Four-Part Documentary Series Chronicling The Rivalry and The Era
of Durán, 哈格勒, 赫恩斯, and Leonard
Premieres Sunday, 六月 6, 在 8 P.M. ET / PT
Exclusively on SHOWTIME
图片来源: The Ring Magazine via Getty Images
纽约 - 四月 15, 2021 – From 1980 通过 1989, four great champions and future Hall of Famers raised the level of their sport. It was boxing at its best, at its most enthralling. Over the span of one glorious decade, they fought each other nine times.Roberto “Manos de Piedra” Durán, 奇妙的马文·哈格勒, Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns, 和 糖光芒伦纳德,known collectively as the “Four Kings,” formed a fierce rivalry and arguably the greatest period in the history of the sport.
SHOWTIME SPORTS DOCUMENTARY FILMS will be presentingTHE KINGS, a four-part series chronicling the four fighters’ dramatic and divergent ascents to greatness and the legendary matches they produced. They dominated an era of their own creation, but not each other. The weekly series premieres on Sunday, 六月 6 在 8 P.M. AND / PT在Showtime, with all episodes being made available across the network’s on-demand and streaming platforms at premiere.
Today marks the 36th anniversary of the epic middleweight championship battle between Hagler and Hearns. Long considered the high-water mark of the Four Kings era, Hagler-Hearns stands out for the drama and brutal non-stop action that was compressed into just over eight minutes from start to finish. The fight and the opening stanza were consensus Fight of the Year and Round of the Year, 分别, but many consider both as one of, 否则该,all-time best in their respective categories.
下面, please find the observations and recollections of those who covered that fight, many who are featured inTHE KINGS.
“I remember the week of the fight, Hagler wore a baseball hat with ‘WAR’ on the front, 我以为, ‘eh, the usual pre fight hype’, until the first bell, then I said, “WOW, Hagler was right.”
– 泰迪地图集,Hall of Fame trainer and boxing analyst
“I covered the fight as a columnist for The New York Times. Here was my lead: Until Thomas Hearns fell, with the assistance of a smashing right to the face by Marvelous Marvin Hagler, and was ruled the loser at 2:01 第三轮, hardly a second passed that one of the fighters wasn’t throwing and landing a stunning blow.”
– Ira Berkow, ringside for The New York Times
“The excitement at the outdoor arena at Caesars Palace was palpable. As I sat ringside I did something I now do regularly before a match. When both Hagler and Hearns had entered and were in the ring I took my headsets off just to feel the emotion of the crowd better. I wanted to live that moment. 现在, I do that before every big match just before it begins. At the end of the first round, I said on the telecast, ‘This is one of the best rounds in middleweight boxing history.’ I may have been underselling it.”
– 铝伯恩斯坦, SHOWTIME Boxing analyst /马戏团, called the fight as part of the live closed-circuit telecast team
“I knew trouble was brewing when in the last leg of their nationwide press tour, Marvin stuck dinner napkins in both ears as Tommy stood to continue three weeks of boasting about a third-round knockout. ‘He’s half right,’ Hagler later groused. The first round sucked the air out of the arena and the finish was Hagler’s violent response to all the forces he believed had tried to deny him greatness his whole career. Marvin took all his frustrations out on poor Tommy and left him in a heap on the floor, broken like an old beach chair.”
– 罗恩·博尔赫斯,ringside for the Boston Globe
“I was sitting first-row ringside that night next to Ed Schuyler Jr., the great AP boxing writer. We were anticipating a good fight, but we had no idea how good. The bell rang and suddenly Hagler and Hearns were fighting in a fury that was hard to comprehend and just as hard to describe. When the round ended, I remember looking at Schuyler shaking my head, not saying a word, and he did the same to me back. It was like ‘What did we just see?’ I’ve seen thousands of fights, but to this day that three minutes of mayhem is forever etched in my mind. No need to watch the old video, I remember it almost punch by punch. Greatest first round ever, and top five in greatest fights I’ve ever covered.”
