Yordenis Ugas, CMB, AMB & IBF Welterweight World __Championship Unification
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (preceding PPV):o Radzhab Butaev vs. Eimantas Stanionis, WBA Welterweight Title Bouto Brandun Lee vs. Zachary Ochoa, Superligero Bout ·Mayo 14 - SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Los Angeleso Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Castaño II, FIB indiscutible, AMB, CMB & WBO Super __Welterweight World Championship Unificationo Jaron Ennis vs. Custio Clayton, IBF Welterweight Eliminator ·Mayo 21 - SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Fénix
o David Benavidez vs. David Lemieux, Super Middleweight Bouto Yoelvis Gomez vs. Jorge Cota, Super Welterweight Bout ·Mayo 28 - SHOWTIME PPV__Barclays Center, Brooklyn, Nueva York
o Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero, WBA Lightweight World Championship ·Junio 4 - SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Minneapolis
o Stephen Fulton, Jr. vs. Danny Roman, OMB & WBC Super Bantamweight World Championshipo David Morrell vs. kalvin Henderson, WBA Super Middleweight World Title ·Junio 18 - SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Houston
o Jermall Charlo vs. Maciej Sulecki, WBC Middleweight World Championship ·Julio 9 - SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__San Antonio
o Mark Magsayo vs. Rey Vargas, WBC Featherweight World Championship\

Para obtener más información y anuncios de peleas futuras, visitewww.SHO.com/sports, www.PremierBoxingChampions.com, siga en Twitter @ShowtimeBoxing, @PremierBoxing y @TGBPromotions en Instagram @ShowtimeBoxing, @PremierBoxing y @TGBPromotions o conviértase en fan en Facebook enwww.Facebook.com/SHOBoxing. Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), una subsidiaria de propiedad total de Paramount, posee y opera el servicio premium SHOWTIME^®, que presenta series originales aclamadas por la crítica, documentales provocativos, películas de éxito de taquilla, especiales de comedia y música y deportes contundentes. SHOWTIME está disponible como un servicio de transmisión independiente en todos los principales dispositivos de transmisión y Showtime.com, así como por cable, DBS, proveedores de telecomunicaciones y transmisión de video. SNI also operates the premium services THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ and FLIX^®, así como versiones bajo demanda de las tres marcas. SNI comercializa y distribuye eventos deportivos y de entretenimiento para los suscriptores sobre una base de pago por visión a través de SHOWTIME PPV^®. Para obtener más información, ir awww.SHO.com.

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GERVONTA “TANK” DAVIS PERMANECE INVICTO CON EMOCIONANTE DECISIÓN UNÁNIMO SOBRE ISAAC “PITBULL” Cruz

Diciembre 7, 2021 FNU47 Deja un comentario

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**LOS ANGELES** (Diciembre 5, 2021) –Superestrella del boxeo y cinco veces campeón mundial Gervonta “Tanque” Davis mostrar sus habilidades boxísticas, ganando una conmovedora decisión unánime de 12 asaltos sobre el implacable **Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz** para retener su título mundial de peso ligero de la AMB frente a un repleto de estrellas, multitud de 15,850 en STAPLES Center en vivo por SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View, en un evento presentado por Premier campeones de boxeo.

Scorecards leídas 116-112 y dos decenas de 115-113, todo por Davis.

El ambiente en la arena era eléctrico., con la asistencia de decenas de estrellas actuales y anteriores de la NBA, incluido Earvin "Magic" Johnson, kawhi leonard, Dwight Howard, kenny smith, Kevin Garnett y Paul Pierce entre otros.

Acompañado por el rapero superestrella Lil Durk, Davis entró al ring en Laker morado y dorado.; borlas a lo largo de sus baúles con el número "8" y "24" del difunto Kobe Bryant en cada lado. Cruz celebró su herencia mexicana con una banda de mariachis detrás de él mientras caminaba hacia el ring..

No hubo un proceso de tanteo en la primera. Cruz cargó contra el campeón defensor, sujetándolo contra las cuerdas y llorando.

"Es mi estilo. 'Pitbull' siempre va a estar al ataque,"Dijo Cruz. “Creo que mantuvimos el ritmo desde el principio hasta el final”.

Davis encontró su ritmo en el segundo y tercero, dando vueltas en el ring y llevando a Cruz a los tiros. En el cuarto, Cruz concentró su ataque al cuerpo, golpeando las costillas de Davis.

