LOS ANGELES (一月 30, 2019) -Three-division, four-time champion Abner Mares has been forced to pull out of the WBA Super Featherweight title match against two-time super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis on Saturday, 二月 9 after suffering an injury while training.
Davis will now defend
against former world champion雨果·鲁伊斯in the main event of
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, 有报道在开始 10 P.M. ET /下午7时. PT
from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California and presented by Premier
Boxing Champions.
Ruiz is an all-action
brawler who previously picked up a world title at super bantamweight in 2015
and most recently defeated Alberto Guevara in January on the Pacquiao vs.
Broner PPV event in a featherweight fight. 鲁伊斯, 谁拥有 18 first round
knockouts, floored Guevara in the opening minute and cruised to a near-shutout
decision victory.
He had originally been
slotted for an interim title shot against Jhack Tepora in January before Tepora
missed weight, but will now have his chance to fight for a belt against one of
the most-feared punchers at 130-pounds on February 9. The 30-year-old from
Sinaloa, Mexico stands at five feet, nine inches tall, nearly four inches taller
than Davis, and has won three straight fights leading up to this fight.
“I trained for
three months to fight a southpaw when I fought in January,” 鲁伊斯说.
“When the opponent changed, it was hard to adjust in 24 小时. After the
fight I immediately went back to the gym, because you never know what’s going
to happen in boxing. 我 100 percent ready to knockout Gervonta Davis.”
“Hugo Ruiz has
another opportunity to fight for a world title because he’s demonstrated that
he’s devoted to boxing and his career,” 桑普森说Lewkowicz, Ruiz’s
Promoter. “He went right back to the gym after his last fight. He’s ready
for another great opportunity to be a world champion and he’s going to take
advantage of that opportunity.”
Mares injured his right
elbow during sparring at the Robert Garcia Boxing Gym in Riverside, 加利福尼亚州.
Mares said he had experienced soreness in his elbow following the past two
fights, but nothing that had ever given him nor his team concern.
“I’m not going to
sugarcoat this. I’m disappointed and devastated that I’ve injured my right
elbow in sparring,” Mares said. “This is something that I haven’t had
happen to me during my career and the feeling is just horrible. I will be going
to see my doctor about this and am prepared to follow whatever recommendations
and rehab that gets me back into the ring. 我很健康, not afraid of doing the
work and I will be back. This is a temporary setback. Don’t count me out.”
“Boxing is a sport
of brains, passion and physical punishment,” 说马雷什’ trainer Robert
Garcia. “When you’re in the ring sparring with talented, top-class
sparring partners, the chances of injuries are very high. That was the
situation in this case. He was sparring top young fighters and he injured his
elbow. He cannot fight like that, especially in a fight against Davis.”
母亲, who has engaged
in numerous memorable fights throughout his storied career, was seeking to move
up in weight and looking to capture his fifth world title in a fourth weight
class.
The event is promoted
by Mayweather Promotions, TGB Promotions and Sampson Boxing.
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