TITLE FIGHT SET FOR Cumartesi, Kasım 19
AT T-MOBILE ARENA IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
HBO PAY-PER-VIEW® TARAFINDAN SUNULAN CANLI
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (Ekim 14, 2016) - Rising Dallas, Texas boxing star and NABO Junior Welterweight Champion Maurice “Mighty Mo” Fahişe (21-0-2, 16 KOs) will defend his NABA junior welterweight title against Darleys Perez (33-2-1, 21 KOs) in a ten-round bout on the televised undercard of Kovalev-Ward “Pound For Pound” on Cumartesi, Kasım. 19 Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena, Nevada. The event will be produced and distributed live on HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 um. VE/6:00 um. PT.
Onun son Görünüşte Ağustos 6, Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker captivated the crowd at Oracle Arena as the co-feature of Andre Ward vs. Alexander Marka. Hooker wasted no time outperforming Washington D.C.’s Tyrone Barnett, landing a flurry of punches before scoring a technical knockout at the 2:17 mark of the opening round to retain his NABO junior welterweight title. Hooker looks ahead to his next challenge, former WBA World Lightweight Champion Darleys Perez. Perez is coming off a Mayıs 20 knockout victory over fellow Colombian Ubadel Soto, an impressive bounce back following a tough title defense loss to Anthony Crolla, the previous year. The veteran fighter, who resides and trains full-time in the U.S., will step up a weight class to meet Hooker.
“I want to thank my team at Maple Avenue Boxing Gym, Roc Nation Sports and HBO for giving me the opportunity to show the world a ‘Mighty Mo’ performance on the undercard of the ‘Fight of the Year’,” said Hooker. “For my part, I promise to put on a show for the fans in Las Vegas and the Pay-Per-View audience at home. No one punches like me. It’s going to be lights out.”
Hooker added, “I will be dedicating this fight to Aaron Pyror, who passed away, earlier this week. I can’t think of a better way to honor ‘The Hawk’s’ legacy than with a big win. I look to be a world-class junior welterweight champion like him.”
“This is my chance get back into the limelight. I have fought all over the world and facing Maurice Hooker in Las Vegas on Kasım 19 is perhaps my last chance to show that I have a lot left inside the ring and I plan to take full advantage of it because losing is not an option,” said Perez. “I will move up to the 140-pound division and I will be ready to challenge this young lion who has never fought a guy like me before. There will be fireworks in Las Vegas and I plan to go home a winner.”
“Not only is Kovalev-Ward the most anticipated fight in recent boxing history, with the addition of Hooker-Perez to the televised undercard – Kasım. 19 is an evening that international sports fans simply cannot afford to miss,” said Roc Nation President & Chief of Branding and Strategy Michael R. Yormark. “From our very first day in boxing, Roc Nation Sports has committed to making great fights and creating scintillating global events, and we are thrilled to work with Main Events to add this incredible matchup to the undercard, as ‘Mighty Mo’ Hooker puts his undefeated record on the line against the very talented Colombian Darleys Perez.”
“HBO is the pinnacle of pugilistic entertainment. We are very proud to have Maurice Hooker make both his Las Vegas and HBO Pay-Per-View debut on Kasım 19,” said Arnie Verbeek, Hooker’s manager. “We have worked extremely hard to get to this point in his career and are thankful to Roc Nation Sports for believing in Maurice Hooker’s talent.”
