ເອກະສານໂຄດຄໍາສັ່ງ: Gervonta Davis

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

ສິງຫາ 27, 2023 FNU47 ອອກຄໍາເຫັນເປັນ

By: Bergeron ອຸດົມສົມບູນ

UFC 292 was the first UFC event I attended in 16 ປີ. 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. Needless to say, 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 ປະສົບການ, paid for by Xyience, had turned out much differently for me almost 16 ປີກ່ອນຫນ້ານີ້.

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.

Next, 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. Both fighters had their moments, 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 into the second frame. 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.

ສຸດທ້າຍ, 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. ນອກຈາກນີ້ຍັງ, 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 former UFC fighters. 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. ໃນທາງກັບກັນ, 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. Certainly, O’Malley wouldn’t have even been in Boston Saturday night if he never got into the organization. ຢ່າງໃດກໍຕາມ, 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.

The point is: 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.

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ, If Dana White really did make Sean O’Malley his pet project as Aljamain Sterling suggested, he did a great job. ແຕ່ຫນ້າເສຍດາຍ, 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.”

ມວຍ, Premier ແຊ້ມມວຍ, Showtime, Showtime ມວຍ

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

ມີນາ 18, 2022 FNU47 ອອກຄໍາເຫັນເປັນ

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

NEW YORK – March 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 undefeated fighters;

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 "ຖັງ" Davis, Jermell CHARLO, David Benavidezແລະ Jermall CHARLO. There are also 18 fighters aged 27 years and younger including unified world championStephen Fulton, Jr., and highly regarded, undefeated welterweight contenderJaron “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, ປະທານປະເທດ, ກິລາ & Programming ກິດຈະກໍາ, ເວລາສາຍ Networks Inc., and four-time Emmy^® Award-winning executive producerDavid Dinkins, Jr., who guides an all-star cast of commentators and production aces, ເວລາສາຍ^® 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 ກ່ຽວກັບວັນເສົາ,ເດືອນເມສາ 16 in the main event on SHOWTIME PPV^® at AT&ສະໜາມກິລາ T, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Spence-Ugas is only the 12^th unification match in the history of the welterweight division, joining classic matchups such as“Sugar” Ray Leonard ທຽບກັບThomas ເຮີນຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ ແລະFloyd Mayweather ທຽບກັບManny 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, ສາມພະແນກ, ແຊ້ມໂລກTankDavis will headline his fourth straight SHOWTIME PPV event against nemesisRolando Romero ກ່ຽວກັບວັນເສົາ, ພຶດສະພາ 28, ທີ່ Barclays ສູນໃນ Brooklyn, NY, 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-contender ອັນດັບTim Tszyu, the son of Hall of FamerKostya Tszyu, who fought many of his most memorable bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, ຈະເຮັດໃຫ້ລາວ U.S. debutວັນເສົາ, March 26ຕໍ່ 2012 U.S. Olympian and top contenderTerrell Gaushaat The Armory in Minneapolis. The streaking southpawsErickson ບິນ ແລະSebastian 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 onວັນເສົາ, ເດືອນເມສາ 9 from Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Jermell CHARLO ແລະ 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 onວັນເສົາ, ພຶດສະພາ 14 ໃນ Los Angeles. ເພີ່ມເຕີມ, rising welterweight starEnnis, possibly 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 ກັບຄືນໄປປະຕິບັດໃນວັນເສົາ,May 21against knockout artistDavid Lemieux ຢູ່ໃນ 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 onວັນເສົາ, ເດືອນມິຖຸນາ 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 onວັນເສົາ, ເດືອນມິຖຸນາ 18, when he faces former world title challenger, WBC No. 6-ອັນດັບMaciej Sulecki on the Juneteenth holiday weekend in Houston. Onວັນເສົາ, ເດືອນກໍລະກົດ 9, ໃນ San Antonio, Texas, newly minted WBC Featherweight World ChampionMark Magsayo will make his first title defense since dethroningGary Russell Jr., on SHOWTIME against unbeaten mandatory challenger and former super bantamweight titleholderKing 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,"ກ່າວວ່າEspinoza, ປະທານປະເທດ, ກິລາ & Programming ກິດຈະກໍາ, 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, all presented by Premier Boxing Champions: ·ມີນາ 26 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXINGThe Armory, Minneapolis, From.
o Tim Tszyu vs. Terrell Gausha, Super Welterweight Bouto Michel Rivera vs. Joseph Adorno, Lightweight Bouto Elvis Rodriguez vs. Juan Jose Velasco, Lightweight Super (142 LBS) Bout ·ເດືອນເມສາ 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__The Theatre at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas
o Erickson Lubin vs. Sebastian Fundora, WBC Super Welterweight Interim Titleo Tony Harrison vs. Sergio Garcia, Super Welterweight Bouto Kevin Salgado vs. Bryant Perrella, Super Welterweight Bout ·ເດືອນເມສາ 16 – SHOWTIME PPV__AT&ສະໜາມກິລາ T, Arlington, Texas
o Errol Spence Jr. vs. Yordenis Ugas, WBC, WBA & IBF Welterweight World __Championship Unification
ເວລາສາຍ championship ມວຍ (preceding PPV):o Radzhab Butaev vs. Eimantas Stanionis, WBA Welterweight Title Bouto Brandun Lee vs. Zachary Ochoa, Super Lightweight Bout ·ພຶດສະພາ 14 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Los Angeleso Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Castaño II, Undisputed IBF, WBA, WBC & WBO Super __Welterweight World Championship Unificationo Jaron Ennis vs. Custio Clayton, IBF Welterweight Eliminator ·ພຶດສະພາ 21 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Phoenix
o David Benavidez vs. David Lemieux, Super Middleweight Bouto Yoelvis Gomez vs. Jorge Cota, Super Welterweight Bout ·ພຶດສະພາ 28 – SHOWTIME PPV__Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
o Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero, WBA Lightweight World Championship ·ເດືອນມິຖຸນາ 4 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Minneapolis
o Stephen Fulton, Jr. vs. Danny Roman, WBO & WBC Super Bantamweight World Championshipo David Morrell vs. Kalvin Henderson, WBA Super Middleweight World Title ·ເດືອນມິຖຸນາ 18 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Houston
o Jermall Charlo vs. Maciej Sulecki, WBC Middleweight World Championship ·ເດືອນກໍລະກົດ 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__San Antonio
o Mark Magsayo vs. King Vargas, WBC Featherweight World Championship\

