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GH3 Promotions Antoine Douglas ready for big performance on Saturday night

Нутлеи, Њ (Март 3, 2016) – Ово Субота ноћ у Sands Bethlehem Events Center, непоражен Лигхтвеигхт Антоан Даглас (19-0-1, 13 КО је) will face the toughest test of his career when he takes on rugged Avtandil Khurtsidze in the co-feature bout of a SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION®.
This fight is the continuing process of Douglaspromoter GH3 Promotions, which has groomed the Washington, Д.Ц.. native from his first professional bout.
Douglas set the model for what GH3 Promotions is all about and that is grass roots developing.
I am so proud of Antoine and the job he has done,”said GH3 Promotions CEO Vito Mielnicki. “When I started this company, I wanted to sign very good fighters with solid amateur backgrounds. Antoine was the someone I coveted and I saw this vision for him and now the fight on Saturday is the perfect next step for him. Када је победио у суботу and I feel he will be ready for a big opportunity.
Mielnicki continued, “That’s the blueprint. Develop fighters on my local shows. Fighters like Antoine and now Адам Лопез (15-0, 7 КО је) graduated to ShoBox main event status and then to the next level. Имали смо Јохн Тхомпсон (17-2, 6 KO’s fight for a world title, We have high aspirations for О'Схакуие Фостер (10-1, 7 КО је), Џери Одом (13-2-1, 12 КО је) Роналд Еллис (12-0-1, 10 КО је) , Кеенан Смит (9-0, 3 КО је) и Хектор Фромета (2-0).”
Лопез, stayed undefeated by winning a comfortable unanimous decision over previously Mario Munoz on February 19th in Atlantic City that headlined a ShoBox: The New Generation card..
Odom and Ellis fought to a spirited draw in a Super Middleweight bout. On another televised bout, Foster was dominant in stopping Lavisas Williams. On the non-televised card, Hector Frometa went to 2-0 са једногласном одлуком победе.
We feel that Lopez needs another fight or two against good opposition to get to where Antoine is now. Foster showed that he has a chance to be a special fighter and we love the potential of Frometa.
Foster is now trained by Dennis Porter & Ronald Sims, who also handle Antoine and it was evident in their first fight together the difference that they have already made on him.
Douglas is currently ranked number-six by the WBA, number-eleven by the IBF and number-three by the WBO, while Lopez is ranked number-seven by the WBA.
This is all a product of moving our guys fast and right and by not babying them on the way up.
ГХ3 Промоције собе непоражен миддлевеигхт Антоине Доуглас, Супер миддлевеигхт је Џери Одом & Роналд Еллис, непоражена супер Хеавивеигхт Адам Лопез као Бокцино 2015 Јр. Лигхтвеигхт Цхампион Јохн Тхомпсон, Јр., Ундефеатед велтер Хецтор Фромета, Јеррелл Харрис & Кеенан Смит, , Јр. Lightweight O’Shaquie Foster & Супер Миддлевеигхт Ендрју Хернандез да ГХ3 Промоције стабилна.

A LEGENDARY MARCH THROUGH THE DECADES – SHOWTIME SPORTS® CONTINUES CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS OF SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®

 
Реј Леонард, Марвин Хаглер, Thomas Hearns, Феликс Тринидад, Рикардо Лопес, Георге Фореман & More Showcased In March

 

Кликните ОВДЕ For A Look Back At Some Of The Legendary Moments On SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: хттп://s.sho.com/1RkA3CE

 

ЊУЈОРК (Март 2, 2016) - Сховтиме Спорт rolls out its third installment of a year-long salute commemorating 30 years of СХОВТИМЕ Цхампионсхип Бокинг in March with “Legends’’.

 

This month will be highlighted by legends Sugar Ray Leonard, Марвелоус Марвин Хаглер, Феликс Тринидад, Ricardo “Finito” Lopez and George Foreman. Seven of the most unforgettable and important fights from these legends – some of which have seldom been re-aired since their live presentation – are available now on the network’s on demand platforms and will air will air on “Throwback Thursdays”in March at 10 п.м. И/ПТ на Сховтиме Ектреме.

 

The Четвртак, Март 10 presentation of Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi airs exactly 30 years after the final win of Hagler’s Hall of Fame career on March 10, 1986. Hagler vs. Mugabi was the first main event to ever air on SHOWTIME®.

