Nikolay Potapov Outpoints Antonio Nieves, Wesley Tucker Defeats Ed Williams & Joshua Greer Jr. Knocks Out James Gordon-Smith On ShoBox: The New Generation From MGM Grand Detroit

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DETROIT (מרץ 11, 2017) – Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields shined in her television debut, knocking out the durable Szilvia Szabados in the fourth round (1:30) to advance to 2-0 as a professional in the main event on ShoBox: הדור החדש יום שישי on SHOWTIME at MGM Grand Detroit.

שילדס (2-0, 1 קוס) put on a show less than an hour from her hometown of Flint, מישיגן., landing nearly 50 percent of her power shots in the first women’s boxing main event in premium television history.

Szabados (15-9, 6 קוס), of Hungary, didn’t touch the canvas but never really stood a shot against an opponent that has been billed as the future of women’s boxing. Shields came out blazing in the opening round, backing up Szabados with crisp, clean punches as she out-landed her opponent 31-4 in the first.

Shields was a bit more patient and settled in the second and third, but the onslaught continued against a relatively defenseless Szabados. After a flush right hand, left hook combo in the fourth, referee Harvey Dock had seen enough and stepped in to halt the contest with Szabados still on her feet.

“It was about respect,” Shields said of her performance. “I wanted to go out there and show I had power and I wasn’t scared of her. I knew she was tough coming in. That’s why I started going to the body. I was going to get the clean shot in one round and she was going to go, but the ref stopped it in the fourth. A knock out is a knockout. It was exciting.

“I’m glad everyone came. I took advantage of this great opportunity once again. It’s another step toward winning a world title.”

Szabados said she was disappointed with Dock’s decision to stop the fight when he did. “I’m very sad and heartbroken right now because it only went four rounds and I could have kept going,” she said. “Her hits were not painful. Her right hook got me a lot, אני יודע. I could feel that one.”

ב ShoBox שיתוף תכונה, Nikolay Potapov narrowly edged Antonio Nieves in a close, 10-round split decision scored 96-94 Potapov twice, 96-94 Nieves.

The technical match between undefeated top-10 bantamweight prospects was close from the opening bell. Nieves was the more active fighter, נחיתה 64 punches per round to Potapov’s 50, but the round-by-round breakdowns reveal that Potapov prevailed in total connects as well as in landed power shots.

“חשבתי שזה היה מאבק קרוב, but I came on strong at the end,” Potapov said. “I had more and finished stronger. That made the difference. I am much more aggressive now and I sit down on my shots. That’s the difference training at Kronk has done for me.

“I knew I won the fight. I wasn’t surprised when I got it. I wasn’t happy about the judging in my last big fight, but I thought this time I had done more than enough to win.”

Nieves did impressive work to the body, חיבור על 59 total body shots compared to just 14 for Potapov, but it wasn’t enough to earn him the decision.

“חשבתי שאני ניצחתי. I thought it was a bad decision,” Nieves said. “I don’t even think it should have been a spilt decision. I thought I was up clearly. He didn’t really score like he wanted to. I was making him miss and landing all the sharper punches. Everything he was hitting me with I was blocking and coming back.

“I don’t know why close fights don’t go my way. From here I go back to the drawing board. My whole team and a lot of the crowd felt like I won. I would love to fight him again.”

In a featured matchup between undefeated welterweights, Wesley Tucker (14-0, 8 קוס) edged Ed Williams in an eight-round unanimous decision scored 77-73, 79-71, 78-72 Tucker.

The foul-filled fight featured little action. Toledo’s Tucker landed 31 אחוזים מיריות כוחו לעומת רק 19 percent for Detroit’s Williams (12-2-1, 4 קוס), who was deducted two points for hitting to the back of the head on separate occasions. Tucker (14-0, 8 קוס) didn’t land a jab the entire fight, but his heavier shots and accuracy with his power shots seemed to be more impressive to the judges.

“He was an awkward, long fighter, who knew how to move very well,” Tucker said. “I’m not disappointed it turned out like that. Not every fight can be pretty, so I came out with the win and that’s what matters most.

“I was really frustrated in there, but I’m an action kind of fighter, so when he was running it kind of was pissing me off. He was all over the place. He ran the whole fight.”

Williams landed only 17 אחוזים מאגרופיו המוחלט.

“He didn’t show me anything I didn’t expect,” Williams said. “This week was a great experience for me, but you want to come out with a win and I wasn’t able to get it done.”

בפותחן הטלוויזיוני, Joshua Greer Jr. handed bantamweight prospect James Gordon-Smith his firstloss with a brutal one-punch sixth-round knockout (2:06).