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GERVONTA “TANK” DAVIS REMAINS UNDEFEATED WITH THRILLING UNANIMOUS DECISION OVER ISAAC “PITBULL” CRUZ

ເດືອນທັນວາ 7, 2021 FNU47 ອອກຄໍາເຫັນເປັນ

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ລາຍລະອຽດສ້າງອັດຕະໂນມັດ — ***Sebastian Fundora Outpoints Sergio Garcia in Co-Main Event;***
***Carlos Adames Defeats Sergiy Derevyanchenko in an Exciting Fight,***
***ແລະ Eduardo Ramirez ຄອບຄອງ Miguel Marriaga***
***ໃນ SHOWTIME PPV Undercard Action***

**ກົດ** **ທີ່ນີ້** **ສໍາລັບຮູບພາບຈາກ Ryan Hafey / Premier ແຊ້ມມວຍ**

**ກົດ** **ທີ່ນີ້** **ສໍາລັບຮູບພາບຈາກ Esther Lin / ເວລາສາຍ**

**ກົດ** **ທີ່ນີ້** **ສໍາລັບຮູບພາບຈາກ Sean Michael Ham / ການສົ່ງເສີມການ Mayweather**

**LOS ANGELES** (ເດືອນທັນວາ 5, 2021) – ຊຸບເປີສະຕາມວຍ ແລະ ແຊ້ມໂລກ 5 ສະໄໝ **Gervonta "ຖັງ" Davis** ເອົາທັກສະມວຍລາວມາສະແດງ, ຊະນະການຕັດສິນໃຈເປັນເອກະລັກຮອບ 12 ຮອບຢ່າງຕື່ນເຕັ້ນໃນໄລຍະ relentless ໄດ້ **Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz** ເພື່ອຮັກສາຊື່ WBA ຂອງລາວ Lightweight World ຕໍ່ຫນ້າຂອງ star-studded, ຝູງຊົນຂາຍອອກຂອງ 15,850 ຢູ່ STAPLES Center ສົດໃນ SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View, ໃນເຫດການທີ່ ນຳ ສະ ເໜີ ໂດຍ Premier Boxing Boxing.