El nativo de Baltimore de 27 años encendió el poder en el cuarto, alternando entre el gancho de derecha y el cruce de izquierda detrás de su postura de zurdo. Más golpes de castigo vinieron de Davis durante el quinto.

“Es un peleador más bajo, así que estaba tirando hacia abajo en la parte superior de su cabeza,"Dijo Davis. “Le pegué con el nudillo y lo estropeé. Me lastimé la mano en el sexto asalto. No importa si el oponente es más alto o más bajo, tengo que superarlo. Es un guerrero. Aunque no ganó, una estrella nació esta noche.

“Fue alrededor de la quinta ronda que vi que su mano no funcionaba correctamente.,Cruz observó.

Davis boxeó maravillosamente en las rondas intermedias, disparar tiros rápidos y alejarse del fuego de respuesta. Un gancho de derecha en el octavo zumbó brevemente a Cruz y puso de pie a la audiencia.. Pero justo cuando parecía que la pelea se estaba escapando, Cruz combatió el fuego con fuego, aterrizar un uppercut al ras segundos antes de la campana.

El mexicano de 23 años tomó el ritmo en las últimas rondas, manteniendo a Davis alerta y golpeando lejos. Davis se defendió, contraatacar en igualdad de condiciones hasta el final de la pelea.

Naturalmente, Cruz creía que merecía la victoria.

“Viva Mexico. No tengo nada que decir, los fans estan hablando de quien gano esta pelea,"Él dijo.

Después de una exitosa defensa del título, Davis dijo que está listo para todos los interesados..

"LA., lo hicimos por Kobe,"Dijo Davis. “Al comienzo de la pelea, él vino fuerte. Sentí como iba la pelea, él se estaba desmoronando. Pero me lastimé la mano, asi que no pude sacarlo de ahi.

“Cualquiera que sea la mejor oportunidad para mí, Lo haré. Todos ellos son un trabajo fácil.. Soy el perro de arriba.

En el evento co-principal, **Sebastián "Towering Inferno" Fundora** se acercó a una oportunidad por el título mundial con una decisión unánime de 12 asaltos sobre el invicto anteriormente **Sergio García** en un WBC superwelter eliminatoria por el título.

Lectura de puntajes finales 118-110, 117-111 y 115-113.

Fundora estableció el control rápidamente en la primera, golpeando la cabeza del español García hacia atrás con una izquierda en auge. Los dos negociaron de manera uniforme durante las primeras rondas.. García tuvo sus momentos, incluido un fuerte derechazo en el quinto que hizo sangrar la nariz de Fundora.

Fundora, de 23 años, encontró su rango en el sexto, bombeando el jab y usando su marco de 6 pies y 5 pulgadas y su alcance de 80 pulgadas para mantener a raya a García.

“Estaba usando mi distancia mucho más. Quería mostrar algo diferente a lo que estoy acostumbrado.,”Dijo Fundora. “La altura definitivamente fue una diferencia en esta pelea”.

García tuvo problemas para aterrizar durante la segunda mitad de la pelea., excepto por un par de momentos en el 12^º cuando los dos combatientes se pararon cara a cara.

“Tal vez las cosas podrían haber sido diferentes si hubiera sido más agresivo desde el principio,"Dijo García. “No debería haberme dejado llevar por lo que estaba haciendo”.

Fundora cree que está listo para una oportunidad por el título mundial.

“Acabamos de vencer al No. 2 en el CMB, así que tenemos el número 1, y tenemos al campeon,”Dijo Fundora. “Quien sea que nos den a continuación, estamos listos para”.

En un emocionante ida y vuelta, **Carlos Adames** (21-1, 16 KOs) superó un duro desafío del ex retador al título mundial **Sergiy Derevyanchenko** (13-4, 10 KOs) para ganar una decisión mayoritaria de 10 asaltos en su eliminatoria por el título mundial de peso mediano del CMB.

Ambos combatientes tuvieron sus momentos, pero enfrentándose al rival más duro de su carrera, Adames, de 27 años, brilló. Un juez calificó la pelea de peso mediano incluso en 95-95, mientras que los otros dos se lo anotaron a Adames por veintenas de 96-94 y 97-93.

“Esto significa mucho para mí en mi carrera y es un gran logro ganar contra un peleador de su calibre.,- dijo adames, quien nació en la República Dominicana y pelea en Washington Heights en la ciudad de Nueva York.