After a blazing first round that saw over 50 power shots landed, Greer pepped his opponent with a steady diet of counter rights as Gordon-Smith continued to charge forward and fight largely off-balance. Chicago’s Greer floored Gordon-Smith with a perfectly timed right uppercut in the opening seconds of the fifth and, despite looking dazed, Gordon-Smith rallied to survive the back-and-forth round.

בשנות השישי, Greer (12-1-1, 5 קוס) knocked Gordon-Smith out cold with a huge straight right that sent the Detroit native falling face forward as referee Harvey Dock immediately waved off the bout.

“I guess he blinked. That was the problem,” Greer said. “I told everyone when I got here I didn’t have that pillow for no reason. I said don’t blink and I wasn’t playing. I knew I was going to get him. The pillow is just my trademark. זה שום דבר אישי. You have to stand out somehow. That’s just what I do. Nothing personal to him.

“I knew what I came to do. I’m excited but I’m not shocked. My team knew what would happen and they had confidence in me. I knew it was only a matter of time.”

Gordon-Smith (11-1, 6 קוס) האם ה 160^ה fighter to suffer his first defeat on the prospect developmental series. And Nieves would later become the 161^{רח '}.

של יום שישי quadrupleheader will replay on יום שלישי, מרץ 14 ב 10 p.m. ו/PT על ההצגה מתחילה EXTREME. The telecast will also be available on SHOWTIME on DEMAND^® ובכל זמן שואוטיים^®.

“Detroit City Gold,” was promoted by Salita Promotions.

Barry Tompkins called the ShoBox פעולה מזירה בסטיב הפרהוד ואלוף העולם לשעבר ראול מארקס שמשו כמומחה אנליסטים. The executive producer was Gordon Hall with Rich Gaughan producing and Rick Phillips directing.

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אודות קידום SALITA

Salita Promotions הוקמה בשנת 2010 על ידי דמיטרי סליטה, מתאגרף מקצועי ומתמודד בעל תואר עולמי שראה צורך בגוף קידום מכירות שיציג את מיטב הלקוחות הפוטנציאליים הצעירים של אגרוף ומתמודדים מבוססים בצפון אמריקה ובעולם. הצופים צופים בלוחמים ברשתות טלוויזיה ברחבי העולם כולל Showtime, ESPN, ספייק TV, רשת ספורט יוניברסל ו-MSG נהנו בשנים האחרונות מפעולות קרב של Salita Promotions. אנו מתגאים בכך שאנחנו מציעים ללוחמינו הזדמנויות בתוך הטבעת ומחוצה לה. Salita Promotions מצפה להמשיך לצמוח ולשרת את צרכיהם של אוהדי הלחימה ברחבי העולם.

“I want my legacy to be that I’m the best female fighter to ever put on gloves.” – Claressa Shields

Shields Faces Szilvia Szabados יום שישי על ההצגה מתחילה^® In First Women’s Boxing Main Event In Premium Television History

VIDEO: http://s.sho.com/2m3ZobR

Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields opens up about how growing up in Flint, מישיגן., shaped her career, bringing equality to women’s boxing, and her growing legacy in this SHOWTIME Sports video feature: http://s.sho.com/2m3ZobR

שילדס (1-0) will face former world title challenger Szilvia Szabados (15-8, 6 קוס) מחר/יום שישי באירוע המרכזי של ShoBox: הדור החדש in just her second fight since winning gold at the 2016 אולימפיאדה. The six-round middleweight bout, which will air live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ו/PT), is the first women’s boxing event in premium television history.

האירוע, labeled “Detroit City Gold,” is promoted by Salita Promotions from MGM Grand Detroit. ב ShoBox שיתוף תכונה, top-10 ranked bantamweight contenders Antonio Nieves (17-0-2, 9 קוס) and Nikolay Potapov (16-0-1, 8 קוס) will put their undefeated records on the line in a 10-round bantamweight bout.

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Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields Faces Szilvia Szabados In First Women’s Boxing Main Event On Premium Television

יום שישי, מרץ 10 חי על ההצגה מתחילה^® From MGM Grand Detroit

לחץ כאן לתמונות; אשראי: טום הקזינו / Showtime

DETROIT (מרץ 8, 2017) – All eight fighters participating in “Detroit City Gold”, the ShoBox: הדור החדש headlined by two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields, participated in a final press conference ביום רביעי לפני של יום שישי four-fight telecast from MGM Grand Detroit.

שילדס (1-0) will face former world title challenger Szilvia Szabados (15-8, 6 קוס) in just her second fight since winning gold at the 2016 Olympics and in the first women’s boxing event in premium television history, חי על ההצגה מתחילה ב 10 p.m. ו/PT.