ອ່ານບັດຄະແນນ 116-112 ແລະສອງຄະແນນຂອງ 115-113, ທັງຫມົດສໍາລັບ Davis.

ບັນຍາກາດໃນສະໜາມແມ່ນໄຟຟ້າ, ດ້ວຍຄະແນນຂອງດາວ NBA ໃນປະຈຸບັນແລະອະດີດໃນການເຂົ້າຮ່ວມ, ລວມທັງ Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Kawhi Leonard, Dwight Howard, Kenny Smith, Kevin Garnett ແລະ Paul Pierce ແລະອື່ນໆ.

ປະກອບໂດຍ rapper superstar Lil Durk, Davis ເຂົ້າໄປໃນວົງແຫວນໃນ Laker ສີມ່ວງແລະຄໍາ; ແສ່ວຕາມລຳຕົ້ນຂອງລາວດ້ວຍເລກທ້າຍຂອງ Kobe Bryant “8” ແລະ “24” ໃນແຕ່ລະດ້ານ.. Cruz ສະເຫຼີມສະຫຼອງມໍລະດົກຂອງເມັກຊິໂກຂອງລາວດ້ວຍແຖບ mariachi ຢູ່ຫລັງລາວໃນຂະນະທີ່ລາວກ້າວໄປສູ່ວົງແຫວນ.

ບໍ່ມີຂະບວນການອອກຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກໃນຄັ້ງທໍາອິດ. Cruz ຖືກກ່າວຫາວ່າປ້ອງກັນແຊ້ມ, ປັກລາວໄວ້ກັບເຊືອກແລະຮ້ອງໄຫ້ອອກໄປ.

“ນັ້ນແມ່ນແບບຂອງຂ້ອຍ. 'Pitbull' ແມ່ນສະເຫມີໄປໃນການໂຈມຕີ,"Cruz ກ່າວວ່າ. "ຂ້ອຍຄິດວ່າພວກເຮົາຮັກສາຈັງຫວະຕັ້ງແຕ່ຕົ້ນຈົນຈົບ."

Davis ພົບຈັງຫວະຂອງລາວໃນຄັ້ງທີສອງແລະທີສາມ, ວົງແຫວນແລະຍ່າງ Cruz ເຂົ້າໄປໃນການສັກຢາ. ໃນສີ່, Cruz ໄດ້ສຸມໃສ່ການໂຈມຕີຂອງຕົນຢູ່ໃນຮ່າງກາຍ, ຕຳກະດູກຂອງ Davis.

ຊາວເມືອງ Baltimore ອາຍຸ 27 ປີໄດ້ເປີດອໍານາດໃນສີ່, ສະລັບລະຫວ່າງ hook ຂວາແລະຊ້າຍຂ້າມທາງຫລັງ stance paw ໃຕ້ຂອງລາວ. ການລົງໂທດເພີ່ມເຕີມແມ່ນມາຈາກ Davis ໃນໄລຍະທີຫ້າ.

“ລາວເປັນນັກສູ້ທີ່ສັ້ນກວ່າ, ສະນັ້ນ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງໄດ້ຖິ້ມລົງເທິງຫົວຂອງລາວ,"Davis ກ່າວວ່າ. “ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ຕີເຂົາດ້ວຍ knuckle ຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າແລະ messed ມັນ. ຂ້ອຍເຈັບມືຂອງຂ້ອຍໃນຮອບທີ 6. ບໍ່ວ່າ opponent ຈະສູງຫຼືສັ້ນກວ່າ, ຂ້ອຍຕ້ອງຜ່ານມັນ. ພຣະອົງເປັນ warrior ເປັນ. ເຖິງແມ່ນວ່າລາວບໍ່ໄດ້ຊະນະ, ດາວໄດ້ເກີດໃນຄືນນີ້.”

