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Archivo de la etiqueta: Thomas Hearns
TOP WELTERWEIGHTS: THURMAN-PORTER WINNER TOO CLOSE TO CALL
Este Sábado, Junio 25, Live in Primetime at 9 p.m. Y/6 p.m. PT en la CBS
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NUEVA YORK (Junio 22, 2016) – Their peers in the welterweight division – campeones del mundo, former champions, contenders and top prospects – can’t pick a definitive winner between defending WBA 147-pound king Keith “Una Vez” Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) y el ex campeón del mundo “Tiempo De La Funcion” Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs).
The majority of the fighters polled – some of whom are potential opponents down the line for the winner – lean toward Thurman, but most all concede that Sábado de eagerly awaited main event of a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® on CBS event, presentado por Premier Boxing Champions (9 p.m. Y/6 p.m. PT) at Barclays Center is going to be an intense, emocionante, tight fight from start to finish that could go either way.
Here’s how the boxers see “Thurman vs. Desgaste”:
Danny García (Campeón de peso welter del CMB): “I think this is a great matchup. Thurman has the boxing ability and the movement while Shawn Porter is the aggressor and he’s going to bring the heat. To be honest with you it’s a 50-50 lucha, but I would give the edge to Keith Thurman by a very close decision.”
Kell Brook (Campeón de peso welter de la FIB):”This is a great fight, one I can’t wait to watch. If Shawn can stick to his boxing I think he can become world champion again on points, but Keith is heavy-handed and he could walk Shawn onto one – it’s really a pick ’em fight for me.”
Errol Spence Jr. (El invicto contendiente de peso welter): “I think this is a great fight between young fighters with good skill. Shawn throws a lot of punches while Thurman is a boxer who can punch too. I know Shawn will be aggressive and it should make for a great fight. If Keith can box and keep Shawn Porter on the outside I see Keith Thurman winning. If Shawn stays on the inside and stays in the chest of Keith, I see him winning.”
Otros Berto (Former Welterweight Champion): “Shawn is going to come, but I think Keith will be on his toes and box but also drop hard shots as well when Shawn comes in. Keith can be very versatile in there and has a lot of great skills, while Shawn is more like a bull. Keith will hurt or knock Shawn down but will keep coming all night.”
Sammy Vazquez (El invicto contendiente de peso welter): “Shawn is a pressure fighter and Thurman used to be a pressure fighter but now he boxes. It’s really hard for me to decide who is going to come out on top. Thurman has good power. It all depends on how Shawn is able to take Thurman’s punches. I think Thurman because of the power but Shawn will bring it for 12 rondas.”
Robert Guerrero (Former Welterweight Champion): “This is a fight the fans are going to love watching. Both Thurman and Porter bring exciting styles to the ring. I think if Porter can keep the fight on the inside he’ll have a better chance to come out victorious. But Keith Thurman is a very smart and powerful fighter and will make the right adjustments. I just think Thurman is going to outbox Porter. I’m picking Thurman to win by decision in a very tough fight.”
Luis Collazo (Former Welterweight Champion): “I’m not sure who the favorite is, but I’m going with Porter. I like his style and I think it’s going to be interesting to see how Thurman holds up with the pressure Porter is going to bring.”
Devon Alexander (Former Welterweight Champion): “Es una pelea muy emocionante. Both fighters are come forward type fighters and they swing for the fences when they throw. I don’t know who will come out on top because they have similar styles. Shawn Porter has decent power, but out of the two Keith has the more power. Veremos. This is boxing.”
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The live CBS telecast with open with a 10-round matchup between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd yOscar Molina
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Keith Thurman vs. Shawn Porter Undercard Complete
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Sugar Ray Leonard & Thomas Hearns, Two Hall of Fame Welterweight Champions, Weigh-In on the Keith Thurman-Shawn Porter 147-Pound Championship Battle at Barclays Center on Saturday, Junio 25 Vive en la CBS
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A LEGENDARY MARCH THROUGH THE DECADES – SHOWTIME SPORTS® CONTINUES CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS OF SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®
Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Felix Trinidad, Ricardo López, George Foreman & More Showcased In March
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NUEVA YORK (Marzo 2, 2016) - SHOWTIME Sports rolls out its third installment of a year-long salute commemorating 30 años de SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING in March with “Legends’’.
This month will be highlighted by legends Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Ricardo “Finito” Lopez and George Foreman. Seven of the most unforgettable and important fights from these legends – some of which have seldom been re-aired since their live presentation – are available now on the network’s on demand platforms and will air will air on “Throwback Thursdays”in March at 10 p.m. Y/PT por SHOWTIME EXTREME.
La Jueves, Marzo 10 presentation of Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi airs exactly 30 years after the final win of Hagler’s Hall of Fame career on March 10, 1986. Hagler vs. Mugabi was the first main event to ever air on SHOWTIME®.
The classic fights, which are also are available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, SHOWTIME EN CUALQUIER MOMENTO® and via the network’s standalone streaming service, will be wrapped with brief context and commentary from SHOWTIME Sports host Brian Custer.
