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Rugged Veteran Josesito Lopez Battles Unbeaten 147
Pound Contender Miguel Cruz in Welterweight Showdown
Former World Champion Anthony Dirrell Takes On El Paso’s Abraham Han in 168-pound Matchup
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Unbeaten Jorge Lara Squares-Off Against Claudio Marrero
In a Featherweight Clash
Tickets on Sale Today at 10 a.m. Mt!
Nzọụkwụ, TX (March 28, 2018) – Action will be the order of the evening as a trio of hotly-contested showdowns will highlight an exciting night Saturday, April 28 live in primetime on Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes from the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.
Josesito Lopez, known as “The Riverside Rocky”, will battle rising contender Miguel Cruz in a 10-round welterweight showdown. Former super middleweight world champion Anthony Dirrell takes on El Paso’s Abraham Han in a 10-round 168-pound skirmish. The night also features unbeaten Mexican featherweight contenderJorge Lara clashing with Dominican brawler Claudio Marrero in the 10-round opening bout that kicks off coverage at 8:30 p.m. NA / 5:30 p.m. Pt.
Tickets for the show, nke a na-akwalite TGB n'ọkwá, are on sale today, March 28 na 10 a.m. MT and can be purchased through Ticketmaster.
“This is an all-action show that has all of the elements that boxing fans have come to love,” said Tom Brown, President nke TGB n'ọkwá. “Miguel Cruz is a talented rising contender who will be taking a major step up against a hardened veteran in Josesito Lopez. Anthony Dirrell is a former world champion who is anxious to get back into the title picture and El Paso’s own Abraham Han has title aspirations of his own. And Jorge Lara and Claudio Marrero are two of the biggest punchers in the featherweight division. It promises to be a very entertaining show for boxing fans.”
Lopez (35-7, 19 Kos) is a battle-tested veteran who has been in the ring with some of the top boxers in the sport, including Marcos Maidana, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Jessie Vargas. The 33-year-old Lopez of Riverside, California scored one of the biggest wins of his career when he stopped Victor Ortiz by TKO in 2012. He has been on a two-fight win streak since losing to Andre Berto and in his last fight he defeated Saul Corral by a unanimous decision on April 9, 2017 live on FS1.
“Miguel Cruz has not faced a fighter on my level,” Kwurula Lopez. “I’m the most experienced fighter that Cruz will have fought. I’m confident in my abilities and the fact that I will come out with a victory. I’m ready to go straight through Miguel Cruz and prove I’m one of the best welterweights in the world.”
Cross (17-0, 11 Kos) will be taking a major step forward in his career when he takes on Lopez. The 27-year-old Cruz of Lake Mary, Florida was a member of the Puerto Rican national team as an amateur and picked up four victories in 2017. In his last fight he battled adversity by overcoming two cuts to score a unanimous decision over David Grayton on Nov. 21 on FS1 and also defeated then unbeaten Alex Martin twice in 2017 in a pair of exciting contests on FS1.
“I am incredibly excited to have a fight of this magnitude because this is what I’ve always worked for,” said Cruz. “I’m so ready to test my skills against somebody like Josesito Lopez. I belong to a new era in boxing, and I’m going to shine for the world on April 28. This is going to be an amazing fight for the fans and I’m ready for everyone to enjoy my performance.”
Dirrell (31-1-1, 24 Kos), a former super middleweight world champion from Flint, Michigan, is coming off a technical decision victory over Denis Douglin in November on FS1. The 33-year-old Dirrell won the title with a unanimous decision over Sakio Bika in 2015 before dropping a majority decision in 2016 to Badou Jack. Since that loss, Dirrell has won four straight, including a TKO victory over current 168-pound world champion Caleb Truax in 2016.
“Abraham Han is a good fighter coming off of a tough draw with J’Leon Love, and a guy you can’t look past,” Kwurula Dirrell. “Caleb Truax proved that by beating James DeGale for the title, so I’m truly focused on this fight right now. He’s a tall, switch-hitter who comes straight forward, but that’s nothing I can’t handle because I’m always ready and in shape to stick to my game plan and execute. I’m always looking for the knockout, and if it comes, then it comes, and I’ll get him out of there.”
