Viktor Postol And France’s Mohamed Mimoune Battle in 140-Pound Title Eliminator Plus Rising Heavyweight Sensation Efe Ajagba Meets Once-Beaten Michael Wallisch onSHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Tripleheader
Presented by Premier Boxing Champions from The Chelsea Inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
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LAS VEGAS – (三月 29, 2019) – 前轻量级世界冠军 罗伯特·JR复活节.and former two-division championRances缪 will meet for the vacant WBA Lightweight Title on Saturday, 四月 27 live on SHOWTIME from The Chelsea inside of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING 报道开始于 10 P.M. ET /下午7时. PT and will also feature former super lightweight champion维克多·Postol taking on France’sMohamed Mimounein a WBC super lightweight title eliminator, while rising heavyweight sensation卡通Ajagba looks to remain unbeaten against once-beaten GermanMichael Wallisch 在10轮的重量级景点.
复活节 vs. Barthelemy pits two highly skilled and explosive former 135-pound champions against each other as they look to grab a title and vault themselves back into the top echelon of the lightweight division.
Easter will return to the ring for the first time since losing his IBF title in a unification showdown with WBC Champion and pound-for-pound great Mikey Garcia last July on SHOWTIME. Barthelemy is undefeated at 135 pounds and returns to the lightweight division for his second fight since losing a 140-pound title rematch to Kiryl Relikh last March on SHOWTIME.
“Two former champions looking to reclaim their championship status speaks for itself in terms of the action and will to win that Easter and Barthelemy will bring on April 27,” 伦纳德说Ellerbe, 梅威瑟促销的CEO. “Both guys have already proven that they have what it takes to take care of business at this level. The eliminator bout, with Postol bringing his experience and Mohamed looking to take advantage of the opportunity, is a great lead-in to the main event attraction. 更多, Efe Ajagba will bring his A+ game in pursuit of a victory over Michael Wallisch. The fans in attendance at the Cosmopolitanhere in Las Vegas, and tuning in on SHOWTIME, are in for a treat.”
“复活节 vs. Barthelemy is a true 50-50 fight that will end with one of these fighters leaving the ring with one of the top spots in the lightweight division,” 说汤姆·布朗, TGB促销总统. “Both are former world champions at lightweight and possess the styles and attributes that should make this an action-packed match. Combined with a very competitive title eliminator between Viktor Postol and Mohamed Mimoune, plus the can’t-miss punching power of Efe Ajagba, this is going to be a dramatic night on SHOWTIME and at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.”
门票现场活动, which is promoted by Mayweather Promotions and TGB Promotions in association with About Billions Promotions, go on sale Monday, 四月 1, 并可以在购买 www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.comor through Ticketmaster.
The 28-year-old Easter (21-1, 14 科斯) won the IBF Lightweight Championship in 2016 by edging an exciting split-decision against then-unbeaten and current IBF titleholder Richard Commey. After two successful title defenses in his hometown of Toledo, 俄亥俄, Easter defeated former champion Javier Fortuna by decision in a January 2018 fight in SHOWTIME.
That victory set up a unification with WBC champion Mikey Garcia, in which Easter survived an early knockdown to push Garcia the full 12 rounds before coming up short on the scorecards. At 5-foot-11, Easter has continued to show the combination of size, skill and athleticism that made him a highly regarded prospect following an amateur career that featured a spot as an alternate on the 2012 中美. 国奥队.
“I’ve wanted to fight Barthelemy since he had the lightweight title and vacated it, and now I have the chance,” 说复活节. “He has an awkward style and I’m up for that challenge. I am still coming in as the taller fighter with a reach advantage and I’ll use it to make this fight go how I want it to. He is a former world champion and he is coming to bring it just like I am.”
A decorated Cuban amateur who hails from a boxing family that includes his older brother, Olympic Gold Medalist Yan, and younger brother, unbeaten featherweight Leduan, Rances缪 (27-1, 14 科斯) will return to lightweight to vie against one of the best fighters in the division. The 32-year-old now trains in Las Vegas and previously captured a 135-pound belt by defeating Denis Shafikov in December 2015.
