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Quebec NROOG, Canada (Nov. 29, 2015) - James DeGale defended nws IBF Super Middleweight ntiaj teb Championship nyob rau hauv ib tug thriller tshaj hometown nyiam thiab qub zus Lucian Bute nyob rau hnub Saturday nyob rau hauv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim ntawm Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.
Nws yog tus thawj title muaj txuj ci rau DeGale, lub 2008 Olympic kub medalist los ntawm teb chaws Aas Kiv uas mus nyob rau hauv txoj kev mus rau Boston los yeej lub npe ua ntej lawm lub xyoo no thiab xaiv los mus tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv lub teb chaws hostile.
Bute, uas twb sim los yeej rov qab rau hauv lub IBF siv nws defended cuaj lub sij hawm ntawm 2007 thiab 2012, put on an inspired and gutsy performance in an electric atmosphere to open the new Videotron Centre in Quebec City. But the unbelievable pace, raws li tau zoo raws li ib tug arsenal ntawm overhand cai, lub cev kev txhaj tshuaj thiab combos los ntawm tus yau DeGale (22-1, 14 Kos) muaj pov thawj yuav tsum muaj cov sib txawv raws li DeGale prevailed 116-112, 117-111 (ob zaug).
"Kuv tub ntxhais hluas thiab kuv tshiab. Kuv tabtom tam sim no peaking,” DeGale said. “I’m ready for the best in the world. Credit rau Bute – nws yog ib tug zoo kawg zus thiab ntseeg hais tias kuv, nws yuav tsum tau rov qab. "
"Zoo li kuv twb hais tias nyob rau hauv lub yav dhau los, nws yog ib lub ntiaj teb-chav kawm ntawv fighter. Kuv yeej tseem tau txais tej yam uas yuav ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv lub tom ntej no peb los yog plaub lub xyoos thiab kuv yuav ua kuv tus zoo tshaj plaws. "
Bute (32-3, 25 Kos) didn’t look anything like the fighter that lost to Carl Froch in 2012. But while the 35-year-old stalked the switch-hitting DeGale with a relentless attack, nws yuav tsis ua kom txaus rau muaj hwj chim dhau lub supremely active Brit, uas cuam 524 hwj chim punches piv rau 278 rau Bute.
“I think it was a great fight. I did my best tonight,” Bute said. “I think it was a close fight. He’s an Olympic champion, he’s a world champion. If the judges give him the decision I respect that. I’ll be back in the gym to work hard and continue to fight. I think it was a very close fight. I’m happy with my performance and I’ll be back in the gym to get back in the ring one more time.
“The last three years were difficult for me. After I lost to Carl Froch that was a very difficult period for me. I took a break, and now I’m back. Kuv xav tias zoo, Kuv xav tias noj qab nyob zoo thiab tam sim no kuv muaj ib tug ntau lub caij nyoog yuav rov qab nyob rau saum toj.
“Maybe a few rounds I waited too much and didn’t put the punches together and I let James fight me. When I pushed pressure and pushed back I won the round.”
Nyob rau hauv lub qhib bout rau Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, Eleider Alvarez khwv tau txoj cai rau lub ntsej muag WBC teeb Heavyweight ntiaj teb tau zus ib Adonis Stevenson nrog ib tug nyob ze feem ntau txiav txim tshaj Isaac Chilemba, tau qhab nia 114-114, 118-110, 115-113.
Alvarez, ranked Tsis. 2 los ntawm lub WBC ntawm 175 phaus, pib ceev thiab pocketed rounds tiv thaiv cov tsis. 1 ranked contender Chilemba. But Chilemba weathered the storm and fought his way back in the fight as Alvarez couldn’t keep up the pace he established in the earlier rounds.
Ob leeg fighters tuaj tawm nrog ib tug kev txiav txim zoo ntawm cov num nyob rau hauv lub 12th thiab txiav txim siab zaj paj huam thiab yog hais tias Chilemba tau yeej zaum kawg puag ncig lub sib ntaus yuav tau kav ib tug kos.
"Kuv paub tias kuv yuav mus suaj kaum rau tom rounds muaj zog, tab sis kuv ntseeg hais tias kuv puas tau txaus los yeej muaj cov sib ntaus,” Alvarez said. “I’m ready to accept the challenge and face Stevenson. Yuav kom tau lub ntiaj teb tau zus ib, koj yuav tsum tuav lub zus. Yog li ntawd yog dab tsi kuv tsom rau ua. "
Mark sib cav hais tias Alvarez, uas fights tawm ntawm nyob ze Montreal, yog tus txais kev pab ntawm ib tug "hometown kev txiav txim siab,"Txawm hais tias cov kws txiav txim uas kav lub sib ntaus ib tug kos yog ib lub zos thiab lwm yam ob tug twb los ntawm nruab nrab ib cheeb tsam.
"Kuv xav tias kuv puas tau txaus rau nws yeej,” Chilemba said. “But it is what it is. Kuv twv koj yuav hu nws ib tug hometown kev txiav txim siab. "
Tom qab kev sib ntaus, Showtime kev ua si party Brian Custer zaum nrog Stevenson kom tau nws kev xav rau Alvarez-Chilemba thiab nws yav tom ntej.
