BOXING RETURNS TO

PRIMETIME NETWORK TELEVISION

PREMIER BOXING Champions debuts ON NBC WITH ORA RUA STAR-powered EVENTS MAIN MEI MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA

AT 8:30 P.M. ME / 5:30 P.M. PT

Tūturu Welterweight Star Keith “Kotahi te Time” Ka kawea Thurman I te mua wha-Division World Champion

Robert “Ko te Varua” Guerrero I roto i te Action Welterweight

Ko te Evening‘s Tuatahi Main Event Rua mua toru-Division World Champion Adrien “Ko te Problem” Broner

Ki Hard-Patu Super Kōmāmā

John “Ko te Gladiator“ Molina Jr.

Las Vegas (January 28, 2015) – The return of prizefighting to primetime network television has finally arrived as the recently announced Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) series is set to debut on Saturday, March 7 with an action-packed double main event on NBC, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The inaugural PBC on NBC fight night will feature two spectacular bouts worthy of this historic occasion. In the second main event of the evening, undefeated welterweight knockout artist Keith “Kotahi te Time” Thurman (24-0, 21 Koó) will take on former four-division world champion Robert “Ko te Varua” Warrior (32-2-1, 18 Koó) in a showdown where both men look to prove they are amongst the best fighters in the world on the biggest stage in recent boxing history.

Ko te hui matua tuatahi o te ahiahi, ka ngā tetahi o nui, me te tino mālohi whetu o te mekemeke, former three-division world champion Adrien “Ko te Problem” Broner (29-1, 22 Koó) facing off against the always exciting John “Ko te Gladiator” Molina Jr. (27-5, 22 Koó) in a super lightweight bout that will put the winner at the top of the division.

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Kaua e ngaro i te meneti o te PBC i te NBC mahi rite ki te whawhai teata tuatahi i runga i NBC haamata i 8:30 p.m. ME / 5:30 p.m. PT SHARP!

“Ko te kapa me te ahau he tino hihiri, ā, e katoa titiro whakamua matou ki tenei faingamālie ki te whawhai i runga i NBC. He rota o te mea i toku rōpū e pupuri ana e mea ko e kei te haere tenei ki te huri i te hākinakina. Fakamanatu mai kiate au e whakamahia toku kaiwhakangungu te mutunga o Ben Getty ki te korero ki ahau, ko nga mea katoa e hiahiatia ana e ahau ki te mahi i whiwhi i runga i te atamira nui,” Said Thurman. “Au pono ahau titiro atu ki headlining i te whakaatu tuatahi. Au fiefia ki kia hoki i MGM Grand me te titiro atu ki te knockout nui. Ko te tīmatanga o te hanga i te ingoa whare tenei.”

“Ko te tino fakaivifo'ou ki te mohio, e te mea e kawe NBC mekemeke hoki ki te pouaka whakaata primetime,” Said Guerrero. “Ko te he honore ki te hei wahi o te whakaaturanga tuatahi, especially against an undefeated champion like Keith Thurman. Everyone knows I always come to fight. Let’s hope Thurman has the same mindset. He claims that he’s going to knock me out, but I see a totally different outcome. When this fight is over, everyone tuning in will know why boxing is one of the most exciting sports to watch, e taea e ahau te kī.”

“Ko te utunga nui tuatahi o 'AB i te NBC tenei.’ Kahore te tetahi mea e kore e taea e ahau,” Said Broner. “Ko te he whawhai nui e kore anake mo te whawhai, engari mo nga pā. Nga tangata katoa e matau ana i haere mai tonu ahau ki te whawhai me te mohio ahau ki John Molina Jr. Kei te haere mai ki te whawhai. Titiro atu ahau ki tu Molina i te NBC. Aroha ahau te tautoko me te tetahi e tautoko ana ahau; Kei te haere ahau ki te whawhai mo a ratou. He tika te tīmatanga o te 'Whakaatu AB tenei’ i roto i te 2015.”

“Ko ahau tino oaoa ki te waiho i te wahi o te whakaaturanga tuatahi i runga i NBC, ki te hei i runga i tenei turanga. E kore e taea e ahau ki te haere atu ki reira, ka mahi i te mea e ahau pai mahi i roto i te mua o mirioni o te iwi tatari,” Na ka mea a Molina Jr. “E hiahia ana ahau ki te whawhai i te pai me te Broner ko tetahi o te pai. Ko te whawhai i ui tatou no te i runga i te tau i mua tenei a te pae hopea ka matou i te reira. Ko ahau na fiefia. Au e kore e tailiili i te katoa. Ki te mea i ahau io, E kore e waiho e ahau i roto i tenei ahumahi. Ko te momo o te mea e whawhai tūturu moemoea e pā ana ki tenei. Au tatau e ahau ki raro, i nga ra.”

