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Training Camp Almost Complete; A Confident and On-Weight Claressa Shields Ready for Hannah Rankin DAZN Showdown on November 17

Women’s superstar and two-division world champion Claressa Shields is in Florida with trainer John David Jackson, finishing up preparations for her showdown with Glasgow, Scotland’s Hannahh Rankin on Saturday, Novembre 17, at the Kansas Star Arena and Casino in Mulvane, Kansas.

 

 

 

Escuts (6-0, 2 KOs) will defend her IBF and WBA World Middleweight Championships, and be looking to add the vacant WBC title, against Rankin (5-2, 1 KO) in the 10-round co-featured bout to Salita Promotions stablemate Jarrell Miller’s heavyweight showdown against Romania’s Bogdan Dinu.

 

 

 

Both fights, along with former world champion Brandon Rios taking on Canelo’s brother, Ramon Alvarez, in a super welterweight 10-rounder and former two-time world middleweight title challenger Gabriel Rosado going against once-beaten contender Luis Arias, will be broadcast live on DAZN.

 

 

 

23-year-old Shields, a former two-time Olympic Gold Medallist, has reignited interest in women’s boxing and become a ratings favorite for her nationally televised championship exploits. A proud native of Flint, Michigan, Shields mixes her brash pronouncements of greatness with a genuine and continued effort to inspire female athletes and render aid to members of her home community.

 

 

 

Shields was originally scheduled to face WBC and WBO World Middleweight Champion Christina Hammer on November 17, but the bout was postponed after Hammer withdrew due to medical reasons.

 

Did the change of opponents from Hammer to Rankin affect your training?

 

 

 

I don’t train for my opponents, I just push to get the best out of me, física i mentalment. If I’m the best ‘me,’ I don’t have to worry about who the opponent is. The change of opponents didn’t bother me at all; the worst thing about this camp for me was just all the date changes – constantly having to get my mind focused on the pace and timing of training depending on the fight date. I can’t wait to get in the ring!

 

You’ve fought at super middleweight 168 and recently at middleweight 160 lliura. How is your training, diet and any other efforts different to make 160?

 

 

 

Training is always hard and I’m constantly learning. I’ve had a completely different diet this camp – a real change and a positive one for me. I’ve teamed up with Perfecting Athletes for my daily meals, and I feel great. I’ve always tried to eat healthy but these folks are pros and are more educated in that field than myself. I have this magic drink that makes my stomach smile – I love it! It’s watermelon mixed with a green vegetable. I’m not going to tell you what vegetable it is, but I’ve been drinking it everyday, and I feel GREAT.

 

Your viewership numbers have been very strong. Why do you think people are drawn to you?

 

 

 

I believe that people are drawn to how real and honest I am, tant dins com fora del ring. I say what I mean and mean what I say. I’m hard but I have a soft side also. And I think people are drawn to how I fightnot only do I talk a good game but I fight my aoff too! jo dono 1000% every time – I want to change the game and bring a whole new generation of fans to women’s boxing and boxing overall.

 

What do you know about your opponent Hannah Rankin?

 

 

 

I know that my opponent Rankin is very tough and determined to be a world champion. I like her drive, I like her heart. I know that she has been in the ring as a sparring partner for many champions, one being Christina Hammer. So Rankin has seen some good fighters. But one thing is for sure – she has never seen a fighter like me. And since Hammer couldn’t fight because of her medical condition, in many ways the next best thing is to fight and beat her sparring partner and let Rankin tell Hammer what she’s in for when she returns!

 

What needs to be done to solve the Flint water crisis?

 

 

To solve the flint Water crisis, I think that people should continue to give water and also keep it in the news that there is a city in America where, unbelievably, US citizens don’t have clean water. And hopefully the president or our governor do something to fix all the pipes.

 

What’s the secret to becoming the best of the best in any sport?

