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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, Novembro 17, at the Kansas Star Arena and Casino in Mulvane, Kansas.

 

 

 

Shields (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 e mentalmente. 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 libras. 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, tanto dentro como fóra do anel. 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! dou 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

O Sábado, Novembro 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, Escocia.

 

 

 

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. Logo, 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. Antes diso, 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, Agosto 4 at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

LONG ISLAND, Nova York (Xullo 16, 2018) – WBA Women’s Super Middleweight World Champion Alicia ‘The EmpressNapoleon, (9-1, 5 KO), of Lindenhurst, NY will make her first defense against WBC Silver Middleweight titlist Hannah Rankin, (5-1, 1 KO) of Glasgow, Escocia o sábado, Agosto 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 e Devon Alexander on FOX and FOX Deportes (7:30 p.m. E / 4:30 p.m. PT).

 

 

 

Os ingresos para o evento en directo, which is promoted by TGB Promotions and DiBella Entertainment, xa están á venda. Os billetes pódense mercar en liña, a visitarwww.ticketmaster.com, www.nycblive.com, ou por teléfono 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,” dixo Lou DiBella, Presidente da 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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Loita Informe: Docherty Para Kelly para protexer WBU Crown como McEwan, Allan e Robb tomar louros da vitoria

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Informe Gianluca Di Caro

Fotos cortesía de Armando Ferrari

 

Scottish Promotor Thomas Melville fixo súas intencións claras para que todos poidan ver co seu evento de estrea o sábado noite, mesmo coa serio grandes dramas previos ao evento, incluíndo a perda dun dos seus grandes atractivos, ex WBO pluma rei Scott Harrison, da tarxeta só unhas semanas antes, e dous match-ups abandono nos días previos ao concerto, aínda o escocés sagaz aínda conseguiu producir unha excelente, aínda que menor, evento.

Encabezando o concerto foi o ex Commonwealth campión Craig Docherty, en Glasgow contra Dundalk, Michael Kelly de Irlanda para a vaga Mundial da Unión de Boxeo (WBU) Super Welterweight título mundial.

A atmosfera era eléctrica como os dous protagonistas fixeron a súa entrada para a área, os fans escoceses seguro saben como facer unha ocasión como esta realmente especial.

Desde a campá de apertura ambos boxeadores fixeron a súa intención clara de cristal e en poucos segundos o fronte a fronte de batalla para anel central comezou a serio.

Cando digo de igual a igual quero dicir cara a cara, mentres gran parte da acción foi de preto, ás veces eles foron que preto dun outro que non podería firmado un papel de cigarro entre eles, tanto así que árbitro Lee Murtagh non tiña opción pero para aviso-los sobre os enfrontamentos cabeza en numerosas ocasións.

Agora mesmo que estaban tan preto nin home foi defensiva, ambos presentando as súas ferramentas excepcionais do comercio con gran efecto, con garras lisos e cortes superiores vidos de todos os ángulos.

Docherty conseguiu practicamente garantir o primeiro par de voltas, só como eles estaban tan equilibrados, pero no terceiro Kelly pisou o, facendo-se un pouco de espazo realmente entrou nun fluxo e estaba deixando rip con tiros cintilantes de todos os ángulos imaxinables único.

Docherty respondeu de forma similar, con todo, a experta do traballo de Kelly fixo unha batalla para arriba para o Glaswegian.

Rolda de catro ver Docherty tácticas de cambio, usando o seu jab con gran efecto para crear os ocos, a fin de deixar rasgar con algúns tiros do corpo viciosos, con todo o irlandés parecía bastante feliz para absorber estes antes contrarrestar con dereitos poderosas e a enxurrada handed double ocasional.

Rolda cinco foi un partido espectacular, ambos protagonistas incrementar o ritmo aínda máis, o que levou a algúns trocos temibles. Foi moi difícil para decidir quen tivo o mellor desenvolvemento ou se calquera outfought ou outworked o outro, si, foi que preto.

 

Máis do mesmo no sexto, boy oh boy eles foron para el martelo e pinzas para o primeiro par de minutos ou así da rolda.

Cando o reloxo trasladouse ao minuto final do round Docherty comezou a recuar Kelly up, antes de deixar rip con dereito lóstrego rápido que caeu Kelly como un saco de patacas.

Nun instante Árbitro Lee Murtagh foi á asistencia do irlandés e aceno a loita off, que enviou Docherty, seu equipo e os fans nun frenesí alegre.

Teño que dicir que unha multitude apreciativa na atención, como os aplausos de ledicia para Docherty foron compensados ​​pola magnífica recepción que deu a Michael Kelly como se puxo de pé, estes eran verdadeiros fans, home gañou, pero eles eran igualmente capaces de apreciar o magnífico rendemento do Irishman.

