Pandan konferans pou la près, Dulorme te vigoureux nan dedikasyon batay l 'nan kominote a Latino pa mansyone, “Sou Avril 18, Puerto Rico, Meksik, Repiblik Dominikèn, Kolonbi ak tout Latino yo atravè mond lan pral gen yon nouvo chanpyon”, deklare yon Dulorme konfyans.

An repons, Ko-manadjè Terence Crawford a ak antrenè, Brian McIntyre kòmante, “Meksiken yo, Ricans yo Puerto, Kolonbyen yo, Dominiken yo, yo pa ka ede ou goumen, bro. Mwen pa ap eseye gen derespektan, men sa a se ant ou menm ak Terence. Terence se yon avyon de gè throwback. Li gen men an wòch, ka goumen sou andedan an ak outbox ou. Li se yon gayan nan tout bagay li fè sa ki nan lavi. Me genyen an pi bon moun.”

“Mwen konsidere kòmantè sa yo nan sa a mesye Brian McIntyre trè derespektan nan direksyon Latino yo ak tèt mwen. Mwen dedye sa a batay nan tout Latino yo, paske mwen se Latino, ak mwen se fyè de li. Nan bag an, li a sèlman Crawford, abit la ak mwen, men sipò nan Latinos yo pral gen kòm byen epi yo pa ka inyore”, Di Thomas Dulorme, ki moun ki estasyone nan yon kote ankachèt nan Puerto Rico pou batay la pi gwo nan karyè li.

“Jou nan ak jou soti mwen reprezante Latino atravè mond lan. Nan gwo nasyon an nan peyi Etazini an, ou dwe pran avantaj de tout opòtinite. Sou Avril 18, Mwen pral travay di yo vin yon chanpyon mond nan Texas, epi pote tout bèl pouvwa pèp mwen an”, konkli Thomas Dulorme.

Terence Crawford vs. Thomas Dulorme

Batay pou Vid WBO Jr. Wèltèr Chanpyona

Samdi, Avril 18

Nan College Park Center nan University of Texas Arlington

Televize Live sou HBO®

Biyè ale sou vant Jodi a nan 10:00 AM CT

ARLINGTON, TX (Mas 5, 2015) – Undefeated Boksè mondyal la Òganizasyon (WBO) ki lejè chanpyon ak boksè Ekriven Asosyasyon an Amerik la (BWAA) Avyon de gè pou Ane a Terence “Bud” CRAWFORD se movin’ sou moute — divizyon an wèltèr jinyò — kote li pral pran sou THOMAS “Loraj” DULORME, Pa gen a. 2-contender mond-rated, for the vacant WBO junior welterweight world title. Crawford vs. Dulorme pral pran plas Samdi, Avril 18, nan College Park Sant sitiye sou lakou lekòl la a nan a University of Texas Arlington in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The world championship fight will be televised as part of a split site doubleheader live on HBO boksè Apre Dark®, kòmanse nan 9:45 p.m. AK/PT.

Ankouraje pa Top Rank®, an asosyasyon avèk Gary Shaw Productions, Pwomosyon Foreman Ti gason ak Tecate, tikè nan evènman an Crawford-Dulorme chanpyona nan mond pral ale Sou Vann Sa a Vandredi, Mas 6 nan 10:00 am CT. Pwi a $200, $100, $60, $40 ak $25, plis frè aplikab, tikè kapab achte nan biwo bwat College Park Sant, sou entènèt la nan www.utatickets.com oswa www.utacollegpark.com oswa pa telefòn nan (817) 272-9595.

“I am ready to do bigger and better things at 140,” Di Crawford.

“Mwen isit la bay prèv nan mond lan se mwen menm ki avyon de gè a pi bon nan divizyon an wèltèr jinyò,” Di Dulorme. “Crawford gen yon dosye undefeated men li pa janm te te genyen yon batay nan 140 lbs. Mwen vizyon yon viktwa difisil-goumen, youn ki mwen pral pote tounen lakay yo nan pèp mwen an nan Puerto Rico.”

“Dulorme se yon bon, ki byen balanse boxer. Nou kontan anpil paske nan 140 divizyon liv pral pote pi bon an soti nan Terence,” di Brian McIntyre, Ko-antrenè ak ko-manadjè Crawford a. “Nan 140 se divizyon chaje ak avyon de gè tèt. Sa a se gwo pou Terence kòm tout moun pral byento wè.”

