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Easter to Defend IBF Lightweight Title Against Javier Fortuna Заўтра
“I’m going to show him why he didn’t want to take this fight.” – Роберт Вялікдзень
Фота крэдыт: ЧАС ДЛЯ ШОЎ
ШТО: SHOWTIME Sports reporter Jim Gray sat down with undefeated world champion Роберт-малодшы Вялікдзень. at the famed Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn ahead of his 135-pound title defense against former world champion Хаўер Фартуна. The pair discussed Easter’s motivations to enter the sport of boxing, his life outside the ring and future aspirations inside the ring.
The IBF Lightweight World Title Bout serves as the co-feature of the Студзеня 20 SHOWTIME ЧЭМПІЯНАТ БОКС, a Premier Boxing Champions event LIVE on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. І/6 p.m. PT) ад Barclays Center, дом Брукліна БОКС ™. The event is headlined by IBF Welterweight World Champion and 2012 U.S. Алімпіец Эррол Спенс малодшы. making his first title defense against former two-division world champion Ламонт Пітэрсан.
“Nothing concerns me about Fortuna”, said Easter. “He hasn’t been in the ring with no one like me with my attributes. I’m going to show him why he didn’t want this fight.”
Looking ahead to what a successful title defense у суботу night would mean for his career, Easter made it clear his goal was to unify the division. “Майкі Гарсія, Хорхе Линарес – either or, ўсё роўна. It’s all in these guys’ hands if they want to face me.”
SHOWTIME Sports will stream two live boxing undercard bouts featuring Marcus Browne and Adam Kownacki у суботу on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING PRELIMS. Браўн, an unbeaten 175-pound contender from Staten Island, will face Francy Ntetu in a 10-round fight while undefeated heavyweight Kownacki, fighting out of Brooklyn by way of Poland, will take on Iago Kiladze of Kiev, Украіна ў 10-раўндавым баі.
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