 

The classic fights, which are also are available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, СХОВТИМЕ АНИТИМЕ® and via the network’s standalone streaming service, will be wrapped with brief context and commentary from SHOWTIME Sports host Brian Custer.

 

Below is the schedule of SHO EXTREME premieres for the month of March:

  • Сутра, Четвртак, Март 3: Terry Norris vs. Сугар Раи Леонард
  • Четвртак, Март 10: Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi
  • Четвртак, Март 17: Felix Trinidad vs. David Reid
  • Четвртак, Март 24: Ricardo Lopez vs. Rosendo Alvarez II
  • Четвртак, Март 31: Iran Barkley vs. Thomas Hearns I, George Foreman vs. Герри Куни (10:15 п.м. И/ПТ), Gerald McClellan vs. Julian Jackson I (10:30 п.м. ЕТ / ПТ)

 

In celebration of the best rivalries on SHOWTIME, see below for a special column from SHOWTIME Sports expert analyst and boxing historian Стеве Фархоод.

 

ЛЕГЕНДЕ

By Steve Farhood

 

Boxing without legends would be like religion without saints.

There’s no formula for a fighter to advance from star to superstar to legend. The process depends on timing, circumstance, and sometimes as little as a point or two on the judges’ картице.

And oh, да: It helps if a guy can really fight.

As we celebrate 30 years of boxing on SHOWTIME, we’re focusing on a different theme each month. Throughout March, the theme will be Legends.

У 130 years from John L. Sullivan to Floyd Mayweather, boxing has given us what other sports can’t provide. Consider:

  • The Associated Press voted Luis Firpo’s knockdown of Jack Dempsey as the greatest sports moment of the first half of the 20th Century.
  • The Frazier-Ali “Fight Of The Century” in 1971 was easily the most anticipated sporting event in history.
  • Last year’s Mayweather-Pacquiao fight generated more than half-a-billion dollarsin one night!

Legends are made by big momentsand how they respond to those moments.

On SHOWTIME, we’ve featured three decades worth of legends. Here’s a look at those who will share the spotlight in March.

MARVIN HAGLER: Since Vince Lombardi didn’t exactly say, “Timing isn’t everything, it’s the only thing,” Hagler should’ve said it.

Hagler was a great fighter long before he was a superstar, but it wasn’t until he fought Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns, and Sugar Ray Leonard (three of Hagler’s last six bouts) that Marvin became Marvelous.

Hagler’s one appearance on SHOWTIME, which happened to be the first bout televised on the network (Март 1986), was the final win of his career. Undefeated over 10 године, Hagler had established himself as one of the greatest middleweights in history. And while it could be argued in hindsight that at age 31, the ultimate blue-collar fighter was slightly past his prime, much of what made Hagler special was on display during his savage defense against his unbeaten and ferocious challenger, John Mugabi.

Almost three decades after his retirement, Hagler remains the middleweight today’s 160-pounders are measured against.

Сугар Раи Леонард: If Hagler bloomed late, Leonard was a superstar before he threw a single punch as a professional.

Back in the mid-‘70s, that’s what a magnetic smile, an Olympic gold medal, and repeated exposure on prime time television could do for a young fighter.

It’s ironic that Leonard was initially viewed by some as a coddled creation of the media. Заправо, he was as tough as any fighter of the star-studded early-‘80s. Better yet, he remains the best fighter I’ve covered in 38 years on the boxing beat.

Leonard’s appearance on SHOWTIME was the penultimate bout of his career. In electing to end yet another lengthy layoff, Сугар Раи, 34, chose outstanding 23-year-old super welterweight titlist Terry Norris as his opponent. Leonard dropped from 160 на 154 pounds and fought at Madison Square Garden for the first time.

The bout served as a reminder that at least in a pre-Bernard Hopkins world, boxing was very much a young man’s game.

FELIX TRINIDAD: There are only three Hispanic fighters who became superstars in the USA without speaking English. The first was Panama’s Roberto Duran. The second was Mexico’s Julio Cesar Chavez.

The third was Puerto Rico’s Trinidad.

Trinidad’s motto might as well have been, “If you can’t be from America, then beat America.”

A classic puncher with a boy scout’s smile and a fan-friendly personality, Trinidad made his name by defeating four U.S. Олимпијци, Пернелл Вхитакер, Оскар де ла Хоја (albeit by a terrible decision), David Reid, and Fernando Vargas.

