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轻量级的竞争者灵光“曼尼”罗德里格斯和他的团队已经安全着陆,并准备好面对前世界冠军保罗“娃娃脸刺客”巴特勒空置国际羽联世界锦标赛, 这个星期六, 五月 5, 在伦敦O2体育场在伦敦.
由Matchroom的拳击主办, 罗德里格斯 (17-0, 12 科斯), 波多黎各, 和巴特勒 (26-1, 14 科斯), 29, 英格兰, 将在12轮的满足支持布特前世界重量级冠军托尼·贝柳的全英复赛 (29-2-1, 19 科斯) 和大卫·海耶 (28-3, 26 科斯).
Rodriguez almost had his very promising boxing career derailed for a time by an unfortunate car accident in which he burned 66% of his body. After a long rehab, he returned, and went on a, 迄今, 17-fight tear through the professional ranks.
The 25-year-old was the mandatory contender to face former champion Ryan Burnett, who chose to relinquish his belts. This allowed for Butler to slide into the fight for the unclaimed belt.
29-year-old Butler previously held the IBF belt, but before defending it, elected to drop down in weight to face then-champion Zolani Tete… and was stopped in the eighth round. He has won nine fights since.
“It has been a long road to this fight, but I am ready to win my first world championship,”罗德里格斯说. “Paul Butler is a good fighter, 但没有什么能阻止我. I have worked too hard to get here. It doesn’t matter that we’re in his backyard. I’ve done everything right getting ready for this and I look forward to bringing the belt back to my beloved country of Puerto Rico.”
Rodriguez’ co-promoter, 勇士拳击莱昂Margules, says a star will be born Saturday night.
“Manny has always been a superstar in the making. I am happy he is finally getting the chance to shine in front of a large audience, worldwide. I have no doubt he will win impressively and set himself up for several big showdowns in the near future.”
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