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Plus TV To Broadcast Mwakinyo Vs Denes WBC/ABU Title Fight Across Africa on 26th March.
The Jackson Group, Global Boxing Stars and Epic Sports and Entertainment, the co-promoters of the Rumble in Dar series, in association with the Tanzania Tourist Board #VisitTanzania, KCB Bank, Onomo Hotels, Urban Soul Apparel (Botswana) and M Bet, today announced that Plus TV (DSTV channel #294) is to broadcast the second edition of the series exclusively across Sub-Saharan Africa.
“We are very excited to partner up with the Rumble in Dar series co-promoters the Jackson Group, Global Boxing Stars and Epic Sports and Entertainment as well as DSTV Multi-Choice Tanzania and KCB to bring the Rumble In Dar second edition to our esteemed viewers in and across Africa.
“We are proud to take boxing to global stage through this partnership. Plus TV is available exclusively on DSTV channel number 294 to more than 30 African countries.
“We urge our viewers to tune in on the day of the event from exactly 8pm to enjoy this unforgettable event.” Said Ramadhan Bukini, Operations Director at Plus TV
Back in January boxing fans around the world were enthralled by an incredible evening of boxing featuring world stars such as Bulgaria’s Tervel Pulev and American Shawn Miller amongst others, that concluded with Tanzania’s very own Ibrahim Class securing the World Boxing Federation (WBF) intercontinental championship after a 12 round Battle Royale with seriously tough South Africa based Malawian Dennis Mwale.
The second edition of the Rumble in Dar series, as with the first, has a closely matched international card that features two World Boxing Council African Boxing Union (WBC-ABU) Championship contests.
The main event sees Tanzania’s Hassan Mwakinyo (18-2-0) in action against Zimbabwean Brendon Denes of Zimbabwe (8-0-0) for the the vacant WBC Africa (WBC-ABU) Super Welterweight Championship.
The co-main event pits Nigerian Olanrewaju Durodora (34-0-8) against Tanzania’s Shaban Jongo (8-1-2) for the WBC Africa (WBC-ABU) шампионат.
The stellar undercard features closely matched international fights:
8 Round Heavyweight Contest: Switzerland based Kenyan Collins Omondi (5-0-0) versus Zimbabwe’s Elvis Moyo (9-6-2)
8 Round Lightweight Contest: Tanzania’s Ibrahim Class (25-6-0) versus TBA
8 Round Super Welterweight Contest: Bulgaria’s Yosif Panov (18-3-0) versus Tanzania’s Nicolaus Mdoe (10-5-1)
4 Round Heavyweight Contest: Bulgaria’s Pencho Tsevtkov (4-0-0) versus Zimbabwe’s Simon Madhanire (1-2-1)
8 Round Super Welterweight Contest: Zambia’s Lolita Muzeya (16-0-0) versus TBA
4 Round Lightweight Contest: Bulgaria’s Joana Nwamerue (3-0-0) versus Zimbabwe’s Netsai Vaina Bondayi (2-3-1)
6 Round Heavyweight Contest: South Africa’s Ardi Ndembo (2-0-0) versus Malawi’s Alick Gogodo (4-5-0)
The second edition of the Rumble in Dar series, in association with the Tanzania Tourist Board #VisitTanzania, KCB Bank, Onomo Hotels, Urban Soul Apparel (Botswana) and M Bet, will be broadcast live across Sub-Saharan Africa exclusively by Plus TV, which is available exclusively on DSTV channel number 294 in more than 30 African countries as well as syndicated globally to linear and digital channels (check local channel listings) and on-line at FITE TV.
Lightweight Sensation Isaac Cruz Earns Unanimous Decision Against Matias Romero In First Loss; Terrell Gausha Scores Emphatic TKO Victory Over Jamontay Clark in Telecast Opener on SHOWTIME® in Premier Boxing Champions Event Кликнете ТУК за Снимки от Аманда Уесткот / SHOWTIME (Снимките ще бъдат качени скоро) Click Here to Watch the Main Event’s Final Moments Click Here to Watch David Benavidez’s Post-Fight Interview UNCASVILLE, Кон. - Март 13, 2021 - Former two-time world championDavid Benavidez kept his perfect ring record intact with an 11тата-round technical knockout victory against veteranРоналд Елисin their WBC Super Middleweight Title Eliminator main event on Saturday night’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast, live on SHOWTIME from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Кон., in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
Phoenix’s Benavidez (24-0, 21 Нокаута) flashed brilliant hand speed, accuracy and power as he dominated Ellis (18-2-2, 12 Нокаута) от Lynn, Mass., над 11 rounds before referee Johnny Callas finally waved off the fight at 2:03 of the penultimate round. The 24-year-old star held a significant lead on all three scorecards (99-91, 98-92 x2) в момента на спирането.
“I rate my performance pretty good but I know I could have done better,” said Benavidez, who extended his perfect record to 24-0. “Ronald Ellis is a tough competitor. I just hope the fans like what they saw. I threw a lot of combinations, punches in bunches. There were a lot of times I thought Ellis was going to quit but he didn’t. Hats off to him, Той е труден човек. It was a little later than I wanted but a stoppage is still a stoppage. I hope the fans got a good show tonight.”
A boxing prodigy turned youngest super middleweight world champion in boxing history, Benavidez turned in a masterful performance as evidenced by his punch stats, приземяване 289 на 532 power punches thrown for an eye-popping connection rate of 54%. Benavidez connected on 50 punches in the 11татаround which ultimately led to the stoppage. Both fighters combined to throw 1,403 щанци. Following his dominating win on SHOWTIME, Benavidez is one step closer to reclaiming a super middleweight world title.
“I want all the big guys,- добави Бенавидез. “Speaking for the fans too, they would love to see me against all the big guys because as you can see, I love throwing punches. I love stopping people so me versus any big name would be an amazing fight. Искам [Jermall] Charlo, Canelo Alvarez, Калеб Plant, all of them.”
Ellis, 31, showed tremendous determination and a very sturdy chin as he absorbed the constant onslaught from the former two-time world champion. Often working off the ropes as Benavidez pressed the action, Ellis landed 89 на неговата 334 ваксини.
“I could have popped the jab and controlled things a little bit more and not let him smother me,” said Ellis. “Hell yeah I wanted to finish. I didn’t want to give him that satisfaction. I could have moved a little bit more and not taken so many shots to the head. Hats off to him. He did what he had to do. Той никога не ме боли, that’s the funny thing. I took a lot of shots but he didn’t damage me or have me super hurt. I never thought about quitting.”