“ມັນເປັນຮອບທີຫ້າທີ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ເຫັນວ່າມືຂອງລາວເຮັດວຽກບໍ່ຖືກຕ້ອງ,” Cruz ສັງເກດເຫັນ.

Davis ຕີໄດ້ຢ່າງສວຍງາມໃນຮອບກາງ, ຍິງຍິງໄວແລະຫັນໜີຈາກການຍິງຄືນ. ສຽງດັງຂວາຢູ່ໃນທີແປດໄດ້ຕີ Cruz ໄລຍະສັ້ນໆ ແລະໄດ້ພາຜູ້ຊົມໄປໃສ່ຕີນຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ. ແຕ່ເມື່ອມັນປະກົດວ່າການຕໍ່ສູ້ໄດ້ຫຼຸດລົງໄປ, Cruz ຕໍ່ສູ້ດ້ວຍໄຟ, ລົງຈອດເປັນວິນາທີເທິງໜ້າຜາກກ່ອນລະຄັງ.

ເມັກຊິໂກ ອາຍຸ 23 ປີ ເກັບໄດ້ຈັງຫວະໃນຮອບສຸດທ້າຍ, ຮັກສາ Davis ຢູ່ຕີນຂອງລາວ ແລະຕີອອກໄປ. Davis ຖືຂອງຕົນເອງ, ສູ້ຮົບກັບຄືນມາໃນເງື່ອນໄຂດຽວກັນຈົນກ່ວາການຕໍ່ສູ້ສິ້ນສຸດລົງ.

ຕາມທໍາມະຊາດ, Cruz ເຊື່ອວ່າລາວສົມຄວນໄດ້ຮັບໄຊຊະນະ.

"ເມັກຊິໂກມີອາຍຸຍືນ. ຂ້ອຍບໍ່ມີຫຍັງເວົ້າ, fans ກໍາລັງເວົ້າກ່ຽວກັບຜູ້ທີ່ຊະນະການຕໍ່ສູ້ນີ້,"ເຂົາເວົ້າວ່າ.

ປະຕິບັດຕາມການປ້ອງກັນຫົວຂໍ້ສົບຜົນສໍາເລັດ, Davis ເວົ້າວ່າລາວພ້ອມແລ້ວສໍາລັບຜູ້ມາທັງຫມົດ.

“L.A., ພວກເຮົາໄດ້ເຮັດມັນສໍາລັບ Kobe,"Davis ກ່າວວ່າ. "ໃນຕອນເລີ່ມຕົ້ນຂອງການຕໍ່ສູ້, ລາວມາທີ່ເຂັ້ມແຂງ. ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ຮູ້ສຶກໃນຂະນະທີ່ການຕໍ່ສູ້ແມ່ນໄປ, ລາວໄດ້ຖືກທໍາລາຍ. ແຕ່ຂ້ອຍເຈັບມື, so I wasn’t able to get him out of there.

“Whatever the best opportunity is for me, I’ll do it. All of them guys are easy work. I’m the top dog.”

ໃນກໍລະນີການຮ່ວມມືຕົ້ນຕໍຂອງການ, **Sebastian “Towering Inferno” Fundora** moved closer to a world title shot with a 12-round unanimous decision over the previously-unbeaten **Sergio Garcia** in a WBC Super Welterweight Title Eliminator.

Final scores read 118-110, 117-111 ແລະ 115-113.

Fundora established control quickly in the first, snapping Spain’s Garcia’s head back with a booming left. The two traded evenly through the early rounds. Garcia had his moments, including a sharp overhand right in the fifth that drew blood from Fundora’s nose.

The 23-year-old Fundora found his range in the sixth, pumping the jab and using his 6-foot-5 frame and 80-inch reach to keep Garcia at bay.

“I was using my distance a lot more. I wanted to display something different than what I’m used to,” said Fundora. “Height was definitely a difference in this fight.”

