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Robert Guerrero MEDIA Workout QUOTES THIAB DUAB

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Nyem NTAWM NO Rau cov duab

Yees duab Credit: Stephanie Trapp

 

Aromas, California. (Feb. 19, 2015) – Media nyob rau hauv lub Bay Area sib sau ua keWednesday mus saib Robert “Lub Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv” Warrior npaj rau nws headlining Welterweight showdown nrog Keith “Ib lub sij hawm” Thurmannyob rau hauv lub inaugural Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) rau NBC noj qhov chaw Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 7 los ntawm cov MGM Grand vaj Arena nyob rau hauv Las Vegas.

Daim pib rau lub nyob kev tshwm sim yog luv nqi ntawm $400, $300, $100 thiab $50, tsis xws li siv cov kev pab cuam nqi thiab se, yog on muag tam sim no. Mus rau nqi los ntawm lub xov tooj nrog ib tug loj credit card, hu Ticketmaster ntawm (800) 745-3000. Daim pib no kuj muaj nyob
ntawm www.mgmgrand.com los yog www.ticketmaster.com.

Ntawm no yog dab tsi Guerrero tau hais mus rau hauv nws lub historic sib ntau sib tw nrog Thurman:

Robert Guerrero, Yav tas los Plaub-Division ntiaj teb tau zus ib

“Kuv zoo siab heev hais tias cov sib ntaus no yog txoj cai nyob ib ncig ntawm lub ces kaum. Kuv tab tom nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej rau muab kiv cua ib tug zoo hmo ntuj nyob rau hauv boxing. Ib tug ntau ntawm loj txhaj tshuaj mus yuav ces muab pov tseg ntawm kuv kawg.

“Kuv paub Keith Thurman yog cob qhia nyuaj thiab thiaj li yog kuv. No sib ntaus yog yuav mus yuav ib tug tsov rog thiab kuv tab tom nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej mus rau nws.

“Kev kawm camp yog wrapping thiab kuv lub cev xav zoo. Qhov no yog ib qho ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws camps Kuv twb tau nyob rau hauv ib tug ntev heev lub sij hawm thiab tus kiv cua yuav suav rau kuv ua nyob rau hauv ncov kev ua tau zoo nyob rau hauv sib ntaus hmo ntuj.

“Kuv yuav tsis txhob tos mus qhia lub ntiaj teb no thiab txhua leej txhua tus menyuam nyob NBC dab tsi kuv tag nrho hais txog. Lub peb hlis ntuj 7 tsis tau tuaj sai txaus. Kuv npaj txhij mus!”

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Premier Boxing Champions nyob rau hauv NBC yog nce los ntawm Goossen Promotions thiab nta Keith Thurman vs. Robert Guerrero thiab Adrien Broner vs. John Molina, Jr. nyob rau hauv bouts uas yuav pa ya nyob rau NBC (8:30 p.m. THIAB/5:30 p.m. PT). Lub hlob Abner mares vs. Arturo Santos Reyes sib ntau sib tw yuav tsum tau tawm hauv TV nyob rau hauv lub NBC qhia (8:30-11 p.m. THIAB) los yog nyob rau hauv lub NBCSN telecast (11 p.m. THIAB).

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THREE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION ABNER MARES TO FIGHT ON BLOCKBUSTER CARD IN “PBC RAU NBC” DEBUT LIVE IN PRIMETIME ON SATURDAY, MARCH 7

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Mares Yuav kom Fim Arturo Santos Reyes Los Ntawm Tus MGM Grand vaj Arena Nyob rau hauv Las Vegas

Las Vegas (Feb. 12, 2015) – Yav tas los peb-division lub ntiaj teb champion Hlob Abner mares (28-1-1, 15 Kos) rov qab rau lub nplhaib rau lub ntsej muag 2008 Mexican Olympian Arturo Santos Reyes (18-4, 5 Kos) rau Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 7 live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in the primetime debut of the Premier Boxing Champions series on NBC and NBCSN.

 

Lub sib ntaus yog ib feem ntawm lub blockbuster card nce los ntawm Goossen Promotions featuring Keith Thurman vs. Robert Guerrero thiab Adrien Broner vs. John Molina, Jr. uas yuav pa ya nyob rau NBC (8:30 p.m. THIAB/5:30 p.m. PT).