The sports world lost an icon today as the death of Marvelous Marvin Hagler was reported hours before the live telecast began. A member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Hagler, който е бил 66 възраст, fought in the first main event ever on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on March 10, 1986. Hagler was honored with a ceremonial 10-count prior to tonight’s main event. Click Here to Watch SHOWTIME’s Tribute to Marvin Hagler
Benavidez reflected on Hagler’s passing after the fight: “I had met Marvin once before and he was a great champion. Someone told me he fought the first fight on SHOWTIME. Someone on my team let me know a few hours before the fight that he had passed. It’s sad and he will be missed. He was a true legend.”
В съвместно основното събитие, Isaac Cruz (21-1-1, 15 Нокаута) of Mexico City earned a unanimous decision victory over Argentina’sMatias Romero (24-1, 8 Нокаута) in a 12-round WBA Lightweight Title Eliminator. It marked the first time that the 22-year-old Cruz went 12 rounds in his professional career. The judges’ scorecards read 114-113, 115-112 и 118-109. Неофициалният голмайстор на SHOWTIME Стив Фардхуу вкара битката 115-112, giving rounds 10 през 12 to the rising star.
“I’m not happy about the style of the fight but I am satisfied I took the victory home and we’ve come to the No. 1 spot in the WBA,", Каза Крус. “I didn’t know what was going to happen [as far as the judges]. We forced the fight at all times and it would have been very impossible for the judges to do something to me when I was the one pushing the fight.”
Throughout the 36-minute affair, Cruz constantly applied pressure against his opponent which led to Romero, the more seasoned professional, to hold excessively in an attempt to stall the pressure. Despite being warned frequently by referee Harvey Dock, the 24-year-old Romero was never penalized. During the rough-and-tumble contest, обаче, Cruz was docked a point in the sixth round for a low blow.
“He was a fighter who didn’t want to exchange punches,” Cruz added, in reference to the persistent clinching. “I was very fed up with the clinches—there was never a warning toward him. I did my best out there. Not the best way I wanted to do it but thank God we won the fight and we’re taking the victory home.”
Romero presented an effective jab throughout the fight, приземяване 89 на 282, but it was Cruz’s power punching that ultimately earned him the victory. Cross, who is now the No. 1 contender for a world title shot at 135 паунда, поземлен 145 на 459 захранващи удари, включително и 91 снимки на тялото.
“Obviously I’m not happy with the decision,” stated Romero following his first professional loss. “I thought maybe it was a draw. Overall I’m happy with my performance. He’s supposed to the be the ‘Pit Bull’ and I went the distance. You have to take the opportunities when they are presented and I wish I would have had more time to get ready for this fight.”
In the evening’s opening bout, Cleveland’s Теръл Gausha (22-2-1, 11 Нокаута) scored an impressive second-round technical knockout over fellow OhioanJamontay Clark (15-2-1, 7 Нокаута) Синсинати. Gausha, 33, did not land a single power punch in the opening round but worked well behind the jab, winning the round on two of the judges’ scorecards. As the second round neared completion, Gausha beautifully countered a lunging left hand from the southpaw Clark which sent the 26-year-old to the canvas for the first time in his professional career. Clark beat the count but moments later was met by a barrage of unanswered punches in the neutral corner. Referee Arthur Mercante jumped in and called a halt to the bout at 2:44 на втория кръг.
“I knew Jamontay was a tough kid, I’ve been watching him since Cleveland so I knew about him already,каза Гауша. “I felt like I had a chance to knock him out but I didn’t know how the fight would play out. But I feel I did good, executed the game plan. My coaches had been studying film and we executed.
“I just took my time,” added Gausha. “I was setting traps. I knew he would be open eventually, but I had to be cautious too because he’s a rangy guy, has a good left hand. But I knew there were holes in his game and we executed and when the opportunity presented itself, we landed that big right hand.”
With his emphatic stoppage win, на 2012 Olympian emerges as a contender for a title shot in the super welterweight division. In his first and only world title shot in 2017, Gausha dropped a unanimous decision to current super welterweight world champion Erislandy Lara.
“I know I made a statement tonight,” added Gausha. “I put the division on notice. I’m locked and loaded and I’m ready. I want to be a world champion so I’m looking to fight whoever I need to fight to get to the belts.”
СъботаSHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP Боксtelecast will replay Sunday at 8:55 А.М. ET/PT on SHOWTIME and Monday at 10 p.m. ET on SHOWTIME EXTREME.
Veteran sportscaster Brian Custer hosted the telecast. Versatile combat sports voice Mauro Ranallo called the action ringside alongside Hall of Fame analyst Al Bernstein and three-division world champion Abner Mares. Two Hall of Famers rounded out the telecast team: boxing historian Steve Farhood as unofficial scorer and world-renowned ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. The telecast was available in Spanish via Secondary Audio Programming (SAP) with former junior middleweight world champion Raúl “El Diamante” Marquez and Alejandro Luna calling the action. The executive producer was four-time Emmy®award winner David Dinkins, Jr. The director was Bob Dunphy, son of legendary Hall of Famer Don Dunphy.
The event was promoted by TGB Promotions and Sampson Boxing.
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Los Angeles – March 12, 2021 – Ринг Сити САЩ, новият стартъп на спортни медии, който дебютира със своята боксова серия в четвъртък вечер през ноември 2020, announced a stacked undercard today for its March 18 събитие, the next fight night of the boxing outfit’s three-event residency in Puerto Rico. The three-fight main card will begin at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT on NBC Sports Network in the United States and Puerto Rico, and on Twitch for fans outside of the U.S, live from Albergue Olimpico (Olympic Center) in Salinas.
The six-fight event is headlined by another chapter in the iconic Puerto Rico vs. Mexico ring rivalry asAlberto Machado (22-2, 18 Нокаута) of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, биткиAngel ‘Tashiro’ Fierro (17-1-1, 13 Нокаута) Тихуана, Мексико, in a ten-round lightweight bout. Machado was previously slated to fight undefeated prospect Hector Tanajara who was forced to withdraw due to illness.
In the evening’s co-main event from Puerto Rico, Jose ‘Chiquro’ Martinez, (21-1-2, 14 Нокаута), of Las Marias, Puerto Rico, clashes with three-time world title challengerIsrael ‘Jiga’ Gonzalez (26-4, 11 Нокаута) of Los Cabos, Мексико, in a ten-round bantamweight bout.
The 28-year-old Martinez looks to stay in the win column following a second-round knockout of Yeison Vargas in February 2020 in San Juan, P.R. His last four victories have come by knockout.
