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Sugar Ray Leonard & DAVID DINKINS JR.. DESTAQUES DA TELECONFERÊNCIA DE MÍDIA

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“These are the type of fights that are going to bring boxing back to where it used to be.” – Sugar Ray Leonard

SHOWTIME CAMPEONATO DE BOXE na CBS, presented by Premier Boxing Champions,

Live in Primetime on CBS From Barclays Center in Brooklyn

NOVA IORQUE (Março 1, 2017) – Boxing Hall of Famer and former undisputed welterweight world champion Sugar Ray Leonard e David Dinkins Jr., SHOWTIME Sports Senior Vice President and Executive Producer, hosted a media conference call na quarta-feira to discuss Leonard joining the CBS broadcast team for Sábado welterweight unification between undefeated champions Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia. Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manger, Showtime Sports, began the call with some opening remarks.

 

The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, broadcast will air live on CBS from 9-11 p.m. E/6-8 p.m. PT from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, a casa de BROOKLYN BOXE ™. The broadcast is presented by Premier Boxing Champions and produced by SHOWTIME Sports® for CBS Television, both divisions of the CBS Corporation.

 

Leonard will join the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING broadcast team no sábado alongside host Brian Custer, play-by-play voice Mauro Ranallo, International Boxing Hall of Fame analyst Al Bernstein and Sports Emmy® Award-winning reporter Jim Gray.

 

A five-division titlist and one of the most decorated boxers of all-time, Leonard brings unique perspective to the broadcast booth having been in a similar situation to Thurman and Garcia more than 35 anos atrás. Garcia, the WBC 147-pound titleholder, and Thurman, his WBA counterpart, will unify the exact same titles that Leonard (WBC) and fellow Hall of Famer Thomas Hearns (WBA) unified in their classic 1981 Luta do Ano.

 

Leonard made his professional boxing debut on CBS in 1977, less than one year after he won gold at the ‘76 Olympics in Montreal as part of what is considered the greatest American boxing team in Olympic history. O Março 4 event will reunite Leonard with former CBS producer and current SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Executive Producer Dinkins Jr.

 

Below is what the principals said Quarta-feira on the conference call:

 

Sugar Ray Leonard

 

“I was telling David [Dinkins] hoje, this is the perfect matchup. Quero dizer, you have two incredible fighters, each one of them with their own style and confidence with Keith and Danny. What also raises an eye is the unification. That’s big time for any fighter. And if these fighters can live up to their expectations, I think it’s going to be a home run, sem dúvida.

 

“These are the type of fights that are going to bring boxing back to where it used to be. It’s going to require these type of fights, these type of individuals, these type of athletes, these type of potential super stars, to really change and make boxing what it used to be.”

 

On the importance of having these types of fights on network television and what it takes to bring the sport back to what it used to be…

“These two young men, these two champions, these undefeated fighters, they fit the mold. I talk to people all of the time about what fights they want to see and this is a fight that has star-quality to it.”

 

On the advantages of each fighter…

“I look at Keith, and I’ve been watching, over and over, tapes of his previous fight. Novamente, each of them bring something to the table. Keith Thurman, seems to me, a little more fundamentally sound than Danny Garcia. But Danny Garcia, has a neutralizer. One thing I think is a big factor for the actual fight itself, is that both guys are great champs and both of them could take punches. Assim, Eu não sei. Put it this way, I wouldn’t bet my house.

 

“I do favor Thurman because he just seems to be a little bit more poised and collected. He just seems to be that kind of guy. Em primeiro lugar, he would never give up. Nor would Danny. But I just lean… it’s just my gut that tells me that Keith is a little bit more solid than Danny.”

 

On Danny Garcia…

“He’s just a guy that has that internal fortitude. He has heart, big heart. And he doesn’t give in. I think he’s the kind of fighter, you know where people short-change him. But I look at him and he’s one of those fighters that, I don’t train – I never train at all – but he’s the kind of fighter that I would enjoy training. Because he deserves to be up there.”

 

On the importance of facing the best opponents possible…

“That’s extremely important. Felizmente, I was in an era where there were just a lot of guys out there who were so talented. If given the chance they would prove to be champions.

 

“I always thought that we had to continue to raise the bar as a fighter, as a champion, and continue to fight better and better competition. When I was fighting, I swear, I wanted to be the underdog -psychologically, spiritually and mentally, if I wasn’t challenged, if I wasn’t considered somewhat of an underdog, I couldn’t perform the way I normally would. It’s what would get me going.

 

“I have said this a number of times: This fight is going to be bigger and better than what we anticipate because of what is at stake.

 

“The advantage [para mim] was the television network exposure, sem dúvida. I loved that. It pumped me up because I loved the exposure. I loved the attention. I loved the fights and that’s what also helped me to be the fighter that I became.

 

On what it’s like being ringside and broadcasting a unification welterweight fight much like the fights and titles he’s fought for…

“It is an out-of-body experience. It’s déjà vu. Like holy, Eu sou 60. It’s a kind of thing that is so special and it’s so rare of a unification it seems like. It speaks volumes to me as far as the significance of it. And these guys, Keith and Danny, they know it. They realize it.”

 

DAVID DINKINS JR..