Han (26-3-1, 16 Kos) returns to fight in his hometown of El Paso for the ninth time, including a victory he picked up at Don Haskins Center in his fifth pro fight. The 33-year-old is looking to rebound from a technical draw against J’Leon Love last September, in a fight many thought Han was winning before the referee stopped the fight due to a cut caused by an accidental headbutt. He had won three fights in a row heading into that bout against Love.
“Anthony Dirrell probably sees me as someone that he can beat while he waits for a title shot, but I’m looking to mess up his plans,” said Han. “I felt like I won my last fight with J’Leon and would have easily beat him if it wasn’t stopped. This is another great opportunity to fight in my hometown of El Paso. I’ll focus on winning round-by-round and putting on a great show for my fans. I know everyone is going to come out and support me and help carry me to this victory.”
Lara (29-0-1, 21 Kos) has scored two victories, including a knockout against former champion Fernando Montiel, since he had a technical draw against Jesus Rojas in 2015. He knocked down Montiel four times on the way to the first round stoppage in their April 2016 showdown on FOX. The 27-year-old southpaw from Guadalajara, Mexico has shown heavy hands for a featherweight and is coming off a TKO victory over Mario Briones in his last fight on May 20 on FS1.
“I have been training with former champion Alejandro Gonzalez, and four weeks out from the fight, I am already in excellent condition and in tremendous fighting shape,” kwuru Lara. “I know that this is a very important fight, and that Marrero is a very tough opponent, but I am going to be the winner because I am determined to continue on my road toward winning a world title. Mgbe nke ahụ mechara, we’ll see which champion will be ready to give me the opportunity.”
Marrero (22-2, 16 Kos) was riding an eight-fight win streak before losing by knockout to Jesus Rojas in his last fight. Inside of that eight-fight win streak the 29-year-old Dominican southpaw scored a sensational knockout victory over Carlos Zambrano to earn an interim featherweight title on FS1. The only other blemish on Marrero’s record was a unanimous decision loss to former world champion Jesus Cuellar in 2013.
“I’m excited to be fighting on April 28 on this great show in El Paso,” said Marrero. “I’m fighting an undefeated tough Mexican fighter, but this is the type of fight I wanted to put myself back into title contention. I’m really excited to get in there. Come fight night, you will see ‘The Matrix’ in full effect. Don’t miss it because it’s going to be a great fight.”
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Fechaa World onye mmeri Robert Easter merie Javier Fortuna
na SHOWTIME egwuregwu Boxing® Co-Njirimara
Ọ gaghị agbaghara The Max Monday, January 22 na
10 p.m. NA/Pt On showtime Oke
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Brooklyn (Jan. 21, 2018) - undefeated welterweight n'ụwa onye mmeri Errol Spence Obere. nọgidere na-IBF aha na otu nnukwu stoppage nke mbụ abụọ-nkewa mmeri Lamont Peterson na isi ihe omume nke SHOWTIME egwuregwu ọkpọSaturday n'abalị si Barclays Center, n'ụlọ Brooklyn ọkpọ®.
Na mbụ ya na-azara ọnụ kemgbe dethroning Kell Brook on SHOWTIME ikpeazụ May, Spence (23-0, 20 Kos) si boxed a siri ike Peterson (35-4-1, 17 Kos) site ná mmalite rụchaa, showcasing a ọtụtụ nkà, ọsọ na ike. The agha nọ na-akwụsị tupu mmalite nke asatọ gburugburu mgbe Peterson si ọzụzụ, Barry Hunter, kpọ ndi-stoppage.
The agha na-egwuri si yiri otú ma alụso buru amụma, malite na a cagey kenkwucha omume tupu ya ghọọ ihe ike ike agha n'etiti agba. Nkeji abụọ n'ime gburugburu ise, Spence eji a blistering ekpe nko izipu Peterson na kwaaji (Pịa EBE Amaka isi). The Washington, D.C. nwa afọ laghachi ụkwụ ya na aka iso agha, ma Spence gosiri na ya nke ukwuu. The 2012 U.S. Olympia si enweta Peterson 161-45, mgbe ejikọta na 49 percent nke ike ya punches nnọọ 31 percent maka Peterson.