Barthelemy won a 130-pound championship by defeating Argenis Mendez in 2014 and attempted to become the first Cuban three-division champion when he moved up to 140-pounds for his first fight against Relikh, a title eliminator that he won by decision. After dropping the rematch to Relikh in a vacant title fight on SHOWTIME, Barthelemy returned to the ring in December and stopped Robert Frankel.
“I’m looking forward to a great fight against Robert Easter Jr,” 说缪. “I know I have what it takes to beat him and capture another title and become a three-time world champ. My best performances have come at 135 英镑. Both of us are former world champions who are hungry and will give the fans a sensational night of boxing. I’ve never lost at lightweight and that will continue on April 27. Don’t miss this fight on SHOWTIME. It’s now or never!”
Originally from Ukraine, but now fighting out of Los Angeles, Postol (30-2, 12 科斯) previously earned a 140-pound world title by knocking out Lucas Matthysse in 2015. The 35-year-old dropped the title in a unification showdown with Terence Crawford in 2016 before bouncing back by defeating then unbeaten Jamshidbek Najmiddinov. Last June he dropped a decision to unbeaten contender Josh Taylor and most recently he defeated Siar Ozgul in November.
The 31-year-old Mimoune (21-2, 2 科斯) 已经转战专业自 2010 并且将他的U.S. debut against Postol on April 27. Representing Haute-Garonne, 法国, 他是不败在他的最后 10 打斗可以追溯到 2014. His last five victories have come in 12-round decisions, including two last year over then unbeaten Emiliano Dominguez and most recently against Franck Petitjean.
尼日利亚Ajagba (9-0, 8 科斯) gained notoriety last August 24 当他的对手, 柯蒂斯·哈珀, 走出环的触摸手套之后开始第一轮. The 24-year-old, 2016 Nigerian Olympian won the fight without throwing a punch as Harper was disqualified. In his last fight Ajagba, who lives in Stafford, Texas and trains with Ronnie Shields, defeated his toughest competition to date by stopping longtime contender Amir Mansour after two rounds.
战斗从慕尼黑, 德国, Wallisch (19-1, 12 科斯) 赢得了他的第一个 19 pro fights after turning pro in 2010, including a German heavyweight title-winning performance in 2013 against Alexander Kahl. The 33-year-old fought three times last year, picking up two knockout victories before losing to Christian Hammer in December.
Heavyweight Slugger Luis Ortiz Earns Unanimous Decision Over Christian Hammer
Eduardo Ramirez Scores Ninth-Round TKO of Bryan De Gracia 在演播开瓶器 观看安可演示周一 10 P.M. ET / PT在 SHOWTIME EXTREME® 点击 这里 从萧蔷特拉普/ SHOWTIME照片 & 这里 从汤姆赌场/欣欣照片
布鲁克林 (三月 3, 2019) – Former 154-pound world championErislandy拉拉and WBA Super Welterweight Champion布赖恩·卡斯塔诺fought to a highly competitive split-draw Saturday at Barclays Center, 布鲁克林拳击™的家, 由总理拳击冠军呈现事件. With the draw, Castaño retains the WBA belt in what was the toughest test of his career against the longtime top 154-pounder in Lara. 法官的斗争取得了 115-113 (Castaño), 115-113 (拉拉) 和 114-114.
Castaño (15-0-1, 11 科斯), who was fighting in his first U.S. 主要事件, held a large advantage in power connects (181-103) while Lara (25-3-3, 14 科斯) found success landing his left hand down the middle on his way to a 34 ％至 27 percent advantage in power accuracy.
In the close, difficult-to-score fight, five of the rounds were separated by three or fewer connects and three of those rounds favored Lara. 在最后两轮, Castaño ramped up the pressure and connected on 44 拳, while Lara landed only 24 punches across the championship rounds. Castaño won the final three rounds on all three judges’ scorecards. 如果不这样做, the Argentine would have lost his belt.
After the hotly contested fight, both fighters have options, including a rematch, in the talent-rich super welterweight division.
“I know I won the fight. I feel I was robbed,” a disappointed Castaño told SHOWTIME’s Jim Gray. “If he wants the rematch, I’ll give him the rematch. I waited for him this time so I can wait for him again if he wants the rematch. I would give him the rematch if he wants. I can also go ahead and fight any other champion that wants to fight me. I’m ready for whoever they put in front of me. Hurd or anyone else.”
