(duab los ntawm Stevens Leblanc, Quebecor Media los ntawm hnub no lub xovxwm rooj sab laj, saib hauv qab no quotes)
Quebec NROOG, Canada (Lub kaum hli ntuj 6, 2015) — Nrov zos nyiam thiab yav tas los lub ntiaj teb champion Lucian Bute (32-2, 25 Kos), ntawm Montreal, yuav sim rau recapture nws lub ntiaj teb title siv tiv thaiv 2008 Olympic zus thiab reigning super middleweight lub ntiaj teb champion James DeGale (21-1, 14 Kos), ntawm ces, nyob rau hauv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim rau Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING nyob rau Showtime, Saturday, Kaum Ib Hlis Ntuj 28, nyob rau Vidéotron Centre ntawm Quebec nroog.
Qhov no super boxing kev tshwm sim, “Lub reclamation,” yog pa roj carbon monoxide-nce los ntawm Groupe Yvon Michel (Gym thiab Interbox, txhawb nqa los ntawm Videotron thiab Mise-O-Jeu.
“Kuv tsis tshua muaj neeg siab yuav muaj lub sij hawm no nyob rau ntawm no point ntawm kuv ua hauj lwm,” Bute hais tias. “Kuv poob kuv lub npe nyob rau hauv ces tiv thaiv kev kawm lus Askiv fighter thiab tam sim no, Kuv yuav lub thawv nyob rau hauv Quebec tawm tsam lwm tus ua lus Askiv boxer, rau tib lub title kuv defended rau tsib lub xyoos. Kuv yeej mob siab rau lub sij hawm no mus rov qab title kuv poob nyob rau hauv 2012. Lub fact tias cov sib ntaus yuav muab qhov chaw nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm kuv tus kivcua ntsawj nyob rau hauv Quebec nroog, qhov twg kuv twb tsis poob, yuav tsum yog tus zoo tshaj uas yuav ua rau qhov sib txawv. Kuv muab tag nrho kuv txoj kev tus tau zus ib, James DeGale, rau txais mus rau nws tus thawj tiv thaiv, tab sis lub IBF siv yuav nyob twj ywm nyob rau hauv Quebec Kaum Ib Hlis Ntuj 28!”
“Bute yog lub ntiaj teb kawm, cov neeg tseem ceeb-theem fighter, uas cia nws lub ntiaj teb title rau tsib lub xyoos,” DeGale commented. “Txhua tus neeg uas yuav ua li ntawd tsim nyog tej yam kev hwm. Kuv tus tau zus ib thiab nws yuav tsum tau heev raug rho tawm haujlwm sim los yeej rov qab nws laus nws lub npe, tab sis kuv hluas heev, ceev heev, and too skilful to let that happen. Kuv muaj hmoo txaus kom muaj boxed nyob rau hauv Canada ob peb xyoo dhau los, thaum kuv muab rau Sebastien Demers nyob rau hauv Quebec nyob rau hauv 2013. Kuv tau ntsib ib co neeg zoo tawm muaj. Nws yog ib tug ntxim hlub lub teb chaws thiab kuv yuav tsis tos mus rov qab. Kuv yeej Demers nyob rau hauv ib tug ob peb rounds thiab kuv xav noj tib yam tshwm sim dua. Txawm li cas, Txawm li cas los kuv yeej, Kuv los rov qab nrog kuv siv.”
