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SHOWTIME SPORTS® CONTINUES CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS OF SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® WITH FOUR CLASSIC JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ FIGHTS IN JULY

 

Tune In Yau da dare A 10 p.m. DA/Santa A Showtime matsananci® To Relive Chavez vs. Hector "Macho" Camacho; Watch Round 12 NOW:http://s.sho.com/2996PsP

Kara, Chavez vs. Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, vs.Frankie Randall II and vs. Meldrick Taylor II On “Throwback Thursdays” This Month

 

NEW YORK (Yuli 7, 2016) – Widely acknowledged as the preeminent Mexican-born fighter in history and one of the greatest prizefighters of all time, Julio Cesar Chavez will be honored as Showtime Wasanni® airs classic Chavez fights in continuation of its year-long celebration of 30 years of Showtime gasar dambe.

 

The month will be highlighted by four of the incomparable Chavez’ most memorable fights – against Hector "Macho" Camacho, Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, the second of three fights with Frankie Randall and the rematch with Meldrick Taylor. All four fights will air Thursdays at 10 p.m. DA/Santa a kan Showtime matsananci (full schedule below).

 

Na shekaru da, the revered ring legend was considered the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter. In an amazing 25-year-career (1980-2005), Chavez fought 115 sau (107-6-2 tare da 88 knockouts). At the highest level, he competed in four weight classes – 130 pounds to 147 pounds – and was a six-time world champion in three divisions.

 

He holds records for the most world title successful defenses (27), most title fight victories (31), most title fights (37) and the second-most title defenses won by knockout (21, bayan Joe Louis tare da 23). Chavez was 31-4-2 tare da 21 KOs in world title fights. A multiple Jirgin saman soja na bana ya lashe, Chavez was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011.

 

The fights will air on “Throwback Alhamis” during the month of July at 10 p.m. DA/Santa a kan Showtime matsananci® and are available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, Showtime kowane lokaci® and via the network’s online streaming service.

 

Below is the schedule of SHOWTIME EXTREME premieres for the month of July:

  • Yau da dare/Alhamis, Yuli 7: Chavez vs. Camacho
  • Alhamis, Yuli 14: Chavez vs. Whitaker
  • Alhamis, Yuli 21: Chavez Randal II
  • Alhamis, Yuli 28: Chavez vs. Taylor II

 

“Throwback Alhamis” Tidbits

  • WBC super featherweight champion Chavez (81-0) and his WBO counterpart, Camacho, fought on Sept. 12, 1992, a Las Vegas. JCC turned back a determined bid by “Macho” to take a unanimous 12-round decision.

 

  • Chavez had an 87-fight winning streak end when he and WBC welterweight champion Whitaker fought to a highly controversial 12-round majority draw in Sept. 10, 1993, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. One judge scored it for “Sweet Pea” by 115-113; the others had it 115-115.

 

  • Chavez was dealt his initial defeat on a 12-round split decision to nemesis Randall on Jan. 29, 1994. In the rematch the following Mayu 7, Chavez won a razor-thin, split eight-round technical decision after the fight was stopped because of a large cut over Chavez’ eyebrow. Chavez and Randall would fight a third time, with Chavez taking the rubber match on a clear, unanimous 10-round decision on May 22, 2004.

 

  • Chavez went 2-0 against Taylor, winning by eighth-round knockout in a rematch on Sept. 17, 1994. In their initial fight four-and-a-half years earlier, Chavez rallied to win by 12ga watan-round stoppage.

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Connecticut dambe Hall of daraja Class of 2015 sanar