– 蒂姆·达尔伯格,ringside for the Associated Press
“A wise old journalist once told me, ‘If you’re covering a fight, or anything for that matter, that’s truly sensational, don’t try to write it that way. Underplay it.’ I think of that advice whenever anybody mentions Hagler-Hearns. For fight fans, it was invigorating, inspiring, incredible – everything we could ever hope for. For fight writers, it was a bit different. How could we describe that first round without overstepping our bounds? Sometimes it’s easier being a fan.”
– 史蒂夫Farhood, SHOWTIME Boxing analyst / Covered the fight as senior writer for KO magazine
“I will always remember sitting in the truck, as the producer of the telecast, and telling Marc Payton, the director, to stick with the hand-held camera in the last minute of the first round, mesmerized that they had planted themselves in front of该 相机. It was the longest three minutes of action in my entire career. I turned to Marc at the end of the round and just asked, ‘What the hell was that?’ It was actually a more emphatic expletive than that.”
– Ross Greenburg, executive producer of the fight telecast
“At the end of the first round I was literally speechless. The action had been so incredibly intense – they had attacked each other with the kind of ferocity you only see in a horror movie – that I had watched it all with my mouth wide open, and in the dry desert air my mouth had become completely bone dry, so I was unable to get a word out when Ian Darke asked me for my comment. Eventually I managed to say, ‘That’s the greatest round of boxing I’ve ever seen.’ And all these years later, it still remains so.”
– 科林·哈特, ringside for The Sun and BBC Radio
“Whenever I’m asked to name the most exciting sporting event I ever attended, I respond, ‘Hagler-Hearns.’ Never do I have to explain.”
– Barry Horn, ringside for the Dallas Morning News
“Greatest first round in the history of boxing at any weight. Hearns hits him with the best right hand he ever threw, wobbles him, opens a cut on his forehead but two rounds later Marvin fights off the blood and knocks him out. Seventy years covering boxing and I never saw anything like it.”
– Jerry Izenberg, ringside for The Star-Ledger
“Being at ringside for the eight minutes of fury known as the Marvin Hagler-Thomas Hearns fight was as close as anyone could come to understanding the days of gladiators in the Roman Colosseum. The first round was all-out warfare with both fighters exchanging their best power shots. Hearns tried to box in the second, but Hagler wouldn’t let him, and when the blood started pouring from a cut on Hagler’s forehead in the third and there was a danger the fight might be stopped, Hagler later said, ‘It turns me on, the monster comes out.’ Boy, did it! I never will forget the image of one of Hearns’ handlers cradling him like a child and carrying him to the corner, which is why I led with that picture. Easily the most savage boxing match I’ve witnessed between two all-time greats.”
– Greg Logan, ringside for Newsday
“Although the action and drama lasted eight-plus breathless minutes, it actually was over in the first minute or so when KO star Hearns landed a flush right and Hagler didn’t blink. It was then I realized that Hagler, normally a patient stalker, had signaled his intention to use his middleweight strength to challenge a big welterweight by pounding his chest defiantly just before the opening bell rang. A night and fight to remember.”
– 拉里商人, ringside commentator for delay telecast
“Obviously the greatest round of boxing I’ve ever seen, let alone called. One of those moments that you knew the magnitude of as it was happening. That first round felt like it was a half hour long.”
– 巴里·汤普金斯, SHOWTIME Boxing analyst / ringside to call the delay fight telecast
“I didn’t know what to expect since it was my first time watching a fight at a movie theater. Whites and Blacks in Memphis only socialized around sports back then. It was a mixed crowd in the theater, but the same reaction: pure joy and excitement. Everyone stood throughout the entire fight. It was violent, 勇敢, and thrilling.”
– George Willis, covering from a closed-circuit outlet in Memphis for The Commercial Appeal
“I covered that fight, and many others, for The Detroit News. I’ll never forget the absolute savagery in the way Hearns and Hagler went at each other from the opening bell, and the way the crowd roared with every punch. One telling moment: Hearns connected with a wicked left hook that turned Hagler half around from the force of the punch — but never fazed him. It has been called the greatest short fight in history, and that stands up to this day. The first round set the tone. I remember after the fight someone asked Larry Merchant of HBO how he scored that first round. ‘I gave them both 11,’ he replied. That said it all.”
