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VICTOR CONTE REVEALS TRUTH ON LUIS ORTIZ POSITIVE TEST
SHOWTIME SPORTS® RELEASES ANTHONY JOSHUA & DEONTAY WILDER FULL-LENGTH FIGHTS IN ADVANCE OF CONSECUTIVE HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS ON SHOWTIME®
WATCH ANTHONY JOSHUA VS. Wladimir Klitschko LAPHA
WATCH DEONTAY WILDER VS. Artur PIN LAPHA
INI: SHOWTIME Sports released two full-length fights from Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder in advance of their upcoming title defenses on Oct. 28 and Nov. 4 on Showtime. Joshua’s potential Fight of the Year thriller with Wladimir Klitschko and Wilder’s sensational knockout of Artur Szpilka are available now in their entirety on SHOWTIME Sports digital platforms.
The October 28 SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast of Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev from Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales will be the first of two heavyweight world title fights airing live on SHOWTIME. The following Saturday, WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder will defend his title against undefeated contender Luis Ortiz to conclude consecutive weeks that feature four of the consensus top-five heavyweights in the world.
Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko: Full Fight | Showtime Championship Boxing
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Deontay Wilder vs. Arthur Pin: Full Fight | Showtime Championship Boxing
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Backyard Brawl: Briggs vs. Oquendo Has Been Canceled
Heavyweight World Title Showdown Comes to South Florida!
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BUD GREENSPAN’S “KINGS OF THE RING: FOUR LEGENDS OF HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING” TO AIR TONIGHT, ULWESIHLANU, JUNE 10 AT 8 P.M. ET/PT ON SHOWTIME®
Showtime Sports® presents “KINGS OF THE RING: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing” featuring legendary heavyweight champions Muhammad Ali, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey futhi Joe Louis. The captivating film-length documentary written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Bud Greenspan, is airing on ISIKHATHI SOMBUKISO Friday, June 10 at 8 p.m. ET / PT.
“KINGS OF THE RING” explores the lives of four of the greatest heavyweight champions of the 20th century, who made an impact in history in and out of the ring, advocating for political issues and civil rights. The athletes not only pushed the boundaries by becoming champions, but they also achieved greatness while changing the world in the process.
An encore presentation of “KINGS OF THE RING: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing” will replay on SHOWTIME EXTREME on Saturday, June 11 at 10:30 a.m. ET / PT. It will also be available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND beginning June 15.
HEAVYWEIGHTS TO MAKE SOPHOMORE CAGE APPEARANCES AT NEF 22
Lewiston, Maine (March 16, 2016) - New England ayalwa (NEF), America isibalo-one zesifunda fight ukukhuthazwa, izobamba umcimbi walo olandelayo, “NEF 22: Zonke Izinkolo Ziholela LAPHA” on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée e Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Ngasekuqaleni namuhla, NEF announced the addition of an amateur heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” fight ikhadi. Ras Hylton (1-0) Kulindeleke ukuba abhekane Matt Glover (1-0) at a fight weight of 265-pounds.
Weighing in at 227-pounds and standing 6’6,” Ras Hylton towered over the top of the cage at “NEF 21” last month in his MMA debut. It took him just over a minute to dispatch his opponent, Zak Bergeron (0-1), using his reach advantage to pummel Bergeron with a barrage of strikes. Hylton is a member of Dragon Fire Martial Arts of South Portland, Maine, as well as First Class MMA based in Brunswick.
“I’m immensely grateful to my teams at Dragon Fire MMA and First Class MMA for helping me to prepare for this dream made real,” exclaimed Hylton. “I expect that Mr. Glover will help provide an excellent show for the fans as we both fight for victory, making this show as memorable as my debut was for me. All roads lead here, and I want mine to lead to victory. Thank you for all the support folks!”