“Detroit City Gold,” which takes place less than an hour from Shields’ hometown of Flint, מישיגן., is promoted by Salita Promotions. מגן נגד. Szabados is a six-round middleweight bout.

ב ShoBox שיתוף תכונה, top-10 ranked bantamweight contenders Antonio Nieves (17-0-2, 9 קוס), קליבלנד, and Russia’s Nikolay Potapov (16-0-1, 8 קוס) will put their undefeated records on the line in a 10-round matchup for the NABO bantamweight belt.

In an eight-round televised bout, welterweight Wesley Tucker (13-0, 8 קוס) של טולדו, אוהיו, faces Detroit’s Ed Williams (12-1-1, 4 קוס) in a matchup between two former amateur standouts. בפותחן הטלוויזיוני, Detroit-based bantamweight prospect James Gordon Smith (11-0, 6 קוס) will take on Chicago’s Joshua Greer, ג 'וניור. (11-1-1, 4 קוס) בהתקף שמונה עגול.

Here’s what the fighters had to say ביום רביעי:

קלרסה שילדס:

“I started boxing at age 11 and all I really wanted was an opportunity. This is one of those big opportunities.

“Her having 124 professional rounds doesn’t mean anything to me. Her being 15-8 עם 6 KOs doesn’t scare me either. But I am glad she took the fight and didn’t pull out.

“She’s a challenge and, על נייר, she’s not supposed to be someone that I can just walk through. But I’ve been in training camp for three months and I had a great training camp.

I’m not going to let her beat me in front of my family. I’m not going to let her beat me in front of my nephews and cousins and my mom and dad. I just don’t roll like that.

“If she doesn’t have the talent and skill to go six rounds with me, she will not go six rounds. אז, I hope she had a very good training camp. I know I did.

“This is the first time that a woman has been the main event on SHOWTIME and I’m not coming to make women look bad when I get in there on מרץ 10."

Szilvia Szabados:

“I’m ready to fight. I’ve been waiting a long time for this fight. I feel good and I’m in great shape.

“I think everyone has a destiny in life and I’m glad I chose to be a boxer. This is a huge opportunity for me and I plan to take advantage of it.

“I know she has the amateur experience, but I have more experience as a pro. We’ll see what’s more important ביום שישי."

אנטוניו Nieves:

“I trained and did everything I have to do. אני מוכן למלחמה.

“Coming out of Cleveland, nobody gives us a chance. We have to fight for everything we get.

“I respect Potapov. הוא לוחם טוב. He said he’s going to take my belt? He’s going to have to take it from me. אני כאן כדי להילחם. I’m not going to just give it up. Come try and take it.

“When I get in there Friday, זה כל העסק. I respect him – I don’t have any problems with him as a person.

“I’ve fought a lot of Russians and Europeans. They’re straight-up, come forward, and try to put on a lot of pressure. They bring the fight and I’m ready for that. I’m ready for anything he brings to the table.

“Anything can happen in a fight, but I’m focused and ready and I know what I have to do. I’ll be able to adjust to whatever he brings.”

ניקולאי פוטאפוב:

“I will be a much more aggressive version of myself for this fight. I trained to be very aggressive. I have a lot of surprises in store for Antonio Nieves.

“I learned a lot training at Kronk and I’m very ready. I had a great training camp and I really enjoyed living here in Detroit.

“In Russia, there is a traditional Russian style. Over here, it’s totally different. The American style is much more aggressive. I loved training with Javan SugarHill Steward at Kronk and learned a lot.”

Wesley Tucker:

“I come to fight every time and everybody knows when I fight, it’s fireworks.

“He may be from here, but Detroit is my home, מדי. And I’m planning on winning here at home.”

אד וויליאמס:

“I’m glad to be home. I had a great camp and it’s going to be a hell of a fight.

“Wesley Tucker is coming to fight, but I’m home. You don’t let nobody take you at home. זה הכל.

“He may be in for a short night. Or a long one. We’ll see.”

ג'יימס גורדון סמית ':

“I’m knocking you out. I’m not here to play games. I’m coming straight for you. I bet you I knock you out.

“You can’t punch. What are you going to do?

“I’m coming to throw bombs, so I hope you trained for this because I’m going to knock that smile off your face. Your coach can’t fight for you.”

Joshua Greer, ג 'וניור:

“I’m ready. You’re getting knocked out. We didn’t come here to lose.

“This is a fight I’ve been waiting for. אנחנו מוכנים. כמו יום שישי, I hope he’s ready, מדי. "