– Mike O’Hara,ringside for The Detroit News
“My memory of the first round: action so immediate and reckless that spectators were left breathless. So were the reporters at ringside. I was there for the Boston Globe, and I remember the veteran scribes who sat paralyzed after the bell, unable to type or scratch notes, me included. A deep gash opened above Hagler’s right eye, and Hearns’ right hand fractured. In the third round, with blood running down Hagler’s nose, the referee stopped the bout and asked Hagler if he could continue. Hagler snapped: ‘I’m not missing him, am I?’ When the bout resumed Hagler attacked quickly, bounced three long rights off of Hearns’ 头, and watched him twist downward to the canvas.”
– Steve Marantz, ringside for the Boston Globe
“I remember how difficult it was, on a tight deadline, to give justice to that spectacular first round. How many superlatives could I pack into the story without inducing nausea? Hagler quietly, confidently selling the fight – simply, wearing a cap with ‘War’ emblazoned on the front. Then that nail-hard infantryman, coming, always coming after Hearns. Hearns out on his feet, chin on referee Richard Steele’s shoulder and then carried to his corner. I can still hear the crowd roaring throughout the short fight, knowing all of us were witnessing a brawl for the ages.”
– 约翰·菲利普斯, ringside for Reuters
“What I remember about this war was there was no feeling (each other) out, they just came out slugging from the opening bell! It was so loud outside at Caesars Palace, the most iconic venue, that made this fight even more special. I wish more fights were outside. I also thought that Referee Richard Steele did a great job and just let them fight!”
– Marc Ratner, Nevada State Athletic Commission Inspector for Hagler-Hearns
“Hagler-Hearns was the first major fight I covered and the first time I was ever in Las Vegas. I was there to do sidebars and run quotes for Greg Logan, who was doing the main story for Newsday. I got a seat in press row when press row was truly ringside, literally within 10 feet of the ring apron. And after the incredible first round, I was on my feet, my legs quivering, when I noticed all the other older, more grizzled reporters were standing too, stunned by what we all had just seen. At that moment, Eddie Schuyler of the AP turned to me and deadpanned in that sardonic manner of his, ‘You know, 孩子, they aren’t all like this.’ He turned out to be right. Over the next 38 years and who knows how many first rounds, I have yet to see another one like that.”
– Wally Matthews, ringside for Newsday
THE KINGSis produced by Box To Box Film in association with Ingenious Media. The series is executive produced by James Gay-Rees (Amy, Senna, Drive To Survive) and Paul Martin (马拉多纳, Drive To Survive), produced by Fiona Neilson (Oasis: Supersonic, 酷玩乐队: A Head Full of Dreams) and directed by Mat Whitecross (Oasis: Supersonic, Road To Guantanamo, 酷玩乐队: A Head Full of Dreams).
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纽约 - 四月 12, 2021 - 在拳击中, it is said that styles make fights. 从 1980 通过 1989, it was the style of four great fighters that not only made legendary fights, it ushered in a boxing renaissance. The fierce rivalry between world champions and future Hall of Famers known as the “Four Kings” –Roberto “Manos de Piedra” Durán, 奇妙的马文·哈格勒, Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns, 和 糖光芒伦纳德– produced a Golden Age defined by the nine world championship fights between them and solidified their place among the greatest to ever live.
SHOWTIME SPORTS DOCUMENTARY FILMS today announcedTHE KINGS, a four-part series chronicling the four fighters’ dramatic and divergent ascents to greatness and the legendary matches they produced. The weekly series premieres on Sunday, 六月 6 在 8 P.M. ET /PT on SHOWTIME, with all episodes being made available across the network’s on-demand and streaming platforms at premiere.
THE KINGSspotlights boxing’s evolution from the end of Muhammad Ali’s era to the era of the Four Kings, set against the seismic political and socio-economic shifts taking place in the United States. The Four Kings rose to fame as the presidency of Jimmy Carter and economic recession gave way to the boon of 1980s capitalism and excess harnessed by the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. 灌木. Through in-depth interviews and archival footage, the series also examines the very personal battles that each man waged on his unique journey to the center of the sports world.