At “NEF 21,” Matt Glover defeated Gravin Guillen (2-5) via lokuqala round Knockout technical. During his time at Mountain Valley High School (MVHS) in Rumford, Maine, Glover was a standout on the football field. He is a member of Berserkers MMA where he trains under coaches Mike Hansen (3-3) and Gary Dolloff. Glover’s younger brother Ryan (Glover, 3-1) is the reigning NEF MMA Amateur Light-Heavyweight Champion. At 236-pounds and 6’2,” Glover realizes he will need to overcome Hylton’s height and reach advantage on April 23rd.
“I’m very excited for my next NEF battle,” said Glover. “I think I will be even more prepared and less nervous for this fight. My head will be clearer. For my debut, my brother was also on the card and I was a little distracted as a result, but for this fight, my mind is all business about what’s in front of me. Ras possesses a huge challenge with his height and reach, but I plan on neutralizing his kicks and getting inside and coming straight forward and throwing bombs. My training is getting me better and better and getting me more prepared every day. There will be some bloodshed on April 23rd – and I will give 110% effort, as always.”
umzuliswano olandelayo New England ayalwa ', "NEF 22: Zonke Izinkolo Ziholela LAPHA," ithatha indawo Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée e Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 futhi ukudayiswa manje www.TheColisee.com noma ngokumemeza Colisée box office at 207.783.2009 x 525. Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mcimbi fight updates ikhadi, sicela uvakashele iwebhusayithi ukukhuthazwa sika at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ungakwazi watch NEF imiqophi at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, landela them on Twitternefights futhi ukuhamba neqembu Facebook esemthethweni "New England Ilwisana."
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New England ayalwa ("NEF") Yimpi izenzakalo ukukhushulwa inkampani. Mission NEF ukwakha esezingeni izenzakalo for fighters Maine kanye fans ngokufanayo. Executive team NEF has olutheni management combat ezemidlalo, izenzakalo production, ubudlelwane media, marketing, kwezomthetho kanye nokukhangisa.
Sadam ALI UBUSO FRANCISCO SANTANA AS KWENZEKA CO-MAIN ON THE WLADMIR Klitschko VS. IKHADI Bryant JENNINGS ON APRIL 25
FROM Madison Square Garden IN NEW YORK
LIVE isiqephu ON HBO World Championship BOXING®
NEW YORK CITY (March 25, 2015) – The Ezingakanqotshwa Port “World Kid” Ingabe futhi -punching fast Francisco “Ungahlukıselana” Santana abayobhekana off at “Emhlabeni Odume Kunayo Arena”, Madison Square Garden on Sat. April 25 njengoba co-isici ukuba “The Returns Champion”, the World Championship wesibhakela phakathi ongenambangi iqhawe sosondonzima Vladimir Klitschkinselele o futhi top-ukalwe Bryant Jennings. The doubleheader uzobe isiqephu bukhoma HBO World Championship Boxing isiqala at 10:00 p.m. KANYE/PT.
Wasekela by Golden Boy Promotions futhi Gary Shaw Productions, 10-round welterweight Yimpi ephakathi amabili nokunyuka izinkanyezi yezemidlalo sika uyonikeza abalandeli nobusuku okuthakazelisayo isibhakela njengoba bevula the telecast ngaphambi umcimbi main sosondonzima kulindelwe kakhulu.
Phambili amathikithi “The Returns Champion” angathengwa ngokusebenzisa Madison Square Garden Box Office at www.TheGarden.com and through Ticketmaster, (www.Ticketmaster.com, Ifoni 1-800-435-5000.)
“Ngijabulile ukulwa esimweni sami ekhaya of New York kanye at Madison Square Garden,” wathi Brooklyn, Sadam Ali New York. “Amanye amasosha kunabo bonke mdlalo aye wenza uphawu lwabo ngalesi okubanjelwe; Muhummad Ali, Joe Lewis, Oscar De La Hoya, Bernard Hopkins and I’m ready to be part of that history. Francisco is a tough fighter and I’m ready to take him on and with the help of my promoter Golden Boy Promotions move forward to becoming a world champion.”
