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Parekura Kōmāmā World Champion Robert Aranga Javier Fortuna
i roto i te SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Co-Āhuahira
Kaua e to Kami te Replay Rāhina, January 22 i
10 p.m. AND/PT I te SHOWTIME EXTREME
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Brooklyn (Jan. 21, 2018) - toa Welterweight Tūturu ao Errol Spence Jr. mau tona taitara IBF ki te mutu faahiahia o te toa e rua-wehenga o mua Lamont Peterson i roto i te hui matua o SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXINGRāhoroi po i Barclays Center, te kāinga o Brooklyn BOXING®.
I roto i tona korerotanga tuatahi mai i dethroning Kell awa i runga i SHOWTIME Mei whakamutunga, Spence (23-0, 20 Koó) i roto i pouaka he uaua Peterson (35-4-1, 17 Koó) i te tīmatanga ki te whakaoti, whakaatu i te whānui ngohi o ngā pūkenga, tere me te mana. I mutu i mua i te whawhai ki te tīmatanga o te waru te a tawhio muri kaiwhakangungu o Peterson, Barry Hunter, ka karanga hoki te mutu.
takaro te whawhai i roto i rite ki te āhua o tohu toa e rua, tīmata i roto i te take rauhanga cagey i mua tahuri reira ki te whawhai kaitaua i roto i te rauna waenganui. E rua meneti ki a tawhio rima, whakamahia Spence he matau mahue blistering ki tonoa Peterson ki te koaka (Pāwhiritia HEREmo te miramira). Ko te Washington, D.C. ka hoki taketake ki ona waewae, ka tonu ki te whawhai, engari whakamatauria Spence ki kia rawa nui. Te 2012 U.S. u atu Häkinakina Peterson 161-45, ia tūhono i runga i 49 ōrau o ana nifó mana ki tika 31 ōrau mō te Peterson.
I muri i te whawhai ka korero Spence ki SHOWTIME Sports kaipūrongo Jim Kerei, a ko tere ki te hoatu nama ki tona hoariri. "E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai Lamont,"Ka mea ia. "Tahuri te rota o eé iho te whawhai, a ka mau ia ki a reira rite te tino toa me whakapai ahau ki a ia mo taua. He’s a tough fighter. He’s willing to die in there.” Click HERE ki te mataara i te miramira uiui.
Ahakoa imiraa i te win i roto i whakahau ahua, whakapono tonu Spence kua ia ruma ki te whakapai ake. "Ahau tonu e taea te whakapai ake te rota i runga i toku korero,"Ka mea te toa hinga kore ao. "Tika i ahau ki te pupuri i te tino aku pūkenga, me te pupuri i te ahunga whakamua. e haere koe ki te kite i tētahi Errol Spence wa pai i muri ahau tiki i roto i te whakakai.
"Mohio katoa i kua e ahau tatari i runga i" etahi Wā "Thurman,"Ka mea a Spence, titiro mua ki te kēmu whakakotahitanga taea ki WBC me WBA Welterweight World Champion Keith Thurman. "Mai i ahau 15-0 I’ve been calling this guy out and he keeps making excuses. Kia whiwhi a ki runga ki. E ia e rua o nga whitiki, me te whai tatou e rua ingoa nui. Ko te he whawhai ngāwari ki te hanga me te hiahia ahau i te reira. "
Peterson, nei whawhai he maia ki muri te Spence, whakaaro te whakatau o tona kaiwhakangungu ki te mutu i te whawhai, "Ki te ui ia ahau ki te whawhai i te miriona iwi, E pai ana ahau. Ki te ui ia ahau ki te mutu. Ka mutu ahau. e kore e ui e ahau tona whakatau. e mohio ana ahau he ia toku painga i ngakau ".