“These four men defined an era in boxing,“斯蒂芬·埃斯皮诺萨说, 总统, SHOWTIME体育. “Their individual stories, forever linked by the spectacular battles they waged, reflect a tumultuous period in American culture and history.THE KINGStakes the viewer beyond the glorious action of some of history’s most memorable prizefights to illuminate each man’s dramatic journey and the societal context that made them stars of sports and popular culture.”
Following a brief fallow period in the wake of Ali’s retirement, boxing was revitalized when Leonard became a world champion in 1979 and waged his first battle with Durán in 1980. From that point, the Four Kings engaged in a decade-long run of riveting fights that far outperformed any other sport in attention and revenue. They were the most popular stars of sports and American culture.
从 1979 通过 1985, as a mark of their incredible achievements, the Boxing Writers Association of America bestowed these men the coveted title of “Fighter of the Year” annually with the lone exception of 1982 – with Leonard, Hagler and Hearns each winning twice. In the nine world title fights between them, there were four knockouts and three of the bouts were recognized by午夜凶铃magazine as “Fight of the Year.” 午夜凶铃magazine “Round of the Year” (and to many, the round of all time) from round one of Hagler-Hearns is, 也许, the most iconic single round of boxing of all time. Fittingly, THE KINGSpremieres in the 45th anniversary year of Leonard winning an Olympic gold medal, and the 40th anniversary year of the welterweight world title unification battle between Leonard and Hearns, widely considered their greatest fight and a symbol of the era.
THE KINGSis produced by Box To Box Film in association with Ingenious Media. The series is executive produced by James Gay-Rees (Amy, Senna, Drive To Survive) and Paul Martin (马拉多纳, Drive To Survive), produced by Fiona Neilson (Oasis: Supersonic, 酷玩乐队: A Head Full of Dreams) and directed by Mat Whitecross (Oasis: Supersonic, Road To Guantanamo, 酷玩乐队: A Head Full of Dreams).
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Welterweight Prospect Eimantas Stanionis Notches Unanimous Decision Over Thomas Dulorme in WBA Title Eliminator; IBF Junior Bantamweight Champion Jerwin Ancajas Defends Title Against Jonathan Rodríguez in Televised Opener SHOWTIME®“他有很好的出拳能力 Click HERE for Photos from Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME (照片将很快上传) Click Here to Watch Jaron Ennis’ Sixth-Round Knockout 安卡斯维尔, 康涅狄格州. - 四月 10, 2021 - 次中量级新星冉冉升起 杰伦“靴子”恩尼斯aced the toughest test of his professional career with a sensational sixth-round knockout win over former world champion谢尔盖Lipinets in the main event on Saturday night’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast, live on SHOWTIME from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, 康涅狄格州, 在英超拳击冠军赛.
The win puts Philadelphia’s Ennis (27-0, 25 科斯) one step closer to his first world title opportunity as he dismantled the former 140-pound world champion over six rounds of their welterweight battle. As he has done often throughout his career, the 23-year-old switched effortlessly between an orthodox and southpaw stance and exhibited tremendous power from both sides. Ennis finished the fight with an eye-popping 53% connect rate on his power punches and out-landed Lipinets 91 到 48.
“I’ll always be hard on myself when I look back at my performance,”埃尼斯说. “My goal is to keep getting better, sharper, faster and stronger so I can become world champion. As long as I keep fighting top guys, 我很开心. I feel like I will be world champion by the end of this year or beginning of next year. Patience is the key though.”
The 32-year-old Joe Goossen-trained Lipinets (16-2-1, 12 科斯) of Woodland Hills, 加利福尼亚州。, showed determination in weathering the onslaught of combinations from Ennis. An uppercut floored the Kazakhstan-born Lipinets and sent him to the canvas for the second time in his professional career in the fourth round. Prior to tonight, Lipinets had only been down in his other professional loss which came at the hands of four-division world champion Mikey Garcia.
“Lipinets has been in there with the best before, so I wasn’t surprised he held up for a while,” added Ennis. “I knew he’d be durable. That’s why I didn’t jump on the gas right away. I just took my time and broke him down.”
