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BOXING RETURNS TO
PRIMETIME NETWORK TELEVISION
UNDUNANKULU Boxing CHAMPIONS debuts ON NBC WITH EZIMBILI STAR-powered IZENZAKALO EZIYINHLOKO PHILA FROM THE MGM ESEWONKE YASE ARENA
AT 8:30 P.M. KANYE / 5:30 P.M. PT
Ezingakanqotshwa Welterweight Star Keith “Isikhathi Esisodwa” Thurman Takes On Owabe Four-Division World Champion
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero In Action Welterweight
The Evening‘s First Main Indawo Imigodi Owabe Three-Division World Champion Adrien “Inkinga” Broner
Against Hard-Ukushaya Super Esilula
John “The Gladiator“ Molina Jr.
Las Vegas (January 28, 2015) – The return of prizefighting to primetime network television has finally arrived as the recently announced Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) series is set to debut on Saturday, March 7 with an action-packed double main event on NBC, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The inaugural PBC on NBC fight night will feature two spectacular bouts worthy of this historic occasion. In the second main event of the evening, undefeated welterweight knockout artist Keith “Isikhathi Esisodwa” Thurman (24-0, 21 Kos) will take on former four-division world champion Robert “The Ghost” Warrior (32-2-1, 18 Kos) in a showdown where both men look to prove they are amongst the best fighters in the world on the biggest stage in recent boxing history.
Isenzakalo sokuqala main of the kusihlwa izoba omunye izinkanyezi enkulu futhi esibaluleke kakhulu boxing sika, former three-division world champion Adrien “Inkinga” Broner (29-1, 22 Kos) facing off against the always exciting John “The Gladiator” Molina Jr. (27-5, 22 Kos) in a super lightweight bout that will put the winner at the top of the division.
Amathikithi for the umcimbi bukhoma kuthiwa ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe at $400, $300, $100 futhi $50, hhayi kuhlanganise kusebenza amacala service nezintela, ezisendalini manje. Ukushaja ngocingo nge credit card enkulu, shayela Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Amathikithi ayatholakala at www.mgmgrand.com noma www.ticketmaster.com.
Ungaphuthelwa ngomzuzu ka PBC on NBC action njengoba impi yokuqala isiqephu on NBC uqala at 8:30 p.m. KANYE / 5:30 p.m. PT Sharp!
“Mina team kakhulu ngokwedlulele futhi sonke ngabomvu leli thuba ukulwa NBC. A lot of lokho team yami igcina lithi lokhu azoshintsha mdlalo. Kungikhumbuza ukuthi umqeqeshi wami osewashona Ben Getty Wayevame ukungitshela, ukuthi konke okwakudingeka ngikwenze kwaba uthole sigaba big,” Said Thurman. “Ngibheke phambili headlining lokuqala show ngempela. Ngiyajabula ukuba emuva MGM Grand nokubheka phambili Knockout enkulu. Lona ekuqaleni kokudala igama yasendlini.”
“Akuve kuqabula kakhulu ukwazi ukuthi NBC uletha boxing emuva ithelevishini ibukwa yizinkumbi,” Said Guerrero. “Kuba njengelungelo ingxenye yokuqala show, especially against an undefeated champion like Keith Thurman. Everyone knows I always come to fight. Let’s hope Thurman has the same mindset. He claims that he’s going to knock me out, but I see a totally different outcome. When this fight is over, everyone tuning in will know why boxing is one of the most exciting sports to watch, ukuthi Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi.”
“Lona isitolimende sokuqala enkulu 'AB on NBC.’ Akukho lutho angikwazi ukwenza,” Said Broner. “Kuyinto empini enkulu hhayi kuphela zabashokobezi, kodwa for the fans. Wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi mina njalo azolwa futhi ngiyazi John Molina Jr. uyeza ukulwa. Ngibheke phambili ukumyekisa Molina on NBC. Ngiyakuthanda ukusekelwa ubani ungisekela; Ngizofika ukuze azilwele. Lokhu kumane kuyisiqalo nje of the 'AB Show’ ngo-2015.”
“Ngijabule kakhulu ukuba yingxenye show mcimbi on NBC futhi ukuba kule platform. Sengijahe ukuphuma khona futhi engikwenzayo best in phambi izigidi zabantu,” wathi Molina Jr. “Ngifuna ukulwa the best and Broner kungenye yezindlela ezingcono kakhulu. Le mpi ukuthi sabuza isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka edlule futhi thina ekugcineni it. Ngijabule kangangokuthi. Angisona nervous nhlobo. Uma I wethuke, Bengingeke ngibe kule mboni. Lolu uhlobo lwento amasosha real baphupha cishe. Ngithathe ngokubala phansi izinsuku.”