“Soy agresivo y veloz por naturaleza., así que vine listo para hacer lo mío. Empezó lento, queriendo ver que pasaria, y simplemente tenía el plan de juego equivocado. Se cansó un poco a medida que avanzaba la pelea., Recibió muchos golpes duros de mi parte y era evidente que le causé mucho daño”.

“Espero que mi oponente pelee con el mismo estilo. no fue nada especial para mi, solo una pelea de calidad,"Dijo Derevyanchenko.

“Se quedó zurdo, esa fue la diferencia en la pelea. no se que hare a continuacion. Necesito un poco de descanso y luego volveré al gimnasio porque amo el boxeo y amo el espectáculo”.

“Esto me da la oportunidad de seguir adelante.,- dijo adames. “Yo domino en ambos 154 y 160, así que donde sea que me den la oportunidad de pelear por un campeonato, iré”.

En la pelea de apertura de la transmisión televisiva de SHOWTIME PPV, contendiente de peso superpluma **Eduardo “Zurdito” Ramirez** (26-2-3, 12 KOs) estaba en plena forma, ganando una amplia decisión unánime de 10 asaltos sobre el ex retador al título mundial **Miguel Marriaga**.

“Me gustaría agradecer a los fans, SHOWTIME y la familia Montiel por apoyarme. Marriaga fue un duro rival, pero logré dominar,"Dijo Ramirez. “Tenía un estilo de lucha variado y lo mantuve alerta todo el tiempo”.

Marriaga (30-5, 26 KOs) fue el agresor durante todo, particularmente en la primera ronda cuando respaldó a Ramírez con golpes combinados. Este último encontró su rango a la mitad del marco., utilizando un jab preciso. En el tercer, un gancho de derecha seguido de un volado de izquierda derribó a un Marriaga desequilibrado para una caída rápida.
“Empezamos fuerte, pero luego las cosas se pusieron cada vez más difíciles. Una vez dicho esto, estamos satisfechos con el trabajo que realizamos hoy,- dijo marriaga. “Deberíamos haber sido más inteligentes, pero hicimos todo lo posible ante una gran oportunidad que lamentablemente no pudimos aprovechar”.

Ramírez dominó tras anotar la caída, castigando a Marriaga desde entonces con un surtido de tiros en la cabeza y el cuerpo. Las estadísticas finales del golpe hicieron que Ramírez aterrizara 280 de 762 (36.7%) golpes totales a los de Marriaga 159 fuera 689 (21.3%).

“Ahora me voy a relajar con mi familia y disfrutar de las vacaciones,"Dijo Ramirez. “Entonces, con suerte 2022 vendrá con una oportunidad por el título para mí.”

El exitoso evento pay-per-view de esta noche se volverá a transmitir en SHOWTIME este sábado, Diciembre 11 en 10 p.m. ET / PT. La transmisión retrasada de Davis vs.. Cruz abrirá la transmisión con el campeón mundial de peso gallo del CMB y futuro miembro del Salón de la Fama, Nonito Donaire, quien defenderá su título contra el principal contendiente invicto y su compatriota filipino Reymart Gaballo como cabeza de cartel en un evento Premier Boxing Champions desde el Dignity Health Tennis Stadium en Carson..

El locutor deportivo veterano Brian Custer presentó la transmisión televisiva de SHOWTIME PPV mientras que la versátil voz de deportes de combate Mauro Ranallo manejó la acción paso a paso junto con el analista del Salón de la Fama Al Bernstein y el campeón mundial de tres divisiones Abner Mares. Tres miembros del Salón de la Fama completaron el equipo de transmisión de SHOWTIME: el reportero ganador del premio Emmy® Jim Gray, goleador no oficial Steve Farhood, y el presentador de ring de renombre mundial Jimmy Lennon Jr. El productor ejecutivo fue el cuatro veces ganador del premio Emmy® David Dinkins., Jr. La transmisión fue dirigida por Bob Dunphy.. El ex campeón mundial de peso mediano junior Raúl “El Diamante” Márquez y el comentarista deportivo Alejandro Luna se desempeñaron como analistas expertos en español en la programación de audio secundaria. (SAP).