“Terence te gen yon ane levasyon nan 2014 kaptire atansyon nan mond lan ak twa-pi bon karyè viktwa mond chanpyona en wout touche avyon de gè nan felisitasyon yo Ane,” di Todd duBoef, prezidan nan Top Rank. “Li pral kap kontinye ke momantòm sou Avril 18 lè li te retounen nan HBO, on the hunt for another world title against Thomas Dulorme of Puerto Rico.”

“Mwen trè kontan ke mwen te kapab jwenn sa a batay fè ak Top Rank,” di Gary Shaw. “Terence Crawford se konsidere kòm youn nan Lightweights yo pi byen nan boksè, men li ap deplase jiska jinyò wèltèr kote li ap fè fas a yon trè detèmine ak talan Thomas Dulorme, ki moun ki nan defèt la nan 140 liv. I want to thank HBO for showcasing what I perceive is another great fight for the fans. I smell an upset in the making. This will be the start of a great run of fantastic fights for HBO.”

“Avèk zetwal Terence Crawford a li te gen parèt nan 2014, kesyon an kounye a se ki jan segondè ki etwal monte oswa si opozan l 'yo Thomas Dulorme pral inverser trajectoire la,” di Pyè Nelson, vis prezidan an pwogram, HBO Espò. “Kòm ki lejè chanpyon ane pase a, Crawford touche BWAA avyon de gè l 'nan onè yo Ane ak fonse, viktwa élégance kont konpetitè tèt, a streak which continues in stride up the scale against the hungry Dulorme, who is undefeated at 140-lbs. It will be a split-site doubleheader not to be missed on our late night Boxing After Dark franchise.”

Crawford (25-0, 17 Ko), nan Omaha, NE, fè l ' 2015 premye bag kap bati sou-ap fè zetwal li 2014 which featured three world championship victories as well as Fighter of the Year honors from the BWAA and major media alike. He began his career-best year last March 1, jis 13 jou kout nan anivèsè a sizyèm nan premye pwofesyonèl l '. Crawford captured the WBO lightweight title, detwone defann chanpyon Ricky Burns sou Burns’ tèritwa lakay ou nan Glasgow, Scotland. Ki fè nòt yon desizyon pwisan ak inanim, Crawford mete mond lan boksè sou avi ak pèfòmans virtuozite li kòm li rale soti tout arè nan demantèlman Burns, dodine chanpyon nan defann nan tout batay la, while switching back and forth between orthodox and southpaw stances. He followed that with a dramatic and critically-acclaimed knockout victory of undefeated former world champion and Cuban Olympic gold medalist Yuriorkis Gamboa on Jen 28 in a Fight of the Year nominee. It was one of the most-watched fights of the year with over 1.2 milyon espektatè i pwan ap viv la, premye fwa ond nan batay la, according to Nielsen Media Research. He concluded 2014 sou Novanm 29 ak yon shellacking bon jan de yon sèl-fwa pwovokatè tit nan lemonn ak Pa gen. 1 contender Ray Beltran, genyen 11 nan la 12 jij. Crawford is only the second Nebraska native to be recognized as a boxing world champion. Perry “Kid” Graves, soti nan Rock Bluff, pran kouwòn lan wèltèr, frape pi rèd toujou soti Johnny Alberts nan Brooklyn, nan 1914, dapre Omaha Mondyal-Herald la.

Dulorme (22-1, 14 Ko), nan Carolina, Puerto Rico, gradye nan ranje ki pwofesyonèl nan 2008 apre yon gwan distribisyon karyè amatè ki gen ladan yo yon Sterling 140-2 dosye. He has long been a fan-favorite of Puerto Ricans for his slick all-action fighting style. Dulorme enters this fight riding a two-year six-bout winning streak, ak li pi bon karyè-viktwa vini nan tounen-a-tounen batay nan 2014 and both televised on HBO. He opened up 2014 with a 10-round unanimous decision victory over undefeated contender Karim Mayfield to capture the NABF super lightweight title and ended the year unifying his NABF title with the NABO junior welterweight title via an exciting 10-round decision over Hank Lundy. A consensus Top-Five contender, Dulorme se mond-rated Pa gen. 2 pa Boksè mondyal la Asosyasyon an (WBA), Èske Pa. 3 pa Boksè mondyal la Konsèy la (WBC) ak Pa gen. 4 pa WBO a ak boksè Federasyon Entènasyonal (IBF).

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