 

The Mares-Reyes bout will be televised live on Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 7, nyob rau hauv lub NBC qhia (8:30 – 11 p.m. THIAB) los yog nyob rau hauv lub NBCSN telecast (11 p.m. THIAB).

 

Marv Albert will call the fights in primetime on NBC alongside analyst “Qab Zib” Ray Leonard, rau-lub sij hawm lub ntiaj teb no yeej thiab 1976 Olympic kub medalist. Al Michaels will host.

 

“I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to fight in Las Vegas on Lub peb hlis ntuj 7,” hais tias mares. “This is a fantastic card that is great for me and great for the sport of boxing. I look forward to putting on a show for the fans and winning impressively.”

 

“Nws yog ib tug loj yawm kom tau no sib ntaus tawm tsam hlob Abner mares thiab yuav tsum tau sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau ntawm lub MGM Grand nyob rau hauv Las Vegas,” Hais Reyes. “Mares yog ib tug zoo fighter. Kuv paub tias dab tsi nws coj mus rau lub rooj. But I’m going to give it my all on Lub peb hlis ntuj 7 and shock the boxing world.”

 

The 29-year-old Mares looks to stay at the top of the featherweight division when he steps into the ring on Lub peb hlis ntuj 7. Yug nyob rau hauv Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico thiab sib ntaus sib tua tawm ntawm Downey, California., Mares thawj tsis tau ntiaj teb no championship kub nyob rau hauv 2011 thaum nws yeej Yauxej Agbeko los yeej muaj bantamweight ntiaj teb no title. Nws hais ntxiv nws sawv mus rau ntawm lub phaus-rau-phaus daim ntawv teev nrog yeej tshaj Anselmo Moreno thiab Daniel Ponce De Leon los yeej lub ntiaj teb no lub npe nyob rau ntawm lub super bantamweight thiab featherweight feem. Nws raug kev txom nyem nws tsuas yeej nyob rau hauv ib tug shocking tsis mus Jhonny Gonzalez tab sis tau rebounded zoo nrog back-to-back yeej thiab tam sim no zoo rau rov qab mus rau sab saum toj ntawm lub ua si nawv.

 

Ib tug pib xyaum ua accomplished los ntawm Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Reyes ua rau nws U.S. debut rau Lub peb hlis ntuj 7 with a chance to immediately make a name for himself stateside. The 29-year-old was a silver medalist at the Junior World Championships in 2004 thiab nws yuav mus nyob rau hauv los sawv cev rau nws lub teb chaws nyob rau ntawm lub 2008 Olympics nyob rau hauv Beijing. Reyes muab pro nyob rau hauv 2009 thiab racked li victories nyob rau hauv nws thawj thawj tsib lub outings. Sib ntaus sib tua yuav luag heev dua lwm yam nyob rau hauv Mexico, Khabir nws Sulejmanov nyob rau hauv yeej 2012 rau lub super bantamweight title. Uas nyuam qhuav Reyes mus rau hauv txoj kev thiab poob rau Simpiwe Vetyeka nyob rau hauv nws ib txwm nyob South Africa rau lub tsis muaj thoob ntiaj teb featherweight title. Nws rov qab los rau lub nplhaib nrhiav kom ib tug tam sim ntawd feem nyob rau hauv nws US. debut.

Daim pib rau lub nyob kev tshwm sim yog luv nqi ntawm $400, $300, $100 thiab $50, tsis xws li siv cov kev pab cuam nqi thiab se, yog on muag tam sim no. Mus rau nqi los ntawm lub xov tooj nrog ib tug loj credit card, hu Ticketmaster ntawm (800) 745-3000. Daim pib no kuj muaj nyob rau hauv www.mgmgrand.com los yog www.ticketmaster.com.

 

Yog xav paub ntxiv mus xyuas www.premierboxingchampions.com, www.nbcsports.com/boxing thiab www.goossenpromotions.com, raws li nyob rau hauv TwitterPremierBoxing, KeithFThurmanJr, GhostBoxing, AdrienBroner, @ JohnMolinaJr135, abnermares, NBCSports ThiabMGMGrand thiab ua ib tug kiv cua hauv Facebook ntawm www.Facebook.com/PremierBoxingChampions thiab www.facebook.com/NBCSports.