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Gervonta Davis defenderá el título mundial de peso ligero de la AMB contra el contundente Isaac Cruz – Domingo, Diciembre 5

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La invicta cinco veces campeona mundial Gervonta Davis defenderá el título mundial de peso ligero de la AMB contra el contundente Isaac Cruz el domingo, Diciembre 5 en SHOWTIME PPV^®

Cruz reemplaza a Rolando Romero en el evento principal de

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LOS ANGELES (Noviembre 3, 2021) - Cinco veces campeón mundial invicto y la atracción más candente del boxeoGervonta “Tanque” Davis defenderá su Campeonato de Peso Ligero de la AMB contra contundentesIsaac “Pitbull’’ Cruz el domingo, Diciembre 5 en vivo por SHOWTIME PPV desde el STAPLES Center en Los Ángeles en un evento de Premier Boxing Champions.

Cruz, No se ha clasificado. 2 en el FIB, interviene para reemplazar a Rolando Romero.

Las entradas para el evento en vivo, which is promoted by Mayweather Promotions, Promociones GTD y Promociones TGB, están a la venta y se pueden adquirir enAXS.com.

La tercera atracción consecutiva de pago por evento de Davis lo verá luchar contra el duro Cruz, que se ha ganado con razón el apodo de "Pitbull" durante su carrera profesional.

“Esta será una pelea tremenda en SHOWTIME PPV,”Dijo Leonard Ellerbe, CEO de Mayweather Promotions. “Isaac Cruz estaba listo para esta gran oportunidad y espero que venga listo para entregar la pelea de su vida. Sin embargo, Gervonta Davis es un talento generacional que solo está mejorando. Esta pelea terminará de manera espectacular el 5 de diciembre ".

"Felicitaciones a Isaac Cruz por intervenir como un oponente de reemplazo en una alta presión, pay per view lucha contra una de las estrellas más brillantes del boxeo en Gervonta Davis,"Dijo Tom Brown, Presidente de Promociones TGB. “Cruz presenta una, y algunos argumentarían que un desafío más difícil para Tank Davis. Cruz no retrocederá y traerá la pelea a Davis desde la campana de apertura. Todos hemos visto la combinación de Gervonta de excelentes habilidades de boxeo y poder explosivo., y sabemos de lo que es capaz. Será la fuerza irresistible contra el objeto inamovible, lo que significa fuegos artificiales en STAPLES Center y en SHOWTIME PPV el domingo, 5 de diciembre ".

Davis (25-0, 24 KOs), estrella del establo de Mayweather Promotions, agregó otra actuación llena de momentos destacados en junio, ya que detuvo al invicto Mario Barrios para capturar un título de 140 libras y convertirse en un campeón mundial de tres divisiones. El nativo de Baltimore capturó su campeonato de peso ligero con un 12^º-nocaut redondo del ex campeón Yuriorkis Gamboa en diciembre 2019.

“Respeto a Isaac Cruz por dar un paso al frente y luchar, pero todos saben lo que hago,"Dijo Davis. "Entré buscando el nocaut y eso es exactamente lo que voy a hacer en esta pelea. Estoy de regreso en Los Ángeles donde brillan las estrellas y voy a enfrentarme a Isaac Cruz en el STAPLES Center el 5 de diciembre ".

Cruz de 23 años (22-1-1, 15 KOs) buscará maltratar a Davis y hacer que trabaje horas extras si quiere salir con la victoria. Nativo de la Ciudad de México, Cruz disparó el ranking de peso ligero en 2020, anunciando su presencia con un electrizante nocaut en el primer asalto sobre el veterano Diego Magdaleno en septiembre. Cruz siguió eso en 2021 al ganar por decisión unánime sobre el previamente invicto Matías Romero en marzo, y más recientemente derrotar al ex campeón Francisco Vargas por decisión en junio. Desde que hizo su U.S. debut en diciembre 2019, el joven de 23 años se ha mantenido invicto en sus próximas cuatro apariciones en el ring, apareciendo en SHOWTIME tres veces además de vencer a Magdaleno en el Gervonta Davis vs. Cartelera de Leo Santa Cruz SHOWTIME PPV.

"Primero quiero agradecer a Gervonta Davis y a su equipo por esta oportunidad, una oportunidad que no dejaré pasar.,"Dijo Cruz. "Si Dios quiere, seré campeón mundial en diciembre 5. Esta pelea es una gran motivación para mí como profesional y como meta personal.. Estoy seguro de que después de diciembre 5 todos en el box sabrán el nombre de Isaac 'Pitbull' Cruz ".

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