"Ko reira tino pakeke, engari ki te mohio koutou Lamont, e mohio ana koe kihai i haere ia ki te hoatu ki runga,"Ka mea kaiwhakangungu Barry Hunter. "I ahau ki te mutu i te reira. I te mutunga o te ra, Ko taku tama tenei tika konei. He te kahore atu faufaa atu i tona oranga. Ki te tae mai te reira ki a ia toa ranei, tangohia e ahau ia. tiaki ahau e pā ana ki a ia. "
Undefeated 135-pound world champion Robert Aranga (21-0, 14 Koó) earned a split decision victory over former world champion Javier Fortuna (33-2-1, 23 Koó) i roto i te hui tahi-matua o te telecast SHOWTIME. ngä nga kaiwhakawa te a'ee 114-113, 113-114 a 115-112.
kite te a'ee hoki-a-mai e rua whawhai mohio noho i roto i te pute, ka titiro ki te mahi i te kino i te roto. He rua o taua ruritanga wāhi a tawhio i Fortuna whakamatauria utu nui, i te whakatupato te Dominican me ka whiua hoki te patu Aranga muri te matenga. Te kore te tangohanga e kotahi ira, te whawhai e kua piro te Unuunu. Ahakoa Aranga Jr. ko paku nuku, u Fortuna nga nifó atu kaha. Jr. Aranga, tei mau i te painga teitei nui, i roto i u Fortuna, tūhono i runga i 120 o 383 (31 ōrau) nifó mana ia hono Fortuna i 113 o 441 (26 ōrau).
"Ko reira te whawhai uaua, te ia he toa ao mua mo te take,"Korerotia Aranga Gray. "Hanga e matou i te reira uaua e ngana ana ki te haukoti i tokua. e kore ia i whiua e nui a hanga ana e ia uaua reira ki ahau mo whai i tēnei taata a tawhio noa.
“e kore i taea e ahau te tiki i te knockout engari ka tatou te win me e te katoa e faufaa. mohio ahau i haere ia ki te rere kotahi ongo'i ia toku kaha. Ia hiahia tika ki te hopu me te pupuri i te whawhai katoa. "
titiro mua, hanga mārama ana whakaaro Aranga rite rapu ia pāngia whakakotahitanga i roto i te heke mai tata, "E hiahia ana ahau ki te whawhai ki nga toa, me te whakakotahi enei whitiki. Whawhai kia rite ki enei e kore e i roto i toku mahere kēmu. au ahau rite hoki ki a Mikey Garcia ko Jorge Linares haina i te kirimana. "
korero ano te ta'efiemālie 'Fortuna ki hina, "Mohio te iwi whānui te mea i tupu i konei. booed ratou no te mea e matau ana ratou e riro ahau i tenei whawhai.
"Ki te te e ia te tangata kia whawhai ano a i 135-pauna,"Ka mea a Fortuna, who failed to make weight on two attempts Rāmere, e auraa e kore e waiho te whitiki o Aranga i runga i te raina. "Tino ka meinga e ahau te taimaha. kihai i hoatu e ahau i ahau wa nui ki te whakangungu ".
Unbeaten light heavyweight contender Marcus Browne (21-0, 16 Koó) hanga mahi tere o Francy Ntetu (17-2, 4 Koó) i roto i te SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING PRELIMS mahi, as he dropped and battered his opponent early to force referee Arthur Mercante to stop the bout at just 2:15 o te a tawhio tuatahi. Fighting hoki tona 12th time at the Barclays Center, te 27 puritia taketake tau-tau Staten Island tona record kohakore tonu mā te whakamahi i tona ringa maui kaha i runga i te overmatched Ntetu.
whakapumautia Browne tona mana i te tīmatanga, ū te overhand maui ma e maturuturu iho Ntetu waenganui i roto i te a tawhio. te Montreal, Québec taketake kore i taea ki te toe ona waewae, ka kitea aua marae a ia ki te taura tika toru tekau hēkona i muri. He puhipuhinga o ngā kaha u runga i te paruru Ntetu mahue te kaitautoko ki iti kōwhiringa, engari ki te mutu i te whawhai ki 45 hēkona toe i roto i te kotahi tau a tawhio.
“mahi matou mo tenei win. haere ia ki te pere pono ka meinga e ahau te utu ia,"Ka mea a Browne. "Mau te maui overhand ia, ka ko e te timatanga o te mutunga hoki ia. mohio ahau i mamae ia.