在第六轮, Ennis poured it on Lipinets from all angles as he beautifully assembled combinations. The budding superstar has yet to go past the sixth round in his professional career as he has amassed a remarkable 89% 淘汰赛比. Ennis was up 49-45 on two scorecards and 50-44 on the final judges’ card prior to the right hook to left uppercut combination that resulted in the fight being stopped at 2:11 第六轮比赛中. Saturday night marked Ennis’ first time headlining SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
“I think I graduated tonight,” stated Ennis. “It’s on the up and up now. It’s onto bigger and better fights now.”
在精彩表演拳击锦标赛的共同特征, a pair of hard-hitting welterweights went toe-to-toe asEimantas Stanionis (13-0, 9 科斯) beat former world title challenger托马斯Dulorme (25-5-1, 16 科斯) via unanimous decision in a WBA Welterweight Title Eliminator. This was the most difficult challenge of the rising 26-year-old’s career as Dulorme took him past the ninth round for the first time. The three ringside judges scored the fight 115-113, 116-112 和 117-111.
“It’s been a dream since I was a kid watching SHOWTIME to be on this stage,” said Stanionis. “I’m proud of what I’ve achieved. I’ve had a long hard journey to get here, but it’s been worth it.”
The two fighters combined for nearly 1,400 punches in their exciting welterweight battle. Stanionis outlanded the 31-year-old Dulorme 232 到 193 and edged his opponent with higher connection percentages across the board. Most notably, Stanionis worked well behind his powerful jab, 着陆 123 total throughout the 12-round fight.
“Dulorme always threw back at me, even if I hurt him,” stated Stanionis, who is one step closer to becoming Lithuania’s first world champion. “I knew that if I was wild, he could have caught me with a good shot. I have more confidence in myself now because I know I can go 12 rounds with a good fighter. I know how the pressure will hit me now. 什么都可以在这项运动中发生, so I made sure I was prepared coming into this fight.”
在 10日 圆, a nasty cut opened above the left eye of Dulorme which was ruled by referee Harvey Dock to have resulted from a punch. The fight came to a fantastic finish as the Lithuanian prospect went for the knockout in the 12日round but the veteran Dulorme did not subdue to the pressure.
在转播揭幕战, IBF Junior Bantamweight World ChampionJerwin “Pretty Boy” Ancajas(31-1-2, 22 科斯) successfully defended his title for the ninth time with a unanimous decision victory overJonathan Rodríguez(21-2, 16 科斯) in an action-packed 12-round affair. The victory extends Ancajas’ streak of consecutive title defenses to nine, which marks the most of any current world champion. Fighting out of the Philippines, the 29-year-old controlled the pace of the fight with a consistent dedication to the body, where he landed 131 他 232 总拳.
“I’m very happy to get the win. I waited a long time for the opportunity to get back in the ring and it’s exciting to win in my first fight on this stage fighting on SHOWTIME,” said Ancajas. “This was my toughest fight so far. It was the hardest of any of my nine defenses and it’s exciting that it was on a big card. I trained hard for this opportunity and it feels great to get the win.”
The title fight featured back-and-forth action with Mexico’s Rodriguez pressuring and baiting the champion to fight him at close distance. At the end of the eighth round, Ancajas finished a flurry of punches with a huge right hand that sent Rodriguez to the canvas for the first time in his career.
“I thought he was going to be stopped because I saw him look at his corner and it didn’t look like he wanted to go on,” continued Ancajas. “But he got up and fought and I respect him for doing that.”
The ringside judges scored the fight 115-112, 116-111 和 117-110 for Ancajas, while unofficial ringside scorer Steve Farhood tallied the fight at 114-113. Farhood agreed with the three official judges in giving the final three rounds to Rodriguez. 尽管放弃了决定, the 25-year-old Rodriguez impressed fight fans with his tremendous determination and high-level skill in his first world title fight and U.S. 登场.
“I don’t think it was a just decision,”罗德里格斯说. “I thought maybe a split decision, and I would accept it a little more. But we knew coming in that the judges were against us in this fight.”
上周五晚上, BELLATOR on SHOWTIME took center stage at Mohegan Sun Arena with the first fight of the BELLATOR MMA Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix that saw current heavyweight champion Ryan Bader avenge his 2012 loss to Lyoto Machida with a dominating unanimous decision to move onto the next round. Bader made an appearance on Saturday’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast to reflect on his impressive victory.