“Rau Lucian, qhov no yog LUB defining sib ntaus ntawm nws cov hauj lwm,” piav cov thawj coj ntawm InterBox thiab La Tawb – Brasserie sportive, Jean Bédard. “Qhov no yog ib tug tshwj xeeb lub caij nyoog tsam lub cav muab nws IBF super middleweight title. Peb yeej zoo siab tau xaus lus ib deal rau no sib ntaus tawm tsam James DeGale. Ib zaug dua, lub Quebec boxing kiv cua yuav tsum txaus siab nrog no ua ntej boxing card nyob rau hauv lub hom tshiab Vidéotron Centre.“
“Qhov kev tshwm sim yog tau ua tsaug rau lub tswv yim thiab kev pab los ntawm cov neeg koom tes loj,” Gym tus thawj tswj hwm YMichel ntxiv. “Kuv xav ua tsaug rau lub Executive Vice Thawj Tswj Hwm & General Manager, Cov kev ua si thiab kev tshwm sim Programming ntawm Showtime Network, M. Stephen Espinoza,Pierre Dion, Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab CEO ntawm Québecor, Robert Benoît, Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab CEO ntawm Groupe kev ua si thiab divertissement ntawm Québecor, thiab cov thawj coj ntawm La Tawb – Brasserie sportive, Jean Bédard, raws li peb cov neeg koom tes, Videotron thiab Mise-O-Jeu.“
“Kaum Ib Hlis Ntuj 28, Quebecers yuav muaj lub cib fim los pab, txhawb thiab pab txhawb rau qhov no tseem ceeb heev kev sib tw rau Bute – uas tiv thaiv nws lub npe rau ib cov ntaub ntawv cuaj lub sij hawm – tsam lub cav muab nws tus qub title, uas twb tsis tau ua ua ntej no,” Michel ntxiv. “Cov hauj lwm yuav ua nyuaj vim hais tias tus tau zus ib yog tsis tshua muaj neeg txawj thiab yog tsis ntshai los mus tiv thaiv nws cov brand tshiab siv nyob rau hauv lub yav tas los tau zus ib lub tiaj nraum qaum tsev. Kuv xav ua tsaug rau James DeGale rau nej tau txais lub caw, tab sis rau tag nrho cov gym pab neeg yog txaus siab los txhawb qhov kev tshwm sim thiab yog rooting rau Lucian Bute nyob rau hauv nws historic quest.”
“Peb zoo siab heev los qhia rau ib lub ntiaj teb championship kev sib ntaus ntawm Lucian Bute thiab James DeGale rau tus thawj boxing card puas ntawm Vidéotron Centre,” Dion remarked. “Muaj yog zoo nkauj hlub zaj dabneeg ntawm Quebec City cov neeg thiab Lucian Bute, leej twg yeej qhov plaub sib ntaus nws tau nyob rau hauv lub qub capital thaum lub sij hawm nws pro hauj lwm.“
Lucian Bute, Quebec tus kiv cua nyiam
Bute yog ib tug boxer uas yeej ib txwm tau nrov heev nyob rau hauv Quebecers’ hearts. Tom qab ib tug khoom amateur hauj lwm, punctuated los ntawm ib tug kub puav pheej kev ua tau zoo nyob rau 2001 Francophone ua si nyob rau hauv Ottawa, ntxiv kev koom tes nyob rau hauv peb lub ntiaj teb no Championships, Bute xaiv Quebec raws li nws ob lub tsev.
Pib raws li ib tug sparring khub rau ces ntiaj teb Boxing Council (Qhov) lub ntiaj teb no super middleweight zus Eric Lucas, lub southpaw pom qhov raws li ntawm nws tej txuj ci thiab charisma, nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd mus kawm ib hom lus tshiab, Fabkis.
Tsis tshua muaj neeg uas mob siab thiab disciplined, cov neeg ntawm Pechea, Romania sai sai sawv los rau ibyam ntawm kev boxing, siv ceev xwmphem ntau tawv thiab tej neeg tua hluav taws.
Ib tug meej pawg neeg nyiam, Bute pom tau hais nws npau suav ntawm kab ntiaj teb no zus rau Lub kaum hli ntuj 19, 2007 nyob rau ntawm lub Tswb Centre nyob rau hauv Montreal, khob tawm Colombian Alejandro Berrio los yeej muaj cov IBF super middleweight siv. Nrog cuaj successive defenses ntawm nws lub ntiaj teb title, lub 35-xyoo-laus gladiator tseem tuas tias cov ntaub ntawv rau ib tug Canadian boxer. Bute kuj tau nws Canadian kev ua pej xeem peb hlis ntuj 26, 2012. Tom qab ib tug yeej tshaj Lavxias teb sab Denis Grachev nyob rau thaum xaus ntawm 2012, lub kis las uas tam sim no nyob rau hauv Laval nce mus rau lub teeb heavyweight faib rau ib tug super sib ntaus tawm tsam lub zos rival Jean Pascal. Nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm ib tug sellout pawg neeg nyob rau hauv Tswb Centre rau Lub ib hlis ntuj 18, 2014, Bute poob ib unanimous tiv thaiv lub qub lineal teeb heavyweight zus.
