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SHOWTIME SPORTS® CONTINUES CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS OF SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® WITH FOUR CLASSIC JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ FIGHTS IN JULY

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Tune In Usikuuno Pa 10 p.m. AND/PT Pa Showtime kwambiri® To Relive Chavez vs. Hector “Macho” Camacho; Watch Round 12 NOW:HTTP://s.sho.com/2996PsP

Zambiri, Chavez vs. Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, vs.Frankie Randall II and vs. Meldrick Taylor II On “Throwback Thursdays” This Month

 

NEW YORK (July 7, 2016) – Widely acknowledged as the preeminent Mexican-born fighter in history and one of the greatest prizefighters of all time, Julio Cesar Chavez will be honored as Showtime Sports® airs classic Chavez fights in continuation of its year-long celebration of 30 years of Showtime Championship nkhonya.

 

The month will be highlighted by four of the incomparable Chavez’ most memorable fights – against Hector “Macho” Camacho, Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, the second of three fights with Frankie Randall and the rematch with Meldrick Taylor. All four fights will air Thursdays at 10 p.m. AND/PT pa Showtime kwambiri (full schedule below).

 

Kwa zaka zambiri, the revered ring legend was considered the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter. In an amazing 25-year-career (1980-2005), Chavez fought 115 nthawi (107-6-2 ndi 88 knockouts). At the highest level, he competed in four weight classes – 130 pounds to 147 pounds – and was a six-time world champion in three divisions.

 

He holds records for the most world title successful defenses (27), most title fight victories (31), most title fights (37) and the second-most title defenses won by gwetsa (21, pambuyo Joe Louis ndi 23). Chavez was 31-4-2 ndi 21 KOs in world title fights. A multiple Wankhondo pa Chaka wopambana, Chavez was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011.

 

The fights will air on “Throwback Thursday” during the month of July at 10 p.m. AND/PT pa Showtime kwambiri® and are available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, Showtime iliyonse® and via the network’s online streaming service.

 

Below is the schedule of SHOWTIME EXTREME premieres for the month of July:

  • Usikuuno/Thursday, July 7: Chavez vs. Camacho
  • Thursday, July 14: Chavez vs. Whitaker
  • Thursday, July 21: Chavez Randal II
  • Thursday, July 28: Chavez vs. Taylor II

 

“Throwback Thursday” Tidbits

  • WBC super featherweight champion Chavez (81-0) and his WBO counterpart, Camacho, fought on Sept. 12, 1992, ku Las Vegas. JCC turned back a determined bid by “Macho” to take a unanimous 12-round decision.

 

  • Chavez had an 87-fight winning streak end when he and WBC welterweight champion Whitaker fought to a highly controversial 12-round majority draw in Sept. 10, 1993, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. One judge scored it for “Sweet Pea” by 115-113; the others had it 115-115.

 

  • Chavez was dealt his initial defeat on a 12-round split decision to nemesis Randall on Jan. 29, 1994. Mu rematch wotsatirawa Mulole 7, Chavez won a razor-thin, split eight-round technical decision after the fight was stopped because of a large cut over Chavez’ eyebrow. Chavez and Randall would fight a third time, with Chavez taking the rubber match on a clear, unanimous 10-round decision on May 22, 2004.

 

  • Chavez went 2-0 against Taylor, winning by eighth-round knockout in a rematch on Sept. 17, 1994. In their initial fight four-and-a-half years earlier, Chavez rallied to win by 12TH-Kuyimilira mozungulira.

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Connecticut nkhonya Hall Omveka Maphunziro a 2015 mwalamulo analengeza

