Terence Crawford vs. Thomas Dulorme
Bitka za Vacant WBO Jr. Welterweight Championship
Subota, April 18
Na College Park centar na University of Texas Arlington
Televizija uživo na HBO®
Ulaznice u prodaju Danas u 10:00 AM CT
ARLINGTON, TX (Mart 5, 2015) – Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) lagan prvak i Boks književnika Association of America je (BWAA) Fighter of the Year TERENCE “Pupoljak” CRAWFORD je krećeš’ gore — na junior velter kategoriji — gdje će se na THOMAS “Grmljavina” DULORME, No. 2-svjetski ocijenio kandidat, for the vacant WBO junior welterweight world title. Crawford vs. Dulorme će se održati Subota, April 18, u College Park Center nalazi se na kampusu University of Texas Arlington in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The world championship fight will be televised as part of a split site doubleheader live on HBO Boxing Nakon Dark®, sa početkom u 9:45 poslije podne. I/PT.
Promoviše Top Rank®, u saradnji sa Gary Shaw Productions, Foreman Boys Promocije i Tecate, ulaznice za Crawford-Dulorme World Championship event će ići Na prodaju Ovog petka, Mart 6 u 10:00 am CT. Po cijeni od $200, $100, $60, $40 i $25, plus važećim naknade, Ulaznice se mogu kupiti na blagajni College Park Center, online na www.utatickets.com ili www.utacollegpark.com ili na broj telefona (817) 272-9595.
“I am ready to do bigger and better things at 140,” Said Crawford.
“Ovdje sam dokazati svijetu da sam najbolji borac u velter kategoriji junior,” Said Dulorme. “Crawford ima neporažena rekord, ali on nikada nije osvojio borbu na 140 lbs. Ja se predviđa a teških pobjede, jedan da ću vratiti kući mom narodu Puerto Rico.”
“Dulorme je dobar, dobro zaobljeni bokser. Uzbuđeni smo jer 140 pound podjela će donijeti najbolje od Terence,” rekao je Brian McIntyre, Crawford je co-co-manager i trener. “The 140 podjela je učitan s vrhunskim borcima. Ovo je super za Terence kao i svi će uskoro vidjeti.”
“Terence imao proboj godine u 2014 hvatanje pažnju svijeta sa tri karijere najbolji World Championship pobjede na putu do zarade Fighter of the Year priznanja,” rekao je Todd duBoef, Predsjednik Top Rank. “On će biti u potrazi i dalje da zamah na April 18 kada se vrati na HBO, on the hunt for another world title against Thomas Dulorme of Puerto Rico.”
“Veoma sam zadovoljan što sam bio u mogućnosti da se ova borba završili sa Top Rank,” rekao je Gary Shaw. “Terence Crawford se smatra jednim od najboljih Lightweights u boksu, ali on se kreće do junior velter gdje će se suočiti vrlo odlučan i talentovane Thomas Dulorme, koji je neporažen u 140 funti. I want to thank HBO for showcasing what I perceive is another great fight for the fans. I smell an upset in the making. This will be the start of a great run of fantastic fights for HBO.”
“Uz Terence Crawford zvijezda nakon što se pojavila u 2014, sad je pitanje koliko je visok da zvijezda uspinje ili ako njegov protivnik Thomas Dulorme će preokrenuti putanju,” rekao je Peter Nelson, potpredsednik programiranja, HBO Sports. “Kao što je lagani prvak prošle godine, Crawford stekao BWAA Fighter of the Year počasti s bold, moderan pobjede protiv top konkurenata, a streak which continues in stride up the scale against the hungry Dulorme, who is undefeated at 140-lbs. It will be a split-site doubleheader not to be missed on our late night Boxing After Dark franchise.”
Crawford (25-0, 17 KOs), Omaha, NE, čini njegov 2015 prsten debi u potrazi za izgradnju na star-odluka 2014 which featured three world championship victories as well as Fighter of the Year honors from the BWAA and major media alike. He began his career-best year last March 1, upravo 13 dana manje od šestu godišnjicu svog profesionalnog debija. Crawford captured the WBO lightweight title, dethroning šampion Ricky Burns na Burns’ domaćem terenu od Glasgow, Škotska. Bodovanje snažan i jednoglasnom odlukom, Crawford stavio boks svijeta na najave sa svojim performansama virtuoza kao što je izvukao sve prestaje u demontaže Burns, ljuljanje brani titulu u cijeloj borbi, while switching back and forth between orthodox and southpaw stances. He followed that with a dramatic and critically-acclaimed knockout victory of undefeated former world champion and Cuban Olympic gold medalist Yuriorkis Gamboa on Jun 28 in a Fight of the Year nominee. It was one of the most-watched fights of the year with over 1.2 miliona gledalaca hvatanje uživo, prvi put provjetravanje borbe, according to Nielsen Media Research. He concluded 2014 na Novembar 29 s detaljnom shellacking jednokratne titulu svjetskog prvaka Challenger i No. 1 kandidat Ray Beltran, pobjeda 11 od 12 kruga. Crawford is only the second Nebraska native to be recognized as a boxing world champion. Perry “Klinac” Graves, iz Rock Bluff, zarobljeni u velter krunu, oborila Johnny Alberts u Brooklyn, u 1914, prema Omaha World-Herald.
Dulorme (22-1, 14 KOs), Carolina, Portoriko, Diplomirao je na profesionalne redove u 2008 nakon Stellar amaterski karijeru koja je uključivala prvoklasan 140-2 rekord. He has long been a fan-favorite of Puerto Ricans for his slick all-action fighting style. Dulorme enters this fight riding a two-year six-bout winning streak, sa svojim karijeru najbolji pobjede dolazi u back-to-back tuče u 2014 and both televised on HBO. He opened up 2014 with a 10-round unanimous decision victory over undefeated contender Karim Mayfield to capture the NABF super lightweight title and ended the year unifying his NABF title with the NABO junior welterweight title via an exciting 10-round decision over Hank Lundy. A consensus Top-Five contender, Dulorme je svjetski ocijenio Nema. 2 od strane World Boxing Association (WBA), Nemoj. 3 od strane World Boxing Council (WBC) No i. 4 po WBO i International Boxing Federation (IBF).
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