UJarrett Hurd Uvikela i-WBA, Izihloko ze-IBF 154-Pound Nge-KO Yomjikelezo Wesine Over James Welborn; U-Luis Ortiz Ubhalisa i-10-Round TKO ka-Travis Kauffman; UJoe Joyce Usale Engahluliwe Nge-KO Yomzuliswano Wokuqala Ebhekene noJoe Hanks
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I-LOS ANGELES (Dec. 1, 2018) - UDeontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder kanye noTyson “The Gypsy King” Fury balwe kwaze kwaphuma isinqumo sokuhlukana nge-SHOWTIME PPV® ngoMgqibelo ebusuku bevela e-STAPLES Center, ngokungangabazeki enye yezimpi ezingcono kakhulu ze-heavyweight eminyakeni edlule.
Ngemuva kokulawula impi yeWBC World Championship kusenesikhathi, Ukufutheka (27-0-1, 19 Kos) wanqoba ngokuyisimangaliso ama- knockdown amabili kaWilder (40-0-1, 39 Kos) – okuhlanganisa eyodwa emzuliswaneni 12 - emdwebeni ongenakwenzeka. Abahluleli igoli iziqubu 115-111 ngoWilder, 114-112 for Fury kanye 113-113.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi ngokushaywa kwemingqimuzo emibili nakanjani ngiyinqobile impi,” kusho uWilder, oqophe i- knockdown ngayinye yakhe 41 Izimpi zodumo futhi ubevikela ibhande lakhe le-WBC okwesishiyagalombili kusukela lapho 2015. “Sithulule izinhliziyo zethu namhlanje ebusuku. Sobabili singamaqhawe, kodwa ngalawa maconsi amabili ngicabanga ukuthi ngiyinqobile impi.”
UFury wabona ngenye indlela, esho ukuthi wayinika konke anakho.
“Sisendaweni engaphandle, Ngiwiswe phansi kabili, kodwa ngisakholwa ukuthi ngiyinqobile leyo mpi,” kusho uFury wase-England, ukubuya kwakhe okumangalisayo kuyaqhubeka kulandela iminyaka emibili nesigamu engekho kulo mdlalo ekuluthweni izidakamizwa notshwala kanye nezinkinga zempilo yengqondo.. Bengingeke ngiwiswe phansi namhlanje ebusuku. Ngikhombise inhliziyo enhle ukusukuma. Ngize lapha ebusuku futhi ngalwa nenhliziyo yami.”
Bekuwubusuku obumnandi njengoba kumenyezelwe ukuthi kuzoba khona 17,698 fans, eyayihlanganisa izinkanyezi zaseHollywood futhi ilwa nabalandeli abafana nabaphambili beLakers uShaquille O'Neal, UJerry West, izihlabani ze-NFL uMichael Strahan noMichael Irvin, nezingqalabutho zesibhakela u-Evander Holyfield noFloyd Mayweather.
Ukufutheka, owashiya uWilder 84-71 jikelele, ubanjwe isandla esifushane sokudla uWilder ngemuva nje kwendlebe yangakwesokunxele ukuze awise uFury okwesithathu emsebenzini wakhe emzuliswaneni wesishiyagalolunye.. Kwathi ngo-12, inhlanganisela ye-Wilder yesandla sokudla nehhuku yesokunxele ithumele i-6-foot-9 Fury phansi futhi, eshaya ikhanda phezu kweseyili. Again, ukwazile ukusukuma unompempe uJack Reiss wamvumela ukuthi aqhubeke nokulwa.
“Isibhakela sihlezi siyishashalazi yabantu abebengalindelekile, futhi yilokho ebesinakho kulobubusuku,” kusho umhlaziyi ongungoti we-SHOWTIME u-Al Bernstein.
UBernstein uthe ukubona uFury esukuma eqhubeka nokulwa ngemuva kokushaywa ngesihluku “kungenye yezinto ezimangaza kakhulu engake ngazibona eringini yesibhakela.”
Usomlando wesibhakela we-SHOWTIME nomhlaziyi uSteve Farhood wayenoFury elawula imizuliswano yokuqala nemizuliswano yokuwina uFury 3-8, futhi ekugcineni wahola impi, 115-111.
Ngenxa yesigatshana sokuphikisana, bobabili abalwi babuzwa ukuthi bangathanda yini ukuphinda. “Ngingathanda ukuthi kube yimpi yami elandelayo,” kusho uWilder. "Kungani kungenjalo? Ake sinikeze abalandeli lokho abafuna ukukubona. Bekuyimpi enkulu futhi masikwenze futhi. Akusho lutho kimina lapho sikwenza khona.”
“Amaphesenti ayikhulu sizokwenza impinda,” kusho uFury, ukulwa empini yokuqala yebhande le-heavyweight ekhokhelwayo eMelika kusukela 2002. “Singompetha ababili abakhulu. Mina nale ndoda singama-heavyweight amabili ahamba phambili emhlabeni.”
UWilder uthe uphume kancane waphuthuma izibhakela zakhe. “Angizange ngihlale phansi. Ngangimanqika kakhulu. Ngaqala ukuketula isandla sokudla futhi angikwazanga ukuzijwayeza.”
Ukufutheka, elwa okwesithathu kulo nyaka nomqeqeshi oneminyaka engu-26 uBen Davison ekhoneni lakhe, ubuye waba nomdlali wesibhakela owayengumdlali wesibhakela u-Ricky Hatton kanye nomqeqeshi wonyaka amahlandla ayisikhombisa uFreddie Roach ekhoneni lakhe.