Штавише, Вхитакер, Де Ла Хоиа, and Reid had all been gold medalists.

The fight we’ll feature on Март 17 on SHO EXTREME, Trinidad vs. Reid, was Trinidad’s 14th and final appearance on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING and SHOWTIME pay-per-view.

From his welterweight title-winning kayo of Maurice Blocker in 1993 through his defense against Mahenge Zulu in 1998, 13 of Trinidad’s 14 bouts were aired on SHOWTIME. Twelve of those fights were knockout wins.

Where Trinidad ranks with Wilfredo Gomez, Мигел Цотто, Царлос Ортиз, Wilfred Benitez, and the rest of the legends from Puerto Rico is debatable. What is inarguable is that “Tito” generated as much excitement as any fighter of his era.

RICARDO LOPEZ: What’s smaller: the chance that a strawweight (105 фунти) becomes an American television star or the fighter himself?

There’s never been an American world champion at strawweight (or minimumweight). We just don’t grow fighters that size. Заправо, until the emergence of Mexico’s Lopez in the early-’90s, most American boxing fans couldn’t have identified a single strawweight if armed with a map of the world and a set of WBC ratings.

Lopez was so complete, so dominant, so technically perfect, that from 1994 to ’99, he was a staple of SHOWTIME’s boxing programming. He fought 13 consecutive bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING or SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View, and the first 11 of those contests were defenses of the strawweight title.

And if you think the little guys can’t punch, добро, there were some one-punch kayos sprinkled in.

Лопез, who retired with a mark of 51-0-1, is universally acknowledged as an all-time great. Too bad he never fought America’s Michael Carbajal at light flyweight. Had he won that bout, he’d likely be acknowledged as one of the two or three greatest Mexican fighters ever.

Which is saying a lot for a fighter who never faced an opponent recognized by the American viewing public.

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Сховтиме Мреже доо. (СНИ), потпуном власништву компаније ЦБС корпорације, поседује и управља са премија телевизијске мреже Сховтиме®, Мовие Цханнел ™ и ФЛИКС®, а такође нуди Сховтиме НА ЗАХТЕВ®, Мовие Цханнел ™ на захтев и Флик ОН ДЕМАНД®, и Мреже потврда идентитета сервис СХОВТИМЕ АНИТИМЕ®. Сховтиме Дигитал Цо., Лтд., потпуном власништву компаније сни, управља самостални стреаминг сервис Сховтиме®. СХОВТИМЕ је тренутно доступан претплатницима путем кабла, ДБС и телцо провајдера, и као самостални стреаминг сервиса кроз Аппле®, Година®, Amazon and Google. Потрошачи такође да се претплатите на СХОВТИМЕ преко Хулу, Сони Плаистатион® Vue and Amazon Prime Video. СНИ такође управља Смитхсониан Нетворкс, заједнички подухват сни и Смитхсониан Институције, који нуди Смитхсониан Цханнел, и нуди Смитхсониан Земљукроз СН Дигитал ЛЛЦ. СНИ пласира и дистрибуира спортских и забавних манифестација за изложбу претплатницима на основу паи-пер-виев кроз СХОВТИМЕ ППВ. За више информација, иди на ввв.СХО.цом.

JULIAN WILLIAMS MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES & ФОТОГРАФИЈЕ

