ШТО: SHOWTIME Sports released “FIGHT NIGHT: Shields vs. Чекан,” a 20-minute feature that captures all the drama of the undisputed middleweight world championship event between undefeated Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer last Saturday in Atlantic City. To watch, share or embed the video, Кликни овде: https://s.sho.com/2V8lIX3
The latest installment of the FIGHT NIGHT franchise delivers access to both Shields and Hammer surrounding the most important moment of their careers, giving viewers a rare glimpse behind closed doors to the fighters and their respective camps.
The unanimous decision victory in what Hall of Fame boxing historian and commentator Steve Farhood called, “The most important fight in the history of women’s boxing,” gave Shields further claim to her self-described moniker, “The G.W.O.A.T.” (Greatest Woman Of All Time).
“I’m just happy women’s boxing is getting all this love, but it’s about the respect part of it,” Shields said. “I know there’s the money and the fame, but respect is the big thing for me – that I’m respected as a fighter. I want to be known as a boxer. I want people to respect me as that.”
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ATLANTIC CITY(Април 13, 2019) – Claressa Shields is the undisputed middleweight champion of the world. The 24-year-old Flint, ме. native delivered the best performance of her career and cruised to a unanimous decision over Germany’s Christina Hammer Saturday on SHOWTIME in arguably the most significant women’s boxing match in history. Судиите постигна борбата 98-92 и 98-91 два пати.
The two-time Olympic gold-medalist Shields (9-0, 2 КО), who entered the fight holding the IBF, WBA and WBC 160-pound titles, showed off her complete arsenal of skills in the dominating performance and now joins Terrence Crawford, Џермејн Тејлор, Бернард Хопкинс, Oleksandr Usyk and women’s welterweight Cecilia Braekhus as the only fighters to have unified all four major world titles in any weight class.
Christina Hammer (24-0, 11 КО), who owned the WBO belt entering the fight, had her jab largely neutralized and her defense exploited from start to finish. Shields landed a remarkable 44% of her power punches and landed on 112 total punches compared to just 49 for Hammer. As impressive as her offense was, Shields’ defense and head movement was immaculate as Hammer was able to connect on just 13% of her total punches, 11% of her jabs and 18% of her power shots.
Speaking to SHOWTIME’s Hall of Fame analyst Steve Farhood following the historic night for women’s boxing, the outspoken and emotional Shields held nothing back.
“I am the greatest woman of all time,” said Shields, who nearly earned a stoppage during a barrage in the closing moments of the eighth round. “I did it. She didn’t win a single round. I almost knocked her out. I swear I feel like I’m dreaming right now. Thanks to Christina Hammer and her team. They said she had a hard jab and they weren’t lying. Her jab is off the chain.
“I was just calculating in the first round and after that I started picking her apart,” she continued. “I knew I could hurt her. I thought I finished her in round eight. I thought the fight should have been stopped. She was holding onto me. I just told myself, stay cool, stay cool. I was trying to get the perfect punch to get her out of there.”
Fresh off the biggest win of her professional career, the newly-crowned undisputed champion of the world already has her sights set on another opponent.
“Women’s boxing, we’re on fire. I cannot wait to see the next super fight. Give me Cecilia Brækhus at 154 фунти. That’s who I want next. Either her or Savannah Marshall.”
“I didn’t fight very good or fast,” said a subdued Hammer. “That’s boxing, anything can happen. I wanted this fight. She won, respect to her. She’s a tough, strong woman and that’s all I can say.
“She’s fast, she comes forward. She has fast hands. I couldn’t land my jab as good as I expected. I’ll come back and I’ll be back stronger.”
“I think tonight’s fight will go down in the history books as an epic battle with the likes of Ali-Frazier, Leonard-Hearns and De La Hoya-Trinidad,” said Dmitriy Salita, President of Salita Promotions.“With this dominating and captivating performance to become crowned undisputed middleweight champion coupled with her list of record-breaking accomplishments, Claressa Shields is well on her way to being as revered as Muhammad Ali, Шугар Реј Робинсон, Serena WIlliams, Michael Jordan, Pele and others at the top of their game.”
Во ко опремен рунда, Jermaine Franklin (18-0, 13 КО), widely regarded as the top American heavyweight prospect, kept his unbeaten record intact with a 10-round unanimous decision over former No. 1-рангирана САД. amateur Rydell Booker (25-2, 12 КО). Судиите постигна борбата 99-91 и 98-91 два пати.
The 25-year-old Franklin dictated the tempo throughout and was far more active and aggressive than his 38-year-old counterpart. Booker had his moments, particularly in the early rounds when he landed several flush power shots but the youthful Franklin pulled away in the second half of the fight as Booker tired and Franklin targeted the body. Franklin averaged 54 punches per round to Booker’s 35 and led 146-94 in overall punches landed.