 

“When we were discussing the upcoming Thurman-Garcia fight in our senior staff meeting, many of us longtime fight fans thought about Ray’s first fight with Thomas Hearns and the many parallels there with Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman. You have two undefeated fighters and two titlists who have been on a path toward each other since Danny moved up from being a unified champion at super lightweight and moved into the welterweight ranks and gained a world title at 147 libras.

 

“Ray and Tommy were two stars who it just seemed inevitable that they would fight. We feel the same way about Keith and Danny. You have two undefeated champions and it’s inevitable that they would meet and declare who would be the No. 1 lutador em 147 libras.

 

“I’m so happy that Ray can join us for this telecast and he and I have discussed over the past few days the many similarities between his circumstance during the Golden Era of Boxing when he had rivals like [Roberto] Duran, Hearns and [Wilfred] Benitez at 147 libras.

 

“To make the situation even sweeter it reunites myself and Ray after we had worked together years ago at CBS. He along with Tim Ryan e Gil Clancy formed a very entertaining announce team. Ray was in and out of retirement at that point. So his full-time, part-time job up at CBS was terrific fun. We got to see some great fights and work together. And now he joins Mauro Ranallo and Al Bernstein, who is also a Hall of Famer just like Ray is, ringside this próximo sábado. It’s just incredible great fortune that Ray was available to join us and be a significant contributor no sábado."

 

STEPHEN ESPINOZA, Vice-Presidente Executivo e Gerente Geral, Showtime Sports

 

“SHOWTIME continues to deliver the strongest lineup of any network in boxing. We are delivering the biggest and most meaningful fights and delivering to the largest possible audience. With none on pay-per-view.

 

“Este sábado SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING will present the most anticipated fight of the year live on America’s most watched network, CBS. Danny Garcia versus Keith Thurman is without question the best fighting the best. They are two undefeated champions with a combined record of 60 wins and zero losses and squaring off in the prime of their careers to determine who the top dog is in boxing’s marquee division.

 

“SHOWTIME has really made it our mission to televise the top-rated champions against the top-rated challengers in boxing’s most compelling weight classes.

 

“The fans have taken note, and the momentum continues to rise. Adrien Broner e Adrian Granados fought a close fight two weeks ago that was our most watched main event daqui a dois anos.

 

“This is just the second primetime fight on CBS in nearly 40 years since Ali-Spinks in 1978. We are grateful to our colleagues at CBS who are helping to deliver this important event for boxing. It is critical that we put our best foot forward in a very hyper competitive television market, and that is certainly what we are doing Sábado night on CBS.”

 

ABOUT GARCIA vs. THURMAN

Danny Garcia vs. Keith Thurman is a welterweight world title showdown between undefeated 147-pound titlists. As manchetes da luta de 12 roundsSHOWTIME CAMPEONATO DE BOXE na CBS, apresentado por Premier Boxe dos Campeões, Sábados, de março 4 do Barclays Center, a casa de BROOKLYN BOXE ™. No co-evento principal estrela em ascensão invicta Erickson Lubin luta contra o nocauteador já derrotado Jorge Cota em uma luta eliminatória do título dos super meio-médios na CBS em 9 p.m. E/6 p.m. PT.

 

Os ingressos para o evento ao vivo, que é promovido pela DiBella Entertainment, começa ás $50 (não incluindo taxas aplicáveis) e já estão à venda. Os bilhetes podem ser comprados on-line, visitando www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com ou pelo telefone 1-800-745-3000. Os ingressos também estão disponíveis na Bilheteria American Express no Barclays Center. Grupo descontos estão disponíveis pelo telefone 844-BKLYN-GP.

 

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Caleb Plant Talks Ring Return, Sparring George Groves, Commentating Debut

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LAS VEGAS, NV (Fevereiro 2, 2017) – Undefeated super-middleweight contender, Caleb “Mãos doces” Planta (14-0, 10 KOs), estará fazendo sua 2017 debut on the Deontay Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) vs. Gerald Washington (18-0-1, 12 KOs) cartão, taking place at the Legacy Arena, em Birmingham, Alabama é 25 de fevereiro. Plant will headline his own show on Fox Sports 1 against an opponent TBA on 25 de fevereiro as part of a multiple telecast event.
Planta, talks about his upcoming fight, sparring with world title contender George Groves (25-3, 18 KOs), and his commentating debut.
“Em 25 de fevereiro, I’ll be making my ring return,” said Caleb Plant the IBF #15 contendor. “I’m really pumped up to be headlining on Fox Sports 1. Nashville, Tennessee, minha cidade natal, is only a few hours away from Alabama, so I’m looking forward to seeing a lot of my family and friends in attendance.”
“Last week I got great work sparring with George Groves when he was in town for the Frampton fight. He’s a class act and I learned a lot from being in the ring with him. I held my own and my confidence is at an all-time high. I know I can compete with anyone in the world. I’m just going to take it one fight at a time. I’ll be ready for whoever they put in front of me.”
Além, Plant will be commentating side by side with Brian Custer during the Sammy Vasquez (21-1, 15 KOs) vs. Luis Collazo (36-7, 19 KOs) confronto hoje à noite na Fox Sports 1.
“My career is headed in the right direction and I’m excited to be commentating hoje à noite on Fox Sports 1,” Planta continuou. “Commentating is something I’ve always wanted to do. Vasquez and Collazo are two fighters looking to make a statement and I believe it’s going to be a great fight for the fans. I have a great team around me and I’m very grateful for all the opportunities that have come my way. Vou aproveitar ao máximo a situação.”
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SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL® CHARLES MARTIN vs.. ANTHONY JOSHUA IBF HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERÁ TRANSMITIDO AO VIVO NO SHOWTIME® AT 5 P.M. E / 14h. PT NO SÁBADO, Abril 9 DA O2 EM LONDRES