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BOXING Rov Mus PRIMETIME NETWORK TV

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BOXING rov qab los rau

PRIMETIME NETWORK TV

Premier BOXING Champions debuts RAU NBC NROG OB STAR-Powered MAIN Txheej xwm NYOB NTAWM LUB MGM Grand VAJ Arena

AT 8:30 P.M. THIAB / 5:30 P.M. PT

Undefeated Welterweight Star Keith “Ib lub sij hawm” Thurman Yuav siv sij hawm Nyob Qub Plaub-Division ntiaj teb tau zus ib

Robert “Lub Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv” Guerrero Nyob rau hauv Welterweight Action

Lub yav tsaus ntuj‘s Thawj Main tshwm sim qho to Qub Peb-Division ntiaj teb tau zus ib Adrien “Qhov teeb meem” Broner

Tiv thaiv Hard-Ntaus Super Sib

John “Lub Gladiator“ Molina Jr.

Las Vegas (Lub ib hlis ntuj 28, 2015) – Rov qab los ntawm prizefighting rau primetime network TV tau mus txog li lub nyuam qhuav tshaj tawm Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) series yog teem mus debut rau hnub Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 7 nrog ib tug nkaus packed ob lub ntsiab tshwm sim nyob rau NBC, nyob ntawm lub MGM Grand vaj Arena nyob rau hauv Las Vegas.

 

Lub inaugural PBC rau NBC sib ntaus hmo ntuj yuav feature ob spectacular bouts tsim nyog ntawm no historic sij hawm. Nyob rau hauv lub thib ob lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm yav tsaus ntuj, undefeated Welterweight knockout artist Keith “Ib lub sij hawm” Thurman (24-0, 21 Kos) yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv yav tas los plaub-faib lub ntiaj teb no yeej Robert “Lub Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv” Warrior (32-2-1, 18 Kos) nyob rau hauv ib tug showdown uas txiv neej zoo los ua pov thawj tias lawv yog nrad qhov zoo tshaj plaws neeg tua hluav taws nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no nyob rau hauv lub biggest theem nyob rau hauv tsis ntev los no boxing keeb kwm.

 

Thawj lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm yav tsaus ntuj yuav feature ib tug ntawm boxing tus loj tshaj thiab feem ntau yuam hnub qub, yav tas los peb faib lub ntiaj teb no yeej Adrien “Qhov teeb meem” Broner (29-1, 22 Kos) txojkev tawm tiv thaiv cov ib txwm exciting John “Lub Gladiator” Molina Jr. (27-5, 22 Kos) nyob rau hauv ib tug super sib sib ntau sib tw uas yuav muab tso rau tus khiav ntawm cov saum toj kawg nkaus ntawm Division.

 

Daim pib rau lub nyob kev tshwm sim yog luv nqi ntawm $400, $300, $100 thiab $50, tsis xws li siv cov kev pab cuam nqi thiab se, yog on muag tam sim no. Mus rau nqi los ntawm lub xov tooj nrog ib tug loj credit card, hu Ticketmaster ntawm (800) 745-3000. Daim pib no kuj muaj nyob rau hauv www.mgmgrand.com los yog www.ticketmaster.com.

 

Tsis txhob qhaj ib feeb ntawm lub PBC rau NBC txiav txim raws li cov thawj uas tawm hauv TV sib ntaus rau NBC pib thaum 8:30 p.m. THIAB / 5:30 p.m. PT SHARP!

 

“Pab neeg no thiab kuv yog cov tsis tshua pog thiab peb sawv daws tos ntsoov rau lub sij hawm no los mus sib ntaus rau NBC. Ib tug ntau ntawm dab tsi kuv pab neeg yuav hais tias yog hais tias qhov no yuav hloov cov kev ua si nawv. Nws nco kuv hais tias kuv lig tus kws qhia Ben Getty siv los qhia rau kuv, tias tag nrho cov kuv yuav tsum tau mus ua yog tau txais rau ib tug loj theem,” Hais Thurman. “Kuv tiag tiag saib rau pem hauv ntej rau headlining thawj qhia. Kuv zoo siab yuav rov qab rau MGM Grand thiab nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej mus rau ib tug zoo knockout. Qhov no yog qhov pib ntawm kev tsim ib tsev neeg lub npe.”

