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WBC Champion Badou Jack vs. Former World Champion Lucian Bute
IBF Champion James DeGale vs. Top Contender Rogelio Medina
Winners Set To Meet In Unification Bout
Later This Year On SHOWTIME
Daim pib rau muag khoom Tam sim no
TSHIAB YORK (Lub peb hlis ntuj 28, 2016)- A three-fight series to crown a unified divisional champion will begin on Saturday, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 30, when WBC 168-pound champion Badou Jack defends his title against former longtime titlist Lucian Bute, and IBF Champion James DeGale risks his belt against mandated challenger Rogelio Medina nyob rau hauv ib tug SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader live onSHOWTIME (10 p.m. THIAB/7 p.m. PT) los ntawm cov DC Armory nyob rau hauv Washington D.C.
The winners will meet in a super middleweight world-title unification fight later this year.
Jack (20-1-1, 12 Kos) will make his second title defense after a breakthrough 2015 campaign in which he won the WBC belt from Anthony Dirrell and successfully defended against George Nyuaj. The southpaw Bute (32-3, 25 Kos), ib tug qub ibf tus yeej nrog cuaj kev tiv thaiv nruab nrab ntawm 2007 thiab 2012, rov qab nws txoj haujlwm lub Kaum Ib Hlis lub Kaum Ib Hlis nrog lub pob zeb thiab kev ua tau zoo tiv thaiv Degale.
“Kuv tau kawm tiag tiag nyuaj rau kev sib ntaus no thiab kuv zoo siab tau txais hauv lub nplhaib,” hais tias Jack. “Kuv tos tsis tau tiv thaiv kuv lub npe ib zaug ntxiv Plaub Hlis Ntuj 30. Cov kiv cua tuaj yeem xav pom qhov ua tau zoo thiab txawj los ntawm kuv tuaj sib ntaus sib tua. Kuv ntseeg tias kuv yog tus zoo nkauj superweight nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb thiab tias kuv muaj cov kev txawj ntse kom yeej ib tus neeg uas kuv tau txais hauv lub nplhaib nrog. Kuv tsom mus rau Lucian Bute, Tab sis kuv paub tias ib qho yeej tuaj yeem teeb tsa kev sib ntaus loj heev tiv thaiv James Degale thiab kuv yuav xa.”
“Kuv zoo siab rau muaj qhov xwm txheej zoo kawg nkaus,” hais tias Bute. “Kuv tau ringside rau Badou ob txoj kev sib ntaus sib tua — Zoo tsim nyog ntiaj teb cov npe yeej. Nws yog tus yeej loj. Kuv npaj yuav cob qhia nyuaj thiab ua kom zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kuv txoj haujlwm ntawm Plaub Hlis Ntuj 30. Nws yog kuv lub caij nyoog los yeej WBC txoj siv thiab ua ob-lub ntiaj teb tus yeej. Kuv yuav yeej thiab muab cov kiv cua boxing ib qho kev sib ntaus sib tua.”
DeGale (22-1, 14 Kos) yuav ua nws lub npe muaj kev tiv thaiv thib ob tom qab kev pom zoo 2015 Nyob rau hauv uas nws swb thiab dirrell kom yeej cov kev siv ibFagp thiab topped rau kev sib ntaus ntawm cov neeg sib tw xyoo. Lub zog-hitting Medina (35-6, 29 Kos), Qhov IBF tus neeg sib tw, tau khob tawm peb cov neeg sib txuas lus.
“Kuv zoo siab tias yuav tiv thaiv kuv lub npe ntiaj teb rau lwm cov yeeb yam zoo hauv Tebchaws Meskas,” Hais Degale. “Kuv yeej kuv txoj hlua hauv cov style hauv Boston thiab kuv tab tom nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej kom txav mus rau ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv sab hnub tuaj rau lub nroog Washington, D.C. Nws yuav tau txhais tau hmo ntuj hauv Super Under UndereStight Faib raws li Badou Jack thiab kuv tus kheej saib kom teeb tsa ib qho kev sib ntaus loj tom qab hauv lub xyoo. Kuv tau tsom rau Rogelio Medina. Nws yog ib qho nyuaj Mev leej twg khwv tau nws lub npe foob. Tab sis cia siab rau kuv, Tsis muaj ib tus tau txais kuv lub npe ntiaj teb.”
“Qhov no yog lub sijhawm zoo rau kuv thiab kuv tsis tuaj yeem tos kom tau txais hauv lub nplhaib,” Hais Medina. “Kuv tau ua haujlwm nyuaj rau qhov no thiab kuv yuav ua rau nws feem ntau. Txhua tus neeg uas tau pom kuv sib tua paub kuv tawm nws txhua tus nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib thiab koj tuaj yeem cia siab pom ib qho kev sib ntaus sib tua tag nrho ntawm Plaub Hlis Ntuj 30. Kuv yuav lub tshiab lub ntiaj teb no tus yeej.”