WILLIAMS FACES MARCELLO MATANO IN SUPER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE ELIMINATOR Ове суботе ЛИВЕ ОН СХОВТИМЕ® FROM SANDS BETHLEHEM EVENTS CENTER
IN BETHLEHEM, ПА.
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Кликните ОВДЕ For A Short Video Feature On Julian Williams: хттп://s.sho.com/21HzF8I
Филаделфија, Па. (Март 2, 2016) – Јулијански “Ј-Роцк” Виллиамс (21-0-1, 13 КОс) одржао медијски тренинг у уторак in Philadelphia at James Shuler Boxing Gym as he prepares to put his undefeated record on the line in a 154-pound world title eliminator this Saturday, Март 5, ливе он СХОВТИМЕ (10 п.м. И/ПТ, касни на Западној обали).
The SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION® main event pits Williams against Italy’s Marcello Matano(16-1, 5 КОс) as part of a tripleheader live from Sands Bethlehem Events Center in Bethlehem, Пенсилванија.
Also featured on the telecast will be middleweight contender Антоан Даглас (19-0-1, 13 КОс) суочава офа против Avtandil Khurtsidze (31-2, 20 КОс)in a 10-round middleweight bout and exciting Detroit prospect Тони Харисон (22-1, 18 КОс) battling former title challenger Фернандо Гуерреро (28-3, 20 КОс) in a 10-round super welterweight matchup.
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Here is what Julian and his trainer, Stephen Edwards, има да каже Уторак:
Јулиан Виллиамс
I am extremely focused. There is a lot at stake ове суботе. I am finally in the position I wanted to be in since turning pro.
I have come to a conclusion that if people don’t have to fight Julian Williams then they won’t. It hasn’t been that frustrating though because I always have a fight on the books. I can’t worry about the people who won’t fight me. I just have to stay ready and put myself in the mandatory spot. That’s what I am going to do у суботу ноћ.
It’s never any challenge fighting at home. I know exactly what I have to do. I don’t cut any corners in camp. The biggest challenge is the waiting because I am so anxious to get in there and get a win, especially in front of my home crowd.
I always knew I wanted to pursue a boxing career, so I treat it like I want it. I’ve been dreaming about this for a long time and my opportunity is finally here.
I’ve been a student of the game since I started watching boxing. I want to learn and I want to know everything about boxing.
It means everything to have my biggest fight to date in my backyard. I know my fans cheer loud and it feels great to have their support in my corner.
I know everything about my opponent. I probably know what kind of toothpaste he used this morning. I searched high and low for videos of Matano. I am ready because I know he is ready.
He is a little bit awkward. He seems to have a really good gas tank. He said he wants to take me the distance, so we’ll see.
The last fight solidified the things that I already knew about myself. I know I am fundamentally sound and I know I am the hungriest fighter in the world.
I always want to put on an explosive performance. It’s always about a win.
In about nine months, Philadelphia will have it’s fourth IBF super welterweight champion after David Reid, Robert Hines and Buster Drayton.
STEPHEN EDWARDS, Виллиамс’ тренер
We are ready. It’s been a long four-month camp. We thought were going to fight in January, so we’ve been grinding through this rough weather early in the morning. Julian is chomping at the bit and ready to rock ‘n roll.
We thought we were going to fight Austin Trout in December, and he saw that Julian gave his opponent a concussion and said I don’t want to fight him. It’s just that simple. We have to get past Matano and then we can talk about (super welterweight champion Jermall) Цхарло.
Anybody with two hands and a heartbeat can fight. Matano is ranked and just because he isn’t well known, it doesn’t mean he can’t fight. Он је 16-1 and they didn’t have a hard time convincing him to take the fight. The best soldiers are volunteers. Any time someone willingly comes to someone else’s country, you have to take him seriously.
I don’t want to make a prediction, but Julian will hurt this guy very bad.
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LEO SANTA CRUZ RETAINS WBA FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD TITLE WITH FIFTH-ROUND TKO WIN OVER KIKO MARTINEZ

