Los Angeles, XWS LI (Lub peb hlis ntuj 17, 2015) Boxing Superstar GENNADY “GGG” Golovkin will defend his WBA/IBO and ‘Interim’ WBC Middleweight World Titles against Top-Rated Challenger Willie MONROE JR. rau Sat., Tej zaum 16 emanating from the Forum in Inglewood, XWS LI. The championship event will be televised Nyob rau HBO ntiaj teb Championship Boxing pib thaum 10:00 p.m. THIAB/PT.
“Kuv pog heev mus tua dua nyob rau hauv Los Angeles qhov twg kuv tam sim no nyob” Hais Golovkin. “Monroe yog ib tug uas txawj southpaw thiab kuv tos ntsoov txoj kev kuaj no nws yuav muab. Kuv cog lus rau kuv tus kivcua ntsawj lwm 'loj loj Drama Show'.”
Hais Monroe, “Nws mus yuav ib tug ntawm cov fights; ceev vs. hwj chim, slickness vs. Aggressiveness thiab cov heev nyuj vs. lub matador. Kuv npaj txhij. I’ve been in training already for three weeks before we even got this fight. We will be more than ready on Tej zaum 16.”
“Nrog lub extraordinary zoo thiab cov ntaub ntawv pawg neeg ntawm Gennady lub xeem sib ntaus nyob rau hauv yav qab teb California nyob rau kiag Hub! Center, we’re very excited to bring him back to Los Angeles on Tej zaum 16th at the Forum which has such a long and legendary history of boxing,” hais tias Tom Loffler ntawm K2 Promotions.
“Peb qhuas Willie Monroe Jr. rau txais cov kev sib tw ntawm sib ntaus sib tua Gennady, uas muaj ntau lwm yam contenders thiab txawm title tuav yog tsis kam mus txawm xav txog.”
“The old adage is that styles make fights and we believe that Willie has the style that will make this a great fight. Willie showed that by winning the 2014 Boxing Middleweight tournament and his win over Bryan Vera proves that he is one of the best middleweights in the world. Rau Tej zaum 16 he will prove that he deserved to fight Gennady Golovkin for the Middleweight championship of the World.” hais tias Banner Promotions’ tus thawj tswj hwm, ARTIE PELLULO.
“Saib ntau neeg tua hluav taws, kiv cua yuav tsuas cia siab tias yuav lom zem, tab sis, nrog Gennady Golovkin lawv yeej yuav tau txais yuav tsum,” hais tias Peter Nelson, Vice Thawj Tswj Hwm, Programming, HBO kev ua si. “Txij li thaum nyuaj rau nws thawj lub ntiaj teb title, Golovkin tau khob qhov rooj tawm tag nrho 13 tw nws tau ntsib, ib tug ntev streak thiab ntau dua knockout feem pua tshaj li tej tam sim no lub ntiaj teb no yeej. Rau Tej zaum 16, nws zoo nkaus li yuav tsim kom muaj rau cov neeg ua tiav tiv thaiv Willie Monroe Jr., uas nws tus kheej nrhiav kev yeej ntawm cov ibyam ntawm storied underdogs uas tau upended yuav tsum kawm hauv lub legendary venue ntawm lub LA lub rooj sab laj.
HNUB DUFINA, SVP West ntug dej hiav txwv, Madison Square Garden Co. hais tias, “Lub 'zoo heev’ Lub rooj sab laj muaj ib tug nplua nuj boxing keeb kwm yos rov qab mus rau 1968. Qhov no tsev tau tuav tshaj 400 fights thiab txais tos tshaj 2 lab boxing kiv cua los ntawm cov qhov rooj. Peb txaus siab ntxiv rau nws cov keeb kwm nrog lub ntiaj teb Middleweight Championship matchup ntawm Gennady Golovkin vs. Willie Monroe Jr.”
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Lub ntiaj teb no Boxing Association ('WBA'), Thoob ntiaj teb Boxing Organization ("IBO") thiab lub ntiaj teb no Boxing Council ('Qhov') 'Interim’ Middleweight ntiaj teb tau zus ib GENNADY “GGG” Golovkin, 32-0-0 (29KO lub) ntawm Los Angeles, California ntawm Karaganda, Kazakhstan yuav ua rau 14th tiv thaiv nws title tiv thaiv sab saum toj nyob challenger Willie MONROE JR.,
19-1-0 (6KO lub), ntawm Ithaca, New York rau Saturday, Tej zaum 16 ntawm Lub rooj sab laj nyob rau hauv Inglewood.
Rau Lub ob hlis ntuj 21 nyob rau hauv Monte Carlo-, Golovkin nres Martin Murray rau nws puv 19 sib law liag yeej los ntawm knockout, cov feem ntau nyob rau hauv lub keeb kwm ntawm lub Middleweight faib. Qhov no yuav ua tau Golovkin tus thib ob nyob rau hauv kev sib ntaus Los Angeles, muaj nres qub ntiaj teb no title challenger Marco Antonio Rubio rau Lub kaum hli ntuj 18, 2014 ua ntej ib cov ntaub ntawv chaw txim ntawm 9,323 nyob rau ntawm lub StubHub! Chaw nyob rau hauv Carson, XWS LI.
Monroe Jr. yeej acclaimed 2014 ESPN Boxcino kev sib tw tua yeej khub contenders Donatas Bondorovas, Vitaliy Kopylenko thiab Brandon Adams ntawm lub title.
Uas nyuam qhuav Monroe Jr. yeej ib 10-round unanimous kev txiav txim siab tshaj yav tas los lub ntiaj teb no title challenger Bryan Vera rau Lub ib hlis ntuj 16 nyob rau hauv ib tug sib ntau sib tw telecast rau ESPN Friday Hmo ntuj Fights.
Monroe yog tam sim no ranked #2 by lub WBA, #5 los ntawm lub WBO thiab #9 los ntawm lub Qhov.
GOLOVKIN vs. MONROE JR. is presented by K2 Promotions thiab GGG Promotions nyob rau hauv lub koom haum nrog Banner Promotions thiab lub rooj sab laj.
