Kareem Hackett (R)(Foto krediet: Cris Esquida/15:00) LOS ANGELES (Maart 21, 2024) – Toronto se onoorwonne Wêreldboksvereniging (WBA) Interkontinentale Ligswaargewig Kampioen Kareem “Supreme” Hackett (12-0, 6 Uitklophoue) sal sy eerste titelverdediging Maart maak 30ste teen Rowdy Legend Montgomery (10-5-1, 7 Uitklophoue) in 'n 10-ronde-wedstryd op 'n Golden Boy Promotions-kaart met die hoof van die WBA Cruiserweight World-titelgeveg tussen die verdedigende kampioen Arsen Goulimarian en Hackett se stalmaat, voormalige wêreld-supermiddelgewigkampioen Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez. Al die aksie sal regstreeks op DAZN vanaf YouTube-teater in Los Angeles gestroom word. WBA No. 13 wêreldgegradeerde Hackett het verlede September sy kroon verower 20ste in Plant City, Florida, toe hy oorheers 4-1 gunsteling en voorheen onoorwonne Clay Waterman (11-0, 8 Uitklophoue) op pad na 'n 10-ronde eenparige besluit, waarin hy alles gewen het 10 rondes op twee van die beoordelaars se telkaarte en nege op die ander beoordelaar s'n. “Ek sou graag vroeër wou baklei, maar dit is hoe hierdie besigheid gaan,"Hackett het gesê. “Dit is moeiliker om gevegte te kry nadat ek my titel gewen het as wat dit was. Baie goed het gebeur sedert my laaste geveg. Ek verstaan. Ek het 'n titel en ek is op die wêreldranglys. Ek het 'n duideliker pad na 'n wêreldtitelskoot. Ek waardeer enige geleentheid om in die ring te kom.” “Ek kry meer respek sedert ek my vaardighede op ProBox.TV vertoon het. (Omroepers) Juan Manual Marguez, Paulie Malignaggi en Chris Algieri het vir my baie rekwisiete gegee en dit was baie bekragtig.” Hackett het onskatbare ervaring opgedoen om wêreldkampioene soos "Zurdo" Ramirez te spartel, Dmitri Bivol, Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin, Sergio Mora, Mathew Macklin en David Benavidez. Hackett het reeds eerstes gevestig deur 'n Toronto-bokser in terme van veg op 'n Golden Boy Promotions-kaart en om WBA Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight titelhouer te word. "Ek is 'n voorloper vir Toronto-boks,” promosie gratis agent Hackett het met groot trots verduidelik. “Ek wil die eerste wêreldtitel huis toe bring, vir seker, en eendag die onbetwiste en verenigde titels, te, Toronto is 'n groot stad met baie natuurlike talent, maar ek weet nie hoekom boks nie daar gefloreer het nie.” Hackett word opgelei deur die vinnig opkomende Julian Chua by Brickhouse Boxing Club in Noord-Hollywood (SOOS) en bestuur word deur 3 Puntbestuur (3 PM). "(Dmitri) Bivol is aan die hoof van die ligswaargewig-afdeling, en ek weet hy is 'n sterk ou,” het Hackett opgemerk. “Ons het ’n paar dinge verander sedert my laaste geveg met die einde in gedagte. Ons het verdriedubbel, sterkte-gewys, want wanneer ons hom raakloop. Dit is die belangrikste verandering. Ek voel dat ek die mees ratse vegter in ons afdeling is en ek werk daaraan om sterker te word om my vaardighede en ring-IK te pas.” In 2024, Hackett wil hardeware byvoeg en 'n top-10 teenstander beveg, maar, ten minste vir nou, hy is bly om in sy tweede huis in sy stryd met Montgomery te wees, Los Angeles. “Ek is mal daaroor dat hierdie geveg in LA is,” het Hackett afgesluit. “Ek is gemaklik in Los Angeles. Ek voel tuis hier en baklei op ander plekke in Kalifornië. Ek is ook opgewonde om te baklei op 'n kaart wat deur een van my naaste vriende in boks opskrif is (Hotklou)." INLIGTING:Webwerf: www.KareemHackett.comInstagram, Twitter & Tik Tok: @kareemwins |
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Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez Veg vir sy nalatenskap
Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez Veg vir sy nalatenskap |