"Nws yog ib tug nyob ze lub cev sib ntaus,” Stevenson said. "Nws (Alvarez) yeej no sib ntaus, tiam sis nws yog heev ze. "
"Peb tham txog Kovalev vim hais tias cov WBC tseem Qib nws lub Tsis. 1 contender. Kuv xav tau no kev sib ntaus tshwm sim. The fans want it to happen. I said June is perfect for me. He said ‘OK, Lub rau hli ntuj,'Kathy Duva hais tias:' Tsis yog teeb meem, June.’ Then she said on HBO. Kuv hais tias, 'Tsis nco txog lub TVs, let them talk.’ We want the fight to happen. Let the TVs work together and make it happen.
“I want to fight Kovalev. That’s the best opportunity for me because I want his titles. For sure, this fight will happen in June. I don’t have a problem; my team doesn’t have a problem. I want this fight in June.
Kovalev is scared. I talked to him, saw it in his eyes that he’s scared of me. It will happen, but I know Kovalev is scared. I want Kovalev. I’m very hungry to get his titles.”
Adrian Granados dim ib tug thawj-round knockdown rau shock undefeated super sib zeem muag Amir Imam nyob rau hauv lub qhib kev nyuajsiab ntxhov plawv Showtime BOXING RAU Sho huab nrog tus thib yim rau round TKO (2:34).
Nws yog ib tug crushing yeej rau Imam, uas nkag mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus raws li cov Tsis. 1 yuav tsum tau challenger mus WBC Super Hnav ntiaj teb tau zus ib Viktor Postol.
Imam looked like he was going to finish the fight early after a nice left-right combo floored the Chicago native. But after escaping the first, Granados dictated lub tempo ntawm qhov kev sib ntaus, worked the inside and prevented Imam – considered one of boxing’s most talented young contenders – from establishing his jab. With Imam unable to keep the fight at a distance, Granados picked apart the Don King-promoted fighter. After seven rounds of punishment and Iman gasping for air against the ropes Granados finished his opponent with a series of devastating combo shots.
Ib elated Granados (15-3-2, 10 Kos), uas muaj losses rau neeg tua hluav taws nrog ib tug ua ke ntawm cov ntaub ntawv 49-0, thov nws cov ntaub ntawv mus ua tus yuav tsum tau challenger.
"Kuv ntseeg tias kuv yuav tsum yog tus yuav tsum tau challenger,” Granados said. “He was in line and I stopped him. Ntawd txhais li cas? Come on. I was the underdog, tab sis kuv cia li tuaj coj nws. Kuv tuaj coj nws.
"Nws pom tau tias zoo. Thaum kuv tau nws wobbled kuv yog zoo li, 'Koj twb tau txais kom tau nws tam sim no. This time you’re not taking it from me.’ It was a flash knockdown. Nws ntes tau nrog rau txoj kev txhais tes, tab sis kuv yog zoo. Kuv cia li plaws tom cai li thiab kuv paub nws twb mus sim thiab tas kuv. Peb tau txais tawm ntawm nws thiab mus txoj kev rov qab mus ua hauj lwm. "
Txawm tias lub demoralizing tsis, Kuv muaj (18-1, 15 Kos) tsis khuv xim noj ib sib ntaus uas yuav yuav khob nws tawm ntawm title sib cav sib ceg.
"Kuv paub cov neeg yuav hais tias kuv yuav tsum tsis txhob muaj npaum li cas qhov no sib ntaus, tab sis kuv yuav tsum tau no kev sib ntaus nyob rau hauv nruab nrab raws li ib tug tune-up rau kuv tom ntej no kev sib ntaus vim hais tias kuv tsis xav tos kom tus rau mus rau yim lub hlis rau lub ntiaj teb no title txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv.
"Tus yuam sij rau kev sib ntaus yog kuv jab, Kuv cia li tsis siv nws txaus,” Imam said. “But that’s the way it goes and I’m going to definitely come back stronger. I wasn’t thinking anything after that first-round knockdown. I’ve done that many times and didn’t think the fight was over. I wasn’t surprised at all by the way he came out. Kuv paub yuav ua li cas nws fights. Nws yog ib tug zoo fighter thiab hais tias yog tag nrho cov muaj yog mus rau nws. "
Nyob rau hauv lub qhib kev nyuajsiab ntxhov plawv Showtime BOXING RAU Sho huab, undefeated heavyweight prospect Oscar Rivas (18-0, 13 Kos) khob qhov rooj tawm qub tub rog Joey Abell (31-9, 29 Kos) ntawm :46 ntawm lub thib ob puag ncig.
Saturday lub Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast yuav rov-cua rauMonday, Nov. 30 ntawm 10 p.m. THIAB/PT rau Showtime huab thaum lub Showtime BOXING RAU Sho huab yuav rov-cua nyob rau hnub Wednesday, Nov. 2 ntawm 10 p.m. ET / PT. Both telecasts will be available On Demand beginning hnub Sunday no.
Mauro Ranallo called the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING action with Hall of Fame analyst Al Bernstein and former world champion Paulie Malignaggi commentating and Jim Gray reporting. Nyob rau hauv lus Mev, Alejandro Luna called the blow-by-blow with former world champion Raul Marquez serving as color commentator. Barry Tompkins hu ua lub Showtime huab txiav txim los ntawm ringside nrog boxing historian Steve Farhood pab raws li cov kws muaj txuj analyst.
The executive producer of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING is David Dinkins Jr. with Bob Dunphy directing.