拉拉, 另一方面, felt he did enough to claim the belt: “I thought I won the fight by landing the more accurate and effective punches. Castaño came to fight but he never hurt me and I hurt him. All I can do is give the fans great fights and that’s what I’ll continue to do. I have a lot of fight left in me and I’m not going anywhere.
“If we have to fight him again, I’ll fight him. Hurd or Castaño. 任何人, I’ll have the rematch with both.”
在共同特征, Cuban heavyweight slugger路易斯·奥尔蒂斯 (31-1, 26 科斯) earned a unanimous decision victory over a game基督教锤 (24-6, 14 科斯). Although the judges scored the fight 100-90 和 99-91 两次, both men fought through bloody noses at different points in the fight and both were stunned in a back-and-forth second round.
奥尔蒂斯, who earned his third consecutive victory since dropping a thrilling slugfest with WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder one year ago, is now looking for another world title shot.
“The fight wasn’t what I was expecting,”奥尔蒂斯说. “It was a hard fight and my corner really had to work with me. After I got the rhythm, I heated up a little bit. Every heavyweight out there should know that I still have it at 40-years-old. Anthony Joshua, Deontay怀尔德, 我准备好了。“
Although Hammer fought with more energy and with more resolve than in previous fights with other top-tier heavyweights Tyson Fury and Alexander Povetkin, Ortiz used his superior technique and skills to eventually cruise to the lopsided decision. Ortiz averaged 45 jabs thrown per round and landed 61 jabs to just 20 对于锤, while also connecting on 49 他的权力拳％的. Ortiz made a conscious effort to attack Hammer’s body with 33.6% of his total connects (45 的 140) coming via body shots.
“I fought a fight that I hadn’t for years, which is box and work,”奥尔蒂斯说. “So I’m not disappointed I didn’t knock him out because I showed some of my boxing skills tonight.”
“Ortiz is a very good and experienced fighter,” said the 31-year-old Hammer, who was making his American debut. “He’s technical and smart but he’s not as intimidating as people say he is. I respect Ortiz but I don’t think he’s the best fighter I’ve ever faced.
“I’m very confident going forward. I know that I can go the distance with anyone and I’m willing to fight anyone. People thought I’d get knocked out but I proved them wrong.”
在转播揭幕战, 爱德华多·拉米雷斯 (22-1-3, 9 科斯) 捕捉 Bryan De Gracia (24-2-1, 20 科斯) with a vicious right uppercut in the ninth, stunning his opponent and suddenly breaking open a close fight. Ramirez pounced on the dazed De Gracia and unleashed a wave of punches which forced referee Benjy Esteves to call the fight at 2:10 of round nine.
The southpaw Ramirez, 洛斯莫奇斯的, 锡那罗亚, 墨西哥, was trailing on the scorecards at the time of the stoppage according to two out of three judges (the third had it even). 拉米雷斯, known to grow stronger in the later rounds, connected on 36 punches in round number nine, by far his highest connect total on the night. Although De Gracia was the more aggressive fighter, the Panamanian failed to consistently land punches. De Gracia was accurate on just 27 他的权力拳％的, while Ramirez landed 38 百分比他.
“I definitely knew it was close but my corner kept telling me to keep going and going, and that’s when I caught him,”拉米雷斯说, who was fighting with a heavy heart following the passing of his grandfather. “I didn’t just come here to fight. I came here to do something and I did it.”
同赢, Ramirez is now in line to face WBA (定期) Featherweight World Champion Can Xu and will be looking to challenge for a world title fight in the deep featherweight division.
In SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING COUNTDOWN action that streamed live on theSHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel and SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook page, 埃德温·罗德里格斯 (31-2, 20 科斯) won a 10-round cruiserweight fight via unanimous decision overMitch Williams(16-7-3, 11 科斯) 通过分数 96-94 两次， 98-92. Coverage on social media also saw安东尼奥·拉塞尔 (13-0, 11 科斯), younger brother of WBC Featherweight Champion Gary Russell Jr., 停止 Jose Maria Cardenas(16-4, 13 科斯) 22 seconds into the sixth round of their bantamweight fight. In the opening bout of the digital presentation, Leduan缪 (14-0-1, 7 科斯) 保持不败一致决定在 Miguel Angel Aispuro(11-7-2, 7 科斯) 通过分数 80-72 两次， 79-73 in their eight-round super featherweight attraction.