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Apresentação do Encore em 8 P.M. E/PT no Showtime EXTREME®

NOVA IORQUE (Março 29, 2016) - A Showtime Boxing INTERNATIONAL apresentação do IBF Heavyweight World Championship entre o invicto campeão americano Charles Martin e também invicto medalhista de ouro olímpico britânico Anthony Joshua vai ao ar ao vivo em ALTURA DE COMEÇAR em 5 p.m. E/2 p.m. PT emSábado, Abril 9 a partir de O O2 em Londres.

Uma apresentação encore irá ao ar mais tarde naquela noite no SHOWTIME EXTREME às 8 p.m. E/PT.

O Showtime Boxing INTERNATIONAL a transmissão será apresentada por Brian Custer com análise de Al Bernstein e Paulie Malignaggi. A cobertura do evento será fornecida pela Sky Sports com a chamada jogada a jogada de Nick Halling, análise de Jim Watt e Carl Froch e entrevistas pós-luta de Andy Scott.

A transmissão do SHOWTIME incluirá extensos destaques e análises do Campeonato Mundial Peso Pena da IBF entre o atual campeão Lee Selby e desafiante americano Eric Hunter.

(NOTA DOS EDITORES: Devido a uma mudança na ordem das lutas no The O2 em Londres, SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL não pode fornecer cobertura ao vivo desta luta.)

Martin vs.. Joshua é a terceira de quatro lutas pelo título dos pesos pesados em cinco meses no canal Showtime (veja detalhes abaixo). O confronto programado de 12 rounds é o teste mais difícil até o momento para Martin (23-0-1, 21 KOs) e Josué (15-0, 15 KOs), dois bombardeiros que possuem um combinado 94 porcentagem de nocaute.

Selby (22-1, 8 KOs) vs. Caçador (21-3, 11 KOs) é a segunda de cinco lutas programadas pelo título dos penas em 2016 (detalhes abaixo), uma programação apresentando muitos dos melhores lutadores de 126 libras do mundo com o objetivo de unificar uma das divisões mais profundas do boxe.

“A categoria peso pesado está passando por um ressurgimento incrível, e a divisão peso-pena está repleta de confrontos atraentes,", Disse Stephen Espinoza, Vice-Presidente Executivo & Gerente Geral da SHOWTIME Sports. “Martinho vs.. Joshua é um confronto imperdível entre um campeão americano recém-formado e uma das estrelas em ascensão mais rápida do esporte. E Selby vs.. Hunter tem implicações importantes na divisão rica em talentos. Estamos orgulhosos de trabalhar com a Matchroom Sport para entregar essas partidas cruciais aos EUA. público."

“Eu sou o campeão mundial dos pesos pesados, e é por isso que não tenho problemas em viajar para Inglaterra para a minha primeira defesa de título,”Martinho disse. “Eu só quero lutar contra os melhores, e pretendo nocautear Anthony Joshua e levar sua torcida e o cinturão de volta comigo.”

“A O2 vai arrasar Abril 9 e os EUA. os fãs ficarão maravilhados quando virem Charles e eu brigando,”Josué disse. “Crédito para ele por ter vindo depois de me chamar, mas ele não sabe no que está se metendo. Vou mostrar todo o meu poder, toda a minha velocidade e toda a minha precisão para fazer a melhor exibição da minha vida e me tornar o Campeão Mundial dos Pesos Pesados, nocauteando-o. Estou muito feliz que os fãs nos EUA. poderá testemunhar isso.”

“Depois de uma ótima experiência na minha primeira defesa no Arizona contra Fernando Montiel, é bom estar de volta diante dos meus fãs no The O2 em Londres,”Selby disse. “Vai ser uma atmosfera louca com um 20,000 arena com ingressos esgotados. Hunter falou muito lixo e estou ansioso para mostrar a ele como é no campeonato mundial. Ele vai ficar em choque.

“Ele tem um cinto que eu quero, e isso é tudo que sei sobre ele,”Hunter disse. “Minha equipe sabe mais sobre ele do que eu. É trabalho deles elaborar um plano de jogo. Meu trabalho é treinar e me preparar para dar o meu melhor. Posso me ajustar a qualquer coisa no ringue. Estou aqui na academia trabalhando duro para fazer o trabalho. Estarei mais focado do que nunca nesta luta.”

O Martin de 6 pés-5 venceu o campeonato IBF em Jan. 16 quando Vyacheslav Glazkov sofreu uma lesão no joelho no terceiro round da luta pelo título mundial vago. Na captura do cinturão IBF, Martin, de St. Louis, Mo., tornou-se apenas o sexto campeão canhoto dos pesos pesados ​​​​na história do boxe e o segundo atual campeão americano dos pesos pesados.

Embora Martin tenha interrompido seu último 13 oponentes e foi o agressor contra Glazkov, o campeão invicto permanece praticamente não testado. Sua primeira defesa de título e início inicial fora dos EUA, acontecerá no que se espera ser uma arena pró-Josué em Londres, que esgotou em apenas 90 segundos. Martinho, de 29 anos, que é treinado pelos EUA. Olímpico Henry Tillman em Urso Grande, Calif., será o primeiro oponente canhoto profissional de Joshua.

