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NTXIV! FEATHERWEIGHT NTIAJ TEB zus Lee Selby ua rau nws US. Debut TIV THAIV qub PEB kev faib NTIAJ TEB zus Fernando MONTIEL
Daim pib YOG RAU MUAG KHOOM HNUB NO NYOB 12 P.M. PT!
GLENDALE, LUB. (Cuaj hlis 11, 2015) – Yav tas los ob-division lub ntiaj teb champion Devon Alexander “Cov poj” (26-3, 14 Kos) rov mus noj nyob rau hauv sib ntaus sib tua-kuaj Mexican Aron Martinez (19-4-1, 4 Kos) nyob rau hauv ib tug 10-round welterweight clash li Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) rau ESPN cov taub hau Gila dej Arena nyob rau hauv Glendale, Arizona on Wednesday, Lub kaum hli ntuj 14.
Televised kev pab them nqi pib thaum 9 p.m. THIAB/6 p.m. PT nrog lub U.S. debut ntawm featherweight lub ntiaj teb champion Lee Selby (21-1, 8 Kos) raws li nws yuav siv sij hawm rau yav tas los peb-division lub ntiaj teb champion Fernando “Cochulito” Montiel (54-4-2, 39 Kos) nyob rau hauv lub co-ntsiab kev tshwm sim.
“Kuv zoo siab heev rov qab mus rau lub nplhaib thiab kuv xav qhia rau cov neeg uas kuv tseem yog ib qho tseem ceeb fighter,” hais tias Alexander. “Qhov no yog ib tug lossis loj lub cib fim kom primetime thiab kuv yuav mus kom paub tseeb tias txhua yam yog nyob rau hauv kev txiav txim ntawm lub yeej thoj nam ces kuv muaj 100 feem pua hlwb thiab lub cev rau kev sib ntaus hmo ntuj.”
“Kuv zoo siab heev rau lub sij hawm no mus sib ntaus sib tua nyob xws li ib tug loj theem tiv thaiv ib tug zoo fighter nyob rau hauv Devon Alexander,” hais tias Martinez. “Arizona muaj ib tug lossis loj Mexican boxing zej zog thiab kuv saib rau pem hauv ntej mus rau lub pab los ntawm lawv zoo kawg li kiv cua.”
“Kuv tab tom nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej rau kuv kuv USA debut nyob rau hauv Arizona rau ESPN,” said Selby. “It’s been my dream since I was a young boy to win the world title and then to box in a major fight in the U.S. I have the upmost respect for Fernando Montiel, he’s a three-time world champion and we all know over here in the UK how tough the Mexican fighters are. I know the U.S. sib ntaus kiv cua txaus siab rau lub sab saum toj tua hluav taws thiab kuv paub hais tias kuv yuav yeej lawv tshaj rau 14th October with my skill, style thiab cov txheej txheem.”
“Kuv zoo siab heev tau muaj ib lub sij hawm los yeej lwm lub ntiaj teb title,” Hais Montiel. “Kuv yuav mus ua rau feem ntau ntawm no thiab tawm txhua yam kuv muaj nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib. Kuv yuav tawm uas nplhaib nrog Lee Selby tus siv thiab nrog tus kiv cua cheering kuv lub npe.”
“This is a big fight for Arizona and the first world title fight in Arizona since 2004,” hais tias Scott Maling, Tswv ntawm nplhaib Pros Promotions. “Kuv yog muaj hmoo txaus los txhawb tias lub ntiaj teb no title sib ntaus thiab kuv yuav tsis tos mus nqa cov boxing kiv cua ntawm Arizona ib tug zoo kawg li hmo ntuj ntawm cov kev txiav txim los ntawm pib kom tiav, featuring ib co ntawm cov saum toj kawg nkaus txuj ci nyob rau hauv kev ua si nawv.”
Daim pib rau cov kev tshwm sim, uas yog nce los ntawm nplhaib Pros Promotions, yog luv nqi ntawm $200, $100, $50 thiab $25 kev nkag, tsis xws li siv cov kev pab cuam nqi thiab se, thiab yog rau cov muag khoom hnub no nyob rau 12 p.m. PT. Mus rau nqi los ntawm lub xov tooj nrog ib tug loj credit card, hu Ticketmaster ntawm (800) 745-3000. Daim pib no kuj muaj nyob rau hauv www.gilariverarena.com. Qhov rooj ntawm Gila dej Arena qhib 3 p.m. PT nrog rau cov thawj bout nram qab no sai tom qab.
A world champion at 140 thiab 147-phaus, lub 28-xyoo-laus Alexander ua rau nws 2015 debut tab tom nrhiav rau ib tug ua tau uas yuav ceev nyiaj rau nws rov qab mus rau hauv lub npe sib cav sib ceg. Alexander twg yeej tshaj Marcos Maidana, Lucas Matthysse, Randall Bailey thiab Lee Purdy. Lub St. Louis-haiv neeg yog 4-2 nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no title fights nrog nws feem ntau tsis ntev los no yeej los ntawm ib tug tseem ceeb kev txiav txim siab tshaj Yexus Soto Karass.
Lub 33-xyoo-laus Martinez yog los tawm ntawm ib tug muaj teeb kev txiav txim siab tsis mus Robert Guerrero, nyob rau hauv ib tug sib ntaus qhov twg Martinez poob Guerrero rau lub thib ob lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv nws cov hauj lwm thiab nyob hauv vib nas this uas tau txais cov ib stoppage yeej. Yug nyob rau hauv Mexico, tab sis sib ntaus sib tua tawm ntawm Los Angeles, Martinez tau tiv thaiv paub txij li thaum 2004 thiab racked li 10 ncaj yeej ntawm 2009 thiab 2012.
Yug nyob rau hauv Barry, Wales, Selby khaws nws lub ntiaj teb npe nrog ib tug tseem ceeb kev txiav txim yav tas los lawm undefeated Evgeny Gradovich nyob rau hauv Tej zaum. Lub 28-xyoo-laus twg muaj ib tug slew ntawm yeej tshaj yav tas los unblemished fighters nrog Joel Brunker, Ryan Walsh, Viorel Simon, Corey McConnell thiab Stephen Smith. Lub slick-boxer yuav ua nws thawj pib nyob rau US. av nyob rau Lub kaum hli ntuj 14.
Cov Mexican qub tub rog Montiel tau yeej lub ntiaj teb no lub npe nyob rau peb cov chav kawm ntawv thoob plaws hauv hnyav nws ntev ua hauj lwm uas pib raws li ib tug 17-xyoo-laus nyob rau hauv 1996. Nws yeej nws thawj lub ntiaj teb nyob rau hauv lub npe 2000 tshaj Isidro Garcia thiab mus rau muaj npe yeej nrug tshaj Pedro Alzacar, Ivan Hernandez, Z kaus mom, Ciso Morales thiab Hozumi Hasegawa. Yug nyob rau hauv Sinaloa, Mexico, Montiel yog caij ib yim-sib ntaus yeej streak nqe lus hais txog rau hauv no match thiab rov mus tua nyob rau hauv lub US. rau thawj lub sij hawm txij li thaum 2011.
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