Lou DiBella, Shelly Finkel, Arnie Bayer, Carey Mace, George Russo, Peter Timoti & Mutuwa Sharnik
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (Satumba 15, 2015) – Mai kiran kasuwa Lou DiBella da kuma kocin / mai kiran kasuwa Shelly Finkel kai wani bakwai-mamba Class of 2015 a cikin Connecticut dambe Hall of daraja (CBHOF). New members will be inducted at the 11THshekara-shekara CBHOF Gala shigar da Dinner a ranar Jumma'a dare,Nuwamba 13 a cikin Uncas Ballroom a Mohegan Sun.
Sabuwar CBHOF inductees ma ya hada da tsohon kwamishinan dambe Peter Timoti da kuma, posthumously, boxers Carey Mace da kuma George Russo, dambe marubuci Mutuwa Sharnik da kuma dambe husũma Arnie Bayer.
“Mu a Connecticut dambe Hall of daraja ne sosai m in bãyar wannan shekara ta aji na inductees,” new CBHOF president John Laudati ya ce. “We have a great mix of internationally recognized boxing legends and a wonderful and most deserving group of Connecticut’s boxing royalty. Da kaina, Ni haka farin cikin gabatar da wannan aji a shekarar farko a matsayin shugaban kasa na wannan wuce yarda kungiyar. Na sa ido ganin dukkan Connecticut dambe magoya a Mohegan Sun on Nuwamba 13ga watan.”
Bisa a New York City, DiBella (hoton to bar) shi ne tsohon Shugaban dambe ga HBO, samar da sosai nasara “Dambe Bayan Dark” jerin. Ya cigaba kamfanin, DiBella Entertainment, has promoted countless boxing events at Mohegan Sun Arena and Foxwoods Resort Casino during the past two decades. DiBella also owned the Connecticut Defenders minor league baseball team that was based in Norwich. His top fighters have included Sergio Martinez,Bernard Hopkins, Paulie Malignaggi, Jermain Taylor, CBHOF inductee “Dan Ailan” Micky Ward, da kuma Andre Berto daga cikin mafi manyan. A Harvard Law School digiri na biyu, DiBella ne a bangaren nasara movie m.
Finkel (hoton zuwa dama tare da marigayi Emanuel Steward), Har ila yau, daga New York City, shi ne an kasa da kasa dambe Hall of daraja inductee wanda yake a tsayarwa a Connecticut yãki shekaru kamar yadda ko dai wani mai kiran kasuwa ko Kocin. He is also a successful manager in the music industry. In the early 1990s, Finkel was arguably the most powerful manager in boxing. His most celebrated clients included Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Manny Pacquiao, Pernell Whitaker, Meldrick Taylor da kuma Wladimir Klitschko.
Timoti (hoton ya bar tare da Sugar Ray Leonard) ya dambe kwamishinan na Mashantucket Pequot Tribal National Hukumar at Foxwoods daga 1995 zuwa 2009. He was mentored by the late John Burns, who was the founder of the CBHOF of which he is also an inductee. During his tenure at Foxwoods, Timoti kayyade daruruwan pro abubuwan, duk da 90 suna yaki. Highlights of his reign included CBHOF inductee John RuizEvander Holyfield III ga WBA duniya matakin matsakaicin nauyi gasar da, watakila, mafi girma yi yãƙi, a Foxwoods tarihi, da IBF duniya cruiserweight take yaki tsakanin James Toney da kuma Vassily Jirov. Other stars who fought at Foxwoods when Timothy was in charge include Roy Jones, Jr., Diego Corrales, Shane Mosely da kuma Acelino Freitas, tare da CBHOF inductees Dana Rosenblatt, Peter Manfredo, Jr. da kuma U.S. Tseren Lawrence Clay-Bey.
Mace (72-18-2), haife shi a Hartford, started fighting professionally in the late 1940s. His most notable victory came in 1950, tsayawa tsohon zakaran duniya Joe Giardello. Mace was a member of CBHOF charter member Willie Pep's barga da aka ranked a daya batu a matsayin babban matsayin Babu. 8 welterweight in the world. Mace, wanda karshe fadan wani hasara ga CBHOF mambaGaspar Ortega a 1962, zauna a Manchester lokacin da ya shige daga yana da shekaru 73 a 2003.
Russo da 85 pro ta faɗa tsakanin 1922 da kuma 1934. He moved to Bridgeport when he was six and he eventually became a local legend in boxing, aiki gyms kamar Red Man Hall, Acorn Club and East Washington Avenue. A 1992, ya kawo dambe da baya, bayan da shekaru goma-dogon rashi ga Old PAL gini a Bridgeport. Russo kuma aka gane a matsayin “Johnny Duke na kudancin Connecticut.”
Haife shi a New Haven, marigayi Sharnick rayu kusan dukkan rayuwarsa a Norwalk, kafin ya dawo zuwa Florida, inda yake da zabe zuwa Florida dambe Hall of daraja a 2012, largely for founding the Smart Boxer Institute. Sharnik was a boxing writer for 23 shekaru a Wasanni kwatanta, alama ta wurin ɗaukar hoto na Cassius ClaySonny Liston I, ruwaito wildly ga cewa, “Liston yana fists kamar cannonballs.” He moved on to become the chief for consultant at CBS for nine years and was chief advisor and the lone true believer in George Foreman‘s comeback bid eventually leading to another world heavyweight title. Sharnick also was an advisor for CBHOF member and two-time world champion Marlon Starling, rinjayarsu nan gaba duniya zakara don ƙara Eddie Futch as his head trainer. Futch’s assistant, CBHOF mamba Freddie Roach, za ƙarshe horar da Starling sa'ad da ya ci duniya welterweight Zakaran.
Bayer a ko'ina an girmama matsayin gaskiya husũma na dambe, ko da yaushe mai sauri zuwa ara a taimaka hannun, da kuma bude walat ya taimake goyon bayan dambe gyms a birane kamar CBHOF inductee Johnny Duke ta Boys Club Gym a Bellevue Square, Hartford.
Tikiti ga CBHOF 11ga watan shekara-shekara Gala shigar da Dinner, basira saka farashi a $90.00, su ne sayarwa a yanzu da kira Kim Baker a Mohegan Sun (1.860.862.7377) ko Sherman Kayinu a Manchester Journal mai tambaya (1.800.237.3606 X321). Doors bude a 5:30 p.m. DA, cocktails a 6 p.m. DA, bi abincin dare.
Tafi online to www.ctboxinghof.org don ƙarin bayani game da Connecticut dambe Hall of daraja, da 11th shekara-shekara Gala Inductee Dinner, taron tallafawa damar, ko da CBHOF inductees.
CUDANYA:
Bob Trieger, Full Kotun JARIDA, bobtfcp@hotmail.com,978.590.0470, fightpublicist
GAME CBHOF: The Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame was founded in 2004 to girmama da kuma yi tasbĩhi game da yabo na fice mutane da hannu a cikin wasanni na dambe. Its karon shigar da bikin & Abincin dare da aka gudanar a 2005. Connecticut ta arziki dambe tarihi zai iya taba yi cikinta, idan ta kasance ba ga nasarorin daga waɗanda shika-shikan a cikin Hall of daraja.
A matsayin wadanda ba riba kungiyar, da Connecticut dambe Hall of daraja ne warai aikata to kiyayye fada ruhun Connecticut thriving ta hanyar daban-daban mãsu yin sadaka gudunmawar.

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