Empini ehamba phambili kaWilder-Fury, "Swift" uJarrett Hurd (23-0, 16 Kos) uvikele ibhande lakhe le-IBF le-WBA lika-154-pounds ngomngqimuzo womlalisaphansi emzuliswaneni wesine ehlula uJames Welborn wase-United Kingdom. (24-7, 7 Kos), owayelwa okokuqala emhlabathini waseMelika.
UWelborn nguyena ohlasele ngomzuzu wokuqala emzuliswaneni wesine, ukuthumela u-Hurd ezintanjeni ngesibhakela ngemuva kokushaya umzimba nasekhanda. Ngokuphazima kweso ebona ukuthi kungenzeka usenkingeni, Ubunzima be-Accokeek, Md., countered back from sudden adversity in dramatic fashion and sent Welborn back-tracking before a devastating body punch sent him to one knee. He was counted out at 1:55 by referee Lou Moret, who was officiating the final fight of his 30-plus year career.
Emva fight, undefeated super welterweight Jermell Charlo entered the ring to challenge for Hurd’s coveted belts. “We definitely want Charlo,” Hurd told SHOWTIME Sports’ Jim Gray, saying the matchup would likely occur after one more fight. “I’m calling the shots. I’m No. 1 right now. When I say answer the phone, answer the phone. I got the date.”
Charlo shot back. “This is easy money. I like those belts – they look real good on you. He said he wants another fight. I’m ready now.”
Hurd, who unified the WBA and IBF belts by beating WBA champion Erislandy Lara in April in Las Vegas, was returning with a surgically repair left shoulder. He threw 118 limgwaza, more than half of the 220 punches he threw in the fight.
“I’m just coming off surgery so I wanted to see how I worked off the jab,” Hurd said. “I felt good I was working behind the jab I got caught on the ropes and got caught with some shots and said ‘that’s enough. He got enough TV time.’ I heard the crowd and I didn’t want to get brave. So I turned it up and got the knockdown.”
Former Wilder foe and heavyweight southpaw Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz (30-1, 26 Kos) returned to STAPLES Center for a second consecutive victory with a resounding 10th-round TKO against Travis “My Time” Kauffman (32-3, 23 Kos) of Reading, Pa.
The 39-year-old Ortiz of Camaguey, Cuba, registered left-cross knockdowns in the sixth, eighth and 10th rounds before the final blow coming later in the 10th round against a gritty Kauffman. It was the 26th career stoppage for Ortiz, who lost to Wilder in a Fight of the Year candidate back in March.
The fight was officially called at 1:58 of the 10th round. "Ngingumfana iqhawe,” Ortiz said. “Nothing contains me. We didn’t have to knock him out but we wanted to show everything we have in our repertoire, and we showed it tonight.”
Ortiz, who was warned twice for low blows, clipped Kauffman for a second time by a lethal left hand of Ortiz at 2:29 in the round lwesishiyagalombili. But just like the first time he was send to canvas in the sixth round, Kauffman was able to get up and continue fighting.
The technically sound performance by Ortiz included 376 jab attempts to Kauffman’s 99 and out-landing him 66-7. That led to a 135-37 lead in total connects and a 69-30 margin in power connects against Kauffman, who SHOWTIME commentator Paulie Malignaggi called, “a stubborn guy who wouldn’t go away.”
“Of course I’ll fight the winner of this fight [Wilder-Fury],” Ortiz said. “I want that second fight with Wilder. I want to fight anybody.”
In the pay-per-view telecast opener, Joe “The Juggernaut” Joyce (7-0, 7 Kos) recorded a massive first-round knockout against Joe “The Future” Hanks (23-3, 15 Kos). A rising heavyweight, Joyce, kusukela London, England, ended the fight officially after just 2:25 as he used a right jab to set up a near-perfect left hook sending Hanks to the canvas and down for the count.
Trained by noted trainer Abel Sanchez, Joyce told Gray he’s ready for anyone. “I want to get in some bigger fights,” said the former Olympic silver medal winner who recorded his fourth first-round KO. “I’ve been doing well so there is plenty more to come. All the support from back home in England, thanks for coming. I hope I put on something good to watch.”
It was the second win in the United States for Joyce, who also picked up the vacant WBA Continental heavyweight title. “I’m getting people out quickly,"Uthe. “I’ve got a lot of experience, I’m just going to improve on my strength and my speed. I’ve heard comments that I’m slow but I seem to land the shots and get the job done.”
It was the third time during his career that Hanks, from Newark, N.J., has been knocked down by a left hook.
Earlier in the night on SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION Adonis Stevenson’s five-and-a-half year reign as the WBC Light Heavyweight Champion of the World ended as Oleksandr Gvozdyk dethroned boxing’s longest reigning champion with a devastating 11th round knockout from Videotron Center in Quebec City. VIDEO: https://s.sho.com/2BMNZIx. Saturday’s one-fight telecast from Quebec City will replay on Monday, December 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME and will be available on SHOWTIME ANYTIME® and SHOWTIME on DEMAND®. Isibhakela sesikhathi sombukiso: SPECIAL EDITION streamed live on SHOWTIME Sports social platforms and is archived on the SHO Sports YouTube channel and Facebook page.
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