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TOP WELTERWEIGHTS: THURMAN-PORTER WINNER TOO CLOSE TO CALL
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, Hunyo 25 Live on 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 Lopez, George kapatas & More Showcased In March
I-click ang DITO For A Look Back At Some Of The Legendary Moments On SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: http://s.sho.com/1RkA3CE
New York (Marso 2, 2016) - Showtime Pampalakasan rolls out its third installment of a year-long salute commemorating 30 years of Showtime Championship Boxing in March with “Legends’’.
This month will be highlighted by legends Sugar Ray Leonard, Kahanga-hangang 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. AT/PT sa showtime Extreme.
Ang Huwebes, Marso 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 anumang oras® 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:
- Bukas, Huwebes, Marso 3: Terry Norris vs. Sugar Ray Leonard
- Huwebes, Marso 10: Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi
- Huwebes, Marso 17: Felix Trinidad vs. David Reid
- Huwebes, Marso 24: Ricardo Lopez vs. Rosendo Alvarez II
- Huwebes, Marso 31: Iran Barkley vs. Thomas Hearns I, George Foreman vs. Gerry Cooney (10:15 p.m. AT/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.
Mga alamat
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’ card.
And oh, oo: 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.
Sa 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.
On 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 (Marso 1986), was the final win of his career. Undefeated over 10 taon, 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.
Asukal 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. Sa katunayan, 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 sa 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. Olympians, Pernell Whitaker, Oscar de la Hoya (albeit by a terrible decision), David Reid, at Fernando Vargas.
Higit sa rito, Whitaker, De La Hoya, and Reid had all been gold medalists.
The fight we’ll feature on Marso 17 on 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 pounds) 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. Sa katunayan, 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. He fought 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, mahusay, there were some one-punch kayos sprinkled in.
Lopez, 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-TIME WORLD CHAMPION THOMAS”ANG HITMAN” HEARNS CONFIRMED FOR SECOND ANNUAL BOX FAN EXPO TAKING PLACE SATURDAY IN LAS VEGAS
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Ang tunay na fan karanasan kaganapan na nagbibigay sa boxing fans ng pagkakataon upang matugunan-at-batiin top mandirigma, boxing kilalang tao at industriya ng mga tao
in an up-close, personal na setting
Las Vegas (Pito. 8, 2015) – Eight-time mundo kampeon Thomas “Hitman ang” Ay nakumpirma Hearns na siya ay lumitaw at magkaroon ng isang booth sa Las Vegas Convention Center para sa ikalawang taunang Expo Box Fan na magdadala sa lugar Sabado. Ang Boxing Expo ay makatulad sa Mayweather vs Andre Berto championship fight, na kung saan ay magdadala sa lugar sa ibang pagkakataon na ang gabi at Mexican Independence weekend. Tiket sa Expo Box Fan ay makukuha online sa:http://www.boxfanexpo.
Hearns mas patanyag na kilala bilang “Hitman ang,” naging unang boxer sa kasaysayan upang manalo ng mga pamagat mundo sa apat na mga dibisyon. Gusto niya ring maging ang unang fighter sa kasaysayan upang manalo ng limang titulo sa limang iba't ibang mga dibisyon. Hearns ay pinangalanang Ring manlalaban ng Taon Magazine sa 1980 at 1984 at ito ay pinakamahusay na kilala para sa kanyang mga fights sa Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler at Roberto Duran. Siya ay iniluklok sa Boxing Hall of Fame in 2012. Hearns ay magkakaroon din sa kamay, T-shirts, guwantes at nilagdaan ng mga larawan para sa mga tagahanga na bumili at mag-enjoy.
Hearns pagsali kanyang lumang karibal Duran, Tim Bradley, Zab Judah, James Toney, Sergio Martinez, Shawn Porter, Mia St. John, Terry Norris, Joel Casamayor, Fernando Vargas, Ruslan Provodnikov, Ray Mancini, Jessie Vargas, Mike McCallum, Austin Trout, Kevin Kelley, tagahatol Richard Steele, ang Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame, World Boxing Council (WBC) at ang World Boxing Association (WBA) sa mga maagang commitment sa Box Fan Expo sa taong ito.
Ang natatanging fan karanasan kaganapan, na kung saan pinahihintulutan tagahanga upang matugunan at batiin boxing legends, nakaraan at kasalukuyang kampeon at iba pang mga sikat na artista ng isport, debuted huling Setyembre. Sa taong ito, ay tatakbo mula sa Expo10 a.m. sa 5 p.m. at sa sandaling muli, payagan ang mga tagahanga ng isang pagkakataon upang mangolekta ng autographs, kumuha ng mga larawan at mga kalakal pagbili at memorabilia.
Exhibitors tulad ng mekanismo ng boxing, damit, pagsasahimpapawid ng media at iba pang mga tatak ng mga kompanya na gustong lumahok ay magkakaroon ng pagkakataon upang ipakita ang kanilang mga produkto sa mga tagahanga at ang buong industriya boxing.
Itinampok pampasinaya Expo Box Fan nakaraang taon ilan sa mga pinaka-popular na mga mandirigma at boxing kilalang tao sa kamakailang kasaysayan. Mga Tagahanga ay ginagamot sa mga pagbisita sa Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr, Martinez, Amir Khan, Dyuda, Mikey Garcia,Toney, Riddick Bowe, Leon Spinks Terry Norris, Magsuot, Chris Byrd, Jesse James Leija, Lamon Brewster, Ray Mercer, Earnie Shavers, St-John, Erislandy Lara, Peter Quillin, Jean Pascal at Austin Trout. Gayundin lumalabas ay kasalukuyang WBC kampeon Deontay Wilder, charismatic Vinny Pazienza, Paul Williams, nabanggit komentarista Al Bernstein at trainer Roger Mayweather ng Mayweather Promotions.
Ang hanay ng mga dadalo para Box Fan Expo sa taong ito ay patuloy na inihayag sa buong susunod na ilang araw na humahantong hanggang sa ang kaganapan.
Para sa kahit sino sa boxing industry o tatak kumpanya na nais na maging kasangkot at magreserba ng booth bilang isang nagtatanghal o sponsorship pagkakataon, mangyaring makipag-ugnayan Box Fan Expo sa:
Numero ng telepono U.S.A: (702) 997-1927 o (514) 572-7222
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