ShoWTIME Boxing INTERNATIONAL® Brook vs. Futhi Akazikhukhumezi At 6:15 p.m. KANYE/3:15 p.m. PT
Ngaphambi To That Evening sika Showtime Championship Boxing® Doubleheader
I-NEW YORK (March 16, 2015) - Showtime Sports® will present the Sky Sports telecast of the IBF Welterweight World Championship phakathi sivikele iqhawe and langakubo intandokazi Kell Brook futhi No. 1 inselele Jo Jo Dan on Saturday, March 28, hlala e ISIKHATHI SOMBUKISO at6:15 p.m. KANYE/3:15 p.m. PT ukusuka Motorpoint Arena e Sheffield, England.
Kamuva ngalobo busuku, bephila Showtime (10 p.m. KANYE/7 p.m. PT), WBC featherweight Champion Jhonny Gonzalez (57-8, 48 Kos), of Mexico City, uyovikela 126-ganda wakhe ibhande ngokumelene southpaw esheshayo-fisted Gary Russell Jr. (25-1, 14 Kos), of Capitol Heights, Md., in the main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. In the co-feature, kusukela The Pearlat Palms Resort Casino in Las Vegas, Ezingakanqotshwa Olwa emhlabeni-zibalwa Jermell "Iron Man" Charlo (25-0, 11 Kos), of Houston, ubuso wazibonela 2004 U.S. Olympian Vanes Martirosyan (35-1-1, 21 Kos), of Glendale, Calif., in a 10-round super welterweight Yimpi.
Showtime Boxing INTERNATIONAL Brook vs. Dan ngeke ukucabanga ngokushesha kulandela Showtime Championship Boxing telecast.
Oluzayo isihloko wezokuVikela Brook sika, kugqugquzelwa Eddie Hearn'S Matchroom Boxing, kuyoba khona homecoming raucous for the Brit popular, who last fought in Sheffield in October 2013. Saziwa ngokuthi "Unbreakable" in the lase-UK, umcimbi futhi Brook sika asebuya fight emva ukubanjwa uhlaselwe ngesikhathi eseholidini September odlule. "
"March 28 kuyoba ebusuku ngokomzwelo for Kell and the team. Ngikhumbula ngokuba by kombhede wakhe September esibhedlela Spanish emva kwalokho ummese attack ezihlasimulisa umzimba, Kwakungathi career yakhe wayephezu, Zisize Eddie Hearn, Managing Director of Matchroom Sports. “He has shown incredible physical and mental strength and looks better than ever in camp. Fans on Showtime ngeke uthole ukubona ngombono wami the best 147 pounder in the World zikhanyise a 10,000 uthengise out arena on March 28-don't miss it!"
Brook (33-0, 22 Kos) of Sheffield, England, uzobe ngokwenza isiqalo sakhe sokuqala futhi ukuzivikela kokuqala 147-ganda isihloko wathatha kusukela ngaphambilini Ezingakanqotshwa Shawn Porter nge iningi isinqumo 12-round last Aug. 16e Carson, Calif., on Showtime. In an impressive performance in his long-awaited shot at a world championship, Brook, 28, wawina ngokucacile amabili scorecards (117-111, 116-112) kanti umahluleli sesithathu sasinobuso ngisho (114-114).
"Ngemuva konke lokho kwenzeka eminyakeni esiyizinyanga eziyisithupha ezedlule, it uzizwa Amazing ngazi uzobe sivikele igama lami World in Sheffield,"Kusho Brook. "Angikho ngifuna ezidlule JoJo Ngiyazi uzoletha ukushisa kodwa ngifuna ukuthola le ukuzivikela amandla kwenziwe bese libhekise labo mega-zokuxabana baphume khona division. Ngiyazi ukuthi uzizwa wasebenza kanzima kangaka ukuze singene isikhundla amandla njengabo Ngenza, kodwa mina sizosebenzisana kabili kanzima ukugcina ibhande ngathola. Ngemuva May 2nd, kuyoba kuphela babe ngamaqhawe amabili in the division-ngokwami kanye Floyd noma Manny. Ngifuna ahlanganise lo division ngesitayela. Ngiyeza kubo bonke. "
Futhi (34-2, 18 Kos), saseQuebec, Canada, unqobile emihlanu ilandelana ayisishiyagalombili wakhe wokugcina nine. Umsolwa oneminyaka engu-33 ubudala wathola ufa at the umqhele nge uqhekeko isinqumo 12-round phezu Kus indlu in an ukuqedwa iziqubu last Dec. 19on Showtime. Dan also won a split decision over the then-unbeaten Bizier on Nov. 30, 2013.
A ongowokuzalwa Romania, isixuku ojabulisa Dan, Igama ogama egcwele Ionut Dan Ion, has lived and trained in Montreal since his pro debut in April 2004. The only blemishes on the southpaw’s record are a pair of close, impikiswano isinqumo ukulahleka to Olwa ke-Ezingakanqotshwa Selcuk Aydin-INqabayokulinda kuqala in 2010 kanti owesibili 2011- kokubili Turkey Aydin lwendabuko.
"Kell engazange alwa umuntu onjengami,” Dan said. “I believe in myself and I don’t think he can bring anything I can’t deal with on fight night. Ngabona impi yakhe last lapho ayethandwa isihloko emhlabeni futhi kwaba ukusebenza enkulu, kodwa mina nje ake ithimba lami ukufunda naye ukujula bese beveza isu ngokuwina.
“I have waited a long time to get a world title shot so I am determined to take advantage of this opportunity. My prediction for the fight is simple –Jo Jo Dan becomes the new IBF Welterweight World champion.”
# # #
About Showtime Networks Inc.:
Showtime Networks Inc. (Sni), engxenyeni yakwa-ephethwe of CBS Corporation, ungumnikazi futhi usebenza amanethiwekhi premium ithelevishini Showtime®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ futhi Flix®, kanye imigudu Multiplex Showtime 2™, ISIKHATHI SOMBUKISO® Umbukiso, Showtime obedlulele®, Showtime NGALÉ®, Showtime NEXT®, Showtime WOMEN®, Showtime FAMILY ZONE® futhi THE CHANNEL MOVIE™ Xtra. Sni inikeza Showtime HD™, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ HD, Showtime ON IFUNA® futhi THE CHANNEL MOVIE™ EFUNWA KAKHULU, futhi inethiwekhi sika ubuqiniso service Showtime Anytime®. Sni futhi okwenzayo Smithsonian Networks, ohlanganyelwayo phakathi sni kanye Smithsonian Institution, alinikela Smithsonian Channel™. All sni feeds ukunikeza umsindo ngcono usebenzisa Dolby Digital 5.1. Sni nezimakethe futhi isakaze ezemidlalo kanye nemicimbi ukuzijabulisa for embukisweni ababhalisile ngesisekelo pay-per-umbono nge Showtime PPV®.