Below is the schedule of SHO EXTREME premieres for the month of March:
- Mañana, Jueves, Marzo 3: Terry Norris vs. Sugar Ray Leonard
- Jueves, Marzo 10: Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi
- Jueves, Marzo 17: Felix Trinidad vs. David Reid
- Jueves, Marzo 24: Ricardo Lopez vs. Rosendo Alvarez II
- Jueves, Marzo 31: Iran Barkley vs. Thomas Hearns I, George Foreman vs. Gerry Cooney (10:15 p.m. Y/PT), Gerald McClellan vs. Julian Jackson I (10:30 p.m. ET / PT)
In celebration of the best rivalries on SHOWTIME, see below for a special column from SHOWTIME Sports expert analyst and boxing historian Steve Farhood.
LEYENDAS
By Steve Farhood
Boxing without legends would be like religion without saints.
There’s no formula for a fighter to advance from star to superstar to legend. The process depends on timing, circumstance, and sometimes as little as a point or two on the judges’ tarjetas.
And oh, sí: It helps if a guy can really fight.
As we celebrate 30 years of boxing on SHOWTIME, we’re focusing on a different theme each month. Throughout March, the theme will be Legends.
En el 130 years from John L. Sullivan to Floyd Mayweather, boxing has given us what other sports can’t provide. Consider:
- The Associated Press voted Luis Firpo’s knockdown of Jack Dempsey as the greatest sports moment of the first half of the 20th Century.
- The Frazier-Ali “Fight Of The Century” in 1971 was easily the most anticipated sporting event in history.
- Last year’s Mayweather-Pacquiao fight generated more than half-a-billion dollars — in one night!
Legends are made by big moments … and how they respond to those moments.
Por SHOWTIME, we’ve featured three decades worth of legends. Here’s a look at those who will share the spotlight in March.
MARVIN HAGLER: Since Vince Lombardi didn’t exactly say, “Timing isn’t everything, it’s the only thing,” Hagler should’ve said it.
Hagler was a great fighter long before he was a superstar, but it wasn’t until he fought Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns, and Sugar Ray Leonard (three of Hagler’s last six bouts) that Marvin became Marvelous.
Hagler’s one appearance on SHOWTIME, which happened to be the first bout televised on the network (Marzo 1986), was the final win of his career. Undefeated over 10 año, Hagler had established himself as one of the greatest middleweights in history. And while it could be argued in hindsight that at age 31, the ultimate blue-collar fighter was slightly past his prime, much of what made Hagler special was on display during his savage defense against his unbeaten and ferocious challenger, John Mugabi.
Almost three decades after his retirement, Hagler remains the middleweight today’s 160-pounders are measured against.
SUGAR RAY LEONARD: If Hagler bloomed late, Leonard was a superstar before he threw a single punch as a professional.
Back in the mid-‘70s, that’s what a magnetic smile, an Olympic gold medal, and repeated exposure on prime time television could do for a young fighter.
It’s ironic that Leonard was initially viewed by some as a coddled creation of the media. De hecho, he was as tough as any fighter of the star-studded early-‘80s. Better yet, he remains the best fighter I’ve covered in 38 years on the boxing beat.
Leonard’s appearance on SHOWTIME was the penultimate bout of his career. In electing to end yet another lengthy layoff, Sugar Ray, 34, chose outstanding 23-year-old super welterweight titlist Terry Norris as his opponent. Leonard dropped from 160 a 154 pounds and fought at Madison Square Garden for the first time.
The bout served as a reminder that at least in a pre-Bernard Hopkins world, boxing was very much a young man’s game.
FELIX TRINIDAD: There are only three Hispanic fighters who became superstars in the USA without speaking English. The first was Panama’s Roberto Duran. The second was Mexico’s Julio Cesar Chavez.
The third was Puerto Rico’s Trinidad.
Trinidad’s motto might as well have been, “If you can’t be from America, then beat America.”
A classic puncher with a boy scout’s smile and a fan-friendly personality, Trinidad made his name by defeating four U.S. Olímpicos, Pernell Whitaker, Oscar De La Hoya (albeit by a terrible decision), David Reid, y Fernando Vargas.
Por otra parte, Whitaker, De La Hoya, and Reid had all been gold medalists.
The fight we’ll feature on Marzo 17 el SHO EXTREME, Trinidad vs. Reid, was Trinidad’s 14th and final appearance on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING and SHOWTIME pay-per-view.
From his welterweight title-winning kayo of Maurice Blocker in 1993 through his defense against Mahenge Zulu in 1998, 13 of Trinidad’s 14 bouts were aired on SHOWTIME. Twelve of those fights were knockout wins.
Where Trinidad ranks with Wilfredo Gomez, Miguel Cotto, Carlos Ortiz, Wilfred Benitez, and the rest of the legends from Puerto Rico is debatable. What is inarguable is that “Tito” generated as much excitement as any fighter of his era.
