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Russell-Hyland, Pedraza-Smith Twin World Title Fights
روز شنبه, آوریل 16 زنده در SHOWTIME®
MASHANTUCKET, را هدایت کردن. (آوریل 4, 2016) – Always tough پاتریک “Punisher” هایلند (31-1, 15 کوس) will be fighting for Irish boxing history روز شنبه, آوریل 16 as he challenges WBC Featherweight World Champion گری راسل جونیور. (26-1, 15 کوس) در رویداد اصلی 12-دور, پخش در زندگی می کنند SHOWTIME از Foxwoods توچال کازینو در Mashantucket, CT.
The SHOWTIME قهرمانی بوکس® پخش تلویزیونی شروع می شود 11 p.m. و/8 p.m. PT with undefeated IBF Super Lightweight World Champion خوزه “Sniper” Pedraza از تیم (21-0, 12 کوس), از Cidra, پورتوریکو, defending against mandatory challenger استفان “Swifty” زرگر (23-1, 13 کوس), مبارزه از انگلستان.
Hyland is on the verge of joining a pair of exclusive Irish boxing clubs. The 32-year-old from Dublin is attempting to become the first Irishman to be world featherweight champion in 30 سال, since Hall-of-Famer بری “The Clones Cyclone” McGuigan, in addition to being only the second Irishman – وین “The Pocket Rocket” مک کالو stands alone right now– to ever wear the coveted green WBC world title belt.
McGuigan (32-3, 28 کوس), fighting out of Clones, captured the WBA Featherweight Title in 1985, taking a 12-round decision from Eusebio Pedroza, and he successfully defended his crown twice against Bernard Taylor و Danilio Cabrera before losing by decision to Steve Cruz به 1986.
The only other Ireland-born world featherweight titlist was دیو سالیوان (27-12-7, 18 کوس), who was born in Knocknanaff, County Cork, ایرلند, but fought professionally out of Boston, جرم. به 1898, Sullivan stopped Solly Smith in the fifth round to become world featherweight champion.
بلفاست, Northern Ireland-product McCullough (27-7, 18 کوس), who was the WBC Bantamweight Champion in 1995-97, is the lone Irishman to ever be WBC World Champion in any weight class.
“Just to be fighting for this title is an honor for me and to challenge a great champion in Gary Russell, جونیور. is also an honor,” Hyland said from his training camp at Celtic Warrior Gym in Dublin. “To join great Irish boxing names is a dream come true for me. It will also mean the world to me to win this belt for my and family and, مهمتر از, for my (دیر) dad, for all the hard work he put into me and my two brothers since I was eight years old. To look up and say, ‘Dad, we did it,’ will be the best feeling in the world.”
Hyland has fought 10 times in the United States, including a 12-round loss to interim WBA featherweight champion Javier Fortuna in 2012. Hyland lived in Marlboro, New York for a few years when he was promoted by a company headed by then reality television star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi.
“I love fighting in the United States,” Hyland added. “There’s always a great atmosphere at fights there and the US is the real home of boxing. Snooki Boxing didn’t work out as planned, but they did a great job getting me the WBA title shot which was a great achievement in their first year in boxing. متاسفانه, things didn’t work out after that fight, but I do have great respect for them. I met friends for life from Marlboro who I consider family and they’ll be at my fight as always.”
بلیط برای رویداد زنده, است که توسط DiBella سرگرمی ترویج, در قیمت $150, $90 و $45, از جمله هزینه خدمات و مالیات قابل اجرا نیست و در حال حاضر در فروش هستند. بلیط موجود در هستند www.ticketmaster.com و www.foxwoods.com و یا با مراجعه به Foxwoods’ باجه بلیط فروشی. به اتهام های تلفن, Ticketmaster تماس بگیرید (800) 745-3000. The Pedraza vs. Smith bout is promoted in association with Gary Shaw Productions, Universal Promotions and Matchroom Boxing. |