Mgbe agha Spence gwa SHOWTIME Sports akụkọ Jim Gray na ngwa ngwa na-enye otuto ya onye iro. "M na-ekele Lamont,"Ka o kwuru. "A ọtụtụ ụmụ okorobịa na-zaghị na-agha, o we were ya dị ka ezigbo warrior na m na-aja ya maka na. He’s a tough fighter. He’s willing to die in there.” Click EBE A na-ekiri ndị Ajụjụ ọnụ isi.
N'agbanyeghị ịkpata na mmeri na n'iwu ejiji, Spence ka ekwere na o nwere ụlọ mma. "M ka na ike melite a ọtụtụ ihe m na-azara ọnụ,"Kwuru na unbeaten n'ụwa onye mmeri. "M nnọọ nwere na-zuo okè nkà m na na-na na-enwe ọganihu. Ị na-aga ịhụ a mma Errol Spence oge ọzọ m ga-esi na-mgbanaka.
"Onye na-amaghị na m na-na na a na-eche na" Ụfọdụ Time "Thurman,"Kwuru Spence, N'ilepụ anya n'ihu ka a ga-ekwe omume ịdị n'otu egwuregwu na WBC na WBA welterweight World onye mmeri Keith Thurman. "Ebe ọ bụ na m bụ 15-0 I’ve been calling this guy out and he keeps making excuses. Ka-enweta ya na. Ọ nwere ihe abụọ nke eriri na anyị abụọ nwere nnukwu aha. Ọ bụ ihe dị mfe agha ime na m chọrọ ya. "
Peterson, onye lụrụ ọgụ valiantly megide ndị na-eto Spence, na-akwanyere ùgwù mkpebi nke ya ọzụzụ iji kwụsị agha, "Ọ bụrụ na ọ na-ajụ m na-alụ ọgụ a nde mmadụ, M ga-. Ọ bụrụ na ọ na-ajụ m ka m kwụsị. M ga-akwụsị. M ga-ajụ ya mkpebi. Amaara m na ọ nwere m kasị mma n'obi. "
"Ọ bụ n'ezie ike, ma ọ bụrụ na ị maara Lamont, ị maara na ọ na-adịghị ga-enye elu,"Kwuru ọzụzụ Barry Hunter. "M nwere ịkwụsị ya. Ná ngwụsị nke ụbọchị, a bụ nwa m nwoke ebe a. E nweghị ihe ọ bara uru karịa ya ọdịmma. Ọ bụrụ na ọ na-abịa ya ma ọ bụ na-emeri, M bulie ya. M na-eche banyere ya. "
Undefeated 135-pound world champion Robert Ista (21-0, 14 Kos) earned a split decision victory over former world champion Javier Fortuna (33-2-1, 23 Kos) na ngalaba-isi ihe omume nke SHOWTIME telecast. The ikpe gbatara ndị n'obi 114-113, 113-114 na 115-112.
The azụ-and-puta bayere hụrụ abụọ ọkà alụso anọ na n'akpa uwe na-ele anya na-emebi ihe si n'ime. A abụọ gbaa gburugburu ebe nsiputa si Fortuna gosipụtara oké ọnụ mgbe Dominican e dọrọ aka ná ntị na mgbe penalized nke ọkụkụ Easter n'azụ isi. Enweghị otu isi nsiputa, agha ga-e gbatara a Olee. Mgbe Easter Obere. bụ ubé busier, Fortuna rutere na ndị ọzọ dị ike punches. Easter Jr., onye ẹkenịmde a ịrịba elu uru, si enweta Fortuna, ejikọta on 120 nke 383 (31 percent) ike punches mgbe Fortuna ejikọrọ na 113 nke 441 (26 percent).
"Ọ bụ a siri ike ọgụ, ọ bụ a mbụ n'ụwa onye mmeri maka a mere,"Easter gwara Gray. "Anyị mere ka ọ siri ike na-agbalị ịrụ ụka ntụmadị. Ọ na-atụba ukwuu na o mere ka o siere m ike ịchụ nke a Ihọd gburugburu.
