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Unified Welterweight Champion Keith Thurman Relinquishes WBC title Due to Injury Rehabilitation

Will Remain WBA Champion and Fight for

WBC Crown Once He Has Fully Recovered

CLEARWATER, FLORIDA (Ebrill 24, 2018) Unified welterweight champion Keith Thurman has voluntarily relinquished his WBC title while he recovers from the effects of elbow surgery last year and a hand injury he suffered in training camp last month.

 

 

 

After speaking with WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman recently, Thurman decided that he would relinquish the title and open the way for former champions Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter, the two leading contenders for the WBC title, to fight each other for the championship while Thurman made a full recovery from his injuries.

 

 

 

Due to my rehabilitation from my injuries, I agreed to relinquish my WBC title at this time. I continue to rehab my hand and elbow and I look forward to getting back in the ring this summer. This is a temporary setback and I will be the unified champion once again and look forward to winning back my WBC title as soon as possible,” Said Thurman.

 

 

 

Keith Thurman unfortunately has suffered two consecutive injuries that have kept him out of the ring after his sensational victory over Danny Garcia and he has graciously relinquished his title, and the WBC has mandated that Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter will fight for the title,” said Mauricio Sulaiman. “Keith will have a direct path to fight for the title once he has healed just as Vitali Klitshcko and other WBC champions have done in the past. Keith is a tremendous athlete, champion and role model. The WBC will support him completely during this difficult time. ”

 

 

 

Garcia (34-1, 20 Kos), a former unified champion at 140 pounds and the former WBC welterweight champion, lost the WBC title to Thurman by 12-round split decision in 2017. He bounced back with a knockout victory over former champion Brandon Rios in February. The WBC had made that fight a title elimination match, which put Garcia in line to fight Thurman again for the title.

 

 

 

Gwisgwch (28-2-1, 17 Kos), a former welterweight champion, lost a close 12-round decision to Thurman in 2016. He became the mandatory challenger for the WBC title when he knocked out Andre Berto last year. He maintained his status with a 12-round decision over Adrian Granados in November.

 

 

 

The 29-year-old Thurman (28-0, 22 Kos) has been plagued by a string of injuries the last two years.

 

 

 

Thurman injured his neck in a car accident in February 2016, which delayed his match against Porter by three months. When they met Thurman defeated Porter by unanimous decision on June 25.

 

 

 

He defeated Garcia by split decision in a welterweight unification match on March 4, 2017. A month later he had major surgery on his right elbow to remove bone spurs and calcium deposits. He is still in rehabilitation from that surgery.

 

 

 

Thurman injured his hand hitting the heavy bag last month and aggravated the injury sparring with some amateurs at his gym in St. Petersburg, Florida. An MRI revealed bruises to the metacarpal bones in the hand, which also has extensive swelling. Thurman can’t have any impact with the hand for at least 8 wythnosau, which added another delay to his ring return.

 

 

 

He now hopes to return to the ring in the late summer or early fall.

BYD CYFRES O STRIBEDI YMLADD ROUSIMAR PALHARES TEITL BYD, MANNAU EF AR ATAL Amhenodol

LAS VEGAS (Awst 4, 2015) - Cyfres Byd Ymladd (WSOF.com) wedi rhwygwydRousimar "Toquinho" Palhares teitl pwysau welter y byd y fasnachfraint a gosod ef ar unwaith, ataliad amhenodol nes bod yr holl faterion yn cael eu datrys, yn dilyn "WSOF 22" prif enw rhestriad digwyddiad amddiffyn Palhares 'erbyn Jake Shields ar ddydd Sadwrn, Awst 1.

"Ar ôl cymryd yr amser i adolygu'r ffilm o Dydd Sadwrn bout rhwng Rousimar Palhares a Jake Shields yn ei gyfanrwydd, penderfynwyd y stripio Rousimar o'i deitl a chyhoeddi iddo ataliad hyd nes y mater hwn ei ddatrys, yn angenrheidiol,"Meddai Cyfres Byd o Ymladd Llywydd, bencampwr byd chwech amser a dau-amser Hall o Famer Penaethiaid Tad.

"Fel ymladdwr gyda dros ddau ddegawd o brofiad cylch,"Parhad y Penaethiaid, "Rwyf bob amser yn mynd i fod yn eiriolwr ar gyfer diffoddwyr eraill a, yn yr achos hwn, Rwy'n teimlo bod yn rhaid Cyfres Byd o Ymladd ddiogelu ei athletwyr a rheolau cystadleuaeth drwy osod camau disgyblu cyflym a chadarn i'r afael â'r hyn a welsom chwarae yn annheg yn y cawell. "

Mae'r ornest fawr-ragwelir rhwng Palhares a Shields ddarlledwyd yn fyw ar NBCSN fel rhan o telecast pum bout o Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino yn Las Vegas.

Yng nghanol yr ail rownd, Palhares, ar ôl cael ei osod gan Shields ar lawr gwlad, yn sydyn gosod ei ddwylo dros Shields 'lygaid ac roedd yn ymddangos i darfu Shields' gweledigaeth.

Yn y drydedd rownd, Ddienyddio Palhares cyflwyniad Kimura a ysgogodd Shields i fanteisio allan naw gwaith cyn Palhares rhyddhau Shields gan yr howld, yn unol â chyfarwyddyd y dyfarnwr Steve Mazzagatti.

"Oherwydd achosion penodol yn y gorffennol y mae Rousimar wedi cynnal gellid dadlau ei gyflwyniad yn dal mwy o amser nag sy'n angenrheidiol mewn cystadleuaeth,"Cogydd Esboniad, "Rhoddodd Steve Mazzagatti cyfarwyddiadau llafar clir Rousimar yn yr ystafell wisgo, cyn y frwydr, ynghylch gwrando ar ac yn ufuddhau gorchmynion y canolwr, gan gynnwys y rhai am ollwng gafael cyflwyno pan gyfarwyddyd i wneud hynny. "

O ganlyniad i hyn a ddigwyddodd yn y cawell rhwng Palhares a Shields, Comisiwn Athletau Nevada Wladwriaeth hethol i atal gyfan Palhares ', ennill bonws cytundebol, tra'n aros am adolygiad o'r bout.

Ynglŷn “Cyfres Byd o Ymladd” (WSOF)
“Cyfres Byd o Ymladd” (WSOF) yn fyd eang premier Crefft Ymladd Cymysg proffesiynol (MMA) ymladd dyrchafiad ymroddedig i gyflawni'r ymladd llawn gweithgareddau gorau ar gyfer cefnogwyr ymladd drwy gynhyrchu y bo modd cyfatebol-ups gorau rhwng diffoddwyr elitaidd o bob cwr o'r byd. Am fwy o wybodaeth, ewch i WSOF.com. Dilynwch “Cyfres Byd o Ymladd” on Twitter MMAWorldSeries ac “Cyfres Byd o Ymladd” President Ray Sefo SugarRaySefo.