“Me ahau he pere taitara ao. au e ahau rite ki te tango i runga i tetahi o nga toa. e kore ahau e whai i tetahi manakohanga. Au koa hoatu huihuia e ahau tetahi atu mahi nui i konei i Barclays Center ahau. Kei te haere ahau ki te pupuri i te whakapai ake ra ano ahau tino riro Mr. Barclays Center. "
nama, nei oho ake ki te wehenga taumahamaha marama mo tenei whawhai, i te wa pakeke e pā ana ki ngā o te tere me te mana o Browne i tona ara ki te mate tuarua o tona mahi pro.
"[Browne] Ko te tino taikaha, congrats ki a ia,” Said Ntetu. “Ko ia nohopuku, te ia atamai, me te kore ahau i mahara ki a ia kia taua taikaha. ka ahau e ia ki tona matau matau, me te maui tika.
"I ahau i roto i te nui āhua ki te whawhai mo te 10 rauna. e kore ko toku piha taimaha tenei, otiia e kore ahau e hiahia ana ki te whakakahore ngatahi. "
I roto i te a'ee whakatuwheratanga o te SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING PRELIMS, tūturu Arama Kownacki (17-0, 14 Koó) delivered a brutal knockout of Iago Kiladze (26-2, 18 Koó) i 2:08 of the sixth round of their heavyweight matchup. Kownacki, whanau i roto i te Lomza, Poland engari whawhai i roto o Brooklyn, New York, oaoa te tautoko o tona mano oire rite ia tamau kakahu Kiladze iho.
ko Kownacki te ake pukuriri, me te tika o nga whawhai e rua, tauranga 43 ōrau o ana nifó kaha, me te 35 ōrau o ana nifó katoa, whakaritea ki te tika 30 ōrau me 18 ōrau, aua, hoki Kiladze. Ahakoa te ihu toto e tukua Kownacki i te taka noa tuatahi, timata te taumahamaha Polish ki te ringihia ki runga ki a mauiui Kiladze ki te raupapa o uppercuts me tetahi-rua ngā i roto i te wha o tawhio. ka haere mai te a'ee mahi-Kikī ki te mutunga, ka hono Kownacki i runga i te huinga o rua uppercuts me te ringa matau e tonoa Kiladze i runga i tona hoki i roto i te meneti whakamutunga o te ono o tawhio. I muri hoki he manawa Kiladze ki ona waewae, kaitautoko Shada Murdaugh huaina te whawhai i te mana'o tauturu o te tākuta ringside.
“Au ahau kia whakawhetai ki toku pā Polish katoa e haere mai ki waho, ka homai ki ahau e tautoko anō ", ka mea a Kownacki, e whawhai i roto i te mua o rau o ana compatriots. "Kei te haere ahau ki te pupuri i whawhai mo te pā, me te hoatu katoa he whakaatu nui.
“whakaaro ahau i hanga e ahau te whawhai he rota maro atu i kia whai ahau. Ko te tetahi atu wheako ako, me te ka e ahau te win. Ko te katoa e faufaa. "
Ko te Republic o Georgia whanau-Kiladze, nei whawhai i roto i o Los Angeles, Kāore i taea ki te korero ki pāpāho rite i tangohia e ia ki a NYU Lutheran Hospital mō take whakatūpato.
Rāhoroi o Ka tukuruatia telecast i Rātapu, January 21 i 9 a.m. AND/PT i runga i SHOWTIME me Rāhina, January 22 i 10 p.m. AND/PT runga i SHOWTIME EXTREME a ka kia wātea i runga i SHOWTIME ON tono® a SHOWTIME te Wā®.
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Spence Makes First Title Defense In Main Event Of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® From Barclays Center In Brooklyn, Presented By Premier Boxing Champions
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SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING – 9 p.m. AND/6 p.m. PT i te SHOWTIME
IBF Welterweight World Championship
Errol Spence Jr.: 147 pauna
Lamont Peterson: 146 ¾ pauna
Kaitautoko: Harvey Dock; Judges: Julie Lederman (N.Y.), Don Trella (Conn.), Steve Weisfeld (N.J.)
IBF Lightweight World Championship
Robert Easter Jr.: 134 ½ pauna
Javier Fortuna: 136 ½ pounds**
Kaitautoko: Ricky Gonzalez; Judges: Glenn Feldman (Conn.), John McKaie (N.Y.), Kevin Morgan (N.Y.)
