WARD TO FACE PAUL SMITH ON ජූනි 20, 2015

ඕක්ලන්ඩ් හි ඔරැකල්හි Arena දී, CALIFORNIA LIVE ON BET

NEW YORK — April 23, 2015 — BET Networks is pleased to announce that it is stepping into the ring with Roc Nation Sports as their exclusive broadcast partner to air live throne බොක්සිං events on the network. The partnership between BET Networks and Roc Nation Sports is the first of its kind for the network and includes airing up to nine live, two-hour telecasts of Roc Nation Sports throne බොක්සිං events over the next 18 මාස. The first main event fight to air on BET Networks will feature WBA Super Middleweight World Champion Andre Ward (27-0, 14 KO ගේ) facing former World Title Challenger Paul Smith (35-5, 20 KO ගේ) of England in a 12 round bout on සෙනසුරාදා, ජූනි මස 20, 2015 ඕක්ලන්ඩ් හි ඔරකල් ඇරිනා දී, කැලිෆෝනියාවේ. මුද්ද තුල මහත් කටයුතු වලට අමතරව, the telecast will feature several notable Roc Nation touches that offer an unprecedented fan experience, including a live musical performance and a name DJ to keep the energy at a high level throughout the night. Fans can catch the action live on BET in the United States and globally on TIDAL.com, හොඳම ඉහළ පිෙඩලිටි ශබ්ද ගුණාත්මක ඒකාබද්ධ බව අලුතින් ආරම්භ සංගීත ප්රවාහක සේවාව, ඉහළ අර්ථ සංගීත වීඩියෝ හා expertly ශික්ෂිත කතුවැකිය.

මිල ගණන් යටතේ ඇති ටිකට්පත් $250, $125, $90, $60 හා $30, අදාළ සේවා ගාස්තු හා බදු ඇතුළු නැහැ, පාවිච්චි යන්න සිකුරාදා, අප්රේල් 24 දී 10:00 AM පී.ටී. and will be available at all Ticketmaster locations, දී දුරකථනය මගින් Ticketmaster.com හා ආරෝපණයේ අන්තර්ජාලය ඔස්සේ (800) 745-3000.

“BET is constantly searching for ways to expand its portfolio of content with the sole goal of satisfying our audiences,” said Stephen G. හිල්, President of Programming, ඔට්ටු ජාලය. “Roc Nation is doing very exciting things in the entertainment space and we are excited to partner with them on this groundbreaking deal positioning BET Networks as a go-to destination for premier live boxing events. එකට, we’ll provide unique entertainment.”

“We’re thrilled to not only be introducing our newest broadcast partnership with BET Networks, but also to use this new platform to telecast Andre Ward’s highly anticipated return to the ring,"දාවිත් Itskowitch පවසයි, COO – Boxing of Roc Nation Sports. "මත ජූනි මස 20, we will once again provide fans a night of exciting සිංහාසනය බොක්සිං සටන්, live musical entertainment and an unprecedented fan experience.”

“I’m very excited to be coming back on ජූනි මස 20 at Oracle Arena in my hometown of Oakland which has been a long time coming,"වෝඩ් පවසයි. “I’m equally excited to be fighting on BET in front of a potential viewership of over 90 නිවාස මිලියන. සටන් කරන්නෙකු ලෙස, this diversifies my portfolio and puts me in front of a whole different audience. I have an extremely tough fighter in front of me in Paul Smith who’s looking to pull the upset, but I can’t let that happen. I have to be on my best game to turn Smith away and beat him the way I want to beat him. සැමවිට මෙන්, I’m ready to put on a tremendous performance in front of my hometown fans and those watching on BET. This is a fight you don’t want to miss.”

“I cannot wait to get back in the ring and test myself against a class act like Andre Ward. I proved that I belong at the top level with my performances against Arthur Abraham and this is a challenge that I am relishing,"ස්මිත් පවසයි. “Andre is a top pound-for-pound fighter and someone I respect a lot, but he has only boxed once in almost three years and I will give it everything I have got. I am fresh and confident going into this fight. It’s a massive opportunity for me and one that I took with both hands when it was offered. I have spent a lot of time boxing in the United States and I look forward to returning for this fight.”