 

 

 

I believe the secret starts with believing in yourself, being dedicated, working hard and just always striving to be better. I feel I’m my biggest critic when I train and box. It’s hard to watch film of my fights because even though I’m doing 97 things right I just can’t stand to see the 3 things I’m doing wrong. I’m a person who strives to pull out my full potential. It takes guts to be great. Nothing will stand in the way of achieving my goals, which includes being the GWOAT and creating equality for all women fighters when it comes to the money, opportunities and coverage the men get.

 

 

 

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Women’s Superstar Claressa Shields to Defend IBF and WBA Middleweight Championships and Looks to Add WBC Belt Against Scotland’s Hannah Rankin, Live on DAZN on November 17

En dissabte, Novembre 17, at the Kansas Star Arena and Casino in Mulvane, Kansas, superstar two-division women’s world champion Claressa Shields of Flint, Michigan, will defend her IBF and WBA World Middleweight Championships and be looking to add the vacant WBC title against Hannahh Rankin from Glasgow, Escòcia.

 

 

 

The 10-round Shields (6-0, 2 KOs), and Rankin (5-2, 1 KO) battle will serve as the co-featured bout to Brooklyn-born heavyweight contender Jarrell Miller’s WBA World Heavyweight Championship showdown against Romania’s Bogdan Dinu.

 

 

 

These two fights will be broadcast live on DAZN, along with former world champion Brandon Rios taking on Canelo’s brother, Ramon Alvarez, in a super welterweight 10-rounder and former two-time world middleweight title challenger Gabriel Rosado going against once-beaten contender Luis Arias.

 

 

 

Shields was originally scheduled to face WBC and WBO World Middleweight Champion Christina Hammer on November 17, but the bout was postponed after Hammer withdrew due to medical reasons. Hammer has been named a champion in recess during her recovery. The two champions are now projected to do battle in the first quarter of 2019.

 

 

 

“Claressa is a once-in-a-generation athlete that transcends the sport,” said her promoter, Dmitriy Salita. “She will take another step in her goal to achieve the status of GWOAT as she makes the first defense of her middleweight world titles against the skilled and durable Hannah Rankin.”

 

 

 

A bonafide women’s superstar and TV ratings favorite, 23-year-old “T-Rex” Shields is a two-time Olympic gold medallist and already a world champion in two weight divisions. In her fourth professional fight, she won the IBF and WBC Super Middleweight Championships in August 2017 with a dominant stoppage of Germany’s Nikki Adler. Llavors, in June of this year and in just her sixth pro fight, she dropped down to 160 pounds and won the IBF and WBA Middleweight titles with an exciting unanimous decision over Hannah Gabriels.

 

 

 

“I’m so excited to be able to give my fans another chance to see me defend my championship this year and to have the opportunity to win the WBC middleweight title on November 17,” said Shields. “I appreciate the efforts of Salita Promotions, my manager Mark Taffet, and Matchroom Boxing in putting this fight together so quickly. I will be in great shape and will provide a great performance.”

 

 

 

“I want to thank Salita Promotions and Matchroom Boxing for providing Claressa with another chance to fight this year and an opportunity to attain a third middleweight world championship,” said Mark Taffet, manager of Claressa Shields. “Claressa is hungry and motivated to put on a great performance on November 17 on DAZN. Claressa has lofty goals and I have no doubt that she’s going to achieve every one of them, including fighting and defeating Christina Hammer early next year. I expect Shields vs Rankin to be an action-packed fight that fans will enjoy tremendously.

 

 

 

28-year-old Rankin put in an impressive and brave performance while losing a challenge for Alicia Napoleon’s WBA Super Middleweight Championship in August of this year. Abans d'això, she picked up the WBC Silver Middleweight Championship with a dominant victory over Finland’s Sanna Turunen in June.

 

 

 

“I’m excited about the fight and proud to be representing Scotland on such a big stage,” said Rankin. “In boxing, nothing is impossible and on November 17, it will be just us in there when the bell rings and I think it’s going to be one hell of a fight.”