 

“Nws yog heev refreshing paub tias NBC yog nqa boxing rov qab mus rau primetime TV,” Hais Guerrero. “Nws yog ib tug yawm ua ib feem ntawm cov thawj qhia, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tawm tsam ib tug undefeated yeej zoo li Keith Thurman. Txhua leej txhua tus paub kuv yeej ib txwm tuaj mus tua. Cia cia siab tias Thurman muaj tib lub mindset. Nws neeg pab leg ntaubntawv hais tias nws yuav mus khob kuv tawm, tab sis kuv pom ib tug lig sib txawv sij hawm. Thaum zoo li no sib ntaus lawm, txhua leej txhua tus nyob rau hauv yuav paub vim li cas boxing yog ib qho ntawm feem exciting kev ua si mus saib, hais tias kuv yuav tau lees tias.”

 

“Qhov no yog thawj loj phuv ntawm 'AB rau NBC.’ Muaj tsis muaj dab tsi kuv ua tsis tau,” Hais Broner. “Nws yog ib tug zoo sib ntaus xwb tsis rau tus neeg tua hluav taws, tab sis rau cov kiv cua. Txhua leej txhua tus paub hais tias kuv yeej ib txwm tuaj mus tua thiab kuv paub John Molina Jr. yog los mus tua. Kuv tos ntsoov yuav siv ceev xwmphem Molina rau NBC. Kuv nyiam qhov kev txhawb nqa thiab leej twg hais tias kev txhawb nqa kuv; Kuv yuav mus sib ntaus rau lawv. Qhov no yog cia li pib ntawm lub 'AB Qhia’ nyob rau hauv 2015.”

 

“Kuv tsis tshua pog mus yuav tau ib feem ntawm lub inaugural qhia rau NBC thiab muaj nyob rau ntawm platform. Kuv yuav tsis txhob tos mus tawm mus muaj thiab yuav ua li cas kuv ua li cas zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lab ntawm cov neeg,” hais tias Molina Jr. “Kuv xav mus tua qhov zoo tshaj plaws thiab Broner yog ib tug ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws. Qhov no yog ib sib ntaus uas peb nug rau ib lub xyoos dhau los thiab peb thaum kawg tau txais nws. Kuv zoo siab heev. Kuv tsis ntshai ntawm tag nrho cov. Yog hais tias kuv twb tshee, Kuv yuav tsis nyob rau hauv qhov kev lag luam. Qhov no yog lub hom tshaj plaws uas tiag tiag fighters npau suav txog. Kuv suav cia lub hnub.”

 

Rov qab los ntawm boxing rau primetime rau NBC yog ze li ntawm 30 xyoo nyob rau hauv lub siab, nrog rau lub xeem xws sib ntaus hmo ntuj kev qhov chaw May 20, 1985. Uas sib ntaus pom Larry Holmes yeej ib 15-round kev txiav txim siab thiab tiv thaiv nws IBF Heavyweight ntiaj teb Championship tiv thaiv Carl Williams nyob rau hauv Reno, Nev.

 

Primetime teb chaws TV yog ib tug ntev-lub sij hawm lub tsev rau ib co ntawm cov feem ntau recognizable npe nyob rau hauv lub keeb kwm ntawm lub ua si nawv, nrog neeg tua hluav taws xws li Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George foreman thiab Mike Tyson ua ib lub npe rau lawv tus kheej nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm ib lub teb chaws cov neeg tuaj saib.

 

Lub PBC rau NBC series yuav feature ib tug cam khwb cia ntawm me ntsis txog cov npe thiab lub suab uas yuav qiv lawv nco tej txuj ci kom lub broadcasts. Xya-lub sij hawm Emmy qhuas khiav Al Michaels yuav host lub series thaum Academy qhuas winning composer Hans Zimmer yuav compose lub suab paj nruag uas coj lub series mus rau lub neej. Nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd, legendary boxer Qab Zib Ray Leonard yuav ua txhuas analyst.

 

“Kuv zoo siab heev txog PBC rau NBC. Kuv ceeb thaum kuv tau txais tus hu, tab sis tam sim ntawd kuv paub kuv xav mus yuav ib feem ntawm no,” Hais Leonard. “Qhov no yog dab tsi boxing xav tau kev pab, thiab qhov no yog dab tsi lub boxing kiv cua yuav tsum tau.”

 

Los Angeles-raws li Goossen Promotions yuav txhawb qhov no inaugural PBC rau NBC kev tshwm sim.