“It was very sweet [to get revenge]. It was a gauge to see how far I’ve grown, 因为 2012. And I’ve done a lot, and he’s done a lot. So to go out there and implement my game plan and stick to what we do and go out there and be victorious, it couldn’t be sweeter.”
周六精彩表演拳击锦标赛telecast will replay Sunday, 四月 11 在 9 A.M. ET/PT and Tuesday, 四月 13 在 10 P.M. ET on SHOWTIME EXTREME.
资深体育解说员布赖恩·卡斯特主持了 SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING 电视转播，而多才多艺的格斗运动配音员 Mauro Ranallo 与名人堂分析师 Al Bernstein 和三项世界冠军 Abner Mares 一起处理了逐一击球动作. Three Hall of Famers rounded out the telecast team: ringside reporter Jim Gray, 拳击史学家史蒂夫·法罗德（Steve Farhood）作为非官方得分手, 和世界知名的环播音员麦侬JR. 执行制片人是四次艾美奖得主大卫·丁金斯, JR. The telecast was produced by Raymond Smaltz and directed by Chuck McKean. 前初中量级世界冠军 Raúl “El Diamante” Marquez 和体育解说员 Alejandro Luna 担任西班牙语二级音频编程专家分析师 (SAP).
该活动由TGB Promotions推动. 恩尼斯VS. Lipinets was promoted in association with D&d拳击.
MADRID, 西班牙 (四月 8, 2021) – Super lightweight contender, 彼得 “扎尔” 彼得罗夫 (41-6-2, 22 科斯), is looking to propel himself back into the world title picture as he believes his third chance will be the charm. 第一, Petrov must defeat伯格曼 “Snake” 阿吉拉尔 (15-6-1, 5 科斯) on Thompson’s3.2.1. 拳击 事件, next Sunday, 4月18日, at the Omega Products Event Center in Corona, 例如. The bout, scheduled for 8-rounds, will be the opening fight on the three-fight card.
The free stream will air live on the汤普森拳击促销 网站 (www.thompsonboxing.com), 以及他们的 Facebook的 和 YouTube的 页. 3.2.1. 拳击比赛将在 欧米茄产品国际活动中心 科罗纳, 例如, 并将开始于 2:00 P.M. PT / 5:00 P.M. AND.
Here is what Petr Petrov had to say about his upcoming fight, training from Madrid, 西班牙, a potential future world title shot, 多. On his upcoming bout against Aguilar:
“This is a chance to show how far I’ve grown as a fighter. I truly believe I’m the best version of myself and having丹尼·萨莫拉in my corner for this fight will be a big help. I want to put on a great performance that has people wondering how I would fare against top level guys. Aguilar is a tough durable guy who has been in the ring with some good fighters, so I know he’s coming to fight.”
On recent training camp:
“I’m wrapping up my final days of training camp in Madrid, 西班牙, and I’m feeling very strong. Being home, and refocusing, gave me a new perspective. I arrive to the U.S. 这个星期天, which is plenty of time to acclimated to the time change. I feel more an enthused than ever.”
一场胜利对他的职业有何帮助:
“I have been out of the ring for a year-and-a-half, even though I had three fights since my loss to伊万Baranchyk, but that is the fight people remember. I want people to see my improvement and realize I can be a force at the 140 磅. division.”
On how far he believes he’s away from a world title shot:
“I think with a couple of wins I’ll be in line for a title eliminator if I put on exciting performances. 同 Jose Ramirez 和 乔希·泰勒fighting to unify the division, I think soon some belts will open up. I have to perform and be ready to succeed at each and every step along the way. I’m hoping by the end of 2021 I can be in a big fight with a world champion.”
魁北克市, 安大略, 加拿大 (三月 24, 2021) – Fresh off his recent third-round stoppage ofSylvera “Sly” Louis在他们的复赛, 世界拳击理事会 (WBC) 别. 1 rated bridgerweight奥斯卡“KABOOM”里瓦斯 (27-1, 19 科斯) is on a special mission to not only become the first bridgerweight world champion but capture the world heavyweight crown as well.