HUGO RUIZ REGAINS WBC SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD TITLE WITH DEVASTATING FIRST-ROUND KO OVER JULIO CEJA
Watch The Replay Of The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® ДоублехеадерСутра/Недеља у 9 а.м. И/ПТ На СХОВТИМЕ®,
Понедељак, Јан. 29, у 10 п.м. И/ПТ На СХО ЕКСТРЕМЕ®
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Фотографија Кредит: Стефани Трапп / Сховтиме
ANAHEIM, Калиф. (Јан. 27, 2016) – Лав “Земљотрес” Санта Круз defended his WBA Featherweight World Championship in convincing fashion у суботу ноћ, knocking down Кико “Sensación” Мартинез twice in the first round, then ending it on a barrage of punches as the fight was called at 2:09 in the fifth round in the main event of a СХОВТИМЕ Цхампионсхип Бокинг doubleheader at Honda Center in Anaheim, Калиф.
У сарадњи функцијом у СХОВТИМЕ, 29-годишњакиња Хуго Руиз (36-3, 31 КОс), Los Mochis, Синалоа, Мексико, regained his WBC Super Bantamweight World Title with a devastating early knockdown with just 51 seconds into the 12-round fight against 23-year-old Јули Цеја (30-2, 27 КОс) of Atizapan De Zaragoza, Мексико, in a highly anticipated rematch of their August fight won by Ceja.
Fighting just 10 miles west of his hometown of La Habra and before 7,780 enthusiastic fans, the 27-year-old Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 КОс) continued to establish himself as the King of Southern California as he punished the game 29-year-old Martinez (35-7, 26 КОс) из Аликантеа, Valencia, Шпанија, са 570 total punches in just five rounds. Bilo 1,038 total punches thrown during the fight.
The fans love it when two fighters go toe-to-toe,” Santa Cruz told SHOWTIME’s Џим Сива after the fight. “I wanted to give the fans a great fight. I knew I could hurt him with a right hand. He’s a fighter and when he’s knocked down, he’s going to come back. In the fifth round I knew I had to finish him off and I did.
Santa Cruz continued, “We were going toe-to-toe from the beginning. He’s was throwing good punches I was throwing out good punches and the crowd was loving it. Then my dad told me to slow down and be smarter so we started boxing.
Santa Cruz wasted no time getting the upper hand as the opening bell rung. He knocked Martinez out twice in the first round; the first just 23 seconds into the fight and the second on a devastating right hand at two minutes into the round prompting SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING play-by-play announcer Мауро Раналло to tell expert analyst Ел Бернштајн: “We may be able to get to Disneyland before the end of the night.
Martinez fell into a groove in the third and fourth rounds, but got into trouble two minutes into the fifth round as Santa Cruz had him up against the ropes connecting on numerous body shots, uppercuts and combinations before referee Raul Caiz Sr. signaled the end of the fight for Santa Cruz’s second straight world title defense in Southern California.
Martinez said that Santa Cruz, “started to move a lot and he broke my strategy and he fought a great fight. The second round I was getting looser and I was starting to feel much better.
He was like a bull coming forward really strong,” Santa Cruz added. “He has definitely been one of the strongest fighters I’ve been in the ring with yet.
Towards the end I said, ‘this is it, this is my opportunity to take him down. If I don’t finish him right here, it’s going to make it a really tough fight.So I said I was going at it with my all and thankfully it turned out the way that it did.
Санта Круз, making his second defense after capturing the world title from Абнер Марес back in August, said someday he wants to break the records for most punches thrown in a fight. “I wanted to throw as many punches as I can so the fans could get a good show.
Santa Cruz is now eyeing a future potential matchup with IBF 122-pound world champion Карл Фрамптон у 126 pounds or Гари Расел. “I’m up for anyone,” рекао је. “I want the rematch with (Абнер) Мајке. Since Frampton won, if he’s ready to go up in weight, I’m ready for him. I challenge him to a fight whenever he’s ready.
In a rematch of the WBC Super Bantamweight World Title he lost last August, the new 122-pound champion Ruiz improved his record to 5-0 in rematches (са пет нокаута) as he delivered a stunning first-round knockout against Ceja, who injured his right ankle on a powerful clean right just seconds into the fight sending him to the canvas.
Ceja got up slowly but was battered with a fury of punches and knocked out again with just 51 seconds into the fight ending the affair.
I was very prepared to knock him out, but I was prepared to go 12 метака вечерас also if I had to,” said Ruiz, who was teary and emotional following the victory. “I was happy to knock him out in the first round. I’m looking for the best fighters and the best money out there.
Said SHOWTIME analyst Поли Малигнагги: “I’ve never seen a first-round KO that soon in a fight of this much importance.Added SHOWTIME’s Bernstein: “The right hand was the weapon of choice for Ruiz, and he got the job done. What a moment of redemption for Ruiz!”
Обрва, who beat Ruiz on a fifth-round knockout last August to win the world title, was hurt from the first series of Ruiz punches and never recovered in the intense first round.
Ceja was taken to nearby UC Irvine Hospital and diagnosed with a fractured right ankle.
I saw that he got hurt with the first punch and I saw his leg wobbling and so I said, ‘Let’s finish’,” Руиз рекао. “And I did in that round.
Раније Субота из Манчестера, Енглеска, о СХОВТИМЕ БОКС МЕЂУНАРОДНИ, IBF 122-pound world champion Карл Фрамптон unified the super bantamweight division with a split decision victory over WBA titlist Скот КУИГГ.
The long-awaited matchup of unbeaten champions got off to a slow and tactical start, but Belfast native Frampton (22-0, 14 КОс) established himself as the aggressor and worked his jab to pocket the early rounds. Quigg didn’t come alive until after the seventh, when trainer Joe Gallagher warned his charge that he was likely down big on the judges’ сцорецардс.
КУИГГ (31-1-2) pounded the body and was the aggressor in rounds eight through 11, but it was too little, too late for the Lancashire, England native. Frampton won the 12тх and walked away the unified champion by scores of 115-113 for Quigg, али 116-112 twice for Frampton.
СХОВТИМЕ Цхампионсхип Бокинг доублехеадер ће поново ваздух ове недеље и то:
DAY CHANNEL
Сутра, Недеља, Јан. 28, 3 а.м. И/12 а.м. PT SHOW EXTREME
Сутра, Недеља, Јан. 28, 9 ам ЕТ/PT SHOWTIME
Понедељак, Јан. 29, 10 п.м. И/ПТ Сховтиме Ектреме
Субота је Televizija sa dve borbe biće dostupna na početku SHOWTIME ON DEMAND сутра, Недеља, Јан. 28.
Брајан Кастер vodio emisiju SHOWTIME, са Мауро Раналло pozivajući radnju, Analitičar Kuće slavnih Ел Бернштајн i bivši dvostruki svetski šampion Поли Малигнаггиkomentarišući i Џим Сива извештавање. У шпанском симулкаста, Алехандро Луна nazivaju udarcem i bivšim šampionom sveta Раул Маркуез služio kao komentator u boji. Izvršni producent SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING je bio Дејвид Динкинс Јр. са Bob Dunphy режирање.
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Санта Круз вс. Мартинез, was 12-round bout for Santa Cruz’s WBA Featherweight Title taking place on Saturday, Јан. 27 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Цалиф., promoted by TGB Promotions in association with Sampson Boxing Promotions and sponsored by Corona. У сарадњи функцију, Julio Ceja and Hugo Ruiz met in a super bantamweight world title rematch for the WBC belt. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast aired live on SHOWTIME (10 п.м. И/7 п.м. ПТ) and was available in Spanish via Secondary Audio Programming (САП).
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Лео Санта Цруз вс. KIKO MARTINEZ FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES AND PHOTOS FOR THEIR FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWDOWN THIS SATURDAY AT THE HONDA CENTER