WBA Super Middleweight Women’s World Champion AliciaThe EmpressNapoleon Defends Her Title Against Once-Beaten Contender Hannah Rankin Saturday, Agost 4 at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

LONG ISLAND, Nova York (Juliol 16, 2018) – WBA Women’s Super Middleweight World Champion Alicia ‘The Empress’ Napoleó, (9-1, 5 Nocauts), de Lindenhurst, NY will make her first defense against WBC Silver Middleweight titlist Hannah Rankin, (5-1, 1 KO) of Glasgow, Escòcia dissabte, Agost 4 at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

 

 

 

Scheduled for ten rounds, Napoleon vs. Rankin is a special attraction undercard bout on the stacked Premier Boxing Champions card headlined by the welterweight showdown between former world champions Andre Berto i Devon Alexander on FOX and FOX Deportes (7:30 p.m. I / 4:30 p.m. PT).

 

 

 

Les entrades per a l'esdeveniment en viu, which is promoted by TGB Promotions and DiBella Entertainment, estan a la venda. Les entrades es poden adquirir en línia visitantwww.ticketmaster.com, www.nycblive.com, o trucant al 1-800-745-3000. Tickets are also available at the Ticketmaster Box Office at NYCB LIVE. Group discounts are available by calling 516-231-4848.

 

 

 

I’m thrilled for this opportunity to be able to defend my world title for the first time on Long Island at NYCB LIVE,” said Napoleon. “It’s a special moment in my career and truly an honor to be part of the first women’s bout ever in this iconic venue.

 

 

 

I know how good Hannah Rankin is. She just won the WBC Silver Middleweight Title and she’s taller than me with a longer reach, plus she just finished training with Cecilia Braekhus. I’ve been training the whole summer and I’ll be ready to defend my title on August 4.

 

 

 

I’m very excited to announce this women’s world title fight between Alicia Napoleon and Hannah Rankin on our stacked August 4 event at the Coliseum,” va dir Lou DiBella, El president de DiBella Entertainment. “Alicia is a Long Island girl and a charismatic world champion with a legion of fans in the New York City area. She won her world title at Barclays Center and will defend it at NYCB LIVE. Hannah Rankin is a quality challenger from Scotland, who is well known for her ring ambition as well as her accomplishments as a professional musician. Women’s boxing in the United States and internationally continues to rise in popularity and our commitment to promoting it remains stronger than ever.

 

 

 

The popular Napoleon, owner of both Overthrow Gyms in Manhattan and Brooklyn, won her world title on March 3 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn with a dominant ten-round decision over previously undefeated Femke Hermans in front of a huge contingent of supporters from both Long Island and New York City. Napoleon had a previous fight scheduled for June 21 postponed and has continued training in preparation to defend her world title.

 

 

 

Fighting in the paid ranks for just one-year, Rankin defeated then undefeated Sanna Turunen over ten rounds in June to capture the vacant WBC Silver Women’s Middleweight Title and her third straight victory headed into August 4.

 

 

 

A professional musician outside of the ring, the 27-year-old Rankin plays the bassoon and has traveled the world in recent years playing with numerous orchestras while also training and furthering her career in the squared circle.

 

 

 

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Informe Lluita: Docherty Atura Kelly per Assegurar la UMC Corona com McEwan, Allan i Robb prenen victòria Llorers

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Informe de Gianluca Di Caro

Fotos cortesia d'Armando Ferrari

 

Scottish Promotor Thomas Melville va fer les seves intencions clares perquè tots vegin amb la seva esdeveniment debut en dissabte nit, fins i tot amb serietat grans drames que condueix a l'esdeveniment, incloent la pèrdua d'un dels seus grans atractius, l'ex OMB pes ploma Scott Harrison Rei, de la targeta només unes setmanes abans, i altres dos duels deserció en els dies previs a la fira, però, l'escocès astut les hi va arreglar per produir una excel·lent, encara que és més petita, esdeveniment.