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SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING COUNTDOWN Begins Live at 6:30 P.M. 及/ 3:30 P.M. PT On SHOWTIME Sports YouTube Channel and SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook Page
布鲁克林 (二月 27, 2019) – SHOWTIME Sports will provide live streaming coverage of three undercard fights on the network’s social media platforms as part of拳击冠军赛倒计时 在开始 6:30 P.M. 及/ 3:30 P.M. PT on Saturday, 三月 2 巴克莱中心, 布鲁克林拳击™的家, 由总理拳击冠军呈现.
Streaming action will see hard-hitting contender埃德温·罗德里格斯 战斗 Mitch Williamsin a 10-round cruiserweight fight, 不败前景 安东尼奥·拉塞尔 square off against Mexico’sJose Maria Cardenasin an eight-round bantamweight showdown andLeduan缪 step in for an eight-round super featherweight matchup with Mexico’sMiguel Angel Aispuro,
The social media presentation will stream on the欣欣体育YouTube频道 和 欣欣拳击Facebook页面leading up to the evening’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event. 三场比赛的 SHOWTIME 电视直播开始于 9 P.M. ET /下午6时. PT and is headlined by former world champion Erislandy Lara challenging undefeated WBA Super Welterweight Champion BrianCastaño.
门票活动, which is promoted by TGB Promotions in association with DiBella Entertainment, 现已公开发售，并可以在购买 ticketmaster.com,barclayscenter.com, 或致电 800-745-3000. 门票也可在美国运通票房购买巴克莱中心. 集团折扣可致电844-BKLYN-GP.
罗德里格斯 (30-2, 20 科斯) has demonstrated his power-punching ability throughout numerous memorable contests in his career. The 33-year-old was born in Moca, Dominican Republic before moving to Worcester, 马萨诸塞州. In his last fight he scored a unanimous decision over Lionell Thompson last February. He will battle Jackson, Michigan’s Williams (16-6-3, 11 科斯) who most recently scored a stoppage victory over Michael Sunkett in December.
安东尼奥·拉塞尔 (12-0, 10 科斯) sits between Antuanne and WBC Featherweight Champion Gary Russell in the lineage of the Russell family dynasty, and will look to remain unbeaten when he steps into the ring March 2. The 26-year-old scored two knockout victories in 2018 and has stopped his last five opponents from lasting the distance. He will be opposed by the 22-year-old Cardenas (16-3, 13 科斯) 从蒂华纳, 下加利福尼亚州, 墨西哥.
The younger brother of two-division champion Rances and Olympic gold medalist Yan, 缪 (13-0-1, 7 科斯) most recently fought to a split draw against then-unbeaten Eduardo Ramirez in September 2017. The 29-year-old from Cuba now lives and trains in Las Vegas and adds another top Cuban fighter to a card already including Lara and heavyweight contender Luis Ortiz. He prepares to take on the 28-year-old Aispuro (11-6-2, 7 科斯), who enters this contest with a three-fight winning streak.
Non-televised action will feature 2016 Haitian Olympian and Brooklyn-native理查德森Hitchins (7-0, 3 科斯) 迎战尼加拉瓜 David Morales(13-9, 13 科斯) in an eight-round super lightweight showdown, 不败超轻量级泰瑞克·厄比 (6-0, 2 科斯) facing Kenya’sDennis Okoth(2-1-1) for six rounds of action and unbeatenAaron Anderson(3-0, 3 科斯)in a four-round middleweight fight against Atlanta’sChukka Willis(4-9, 2 科斯).
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关于LARA VS. 板栗 Erislandy Lara vs. Brian Castaño pits former super welterweight world champion Lara against the WBA Super Welterweight Champion Castaño on Saturday, 三月 2 in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING from Barclays Center, 布鲁克林拳击™的家, 由总理拳击冠军呈现.
SHOWTIME coverage begins at 9 P.M. ET /下午6时. PT and will see Cuban heavyweight contender路易斯·奥尔蒂斯 担当 基督教锤 在10轮的重量级景点, plus hard-hittingBryan De Graciabattling rugged veteran爱德华多·拉米雷斯 in a 12-round featherweight clash that opens the telecast.
