Qhov twgrld-kab Thaum-Beatens Humberto Savigne & Claudio Marrero Featured nyob rau hauv Cais bouts Ntawm ShoBox: Tshiab Tiam Tripleheader ntawm 10 p.m. ET / PT
"Kuv paub tias kuv yuav mus kom kuv KO streak mus ... ..He yeej tsis tau khob qhov rooj tawm thiab kuv nyiam cov neeg hom ntawm kev sib tw. '' - Sammy Vasquez
"Nws tau khob ib tug ntau ntawm cov hais mav, tab sis nws tsis tau ntsib leej twg zoo li kuv "- Emmanuel Lartey
Pittsburgh, Pa. (Jan. 29, 2015) - High-zog hometown nyiam thiab unbeaten Welterweight Sammy Vasquez Jr. (17-0, 13 Kos) yuav rov qab mus ua hauj lwm nrhiav nws 10th sib law liag yeej los ntawm knockout thaum nws yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv peb cov kwvtij southpaw Emmanuel Lartey (17-2, 8 Kos, 1 NC), ntawm Brooklyn, N.Y.. los ntawm txoj kev ntawm Ghana, nyob rau hauv lub 10-round ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm ib tug ShoBox: Tshiab Tiamtripleheader nyob rau SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET / PT, ncua nyob rau hauv lub sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv) los ntawm CONSOL Zog Center nyob rau hauv Pittsburgh, Pa.
Nyob rau hauv lub co-feature ntawm lub Goossen Promotions kev tshwm sim, yav tas los cov neeg uas coj Cuban pib xyaum ua lub hnub qub thiab tam sim no peb-ranked Qhov teeb Heavyweight Humberto Savigne (12-1, 9 Kos, 1 NC), ntawm Miami ntawm Guantánamo, Teb chaws Cuba, yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv undefeated Craig Baker (15-0, 11 Kos), ntawm Baytown, Texas, nyob rau hauv ib tug 8/10-round sib ntau sib tw.
Nyob rau hauv lub qhib sib ntau sib tw ntawm cov telecast, feemxyuam southpaw thiab WBA Tsis. 7 ranked featherweight Claudio Marrero (17-1, 13 Kos), ntawm Miami los ntawm txoj kev ntawm cov koom pheej Dominican, yuav lub thawv ib tus nrog sib ntaus yuav tsum tau tshaj tawm nyob rau hauv ib yim-round match.
"Peb nyob nraum siab qhia Sammy rov qab mus ua hauj lwm tiv thaiv Lartey,"Hais tias Tom Brown ntawm Goossen Promotions. "Rau xyoo lawm Western Pennsylvania tau ua lub ntiaj teb no yeej thiab ib co ntawm cov boxing lub toughest warriors thiab Sammy tabtom haum txoj cai nyob rau hauv. Nws yeej ua CONSOL nws lub tsev. Nrog lub muaj zog heev yav dhau los txhawb pab los ntawm Pittsburgh cheeb tsam rau nws fights, peb xav kom tus kivcua ntsawj mus yuav daim pib zoo nyob rau hauv ua ntej. "
"Peb yog heev siab heev rau ib zaug dua host hometown hero Sammy Vasquez, Jr., ntawm CONSOL Zog Center raws li nws muaj nuj nqis rau hauv lub feature sib ntau sib tw rau ib tug zoo kawg li kev boxing card rau Feb. 20,"Hais tias Tim Hassett, CONSOL Zog Center General Manager thiab Regional VP ntawm AEG Chaw. "Lub nroog ntawm Pittsburgh muaj ib tug nplua nuj keeb kwm thiab kev lig kev cai nyob rau hauv boxing, thiab yog qhov chaw ntawm ib tug cheeb tsam tag nrho ntawm zoo siab ua si kiv cua. Peb zoo siab heev uas Goossen Promotions thiab SHOWTIME tau xaiv peb venue li lub tsev kawm ntawv rau qhov kev tshwm sim, thiab peb tos ntsoov rau tag nrho cov muab kev koom tes enjoying txhua yam uas peb lub zos zoo heev muaj. "
Ib qho ntawm feem nrov fighters los ntawm cov cheeb tsam nyob rau hauv lub xyoo, cov neeg coob coob-txaus Vasquez, 28, yuav ua nws ob ShoBox pib thiab thib peb sib law liag tsos ntawm CONSOL Zog Center, qhov chaw uas nws yog los tawm ob ntawm lub finest victories ntawm nws cia siab ua hauj lwm.