Al capdavant de la fira va ser l'ex campió de la Commonwealth Craig Docherty de Glasgow contra Dundalk, Michael Kelly d'Irlanda pel títol vacant de la Unió Mundial de Boxa (UMC) Títol mundial superwelter.

L'ambient era elèctric com els dos protagonistes van fer la seva entrada a la sorra, els aficionats escocesos segur saben com fer que una ocasió com aquesta realment especial.

Des la campanada inicial tots dos boxejadors van fer la seva cristal·lina clara intenció i en uns segons el dit del peu de lluita per l'anell central va començar de debò toe.

Quan dic cara a cara que vull dir cara a cara, mentre que gran part de l'acció va ser de prop, de vegades eren tan a prop un de l'altre que no podria haver encaixat un paper de fumar entre ells, tant és així que àrbitre Lee Murtagh no tenia més opció que advertir-los sobre els enfrontaments al cap en nombroses ocasions.

Ara, encara que estaven tan a prop ni l'home se'n va anar a la defensiva, tant mostrant les seves eines excepcionals del comerç amb gran efecte, amb ganxos polits i talls superiors que vénen des de tots els angles.

Docherty va aconseguir gairebé assegurar el primer parell de rondes, tot just com estaven tan igualats, però en el tercer Kelly escalonada fins, fent-se un poc l'espai que realment es va ficar en un flux i va anar deixant estafa amb trets brillants des de tots els angles imaginables sola.

Docherty va respondre en la mateixa línia, però, l'astúcia de l'obra de Kelly va fer una batalla ascendent per al Glasgow.

Al voltant de quatre veure Docherty tàctiques de canvi, utilitzant el seu jab amb gran efecte d'establir les obertures per permetre esquinçar amb alguns cops al cos viciosos, No obstant això l'irlandès semblava bastant feliç per absorbir aquests abans de la lluita contra els drets de gran abast i l'ocasional doble ràfega mà.

Al voltant de cinc era una ronda espectacular, dos protagonistes van elevar encara més el ritme, que en última instància conduir a alguns intercanvis temibles. Va ser molt difícil per a decidir qui li va ser el millor o si qualsevol outfought o superar a l'altra, sí, era tan a prop.

 

Més del mateix en la sisena, ¡Mare meva tenia que van en ella martell i tenalles per al primer parell de minuts més o menys de la ronda.

Quan el rellotge es va moure en l'últim minut de la ronda Docherty va començar a retrocedir fins Kelly, abans de deixar estafa amb una dreta ràpida llamp que va caure Kelly com un sac de patates.

En un instant Àrbitre Lee Murtagh va ser a l'assistència de l'irlandès i va saludar la lluita fora, que va enviar Docherty, el seu equip i els aficionats en un frenesí d'alegria.

He de dir que el que un públic agraït a l'assistència, com les aclamacions d'alegria per Docherty van ser superats per la magnífica acollida que van donar a Michael Kelly com ell es va posar dempeus, aquests eren autèntics aficionats, el seu home va guanyar però eren igual de agraïda per la magnífica actuació de l'irlandès.

Just abans de Docherty va ser coronat el nou campió súper welter de la UMC es va anunciar l'hora oficial de la detenció, com dos minuts i nou segons de la sisena.

El suport principal de la baralla pel títol Docherty-Kelly estava disposat a ser Craig McEwan d'Edimburg en contra de Lee Churcher de Newport, però això no anava a ser causa d'una discrepància de pes que no va poder ser resolta en el temps, per la qual cosa algunes negociacions ràpides van dur a lluitador Txeca basada Nottingham Václav Skromach es redacten d'com un reemplaçament molt tard.

McEwan va començar fort, portant la lluita al noi Txeca, Skromach encara que hi ha tassa i un bon lluitador ordenat a si mateix i aviat va començar a deixar que estafa amb trets de la seva pròpia.

