Two Main Events to Air Live on SHOWTIME

in a Split-Site Doubleheader Saturday, 五月 19

Hard-Hitting 175-pound Champion Adonis Stevenson

Defends Title Against Two-Division Champion

Badou Jack From Canada &

总理拳击冠军主办

Tickets on Sale Now for MGM National Harbor Show

国家港口 (四月 20, 2018) – Two exciting main events will be presented on the same night, 星期六, 五月 19 live on SHOWTIME as part of a split-site doubleheader telecast.

 

 

 

羽量级世界冠军 加里·拉塞尔JR. will defend his WBC title against undefeated mandatory challenger 约瑟夫· “乔乔” 迪亚兹JR. 周六, 五月 19 in a clash live on SHOWTIME from MGM National Harbor in Maryland.

 

 

 

The other half of the split-site SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast will feature WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion 阿多尼斯史蒂文森 defending his title against two-division world champion 八斗杰克 in a main event from Canada presented by Premier Boxing Champions.

 

 

 

Tickets for the MGM National Harbor show, which is promoted by TGB Promotions in association with Golden Boy Promotions, 现已发售，可访问HTTP://mgmnationalharbor.com/.

 

 

 

拉塞尔JR. and Diaz Jr. have both had sensational professional and amateur careers, including representing the U.S. at two different Olympic Games – Russell in 2008 and Diaz in 2012. Russell is noted for having some of the fastest hands in boxing but will be tested by a young, hungry contender in his first world title fight.

 

 

 

“The featherweight division is one of the most talent laden in boxing and Gary Russell, JR. is at the head of a class of terrific boxers at 126 英镑,” 说TGB促销汤姆·布朗. “约瑟夫·迪亚兹JR. is young, hungry and undefeated and he’s coming for the title and he’s going to have to beat Russell in front of his hometown crowd to take it. It has the makings of an instant classic. Boxing fans will be the real winners on May 19.”

 

 

“SHOWTIME continues to deliver the most meaningful and action-packed fights in boxing, week after week,” 斯蒂芬说埃斯皮诺萨, 总统, Sports and Event Programming for SHOWTIME. “五月 19, we have two events that demand top-billing, with world champions facing their toughest challengers in an international split-site doubleheader. Gary Russell and JoJo Diaz will meet in the latest of what has become a de facto featherweight tournament this spring on SHOWTIME. Over the next two months, SHOWTIME will deliver four pivotal matchups featuring three world champions and seven of the consensus top-10 featherweights in the world. Adonis Stevenson vs. Badou Jack is by far the biggest fight at light heavyweight in 2018, fellow 175-pound champs facing off in what has the makings of a lasting rivalry.”

 

 

 

The 29-year-old Russell (28-1, 17 科斯), 谁出生在华盛顿, D.C. 现在住在国会山高地, 马里兰, will be defending his title before a hometown crowd. This will be Russell’s second straight fight at MGM National Harbor following his knock-out win over Oscar Escondon in his first title defense there on May 20, and second defense overall. It was his third straight knockout victory in a world title fight since dropping a majority decision to Vasyl Lomachenko in his first world title shot in 2014.

 

 

 

罗素, 谁是受他父亲训练的, 加里, 老, 是拳击家族的一员. 他的两个弟弟, 加里·安东尼奥和加里·安图安, 目前是不败的专业人士, are also trained by their father and will be fighting on their older brother’s undercard on May 19.

 

 

 

“I don’t see this being a long night,” 罗素说JR. “If he gets reckless, it might end early. I don’t plan on going the distance with anyone I step in the ring with. I know he’s in for a rude awakening. I don’t feel as though he has the punching power, the hand speed or the ring IQ to do anything to me. At the end of the day he’ll have the opportunity to say he got in the ring with Mr. 加里·拉塞尔, JR.

 

 

 

“It will be an early birthday gift for my Dad. Last year I fought on his birthday, 五月 20. That’s pretty cool. I love fighting at the MGM. I love the convenience. I love that all my friends and fans, and the people who honk at me from their cars when I’m running can hop in their cars rather get on a plane to come and see me fight.”

 

 

 

Diaz Jr., who is also trained by his father, 约瑟夫·, 老, was a two-time amateur national champion in the bantamweight division. He represented the U.S. 在 2012 Olympic games in London. Immediately after, 迪亚兹JR. signed with Golden Boy Promotions and began a stellar career that has earned him a spot at the pinnacle of the featherweight division.

 

 

 

“I’m happy to be fighting for my first world title against the best 126-pound world champion,” said Diaz Jr. “I’ll prove to everyone that I belong on that featherweight throne come May 19.”

 

 

 

“I will be the bigger man come fight night, and I will break him down physically and mentally. He just better give me the credit I deserve once I beat him, and not blame his inactivity for being a factor in his loss.”

 

 

 

 

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