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ANAHEIM, Цалиф. (Фебруар 25, 2016) - Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruzи Kiko “Sensacion” Martinez went face-to-face Четвртак at the final press conference before their featherweight world title showdown on Saturday, Јан. 27 ливе он СХОВТИМЕ® (10 п.м. И/7 п.м. ПТ) from Honda Center in Anaheim, Калиф.

 

Присуствовао Четвртак су Јули Цеја и Хуго Руиз, who will enter the ring in a super bantamweight world title rematch as part of the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® telecast beginning at 10 п.м. И/7 п.м. ПТ.

 

The previously announced opening bout between undefeated heavyweights Gerald Washington (16-0-1, 11 КОс) and Oscar Rivas (18-0, 13 КОс) has been cancelled due to Rivas being unable to pass a mandatory eye-exam.

 

Улазнице за догађају уживо, which is promoted by TGB promotions, се по цени од $27, $54, $104 и $199 and are on sale now via тицкетмастер.цом, Ticketmaster retail locations, позивом 800-745-3000 of by stopping by the Honda Center Box Office.

 

All of the televised fighters in the now doubleheader have promised to live up to their all-action styles and will provide great drama for fans у суботу night at Honda Center. Santa Cruz will be making the first defense of his featherweight world title while Ceja puts his 122-pound title on the line after earning the vacant belt with a fifth round stoppage of Ruiz in an exciting back-and-forth fight in August.

 

Ево шта су борци су имали да кажу Четвртак:

 

ЛЕО САНТА ЦРУЗ

 

“Headlining a televised card has been my childhood dream. I could have never imagined I was going to get this far. And Here I am, on my second main event, defending my title on a premium network. I’m so psyched. I cannot believe it.

 

“The first time I put the gloves on, I knew that I had found my craft, and I also knew that it was not going to be an easy road. I knew that I had to work hard to become a champion. Тако, I trained the hardest and I fought the hardest, and with my father by my side I got here, where I’m at today. I owe him everything.