Joshua teve uma carreira amadora de destaque que culminou com a medalha de ouro olímpica no superpesado no 2012 Jogos Olímpicos de Londres. Desde que se tornou profissional em julho 2013, o Joshua de 1,80 metro tem subido constantemente na classificação.

Uma das perspectivas mais promissoras do boxe, Joshua vem de vitórias consecutivas sobre adversários invictos. Em sua última luta, o jogador de 26 anos passou da terceira rodada pela primeira vez em sua carreira. Joshua derrotou Dillian Whyte por nocaute no sétimo round. Dezembro. 12. Agora, Joshua retorna ao O2, o local de sua estreia profissional e cinco de seus 15 lutas profissionais, em uma tentativa de aderir Tyson Fury como o segundo atual campeão britânico dos pesos pesados.

Joshua também quer se tornar o sexto medalhista de ouro olímpico dos superpesados ​​a ganhar o título mundial dos pesos pesados.. Se for bem-sucedido, ele se juntará a um grupo impressionante que inclui George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Lennox Lewis eWladimir Klitschko.

Nascido em Barry, País de Gales, Selby conquistou seu título mundial com uma decisão técnica dominante sobre o invicto anterior Evgeny Gradovich em maio 2015. O habilidoso boxeador fez sua primeira defesa de título nos EUA. estreia em outubro passado, capturando uma decisão unânime sobre o ex-campeão de três divisões Fernando Montiel.

O jogador de 29 anos possui uma série de vitórias sobre lutadores até então imaculados, incluindo Joel Brunker, Ryan Walsh, Viorel Simon, Corey McConnell eStephen Smith. Ele ganhou 18 hetero desde a única mancha de sua carreira, e seis de suas últimas oito vitórias vieram sobre adversários anteriormente invictos.

Caçador, que terá uma seqüência de quatro vitórias consecutivas em sua estreia fora dos EUA., sempre possuiu uma abundância de talento. Antes de se tornar profissional, o nativo da Filadélfia era um excelente amador e suplente nos EUA. Time olímpico.

O rápido jogador de 29 anos obteve algumas vitórias sólidas como profissional, e seu maior inimigo em uma carreira de nove anos tem sido ele mesmo – o rebatedor nem sempre mantém a compostura sob controle e permite que suas emoções tomem conta dele. Duas das três derrotas de Hunter foram por desqualificação, o último vindo via DQ em 2013 contra Mike Oliver por acertar no intervalo. O outro veio contraLuis Franco em 2010, quando ele teve um ponto deduzido no segundo e foi desqualificado no oitavo após repetidos golpes baixos.

Se Hunter conseguir evitar que sua cabeça quente o coloque em apuros, ele está confiante de que pode perturbar Selby e se juntar Leo Santa Cruz e Gary Russell Jr.. como campeão mundial nascido nos EUA em 126 libras.

2016 Lutas pelo título dos pesos pesados (NOTA: tudo no SHOWTIME))

· Jan. 16 Campeonato Mundial de Pesos Pesados ​​WBC Deontay Wilder vs.. Arthur Pin

· Jan. 16 Campeonato Mundial Peso Pesado da IBF Charles Martin vs.. Vyacheslav Glazkov

· Abril 9 Campeonato Mundial Peso Pesado da IBF Charles Martin vs.. Anthony Joshua

· Maio 21 Campeonato Mundial de Pesos Pesados ​​WBC Deontay Wilder vs.. Alexander Povetkin

2016 Lutas pelo título peso pena (Tudo no SHOWTIME com exceção deJunho 25 “SHOWTIME BOXING na CBS”)

· Fevereiro. 27 WBA (Super) Campeonato Mundial Peso Pena Leo Santa Cruz x. Kiko Martinez

· Abril 9 Campeonato Mundial Peso Pena da IBF Lee Selby vs.. Eric Hunter

· Abril 16 Campeonato Mundial Peso Pena WBC Gary Russell Jr.. vs. Patrick Hyland

· Junho 25 WBA (Regular) Campeonato Mundial Peso Pena Jesus Cuellar vs.. Abner Mares

· Verão 2016 WBA (Super) Campeonato Mundial Peso Pena Leo Santa Cruz x. Carl Frampton

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A LEGENDARY MARCH THROUGH THE DECADES – SHOWTIME SPORTS® CONTINUES CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS OF SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®

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Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Felix Trinidad, Ricardo Lopez, George Foreman & More Showcased In March

 

Clique AQUI For A Look Back At Some Of The Legendary Moments On SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: http://s.sho.com/1RkA3CE

 

NOVA IORQUE (Março 2, 2016) - Showtime Sports rolls out its third installment of a year-long salute commemorating 30 anos de Showtime Championship Boxing in March with “Legends’’.

 

This month will be highlighted by legends Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Ricardo “Finito” Lopez and George Foreman. Seven of the most unforgettable and important fights from these legends – some of which have seldom been re-aired since their live presentation – are available now on the network’s on demand platforms and will air will air on “Throwback Thursdays”in March at 10 p.m. E/PT no canal Showtime EXTREME.