Nyob rau hauv nws feem ntau tsis ntev los no pib, lub txhoj puab heev-minded Vasquez sau npe ib tug heev 2:35, thawj-round knockout tshaj Alberto Mosquera (21-1-2 mus nyob rau hauv) kawg Nov. 14. Nws tua nkag ib tug smashing cuaj-round TKO tshaj ces-unbeaten James Stevenson (21-0 mus nyob rau hauv) on Aug. 8. Vasquez poob Mosquera ob zaug nrog lub cev txhaj tshuaj, Stevenson ib zaug.
Vasquez tau tiv thaiv ib lub sij hawm yav dhau los lub thib rau puag ncig. Nws yeej tsis ploj mus ntau tshaj cuaj thiab tau yeej nws kawg cuaj sib law liag los ntawm fights knockout. Lartey, conversely, tau ploj mus 10 los yog ntau tshaj ib ncig tsib lub sij hawm, tsis tau khob qhov rooj tawm thiab yeej tsis tau khob qhov rooj cia.
"Lartey yog ib tug zoo, nyuaj fighter thiab nws mus yuav ib tug zoo sib ntaus,'' Vasquez hais tias. "Kuv paub tias kuv yuav mus kom kuv KO streak mus. Seb nws yog nyob rau hauv thawj los yog 10, nws yuav tshwm sim. Nws yeej tsis tau khob qhov rooj tawm thiab kuv nyiam cov neeg hom ntawm kev sib tw. ''
Nyob rau hauv nws ShoBox debut, Vasquez qhab nia peb knockdowns en txoj kev mus rau ib tug 2:49, thawj-round knockout tshaj Juan Rodriguez Jr. on Plaub Hlis Ntuj 18, 2014, nyob rau hauv Monroeville. Pa. Txawm tag nrho cov stoppages, lub 5-ko taw-10 Vasquez yeej tsis suav nws tus kheej ib tug knockout Puncher.
"Kuv xav tias kuv tus kheej zoo-npawv tiam sis yog lub sijhawm los, Kuv coj kom zoo dua,"Vasquez hais tias. "Txawm kuv xam los ntawm lwm tus neeg raws li ib tug KO los yog txiv leej tub los yog tsis, Kuv mam li coj kom zoo dua ntawm lub caij nyoog. Kuv paub tias kuv yuav tau nkag mus rau lub ntiaj teb no qeb duas sai. Tab sis, rau tam sim no, Kuv tsis tshua mloog mus rau lawv. ''
Ib tug accomplished pib xyaum ua (2011 Teb chaws NPAWG Championships thiab 2010 Tag nrho cov-Army Championships kub medalist ntawm 152 phaus), Vasquez tau ib tug neeg coob coob nyiam txij thaum tig pro nyob rau hauv lub yim hli ntuj 2012. Tag nrho tab sis peb ntawm nws fights muaj npaum li cas qhov chaw nyob rau hauv lub cheeb tsam Pittsburgh.
"Sib ntaus sib tua dua nyob rau ntawm lub CONSOL Zog Center, lub tsev arena rau Pittsburgh Penguins, yog zoo,'' Hais tias Vasquez, ib tug United States Army qub tub rog uas tau txais kev pab ob nqe ntaus rog tours nyob rau hauv Iraq (2005-2006 thiab 2008-2009) thaum lub sij hawm ib tug cuaj-xyoo stint raws li ib tug tswv cuab ntawm lub National Guard. "Kuv yog ua tsaug rau cov yuav tau tawm xov xwm muaj thiab kuv zoo siab yuav muaj peev xwm coj mloog thiab tshaj tawm rau Pittsburgh rau cov boxing kiv cua yuav txaus siab rau. Kuv zoo siab tau coj boxing rov qab thiab muab tso rau hauv ib tug zoo qhia rau lub nroog thiab peb cheeb tsam.
"Yog tsis muaj siab nyob rau hauv boxing tom qab ib co ntawm cov yam uas kuv twb tau los ntawm sab nraum ntawm boxing. Kuv yeej ib txwm xav los yeej, tab sis yeej, poob los yog kos, nyob rau hauv boxing koj yeej ib txwm tuaj tawm ntawm hais tias lub nplhaib ciaj sia. ''
Lartey (cov lus hais "Lar-tes"), 32, yog los tawm nws feem ntau noteworthy yeej, ib tug unanimous 10-round kev txiav txim siab kov yeej lub ntiaj teb no yav tas los yeej Steve Forbes Lub rau hli ntuj 7, 2014 nyob rau hauv Tacoma, Ntxuav.
