| IBF Bantamweight World Champion Miyo Yoshida to have 4-time World Champion Jorge Linares in her corner Hydref. 23 vs. Shurretta Metcalf Theater at Madison Square Garden |
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| (L-R) – Miyo Yoshida & Jorge Linares NEW YORK CITY (Hydref 7, 2024) -tair-amser, two-division World Champion Reigning Miyo Yoshida (17-4, 0 Kos) will add a special addition to her corner on October 23ydd, when she makes the initial defense of her International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title against No. 1 cystadleuydd shurretta “chiccn” metcalf (13-4-1, 2 Kos), yn y theatr yng Ngardd Madison Square yn Ninas Efrog Newydd. Yoshida VS. Metcalf will headline in a 10-round (2-munudau yr un) main event on the “Heroes on the Hudson 2” card, Cyflwynir gan Dibella Entertainment, which will celebrate and support heroic veterans of the United States Armed Forces in advance of Veterans Day in the latest addition of the popular Broadway Bocsio Cyfres. Future Hall of Famer Jorge “El Nino de Oro Golden Boy” Linares (47-9, 29 Kos), the four-time, three-division world champion from his native Venezuela, will be making the trip from his home in Tokyo to the Big Apple, where he fought twice during his 21-year pro boxing career. “My senior, Jorge Linares, will be joining me as my second this time,” through a translator Yoshida explained the difference between her first fight with her Oct. 23ydd Challenger. “It is reassuring to have someone who can give me instructions in Japanese for spur-of-the-moment decisions during this fight. The members of Team Sosa (Jimmy Sosa is her head trainer) are also learning Japanese. The team is united. “Although I am struggling with the English language, I am very happy to have come to New York City. I am grateful to Lou DiBella (her promoter, DiBella Adloniant) for giving me the opportunity. The condition from him was for me and my daughter to immigrate here. I am very thankful to my manager, Keith Sullivan, for handling the business side and guiding me. Even though I don’t speak English, I have met many friends who saw what I was doing and supported me.” Linares moved to Japan at the age of 17 because he wanted to turn pro and would have had to wait until he was 18 if he had remained in Venezuela. Roedd yn 10-4 yn ymladd teitl y byd, defeating six world champions: Hugo Rafael Soto, Oscar Larios, Gamaliel Diaz, Jesus Chavez and Anthony Crolla (ddwywaith). Yoshida, 35, captured the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Super Flyweight crowns twice in 2019 ac 2021. She is one of 23 Pencampwyr y Byd benywaidd o Japan, only the sixth to capture world titles in two or more divisions.  |
| In her last fight, Metcalf defeated Yoshida by way of a 10-round unanimous decision for the International Boxing Federation (IBF), yn eironig, on the original “Heroes of the Hudson” last November 7 also at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Last December in her most recent fight, Yoshida put on a boxing clinic in San Francisco, replacing injured Avril Mathie on less than two weeks’ notice to defeat defending IBF bantamweight title-holder Ebanie Bridges (9-1) by way of a dominant 10-round unanimous decision (99-91, 99-91, 97-93). A single mother of daughter her, Mina, Gelwir Miyo yn “Fam Sengl Ymladd” yn Japan, where she is a revered role model back, and for that reason as well as her success in the ring, Derbyniodd Yoshida y 2023 Gwobr Diffoddwr Benywaidd Mwyaf Ysbrydoledig o'r Cylchgrawn Ring. Yoshida VS. Metcalf launches the beginning of the Great 8 Twrnamaint i bennu pencampwr y byd pwysau bantam menywod diamheuol “Miyo is a 3-time World Champion, she has proven she knows what it takes to win. Outside the ring she is an amazing single mother raising her beautiful daughter in a foreign country. Few have made the sacrifices to create opportunities for her and her daughter the way Miyo has. It is an honor to be working with such a dynamic and exciting world champion”, said Miyo’s manager New York City-based lawyer Keith Sullivan. Mae Sullivan yn gyn Ddirprwy Gomisiynydd Comisiwn Athletau Talaith Efrog Newydd, sy'n rheoli IBF a WBA #6 paddy pwysau welter graddedig “The Real Deal” Donovan (14-0, Prospect Pwysau Trwm Pryce Taylor (4-0, 2 Kos), a WBC #9 Graddedig Super Middleweight Nisa Rodriguez (2-0, 0 Kos), ymhlith sawl diffoddwr proffesiynol arall. Tocynnau wedi'u prisio rhwng $200 ac $55, ar gael i'w prynu yn https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3b00613413292e16?a wnaeth = yoshida GWYBODAETH X: @Miyobledog Instagram: @Mimo_soshi_ Facebook: /Saveshada |