Following a hard-fought twelve-round decision loss to pound-for-pound great Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez in October 2020, the 24-year-old Gonzalez defeated Samuel Gutierrez just two months later in December 2020 in San Lucas, Мексико. Martinez has also challenged world champions Khalid Yafai and Jerwin Ancajas for their title belts in the last three years.
A six-round light heavyweight fight will round out the main card on NBC Sports Network featuringIrish’ Joe Ward, (2-1, 2 Нокаута), of Moate, Ирландия, who will look to avenge his pro debut setback againstMarco ‘El Muneco’ Delgado, (7-1, 5 Нокаута), of Turlock, Халиф.
Fighting at Madison Square Garden on October 5, 2019, Ward suffered a severe knee injury in the second round which delivered Delgado a technical knockout victory. Ward has bounced back with two first round knockouts taking place in December 2020 в Мексико. Since the victory over Ward, Delgado has continued his winning ways with a six-round decision over previously undefeated Burley Brooks in December 2020 in Arlington, Texas.
Headlining the Twitch undercard broadcast, който започва 6:30 p.m. И / 3:30 p.m. PT, three-time world title challengerMaricela ‘La Diva’ Cornejo, (13-4, 5 Нокаута), на Los Angeles, Халиф. faces off againstAlma Ibarra (7-1, 4 Нокаута) of Monterrey, Мексико.
In the last three years, Cornejo has twice come up short against unified Super Middleweight World Champion Franchon Dezurn-Crews in her quest to win a world championship. Sandwiched between the two world title fights, Cornejo was victorious in a tremendous performance against veteran Erin Toughill on January 27, 2019 in front of her legion of hometown fans in Los Angeles.
A winner of her first seven fights, Ibarra looks to return to the win column following a hard-fought ten-round decision loss to undefeated WBA Interim Junior Middleweight Champion Raquel Miller on November 23, 2019.
In an eight-round flyweight battle, former world champion and knockout artistAngel ‘Tito’ Acosta, (21-2, 21 Нокаута), Сан Хуан, Puerto Rico, биткиЖилберто Мендоса (17-9-3, 8 Нокаута) of Modesto, Халиф.
The 30-year-old Acosta made three successful defenses of his world title before losing to Elwin Soto in June 2019. In his last fight in October 2019, Acosta stopped Raymond Tabugon in the fifth round. The upset-minded Mendoza hits the ring following a hard-fought decision loss to top undefeated Mexican prospect Sergio Rios Jimenez.
Rounding out the card in a six-round junior lightweight battle, топ непобеден перспективаEdwin ‘The Chin’ Valentin(9-0, 8 Нокаута) will fight in his hometown of Salinas when he faces veteranHector Marengo (7-14-4, 4 Нокаута) от Аресибо, Puerto Rico.
Ринг Сити, която стартира през 2020 г., е най-новата спортна медийна платформа на бокса. Работа в тандем с различни промоутъри и таланти, неговата нова боксова серия поставя акцент върху състезателни мачове, които наистина тестват бойците и вълнуват феновете на битките. Ring City осигурява страхотни битки на ринга и завладяващо програмиране на рамото извън ринга. Ring City е мястото за доказателство, където бъдещите таланти могат да спечелят своите ивици и да се изстрелят в горния ешелон на боксовата звезда.
МОНРЕАЛ (Март 9, 2021) -Groupe Ивон Michel (GYM) will organize its first event in 16 months – “The Homecoming: Rivas vs. Louis 2” — Tuesday night, Март 16 at Hotel Plaza Quebec in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
“The Homecoming,” presented in co-promotion withNew Era Fighting & Promotionand in collaboration ofЛий Baxter Промоцииis headlined by a rematch featuringОскар "Бум" Rivas (26-1, 18 Нокаута) иSylvera “Sly” Louis (8-5, 4 Нокаута) in the 8-round main event. Rivas defeated Louis by 4-round majority decision back in 2012.
A representative of his native Colombia at the 2008 Олимпиада, Rivas is coming off a controversial loss July 20, 2019, by way of a 12-round decision toДилиан Уайт (25-1) in the United Kingdom for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) Interim heavyweight title.
A maximum of 120 fans for a total of 250 peoples will be allowed to attend “The Homecoming.” Boxers and trainers had to have quarantined for 14 дни преди събитието, and they must carefully check any Covid potential symptoms during 10 days after the fights.
Rivas is rated No. 1 in the WBC’s new weight class, Bridgerweight (200 към 224 паунда.), and he and Louis will participate in the Bridgerweight’s inaugural fight.
“It was not easy to put all the parts in place, to have our sanitary protocol accepted and to obtain all the required authorizations while Quebec City was in the worst of the Covid pandemic time and declared a red zone,” GYM presidentИвон Michelsaid. “It has been tireless teamwork for several months and full collaboration from the participants. It is an expensive but important adventure for the relaunch of our activities and the restarting of the careers of our boxers. This gala will allow several boxers to regain hope and WBC # 1 aspirant Oscar Rivas to restart the machine for whom we have very ambitious plans this year.”
“The Homecoming” will be streamed live by FITE worldwide on the FITE mobile apps, всички основни OTT приложения и уебсайт (www.FITE.tv), като се започне от 8 p.m. И / 5 p.m. PT, за $29.99 щатски долар (available in English or French). It will also be available in Canada via Canal Indigo, Bell TV, Shaw TV and YOOP.
В съвместно черта събитието, Canadian favoriteSebastian Bouchard (18-2, 8 Нокаута) takes on welterweightМарио Перес (20-7-5, 12 Нокаута) in a 6-tound bout. It will be the first fight for Bouchard since he was injured in the ring in November 2019.
Former NBA and NABO middleweight championПатрис Волни (25-1, 18 Нокаута) squares off against former Canada middleweight titlistJanko Trotter (10-5-2) in a super middleweight clash of Canadians. This is a very important fight for IBF #6 ranked Volny who has been appointed to box PolishPatrick Wojcicki, IBF #3, for the mandatory position to challenge world championГенадий Golovkinin May.
Former Canadian amateur champion and member of the Canadian National Team, Alexis Barrière, will make is long awaited pro debut when he meetsColin Sangster (2-0, 2 Нокаута) in a 4-round fight between Canadian heavyweight prospects.
