The Welterweight World Title Takeover Continues ! MAIS! Two-Time Champion Anthony Dirrell will Defend His WBC Super Middleweight Title Against Undefeated Former Champion David Benavidez in the Co-Feature Bilhetes à venda, Segunda-feira, Julho 22 Em 12 p.m. PT! LOS ANGELES (Julho 20, 2019) – Welterweight world champions collide when IBF Champion Errol “A Verdade” Spence Jr. clashes with WBC Champion “Altura De Começar” Shawn Porter in a massive 147-pound title unification match headlining a Premier Boxing Champions on FOX Sports Pay-Per-View on Saturday , Setembro 28 at Staples Center in Los Angeles . The co-feature of the evening will pit WBC Super Middleweight Champion Anthony “The Dog” Dirrell against unbeaten former champion David “O Red Flag” Benavidez in an explosive 168-pound showdown . Tickets for the event go on sale Monday , Julho 22 em 12 p.m. PT and can be purchased at AXS.com . “Errol Spence Jr. versus Shawn Porter in a welterweight unification match brings to mind some of the great 147-pound clashes of the past – Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Kid Gavilan, Leonard vs . Hearns or Whitaker vs . Chavez,” disse Tom Brown, Presidente da TGB Promoções. “Both men are in their primes and both like to apply pressure . With that clash of styles , something has to give . Na co-metragem, Anthony Dirrell doesn’t want to give up the title and David Benavidez wants it back . Played out before an electric crowd at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and headlining a PBC on FOX Sports Pay-Per-View , this show has instant classic written all over it. ” Spence vs. Porter represents a major step forward in the quest to find the best 147-pound boxer on the planet . Spence has declared that anyone who wants to make that claim will have to come through him . Porter has already faced the some of the biggest names in the division , including Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia , and will make Spence back up his boast . The unbeaten Spence (25-0, 21 KOs) é um jovem, powerful welterweight who vaulted to the top of the welterweight scene with a punishing 11th round knockout victory over Kell Brook for the IBF championship in front of Brook’s hometown fans in Sheffield , England in 2017. Fighting out of Desoto , Texas, Spence has successfully defended the title three times . Most recently he scored a unanimous decision victory over three-division world champion Mikey Garcia in a PBC on FOX Pay-Per-View show before a hometown crowd at AT &T Stadium in Arlington , Texas on March 16. “It’s going to be a very exciting fight ,” said Spence . “Shawn is never in a boring fight and I always entertain . It will be a ‘Fight of the Year ’ type fight because our styles mesh . Shawn Porter is a guy who tries to rough you up . That’s what he’s always done . With Yordenis Ugas he tried to box and he said he didn’t like that style . He said he is going back to his original style . If he brings that style to me , it’s going to be a great fight because I’m going to bring it right back to him. ” The 31-year-old Porter (30-2-1, 17 KOs) is a two-time welterweight champion whose high-pressure style has served him well in his rise in the 147-pound division . Born in Akron , Ohio and now living in Las Vegas , Porter won the IBF welterweight title with a unanimous decision victory over Devon Alexander in 2013. He lost the title , which Spence now has , to Kell Brook by a majority decision in 2014. Porter moved back into the championship ranks with a unanimous decision victory over Danny Garcia for the vacant WBC title in 2018. He successfully defended the title with a split decision victory over Yordenis Ugas in March on FOX . “There haven’t been too many fights as a professional that I’ve been this excited about ,” afirmou Porter. “I was really excited about the Danny Garcia fight and I’m really excited about this one . Ever since Spence got a belt , I really circled this fight on my calendar . Preparation is the key . I think I have everything it takes to beat Errol Spence . I’m very confident and my team is confident in what I have to do on September 28. We’ll be ready. ” Dirrell vs. Benavidez promises to be a hotly contested battle for the WBC Super Middleweight title . Dirrell is a two-time WBC 168-pound world champion and will bring experience , while Benavidez will bring his high-octane style . The 34-year-old Dirrell (33-1-1, 24 KOs) won the WBC title for the first time with a unanimous decision over Sakio Bika in 2014. The native of Flint , Michigan lost the title the next year to Badou Jack by majority decision . He put together six straight victories after that loss to get back into position to fight for the championship again . He won the title with a technical decision victory over Avni Yildirim in February on FS1 . Dirrell is the younger brother of Andre Dirrell , who won a bronze medal as a member of the U.S . Olympic boxing team in 2004. “I’m going to work my butt off , putting in extra hours in the gym , because this is one of the toughest opponents I’ve ever fought ,” Dirrell said . “He’s young and he’s tough . But I’m more than ready for anything that he can bring . I bring an exciting fight . He knows that . The world knows that . Ele pode falar, but nothing matters but what happens in the ring . I wanted this fight to be out west because I will fight anybody anywhere . It’s only two people in the ring and we’re going to give a good entertaining fight for the fans. ” Benavidez (21-0, 18 KOs) won the WBC title with a split decision victory over Ronald Gavril in 2017. Lutando fora de Phoenix, Arizona, Benavidez successfully defended the title with a more convincing unanimous decision over Gavril in the rematch four months later . The 22-year-old returned to the ring to score an impressive knockout victory over veteran J’Leon Love in March on the Spence vs . Garcia PBC on FOX Sports Pay-Per-View . “I’m looking forward to reclaiming my WBC belt in my next fight against Anthony Dirrell ,” disse Benavidez. “This fight is overdue and I guarantee I will be ready for whatever he brings to the ring . The fans are really going to enjoy this one. ” Para obter mais informações: visita www.premierboxingchampions.com ,http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/homepageand www.foxdeportes.com , siga no TwitterPremierBoxing, @PBConFOX , Foxsports, FOXDeportes, @TGBPromotions e @Swanson_Comm ou tornar-se um fã no Facebook emwww.Facebook.com/PremierBoxingChampions , www.facebook.com/foxsports &www.facebook.com/foxdeportes .
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