 

“Nws yog ib tug yawm yuav ib feem ntawm no extraordinary thiab mas xav tias yuav tshwm sim

on Lub peb hlis ntuj 7, lub debut ntawm lub 'Premier Boxing Champions’ series on NBC,” hais tias Tom Brown ntawm Goossen Promotions. “Cov no yog cov ob koj fights featuring plaub lub ntiaj teb no hauv chav kawm ntawv boxers thiab kiv cua yog nyob rau hauv rau ib tug zoo kawg li hmo ntuj ntawm kev txiav txim.”

 

Thurman tau ntev pov thawj nws lub hwj chim los ntawm khob tawm 18 ntawm nws thawj 19 tw, tab sis thaum nws yeej ib ntus WBA Welterweight World Title nrog ib tug 10th puag ncig knockout tshaj Diego Chaves nyob rau hauv Lub Xya hli ntuj ntawm 2013, nws muab nws tus kheej nyob rau hauv ib txoj hauj lwm mus tua cov heev zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv kev ua si nawv. Lub 26-xyoo-laus Clearwater, Florida haiv neeg tau txij li thaum ua peb vam meej title tiv thaiv nrog knockouts tshaj Yexus Soto Karass thiab Julio Diaz, ua ntej dominating Leonard Bundu rau nws txoj kev mus rau ib tug unanimous kev txiav txim siab nyob rau hauv Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 2014. Tam sim no, Thurman zoo rau nyob twj ywm undefeated thaum nws ntsib nws toughest xeem rau hnub tim nyob rau hauv Guerrero.

 

Ib tug sib ntaus sib tua-kuaj qub tub rog, Warrior, ntawm Gilroy, California., tau ntawm cov neeg tseem ceeb tua hluav taws nyob rau hauv boxing rau xyoo. Ib tug southpaw boxer-Puncher, Guerrero tau yeej lub ntiaj teb no lub npe nyob rau hauv plaub hnyav chav kawm los ntawm 130 rau 147 phaus, ntaus cov yam koj nyiam uas Andre Berto, Joel Casamayor, Michael Katsidis thiab Selçuk Aydin raws txoj kev. Nws prowess thoob plaws cov hnyav chav kawm khwv tau nws ib tug sib ntaus nrog phaus-rau-phaus huab tais Floyd Mayweather nyob rau hauv 2013, uas nws poob los ntawm unanimous kev txiav txim siab. “Lub Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv” bounced rov qab zoo nyob rau hauv Lub rau hli ntuj ntawm 2014 nrog ib tug nyuaj-tiv thaiv kev txiav txim siab unanimous kov yeej Yoshihiro Kamegai.

 

Ib tug ntawm boxing lub feem ntau zoo-paub cov hnub qub, Broner, lub 25-xyoo laus phenom uas tau sau ntiaj teb no lub npe nyob rau ntawm lub 130, 135 thiab 147 phaus, teem nws tsom ntsoov rau yus Puncher John Molina Jr. on Lub peb hlis ntuj 7. Broner tau prevailed tshaj cov yam koj nyiam uas Paulie Malignaggi, Daniel Ponce de Leon thiab Antonio Demarco nyob rau hauv txoj kev uas yuav ua ib tug peb-faib champion. Txawm txom nyem nws thawj poob rau Marcos Maidana nyob rau hauv Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 2013, lub Cincinnati-haiv neeg rebounded nrog back-to-back victories tshaj Carlos Molina thiab Emmanuel Taylor.

 

Molina Jr. los ntawm Covina, California., tau muaj zoo zoo nyob rau hauv cov kev ibyam nrog rau ib qho impressive knockout kov yeej lub ntiaj teb no tam sim no yeej Mickey Bey uas muaj pov thawj koj yuav tsis suav cov haib Puncher tawm ntawm ib tug sib ntaus. Lub 32-xyoo-laus poob ib tug scintillating sib ntaus ntawm lub xyoo sib tw mus Lucas Matthysse nyob rau hauv 2014 thiab yog tab tom nrhiav pib tawm 2015 nrog ib tug loj yeej tiv thaiv Broner.

 

Ib tug tag nrho hmo ntuj ntawm exciting undercard bouts yuav qhia tawm uas tsocai.

 

PBC rau NBC, yuav muab qhov chaw rau hnub Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 7 nyob rau ntawm lub MGM Grand vaj Arena nyob rau hauv Las Vegas thiab yog nce los ntawm Goossen Promotions. Qhov kev tshwm sim yuav pa ya nyob rau NBC (8:30 p.m. THIAB / 5:30 p.m. PT).

 

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