 

O Quinta-feira, Março 10 presentation of Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi airs exactly 30 years after the final win of Hagler’s Hall of Fame career on March 10, 1986. Hagler vs. Mugabi was the first main event to ever air on SHOWTIME®.

 

The classic fights, which are also are available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, SHOWTIME ANYTIME® and via the network’s standalone streaming service, will be wrapped with brief context and commentary from SHOWTIME Sports host Brian Custer.

 

Below is the schedule of SHO EXTREME premieres for the month of March:

  • Amanhã, Quinta-feira, Março 3: Terry Norris vs. Sugar Ray Leonard
  • Quinta-feira, Março 10: Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi
  • Quinta-feira, Março 17: Felix Trinidad vs. David Reid
  • Quinta-feira, Março 24: Ricardo Lopez vs. Rosendo Alvarez II
  • Quinta-feira, Março 31: Iran Barkley vs. Thomas Hearns I, George Foreman vs. Gerry Cooney (10:15 p.m. E/PT), Gerald McClellan vs.. Julian Jackson I (10:30 p.m. ET / PT)

 

In celebration of the best rivalries on SHOWTIME, see below for a special column from SHOWTIME Sports expert analyst and boxing historian Steve Farhood.

 

LEGENDS

By Steve Farhood

 

Boxing without legends would be like religion without saints.

There’s no formula for a fighter to advance from star to superstar to legend. The process depends on timing, circumstance, and sometimes as little as a point or two on the judges’ cartões.

And oh, sim: It helps if a guy can really fight.

As we celebrate 30 years of boxing on SHOWTIME, we’re focusing on a different theme each month. Throughout March, the theme will be Legends.

No 130 years from John L. Sullivan to Floyd Mayweather, boxing has given us what other sports can’t provide. Consider:

  • The Associated Press voted Luis Firpo’s knockdown of Jack Dempsey as the greatest sports moment of the first half of the 20th Century.
  • The Frazier-Ali “Fight Of The Century” in 1971 was easily the most anticipated sporting event in history.
  • Last year’s Mayweather-Pacquiao fight generated more than half-a-billion dollars — in one night!

Legends are made by big moments … and how they respond to those moments.

No canal Showtime, we’ve featured three decades worth of legends. Here’s a look at those who will share the spotlight in March.

MARVIN HAGLER: Since Vince Lombardi didn’t exactly say, “Timing isn’t everything, it’s the only thing,” Hagler should’ve said it.

Hagler was a great fighter long before he was a superstar, but it wasn’t until he fought Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns, and Sugar Ray Leonard (three of Hagler’s last six bouts) that Marvin became Marvelous.

Hagler’s one appearance on SHOWTIME, which happened to be the first bout televised on the network (Março 1986), was the final win of his career. Undefeated over 10 anos, Hagler had established himself as one of the greatest middleweights in history. And while it could be argued in hindsight that at age 31, the ultimate blue-collar fighter was slightly past his prime, much of what made Hagler special was on display during his savage defense against his unbeaten and ferocious challenger, John Mugabi.

Almost three decades after his retirement, Hagler remains the middleweight today’s 160-pounders are measured against.

Sugar Ray Leonard: If Hagler bloomed late, Leonard was a superstar before he threw a single punch as a professional.

Back in the mid-‘70s, that’s what a magnetic smile, an Olympic gold medal, and repeated exposure on prime time television could do for a young fighter.

It’s ironic that Leonard was initially viewed by some as a coddled creation of the media. De fato, he was as tough as any fighter of the star-studded early-‘80s. Better yet, he remains the best fighter I’ve covered in 38 years on the boxing beat.

Leonard’s appearance on SHOWTIME was the penultimate bout of his career. In electing to end yet another lengthy layoff, Sugar Ray, 34, chose outstanding 23-year-old super welterweight titlist Terry Norris as his opponent. Leonard dropped from 160 para 154 pounds and fought at Madison Square Garden for the first time.

The bout served as a reminder that at least in a pre-Bernard Hopkins world, boxing was very much a young man’s game.

FELIX TRINIDAD: There are only three Hispanic fighters who became superstars in the USA without speaking English. The first was Panama’s Roberto Duran. The second was Mexico’s Julio Cesar Chavez.

The third was Puerto Rico’s Trinidad.

Trinidad’s motto might as well have been, “If you can’t be from America, then beat America.”

A classic puncher with a boy scout’s smile and a fan-friendly personality, Trinidad made his name by defeating four U.S. Olympians, Pernell Whitaker, Oscar De La Hoya (albeit by a terrible decision), David Reid, and Fernando Vargas.

Além disso, Whitaker, De La Hoya, and Reid had all been gold medalists.

The fight we’ll feature on Março 17 on SHO EXTREME, Trinidad vs. Reid, was Trinidad’s 14th and final appearance on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING and SHOWTIME pay-per-view.

From his welterweight title-winning kayo of Maurice Blocker in 1993 through his defense against Mahenge Zulu in 1998, 13 of Trinidad’s 14 bouts were aired on SHOWTIME. Twelve of those fights were knockout wins.

Where Trinidad ranks with Wilfredo Gomez, Miguel Cotto, Carlos Ortiz, Wilfred Benitez, and the rest of the legends from Puerto Rico is debatable. What is inarguable is that “Tito” generated as much excitement as any fighter of his era.