 

“I remember watching all the great Mexican Champions and day dreaming about being like them one day. It felt unreachable. I thought it was impossible to get where they were. But I worked hard, really hard from the beginning.

 

“The most important thing is that the fans leave happy and get their money’s worth. I’m glad that Kiko has come prepared because we’re ready for a great fight.

 

“People are saying that I should walk through Kiko Martinez, but I don’t listen to that. I look at Kiko the same way I look at any other opponent. When we step inside the ring, we are equals.

 

“At the end of the day, the winner will be the fighter who has prepared more and who has imposed his will on the other man.

 

 

KIKO MARTINEZ

 

“I have faced much stronger boxers than Leo and come Субота, all of those who did bet on me for this fight, I am going to make you a lot of money.

 

“I am excited and proud to know that Sergio Martinez will be present у суботу supporting me. His guidance and presence

 

“My trainer could not be here, but we have not taken one day off in training camp and I have been pushed to my limit to prepare me for this fight. I’m thankful to Robert Garcia for being in my corner у суботу.

 

“I know this is a great opportunity to fight Leo Santa Cruz and I will make the most of it. I’m going to leave everything inside the ring so that the fight fans enjoy a great championship matchup.

 

“I feel that Leo Santa Cruz is a great fighter, he has beat some incredible fighters. He’s a great athlete and boxer. Sometimes people will try to make him out to be more than he actually is but they are mistaken with what they see in me. I am not to be mistaken as the underdog here.

 

 

JULIO CEJA

 

“As Hugo mentioned, we have both trained even harder than last time and we’re more prepared physically and mentally.

 

“I’m going to give everybody a great fight just like last time. I’m walking into the ring knowing my opponent very well. We’ve been to war. I know what to expect from him. I know about his punch and I know how to counter it.

 

“I’m going to be alert and ready. I’ll be a little more intelligent, because I know that he’s coming well prepared and he’s coming for the world title, but he’s not going to get it.

“There are going to be no surprises in this fight. Hugo Ruiz said that he was training harder this time. But I am too. I’ve trained very hard.

 

“The key for me to win this fight is to keep my hands up and to not give him one inch. I cannot be careless. I’ll be strategic and use my wisdom. I cannot come in with my hands down because I know I’ll pay for it. But nothing to worry about, we have rectified those issues in training camp. Спреман сам. He’s not taking my belt away from me.

 

“I’m glad that he says he is better prepared this time because I am better than ever. My team has been instrumental in preparing me for this matchup.

 

“The winner will be the man who is more prepared physically and mentally. But the real winner will be the fans at Honda Center because this is an amazing card and we’re going to put on an amazing fight.”

 

 

Хуго РУИЗ

 

“If you liked the first fight between us, then you are going to love this one.

 

“I’m excited to be fighting once again in Southern California. I’ve trained very hard and I have prepared myself for this world title opportunity.

 

“I’m looking forward to putting on a grand show for all my fans у суботу ноћ. "

 

 

ЈОСЕ САНТА ЦРУЗ, Santa Cruz’ Father & Тренер

 

I hear Kiko has a great trainer on his corner. Robert Garcia is really good, but I have news for Kiko, his trainer is not going to fight for him.

Once a fighter steps into the ring, he’s alone in there. There are no trainers and no great promoters that can fight for him.”

 

“Kiko speaks about this prestigious trainer and thinks that by mentioning him, he is going to intimidate us. He has something else coming. The trainer won’t fight for Kiko. Roberto Garcia has trained my son and knows Leo very well but that does not give Kiko the upper hand.”

 

Том Бровн, Head of TGB Promotions

 

“Southern California favorite Leo Santa Cruz returns to bring his action style to the ring. He will be opposed by a tough former world champion in Kiko Martinez who is sure to make this a tremendous fight.

 

“The first fight between Ceja and Ruiz was a true back and forth war. Should this pick up right where it left off, we will have a great fight to start the telecast.

 

“I’m looking forward to a great night у суботу night in front of the fantastic Southern California boxing fans.”

 

 

TIM RYAN, Direktor & President of Honda Center

 

“I’m so thankful to everyone for helping to bring boxing back to Orange County. It’s hard to believe that Julio Cesar Chavez fought here in 1996, because it seems like yesterday.