LOS ANGELES (Maart 20, 2024) -- Die voormalige Wêreldboksorganisasie, Super-middelgewigkampioen Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (45-1, 30 Uitklophoue) veg vir sy nalatenskap, begin Maart 30ste wanneer hy die onoorwonne Wêreldboksvereniging uitdaag (WBA) Cruiserweight-wêreldtitelhouer Arsen “Feroz” Goulamirian (21-0, 14 Uitklophoue) by You Tube-teater by Hollywood Park in Inglewood, Kalifornië. Die 12-ronde Goulamirian vs. Zurdo hoofgebeurtenis gee 'n sterk kaart, bevorder deur Golden Boy Promotions in samewerking met Y12 Boxing, wat regstreeks op DAZN gestroom sal word. Ramirez, 32, was die eerste Mexikaanse bokser wat 'n supermiddelgewig-wêreldtitel verower het en nou wil hy daardie ongekende prestasie teen Goulamirian dupliseer, die Armeens-gebore kampioen wat in Frankryk woon en in Big Bear oefen, Kalifornië. “Om die eerste Meksikaans-gebore kruisgewig-wêreldkampioen en twee-afdeling wêreldkampioen te word, is vir my baie belangrik,” het Ramirez gesê. “Nalatenskap is die enigste ding wat ons in hierdie wêreld agterlaat, Ek was trots om die eerste Mexikaan te wees wat wêreld-supermiddelgewigkampioen was en ek kan nie wag om weer die eerste by cruiserweight te wees nie. “Ek leer nog elke dag. Joe Smith was 'n moeilike taak en ek moes 'n paar nuwe goed in my styl implementeer. En hierdie stryd is nie anders nie; elke kamp probeer ek iets nuuts byvoeg om my kanse om te wen te verbeter. Ek voel gemaklik met hierdie gewig. Natuurlik, soos ek ouer geword het, dit was moeiliker om die gewig te maak en nou blyk alles makliker te wees. Soos ek altyd sê, daar is geen beter onderwyser as ervaring in hierdie lewe nie.” Zurdo se uiteindelike doelwit, egter, is om 'n drie-afdeling wêreldkampioen te word, die swaargewigafdeling teiken sodra hy die kruisgewig-gewigklas skoongemaak het. “Daar is nog baie gevegte wat in hierdie afdeling gemaak kan word,” het Zurdo verduidelik. “Ek wil graag verenig en/of die onbetwiste kampioen word voordat ek die skuif maak. As dit alles gesê en gedoen word, my doelwit is om ’n multi-afdeling-kampioen te wees en my loopbaan as ’n swaargewig te beëindig.” INLIGTING: Webwerf: www.ZurdoPromotions.comFacebook: /ZurdoPromotions, /GilbertoZurdoRamirez Instagram: @zurdoramirez, @zurdopromotionsTwitter: @ZurdoPromotions, @GilbertoZurdoRamirez OOR ZURDO PROMOSIES: Hoofkwartier in Las Vegas en Mexiko, Zurdo Promotions is die voorste gevegsport/geleentheid wat deur voormalige Wêreldkampioen gelei word, Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez. Zurdo Promotions streef daarna om die beste op alle gebiede te wees om die nuwe standaard in boks te stel. Besoek ons by www.ZurdoPromotions.com. |
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Perfect connection Gilberto“Zurdo” Ramirez & Trainer Julian Chua
LAS VEGAS (Mei 25, 2021) – Back in February of 2019, World Boxing Organisasie (WBO) Super Middleweight ChampionGilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez had made a decision to move up to fight in the light heavyweight division, and he was searching for a new head trainer.
Ramirez (41-0, 27 Uitklophoue) immediately connected with a then 28-year-oldJulian Chua, a former amateur boxer who had been training boxers atFreddie Roach’s famed Wildcard Boxing Club in Hollywood, California. “Zurdo” and Chua are now 2-0 (2 Uitklophoue) and preparing for a mega-fought later this year, ideally, against undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Light Heavyweight ChampionDmitri Bivol (17-0, 11 Uitklophoue).
How Ramirez ended up with Chua as he head trainer isn’t a typical boxing story. After all, “Zurdo” was the first Mexican world super middleweight champion, sporting a 29-0 pro rekord, and only 27 when they first met.