“I think I had a decent performance,” said the Saginaw, ме. мајчин. “There’s some stuff I could work on. I over-crowded myself a little bit and I was a little over-anxious. He had a lot more experience than me and used it to his advantage. He could see what I was doing.
“I learned to stay more patient because I had him hurt a few times, but once I got over-anxious, my whole game plan went out the window. I started messing up and making crazy mistakes I shouldn’t have. Now it’s back to the drawing board to work on my mistakes and come out bigger and badder next time.”
“I felt he out-hustled me, but it was a lot closer than how the judges scored it,” said Booker. “He was missing me a lot more than it looked. I slipped a lot of shots and hit him clean.
“I knew he would bring the pressure, but he needs a lot of work. He stays too centered with his head. He’s alright. What he has on his side is youth. I’d rate my performance about a seven. I had a training camp injury I was dealing with. I’m going to stay active and come back stronger than ever.”
Во отворачот за телевизиска емисија, undefeated top-five ranked heavyweight prospect Otto Wallin (20-0, 13 КО, 1 НД) and Baltimore’s Nick Kisner (21-4-1, 6 КО, 1 НД) had their 10-round bout cut short when the two heavyweights clashed heads in the opening round. Wallin suffered a gash on the side of his head while Kisner suffered a cut over his right eye, hindering his ability to see. At the advice of the ringside physician in between rounds one and two, referee Earl Brown stopped the fight, resulting in a no-decision.
Во времето на застој, Wallin led 14-3 in overall punches landed, 7-1 in jabs and 7-2 in power punches.
“To me, his cut didn’t look that bad,” said a disappointed Wallin, who was making his U.S. деби. “It’s a shame because I trained really hard for this fight and was looking to put on a show for fans in America. I just didn’t have time to get going.
“I’d like to get back in there soon and show what I can do. I’m going to take this as a learning experience.”
“I caught a headbutt and the referee came to me,” said Kisner. “He saw me swiping at my eye and said ‘can you see?’ I said, ‘soon as I get the blood out of my eye, sure.’
“I feel horrible after training so hard. I felt good in the first round. The judges probably gave him the first round, but I always take off the first round. I was feeling like I could get to him eventually. You saw me land my overhand right.”
Tonight’s live event was promoted by Salita Promotions.
An encore presentation of tonight’s tripleheader will air Monday at 10 вечер. ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME and will be available via the network’s On Demand platforms.
Hall of Famer Barry Tompkins called the action alongside fellow Hall of Fame analyst Steve Farhood and former world champion Raul Marquez. World-renowned ring announcer and Hall of Famer Jimmy Lennon Jr. rounded out the telecast. The Executive Producer of SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION was Gordon Hall with Richard Gaughan producing and Rick Phillips directing.
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ABOUT SHIELDS vs. HAMMER Shields vs. Hammer will pit undefeated middleweight world champions Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer against each other in a battle to crown the undisputed 160-pound world champion, in what is arguably the most significant women’s boxing event in history. The co-feature will pit Jermaine Franklin taking on Rydell Booker in a thrilling 10-round heavyweight bout and in the telecast opener, heavyweights Otto Wallin and Nick Kisner will battle in 10-round clash. СОВЕТНИОТ БОКСИ: SPECIAL EDITION tripleheader will air live on SHOWTIME at 9 вечер. ET/PT from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.
ЊУЈОРК (Април 8, 2019) – An IBF Female World Title is on the line and women’s boxing history will be made on Saturday, Април 13, какоFIGHTNIGHT LIVE Powered by Everlastonce again works alongsideShowtime Спортto deliver a great night of action to fight fans everywhere. Со почеток во 6 вечер. ET live from the hallowed Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., the interactive, FREE Facebook series sets the table for the Shields vs. Hammer undisputed middleweight championship showdown with five fights, including a world title contest and a main event preview featuring the undefeated championClaressa Шилдсherself.
“We’re excited to have a role in what will be a historic night in women’s boxing, and it speaks to the strides our platform has made to exclusively air our first world championship matchup,” рече Марк Fratto, Директор и директор за развој на бизнис, Медиуми Линакре. “The world title fight will be part of an outstanding evening of Facebook action with championship contenders and budding stars, and an exclusive interview with Claressa Shields, and of course we’re thrilled to be working alongside Showtime once again.”