Maurice “Mighty Mo” Fahişe (21-0-2, 16 KOs) was born and raised in Oak Cliff, Teksas, where he found a boxing home at Maple Avenue Boxing Gym by way of an outreach program for at-risk youths. Doğal yeteneği kısa sürede fark edildi ve amatör olarak rekabet etmesine neden oldu., hangi süre zarfında katıldığı 100 kavgalar, kaydını derlemek 97 wins and only seven losses, ile 67 nakavt yoluyla gelen zaferler. Hooker Nisan'da profesyonel oldu 29, 2011, taking on the vastly more experienced Tyrone Chatman at the Orpheum Theater in St. Louis. Dört turdan sonra, yargıçlar kavgayı gördü 40-36, 37-39 ve 38-38, calling the fight a split draw. azimli, Haziran'daki bir sonraki savaşında 24, 2014, Hooker ilk profesyonel galibiyetini aldı, knocking out Wilbert Mitchell in the first round. 11 galibiyet (nakavtla sekiz) sonra, he took on undefeated Abel Ramos on January 17, 2014 Memphis'teki Cook Kongre Merkezi'nden ShoBox'ta gösterilen bir maçta. sekiz kapanıştan sonra, zorlu turlar, yargıçlar kavgayı berabere gördü. Four consecutive knockout victories would follow before he took on fellow undefeated prospect Eduardo Galindo on June 26, 2015 at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas for the vacant NABO junior welterweight title. “Mighty Mo”, altıncı rauntta teknik nakavt zaferiyle unvanı aldığını gören memleketi hayranlarından oluşan lejyonunu hayal kırıklığına uğratmadı.. Ekim'de 17, 2015, Hooker successfully defended his title at Madison Square Garden in New York City against his toughest opponent to date in Ghislain Maduma. The 10-round decision win came on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux and was featured on the event’s “freeview” as well as streamed online around the world. “Mighty Mo” made his debut under the Roc Nation Sports banner on the undercard of Andre Ward vs. Sullivan Barrera, this past March at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Kaliforniya, where he annihilated opponent Wilfrido “La Roca” Buelvas of Columbia in the first round of a 10-round junior welterweight bout by way of technical knockout. Hooker returned to Oracle Arena on Ağustos 6 as the co-feature on the Ward-Brand undercard, defeating Tyrone Barnett of Washington, DC, to remain the NABO Junior Welterweight Champion. Hooker is ready to step up to the challenge on Kasım 19 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas when he faces former WBA World Lightweight Champion Darleys Perez.
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Darleys Perez (33-2-1, 21 KOs) is a celebrated Colombian boxer hailing from San Pedro de Uraba. Bir amatör olarak, Bir kaydı ile 82 kazanç ve 7 kayıp, he captured the lightweight boxing gold medal at the 2006 South American games in Buenos Aries, Arjantin, and was a contender at the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing, Çin. Perez made his professional debut on February 14, 2009, by way of knockout over fellow countryman Edwin Ortiz. 27 consecutive victories followed, earning Perez a shot at the interim WBA World lightweight title against undefeated Yuriorkis Gamboa at the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada on June 8, 2013. In a closely-fought contest that went the distance, Gamboa prevailed, handing Perez his first career loss. A year later, Perez received a second chance at the interim WBA World lightweight title, successfully scoring a unanimous decision over Argenis Lopez at the Sheraton Hotel in Santo Domingo, Dominik Cumhuriyeti. Perez was promoted to full titleholder status when the WBA stripped Richar Abril of the belt for twice failing to make title defenses. In the first of back-to-back defenses of the WBA World lightweight title on July 18, 2015, Perez topped hometown challenger Anthony Crolla with a majority decision draw at the Manchester Arena in the United Kingdom. In the rematch on November 21, 2015, again at Manchester Arena, Perez was taken down for the count in the fifth round by a single body shot. Undeterred by his second loss, Perez returned to the ring on May 20, 2016, scoring with a big second-round knockout over Ubadel Soto. Perez looks to continue his upward streak as he moves up a weight class to take on Maurice Hooker for the NABO junior welterweight title on Kasım 19 Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena.
Kovalev vs. Koğuş “Pound For Pound”, a 12-round mega-fight for the WBO/IBF/WBA light heavyweight title at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, is presented by Main Events, Roc halkı Spor, Krusher Promotions and Andre Ward Promotions and is sponsored by the MGM Grand Hotel & Kumarhane, Rosneft and Corona Extra. The championship event will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 um. VE/6:00 um. PT.
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