Pouco antes Docherty foi coroado o novo WBU Super Welterweight anunciouse a hora oficial da paralización, como dous minutos e nove segundos do sexto.

Apoio principal para a loita polo título Docherty-Kelly foi creado para ser de Edimburgo Craig McEwan contra de Newport Lee Churcher, con todo, isto non era para ser debido a unha diferenza de peso que non foi capaz de ser resolto no canto, por iso algunhas negociacións rápidas levou a loitador Checa Vaclav baseado BNG Skromach sendo elaborado en como un substituto moi tarde.

McEwan comezou forte, levando a loita para o rapaz Checa, Skromach aínda hai cunca e un agradable propio loitador arrumados e pronto comezou a deixar rasgar con tiros do seu propio.

McEwan iniciada para acadar o corpo, benvida dalgúns ángulos incribles para pousar algúns mísiles Exocet temibles, Skromach axustado súas defensas, pero claramente algúns estaban tendo o efecto desexado.

Skromach realizou a súa propia ben para o primeiro par de minutos, pero como a rolda entrou no minuto final McEwan intensificou o castigo para o corpo, culminando cun gancho impresionante que caeu ben o botón para enviar Skromach levar a un xeonllo.

Foi un tiro en serio vicioso, por iso ninguén se sorprendeu que Skromach foi incapaz de continuar, de novo como co evento principal fans escoceses celebrou a vitoria do seu home, así como eloxiou Skromach como se puxo de pé.

A hora oficial da paralización anunciouse como dous minutos e 29 segundo do primeiro round.

Antes de McEwan-Skromach foi outro redondo seis, entre de Nairn Sandy Robb e de Scunthorpe Jody Meikle.

Robb comezou rápido, utilizando un bo zócolo violento e grandes dereitos que mantivo o Meikle altamente divertido en cheque e co pé atrás para o primeiro minuto ou así, pero, a continuación, o rapaz comezou Scunthorpe benvida á fronte máis, escollendo fóra Robb con algunhas mans dereitas de craqueamento.

Como a rolda continuou Robb comezou a facer aínda máis forte, Meikle deixando outra opción senón utilizar afectados e se moven tácticas, na maioría das veces ten estes local, pero, en ocasións, o escocés anticipou estas e foi capaz de aterrar un dereito grande como Meikle intentou escorregar para fóra da pista.

Máis do mesmo na segunda, pero no terceiro Meikle comezaron a xogar á multitude, especialmente cando apoiado nas cordas, cheekily chiscando para as nenas tarxeta de anel, evitando disparos.

Servizo normal foi retomada na cuarta, Robb comezou a cortar o anel para evitar Meikle utilizando o seu bater e executar tácticas, este foi altamente eficaz para o escocés como con ningún lugar para ir ao inglés non tiña opción pero para a caixa seu camiño cara a fóra das cordas, o que fixo ao grande.

A medida que a loita se acomodou no terzo final, Meikle novo comezaron a xogar á multitude, pero en dong así asegurado que esta vez tiña xulgado a distancia de forma adecuada para evitar que as grandes dereitos de looping do desembarco Scotsman.

A rolda final foi un cracker, mentres aínda nunha vea similar da rolda anterior, con Robb apoiando o inglés nas cordas como Meikle xogou para a multitude, houbo algúns excelentes e moi divertido de boxeo de ambas partes.

Tras seis interesante, roldas de entretemento Árbitro Lee Murtagh marcou a loita 60-54 a favor de Robb.

A loita da noite consulte Abrindo os rivais da Academia ex Campión do Mundo de Kickboxing unificada Sam Allan en acción contra Downpatrick, De Irlanda retornando Marty Kayes.

Teño que dicir que realmente foi unha loita rachaduras, ambos protagonistas dando todo de si para cada segundo de cada rolda, foi un verdadeiro non-stop batalla royale.

Tras catro roldas de boxeo excelentes Árbitro Lee Murtagh marcou a loita 40-37 a favor de Allan, moito para os adeptos da casa encanto.

Parabéns a Thomas Melville eo seu equipo, eles non só superar a adversidade de perder a súa loita co-título, así como algunhas das loitas programadas, pero aínda conseguiu poñer nun excelente evento.

Parabéns están en orde para Craig Docherty, que se xunta os gustos de Ricky Hatton, Graham Earl, Kevin Lear, Shea Neary, Tony Oakey, Wayne Elcock, Wayne Alexander e outras lendas británicas do pasado para facer coroado Campión Mundial WBU.