RICARDO LOPEZ: What’s smaller: the chance that a strawweight (105 libras) becomes an American television star or the fighter himself?

There’s never been an American world champion at strawweight (or minimumweight). We just don’t grow fighters that size. De fato, until the emergence of Mexico’s Lopez in the early-’90s, most American boxing fans couldn’t have identified a single strawweight if armed with a map of the world and a set of WBC ratings.

Lopez was so complete, so dominant, so technically perfect, that from 1994 to ’99, he was a staple of SHOWTIME’s boxing programming. He fought 13 consecutive bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING or SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View, and the first 11 of those contests were defenses of the strawweight title.

And if you think the little guys can’t punch, bem, there were some one-punch kayos sprinkled in.

Lopez, who retired with a mark of 51-0-1, is universally acknowledged as an all-time great. Too bad he never fought America’s Michael Carbajal at light flyweight. Had he won that bout, he’d likely be acknowledged as one of the two or three greatest Mexican fighters ever.

Which is saying a lot for a fighter who never faced an opponent recognized by the American viewing public.

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BILLY JOE SAUNDERS DETHRONES ANDY LEE SATURDAY TO BECOME 12th CURRENT BRITISH WORLD CHAMPION ON SHO EXTREME® FROM MANCHESTER,INGLATERRA

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NOVA IORQUE (Dezembro. 19, 2015) – Billy Joe Saunders dethroned WBO Middleweight World Champion Andy Lee with a 12-round majority decision Saturday on Showtime Boxing INTERNATIONAL a partir de Manchester, Inglaterra.

 

A luta, que foi marcado 115-111, 114-112 e 113-113, will re-air tonight at 9 p.m. E/PT em SHO EXTREME.

 

In a matchup of tactical southpaws, an explosive third round from Saunders (23-0, 12 KOs) was the difference. The British challenger floored Lee twice – first with a big right hook and again with a counter right just 30 seconds later – and a dazed Lee somehow survived the 10-7 redondo. Destaques em vídeo: http://s.sho.com/1OfibYe

 

The Irish Lee (34-3-1, 24 KOs) fought his way back and was the more aggressive fighter in the championship rounds, but it wasn’t enough to make up for a slow start and the two knockdowns.

 

Com a vitória, Saunders became the 12th current British world champion.

 

“I’m world champion,” Saunders said. “I beat a good champion today, a good sturdy champion. I used his power against him. When I was boxing he got a little bit careless and dropped his lead hand and I caught him with the hook.

 

“I’m not going to start running my mouth, but it was a good shot. With someone as fast as me you have to keep your hands up. I’m not the biggest puncher in the world, but I showed you there that I can punch.”

 

WBA campeão dos médios do Mundo Daniel Jacobs, fresh off a first round knockout of Peter Quillin two weeks ago on SHOWTIME, was a guest analyst no sábado from New York.

 

“I thought he was going to be a big brawler, I thought he had better assets,” Jacobs said of Lee. “He didn’t do enough for me. He was too complacent and after the knockdown you didn’t see that sense of urgency that a fighter has to have on the comeback trail.

 

“All credit due to Billy Joe, but it wasn’t an impressive victory.”

 

After watching the fight, Jacobs wasn’t ready to commit to a unification showdown in 2016 with the winner.

 

“We’ll do whatever makes sense,” Jacobs said. “I think it’s time to sit-down and figure what makes sense. Obviously it’s a good time to be a middleweight champion.”

 

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Andy Lee & BILLY JOE SAUNDERS MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES FOR WBO MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD TITLE FIGHT

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Showtime Boxing INTERNATIONAL® Lee vs. Saunders
Airs Live at 5 p.m. E/PT em SHO EXTREME; Encore Presentation at 9 p.m. E/PT

“He’s not good enough to beat me.” – Andy Lee

“I’m not going to leave that ring without the title.” – Billy Joe Saunders

SHO VIDEO: http://s.sho.com/1ROfSkF

NOVA IORQUE (Dezembro. 15, 2015) – WBO Middleweight World Champion Andy Lee e invicto challenger Billy Joe Saunders held separate media workouts in Manchester, Inglaterra, as they conclude preparations for their eagerly awaited showdown this Sábado, Dezembro. 19, live on SHO EXTREME (5 p.m. E/PT)from Manchester Arena.

 

Lee da Irlanda (34-2-1, 24 KOs) will make the first defense of his 160-pound title against England’s Saunders (22-0, 12 KOs), the WBO’s No. 1 médios contendor.

 

O Showtime Boxing INTERNATIONAL oferta doBoxNação telecast will feature analysis from SHOWTIME boxing experts Brian Custer, Al Bernstein e Paulie Malignaggibefore and after the world championship showdown. An encore presentation of the bout will air on SHO EXTREME later that evening at 9 p.m. E/PT.

 

Here’s what Lee and Saunders had to say at their media workouts on Tuesday and Segunda-feira, respectivamente:

 

Andy Lee:

“I have a punch that can end a fight, lights out, in any given second.

 

“I won’t rely on the punch. I will look to dominate from the start with educated pressure.

 

“I’m feeling very dangerous at the moment.

 

“Saunders’ unbeaten record is a disadvantage. He’s always been in fights he’s expected to win and has been well managed by(Franco) Warren.

 

“I’ve never lost a fight on points and I never will on points. If I’m down on the cards I will go out swinging in the last round.