RICARDO LOPEZ: What’s smaller: the chance that a strawweight (105 libra) becomes an American television star or the fighter himself?
There’s never been an American world champion at strawweight (or minimumweight). We just don’t grow fighters that size. De hecho, until the emergence of Mexico’s Lopez in the early-’90s, most American boxing fans couldn’t have identified a single strawweight if armed with a map of the world and a set of WBC ratings.
Lopez was so complete, so dominant, so technically perfect, that from 1994 to ’99, he was a staple of SHOWTIME’s boxing programming. El peleó 13 consecutive bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING or SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View, and the first 11 of those contests were defenses of the strawweight title.
And if you think the little guys can’t punch, bien, there were some one-punch kayos sprinkled in.
López, who retired with a mark of 51-0-1, is universally acknowledged as an all-time great. Too bad he never fought America’s Michael Carbajal at light flyweight. Had he won that bout, he’d likely be acknowledged as one of the two or three greatest Mexican fighters ever.
Which is saying a lot for a fighter who never faced an opponent recognized by the American viewing public.
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8-Veces campeón del mundo THOMAS”LA HITMAN” HEARNS CONFIRMADO PARA LA SEGUNDA ANUAL BOX FAN TENIENDO EXPO LUGAR Sábado EN LAS VEGAS
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El último evento de experiencia de los aficionados que se da a los fans de boxeo la oportunidad de conocer y saludar mejores peleadores, celebridades de boxeo y gente de la industria
en un up-close, ajuste personal
Las Vegas (Siete. 8, 2015) – El ocho veces campeón del mundo Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns ha confirmado que va a aparecer y tener un stand en el Centro de Convenciones de Las Vegas para la segunda Expo anual Box Fan, que tendrá lugar Sábado. El boxeo Expo coincidirá con el Floyd Mayweather vs Andre Berto pelea de campeonato, que tendrá lugar más tarde esa noche y fin de semana de la Independencia de México. Las entradas para la Expo Box Fan están disponibles en línea en:http://www.boxfanexpo.
Hearns más famoso conocido como “The Hitman,” se convirtió en el primer boxeador en la historia en ganar títulos mundiales en cuatro divisiones. Él también se convertiría en el primer boxeador en la historia en ganar cinco títulos mundiales en cinco divisiones diferentes. Hearns fue nombrado Ring Magazine Boxeador del Año en 1980 y 1984 y es mejor conocido por sus peleas con Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler y Roberto Durán. Fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama del Boxeo en 2012. Hearns también tendrá a la mano, Camisetas, guantes y fotos firmadas por los aficionados a comprar y disfrutar.
Hearns se une a su viejo rival Duran, Tim Bradley, Zab Judah, James Toney, Sergio Martinez, Shawn Porter, Mia St. Juan, Terry Norris, Joel Casamayor, Fernando Vargas, Ruslan Provodnikov, Ray Mancini, Jessie Vargas, Mike McCallum, Austin trucha, Kevin Kelley, el árbitro Richard Steele, el Salón de la Fama de Boxeo de Nevada, el Consejo Mundial de Boxeo (CMB) y la Asociación Mundial de Boxeo (AMB) entre los primeros compromisos de Box Fan Expo de este año.
Este evento único experiencia de los aficionados, que permitió a los aficionados a conocer y saludar a leyendas del boxeo, campeones del pasado y actuales y otras celebridades del deporte, debutó el pasado septiembre. Este año, la Expo se desarrollará del10 a.m. a 5 p.m. y una vez de nuevo, permitirá a los aficionados la oportunidad de recoger autógrafos, tomar fotos y mercancías de compra y recuerdos.
Expositores como equipo de boxeo, vestir, los medios de radiodifusión y otras empresas de marca que deseen participar tendrán la oportunidad de mostrar sus productos a los fans y toda la industria del boxeo.
Inaugural Expo Box Fan del año pasado contó con algunos de los boxeadores más populares y celebridades de boxeo en la historia reciente. Los aficionados pudieron disfrutar de visitas con Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr, Martínez, Amir Khan, Judá, Mikey García,Toney, Riddick Bowe, Leon Spinks Terry Norris, Desgaste, Chris Byrd, Jesse James Leija, Lamon Brewster, Ray Mercer, Máquinas de afeitar Earnie, St-John, Erislandy Lara, Peter Quillin, Jean Pascal y Austin trucha. También aparece eran actual campeón del CMB Deontay Wilder, el carismático Vinny Pazienza, Paul Williams, comentarista señaló Al Bernstein y entrenador Roger Mayweather de Mayweather Promotions.
La lista de asistentes para Box Fan Expo de este año seguirá siendo anunciado a lo largo de los próximos días previos al evento.
Para cualquiera de las empresas de la industria del boxeo o de marca que deseen participar y reservar un stand como expositor o las oportunidades de patrocinio, póngase en contacto con la caja Fan Expo en:
Número de teléfono U.S.A: (702) 997-1927 o (514) 572-7222
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