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KEITH THURMAN TO DEFEND WBA WELTERWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST SHAWN PORTER IN BLOCKBUSTER SHOWDOWN OF ELITE 147-POUNDERS ON SATURDAY, MAREC 12
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NEW YORK - Januar 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 Sobota, Marec 12 na SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS.
The welterweight showdown will air live on CBS at 8:30 p.m. IN / 5:30 p.m. PT from Mohegan Sun Casino Resort in Uncasville, Connecticut. Dogodek, 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,"Je dejal Stephen Espinoza, Izvršni podpredsednik in generalni direktor, Showtime Šport. “Fights of this caliber don’t come along very often, in ko jih, 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 Marec 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.,” je rekel Lou DiBella, Predsednik 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 funt delitev.”
“One Time” Thurman, who owns a better than 80 percent KO ratio and knocked out 18 za njegov prvi 20 nasprotniki, 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 Julij 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. Nosite, who surprisingly turned professional as a super middleweight (168 funtov), 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 Junij 20 v Las Vegasu.
The aggressive, come-forward Porter has built his career as a perennial underdog who relishes in the role. Vendar, with the resume he has built, it’s hard to consider him an underdog anymore heading into this crossroads showdown with Thurman.
Vstopnice za dogodek v živo, ki ga spodbuja DiBella Entertainment, stanejo $300, $150, $75 in $35 (plus, ki se uporabljajo pristojbine) and Ticketmaster are on sale now. Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com; Razpis (800) 745-3000; or visit any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting Saturday, Januar 23, subject to availability.
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Antonio Tarver, Jr. Boj Iz očetove sence
Prospect soočiti Julian Valerio to soboto noč v Tampi |
TAMPA (Julij 9, 2015) – Junior srednji možnost Antonio Tarver, Jr. (2-0, 2 Kos), sin pet svetovni prvak Anthony “Magic Man” Tarver, še naprej boriti od svojega slavnega očeta senci to soboto noč v Tampi.
27-year-old Tarver sooča Julian Valerio (2-3) v štirih smereh bout off-televizije na Premier Boxing prvakov na ESPN oddaja, headlined ga Keith Thurmanvs. Luis Collazo, na USF Sun Dome.
Tarver Jr. zrasla-up v najbližji Daytona Beach in je pred kratkim preselila v Tampi, kjer je njegov oče tudi živi. Tako so usposobljeni v Miamiju z Orlando Cuellar. “Ta boj pomeni mi veliko,” Tarver Jr. je dejal. “Sem mlad, up-and-prihajajo borec, ki ima veliko priložnost za boj proti Sobota večer pred družino in prijatelji. To je le dve uri vožnje od Daytona Beach. Rad bi se zahvalil ESPN, Al HAYMON in vsi ostali, ki mi je pomagal priti na tej kartici. I sparred z njim (Valerio) dve leti nazaj. Verjetno je ta boj, ker te sparing seje, vendar imam veliko presenečenje za njega Sobota noč.”
Obstaja veliko prednosti in slabosti, ki imajo “Magic Man” kot vaš oče, še posebej, če je še vedno aktivna, world-class borec. “Jaz sem moje man,” pojasnil Tarver Jr. ki je bila košarka kolegij igralec, dokler se je izkazalo, da njegov oče, ki je bil v celoti namenjen za boks. “Bolj je izračunana; Jaz sem hitrejši, ker sem junior srednji in on je težka. On je obrambni genij in sem trdo delajo vsak dan, da bi izboljšali svojo obrambo. Jaz ne dajo nobenega pritiska na sebi, kot njegov sin. Vedno mi je povedal, da bi dosegli svoje sanje, Imam trdo delati, bankrot mojo rit, vse to začetek mojih znanj in obrti.
“Imel sem samo 10 bojev v moji celotni karieri (2 profesionalna, 8 amateur) in skušam ujeti-up z vsem ostalim, ki imajo veliko več izkušenj v ringu. Ampak imam moj oče govoril v uho z nasveti iz vse svoje izkušnje in odlično trenerja v Orlandu. Ljudje so videli velike razlike od mojih prvih dveh borbah. Pripravljen sem za ta boj!”
Antonio oče je navdušen nad tretjem strokovnem boju svojega sina. “To je neverjeten občutek, da po preoblikovanju mojega sina v borca hoče biti,” je priznal,. “Nihče ne dela težje kot Junior. On je posvečen, osredotočen in vse to mi daje resnično preprost občutek. Vse, kar sem naredil, je pogovor z njim, da bi mu pomagal duševno. Ne morem se boriti za njega, vendar sem mu lahko vodilo, v upanju, da je potrebno prave korake. On je vse, kar je šlo za njega – talent in njegova glava naravnost. Nikoli ne skrbi ga dobili v težavah. On je drugačna pasma borec, moj največji dosežek kot človek, in sem res navdušen o svoji prihodnosti v tej igri.
“Bil je glavni sparring partner Keith Thurman za svojem boju in tam je bil buzz od svojih sparing sej. Keith je ena izmed najbolj vročih mladih borcev na svetu in Junior mu je dal vse, kar je zmogel. Povem Junior ves čas, da sparring ni isto kot boj. Sparring ne boste dobili plačan ali prvenstva. Junior ve, da je v boju za to, kar je delal tako trdo v telovadnici. Lekcije, ki se je naučil od sparing s Keithom postavil Junior bolj samozavestni.” Tarver Jr. je učil v Tampi z istim avtobusom, 86-year-old Jimmy Williams, ki je prav tako usposobljeni Tarver Sr. ko je bil 12.
“Vsak boj je izziv in preizkus, ko je Antonio dela svojo pot navzgor boks lestev,” Cuellar komentiral. “S svojim omejenim amaterski izkušenj, Antonio je moral naučiti na delovnem mestu, cramming za mentalnih in fizičnih izzivov, s katerimi se bo predstavljenih. On je strastno in predano na dosledno. Antonio zdi, da imajo vsa orodja, da bi lep prodor. Bomo razred njegov julij 11th uspešnost in šel od tam.”
Kot če Tarver Jr. potrebno kakršno koli dodatno inspiracijo, ima prav, da kot oče, je prvič ta september. “Rok za mojega fantka, je September 17,” je dodal. “To me je spodbudila še več.”
To tudi pomeni, da je 46-year-old Tarver, Sr. bo letos boj kasneje kot dedek, o svojem prizadevanju, da postane najstarejši svetovni prvak v zgodovini boksa.
“Tako sem vesela za Junior vendar postaja dedka ne počutim starega,” Tarver Sr. sklenjene. “On je drugačen mačka. Jaz bi mu preprečevala izdelavo napake sem jih. Bil je poravnana za obdobje petih let s svojo punco in zdaj oni imajo otroka. Ne bi mogla biti srečnejša. To je odličen čas za mene. Ko Jaz se odločite, da se upokojijo, Bom ročno baklo z njim, še vroče, in da vidimo, kako daleč je teče z njo.”
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