There matches showcasing cruiserweights are also on tap on the undercard: ПопуляренYan “Wild Thing” Pellerin (10-1, 4 Нокаута) срещу.Marco Parente (1-4-3) in a 6-rounder, plus a pair of 4-round fights betweenFrancis Charbonneau (2-1, 2 Нокаута) срещу. Alexandre Roberge (1-0, 0 Нокаута), иAlexander Beaule (1-0л 1 KO) срещу.Nick “Big Mac” Naccarato (0-0-1).
Card subject to change.
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ABOUT THE YVON MICHEL GROUP (GYM): Groupe Ивон Michel (GYM) е основана през 2004 от Ивон Мишел и неговите сътрудници. The organization’s mission is the development of high-level boxers through support in management and especially by management in competition. In order to achieve its objectives, GYM is active in talent recruitment and event organization, having developed major partnerships with Gestev, Videotron, TVA Спорт, Заложете-играйте, Loto-Québec, Montreal Casinos and Lac Leamy, RNC Media and 91.9 Спортен, & CO, Bel Printing & Lapointe Dental Center, Rival in addition to cooperating closely with Rixa Promotions. The entire GYM team is actively working with the Yvon Michel Foundation to help fight breast cancer. GYM President Yvon Michel was inducted into the Boxing Canada Hall of Fame in April 2017. GYM has contributed to the development of many world champions, including Marie-Ève Dicaire (IBF), Адонис Стивънсън (WBC), Eleider Alvarez (WBO) and Artur Beterbiev (IBF), Жан Паскал (WBC) and Joachim Alcine (WBA), the most ever by a Canadian promoter in history.
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Atlanta and Los Angeles, Март 8, 2021 -Triller Fight Clubtoday announced thatMercedes-Benz Stadiumin Atlanta, Грузия, will be the home for TFC’s inaugural event of 2021, the April 17 boxing Pay-Per-View card headlined byJake Paulи Ben Askren. This will be the first-ever fighting event at one of the most dynamic venues in the world, which was the home of Super Bowl LIII.
iNDemand, the leading transactional video-on-demand and PPV programming provider in North America, will serve as the exclusive U.S. and Canadian cable, спътник, and telco PPV provider for the event. Fans will be able to order the event on PPV through their existing cable, satellite and telco PPV providers, including Xfinity, Spectrum, Contour, DirecTV, AT&T TV, Dish, Fios, and Optimum (НАС.), както и Роджърс, Звънец, Гъсталак, Videotron, and Sasktel (Канада). FITE, the premier PPV digital platform will handle worldwide live pay-per-view streaming distribution online, and via FITE mobile and Smart TV apps, game controllers and all major OTT devices as well as power TrillerFightClub.com.
The four-hour show, which will kick off at 8pm ET with the live PPV main card starting at 9pm ET, will also feature an exciting undercard of fights that will be announced shortly. Triller Fight Club is a partnership between Triller andSnoop Doggand is spearheaded byRyan Kavanaugh.
“Our vision of big fights, big entertainment and world class events can only fit into a world class venue, and Mercedes-Benz Stadium fits that vision,” said Kavanaugh. “April 17th will have an element of surprise and action for everyone, from music fans to the casual and diehard fight fan. The way we will present the night in this state-of-the-art venue will continue to redefine consumer engagement for a global consumer, with world class partners like iNDemand and FITE joining us not just for this event, but for the others we will have in 2021 and beyond.”
“Mercedes-Benz Stadium will continue to be the place where sports and entertainment’s biggest events are held, and we welcome Triller Fight Club for this special event,"Заяви Tim Zulawski, Chief Revenue Officer for AMB Sports and Entertainment. “We look forward to showcasing our stadium to the global audience that Ryan and his team are building, and are proud to be a part of this historic night of boxing and entertainment.”
Mercedes-Benz Stadium serves as the home stadium of the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) and Atlanta United of Major League Soccer (MLS). One of the most acclaimed venues in the world, the Stadium has hosted the College Football Playoff National Championship in 2018, MLS All-Star Game and some of the biggest music and entertainment events in addition to its NFL and MLS tenants. There will be no public sale of tickets for the event. A very limited number of fans and guests will be selected to join in the live event, with details to be announced in the coming weeks, and everything will be subject to stringent local, state and federal protocols due to COVID 19.
“We’re thrilled to be working with Triller again after the incredible success of our Tyson vs. Jones Jr. PPV event last November—it was one of the best-selling PPV events of all time,"Заяви Mark Boccardi, iNDemand’s SVP, Програмиране & Marketing. “2021 is going to be a great year for the Pay-Per-View event category, and we know that Jake Paul and Ben Askren will put on an exciting main event on April 17th.”
“Triller Fight Club has already reinvented the fight sport presentation genre, and we are excited to be a part of bringing this event to a global audience,” каза Майкъл Вебер, COO of FITE. “Triller and FITE are the perfect pair to deliver a flawless, no-filler fan experience worthy of this moment.”
The April 17th card will be Triller Fight Club’s first in a series of 2021 special events, following the debut record setting Tyson vs. Jones Jr. PPV fight in 2020, which shattered all digital fight PPV records and became the eighth most successful fight PPV in history. This event will feature Jake Paul taking on former Bellator and ONE Championship champion Ben Askren in the headline matchup of the night. Paul, whose boxing debut against former professional athlete Nate Robinson set all kinds of records for fan engagement, will face Askren, who transitions to boxing after an MMA record of nineteen wins and two losses, six knockouts and six submissions. Askren made his professional MMA debut in 2009 against Josh Flowers where he won by TKO in the first round. As a former Bellator Champion, ONE Championship Champion, PAN American Champion in freestyle wrestling, two-time NCAA wrestling champion for Missouri and two-time winner of The Dan Hodge Trophy, Askren joins Triller’s Fight Club with a significant amount of experience in the ring.
In addition to being a co-owner, Snoop also provides strategic counsel to Triller Fight Club, helping to select fighters and musical acts for the show-stopping events. An entertainment expert who has successfully maneuvered through a range of projects in a variety of different fields, Snoop secured his spot as a fan favorite during Triller’s first sporting event, Тайсън срещу. Jones.
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Колорадо Спрингс, Скут. (Март 8, 2021) – In the 2019 Национално първенство по бокс в САЩ, Amir Andersonwas a relatively unknown competitor from Syracuse (N.Y.), but this year he believes he’s one of the “top dogs” in the 165-pound decision.
Anderson will be competing in the youth division at the 2020 САЩ Национално първенство по бокс, отложено поради пандемията на COVID-19 от миналия декември до март 25 Април 3, в Шривпорт, The.