Garcia struggled to land during the second half of the bout, save for a couple moments in the 12^th when the two combatants stood toe-to-toe.

“Maybe things could have been different if I had been more aggressive from the beginning,” said Garcia. “I shouldn’t have let myself get carried away by what he was doing.”

Fundora believes he’s ready for a world title shot.

“We just beat the No. 2 ໃນ WBC ໄດ້, so we have No.1, and we have the champion,” said Fundora. “Whoever they give us next, we’re ready for.”

In a thrilling back and forth, **Charles Adams** (21-1, 16 KOs) overcame a stiff challenge from former world title challenger **Sergiy Derevyanchenko** (13-4, 10 KOs) to win a 10-round majority decision in their WBC Middleweight World Title Eliminator.

Both combatants had their moments, but facing the toughest opponent of his career, the 27-year-old Adames shined. One judge scored the middleweight bout even at 95-95, while the other two scored it for Adames by scores of 96-94 ແລະ 97-93.

“This means a lot for me in my career and this is a big accomplishment winning against a fighter of his caliber,” said Adames, who was born in the Dominican Republic and fights out of Washington Heights in New York City.

“I am aggressive and speedy by nature, so I came in ready to do my thing. He started slow, wanting to see what would happen, ແລະພຽງແຕ່ມີແຜນການເກມທີ່ບໍ່ຖືກຕ້ອງ. ລາວເມື່ອຍໜ້ອຍໜຶ່ງໃນຂະນະທີ່ການຕໍ່ສູ້ໄດ້ຕໍ່ໄປ, ໄດ້ຍິງຢ່າງໜັກໜ່ວງຈາກຂ້ອຍ ແລະເຫັນໄດ້ຊັດເຈນວ່າຂ້ອຍສ້າງຄວາມເສຍຫາຍໃຫ້ລາວຫຼາຍ.”

"ຂ້ອຍຄາດຫວັງວ່າຄູ່ແຂ່ງຂອງຂ້ອຍຈະຕໍ່ສູ້ກັບແບບດຽວກັນ. ມັນບໍ່ມີຫຍັງພິເສດສໍາລັບຂ້ອຍ, ພຽງແຕ່ການຕໍ່ສູ້ທີ່ມີຄຸນນະພາບ,"Derevyanchenko ເວົ້າວ່າ.

“ລາວຢູ່ທາງໃຕ້, ນັ້ນແມ່ນຄວາມແຕກຕ່າງໃນການຕໍ່ສູ້. ຂ້ອຍບໍ່ຮູ້ວ່າຂ້ອຍຈະເຮັດຫຍັງຕໍ່ໄປ. ຂ້ອຍຕ້ອງການພັກຜ່ອນໜ້ອຍໜຶ່ງແລ້ວຂ້ອຍຈະກັບຄືນໄປຫ້ອງອອກກຳລັງກາຍເພາະຂ້ອຍມັກຕີມວຍແລະມັກການສະແດງ.”

“ນີ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ຂ້ອຍມີໂອກາດທີ່ຈະກ້າວຕໍ່ໄປ,” said Adames. “ຂ້ອຍປົກຄອງທັງສອງ 154 ແລະ 160, ສະນັ້ນບ່ອນໃດກໍຕາມທີ່ເຂົາເຈົ້າໃຫ້ໂອກາດຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໃນການຕໍ່ສູ້ເພື່ອຊິງແຊ້ມແມ່ນບ່ອນທີ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະໄປ.”

ໃນການແຂ່ງຂັນເປີດຂອງ SHOWTIME PPV telecast, contender super featherweight **Eduardo “Zurdito” Ramirez** (26-2-3, 12 KOs) ຢູ່ໃນຮູບແບບສູງສຸດ, ຊະນະການຕັດສິນເປັນເອກະສັນກັນຮອບກວ້າງ 10 ຮອບຕໍ່ອະດີດຜູ້ທ້າຊິງຕຳແໜ່ງໂລກ **Miguel Marriaga**.