“Ngiye amasentshana indlela yami isikhundla engikuyo ngoba ngiye alwa ishaye fighters ababekhuthele Ezingakanqotshwa,” wathi Francisco Santana of Santa Barbara, California. “Nothing has come easy to me on the way up. Fighting stiff opposition is what prepares a fighter for the next level and I’ll be ready for anything Sadam Ali brings. My promoter Gary Shaw told me if I kept winning he would get me a big fight, and here we are getting ready to fight one of the best young contenders in the world. A win against Ali will sky rocket my career and that’s exactly what I plan to do.”
“Ukuza off of an match ethokozisayo ukuthi bambona Knockout ukulwa ngaphambilini Ezingakanqotshwa, Manje Sadam ufuna ukuthatha elandelayo, isinyathelo esibalulekile up isitebhisi welterweight,” wathi Oscar De La Hoya, Umsunguli nomongameli of Golden Boy Promotions. “With izandla lightning-okusheshayo, kweqiniso amandla Knockout kanye nendlala ukuba the best in the division, the 'World Kid’ kumelwe-bheka bonke abalandeli.”
“Francisco Santana uyiqhawe ngubani grinded indlela yakhe up the rankings wathola lokhu ekulweni Ali on HBO,” washo Gary Shaw. “This is a feel good story about a kid who fought his way to the big stage and bright lights of Broadway. Those bright lights are now shining on his career. I’ve always said, a fighter ngubani ulambile kuyingozi kakhulu, and Santana is famished. He wants to win this fight and show the world he’s worthy of a world title shot. I believe Santana is the underdog in the public’s eye, kodwa ngeke waphinda fool umphakathi nge win esikhulu April 25.”
“Siyajabula ukuze ungeze lokhu okuthakazelisayo co-feature kule isenzakalo esingavamile isihloko esikhulu by the World Championship wesibhakela phakathi Wladimir Klitschko and Bryant Jennings,” wathi Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions. “The matchup lezi zinkanyezi ezimbili ekuphumeni kufanele uhlinzekele ukuvulwa fight uqine kakhulu ukuba telecast HBO.”
Owabe 2008 U.S. Olympian, Port “World Kid” Ingabe (21-0, 13 Kos) has been on the fast track to success in boxing since his professional debut in 2009. The undefeated fighter impressed critics and fans early on, ubusa wonke izimbangi zakhe, kuhlanganise Michael Clark bani wazishaya nge Knockout in the round yokuqala ngo-Ephreli 2014 to gain the WBO NABO Welterweight Title. In August of the same year, Ali wanqoba Jeremy Bryan via isinqumo uqhekeko bathole WBO Inter-Continental Welterweight Title. In his most recent bout and the most notable to date of Ali’s career, esebhekene Juan Carlos Abregu wawela phansi lesithupha nangelesishiyagalolunye round Yokuwina by Knockout lobuchwepheshe nxazonke lesishiyagalolunye ukunikeza Abregu ukulahlekelwa yakhe yesibili career.
Ezingakanqotshwa kusukela 2012, Francisco “Ungahlukıselana” Santana (22-3-1, 1 KO) has solidified himself as one of the brightest and most dangerous stars in the welterweight division. His victories against former undefeated prospect Eddie Gomez and veteran Joachim Alcine, have propelled him to the top of the weight class. Santana’s most recent wins came by way of knockout. In August of 2014, Francisco wayeka Luis Alfredo Lugo in the round lwesihlanu, kulandelwa umbukwane lokuqala Knockout esiyindilinga omunye ithemba Ezingakanqotshwa in Kendal Mena, a bout that took place in January of 2015. Santana is ready to add another win to his record when he faces Sadam Ali on April 25.
Sadam Ali vs. Francisco Santana iyinhlangano 10-round welterweight iziqubu ozoqhutshwa Golden Boy Promotions and Gary Shaw. The HBO World Championship Boxing telecast uqala at 10:00 p.m. KANYE/PT.
Wladimir Klitschko vs.. Bryant Jennings wethulwa K2 Promotions and Gary Shaw Promotions ebuhlotsheni Madison Square Garden.
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