Known for his strong character and integrity outside the ring and his killer instinct inside it, Andre Ward’s skill and talent were apparent early in his outstanding amateur career. He racked up every title in the books, දී ආලෝකය හෙවිවේට් කොට්ඨාශයේ රන් පදක්කමක් සමඟින් 2004 ඇතන්ස් ඔලිම්පික් ක්රීඩා. As the only male American boxer to claim Olympic gold since 1996, වෝඩ් මුහම්මද් අලි වැන්නන් එක්, සීනි රේ ලෙනාඩ් හා ඔස්කාර් ඩි ලා Hoya. ඔහු දෙසැම්බර් වෘත්තීය හැරී 18, 2004, scoring a second round technical knockout victory over Chris Molina at Staples Center in a fight that was televised live on HBO. He has gone on to rack up 26 more victories since then, building an ever-growing legion of fans in the process. මුද්ද මැගසින් හා WBA සුපර් Middleweight ලෝක ශූරයා බවට පත් වෙමින් පසු, rising to the number two spot on the pound-for-pound list and winning the 2011 වසරේ හොඳම ප්රහාරක (ESPN, ක්රීඩා Illustrated, රිං මැගසින් හා ඇමරිකාවේ බොක්සිං සංගමයේ ලේඛක), එය වෝඩ් ජනවාරි මාසයේ දී ROC ජාතිය ස්පෝට්ස් සමග ඇති වූ සුවිශේෂී ප්රවර්ධන ගිවිසුමකට අත්සන් කියලා නිවේදනය 2015, ඔහුගේ මහල් බොක්සිං දිවිය තුළ නව පරිච්ඡේදයක් විවෘත. Now the Bay Area product is ready to return to the ring on ජූනි මස 20 ඕක්ලන්ඩ් හි, තම උපන් පංකා ඉදිරිපිට ඔරකල් Arena දී, කැලිෆෝනියාවේ.

Paul “Real Gone Kid” Smith enters his fight against pound-for-pound star Ward coming off of two heroic performances against WBO Super Middleweight World Champion Arthur Abraham. Smith challenged the Armenian-German for his title in Kiel, Germany in September 2014 and put on the performance of his career in his world title first shot. The 32-year-old native of Liverpool was the clear winner of large parts of the fight and celebrated at the bell in front of a hushed partisan crowd that thought that Abraham had been dethroned. Smith was not expecting the wide scorecards that were read out in favor of the hometown fighter and, judging by the far-reaching outrage at the lopsided numbers, neither were the majority of the boxing world and beyond, with Smith receiving support from some of Britain’s biggest sports stars on social media. A rematch was the only possible scenario and, like a true champion, Abraham duly obliged. Smith returned to Germany in February of this year to face Abraham again, this time in Berlin, but Abraham was a different fighter the night of their second fight, successfully defending his belt against a brave challenge from Smith. Once again the judges’ were forced to give a verdict and this time a decision win by Abraham was met with no outcry of controversy. මත ජූනි මස 20, “Real Gone Kid” will return to the ring and once again venture into hostile territory to take on one of boxing’s best, looking to silence the crowd.

වෝඩ් එදිරිව. ස්මිත්, වූ 12 සබදතා ආරම්භ ජාතිය ක්රීඩා විසින් ඉදිරිපත් වටයේ ඕවරයේ, පැවැත්වෙනවා සෙනසුරාදා, ජූනි මස 20 ඕක්ලන්ඩ් හි ඔරකල් ඇරිනා දී, කැලිෆෝනියාවේ, ඔට්ටු ඇල්ලීම මත සජීවීව විකාශය හා TIDAL.com දී මත ගෝලීය විකාශය කෙරේ 10:00 අගමැති ඒට්/7:00 අගමැති පී.ටී. හා Matchroom ක්රීඩා සමඟ එක්ව ඉදිරිපත් කළ.

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