“Apụghị m ga-esi na knockout ma anyị wee merie na nke ahụ bụ niile na mkpa. M maara na ọ na-aga na-agba ọsọ mgbe ọ na obi ike m. Ọ dị nnọọ chọrọ jidere ma jide dum ọgụ. "
N'ịtụ, Easter mere ya ihe n'obi doro anya dị ka ọ na-achọ ịdị n'otu oké mmanya na n'ọdịnihu dị nso, "Achọrọ m alụ ọgụ akaebe na ijikota ndị a eriri. Ịlụ ọgụ dị ka ndị a na-adịghị na egwuregwu m plan. M njikere maka Mikey Garcia na Jorge Linares banye nkwekọrịta. "
A disgruntled Fortuna kwukwara ka isi awọ, "Ọha na eze maara ihe mere ebe a. Ha booed n'ihi na ha maara na m merie a agha.
"Ọ bụrụ na ọ bụ a nwoke ka na-alụ ọgụ ọzọ na 135-pound,"Kwuru Fortuna, who failed to make weight on two attempts Friday, nke pụtara na Ista si belt ga-na akara. "M ga-maa-eme ka ịdị arọ. M na-enye onwe m oge zuru ezu iji na-azụ. "
Unbeaten light heavyweight contender Marcus Browne (21-0, 16 Kos) mere ngwa ngwa ọrụ nke Francy Ntetu (17-2, 4 Kos) na SHOWTIME egwuregwu Boxing PRELIMS edinam, as he dropped and battered his opponent early to force referee Arthur Mercante to stop the bout at just 2:15 nke mbụ gburugburu. Alụ ọgụ maka ya 12nke time at the Barclays Center, na 27 afọ Staten Island nwaafo nọ ya na-agbaghị ọrụ ndekọ emebibeghị site tinye n'ọrụ ya dị ike aka ekpe na overmatched Ntetu.
Browne guzosie ike ya dominance site na mmalite, ọdịda a ọcha overhand ekpe na ama esịn Ntetu ahụ gara ọkara gburugburu. The Montreal, Québec nwa afọ bụ na ọ dịghị ike naputa ụkwụ ya na hụrụ onwe ya jụrụ megide ụdọ dị iri atọ sekọnd mgbe e mesịrị. A-ekwu ọtụtụ nke dị ike n'ịgwa rutere na-apụghị ịzọ onwe Ntetu ekpe refirii na obere nhọrọ ma kwụsị agha na 45 sekọnd fọdụrụ gburugburu ọnụ ọgụgụ otu.
“Anyị na-arụ ọrụ maka nke a mmeri. O jere ije n'ime a n'aka shot na m mere ya ugwo,"Kwuru Browne. "The overhand ekpe jide ya na nke ahụ bụ mmalite nke ọgwụgwụ ya. M maara na ọ na-afụ ụfụ.
“M mkpa a ụwa aha shot. M njikere iji ọ bụla nke akaebe. Adịghị m nwere ihe ọ bụla na-amasị. Obi dị m ụtọ na m na-etinye ọnụ ọzọ dị ukwuu arụmọrụ ebe a na Barclays Center. M na-aga aka ịnọgide rụọ ọrụ ruo mgbe m n'ezie na-Mr. Barclays Center. "
kaadị, kwagara ruo ìhè Heavyweight nkewa nke a ọgụ, nwere ike oge na-emeso Browne si Nchikota ọsọ na ike na ụzọ ya nke abụọ na ọnwụ nke ya pro ọrụ.
"[Browne] bụ nnọọ na-agbawa agbawa, congrats ya,” sị Ntetu. “Ọ bụ ngwa ngwa, ọ bụ smart na m na-atụ anya ya na-na-agbawa agbawa. Ọ nwetara m nri ya nko na a ogologo ekpe.
"M nọ na-ezu udi ọgụ ka 10 agba. Nke a bụ m adịghị arọ òtù, ma m na-achọghị ime ka ngọpụ. "
Na oghere n'obi nke SHOWTIME egwuregwu Boxing PRELIMS, undefeated Adam Kownacki (17-0, 14 Kos) delivered a brutal knockout of Iago Kiladze (26-2, 18 Kos) na 2:08 of the sixth round of their heavyweight matchup. Kownacki, mụrụ na Lomza, Poland ma na-alụ ọgụ nke Brooklyn, New York, nwekwara nkwado nke obodo ya ìgwè mmadụ dị ka ọ na iji nwayọọ nwayọọ na-eyi Kiladze ala.