McEwan va començar a orientar el cos, que ve d'alguns angles increïbles a la terra alguns temibles míssils Exocet, Skromach ajustar les seves defenses però és evident que alguns estaven tenint l'efecte desitjat.

Skromach sostenir el seu propi benestar per al primer parell de minuts, però com la ronda va entrar en el minut final McEwan va intensificar el càstig al cos, culminant amb un ganxo impressionant que va aterrar just al botó per enviar Skromach prendre un genoll.

Va ser un tret seriós viciós, així que ningú es va sorprendre que Skromach no va poder continuar, de nou com amb l'esdeveniment principal dels aficionats escocesos celebren la victòria del seu home, així com aplaudit Skromach com ell es va posar dempeus.

L'hora oficial de la detenció va ser anunciat com dos minuts i vint-i segons de la primera ronda.

Abans de McEwan-Skromach va ser un altre a sis rounds, entre d'Nairn sorra Robb i de Scunthorpe Jody Meikle.

Robb va començar ràpid, la utilització d'un bon jab tes i drets grans que va mantenir la molt entretinguda Meikle sota control i al peu de darrere per al primer minut o així, però després el noi Scunthorpe va començar avançant-més, liquidant Robb amb algunes mans de craqueig dreta.

Com la ronda va continuar Robb començat a ser encara més contundent, deixant Meikle altra opció que utilitzar els afectats i moure tàctiques, la major part del temps es va posar aquests en el clau, però de tant en tant l'escocès va avançar aquests i va ser capaç d'aterrar un gran xut amb la dreta que Meikle intentar lliscar fora de rang.

Més del mateix en el segon, però en el tercer Meikle va començar a jugar a la multitud, especialment quan el suport a les cordes, descaradament picant-li l'ullet a les noies de targetes anell evitant trets.

El servei normal es va reprendre en el quart, Robb va començar tallant l'anell per evitar Meikle utilitzant el seu èxit i tàctiques dirigides, això va ser molt eficaç per a l'escocès com sense cap lloc per anar a l'anglès no tenia més opció que la caixa a la seva manera de sortir de les cordes, el que va fer en l'estil.

A mesura que la lluita es va acomodar en l'últim terç, Meikle va començar una altra vegada a jugar a la multitud, però en el dong va assegurar que aquesta vegada s'havia jutjat a la distància adequada per evitar els grans drets de bucle des del replà Scotsman.

La ronda final va ser una galeta, mentre que encara en la mateixa línia que la ronda anterior, Robb amb el suport de l'anglès sobre les cordes com Meikle jugat a la multitud, hi havia alguna cosa d'excel·lent i molt entretingut de la boxa de dos partits.

Després de sis interessant, rondes d'entreteniment Àrbitre Llegeix Murtagh va anotar la baralla 60-54 en favor de Robb.

La primera baralla de la nit veure els rivals de Gimnàs excampió de Kickboxing Mundial unificat Sam Allan en l'acció contra Downpatrick, Tornar Marty Kayes d'Irlanda.

He de dir que això realment era una baralla de craqueig, dos protagonistes donant tot per cada segon de cada ronda, va ser una veritable batalla royale sense parar.

Després de quatre excel·lents rondes d'Àrbitre de boxa Llegeix Murtagh va anotar la baralla 40-37 a favor d'Allan, tant als aficionats locals es delecten.

Felicitacions a Thomas Melville i el seu equip, No només superar l'adversitat de perdre la seva baralla co-titular, així com algunes de les baralles programades, però les hi va arreglar per posar en un excel·lent esdeveniment.

Felicitacions estan en ordre per a Craig Docherty, que s'uneix a la talla de Ricky Hatton, Graham Earl, Kevin Lear, Shea Neary, Tony Oakey, Wayne Elcock, Wayne Alexander i altres llegendes britàniques del passat a ser coronat el campió del món de la UMC.