Daim pib rau lub nyob kev tshwm sim, which is promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Interbox in association with Matchroom Boxing, yog luv nqi ntawm $200, $100, $50 thiab $25, thiab yog muag tam sim no. Mus yuav daim pib mus xyuas www.ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster qhov chaw, los yog hu rau (800) 745-3000. “Kev tshaj tawm tej zaum yuav zoo siab tau txais lwm hmo ntuj zoo siab ntawm kev ntaus cov kiv cua loj hauv kuv lub hometown ntawm Washington, D.c.,” Hais Leonard Ellerbe, CEO ntawm Mayweather Promotions. “Kuv zoo siab heev txog tus badou jack vs. LUCIAN Bute Sib Ntaus. Nws yuav yog ib lub zoo sib ntaus. Peb paub Bute yog tawv npaum li cov ntsia hlau thiab nws yuav los coj lub npe ntawm Ballou. BADOU yuav tau yuav tsum tau nyob ntawm nws qhov zoo tshaj plaws kom muaj peev xwm ntaus tab sis hmo ntawd. Tus yeej ntawm cov kev sib ntaus uas yuav teeb tsa kev sib koom tes zoo sib ntaus nrog tus yeej ntawm kev sib ntaus ntawm British Champion James Degale thiab Mev Brawler 'Porky’ Nruab nrab. Degale tsis tuaj yeem noj tshuaj Medina maj mam yog tias nws xav tau kev sib sau ua ke. Nws tseem yuav yog ib hmo zoo siab ntawm kev nqis tes ua ntawm DC Armory thiab ntawm Shoudtime.”
Badou Jack “Lub Ripper”, ntawm Las Vegas los ntawm txoj kev ntawm Stockholm, Sweden, ntes tau WBC 168-phaus yas nrog 12-puag ncig kev txiav txim siab dhau los ntawm unbeaten tiv thaiv anthony docrelllast Plaub Hlis Ntuj 24. Ib qho kev lom zem yav dhau los uas sawv cev Gambia hauv 2008 Olympics, Jack Retained nws txoj siv sia tawm tsam yav dhau los ntiaj teb daim ntawv sib tw geade groves kawg Xya. 12 nyob rau hauv qab ntawm floyd mayweather kev sib ntaus zaum kawg. Jack, Leej twg sib ntaus nyob hauv qab cov ntawv txhawb nqa Mayweather Banner, yog ib qho underdog tiv thaiv ob qho tib si dirrell thiab wroves. Lub 6-taw-1, 32-Xyoo-laus tau yeej plaub hauv kab txij li kev poob siab ua ntej-puag ncig knockout poob rau derek edwards nyob rau hauv Lub ob hlis ntuj 2014.
Bute, ntawm Montreal, Canada los ntawm txoj kev ntawm Romania, tau yog ib tug super nruab nrab ntawm cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb rau kaum xyoo dhau los. Nws tau sib tw nyob rau hauv 12 Cov npe sib ntaus txij li 2007, qhab nia xya khob knockouts hauv cuaj kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm IBF siv txoj siv ntawm IBF siv nws yeej hauv 2007 Nyob rau hauv nws tau txais lub hometown ntawm montreal. Thaum nws lub npe kav, Lub 36-xyoo-laus swb qhov kev nyiam ntawm Glen Johnson, Librado Andrade thiab Jean-Paul Mendy, Tab sis nws plam txoj siv sia rau Carl froch hauv 2012 thiab txoj hlua ntawm kev raug mob kom nws cia nws ua tsis tau peb lub xyoos tom ntej. Bute rov qab los ntawm 19 lub hlis qhaj ntawv thaum lub Yim Hli 2015 Nyob rau hauv cov neeg qhia tshiab Howard nyiaj pab, knocking tawm Andrea Di Luisa kom teeb tsa lub npe txhaj tiv thaiv Degale rau lub crown nws ib zaug tuav. Bute stalked tus hloov-ntaus-hitting degale nrog ib qho kev tawm tsam, Tig hauv nws txoj kev ua tau zoo tshaj plaws hauv xyoo nyob rau hauv kev txiav txim siab ze.
James “Chunky” DeGale, ntawm London, Hais, yeej qhov chaw seem. Dumut kawg yuav los ntawm kev poob Andre dirrell ob zaug ntawm nws txoj kev mus rau kev txiav txim siab tsis muaj kev pom zoo. Lub 2008 Olympic Kub Medalist Tom qab ntawd ua tiav nws lub Kaum Ib Hlis uas zoo siab nrog hometown nyiam thiab yav dhau los cov npe Lucian bute. Lub 30-xyoo-laus, leej twg tsuas yog blemish tuaj hauv kev txiav txim siab feem ntau hauv nws 11th Bout tawm tsam tom qab ntawd unbeaten George nyuaj, yuav ua nws thib peb thib peb pib nyob sab nraum nws haiv neeg Askiv thaum nws zoo li ua lub zog thoob ntiaj teb ntawm 168 phaus.
Rogelio “Lub ncuav” Medina yog ib qho nyuaj-ntaus qub tub rog nrog 30 knockouts nyob rau hauv nws 36 career wins. Nws tau khob tawm peb cov neeg sib txuas, suav nrog kev poob siab thib peb-round knockout ntawm ces-undefeed j'leon hlub nyob rau lub Yim Hli, 2014. Nruab nrab, 27, tau raug mob rau passes hauv 42 fights, Txawm hais tias cov swb no tuaj tawm tsam cov neeg sib tw nrog cov ntaub ntawv sib txuas ntawm 187-16-3, suav nrog plaub yav dhau los undefeed tua.
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