Tom qab ib tug 18-lub hlis hauj lwm, neeg coob coob nyiam Bute rov qab nyob rau hauv spectacular zam, kev rhuav tseg cov European Union super middleweight zus Andrea Di Luisa los ntawm txoj kev ntawm ib tug thib plaub-round stoppage.
Kaum Ib Hlis Ntuj 28, Bute yuav sim pauj nws tsis mus Carl Froch tawm tsam lwm tus Englishman thiab recapture nws poob npe.
DeGale los ntawm Olympic zus mus pro zus
Ib tug neeg uas London, DeGale los ua ib tug British hero los ntawm winning ib tug kub puav pheej raws li ib tug middleweight (165 phaus) nyob rau Beijing Olympic ua si nyob rau hauv 2008.
Yuav kom ua tau li ntawd, nws bested Iyiv Mohamed Hikal (tus txiv neej kawg swb Gennady Golovkin), American Shawn Estrada, Kazakh Bakhtiyar Artayev (2004 Olympic kub medalist 2004), Irishman Darren Sutherland thiab Cuban Emilio Correa Jr.
DeGale tsiv mus nyob rau pro ibyam nyob rau hauv 2009, winning nws 10 thawj fights ua ntej poob ib tug muaj teeb kev txiav txim siab rau domestic rival George Nyuaj nyob rau hauv Tej zaum 2011.
Obviously tsis shaken los ntawm nws tus thawj tsis, tus tes hloov qhov-los tsoo DeGale rov qab mus rau lub yeej kem tsib lub hlis tom qab, ntaus cov nyob sab Europe thiab WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight zus, Peter Wilczewskiof Poland.
Txij li ntawd yeej, DeGale yeej 10 bouts xws li ib tug nyob rau hauv Quebec, Tej zaum 2013, ntawm Lac-Leamy Twv txiaj yuam pov nyob rau hauv Gatineau, qhov twg nws yeej Sébastien Demers los ntawm KO nyob rau hauv lub thib ob puag ncig.
DeGale ua IBF super middleweight zus nyob rau hauv nws cov nag mus ua si, Tej zaum 23 nyob rau hauv Boston, nrog ib tug sawv daws pom kev txiav txim siab yeej tshaj slick American Andre Dirrell.
DeGale yog lub tsuas British fighter tau yeej ib Olympic kub puav pheej thiab ib tug kws boxing title.
Alvarez thiab Beterbiev kuj nyob rau hauv cov kev txiav txim
Tsis tas li ntawd sib ntaus sib tua rau ntawm daim card yog lub teeb heavyweight ntiaj teb no title challengers Eleider Alvarez thiabArtur Beterbiev. Ob leeg yuav sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv lawv cov 175-phaus faib tshem tawm bouts. Ib tug xovxwm rooj sib tham yuav siv sij hawm qhov chaw nyob rau hauv lub tom ntej no ob peb lub lis piam mus muab ntxiv kom paub meej.
XOVXWM rooj sab laj QUOTES
LUCIAN BUTE
“Kuv yeej zoo siab yuav rov qab nyob rau hauv Quebec nroog. Ib txhia ntawm kuv zoo tshaj plaws puas tseem nyob ntawm no. Kuv yeej plaub sib ntaus no. Rau xyoo dhau los, Kaum Ib Hlis Ntuj 28, 2009, tib hnub kuv yuav sib ntaus sib tua James DeGale, Kuv khob qhov rooj tawm Librado Andrade. Thiab kuv kuj tau swb lawm Glen Johnson nyob rau hauv Quebec nroog. DeGale yog ib tug tau zus ib yawm, tab sis tuaj rau lub ntsej muag rau kuv nyob rau hauv kuv hometown, nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm 15,000 neeg, nws yuav tsis yooj yim rau nws. Kuv yog tus challenger, Kuv yog tus underdog, thiab nws yog tus tau zus ib, tab sis lub siab yog nyob rau nws. Kuv tau nyob no thaum kuv ntsib Carl Froch nyob rau hauv ces. Kuv npau suav yog kom rov kuv lub ntiaj teb lub npe. Kuv yeej ib txwm ntseeg hais tias nyob rau hauv kuv thiab nyob rau hauv kuv cov cuab yeej ua tau li ntawd. Lub siv yuav nyob twj ywm nyob rau hauv Quebec.”