“Kuv twb ntsib ntau tougher kev sib tw tshaj Vasquez thiab kuv tsis txhawj xeeb txog sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv nws hometown,"Lartey hais tias. "Sammy yog ib tug heev nyuaj fighter, tab sis yog li kuv. Nws tau khob tawm ib tug ntau ntawm cov hais mav, tab sis nws tsis tau ntsib leej twg zoo li kuv. "
Nyob rau hauv nws sib ntau sib tw ua ntej lub xeem, nws ShoBox debut, Lartey tuaj nyob rau hauv tsis ncaj ncees lawm thaum xaus ntawm ib tug nyuaj-fought split yim-round kev txiav txim siab rau 2008 U.S. Olympic kub medalistFelix Diaz.
Peb fights dhau los qhov kev ua si, check Lartey muab unbeaten nce hnub qub thiab 2012 U.S. Olympian Errol Spence nws toughest pro sib ntaus, noj nws lub yim-round deb rau thawj lub sij hawm. Txawm hais tias kom meej meej tom qab thiab seemingly nrua ntaus, Lartey tsaws ib lub cev tua nyob ze ntawm lub kawg ntawm lub xya ua ntej co ntxias lis Spence nrog ib tug loj txoj cai sib ntsib lig nyob rau ntawm lub tswb. Lartey tuaj rau pem hauv ntej rau feem ntau ntawm cov yim puag ncig, yuam Spence sawv nws hauv av nyob rau hauv lub kawg feeb ntawm kev sib ntaus.
“Kuv muaj ib tug ob peb setbacks thiab kuv ua tsaug rau lub sij hawm no. Qhov no yog kuv lub sij hawm mus ci thiab qhia lub ntiaj teb no yuav ua li cas zoo kuv.”
Lub 5-ko taw-8 Lartey muab pro nyob rau hauv lub Plaub Hlis 2005 nyob rau hauv Ghana, thiab tiv thaiv los ntawm 2009 muaj. Nws yog 11-0 nrog 1 NC - winning lub African thiab Ghanaian super sib Championships raws txoj kev - ua ntej yuav mus rau hauv lub tebchaws United States thiab ua nws debut stateside nyob rau hauv Lub ob hlis ntuj 2011.
Qhov no yuav yog plaub lub sij hawm nws ntsib ib tug unbeaten zeem muag nyob rau hauv txoj kev. Nws yog 1-2, poob rau cov ntsiab lus rau Diaz nyob rau hauv lub Plaub Hlis 2014 thiab Spence nyob rau hauv Lub kaum hli ntuj 2013 thiab yeej ntawm cov ntsiab lus tiv thaiv Jonathan Bautista (13-0 mus nyob rau hauv) nyob rau hauv lub Plaub Hlis 2013.
Savigne (cov lus hais "sa-peat-yay"), 34, khob qhov rooj tawm yav tas los lub ntiaj teb no yeejJeff lacy nyob rau hauv lub thib ob puag ncig nyob rau hauv nws cov nag pib Lub Xya hli ntuj 10, 2014. Uas upped nws cov ntaub ntawv mus 10-0 nrog 1 NC txij li thaum raug kev txom nyem nws leeg yeej rau underdog Harvey Jolly nyob rau hauv Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 2009, ib tug sib ntaus nyob rau hauv uas nws yuav tau nkag mus rau nrog ib tug raug mob pob taws.
Ib tug qub thoob ntiaj teb pib xyaum ua standout thiab ib tug tswv cuab ntawm lub Cuban National pab rau xya xyoo, Humberto (cov lus hais "Umberto" - nrog ib tug ntsiag to "H") ua nws pro thiab stateside debut ntawm lub caij muaj hnub nyoog ntawm 30. Neeg ua mov ci nruab nrab yog cov plaub undefeated fighter uas Savigne tau ntsib raws li ib tug pro.
"Qhov tsuas yog li kuv paub yog tias Baker yuav mus txhos caug rau ntawm thib tsib puag ncig,"Savigne Hais. "Kuv yuav nyob rau hauv muaj mus khob nws tawm thiab ua nws ib tug ceev hmo ntuj. Kuv tsis paub dab tsi nws yog xav txog kuv, tab sis kuv paub kuv tsis underestimating nws. Kuv yuav mus ua kuv txoj hauj lwm zoo li kuv ib txwm ua. Nws tsis yog dab tsi nws puas. Kuv mam li yuav npaj.
"Kuv yuav mus ua pov thawj tias kuv cov tshiab Don ntawm lub teeb Heavyweight faib,"Hais Savigne, uas yog nicknamed "El Don."