Anderson’s goal at these championships is simple: he wants to win to lock down a slot on the USA Boxing Youth Team, which will give him a leg up in terms of qualifying for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
“The winner in each weight class qualifies for the USA Boxing Youth Team,” he explained. “Runner-ups are alternates and can make the team if the winner can’t for whatever reason. Искам да спечеля!
“Last time I had nothing to lose at Nationals. Сега, I have everything to lose. I do my research and breakdown other fighters in my weight class. I’ll be more focused this time because I was an underdog then and now, I’m the top dog in my division.”
The 17-year-old Anderson has already tasted success, capturing top honors at the 2019 Junior Open and 2019 Източна регионална отворена, in addition to finishing in the runner-up position at the 2018 & 2019 Национална юношеска олимпиада.
Still a high school senior, Amir describes himself as an all-around boxer with a unique style in which he can box or bang, hit the angles and throw a lot of punches.
Like every amateur boxer, last year was a tremendous challenge to train, due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. “I trained six hours a day in my basement to get in really good workouts,” Anderson said. “And I ran my miles, твърде. When my gym opened-up last July 2ри, it was limited so I had to still workout in my basement. It was hard to stay focused, but I knew how.
“I really planned to win a lot of regional and national tournaments to get national recognition. I wanted to fight in Bulgaria with the junior team, but that was canceled, твърде. The pandemic was a setback for me, but we’ll see what’s in store for 2021.”
The National Championships is the first trip towards Amir Anderson’s Parisian goal for 2024 at the Olympics.
ЗА САЩ Бокс: Мисията на САЩ Бокс е да се даде възможност на спортисти и треньори на Съединените щати ", за да се постигне трайно конкурентно превъзходство, развият характер, подкрепа на спорта на бокса, и да насърчава и развива олимпийския боксов стил в Съединените щати. Отговорността на САЩ Бокс е не само да произвеждаме олимпийското злато, but also oversee and govern every aspect of amateur boxing in the United States.
UNDEFEATED STAR CITES JUNE IN LAS VEGAS FOR HER MMA DEBUT; CALLS OUT KATIE TAYLOR AND SAVANNAH MARSHALL IN POST-FIGHT INTERVIEW (Петък, Март 5, 2021 – Flint, MY) Women’s superstarClaressa Шийлдсfurthered her claim as boxing’s “GWOAT” Friday night and became the unified WBC, WBO, IBF & WBA Super Junior Middleweight World Champion, by scoring a one-sided 10-round unanimous decision overМари-Ив Дикер от Сейнт Юсташ, Quebec, Канада, in the 10-round main event of the historic all-women’s “СУПЕРЖЕНИ: ЩИТОВЕ VS. DICAIREevent at the Dort Financial Center and live on pay-per-view in Shields’ hometown of Flint, Мичиган. Шийлдс (11-0, 2 Нокаута) also became the first boxer in the four-belt era to become an undisputed world champion in two weight divisions by virtue of her shutout victory (100-90 by all three judges) over now former champion Dicaire (17-1).
Uncharacteristically, the 25-year-old Shields turned counterpuncher early in this fight, to offset Dicaire’s attempts to bounce in and out of range. Relying on her reflexes to punish any attempt at aggression by Dicaire, Shields shut the Canadian down and then turned back to her customary forward aggression later in the bout.
Dicaire landed a quality southpaw left on Shields in round four, possibly her only significant blow of the fight, and Shields simply shook it off to no effect.
I can’t be mad about my performance,” said Shields after the bout. “She just kept elbowing and headbutting me. I tried for the knockout and I almost had it a couple times, but we’ve got two minutes and the ref not breaking it up when she’s holding me and elbowing me. I’m happy but I still wanted the knockout. I just didn’t have enough time. В края на деня, I am the new undisputed champ at 154 and the first boxer to be undisputed champ twice.”
Shields said she was happy to have accomplished her latest piece of history in front of her family and friends in Flint, even if the pandemic meant a lot fewer fans in attendance.
“With Covid, we couldn’t have a full capacity. Има 300 here and that’s the capacity of the day, so we have a full house. We couldn’t have full capacity, but I know if we could have, we would have had 6000 people in here. I’m happy to have been able to do it here (in Flint). I started boxing here at Berston Fieldhouse at 11 възраст. Never in a million years did I think I’d be on pay-per-view and fighting for an undisputed title and be one of the biggest stars in boxing. I just wanted to win an Olympic Gold medal. God has given me two Olympic medals. имам 12 championship belts now. It doesn’t feel real to say undisputed twice.”
When asked about two of her remaining rivals in boxing, fellow superstar Katie Taylor of Ireland and her one-time conqueror in the amateurs, Savannah Marshall of the UK, Shields brimmed with confidence.
“Katie Taylor is not the worry. 147 pounds is. They’d have to pay me a lot to lose my butt and go down to 147. В края на деня, I’m a woman. I don’t have big breasts, but I got a nice butt, so come with that dough and I’ll be there. At least a million and I’ll be there.
“Savannah Marshall can’t f*** with me. Нека си го запази в реално. Savannah Marshall, you won a lucky decision when we were kids. Also London was hosting the Olympics. If you want to gloat about beating me 14 points to 8… come on now. And then I went on to become world champion in three different division and she broke. She knows she cannot and will not ever be able to f*** with me. She can come to America. I will go to the UK. We can go to Mexico. We can go anywhere, and I will f*** her up. She knows that. She’s scared of me. Savannah Marshall can get it. Tell Eddie Hearn, he came that whack-ass 250K. Tell him to come with 500K… 750K if he wants me to go to the UK and smoke his girl. Pay me.”
Dicaire continued her graciousness in post-fight questioning and promised not to let the loss dampen her future in the sport.
“I think Claressa did a good job tonight,“, каза Дикер. “Tonight, she was the best. Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn. Тази вечер, I learned. I think this is just going to allow me to grow stronger. I don’t box to protect my record or keep my record at 0 загуби. I box to beat champions. Тази вечер, I had the chance to fight the real champion. She won this time but count on me to go back to the gym and work hard and be world champion again for sure.
Шийлдс, who says her much-publicized MMA debut will likely be in Las Vegas in June, хвърли 409 punches in the fight and landed 128 включително и 34.9% of her power punches. Dicaire threw 263 punches in return but landed just 31.
“Flint Michigan got the baddest boxer in the world!” said Shields to her fans. “We two-time undisputed. Pacquiao who? Canelo who? When someone else does what I did let me know.”
