WBC PURSE BID FOR STEVENSON/KOVALEV APRIL 17th IN MEXICO CITY

Montreal (Lub peb hlis ntuj 27, 2015) – Lub concretization ntawm lub Lub nplhaib, Qhov, WBA, IBF thiab WBO teeb Heavyweight kev koom ua ke sib ntaus ntawm Adonis “Superman” Stevenson thiab Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev tau noj lwm tseem ceeb kauj ruam. Lub ntiaj teb Boxing Council (Qhov) tau kom ib tug hnab twv yuav coj qhov chaw Plaub Hlis Ntuj 17 nyob rau hauv thiaj li yuav txiav txim seb lub neeg pab txhawb ntawm no loj tshwm sim.

Chiv thov los ntawm Groupe Yvon Michel (Gym) kom raug txim yuav tsum tau lub sij hawm los npaj rau ib tug loj kev tshwm sim zoo li no super sib ntaus, lub Qhov pom zoo los host lub hnab twv rau Apr. 17 nyob rau hauv Mexico.

Tus khiav ntawm no hnab twv yuav muaj ib tug zoo dua tshaj lwm cov neeg pab txhawb nyob rau hauv cov nqe lus ntawm kev txiav txim hnub, qhov chaw thiab TV network rau lub teeb Heavyweight showdown. Txhua pab pawg neeg yuav phua lub twv Attendance rau ib tug 50-50 hauv paus.

Ua ntej lub Stevenson (25-1, 21 Kos) vs. Kovalev (27-0-1, 24 Kos) Rumble yuav tshwm sim, tab sis yog, ob fighters yuav tsum kov yeej lawv cov tom ntej no sib ntau sib tw. Stevenson, lub Haitian-yug Quebecer, muaj ntse tiv thaiv nws Qhov thiab Lub nplhaib crowns Plaub Hlis Ntuj 4 nyob rau hauv Quebec City tiv thaiv Cameroon haiv neeg Sakio Bika (32-6-3, 21 Kos), thaum lub sij hawm Kovalev muaj 90 hnub ua ib tug yuav tsum tiv thaiv nws IBF siv tiv thaiv Frenchman Nadjib Mohammedi (37-3, 23 Kos) ntawm ib qho chaw yuav tsum tau txiav txim.

Stevenson lub promoter, Gym Thawj Tswj Hwm Yvon Michel, yog zoo siab heev los ntawm cov tau txhawb dab tsi yuav lub biggest teeb Heavyweight brawl ntawm tag nrho-lub sij hawm. “Peb mus ua ntej vim hais tias Adonis thiab nws pab neeg (adviser Al Haymon thiab lub taub hau kws qhia Jevan Qab Zib Hill) xav no txaus sib ntaus tshwm sim,” Michel piav. “Kuv boxer (Stevenson) xav muab nws kiv cua, tsis tsuas yog los ntawm Quebec tiam sis los ntawm ib ncig ntawm lub ntiaj teb no, sib ntaus lawv yeej xav.

“Adonis twb tsis ncaj ncees liam ntawm ducking Kovalev kawg lub caij ntuj sov tab sis nws lub hom phiaj qhov kawg yeej ib txwm tau los ua pov thawj nws yog tus King ntawm lub teeb heavyweights.”

Txhua leej txhua tus hais lus rau kuv txog Sergey Kovalev,” Qhov, Lub Nplhaib thiab lineal ntiaj teb no teeb Heavyweight yeej Stevenson ntxiv. “Kuv siab focussed rau Sakio Bika cai tam sim no, tab sis kuv yeej xav los koom ua lub npe. Kuv yog tus huab tais ntawm kuv faib thiab npaj txhij los ua pov thawj nws.”

Lub 37-xyoo-laus southpaw, siab ntseeg ntawm winning tag nrho cov loj ntiaj teb title koj cov menyuam, kuj muab sau, “Nyob rau hauv qhov tseeb, ob lub npe (WBA thiab IBF) uas Bernard Hopkins poob rau Kovalev yuav tsum yuav kuv, tab sis Hopkins khiav mus rau HBO es tsis tua kuv.”

Nrog kev pab los ntawm lub Qhov

Sanctioning lub cev tsis tshua muaj cia champions ntawm lwm cov koom haum ua ib feem nyob rau hauv nws rankings. Nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv no, Txawm li cas los, lub Qhov ua ib qho kev zam thiab hais tias, nyob rau hauv nws 52th txhua xyoo convention kawg Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj nyob rau hauv Las Vegas, lub Kovalev vs. Jean Pascal sib ntau sib tw khiav yuav tsum challenger rau Stevenson lub title.

Qhov tseem ceeb thiab qhov ntau ntawm ib tug sib ntaus nrog rau tag nrho cov npe ntawm ib tug tib faib ntawm ceg txheem ntseeg pawg lub Qhov Board of Governors kom kev txiav txim siab.

“Uas yog ib qho zoo heev zoo los ntawm Kathy Duva (tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Main Txheej xwm thiab Kovalev lub promoter),” Michel commented. “Adonis yog tam sim no yuav tsum sib ntsib Kovalev nyob rau hauv ib unification sib ntau sib tw, guaranteeing ib tug yooj yim txoj kev tsis muaj ntev, unnecessary bargaining. Peb yeej yuav tsis rov qab los, lub countdown tau cia li pib.”

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