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KEITH THURMAN TO DEFEND WBA WELTERWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST SHAWN PORTER IN BLOCKBUSTER SHOWDOWN OF ELITE 147-POUNDERS ON SATURDAY, ITINER 12
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NEW YORK – January 23, 2016 - WBA Welterweight World Champion Keith “One Time” Thurman will defend his title against former champ “Showtime” Shawn Porter in a blockbuster matchup of two of the world’s best 147-pound fighters on Saturday, March 12 on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS.
The welterweight showdown will air live on CBS at 8:30 p.m. ATQUE / 5:30 p.m. PT from Mohegan Sun Casino Resort in Uncasville, Connecticut. Eventus, promoted by DiBella Entertainment, is produced by SHOWTIME Sports® for the CBS Television Network, both divisions of the CBS Corporation. The last primetime boxing event on CBS was Muhammad Ali-Leon Spinks on Feb. 15, 1978.
Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs), of Clearwater, Fla., and Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs), of Las Vegas by way of Akron, Ohio, are both coming off superb 2015 campaigns that solidified the fresh faces among the elite of arguably boxing’s most exciting division. With perennial pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather now retired, the 27-year-old Thurman and the 28-year-old Porter are hungry to stake their claim as the future of boxing.
“Thurman vs. Porter is a marquee matchup of two elite boxers in the prime of their careers, and the winner will establish himself as arguably the No. 1 fighter in boxing’s glamour division,"Stephanus inquit Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Sports SHOWTIME. “Fights of this caliber don’t come along very often, et cum hoc faciunt, they deserve to be on the biggest stage possible. That’s why all of us at SHOWTIME and CBS are so excited to be able to deliver this pivotal matchup to a primetime audience on America’s highest-rated network.”
“Last year was an amazing year for me: I headlined the very first Premier Boxing Champions show and was named PBC Fighter of the Year,” Thurman said. “But this is my year to dominate the welterweight division and I’m excited to be getting ready to take out Shawn Porter. I am ready to get back in the ring and bring boxing fans what they’ve been looking for – the top true welterweight champion of the world, the one who is going to take out all competitors one by one. I am Keith ‘One-Time’ Thurman and I’m going to show you what a champion looks like on March 12."
“I’m very confident in my ability. That’s why I’ve been looking forward to this fight because I’m someone who can beat Keith Thurman,” Porter said. “Nothing about Keith really makes me nervous. I do know that he’s going to be ready for this fight. He’s a fighter that has the heart of a lion just like I do. I expect this to be a fight to the finish. A win over Keith Thurman is what we’ve been waiting for.”
“Keith Thurman against Shawn Porter is one of the best matchups that can be made in the welterweight division right now and I am thrilled that it is taking place at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn.,” dixit Lou DiBella, Praeses DiBella Entertainment. “The hard-punching world titleholder Thurman and the highly skilled former champion Porter will have the opportunity to prove that they are the next heir to the throne in the post-Mayweather era of the 147 libram dividit.”
“One Time” Thurman, who owns a better than 80 percent KO ratio and knocked out 18 Primus eius 20 adversarios, is considered one of the most avoided fighters in boxing. After unsuccessfully lobbying to fight the best of the division for the past two years, Thurman finally had a breakout 2015.
The hard-hitting Florida native floored former champion and long-time contender Robert Guerrero en route to a convincing 12th round unanimous last March in Las Vegas. He then dominated and bloodied former champ Luis Collazo on July 11, winning via seventh round TKO. Thurman won the Interim WBA belt with a knockout of Diego Chaves in 2013 and scored consecutive knockouts over Jesus Soto Karass (2013) and Julio Diaz (2014) in his first and second title defenses.
Against Porter, Thurman will now get a chance to prove what he’s been claiming for years – that he’s the world’s best welterweight – in the toughest test of his career.
“Showtime” Porter has built one of the most impressive resumes in the division since making his welterweight debut in 2010. Gere,, who surprisingly turned professional as a super middleweight (168 libras), won the IBF crown in 2013 with an impressive unanimous decision over Devon Alexander.
The physically-gifted and offensive-minded Ohio native knocked out former two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi with a brutal clean right hand in April of 2014 in the lone defense of his title. Porter lost the IBF belt less than four months after the Malignaggi victory in a close majority decision defeat to undefeated British superstar Kell Brook, but he bounced back with a fifth-round knockout of Erick Bone in March of 2015. Porter scored what many considered an upset victory in his next bout over then three-division world champion Adrien Broner with a clear unanimous decision last June 20 in Las Vegas.
The aggressive, come-forward Porter has built his career as a perennial underdog who relishes in the role. Autem, with the resume he has built, it’s hard to consider him an underdog anymore heading into this crossroads showdown with Thurman.