 

“Saunders being a fellow traveler does add another layer, but at the end the day it’s about how good you are and he’s not good enough to beat me.”

 

BILLY JOE SAUNDERS:

“I’m ready to go for Sábado noite. This is the best camp that I’ve ever had. I’m prepared for the toughest test of my career, but I know that I’m in excellent shape to win this fight and become world champion.

 

“Andy Lee is a tough fighter – he’s proved that by becoming world champion and having the type of career he has had. But I’m undefeated and hungry and know that I’m on the brink of fulfilling a childhood dream. I’m not going to leave that ring without the title.

 

“Training in Spain allows me to lock myself away from all distractions and focus solely on the fight. It’s hard being away from home, but it’s all part of boxing. It’s been a long camp, a tough camp, but after that I know that I’m ready to go through hell to make sure that I’m successful come fight night.

 

“The middleweight division is one of the hottest around and I’m prepared to fight any of the other champions in there once I win the title.

 

"Danny Jacobs had a great win against Peter Quillin, and then there is Canelo (Alvarez) e (Gennady) Golovkin. I know the importance of this fight for the division and I want my name to be among the very best. I’m taking it one step at a time, but I’m open to fight anyone.

 

“There has been no trash talk with Andy because we know what each person is about. We share a similar background and neither of us is going to take a back step.

 

“This is going to be a very exciting all-action fight because we’re going to leave it all in the ring. I know I have the skills to beat him and I intend to show the world why I’m among the best around.”

 

Saunders on fellow Brit Chris Eubank Jr.:

“The truth of the matter is that Eubank Jr. does not belong at the world level – he’s a phony. É tão simples como isso. I wasn’t impressed with his win over Gary O'Sullivan, who I’ve already beat. He thinks he can fool the public with a win like that, but he can’t.

 

“His aim now is to move up and fight the best guys in the world, but we saw what happened the last time he stepped up a notch and faced me: he was badly exposed. The same thing will happen with him if he fights someone like Danny Jacobs for the WBA title.

 

“You’re not the best middleweight in your own country and you want to fight a world champion and say you’re going to beat him? I think it’s a delusion and he thinks he’s greater than he actually is.

 

“Sooner rather than later he’s going to get exposed again as the fraud that he is. You can keep talking, but eventually you have to back it up in the ring against top-level fighters. He’s won his last fight and now he’s back talking (expletivo) again like he’s the best fighter in history.

 

“If he has the balls to fight again, which I doubt, I would happily hand him another beating, this time in even more convincing fashion.”

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Showtime Sports televisionar WBO luta pelo título mundial ENTRE ANDY LEE E Billy Joe Saunders ON sábado, Dezembro. 19, VIVER DE MANCHESTER, INGLATERRA

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SHOWTIME Internacional de Boxe® Lee vs. Saunders
Airs Live At 5 p.m. E/PT em SHO Exteme

 

NOVA IORQUE (Dezembro. 1, 2015) - Showtime Sports® vai apresentar o Campeonato do Mundo de WBO entre defender campeão Andy Lee e desafiante invicto Billy Joe Saunders em Saturdae, Dezembro. 19, viver SHO EXTREME (5 p.m. E/PT) a partir de Manchester, Inglaterra.

 

O Showtime Boxing INTERNATIONAL oferta do Box Nation telecast will feature analysis from SHOWTIME boxing experts Brian Custer, Al Bernstein e Paulie Malignaggi before and after the world championship showdown. An encore presentation of the bout will air on SHO EXTREME later that evening at 9 p.m. E/PT.

 

"Estamos animado para oferecer este importante confronto dos melhores pesos-médios para os EUA. público,", Disse Stephen Espinoza, Vice-Presidente Executivo e Gerente Geral da Showtime Sports. “The 160-pound class is one of boxing’s hottest and deepest divisions right now, eo vencedor desta luta deve posicionar-se para um grande confronto ou unificação em 2016. "

 

Lee da Irlanda (34-2-1, 24 KOs) ganhou o título vago WBO com um TKO sexta rodada do então invicto Matt Korbov em dezembro 2014. A 6-foot-2, 31-anos de idade estava em uma de seis vitórias seguidas antes de boxe desenhar uma dividida 12-redonda com o ex-campeão invicto Peter Quillin em abril 11, 2015, em Brooklyn. Both fighters went down in a highly competitive scrap that was scored 113-112 para Quillin, 113-112 por Lee e 113-113.

 

Antes de se tornar profissional Lee era um amador top e representado na Irlanda 2004 Jogos Olímpicos de Atenas.

 

"É ótimo que os meus fãs na U.S. vão começar a ver a luta entre mim e Saunders e eu garanto que vai ser emocionante,"Lee disse.

 

Saunders (22-0, 12 KOs), de Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Reino Unido, é o de n WBO. 1 médios contendor. The 26-year-old is coming off a fourth-round TKO over Yoannan Bloyer último Julho 24 em Londres.

 

Duas partidas atrás, no mais vitória nota-estima de sua carreira, o 5-foot-11, Saunders tomou uma decisão dividida 12-redonda sobre Chris Eubank Jr. em novembro. 29, 2014, em Londres. Todos, exceto um de lutas Saunders tiveram lugar em Inglaterra; o outro era Irlanda do Norte.