一 2008 哥伦比亚奥海, Rivas is currently rated as the WBC’s No. 1-rated contender in the bridgerweight division (-224 磅。), 和No. 9 in The Ring magazine’s heavyweight rankings.
Prior to his rematch with Louis, Rivas hadn’t fought in 20 months due mainly to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. 从未在少, “Kaboom” remained professional, training throughout his ring absence, and now he’s positioned to fight for the inaugural WBC bridgerweight title.
“I love this sport,” Rivas said from his Montreal home. I dedicate my life to boxing. I never stopped training because I love it and I can’t live without it. 我是运动员! The pandemic didn’t make things easy for me or anybody else, especially for a natural heavyweight like me.
“In the ring, I am having fun, and that’s what drives me. After I was able to knockdown my opponent (圣路易斯) 在第一轮, my coach asked me to take advantage of the opportunity to box because I hadn’t fought in 20 个月. I hadn’t stepped in the ring and that’s what I enjoy every minute of.”
Even though he’s on the precipice of winning his first world title, as a bridgerweight fighter, Rivas will not be fully satisfied without becoming a 2-division world champion.
“I want to be the bridgerweight and heavyweight World champion without a doubt,”他解释道. “My mission is timeless. For some reason, the big boys in the heavyweight division don’t want to fight me. There would have been good reasons for迪安·惠特to give me a rematch, to clear any doubts! I love泰森怒but when he was looking for a dance partner last December, my name was dropped first even though we had the same promoter. I can only assume that they consider I am too dangerous for them. By becoming the WBC bridgerweight World champion, I assume that those big boys will be more intrigued to fight me, 我不能等待. 现在, more than ever.
“I am a heavyweight and I always tried to stay under 235 pounds throughout my career to exploit my speed, so the bridgerweight class became a natural fit for me. 现在, I am aiming to become champion of the world in two divisions. Bring them all on!”
Rivas’ most likely will know who his opponent will be for the WBC bridgerweight title fight in June in the coming days. The names often mentioned are No. 3 额定 科比詹宁斯(24-4, 14 科斯), 2-time world heavyweight title challenger, or built-up South African cruiserweight, 别. 2 排名 Kevin Larena (26-1, 13 科斯).
“My team has been working very hard during this unbelievable time (大流行) to organize a significant fight for me.” Rivas noted. “I just can’t wait to step back into the ring with anybody.”
Rivas still has unfinished business with Whyte, who is the only pro to defeat Rivas, albeit under questionable circumstances. 去年八月, Whyte won a 12-round unanimous decision, after been knockdown with an uppercut in the 9日 圆, in their vacant WBC Interim heavyweight title fight, but prior to their fight, unbeknownst to Team Rivas, Whyte had apparently tested positive for a banned substance during training camp. A UK Anti-Doping investigation somehow later cleared Whyte of any wrongdoings.
去年八月, Whyte was knocked out in the fifth round by亚历山大Povetkinin their WBC Interim title fight and Povetkin will defend his title this weekend in Gibraltar versus Whyte.
Oscar Rivas can’t wait to let his fists go “Kaboom” on his next opponent, whomever and whenever that is, as he continues his special mission.
Groupe Yvon Michel 是一家专业的拳击推广机构, 成立于 2004 伊冯·米歇尔, 亚历山德拉·克罗夫特和伯纳德·巴尔, all still active within the company, which is the most prolific organization in the history of professional boxing in Canada. Since its founding GYM has organized 155 魁北克的活动, participated in 36 international galas outside of Quebec. Six boxers became world champions, 约阿希姆Alcine, 让·帕斯卡尔, 阿多尼斯史蒂文森, 阿图尔Beterbiev, Eleider Alvarez and Marie-Eve Dicaire. Sixteen of the organization’s boxers have fought 48 world championship bouts with an excellent record of 24 胜, 22 损失和 2 借鉴. During this period major American television networks were more active than ever in coming to Quebec to broadcast GYM’s most important events. 上 34 occasions major American networks presented a GYM event, an exceptional showcase of Quebec knowledge including HBO (8), 开演时间 (7), ESPN2 (10), Wealth TV (4), 斯派克电视 (2), ESPN (1), CBS (1) and NBC Sports (1).