Kownacki bụ ime ihe ike ike na ezi nke abụọ alụso, ọdịda 43 percent nke ike ya punches na 35 percent nke ya ngụkọta punches, tụnyere nnọọ 30 percent na 18 percent, karị, maka Kiladze. N'agbanyeghị a ọbara imi na Kownacki ahuhu mbụ gburugburu, na Polish Heavyweight malitere ịwụkwasị ya na na taya Kiladze na a usoro nke uppercuts na otu abụọ n'ịgwa-anọ gburugburu. The rụsiri n'obi wee njedebe mgbe Kownacki ejikọrọ na a Nchikota abụọ uppercuts na a n'aka nri zitere Kiladze na ya azụ na ikpeazụ na nkeji nke isii gburugburu. Mgbe a idem ama akpa Kiladze laghachi ụkwụ ya, refirii Shada Murdaugh akpọ agha na aro nke ringside dọkịta.
“M na-ekele m niile Polish Fans ndị ga-esi na-enye m na extra support ", kwuru Kownacki, onye lụrụ ọgụ n'ihu ọtụtụ narị ya compatriots. "M na-aga na-alụ ọgụ maka Fans na-enye onye ọ bụla a oké show.
“Echere m na m mere na-agha a ọtụtụ ike karịa na m kwesịrị inwe. Ọ bụ ihe ọzọ mmụta ahụmahụ na m nwetara mmeri. Nke ahụ bụ niile na mkpa. "
The Republic of Georgia-mụrụ Kiladze, onye ọgụ nke Los Angeles, nweghị ike ịgwa na media dị ka ọ na-e ka NYU Lutheran Hospital maka precautionary ihe.
Saturday si telecast ga Max on Sunday, January 21 na 9 a.m. NA/Pt on SHOWTIME na Monday, January 22 na 10 p.m. NA/Pt on SHOWTIME ókè na ga-abụ dị na SHOWTIME NA ina® na showtime oge obula®.
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na www.Facebook.com/DiBellaEntertainment. PBC e nkwado Corona Extra, kasị mma Beer. This event was promoted by DiBella Entertainment and TGB Promotions.
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Spence Makes First Title Defense In Main Event Of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® From Barclays Center In Brooklyn, Presented By Premier Boxing Champions
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SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING – 9 p.m. NA/6 p.m. Pt na showtime
IBF welterweight World Championship
Errol Spence Jr.: 147 pound
Lamont Peterson: 146 ¾ pound
Refirii: Harvey Dock; Judges: Julie Lederman (N.Y.), Don Trella (Conn.), Steve Weisfeld (N.J.)
IBF Lightweight World Championship
Robert Easter Jr.: 134 ½ pound
Javier Fortuna: 136 ½ pounds**
Refirii: Ricky Gonzalez; Judges: Glenn Feldman (Conn.), John McKaie (N.Y.), Kevin Morgan (N.Y.)
**Fortuna does not make the 135-pound lightweight limit and cannot win IBF title. Fortuna initially weighed 136.8 pounds and measured 136.4 pounds after the two-hour allowance.
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING PRELIMS – 7 p.m. NA/4 p.m. PT On Facebook Live &YouTube
Light Heavyweight Bout – 10 Agba
Marcus Browne: 175 ¾ pound
Francy Ntetu: 174 ½ pound
Heavyweight Bout – 10 Agba
Adam Kownacki: 260 pound
Iago Kiladze: 220 ½ pound
FLASH QUOTES:
SPENCE:
“This is a tough challenge. If you know Lamont, you know he’s a tough fight but I came to dominate the division and it started with Kell Brook. I’m going to get Lamont Peterson and then I’m going to get the other welterweights that are out there.
“It’s definitely important not just to win the fight, but how I win the fight. I came to dominate the division and I came here to look good. I’m the future of the division and I’m the future of boxing.”
PETERSON:
“I wouldn’t say that Errol isn’t the bigger guy, I just believe that it doesn’t matter. It’s all about boxing skills.
“I think we’ll both make each other look pretty good, but I’m going to win.”
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