Ib tug tej yam ntuj tso sab laug-hander, Mus Savigne 398-23 nyob rau hauv lub amateurs. Nws yeej lub teb chaws championship plaub lub sij hawm, thiab yog nyob rau hauv lub teb chaws pab neeg rau xya xyoo. Savigne defected los ntawm teb chaws Cuba rau hauv lub tebchaws United States nyob rau hauv lub Plaub Hlis 2009. Lub 6-taw-1 Savigne, uas tau tiv thaiv heev dua lwm yam nyob rau hauv lub U.S. txij li thaum tig pro, tau sai sai sawv mus Tsis. 3 nyob rau hauv lub Qhov 175-phaus rankings tom qab cia li 14 kev bouts.
"Kuv xav tias kuv yeej npaj txhij rau lub ntiaj teb title sib ntaus vim xyoo tas los,"Savigne Hais. "Kuv tab tom nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej rau tau txais ib tug yeej nyob rau hauv Feb 20 thiab txojkev loj npe nyob rau hauv lub teeb Heavyweight faib. Kuv twb tau kev cob qhia nyuaj thiab kuv twb tau tus neeg mob thiab siab mos siab muag. Thaum lub sij hawm los, Kuv yuav mus yuav nyob rau hauv prime zoo thiab npaj txhij mus ua tau kuv tus npau suav ntawm kab ib lub ntiaj teb tau zus ib. Seb nws yog thaum ntxov xyoo no, lig xyoo no los yog xyoo tom ntej, Kuv npaj txhij.
"Kuv xav mus tua lub yeej ntawm 175 phaus, tab sis kuv yuav tsum tau saib xyuas ntawm Baker thawj. Kuv xav Adonis Stevenson. Kuv xav tias kuv zoo dua nws. Nws yeej tsis tiv thaiv ib tug txiv leej tub zoo li kuv thiab kuv tsis pom txaus txuj ci los ua nyob rau hauv nws yuav tsum tau defeat kuv. "
Neeg ua mov ci, uas puv 31 rau Feb. 10, yuav ua nws ShoBox debut. Ib tug xya-xyoo-pro, Neeg ua mov ci yog ib tug siab dav hlau tua rog uas nyiam hnav down tw intelligently. Nws yog los tawm ib tug thib peb-round knockout tshaj Sergio Cordoba kawgNov. 15 nyob rau hauv Argentina. Nws tau yeej nws kawg peb fights hauv peb rounds, tiam sis tsis tiv thaiv neeg tua hluav taws nyob rau theem ntawm Savigne.
"Kuv yeej ib txwm lub underdog, yog li no yog tsis muaj dab tsi tshiab,"Neeg ua mov ci hais tias. "Kuv twb tau nyob rau hauv no txoj hauj lwm ua ntej. Koj tsuas muaj mus ua li cas koj nyob nraum yuav tsum ua koj yuav tau lub yeej. "Peb twb tau tos rau lub sij hawm no los ua pov thawj peb yog leej twg.
"Thaum kuv yeej nws yuav txhais li cas txhua yam, nws yuav ib tug npau suav tuaj tseeb. Nws yuav qhib qhov rooj rau kuv ib co. Kuv mam li yuav 16-0 thiab yuav muaj cai muaj lub ntsej muag ib co ntawm cov saum toj kawg nkaus tua hluav taws ntawm 175 phaus. "
Neeg ua mov ci muab rau boxing nyob rau hauv 2005 raws li ib txoj kev poob phaus. Thaum lub sij hawm, nws tiv kev txom nyem 293 phaus. Nws yuav plam nws pib xyaum ua debut tab sis, ces mus rau yeej Texas lub xeev Golden hnab looj tes thiab cov Texas lub xeev teb chaws USA Championships nyob rau hauv ob qho tag nrho 2007 thiab 2008. Neeg ua mov ci twb tseem khiav mus nyob rau ntawm lub National NPAWG kev sib tw nyob rau hauv 2007, ib tug quarterfinalist nyob rau hauv ob lub National USA Championships kev sib tw thiab lub teb chaws Golden hnab looj tes, uas khwv tau nws ib tug teb chaws USA boxing teb chaws qeb duas ntawm Tsis. 3.
"Kuv twb ntsib hais mav zoo li nws ua ntej,"Neeg ua mov ci hais tias. "Thaum lub kawg ntawm lub hnub, txhua yam uas tseem ceeb yog dab tsi koj coj mus rau lub nplhaib. Rau lub teb chaws nyob rau hauv lub amateurs koj yuav fim hais mav nrog ib tug ob peb puas fights rau thawj hnub ntawm ib tug kev sib tw. Yog li ntawd nws pib xyaum ua pedigree tsis hem kuv.