В нощта на ко-основното събитие, Houston’s undefeatedDanielle Perkins (3-0, 1 KO) showed marked improvement and had a much easier time in her rematch against Georgia’sMonika “Lay Em Down” Harrison (2-2, 1 KO), scoring a dominant eight-round unanimous decision while picking up the WBC Silver Heavyweight Championship in the process.
The former amateur world champion Perkins used every bit of her superior athleticism, 6’ height and 72-inch reach to move around the ring and keep the 5’ 10” Harrison at bay with a punishing southpaw right jab and a steady diet of strong left hands to the head and body. Понякога, Referee Michael Griffin appeared to be considering a stoppage, but the durable Harrison kept coming forward and swinging for the fences for all eight rounds, despite the firepower coming her way.
Резултатите бяха 80-72 от всички трима съдии.
“I apologize for not getting a knockout. I swear next time I’ll come back and give it to you, кремък,” said Perkins, след мача. “Monika made some adjustments this time. I hit her with some solid hammers and that girl stayed on her feet so kudos to her.”
Perkins threw 353 punches in the fight and landed 121 включително и 40.9% от нейните мощни снимки. Harrison threw 273 shots, but only found a home for 21 от тях.
“I want to be the undisputed female heavyweight champion of the world,” continued Perkins. “I want to be the best you’ve ever seen.”
Undefeated bantamweightДжейми "Чудото" Mitchell (6-0-2, 43 Нокаута) of Pacific Grove, Калифорния, looked impressive in battering and stopping more-experienced veteranNoemi “La Rebelde / No-No” Bosques (12-16-3, 2 Нокаута) in five one-sided rounds. With the two-fisted punishment from Mitchell steadily increasing with every passing round, Referee Gerard White decided the stumbling and retreating Bosques had had enough and mercifully waved the fight off at 1:49 of the fifth.
“I was just zoned out. I was doing whatever fit the moment,” said Mitchell, след мача. “That’s how I got the knockout. Thanks to my coaches and thanks to Claressa Shields for putting me on this card. This is an unforgettable moment for women.”
Prior to scoring the technical knockout, Mitchell landed 48% (80/167) of her power punches, и 40% (94/234) от общите й удари. Noemi Bosques only landed 24 на 153 щанци.
“I like to pick on myself to do better,” said Mitchell of her performance. “There were certain things I wanted to do, but they don’t call this girl a gatekeeper for nothing. I wish I had gotten her out of there quicker and been crisper with my jab. She was a bit tricky.”
In the opening bout of the broadcast, 2012 Олимпийски бронзов медалист Marlen Esparza(9-1, 1 KO) stayed busy ahead of her scheduled challenge of WBC Flyweight Champion Ibeth Zamora in April with a dominant six-round unanimous decision over Canada’sShelly Barnett (сега 4-4-2, 2 KO).
Barnett tried to be aggressive, but Esparza’s skills allowed her to pot shot her bigger opponent, nearly at will, especially as the fight wore on. “We knew she was tough and bigger,” said Esparza. “I wanted someone with more weight because I never fight above 112 паунда. and I think I handled it well. I’m happy about the way everything played out. I’m happy to have been part of this event and to be working with Claressa again.”
Esparza threw 352 punches in the fight, приземяване 126, включително и 26 body shots and 38.4% от нейните мощни снимки. Barnett threw 291 and landed 49. Резултати на съдиите бяха 60-54, 6-53 х 2.
On the free pre-show portion of the pay-per-view, middleweight Timur Kerefov stayed undefeated (11-0, 6 Нокаута) with a TKO 3 over Saint Petersburg, Florida veteran Manny Woods (сега 16-11-1, 6 Нокаута). Woods left eye couldn’t hold up under the onslaught of punches from the Russian former amateur star. The time was 1:06. Kerefov, Detroit via Shalushka, Russia and now training at Kronk Gym, хвърли 190 punches in the abbreviated encounter, приземяване 80, включително и 24 снимки на тялото. Woods threw 122 and landed just 17.
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Билокси, Мис. (Март 5, 2021) – Fort Worth (TX) среднотежкаДжон "The Phenom" Vera спряCleotis Pendarvisin the opening round of last night’s RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT PASS main event at Biloxi Conference Center in Biloxi, Мексико.
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Vera vs. Pendarvis suddenly and surprisingly ended midway through the opening round, when Pendarvis (21-8-2, 9 Нокаута), a former USBA champion, stopped throwing punches and went to his knees. He was counted out with what is believed to be a hand injury.
“Well,” Vera (20-1, 12 Нокаута) said after the fight, “the way my fight ended was anticlimactic. I was feeling really good and calm in there. I was just finding my range, establishing my jab and calculating. He threw a jab to the body and I blocked it with my elbow. I felt his knuckle hit my elbow. Sucked ut ended that way, но това, което можете да направите,?"
Vera has now won his last two fight since suffering his only loss as a professional back in 2018, when he traveled to France as a world rated fighter to take onМишел Соро(31-2-1) for the WBA Interim junior middleweight title, in which Vera lost a 12-round unanimous decision.
In Vera’s previous fight this past in August, “The Phenom” won a 6-round unanimous decision in Las Vegas overРавшан Hudaynazarov (17-2), a former world-rated fighter from Uzbekistan.
“I would like to get in the ring as soon as possible,” Vera added. “I wanted rounds, so it’s time to get right back in there. I’m unscathed and in shape.”
В съвместно черта събитието, ABF West super lightweight championChriston Edwards (12-2, 6 Нокаута) won a 6-round unanimous decision from Texas welterweightJonathan Steele (9-7-1, 6 Нокаута) in a non-title fight.
Eridson Garcia (11-0, 7 Нокаута), of Houston by way of the Dominican Republic, won a split decision againstJose Miguel Diaz Valenzuela (6-1, 1 KO), на Phoenix, in a battle of undefeated super featherweights. Scoring, въпреки че, was odd as Garcia won 60-54 и 59-55, but the third judge scored it a draw, 57-57.
Tennessee super lightweightTyler “Short Fuse” Tomlin остана непобеден, improving to 10-0 (6 Нокаута) with a quick stoppage of overmatched Venezuelan veteranRicardo Ocampo (12-11, 7 Нокаута), who was knocked out at the 53-seconds mark of round one.
San Juan, ПУЕРТО РИКО – март 4, 2021 – Бившият претендент за световната титла Брандън Адамс отбеляза най-голямата победа в кариерата си със зашеметяващ технически нокаут в осмия рунд, за да разстрои изгряващата звезда на сините чипове Сергей Бохачук в главното събитие на встъпилото в Ring City USA 2021 събитие от Felix Pagan Pintor Gym в Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, и на живо в NBC Sports Network.