**Fortuna does not make the 135-pound lightweight limit and cannot win IBF title. Fortuna initially weighed 136.8 pounds and measured 136.4 pounds after the two-hour allowance.
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING PRELIMS – 7 p.m. AND/4 p.m. PT On Facebook Live &YouTube
Light Heavyweight Bout – 10 Rauna
Marcus Browne: 175 ¾ pauna
Francy Ntetu: 174 ½ pauna
Heavyweight Bout – 10 Rauna
Arama Kownacki: 260 pauna
Iago Kiladze: 220 ½ pauna
FLASH QUOTES:
SPENCE:
“This is a tough challenge. If you know Lamont, you know he’s a tough fight but I came to dominate the division and it started with Kell Brook. I’m going to get Lamont Peterson and then I’m going to get the other welterweights that are out there.
“It’s definitely important not just to win the fight, but how I win the fight. I came to dominate the division and I came here to look good. I’m the future of the division and I’m the future of boxing.”
PETERSON:
“I wouldn’t say that Errol isn’t the bigger guy, I just believe that it doesn’t matter. It’s all about boxing skills.
“I think we’ll both make each other look pretty good, but I’m going to win.”
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Local Prospects George Arias, Kenny Robles & Richardson Hitchins, Plus Australia’s Billy Dib & Unbeaten Alejandro Guerrero, Round Out Action-Packed Card
Brooklyn (Hōngongoi 6, 2017) – A stacked night of undercard bouts will be highlighted by unbeaten rising Irish stars Katie Taylor a Noel Murphy in separate showdowns on Rāhoroi, Hōngongoi 29 i Pokapū Barclays, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
The July 29 event is headlined by a super lightweight showdown between four-division world champion Adrien Broner and unbeaten three-division world champion Mikey Garcia, in a 12-round bout presented by Premier Boxing Champions. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast will also feature unbeaten Jermall Charlo facing Argentina’s Jorge Sebastian Heiland plus highlights of the heavyweight matchup between former title challenger Gerald Washington a hinga kore Jarrell Miller.
Taylor will compete in an eight-round lightweight bout while Murphy enters the ring for an eight-round welterweight affair. Additional action will see Australian contender Billy Dib (42-4, 24 Koó) in an eight-round lightweight fight and unbeaten prospect Alejandro Guerrero (3-0, 2 Koó) in a four-round lightweight match.
Rounding out the night will be a trio of unbeaten local prospects as the Bronx’s George Arias (7-0, 3 Koó) steps into the ring for a six-round heavyweight bout, plus Staten Island’s Kenny Robles (2-0, 1 KO) competing in a four-round welterweight attraction and Brooklyn’sRichardson Hitchins (2-0, 1 KO) in a four-round junior welterweight matchup.
Tickets to the event, which is promoted by Mayweather Promotions and DiBella Entertainment, E utu i $950, $750, $350, $300, $250, $150, $75, a $50 (e kore e tae utu e hāngai ana), kei runga i te hoko i teie nei, and can be purchased at ticketmaster.com, barclayscenter.com ranei na roto i te te karanga 800-745-3000. Tickets can also be purchased at the American Express Box Office at Barclays Center. E wātea ana pä Group i karanga 844-BKLYN-GP.
“Katie is clearly one of the biggest stars in Irish boxing and her presence on this card further evidences the rise in women’s boxing,” Na ka mea a Lou DiBella, Peresideni o DiBella Entertainment. “She joins five-time, five weight division Puerto Rican world champion Amanda Serrano and US star Heather Hardy in continuing our commitment to include the best women on the best cards at Barclays Center. While Katie will appear on the international telecast, the local Irish community and US-based fans will need to join us at Barclays Center on Hōngongoi 29 to see her in action. Undefeated Noel Murphy, from County Cork, Ireland, further bolsters this card for fans of Irish boxing while Australian former world champion Billy Dib and young local talent, such as Bronx heavyweight George Arias and former Golden Gloves champions Kenny Robles and Richardson Hitchins round out the card.”