The FIGHTNIGHT LIVE lineup is headlined by unbeaten RussianElena GradinaR (9-0, 2 КО), who vies for her first world title when she takes on two-time title challengerBrenda Karen Carabajal (15-4-1, 9 КО) for the vacant IBF Featherweight World Championship – the first-ever world title fight for the popular Facebook series. In super flyweight action, 23 year-old Detroit-native’А’Рико О’Квин (11-0, 8 КО) looks to remain unbeaten in an eight-round fight against Minnesota’sVicente Alfaro Martinez (9-4, 3 КО). The card will also include former heavyweight title challengerSamuel Peter (37-6, 30 КО) in an eight-round matchup andJesse Angel Hernandez(12-2, 7 КО) of Fort Worth, Тексас, stepping in for an eight round super bantamweight contest. Local standoutIsiah Seldon(12-2, 4 КО) opens the free show on Facebook three hours before Showtime Boxing hits the airwaves.
“Април 13 is a fantastic fight card, top-to-bottom, from former heavyweight champion Samuel Peter to top American super flyweight prospect Jarico O’Quinn and the highly competitive IBF Featherweight World Title fight between No. 1-ranked Elena Gradinar from Russia and No. 2 contender Karen Carbajal from Argentina fighting for the vacant belt,” said boxing champion-turned-promoterDmitriy Salitaof Salita Promotions. “Some of the best boxers on the planet will be on display on the most popular social media platform in the world, Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE, on April 13.”
Сега во својата втора сезона, FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Powered by Everlast is the fan-friendly Facebook platform that – меѓу другите аспекти – се гордее со разговорите во реално време, водени помеѓу коментаторите на борбите и публиката што гледа. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE покажа повеќе од 545 fighters and 16 promotions during 33 live event broadcasts from 19 different cities since May 2017, и притоа, интерактивната платформа генерираше лојален интерес на навивачите на борба од цела САД и целиот свет, вклучувајќи значителна публика во Мексико, Велика Британија и другите делови на Европа, па дури и навивачи во Јужна Америка, Азија и Австралија.
Од мај 2017, the numbers on the 33-show FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series showed promise and potential for the new platform with an average of171,589 ставовиper event and more than5.6 вкупно милиони прегледиfor the franchise. Since Sept. 2018, sixteen FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Season II showshave reached 4.2 million fans иhave averaged almost 265,000 ставови.
Септември. 2018 “Kings Boxing Tuesday Night Fights” (594,447) from the Sands in Bethlehem, the Dec. 2018 “Queens and Kings of Queens Card” (379,758) во Њујорк, the Nov. 2018 “Hard Hitting Showtime Collaboration” (372,662), the Dec. 2018 “Рој Џонс Џуниор. Texas Throwdown” (318,886), the Oct. 2018 “Hard Hitting Philly Special” (297,545), the Oct. 2018 hour-long Bareknuckle “Freeview” (292,253), the Nov. 2018 “Titans In The Capital” (256,871), the March 2019 Марфис бокс “Свети. Судар на Денот на Патрик” (252,065), на септември. 2017 “Реалното зделка Промоции: Empire State” од установи Светската Казино (225,000), the March 2019 Murphy’s Boxing “Melrose Mayhem” (218,409), the Feb. 2019 “Raging Babe Philly Special” (203,000) and the August 2017 CES “Супер сабота” од Foxwoods (203,000) сите најавени 200,000 или повеќе прегледи, and collectively the 33-show series has seen a total of more than 5,662,450 прегледи низ сите уреди.
Во прилог на суровини броеви гледаност, целосно интерактивни, продукции што навиваат за навивачи видоа повеќе од 430,000 колективен живо пост ангажмани (повеќе од 13,000 по емисија), вклучувајќи и повеќе од 330,000 “допаѓаат” или “сака,” повеќе од 58,000 коментари и повеќе од 19,000 акции.
Септември. 2018 “Kings Boxing Tuesday Night Fights” from the Sands in Bethlehem set a new bar with594,447 ставови. Септември. 2017 Пила со карти ДиБела повеќе од 40,000 интеракции гледачот вклучувајќи скоро 39,000 “допаѓаат” или “сака” и маршот 17, 2018, Марфиевиот “Свети. Судар на Денот на Патрик” постави нова ознака за високи води за споделува со 2,182.
Страницата FIGHTNIGHT LIVE на Фејсбук има повеќе од 87,000 фанови и повеќе од 95,000 следбеници.
Креиран и произведени од страна на Linacre медиуми од Њујорк, серија FIGHTNIGHT ЖИВО карактеристики професионални спикери, повеќе агли на камерата, телевизија графика, replays и зад сцената пристап и интервјуа. На стриминг емисии се достапни на глобално ниво каде Фејсбук е достапен. Иницијативата не само што им овозможува на навивачите од целиот свет да се вклучите во, но исто така дава до-и-доаѓаат борци на глобалната платформа за да покажат своите способности, дава промотори на достапен “емитување” решение и дава спонзори на способноста да се постигне масовна публика преку брендирани содржина.
Additional FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Spring 2019 датуми и официјално ќе биде објавен во текот на следните недели.
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