 

“We have a great arena and a great fan base that loves boxing here in Orange County. Картица у суботу is wonderful. I know these guys will be ready and I’m looking forward to an action-packed night on the 27тх.

 

CHRIS DEBLASIO, Потпредседник, Sports Communication Showtime Networks

 

“This is a fight fan’s fight card and we are looking forward to some explosive action. I think everyone knows that the lighter weight classes, especially at the championship level, produce exciting fights. My favorite examples include the epic series between Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez, which are available on SHOWTIME platforms and should wet your appetite for what we will see у суботу ноћ. "

 

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“60 MINUTES SPORTS” CAPTURES THE EXCITEMENT AND SPIRIT OF NAVAL ACADEMY BOXING ON THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS ANNAPOLIS TRADITION, УТОРАК, МАРТ 1 ON SHOWTIME®

Cameras Will Be Following the Fighters At The Brigade Boxing Championship Овог петка Ноћ

ЊУЈОРК (Јан. 25, 2016) - 60 MINUTES SPORTS will offer a window into one of the most time-honored traditions in America’s military when it presents a segment on the U.S. Naval Academy’s boxing program and its annual Brigade Boxing Championship. The feature builds up to the 75тх championship this Friday, Јан. 26, in Annapolis, Мд., and correspondent Jack Ford and 60 MINUTES SPORTS will be in the arena to record the action for the men’s and women’s bouts. The report will appear on the next edition of 60 MINUTES SPORTS, Уторак, Март 1 у 9 п.м. И/ПТ, на СХОВТИМЕ.

 

Boxing has been practiced at the nation’s second oldest military institution for 150 године, and midshipmen have vied for the Brigade Boxing Championship since 1941. Along the way to this year’s 75тхanniversary, the academy has made learning to box a requirement of graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy.

 

The man who teaches the “sweet science” to midshipmen – male and female – is Head Boxing Coach Jim McNally. It’s about future leaders facing fear. “We use boxing…as a laboratory…an environment of controlled stress, physical fear,” says McNally. “We want them to learn a lot about themselves and how they’re going to react to those situations,” he tells Ford.

 

60 MINUTES SPORTS shot the story in Annapolis in the fall and last January to show the process and tell the stories of three midshipmen who will be in the ring ово петак fighting for a championship. One of them, Samantha Glaeser, has a chance to make academy history. There have been only 19 at Annapolis to win the crown all four years at the Naval Academy, and none was a woman. Glaeser has a chance Петак ноћ.

 

Ford also speaks with Glaeser’s foe, Stephanie Simon, another midshipmen with pugilistic talents who has a National Collegiate Boxing championship under her belt. She has not been able to defeat Glaeser, међутим, in their two previous meetings for the brigade championship.

 

Ford also talks to Midshipman Jourdan Looney, whose two brigade championship titles are testament to what boxing means to the Academy. He had no boxing experience before he entered the Naval Academy. “Boxing…fighting is one of my biggest fears. I conquer that one fear, I’ve conquered any other fear that I could possibly have.” He’ll be in contention for his third brigade title Петак ноћ.

 

Сједињене Америчке Државе. Naval Academy Superintendent, Vice Adm. Walter Carter, sums up the importance of boxing to America’s future naval officers for Ford. "[Бокс] is that moment where no matter how well you think you have planned out your couple minutes in the ring, you’re going to learn something new, because that plan is going to have to be different….”

JACKSON WINK MMA ACADEMY FEATURED ON THE NEXT EDITION OF “60 MINUTES SPORTS” TUESDAY, МАРТ 1 ON SHOWTIME®

 

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ЊУЈОРК (Јан. 25, 2016) – Noted mixed martial arts journalist Jon L. Wertheim takes an in-depth and personal look at how Holly Holm, a barely known underdog, was able to knock out women’s MMA queen Ronda Rousey. In the piece, Wertheim visits Jackson Wink MMA Academy in Albuquerque, Н.М., the home of Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn. Wertheim investigates how the world-renowned trainers helped guide Holm to victory last November and have established their once-unheralded outpost in Albuquerque as a mecca for some of the best MMA fighters in the world.

 

Wertheim’s report appears on the next edition of 60 MINUTES SPORTS, Премијерно Уторак, Март 1 у 9 п.м. И/ПТ на СХОВТИМЕ. Nathalie Sommer is the producer.