Ko te hokinga mai o te mekemeke ki te primetime i runga i NBC he tata 30 tau i roto i te hanga, ki taua te wahi whakamutunga po tango whawhai May 20, 1985. That fight saw Larry Holmes win a 15-round decision and defend his IBF Heavyweight World Championship against Carl Williams in Reno, Nev.

Primetime te pouaka whakaata motu he home-roa mo etahi o nga ingoa tino mōhiotia i roto i te aamu o te hākinakina, with fighters such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman and Mike Tyson making a name for themselves in front of a national audience.

The PBC on NBC series will feature a cast of familiar names and voices who will lend their immense talents to the broadcasts. Seven-time Emmy Award winner Al Michaels will host the series while Academy Award winning composer Hans Zimmer will compose the music that brings the series to life. I tua atu, legendary boxer Sugar Ray Leonard will serve as lead analyst.

“Ahau na oaoa e pā ana ki PBC i runga i NBC. Ko ahau ohovale i ahau ka te piiraa, engari tika atu i mohio ahau hinaaro e ahau ki te waiho i te wahi o tenei,” Said Leonard. “Ko te aha te hiahia mekemeke tenei, me tenei, ko te mea e hiahia ana nga pā mekemeke.”

Ka whakatairanga Los Angeles-hāngai Whakatairanga Goossen tenei PBC tuatahi i runga i hui NBC.

“It’s an honor to be a part of this extraordinary and highly anticipated event

i runga i Maehe 7, te tuatahi o te 'Pirimia mekemeke Champions’ series on NBC,” said Tom Brown of Goossen Promotions. “These are two outstanding fights featuring four world class boxers and fans are in for a terrific night of action.”

Thurman has long proven his power by knocking out 18 o tona tuatahi 19 hoariri, engari ka riro ia ia te Ingoa wā WBA Welterweight World ki te 10^th round knockout over Diego Chaves in July of 2013, maka e ia ki a ia i roto i te tūranga ki te whawhai i te pai rawa i roto i te hākinakina. -Tau 26-tau te Clearwater, Florida Maori kua mai hanga toru angitu parepare taitara ki te knockouts mo Ihu Soto Karass me Julio Diaz, i mua i tūtahi Leonard bundu i runga i tona ara ki te whakatau loto i roto i te Hakihea 2014. Na, Titiro Thurman ki te noho tūturu tonu, ka anga ia i tona whakamātautau uaua ki te rā i roto i te Guerrero.

He hōia whakamatauria te whawhai-, Warrior, o Gilroy, Calif., Kua i roto i nga whawhai whiriwhiri i roto i te mekemeke mo tau. He southpaw kaimekemeke-puncher, Kua riro Guerrero taitara ao i roto i te akomanga taimaha e wha i 130 ki 147 pauna, te patu i te momo o Andre Berto, Joel Casamayor, Michael Katsidis a Selcuk Aydin haere te ara. Tona toa puta noa i enei akomanga taimaha roaa ia he whawhai ki te kingi pauna-no te-pauna Floyd Mayweather i roto i 2013, i ngaro ia i te whakatau loto. “Ko te Varua” poipoia hoki kiri i roto i te Pipiri o 2014 ki te pakeke-whawhai wikitoria whakatau loto mo Yoshihiro Kamegai.

Ko e taha o whetu rawa te pai-mohiotia te mekemeke, Broner, te phenom 25-tau tawhito, kua nei i kohia taitara ao i 130, 135 a 147 pauna, Kei te whakanoho i ona mātanga i runga i te puncher kino John Molina Jr. i runga i Maehe 7. Ka kaha Broner kua runga i nga momo o Paulie Malignaggi, Daniel Ponce de Leon me Antonio Demarco i runga i te ara ki te hoko i te toa e toru-te wehenga. Ahakoa te mamae tona mate tuatahi ki Marcos Maidana i Hakihea 2013, i turapa te Cincinnati-Māori ki te hoki-ki-hoki whakaora mo Carlos Molina me Emmanuel Taylor.

Molina Jr. from Covina, Calif., Kua i angitu nui i roto i nga rarangi ngaio tae atu i te wikitoria knockout faahiahia i runga i te toa o nāianei te ao Mickey Bey i whakamatauria e kore koutou e taea te tatau i te puncher kaha i roto i te whawhai. Ngaro te 32-tau-tawhito te Whawhai scintillating o te kaitono Tau ki Lucas Matthysse i roto i 2014 a ka te titiro ki te tīmata atu 2015 ki te wini nui ki a Broner.

Kia ka kauwhautia tata te ki tonu te po i te pāngia undercard whakaongaonga.

PBC i te NBC, will take place Saturday, March 7 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and is promoted by Goossen Promotions. Ka rangi te hui ora i runga i NBC (8:30 p.m. ME / 5:30 p.m. PT).

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