Ramirez’ manager, David Suh, conducted a search to hire Ramirez’ chief second. He had a list that included some of the top trainers in the industry, as well as a young, relatively unknown – at least outside of southern California – in Chua.
“I don’t know how I got on that list,” a humble Chua said. “There was going to be a tryout of sorts to determine who would work with ‘Zurdo.’ We trained together in Long Beach (where Ramirez was training) and then I met with David for coffee. He asked if I was interested in becoming the head trainer. We trained together a little more. He liked the way I trained, and we got along well. I texted David saying we liked working together and that I was interested in becoming his head trainer.
“We clicked right away, and we learned things about each other and how we liked to train. I study a lot and do a lot of research of how he had been trained, because I wanted to help him to improve. I was getting four fighters ready in LA and “Zurdo” couldn’t go there for sparring. I said I couldn’t leave these fighters and go to Santa Barbara. “Zurdo” respected me even more for not jumping ship from those four fighters for a better opportunity. We still wanted to work with each other, and ‘Zurdo’ made it work. I went to Long Beach twice a week, he came to Wildcard three times.”
Ramirez won his light heavyweight debut April 12, 2019, wanneerTommy Karpency (29-6-1) was nie in staat om voort te gaan na vier rondes, followed last December 18ste met 'n 10ste round stoppage ofAlfonso Lopez (32-3) to capture the North American Boxing Federation (NABF) titel.
Chua was trained by Roach when he was an amateur from Indiana, but when Chua started at Wildcard, Roach’s assistantEric Brown became Chua’s mentor. During his training career atWildcard West Boxing, known now as Churchill Boxing in Santa Barbara, Chua has trained several world champions in boxing and MMA.
The 29-year-old Ramirez, who recently signed an exclusive promotional contract withOscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, is tans op die ranglys nr. 3 by the WBA and WBO. “Zurdo” returns to action July 9ste in Los Angeles againstSullivan Barrera (22-3, 14 Uitklophoue).
Whether it’s Bivol, or the other world light heavyweight champions — Artur Beterbiev enJoe Smith – “Zurdo” and Chua are preparing to beat the best for Ramirez to wear the coveted World championship crown in a second division.
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CLARESSA SHIELDS RETURNS TO SHOWTIME® VYING TO BECOME FIRST UNDISPUTED WORLD CHAMPION IN TWO DIVISIONS IN FOUR-BELT ERA
Shields To Face IBF Super Welterweight Champion Marie-Eve Dicaire With All Four Major Belts On The Line In 154-Pound Unification Bout
SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION Saturday, Mei 9 Op 9 namiddag. EN / 6 namiddag. PT
NEW YORK – March 11, 2020 – Undefeated three-division world champion Claressa Shields will attempt to become the first boxer in the four-belt era to become an undisputed world champion in two weight divisions when she faces unbeaten IBF Super Welterweight Champion Marie-Eve Dicaire in a 154-pound unification bout on Saturday, Mei 9, woon op Showtime(9 namiddag. ET / 6 pm. PT) from the Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center in Shields’ hometown of Flint, my.
The winner of the SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION main event will walk away with Shields’ WBC and WBO titles, Dicaire’s IBF belt, and the WBA (Super) crown. This is the first time in its 99-year history that the WBA has awarded a Super Champion belt to a female boxer.
Tickets for the Salita Promotions event start at $35 and can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com and at the Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center box office.
“I can’t wait to make history again on May 9,” said Shields. “Fighting in Flint in front of all my fans has been a dream of mine since turning pro. Having the opportunity to make history by fighting for the undisputed title in a second weight division is something I’m very proud of. Fighting against undefeated IBF 154-pound champion Marie-Eve Dicaire continues my quest to fight the very best in women’s boxing. And headlining on SHOWTIME again will continue my goal to lift women’s boxing to new heights. I’m going to give Flint and fight fans all over the world a night to remember on May 9!"
“I am very excited for this opportunity and it is an honor to face an opponent like Claressa Shields,” said Dicaire. “I am thankful to my promoter Yvon Michel and everyone involved in making this possible. For me, this is a dream come true. I will be prepared the best I can be and I am ready to leave everything in the ring to win the fight!"
