Terence Crawford vs. Thomas Dulorme
Bitka za prosta WBO Jr.. Welterweight prvenstvo
Sobota, April 18
Na College Park Center na Univerzi Texas Arlington
Televiziji v živo na HBO
Vstopnice gredo v prodajo danes ob 10:00 AM CT
ARLINGTON, TX (Marec 5, 2015) – Neporažen svetovni Boxing Organization (WBO) lahek prvak in Boks Writers Association of America je (BWAA) Borec leta TERENCE “Bud” CRAWFORD je MOVIN’ gor — v junior delitev welterweight — kjer bo na THOMAS “Thunder” DULORME, Ne. 2-svetovno ocenjeno bojevnik, for the vacant WBO junior welterweight world title. Crawford vs. Dulorme bo potekalo Sobota, April 18, pri College Park Center ki se nahaja 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 Po Dark®, z začetkom ob 9:45 p.m. IN/PT.
Spodbujati Z Top Rank®, v povezavi z Gary Shawa Productions, Foreman Boys Promocije in Tecate, vstopnice za Crawford-Dulorme svetovnega prvenstva primeru bo šel Na Prodamo Ta petek, Marec 6 pri 10:00 am CT. Po ceni $200, $100, $60, $40 in $25, plus, ki se uporabljajo pristojbine, Vstopnice lahko kupite na College Park Center blagajni, na spletni strani www.utatickets.com ali www.utacollegpark.com ali po telefonu (817) 272-9595.
“I am ready to do bigger and better things at 140,” Said Crawford.
“Tukaj sem, da dokaže svetu, da sem najboljši borec v junior delitev welterweight,” Said Dulorme. “Crawford ima neporažen rekord, vendar še nikoli ni osvojil boj na 140 lbs. Jaz sem viziranje na trdo borili zmago, ena, da bom pripeljal nazaj domov k mojim ljudem Portoriko.”
“Dulorme je dobra, zaokrožen boxer. Mi smo veseli, ker 140 pound delitev bo najboljše iz Terence,” je dejal Brian McIntyre, Co-trener in co-manager Crawfordovih. “The 140 Delitev je naložen z najboljšimi borci. To je super za terence, saj bodo vsi kmalu videli.”
“Terence imel zlom leto 2014 zajemanje pozornost sveta s tremi kariero najboljših svetovnih prvakov na poti do zaslužka Fighter od pohval Year,” je dejal Todd duBoef, Predsednik Top Rank. “On bo iskal naprej, da zagon za April 18 ko se vrne na HBO, on the hunt for another world title against Thomas Dulorme of Puerto Rico.”
“Zelo sem vesel, da sem bil sposoben, da se ta boj storiti z Top Rank,” je dejal Gary Shaw. “Terence Crawford velja za eno izmed najboljših lightweights v boksu, ampak on se gibljejo do junior welterweight, kjer bodo imeli zelo odločen in nadarjeno Thomas Dulorme, ki je nepremagan na 140 funtov. 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.”
“Z Terence Crawford zvezda, ki je nastala v 2014, Zdaj se postavlja vprašanje, kako visoko se vzpenja, da zvezda ali če bo njegov nasprotnik Thomas Dulorme obrnemo trajektorijo,” je dejal Peter Nelson, podpredsednik programiranja, HBO Sports. “Lahke prvak lani, Crawford prislužil BWAA Fighter od odliko Year s krepko, Elegantni zmage proti vrhunske tekmovalce, 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, naredi svojo 2015 obroč prvenec je videti, da gradijo na svojem zvezdic odločitev 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, samo 13 dnevi kratki šeste obletnice njegove poklicne prvenec. Crawford captured the WBO lightweight title, dethroning prvaka Ricky Burns na Burns’ home turf v Glasgowu, Scotland. Točkovanje močan in soglasna odločitev, Crawford dal boksarski svet na obvestila s svojo virtuozno uspešnosti, kot je potegnil ven vse ustavi pri razstavljanju Burns, potresete brani prvaka v celotnem boju, 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 Junij 28 in a Fight of the Year nominee. It was one of the most-watched fights of the year with over 1.2 milijonov gledalcev lovljenje v živo, prvič zračenje boja, according to Nielsen Media Research. He concluded 2014 na November 29 s temeljito shellacking od Enkraten svet naslovne izzivalec in št. 1 bojevnik Ray Beltran, zmagovalni 11 za 12 krogi. Crawford is only the second Nebraska native to be recognized as a boxing world champion. Perry “Kid” Graves, od Rock Bluff, ujeli welterweight krono, izbijanje Johnny Alberts v Brooklynu, v 1914, po Omaha World-Herald.
Dulorme (22-1, 14 Kos), od Karoline, Puerto Rico, Diplomiral je na strokovnih nazivih v 2008 Po zvezdnih amaterski karieri, ki je vključevalo funt 140-2 Zapis. 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, pri njegovi karieri, najboljši zmag, ki prihajajo v back-to-back bojev v 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 svetovno ocenjeno Ne. 2 s Svetovnega združenja Boxing (WBA), Ne. 3 s strani Svetovne Boxing Sveta (WBC) in št. 4 ga WBO in Mednarodna Boxing Federation (IBF).
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