The return of isibhakela ukuze emini on NBC kucishe 30 Eminyakeni ekwenziweni, ne lokugcina elinjalo fight night ukungenisa endaweni May 20, 1985. That fight saw Larry Holmes win a 15-round decision and defend his IBF Heavyweight World Championship against Carl Williams in Reno, Nev.
Primetime ithelevishini kazwelonke kwaba ekhaya eside isikhathi amanye amagama liyabonakala kakhulu emlandweni sport, with fighters such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman and Mike Tyson making a name for themselves in front of a national audience.
The PBC on NBC series will feature a cast of familiar names and voices who will lend their immense talents to the broadcasts. Seven-time Emmy Award winner Al Michaels will host the series while Academy Award winning composer Hans Zimmer will compose the music that brings the series to life. Ngaphezu kwalokho, legendary boxer Sugar Ray Leonard will serve as lead analyst.
“Ngijabulile kangaka mayelana PBC on NBC. Ngashaqeka lapho ngathola ucingo, kodwa zisuka nje ngangazi ngifuna ukuba yingxenye yalesi,” Said Leonard. “Yilokhu izidingo boxing, futhi yilokhu abalandeli boxing kudingeka.”
Los Angeles-based Goossen Promotions uzokhuthaza le PBC mcimbi on NBC umcimbi.
“It’s an honor to be a part of this extraordinary and highly anticipated event
ngoMashi 7, the DEBUT of the 'Premier Boxing Champions’ series on NBC,” said Tom Brown of Goossen Promotions. “These are two outstanding fights featuring four world class boxers and fans are in for a terrific night of action.”
Thurman has long proven his power by knocking out 18 of yakhe yokuqala 19 izimbangi, kodwa lapho ayethandwa interim Title WBA Welterweight World nge 10th round knockout over Diego Chaves in July of 2013, wafaka ngokwakhe sesimweni ukulwa the best kakhulu emdlalweni. The Clearwater oneminyaka engu-26 ubudala, Florida native uye kusukela wenza emithathu eyaphumelela title izivikelo nge knockouts uJesu Soto Karass and Julio Diaz, ngaphambi oqavile Leonard Bundu endleleni eya isinqumo ngazwilinye ngoDisemba 2014. Manje, Thurman ibheka azikanqotshwa lapho ibhekene novivinyo ezinzima kunazo nesikhathi Guerrero.
A veteran empini-ihlolwe, Warrior, of Gilroy, Calif., ubelokhu phakathi amasosha elite in boxing iminyaka. A southpaw boxer-puncher, Guerrero lwenze izihloko emhlabeni emine amakilasi isisindo kusuka 130 to 147 amakhilogremu, eshaya ukuthandwa of Andre Berto, Joel Casamayor, Michael Katsidis and Selcuk Aydin endleleni. Ngobuqhawe bakhe nala amakilasi isisindo wamzuzela fight with iphawundi-for-ganda inkosi Floyd Mayweather in 2013, okuyinto walahlekelwa by isinqumo ngazwilinye. “The Ghost” bounced emuva kamnandi in June of 2014 nge kanzima ngazwilinye isinqumo phezu Yoshihiro Kamegai ukunqoba.
Omunye izinkanyezi aziwa kakhulu boxing sika, Broner, the Phenom engu-25 ubudala oye eqoqwe izihloko emhlabeni at 130, 135 futhi 147 amakhilogremu, Ukubekela nokuzwa kwakhe phezu puncher esiyingozi John Molina Jr. ngoMashi 7. Broner liye lanqoba phezu ukuthandwa of Paulie Malignaggi, Daniel Ponce de Leon and Antonio Demarco endleleni eya ekubeni iqhawe ezintathu-division. Naphezu silahlekelwa yakhe yokuqala eya Marcos Maidana ngoDisemba 2013, the Cincinnati-bomdabu asimama emuva-to-back ngokunqoba phezu Carlos Molina and Emmanuel Taylor.
Molina Jr. from Covina, Calif., uye waba impumelelo enkulu the professional kwababusi kubandakanya Knockout umxhwele phezu zamanje zezwe iqhawe Mickey Bey ukunqoba wazibonakalisa awusoze ukubala puncher esinamandla out of a fight. Umsolwa oneminyaka engu-32 ubudala walahlekelwa Fight ngomdlalo of the Year omusha Lucas Matthysse in 2014 futhi ufuna ukuqala off 2015 nge win enkulu ngokumelene Broner.
A night full of okuthakazelisayo undercard iziqubu uzobe umemezele maduze.
PBC on NBC, will take place Saturday, March 7 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and is promoted by Goossen Promotions. Lo mcimbi ngeke baveze bukhoma NBC (8:30 p.m. KANYE / 5:30 p.m. PT).
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