“ຂ້ອຍຢາກຂອບໃຈແຟນໆ, SHOWTIME ແລະຄອບຄົວ Montiel ສໍາລັບການສະຫນັບສະຫນູນຂ້ອຍ. Marriaga ເປັນ opponent ທີ່ເຄັ່ງຄັດ, ແຕ່ຂ້ອຍສາມາດຄອບຄອງໄດ້," Ramirez ເວົ້າ. "ຂ້ອຍມີຮູບແບບການຕໍ່ສູ້ທີ່ຫລາກຫລາຍແລະຮັກສາລາວຢູ່ຕະຫຼອດເວລາ."

ມາຣິອາກາ (30-5, 26 KOs) ເປັນຜູ້ຮຸກຮານຕະຫຼອດ, ໂດຍສະເພາະໃນຮອບທໍາອິດຍ້ອນວ່າລາວສະຫນັບສະຫນູນ Ramirez ດ້ວຍການຕີປະສົມປະສານ. ສຸດທ້າຍໄດ້ພົບເຫັນຂອບເຂດຂອງລາວຢູ່ເຄິ່ງກາງຜ່ານກອບ, ການນໍາໃຊ້ jab ທີ່ຖືກຕ້ອງ. ໃນທີສາມ, hook ຂວາຕາມມາດ້ວຍ overhand ຊ້າຍ floored ເປັນ off-balance Marriaga ສໍາລັບ knockdown flash.
"ພວກເຮົາເລີ່ມຕົ້ນທີ່ເຂັ້ມແຂງ, ແຕ່ຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນ, ສິ່ງຕ່າງໆກໍ່ຫຍຸ້ງຍາກຂຶ້ນເລື້ອຍໆ. ໂດຍກ່າວວ່າ, we are pleased with the work we put in today,” said Marriaga. “We should have been more savvy, but we tried our hardest in the face of a great opportunity that unfortunately we could not take advantage of.”

Ramirez dominated after scoring the knockdown, punishing Marriaga from then on with an assortment of shots to the head and body. Final punch stats had Ramirez landing 280 ຂອງ 762 (36.7%) total punches to Marriaga’s 159 ອອກຈາກ 689 (21.3%).

“Now I’m going to relax with my family and enjoy the holidays," Ramirez ເວົ້າ. “Then hopefully 2022 will come with a title shot for me.”

Tonight’s blockbuster pay-per-view event will re-air on SHOWTIME this Saturday, ເດືອນທັນວາ 11 ຢູ່ໃນ 10 p.m. ET / PT. The delayed telecast of Davis vs. Cruz will open the telecast featuring WBC Bantamweight World Champion and future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire as he will defend his title against undefeated top contender and fellow Filipino countryman Reymart Gaballo headlining in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Dignity Health Tennis Stadium in Carson.

ນັກສະແດງກິລານັກຮົບເກົ່າ Brian Custer ເປັນເຈົ້າພາບຈັດລາຍການໂທລະທັດ SHOWTIME PPV ໃນຂະນະທີ່ສຽງກິລາການຕໍ່ສູ້ອະເນກປະສົງ Mauro Ranallo ຈັດການການກະ ທຳ ດ້ວຍການເປົ່າລົມພ້ອມກັບນັກວິເຄາະ Hall of Fame Al Bernstein ແລະແຊ້ມໂລກສາມພະແນກ Abner Mares.. Three Hall of Famers rounded out the SHOWTIME telecast team – Emmy® award winning reporter Jim Gray, unofficial scorer Steve Farhood, and world-renowned ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. ຜູ້ຜະລິດບໍລິຫານແມ່ນຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຮາງວັນ Emmy® ສີ່ສະໄໝ David Dinkins, Jr. ວິທະຍຸກະຈາຍສຽງໂດຍ Bob Dunphy. ອະດີດແຊ້ມຮຸ່ນຮຸ່ນກາງຂອງໂລກ Raúl "El Diamante" Marquez ແລະນັກກິລາ Alejandro Luna ໄດ້ຮັບຜິດຊອບເປັນນັກວິເຄາະຜູ້ຊ່ຽວຊານໃນພາສາສະເປນໃນລາຍການສຽງມັດທະຍົມ (SAP).