In the four-belt era, only seven fighters have been undisputed in one division, including Shields, Katie Taylor, Cecilia Braekhus, Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor, Terence Crawford, and Oleksandr Usyk.
op Januarie 10 in Atlantic City, N.J., Shields made history by claiming the WBC and WBO 154-pound world championships with a dominating unanimous decision over Ivana Habazin. Shields became the fastest fighter in history, manlik of vroulik, to win world titles in three different weight divisions, surpassing the records of Vasiliy Lomachenko and Kosei Tanaka, who both accomplished the feat in 12 gevegte.
The 24-year-old Shields (10-0, 2 Uitklophoue) overpowered Habazin from the opening bell, utilizing a strong jab and a steady diet of body shots that left the Croatian mostly in defensive mode throughout the 10-round fight. In the sixth round, a series of body shots forced Habazin to take a knee in the first knockdown of her career.
“SHOWTIME has a long history of featuring the best in women’s combat sports, whether it was with Gina Carrano, Cris Cyborg and Ronda Rousey in MMA, or Laila Ali and Christy Martin in boxing,” het Gordon Hall gesê, Executive Producer of SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION. “More recently, we have shown Claressa Shields, Christina Hammer, Lightweight Champion Katie Taylor and seven-division champion Amanda Serrano. Shields vs. Dicaire will be our 12th women’s boxing event since 2017. Claressa’s bout with Dicaire represents another historic battle of unbeatens and attempt for another ‘first’ on SHOWTIME as Claressa looks to become undisputed in two weight classes.”
“I am excited to bring a historic night of boxing to fans in Flint at the Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center and to those watching on SHOWTIME,” said Dmitriy Salita, President of Salita Promotions. “In Claressa Shields and Marie-Eve Dicaire, we have the two best junior middleweights in the world and two undefeated champions fighting for the undisputed world championship. In addition to her already historic list of firsts, if victorious, Claressa will become the first two-division undisputed champion in the four-belt era. It will be a triumphant night in Flint on May 9.”
After becoming the first American boxer in history – male or female – to win two consecutive Olympic Gold Medals, Shields turned professional following the 2016 Olympics and headlined the first women’s boxing main event in premium cable television history in just her second professional fight in 2017. Shields, who will be headlining for the seventh time on SHOWTIME, now has her sights on making even more history.
“Claressa Shields continues to be a beacon of light and a trailblazer for women’s boxing, women’s sports, and boxing overall,” said Mark Taffet, Shields’ manager. “Being the only American to win back-to-back Olympic Gold in boxing, having won world titles in three weight divisions faster than any man or woman in boxing history, and now having the chance to be the first person – man or woman – to be an undisputed champion in two weight divisions in the four-belt era, Claressa will continue to add to her list of legendary, unprecedented and history-making accomplishments come May 9. I’m proud to be a part of her journey.”
The 33-year-old Dicaire (17-0) is from Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Kanada, and started karate at the age of six. She worked her way up through the ranks until she obtained her black belt. After winning five world championship titles, Dicaire turned her attention to boxing and won the IBF Super Welterweight World Championship belt in December 2018 dethroning by decision the Uruguayan Chris Namus at the Quebec City Videotron Center. In her last fight in November of 2019, Dicaire defended her title for the third time beating experienced Venezuelan Ogleidis Suarez by unanimous decision. Dicaire will be fighting outside of the province of Quebec for the first time on May 9 and will be looking to score the upset victory in front of Shields’ hometown fans.
“Marie-Eve Dicaire against Claressa Shields, a battle of two undefeated champions for all the titles – you can’t get a better match in boxing,” said Yvon Michel, Dicaire’s promoter, President van GYM. “We have great respect and admiration for all Shields has accomplished but there is no doubt Marie-Eve is the most skilled, strong and dedicated opponent Claressa has faced. We are very confident that all the belts will come back to Canada with us. Thanks to Salita Promotions and SHOWTIME for the opportunity. Marie-Eve Dicaire will provide a great fight for the fans and viewers.”
Barry Tompkins will call the SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION action from ringside with boxing historian Steve Farhood and former world champion Raul Marquez serving as expert analysts. Die uitvoerende vervaardiger is Gordon Hall met Richard Gaughan vervaardiging en Rick Phillips regie.
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