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Antonio Tarver, Jr. Ex paterno Bellator umbram
Prospectu faciem Julian Valerio hoc Saturday nocte in Tampa |
TAMPA (July 9, 2015) – Junior middleweight prospectu Antonio Tarver, Jr. (2-0, 2 KOs), filius quinque mundi fortissimus tempor Antonius “Magicae Man” Tarver, continues dimicare praeclara pater umbram, hoc Saturday nocte in Tampa.
XXVII in annus-vetus faces Tarver Julian Valerio (2-3) sem in circuitu quattuor in off- Boxing pugiles in SUMMUS Suspendisse show, headlined by Keith Thurmanvs. Luis Collazo, at USF Sun Dome.
Tarver Jr. crevit-sursum in vicino Daytona Beach et recently relocated in Tampa ubi et pater ipsius vivit. Cum autem et exercitatum Miami Orlando Cuellar. “Pugnatum est mihi multus,” Tarver Jr. dixit. “Im catulus, et venientem in magna gloria et potestas pugnandi dabatur pugnans Saturday ante noctem familiares. Nihil nisi de Daytona Beach duo hora coegi. Libet ad gratias ESPN, Al dum expositionem Haymonis et ceterorum qui adiuverunt get in hac card. Ego sparred cum eo (Valerio) huic ad duos annos. Cumque mactaverit hircum pro illa pugna sparring session, sed mirabile magnum sibi parcere Saturday nocte.”
Multa habet pros quod cons “Magicae Man” sicut ambulavit pater tuus, praesertim cum sit activa, mundo genus pugnator. “Egomet mihi homo,” explicatur Tarver Jr. donec collegium ludius ultrices erat plene probatur quod pater eius dicata boxing. “Ipse 'magis fixisque; Im citius eo, quia tibi a junior middleweight et hes a heavyweight. Hes sum defensus labore ingenio reddo meliorem cotidie. Adgreditur me interficere quemquam non filius. Semper mihi ad consequi mea somnia, Heu laborare, bust meam INCURRO, posito is in omnes artes et artificia.
“Ive 'tantum habuit 10 pugnat in omnis mearum career (2 professionalem, 8 amateur) et ego cum ceteris, qui raperent anulus usu magis. Habeo in aure loquitur pater omnium consilio magnoque usu in Orlando lanista. Duo populi ex proeliis magnus differentias visendi. Paratus sum pro hac pugna tibi!”
Antonio personae pater est excitatur circa filium filii sui tertia pugna professionalem. “Post haec fili mi incredibili affectu velit esse transmutatio in pugnantis,” fatebatur. “Nullus facit duriorem Junior. Fuerit accommodatus, focused et omnes ex illa mihi A realis facile affectum. Eum sunt praesidium eius facere omnia mente loqui. Ego pugnare potest pro eo, sed possum ducat;, sperans se factum tollit ius incrementum cepit,. He has, omne, pro eo – talentum et caput recta. Numquam solliciti eum facere periculum. Suus 'a diversis genus pugnator, Omnia mea consumatione implere desideras homo, et hoc ipsum me excitat contra eum iustas querimonias.
“Keith Thurman erat main 's sparring consorte edidit pugnam erat a stridore vocales a suis sessionibus sparring. Ubi fortissimum est iuvenis Thomas iunior deditque illi omnia quae in mundo et pugnatores optimi tenentes. Junior est omne tempus quod dico eadem pugna sparring. Non tamen descendit vobis sparring soluta vel championships. Junior scit quid est facturus in certamine labores in gym. Lectiones didicit ex sparring Keith fecit Junior efficiebat.” Tarver Jr. eiusdem doctrinae traditae in raeda Tampa, 86-annorum Williams Jimmy, qui etiam docti Tarver Sr. cum esset 12.
“Pugnantium institutio provocat tentarentque ut Antonio operatur viam suam sursum proelia caestus scalam,” Cuellar commented. “Cum experientia limited amateur, Antonio has discere cogeretur est job, quaestionibus quas pro arbitrio sisti sagina, animi corporisque. Hes basis stat fervidus dedicatumque. Omnia instrumenta ad bonum videtur Antonio run. Ibimus gradu his July 11th perficientur et ite inde.”
Quasi Tarver Jr. nullis opus inspiratione, sicut pater non solum sibi hoc esse primum September. “Est enim parvum meum filium date debitis September 17,” addidit. “Quin animo ad promulgationem.”
Tarver XLVI annorum, tum quod, Sr. post hunc annum avum pugnabit, antiquissimum auctorem esse mundum quaeque in pugilatu historia heavyweight.
“Junior sum ita felix patris sed non fieri sentio antiquis,” Tarver Sr. concludi. “Suus 'a diversi. Erroribus sum ego ut impediendae. Ille nunc compositis quinquennium 'habens infantem cum amica. Non potui beatiores esse. Magna me tempus. Quando Ego dont decernere retire, Ego tradere facem ei, manderet, currit et sic vide quantum.”
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