YAKAUNPAU DEGALE
“Koj yuav tsum hu rau kuv txoj kev warrior! Kuv pog mus yuav fim ib cov neeg tseem ceeb fighter zoo li Lucian, uas yog zus rau tsib lub xyoos. Tab sis txoj kev kuv txoj kev kawm, tsis muaj leej twg yuav tuav kuv. Koj yuav saib tau kuv ua cim cia li los ntawm lub fact kuv txais mus tuaj ntawm no thiab coj uas sib ntaus. Nej yuav tsum npaj rau ib tug npau taws thiab spectacular sib ntaus.”
Howard nyiaj pab (Bute lub taub hau tus kws qhia)
“Kuv txoj hauj lwm yog yooj yim: Kuv yuav tsum npaj Lucian los yeej lub npe. British neeg tua hluav taws twb yeej ib txwm siab dua nyob rau hauv lub 160 phaus thiab 168 phaus kev sib cais. DeGale yog heev, nws yeej nyob hauv lub Olympic ua si nyob rau hauv 2008, thiab lub ntiaj teb Championship nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States…tab sis hais tias yuav tsis ua hauj lwm Kaum ib hlis 28th.”
Jim McDonnell (DeGale lub taub hau tus kws qhia)
“James yog txawv. Nws ua txhua yam rau lub ntxhib txoj kev: yog ib tug tau zus ib Olympic, winning lub British title nyob rau ntawm nws ninth fight, thiab ua lub ntiaj teb no zus nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States. Qhov ntau siab nws muaj, lub zoo dua nws yog. Kuv yeej tsis paub leej twg zoo li nws ua ntej. Nws yuav tsis yuav ntshai thaum. James respects Bute, tab sis lawv hais tias thaum koj yeej ib title, koj tau zoo dua. Nws yuav ua tau rau peb ntshai.”
Jean BÉDARD
“Nws tseem yuav mus yuav ib tug kev lom zem hmo ntuj. Kuv muaj ob tug poj defining lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv kuv 10 xyoo nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no boxing. Tus thawj ib tug yog lub kaum hli ntuj 19, 2007, thaum Lucian los ua ntiaj teb tau zus ib nyob rau TVA (Quebec TV channel) thiab kaum ib hlis 28, 2009, nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm ib tug jam pob pawg neeg ntawm cov 16,000 kiv cua ntawm lub Quebec Coliseum thaum Lucian yeej Librado Andrade. Howard Grant (uas yog nyob rau hauv Andrade lub ces kaum) tseem nco ntsoov hais tias kuv paub hais tias! Tam sim no, rau xyoo tom qab, peb yog npaj rau ib qho historic hnub.”
YVON Michel
“Tsis tau zus ib nyob rau hauv Quebec tus boxing keeb kwm puas tau regained lub ntiaj teb title tom qab poob nws. Cov hauj lwm yuav ua nyuaj, vim hais tias DeGale yog heev txawj thiab siab tawv. Nws yeej nws lub npe nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United State, deb ntawm nws lub tsev. Tseem, peb hauv paus rau Lucian Bute ntawm 100%. We have a 12 000 spectators configuration in the brand new Vidéotron Centre and we had already brought more people before for some of Lucian’s fight. Peb yog ntseeg hais tias Quebec tus boxing kiv cua yuav tau hauv paus rau Lucian.” Daim pib no yog rau cov muag khoom nyob rau ntawm lub Vidéotron Centre chaw ua hauj lwm, rau www.ticketmaster.ca, ntawm gym(514) 383-0666, ntawm InterBox (450) 645-1077 los yog ntawm tus yeej boxing qws (514) 376-0980.
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