Въпреки проблясващия атлетизъм и бързите ръце по време на битката, Adams (23-3, 15 Нокаута) беше надолу и в трите отчетни карти (68-64 x2, 69-63) в момента на спирането. 31-годишният играч загуби и трите рунда в осмия фрейм, когато отприщи идеално поставен контраудар, който нарани Бохачук, което създаде възможността за сензационно ляво кроше, което изпрати Бохачук на платното за първи път в професионалната му кариера.
„Той беше корав човек,“, каза Адамс. „Той извади от мен друга страна, за която знаех, че е вътре. Тази вечер трябваше да копая дълбоко и да използвам цялата сила, която трябваше да свържа с един от онези удари от оръдието.
Adams, който произхожда от Уотс, Калифорния, е първият боец, завърнал се в сериала Ring City USA в NBC Sports Network от създаването му през ноември 2020. В две изходи в боксовата поредица в четвъртък вечер, той е отбелязал два категорични нокаута в изпълненията на основните събития. Двубоят на Адамс с Бохачук първоначално беше насрочен за декември, но опонентът му беше принуден да се оттегли след положителна проба за COVID-19. Адамс продължи да спре Сони Дюверсон във втория кръг на това събитие в боксов клуб Wild Card в Лос Анджелис.
„Тази вечер беше наистина трудна битка,“, продължи Адамс. „Пръстенът беше мокър; тази вечер съдията беше срещу мен. Беше тежка битка. Аз съм експлозивен боец и не можах да се възползвам от това, защото нямах краката си под себе си, защото рингът беше мокър. Но въпреки че бях раздразнен, шоуто трябва да продължи. аз съм професионалист. Трябва да разбера как да взема W и това трябваше да направя. Благодарен съм за победата. Обичах Пуерто Рико, всички тук ме прегърнаха с любов.”
Бохачук, който е родом от Виница, Украйна, и сега живее в Лос Анджелис, влезе в битката с девствен професионален рекорд, подчертана от неговата 100% процент на нокаут 18 битки. 25-годишният играч пропусна първия рунд и на трите карти с резултати, но продължи да контролира темпото срещу ветерана Адамс през по-голямата част от битката, като прекъсна ринга и показа стабилна работа на тялото.
„Мислех, че той доминира в битката,“, каза главният треньор на Бохачук Мани Робълс. „Казах му да внимава за това ляво кроше. Казах му, че ако вземе това ляво кроше, той ще контролира битката. Необходими са няколко рунда, за да загрее Сергей, но той изглеждаше добре и защитата му наистина се подобряваше до този нокаут.”
В ко-главното събитие на вечерта, перспектива в супер полутежка категорияБрайън Шевалие (15-1-1, 12 Нокаута) на Bayamon, Puerto Rico, отбеляза впечатляващ нокаут в трети рунд срещуКарлос Самбрано (26-2, 11 Нокаута). Шевалие, 26, се върна на ринга след 15-месечно прекъсване, но не показа признаци на ръжда на ринга, тъй като отбеляза бърз нокдаун в първия рунд. В третия кръг, той отбеляза последователни нокдауни, подчертано от удара на лявата ръка към средната част, която изпрати Замбрано от Перу на платното и не успя да победи броя.
„Тази вечер имах предимството на височината и младостта, но той имаше опит,“, каза Шевалие. „Трябваше да разбера какво ще донесе той и да се адаптирам, за да получа победата. Аз съм много доволен от работата ми. Аз съм най-добрият 126-паундов в цялото Пуерто Рико.”
Откриване на телевизионното предаване в NBC Sports Network, Пуерто РикоДаниелито Зорила (15-0, 11 Нокаута) и КазахстанРуслан Мадиев (13-2, 5 Нокаута) участва във вълнуваща битка напред-назад. 28-годишният Мадиев донесе битката на Зорила с безмилостен натиск, докато тактическата Зорила противодейства добре. В петия кръг, Мадиев беше закачен точка за удар зад главата и при 1:16 от осмия кръг, реферът Джани Гомес спря двубоя заради нов удар зад главата, което беше счетено за случаен фаул. 27-годишният Зорила спечели победа с техническо решение, като две от картите с резултати бяха в полза на пуерториканеца (77-75, 77-74) докато третото беше изчислено в полза на Мадиев (76-73). Неофициалният голмайстор на Ринг Сити Стив Смогър видя битката 76-75 в полза на Зорила.
„Руслан тъкмо се захващаше,“, каза главният треньор Джоел Диас след двубоя. „Той ставаше по-силен след петия рунд и Зорила се уморяваше. Той продължи да прегръща Руслан през по-голямата част от битката. Лично, Мисля, че Зорила искаше да излезе от битката.
Мадиев напусна ринга бързо след обявяването на решението, но Диас изрази мнението си за края на двубоя.
„Той не е бил наранен, той е добър актьор,“, продължи Диас. „Зорила трябва да бъде актьор от сапунени опери. Ние спечелихме тази битка, и това не е честно за моя боец, защото той се включи в работата. Но какво можеш да направиш? Трябва да продължим напред.”
Даниелито Зорила в момента е в стабилно състояние и е откаран в болница след двубоя, за да получи рутинни тестове.
По-рано вечерта, живеят в САЩ. и по целия свят в Twitch, Ring City USA представи три двубоя от четири рунда. В главното събитие на подкартата на Twitch, Fernando Vargas, Jr.(2-0, 2 Нокаута) спечели втората си професионална победа по впечатляващ начин, отбелязва технически нокаут в първия рунд срещу Ел СалвадорСаломе Флорес Торес (0-3). 24-годишният Варгас, Jr., под опеката на баща си – двукратния световен шампион в супер полусредна категория Фернандо Варгас, Sr., изпрати Торес на платното два пъти, преди битката да бъде отменена.
„С всяка битка, Ще продължа да се развивам и да слушам баща си,“, каза Варгас, Jr. „Това беше просто моята втора професионална битка. Търсихме нокаута, но техническият нокаут е наред. Направих удар, за да се отдалеча, и след това отпуснах лявата си ръка.”
В родния си град Гуайнабо, Puerto Rico, Харолд Лагуна (2-0, 2 KO) работи тялото рано и често по пътя към победа с нокаут в първия рундДарвин Алварес (0-1). В първия бой за вечерта, Пуерториканска перспективаХорхе Диас (1-0, 1 KO) спечели първата си професионална победа срещуФелипе Муньос (0-1) чрез нокаут във втория рунд.
