In Hometown Debut From Dort Federal
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SHOWTIME BOXING: EDITIO SPECIALIS®
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NEW EBORACUM – August 6, 2019 – Undisputed middleweight world champion Claressa ancilia’ attempt at history has been rescheduled for Saturday, October 5 vivere in SHOWTIME. Shields will aim to make history as the fastest fighter in boxing, masculum et feminam, to become a three-division world champion when she takes on former world championIvana Habazin for the vacant WBO Junior Middleweight Title onSHOWTIME BOXING: EDITIO SPECIALIS (9 p.m. AND / 6 p.m. PT) from Dort Federal Event Center in Flint, me.
The vacant WBC Women’s Diamond Super Welterweight Championship will also be on the line in Shields’ first professional fight in her hometown.
The homecoming fight was initially scheduled for August 17 and postponed in June after Shields suffered a minor injury to her right knee while doing roadwork.
clypei vs*. Habazin is promoted by Salita Promotions. Tickets for the live event go on sale today/Tuesday, August 6 at 2 p.m. ET and can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com and at the Dort Center box office.
A XXIV annos ancilia (9-0, 2 KOs) is a two-division titlist who became the undisputed middleweight champion with a near-shutout victory over Christina Hammer in April on SHOWTIME. Nihil in ea, she joined Terrence Crawford, Jermain Taylor, Bernard Hopkins, Oleksandr Usyk et Cecilia Braekhus ut soli pugnatores omnes quattuor mundi maiores titulos in quovis pondere classium coniungerent (Katie Taylor habet cum album prestigious coniunctus).
Autem, the Flint star seeks to make even more history in her sixth headlining appearance on SHOWTIME. Cum win in Habazin, Scutarii in tres divisio fieret iustus 10 finibus, breaking the record of Vasiliy Lomachenko, who accomplished the feat in 12 pugnat.
“I’m more excited than ever. Im ' 100 percent recovered, and I can’t wait to get back in the ring and fight in front of my hometown fans in Flint as undisputed champion of the world,” dicitur hic ancilia. “Having the opportunity to become world champion in a third weight division faster than any man or woman in boxing history will make October 5 a night I will cherish forever. It’s another big step in history, and giant step forward in lifting women’s boxing on the road to equality.”
Habazin (20-3, 7 KOs), de Zagrabia, Croatia, Non est praeferebantur. 1 per WBO at * 154 libras. The 29-year-old, quis est faciens eam US. debut, vicit IBF Welterweight Title super Sabrina Giuliani in 2014. In altera pugna eius, Habazin unanimum consilium decidit Braekhus in praescriptione historica adunationem, ubi Braekhus omnes quattuor maiores mundi titulos cingula sustulit.. Novissime, Habazin unam ex tribus tantum damnis in vita sua ad Evam Bajic in Zagreb . vindicavit.
“It’s an honor and a dream to fight in the U.S. on national television,” Dixit Habazin. “A lot of fighters never get this opportunity in their careers so I know I need to make the most of it. I’ve been training for this fight since June and the postponement has only given me more time to get ready. I intend to put my best effort forward to impress the fans and show that I am for real.
“I am not just coming to fight for a world title, I am fighting for my life and my career. I believe I am the best and now I got the chance to prove that, and there is no better opponent for that than Claressa Shields.”
Scuta primus American pugil in historia – masculum et feminam – vincere continuos Olympia aureis numismata. Conversa professio sequentia 2016 Olympia et prima feminarum pugilatu principale eventum in televisificis premium historicis solum in secunda pugna professionali eius instruxit 2017. Scuta feminarum eximii medii ponderis mundi propugnator factae sunt in quarta pugna professionali iustus eius, et in duplici divisione propugnator in certamine professionali sexto. In certamina librarum CLX coronatur agonista in nona pugna, minus quam tribus annis conversis professionalibus post 2016 Olympia.
“From Christy Martin and Laila Ali to Cris Cyborg and Ronda Rousey, and now Claressa Shields, SHOWTIME has long been the pioneer in women’s combat sports,” said Gordon Hall, Executive Producer of SHOWTIME BOXING: EDITIO SPECIALIS. “Without question, Claressa Shields is the face of women’s boxing and we’re excited to present yet another historic milestone in her career as she looks to capture a third division championship in record time. This is Claressa’s sixth appearance on SHOWTIME and yet another test as she continues her personal quest to become the greatest of all time.”
“With the new date, this fight is going to be even more significant,” dixit Dmitriy Salita, Praeses Salitae Promotiones. “Claressa has had time to get 100 percent healthy and in the best shape of her life as she goes down in weight to fight for another historic accomplishment. Contra, Ivana has used this extra time to prepare for Claressa both mentally and physically. She has remained in camp throughout the summer as she prepares to come to America to upset Claressa and fulfill what she feels is her destiny. It’s going to be two fighters at the top of their games.”
“October 5 will be a magnificent event for Claressa Shields, for women’s boxing, and for Claressa’s hometown city of Flint,” said Mark Taffet, manager of Claressa Shields. “Claressa continues to shine a beacon of light on the sport, making history in each and every fight and reaching levels previously unimaginable. She is a once in a lifetime athlete and young woman, and if she is victorious on October 5 she will become the fastest man or woman in boxing history to win a world title in a third weight division.”
Barry Tompkins will call the SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION action from ringside with boxing historian Steve Farhood and former world champion Raul Marquez serving as expert analysts. Exsecutiva productorem est Gordon Hall fecit cum eisdem Ricardo et producens Gaughan Rick Phillips dirigens.
The undercard for the telecast will be announced in the coming weeks.