 

Saunders também era um amador realizado; ele representou a Inglaterra no 2008 Jogos Olímpicos como um meio-médio na idade de 18. Saunders is the great-grandson of one of Britain’s most famous gypsy bare-knuckle champions, Absolom Beeney.

 

"Esta é uma noite enorme para mim e eu estou animado que ela está saindo ao vivo para a América,” Saunders said. “The U.S. viewers will get to see just what I can do when I face Lee and become world champion. It’s a big boost for me and takes the fight to another level when American TV comes on board and then you know it’s a big fight on the world stage. I hope that (Gennady) Golovkin e (Miguel) Cotto vai ser tanto de assistir porque eu estou aproximando rapidamente o seu nível e eles vão começar a ver o que eu estou pensando ".

 

Promotor Frank Warren disse, "Estou muito feliz que SHOWTIME será agora televisiva Lee vs. Saunders ao vivo no U.S. as it confirms the importance of this fight on the world scene. My relationship with the network goes back many years with fights like Joe Calzaghe vs. Jeff Lacy, Ricky Hatton vs. Kostya Tszyu, Frank de Bruno vs. Oliver McCall, plus Naseem Hamed and Nigel Benn fights. I believe that Lee vs. Saunders will be another great fight to add to that list because of what’s at stake for both fighters. What lies ahead for the winner will make them fight to their very best.”

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SHOWTIME® para televisionar Kell Brook VS. DIEGO CHAVES IBF Welterweight CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL DE SÁBADO, Outubro. 24, VIVER DE SHEFFIELD, INGLATERRA

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Showtime Boxing INTERNATIONAL® Brook vs. Chaves Airs

Live at 5:45 p.m. E/ 2:45 p.m. PT com uma apresentação no Encore 9 p.m. E/PT

 

NOVA IORQUE (Sete. 29, 2015) - Showtime Sports® vai apresentar o Campeonato do Mundo IBF Welterweight entre o atual campeão invicto Kell Brook e contender Diego Chaves em Sábado, Outubro. 24, viver ALTURA DE COMEÇAR em 5:45 p.m. E / 2:45 p.m. PT a partir de Motorpoint Arena em Sheffield, Inglaterra.

 

O Showtime Boxing INTERNATIONAL apresentação do Sky Sports telecast will feature analysis from SHOWTIME boxing experts before and after the world championship showdown. An encore presentation of the bout will air on SHOWTIME later that evening at 9 p.m. E/PT.

 

"Estou muito feliz que minha luta com Chaves vai ser mostrado em os EUA", disse Brook, who hails from Sheffield and will be the favorite in this fight. “I was thrilled when I saw my name in the top 10 da lista pound-for-pound na revista The Ring, e agora é a hora que eu preciso para mostrar aos fãs em os EUA. que eu sou um lutador imperdível.

 

"Chaves é um boxer todo-ação que sempre vem para lutar, e que é o estilo perfeito para mim a brilhar em outubro. 24. I look forward to putting on an explosive performance and making the U.S. levantar-se e tomar nota que eu sou o melhor meio-médio do mundo. "

 

"Sabemos Brook é um lutador muito duro, muito técnico,", Disse Diego Chaves. "Mas ele não é um lutador rápido e ele é facilmente incomodado por socos no corpo, which is one of our strengths. I believe he has problems going backwards, e nós estamos indo para testar seu poder de perfuração, muito.

 

"Eu sinto que minha confiança cresce com este desafio, knowing that I will have to face a champion like Kell Brook in his home country in England. This raises the stakes for me, going up there as an Argentine and as a huge underdog. We know all the bad blood that exists between Argentina and England and this will give me much more strength. I will make history if I defeat an Englishman in his own country.”

 

"Estamos entusiasmados por estar de volta no negócio com Kell Brook, Matchroom Boxe e Eddie Hearn e entregar este confronto emocionante de topo 10 Welterweights ao U.S. público,", Disse Stephen Espinoza, Vice-Presidente Executivo e Gerente Geral da Showtime Sports. “Kell won the world title on SHOWTIME in an action-packed victory over Shawn Porter last fall, estabelecendo-se como um dos melhores welterweights do mundo - mas Diego Chaves é um lutador resistente que também provou que ele pode competir com a elite da divisão ".

 

Ribeiro (35-0, 24 KOs) fará sua terceira defesa do título consecutivo de 2015 em sua Inglaterra natal depois de chegar à U.S. e destronar previamente invicto IBF Welterweight Campeão do Mundo Shawn Porter em agosto 2014 no canal Showtime. The Sheffield native has scored knockouts in each of his defenses – a fourth round TKO of Jo Jo Dan em Março 28 e uma sexta rodada TKO de Frankie Gavin em Maio 30. Brook aims for a similar result against the veteran Chaves, que tem enfrentado alguns dos melhores lutadores na divisão de £ 147.

 

Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs), de Buenos Aires, Argentina, tem sido um guerreiro da estrada em lutas recentes, facing favored Americans on the road in three of his last four bouts. He challenged 147-pound titlist Keith Thurman em julho 2013 e, depois de vencer por nocaute em uma cidade natal lutar na Argentina, estava à frente em decisão dos juízes contra Brandon Riosem agosto 2014 until he was disqualified for an intentional elbow to the face. Em sua última luta, Chaves lutou para um empate contra o campeão dos médios perene Timothy Bradley.