Обади се на всички екшън ринга в Пуерто Рико бившият двукратен шампион в полусредна категория Шон Портър, към който се присъедини коментаторът на NBC Sports удар по удар Боб Папа. Брайън Кембъл беше анализатор на бойната нощ с Curran Bhatia, докладващ от ринга. Изпълнителните продуценти на тазвечерното представяне наБохачук vs. Adams в NBC Sports Network бяха Ерик Уайнбъргър, Джеф Хъгинс & Франк Самуел. Телепредаването е продуцирано от Дейвид Гибсън и режисирано от Мат Чели.
Пълното телевизионно предаване от три двубоя тази вечер ще бъде достъпно за гледане при поискване в приложението NBC Sports с удостоверен вход.
Ring City USA се завръща в NBC Sports Network през март 18 с последователни седмици на бокс в четвъртък вечер от Пуерто Рико. След две седмици, следващата глава в Пуерто Рико срещу. Съперничеството в Мексико ще заеме централно място, когато бившият световен шампион в супер лека категорияAlbertoМачадо(22-2, 18 Нокаута) изправена непобеденнарастващите перспективи Хектор Танахара(19-0, 5 Нокаута) в 10-рундовото основно събитие в лека категория. На март 25, Ring City ще подчертае една от най-големите битки в женския бокс между световната шампионка в седем дивизии и бъдещия боксьор в Залата на славатаАманда Serrano и настоящ шампион в две дивизииДаниела Бермудес за световните титли на Serrano на WBO и WBC в полулегка категория.
Ринг Сити, която стартира през 2020 г., е най-новата спортна медийна платформа на бокса. Работа в тандем с различни промоутъри и таланти, неговата нова боксова серия поставя акцент върху състезателни мачове, които наистина тестват бойците и вълнуват феновете на битките. Ring City осигурява страхотни битки на ринга и завладяващо програмиране на рамото извън ринга. Ring City е мястото за доказателство, където бъдещите таланти могат да спечелят своите ивици и да се изстрелят в горния ешелон на боксовата звезда.
BOSTON (Март 2, 2021) – New Haven (CT) super welterweight boxerJimmy “Quiet Storm” Williamswill finally get what he calls “his world title fight” tonight against former world championЮри Форманin an 8-round bout for the vacant American Boxing Federation USA super welterweight championship, at the Kentucky Center for African Americans in Louisville, Кентъки.
бригадир (35-3, 10 Нокаута), биете от Brooklyn, captured the World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight World title in 2009, when he won a unanimous 12-round decision versus defending championДаниел Сантос (32-3-1).
“We sparred back when I was a kid when I trained at the Joe Grier Boxing Academy in Patterson, New Jersey,” Williams explained. “Joe was the one who gave me my nickname, ‘Quiet Storm.’ Yuri is a true world champion. I basically have come from nowhere to share the ring with a world champion. What we’re doing is what boxing is all about. It’s not about age; той е 40 and I’m 34. Age doesn’t mean anything. I’m not a top dog, which is probably why they offered me the fight, but I’m a real fighter who will be in with a world champ. This is my world title fight! Печалба, губя, или равенство, I’ll be fighting a world champion. I’m not scared of anybody. It’s not about money, it’s who I am, and I always step up to the challenge. This is going to be a great fight.”
Williams (16-5-2, 5 Нокаута) is proud to be one of the rare football players who has succeeded in boxing. He was a standout cornerback at Southern Connecticut State University and invited to several NFL tryout camps. He came close to making the cut with the then-Oakland Raiders.
“I’ve always been a boxer at heart,” Williams said, “so football was easy for me. It was great getting calls from NFL scouts. I walked away from football for boxing. I’m a former Division 2 college football player fighting a world champion. I knew when it was time to leave football, but I’m not ready to leave boxing yet. I don’t need to box. I’m educated, work in the community, and I’m a father. I’m blessed to be boxing and I’ll know when it’s time to hang up my gloves.”
Williams didn’t box until after his mother, Belinda, was murdered in 2008 and her case remains unsolved. He lost his father to cancer.
“This fight for Jimmy is by far the biggest of his career,” Williams managerРайън Роуч (Locker Locker) remarked. “It’s a must win to get him back on track. He knows what he has to do. He made a move to Veloz Boxing in Rhode Island and he’s a different fighter from what he was in his last two fights. Just being around ‘Boo Boo’ (световен шампионDemetrious Andrade) and those guys there has Jimmy where he needs to be for this fight.”
Williams has been promoted byДжими Бърчфийлд’s Classic Entertainment and Sports (CES) since he turned pro in 2013.
“We have a close relationship,” Burchfield commented. “I turned him pro, got him on national television a few times, and even attended his wedding. I’m very proud of him. He’s been tremendously loyal to CES as we have to him. This is a great opportunity. He didn’t hesitate a minute to take this fight. He has a new trainer, Brian Johnson, and Jimmy has been driving bad and forth from New Haven to Providence to train. I think he’s in the top shape of his life, because he knows the importance of this fight. He deserves to have this opportunity.
Something special about his fight tonight against Foreman for Williams, an African American, is fighting at this venue (Kentucky Center for African Americans) in the hometown of his hero,Мохамед Али.
“I’m paying homage to all people who’ve lived my dream,” Williams remarked. “It is what I represent. We’ve lost a lot of people in the last year. Fighting in Louisville is big for me because it’s the home of ‘The Greatest,’ Muhammad Ali. I look at Ali more for his character and what he stood for than his boxing. He stood for something and lost the prime of his career because of it. I try to be like him in terms of who I am. He gave me the confidence be who I want to be in life. I’ve read every book about him. I refuse to give up like Ali. I’m a throwback fighter.”
Fighter Locker’s growing stable of gifted boxers includes California super flyweightRocco “So Cal Kid” Santomauro (20-1, 6 Нокаута), Troy, NY ABF American West super lightweightRay Jay “The Destroyer” Bermudez(12-0, 9 Нокаута), супер средна категория“The Amazing” Shawn McCalman(6-0, 4 Нокаута), U.S. Армейска супер полутежка категорияДаниел Бейли, Jr. (2-0, 1 KO), лекЛеонел де лос Сантос (2-0, 2 Нокаута), а2-time Dominican Republic Olympian, pro-debuting Boston featherweightТроя Андерсън, Jr., pro-debuting Dominican Republic welterweightJuan Solano, and Salt Lake City, Utah brothers, супер лекIgnacio Chairez (7-0-1, 4 Нокаута) и лекGabriel Chairez (3-0, 2 Нокаута).
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