“I’m so pleased to see Katie make her American debut on such an outstanding card,” said Eddie Hearn, Group Managing Director for Matchroom Sport. “I believe Katie is the most entertaining and dangerous fighter in women’s boxing and has already lit up many venues in her professional journey, most recently Wembley Stadium on the Joshua v Klitschko card in front of 90,000. She is one of the biggest stars in Ireland and we are expecting fantastic support from the Irish community on the east coast for her first US experience.”
A rising star overseas, Bray, Ireland o Taylor will make her U.S. waiata i runga i Hōngongoi 29 and conduct her training camp in Vernon, Connecticut after five pro fights in the United Kingdom dating back to her pro debut last November. Taylor has already picked up three victories in 2017, including her most recent triumph over previously unbeaten Nina Meinke in April. Taylor seeks a professional world title after a sensational amateur career that saw her twice represent her country in the Olympics, including a gold medal-winning performance in 2012, in addition to five gold medals in the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships.
Originally from Cork, Ireland, Murphy returned to his home country to fight as a professional for the first time in February when he won an eight-round decision over Avelino Vazquez. The 22-year-old fights out of Woodlawn, NY and will look to pick up his fourth victory this year after most recently earning a decision over Brian Jones in May. Murphy seeks his third professional win at Barclays Center and second this year after beating Maxito Sainvil in January.
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ABOUT BRONER vs. GARCIA
Adrien Broner vs. Mikey Garcia is a 12-round super lightweight showdown that headlines SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Rāhoroi, Hōngongoi 29 ora i runga i SHOWTIME. Broner vs. Garcia is presented by Premier Boxing Champions at Barclays Center, te kāinga o Brooklyn BOXING®.
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Jermell Charlo Knocks Out Charles Hatley In Defense Of WBC 154-Pound Belt In SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Co-Āhuahira; VIDEO: http://s.sho.com/2ogV2nv
Amanda Serrano Makes History On SHOWTIME EXTREME® As First Female & Puerto Rican Five-Division Champion
Catch The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Replay Rāhina, April 24 I
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Brooklyn (April 23, 2017) - Shawn Porter scored a ninth round stoppage of Andre Berto to become the WBC’s mandatory challenger to unified welterweight champion Keith Thurman in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, Rāhoroi night on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
VIDEO: http://s.sho.com/2pS68zi
With the convincing victory, Porter potentially earns a rematch with Thurman, who he narrowly lost to last June in a 2016 Fight of the Year candidate at Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
The welterweight matchup was a rough and tumble affair from the opening bell. Mau (27-2-1, 17 Koó) barreled forward to smother the offense of Berto (31-5, 24 Koó), pounding Berto’s body at close range. A deep gash opened over Porter’s left eye from an accidental headbutt in the second, and another opened over his right eye just two rounds later. Porter’s constant aggressiveness and effective body work seemed to frustrate Berto, who struggled to stay off the ropes.
An odd series of events unfolded in the opening minute of the ninth round. With Berto unsteady on his feet following another clash of heads, Porter pounced and floored the former champ with a left hook for his second knockdown of the fight. Berto got up, but Porter continued to connect with Berto against the ropes and referee Mark Nelson waved off the contest at 1:31. I te wa o te Tuhinga, Porter had out-landed Berto 60-12 over the final two rounds.
“I have to clean up those head butts,” Porter said. “We tried to use the whole ring, but sometimes in the heat of the battle stuff happens. I’m a fighter and Mr. Berto is a fighter as well, those head butts were just the two of us going in and fighting.
“I thought I fought smart te po nei. I thought I picked my punches well. There were times where I smothered my shots, but there were also times where I smothered him. He has a dangerous uppercut but we had a great game plan. This was a just very hard fought battle by both of us and I’m blessed to get the victory.”
I muri i te whawhai, Berto admitted that Porter’s aggressiveness and the accidental headbutts frustrated him.
“I have to give him credit, but he’s a rough fighter,” Berto said. “He has great skills but, i te wa ano, he was trying to be rough and trying to handle me anyway he could. I got a lot of headbutts, and he did too. Shawn’ is a tough competitor. We had a good competitive fight until the headbutts got to be a little too much for me. But I thought it was a really good fight before that.”