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Gervonta Davis to Defend WBA Lightweight World Title Against Hard-Hitting Isaac Cruz – ວັນອາທິດ, ເດືອນທັນວາ 5

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Unbeaten Five-Time World Champion Gervonta Davis to Defend WBA Lightweight World Title Against Hard-Hitting Isaac Cruz on Sunday, ເດືອນທັນວາ 5 on SHOWTIME PPV^®

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LOS ANGELES (ເດືອນພະຈິກ 3, 2021) – Unbeaten five-time world champion and boxing’s hottest attractionGervonta "ຖັງ" Davis will defend his WBA Lightweight Championship against hard-hittingIsaac “Pitbull’’ Cruz ໃນວັນອາທິດ, ເດືອນທັນວາ 5 live on SHOWTIME PPV from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles in a Premier Boxing Champions event.

ອົງການກາ, ອັນດັບທີ່ບໍ່ມີ. 2 ໃນ IBF ໄດ້, steps in to replace Rolando Romero.

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Davis’ third-straight pay-per-view headlining attraction will see him battle the hardnosed Cruz, who has rightly earned the nickname “Pitbull’’ during his professional career.

“This is going to be a tremendous fight on SHOWTIME PPV,ທ່ານ Leonard Ellerbe ກ່າວ, ຊີອີໂອຂອງການສົ່ງເສີມການ Mayweather. “Isaac Cruz was ready for this big opportunity and I expect him to come ready to deliver the fight of his life. ຢ່າງໃດກໍຕາມ, Gervonta Davis is a generational talent who’s only getting better. This fight is going to end in spectacular fashion on December 5.”

“Kudos to Isaac Cruz for stepping in as a replacement opponent in a high-pressure, pay per view fight against one of the brightest stars in boxing in Gervonta Davis,’’ said Tom Brown, ປະທານປະເທດຂອງການສົ່ງເສີມການ TGB. “Cruz presents a different, and some would argue a more difficult challenge to Tank Davis. Cruz won’t back down and he’ll bring the fight to Davis from the opening bell. We’ve all seen Gervonta’s blend of superb boxing skills and explosive power, and we know what he’s capable of. It will be the irresistible force versus the immovable object, which means fireworks at STAPLES Center and on SHOWTIME PPV on Sunday, December 5.’’

Davis (25-0, 24 KOs), star of the Mayweather Promotions stable, added another highlight filled performance in June, as he stopped previously unbeaten Mario Barrios to capture a 140-pound title and become a three-division world champion. The Baltimore-native captured his lightweight championship with a 12^th-round knockout of former champion Yuriorkis Gamboa in December 2019.

“I respect Isaac Cruz for stepping up and taking the fight, but everyone knows what I do,"Davis ກ່າວວ່າ. “I come in looking for the knockout and that’s exactly what I’m going to do in this fight. I’m back in Los Angeles where the stars shine and I’m going to light it up against Isaac Cruz at STAPLES Center on December 5.’’

Cruz ອາຍຸ 23 ປີ (22-1-1, 15 KOs) will be looking to rough up Davis and make him work overtime if he wants to come away with the win. A native of Mexico City, Cruz ຍິງຂຶ້ນອັນດັບ lightweight ໃນ 2020, announcing his presence with an electrifying first-round knockout over veteran Diego Magdaleno in September. Cruz ໄດ້ປະຕິບັດຕາມນັ້ນ 2021 by winning a unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Matías Romero in March, and most recently defeating former champion Francisco Vargas by decision in June. Since making his U.S. debut ໃນເດືອນທັນວາ 2019, the 23-year-old has gone unbeaten in his next four ring appearances, appearing on SHOWTIME three times in addition to beating Magdaleno on the Gervonta Davis vs. Leo Santa Cruz SHOWTIME PPV undercard.

“First I want to thank Gervonta Davis and his team for this opportunity – an opportunity I won’t let get past me,’’ Cruz said. “God willing I’ll be world champion on December 5. This fight is a very big motivation for me as a professional and as a personal goal. I’m sure after December 5 everyone in boxing will know the name Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz.’’

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