"Kuv cia li yuav ib tug W rau nkawv noj nws los. Tias yog dab tsi kuv xav thiab hais tias yog dab tsi kuv tab tom tau txais. Nws cia li zoo li lwm yam dav hlau tua rog. Koj yuav tsum tos thiab pom li cas lawv muaj. Peb mam li nrhiav tau tawm nyob rau kev sib ntaus hmo ntuj. "
Marrero, 25, yog tsis muaj neeg txawv rau hauv zos kiv cua, muaj tiv thaiv ob zaug nyob rau hauv lub cheeb tsam xyoo tas los, ob lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv cards kuj featuring Vasquez.
Ib qho zoo heev uas nws fighter tsuas tsis tuaj ib tug on ceev 12-round kev txiav txim siab rauYexus Cuellar nyob rau hauv ib tug cia-it-tag nrho-dai-tawm, nkaus-packed slugfest rau lub WBA Interim Featherweight ntiaj teb Championship (tau qhab nia 114-113, 115-114 thiab 111-111) nyob rau hauv lub yim hli ntuj 2013, Marrero yuav tau ua nws ShoBox thiab 2015 debut. Nws mus 3-0 xyoo tas los, winning los ntawm thib rau-round TKO tshaj Ira Terry nyob rau hauv nws feem ntau tsis ntev los no pib kawg Nov. 21 nyob rau hauv Tulsa, Okla.
Nam daim pib luv nqi thaum $238, $100, $60, $40 thiab $25 rau menyuam kawm ntawv thiab cov tub rog nrog siv tau ID (Box Office Tsuas), ntxiv uas siv nqi, rau "Lub nuj nqis ntawm Pittsburgh III" yuav mus rau cov muag khoom Friday, Lub ib hlis ntuj 30 ntawm 10:00 a.m. los ntawm cov Dick lub Ntaus pob ncaws pob khoom Box Office ntawm CONSOL Zog Center, Ticketmaster.com, tag nrho Ticketmaster outlets los yog them nyiaj los ntawm tus xov tooj ntawm 800-745-3000. Nqi kom $5 nyob rau hauv lub hnub ntawm cov kev tshwm sim. Qhov rooj yuav qhib nyob rau hauv lub hmo ntuj ntawm cov kev tshwm sim ntawm 5:30 p.m. nrog tus thawj tswb ntawm 6:30 p.m.
CONSOL Zog Center yog nyob rau ntawm 1001 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219. Kev qhia ntxiv yuav tau nyob rau ntawm lawv lub website,www.consolenergycenter.com
Social Media: Ua raws li Goossen Promotions rau TwitterGoossenBoxing, Sammy Vasquez rau TwitterTeamSVasquez, SHOWTIME kev ua si @ SHOsports thiab CONSOL Zog CenterCONSOLEnergyCtr. Siv hashtag #VasquezLartey ua raws li cov kev sib tham.
Yog xav paub ntxiv nyob rau hauv Goossen Promotions saib lawv lub website ntawmwww.GoossenPromotions.com. Rau cov lus qhia ntxiv nyob rau hauv cov kev ua si mus xyuas Showtime www.Sho.com/sports.
Hais txog ShoBox: Tshiab Tiam
Txij thaum nws inception nyob rau hauv Lub Xya hli ntuj 2001, lub critically acclaimed SHOWTIME boxing series, ShoBox: Tshiab Tiam tau featured hluas txuj ci sib phim nyuaj. Lub ShoBox philosophy yog televise exciting, neeg coob coob-pleasing thiab sib tw ntais thaum npaj ib qhov tseeb hauv av rau kam zeem muag txiav txim sib ntaus rau ib lub ntiaj teb title. Ib co ntawm cov loj hlob daim ntawv teev cov 58 neeg tua hluav taws uas tau tshwm sim rau ShoBox thiab advanced rau garner ntiaj teb no lub npe muaj xws li: Lwm Ward, Deontay Wilder, Erislandy Lara, Shawn Porter, Lamont Peterson, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Omar Figueroa, Nonito Donaire, Devon Alexander, Carl Froch, Robert Guerrero, Timothy Bradley, Jessie Vargas, Juan Manuel Lopez, Chad Dawson, Paulie Malignaggi, Ricky Hatton, Kelly Pavlik, Paul Williams thiab ntau yam ntxiv.