I muri i te whawhai, SHOWTIME Sports reporter Jim Gray asked Thurman, who was ringside for the eliminator, if he would grant Porter a rematch.
“His team was adamant about the rematch and now he’s fought his way to earning that,” Thurman said. “We just need to sit down and talk about. Te hiakai ia, you see the way he fights, it could be a great fight again.”
Answered Porter: “I was just up here wishing he said yes – that’s the fight I want next.”
Jermell Charlo defended his WBC Super Welterweight World Championship in dominant fashion with a devastating sixth-round knockout of mandatory challenger Charles Hatley in the co-main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.
Charlo (29-0, 14 Koó) landed the crisper shots from the opening bell, using a sharp left jab to set up a remarkably efficient straight right. The Houston native Charlo, the younger twin of undefeated former 154-pound champion Jermall, floored Hatley (26-2-1, 18 Koó) midway through the third with a textbook left-right combo that stunned his fellow Texan.
Charlo’s striking precision continued in fourth and fifth, before an onslaught of punches and a perfectly timed right to the chin sent Hatley falling face-forward to the canvas. Referee Harvey Dock didn’t hesitate and instantly waved off the fight at :36 with Hatley out cold on the canvas.
The accuracy of Charlo’s jab was telling – he landed his jab at a 31 percent clip to set up his power shots, which connected at an impressive 52 ōrau. Tairanga, Charlo landed 42 percent of his total punches over nearly six full rounds of prizefighting.
“I used that jab to set up the right hand,” Charlo said. “I knew Charles Hatley goes down and he gets back up – he’s a warrior – and I knew I had to get in there and be a lion.
“Hatley was moving around a lot. He was trying to engage and I tried to tell him to come fight. When he finally got in there, that’s when I got him out. I’m the champ so I have to continue to fight my mandatory. They got a guy named Jarret Hurd that took my brother’s title – we could unify.”
Amanda Serrano became the first women and the first Puerto Rican to win world titles in five weight divisions with an eighth-round TKO of Dahiana Santana to capture the vacant WBO Women’s Bantamweight World Championship in the featured bout of SHOWTIME BOXING on SHO EXTREME.
Serrano (32-1-1, 24 Koó) was the aggressor from the opening bell, moving forward and attacking with precision as Santana (35-9, 14 Koó) backed up and ate a steady diet of counter shots. Santana was deducted a point for clinching in the fourth, and had visible welts above both eyes following the seventh.
Serrano was connecting at an almost 3-1 power punch ratio when referee Benjy Esteves stepped-in to stop the bout at 1:14 o te rauna tuawaru.
“It means everything to me. We worked so hard. We worked hard for this moment,” Serrano said. “To be a five division world champion is amazing. To be the first female and first Puerto Rican is amazing.
“I’m so proud to be a Puerto Rican. I’m so proud to be a SHOWTIME fighter. I’m just so happy for this moment. Just to be a five-division world champion, I could retire today and it’d be the happiest moment of my life. I’m just getting started. I hope I’m back again.”
In the opening bout of SHOWTIME BOXING on SHO EXTREME, Jose Miguel Borrego (12-0, 11 Koó) knocked out a game John Delperdang (10-3, 9 Koó) i 2:07 of the seventh in a scheduled eight-round welterweight contest.
Borrego, who landed his uppercut at will throughout the bout, u 229 power shots at a more than 50 percent clip in the action-packed bout.
Rāhoroi o event was promoted by DiBella Entertainment.
The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast will re-air on Rāhina, April 24 i 10 p.m. AND/PT i te SHOWTIME EXTREME. Rāhoroi o SHOWTIME BOXING on SHO EXTREME telecast will replay on Tuesday, April 25 i 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME. Both telecasts will be available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND® a SHOWTIME te Wā®.
ABOUT BERTO vs. PORTER
Andre Berto vs. Shawn Porter was a WBC Welterweight World Title eliminator between former 147-pound world champions. The 12-round bout headlined SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, Rāhoroi April 22 i Center Barclays, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™. I roto i te hui tahi-matua, undefeated super welterweight world champion Jermell Charlo battled top rated challenger Charles Hatley, ki te kapinga teata timata i 9:30 p.m. AND / 6:30 p.m. PT.
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