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Lou DiBella, Shelly Finkel, Arnie Bayer, Carey Mace, George Russo, Peter Timothy & Imfa Sharnik
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (September 15, 2015) – Kulimbikitsa Lou DiBella ndi bwana / kulimbikitsa Shelly Finkel kukhala seveni membala Maphunziro a 2015 mu Connecticut nkhonya Hall Omveka (CBHOF). Mamembala atsopano adzasankhidwa ku 11THpachaka CBHOF Gala kupatsidwa ulemu chakudya pa Lachisanu usiku,November 13 mu Uncas ndinkakonda pa Mohegan Sun.
Watsopano CBHOF inductees mulinso kale nkhonya Commissioner Peter Timothy ndipo, atamwalira, boxers Carey Mace ndipo George Russo, nkhonya wolemba Imfa Sharnik ndi nkhonya mulandu Arnie Bayer.
“Ife pa Connecticut nkhonya Hall Omveka ali okondwa kulengeza chaka chino kalasi ya inductees,” Purezidenti watsopano wa CBHOF John Laudati anati. “Tili ndi kusakanikirana kwakukulu kwa nthano zankhonya zodziwika padziko lonse lapansi komanso gulu lodabwitsa komanso loyenera lachifumu la nkhonya ku Connecticut.. Panokha, Ndine okonzeka kuyambitsa kalasi wanga chaka choyamba mtsogoleri wa gulu ili zosaneneka. Ine kudzaona athu onse Connecticut nkhonya mafani pa Mohegan Sun pa November 13TH.”
Zochokera ku New York City, DiBella (atchulidwa kumanzere) ndi kale Mutu wa nkhonya kwa HBO, kulenga kwambiri bwino “Nkhonya Pambuyo Dark” mndandanda. Wake zotsatsira kampani, DiBella Entertainment, walimbikitsa masewera ankhonya osawerengeka ku Mohegan Sun Arena ndi Foxwoods Resort Casino pazaka makumi awiri zapitazi.. DiBella analinso ndi timu ya baseball ya Connecticut Defenders yaying'ono yomwe inali ku Norwich. Omenyera ake apamwamba aphatikiza Sergio Martínez,Bernard Hopkins, Paulie Malignaggi, Jermain Taylor, CBHOF inductee “Irish” Micky Ward, ndipo Andre Berto pakati kwambiri notables. A Harvard Law School maphunziro, DiBella ndi bwino filimu sewerolo.
Finkel (zinkaimira kupita kumanja ndi malemu Emanuel Mdindo), komanso New York City, ndi mayiko nkhonya Hall Omveka inductee amene anali fixture pa Connecticut amamenya nkhondo kwa zaka zambiri mwina kulimbikitsa kapena bwana. Iyenso ndi woyang'anira wopambana mu makampani oimba. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 1990, Finkel mosakayikira anali manejala wamphamvu kwambiri pamasewera a nkhonya. Makasitomala ake odziwika kwambiri adaphatikizapo Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Manny Pacquiao, Pernell Whitaker, Meldrick Taylor ndipo Wladimir Klitschko.
Timothy (zinkaimira kupita kumanzere ndi Shuga Ray Leonard) anali nkhonya Commissioner wa Mashantucket Pequot Tribal National Commission pa Foxwoods kuchokera 1995 kuti 2009. Analangizidwa ndi malemu John Burns, yemwe anali woyambitsa CBHOF yemwenso ndi inductee. Pa nthawi yomwe anali ku Foxwoods, Timothy malamulo ambirimbiri ovomereza zochitika, kuphatikizapo 90 udindo nkhondo. Mfundo zazikuluzikulu za ulamuliro wake zidaphatikizapo CBHOF inductee John Ruiz–Evander Holyfield III kwa WBA dziko katswiri woposa onse Championship ndi, mwina, wamkulu nkhondo mu Foxwoods mbiri, ndi IBF dziko cruiserweight udindo ndewu James Toney ndipo Vassily Jirov. Nyenyezi zina zomwe zinamenyana ku Foxwoods pamene Timoteo anali kuyang'anira zikuphatikizapo Roy Jones, Jr., Diego Corrales, Shane Mosely ndipo Acelino Freitas, pamodzi ndi CBHOF inductees Dana Rosenblatt, Peter Manfredo, Jr. ndipo U.S. Olympian Lawrence Clay-Bey.
Mace (72-18-2), anabadwira ku Hartford, anayamba kumenyana mwaukadaulo kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1940. Kupambana kwake kopambana kunabwera 1950, kuima kale dziko ngwazi Joe Giardello. Mace anali membala wa charter wa CBHOF Willie Pep'm khola ndipo lili pa nambala nthawi ina mkulu monga No. 8 welterweight padziko lapansi. Mace, amene otsiriza podwala anali akulephera CBHOF membalaGaspar Ortega mu 1962, ankakhala Manchester pamene zapita pa zaka 73 mu 2003.
Russo anali 85 ovomereza ndewu pakati 1922 ndipo 1934. Anasamukira ku Bridgeport ali ndi zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi ndipo pamapeto pake adakhala nthano yamasewera a nkhonya, opaleshoni gyms ngati Red Man a Hall, Acorn Club ndi East Washington Avenue. Mu 1992, anabweretsa nkhonya kwawo pambuyo khumi-yaitali ku Old mnzako nyumba Bridgeport. Russo komanso anamuzindikira monga “Johnny Duke ya Southern Connecticut.”
Anabadwira ku New Haven, malemu Sharnick ankakhala pafupi moyo wake Norwalk, asanabwerere Florida, kumene iye anasankhidwa ndi Florida nkhonya Hall Omveka mu 2012, makamaka poyambitsa Smart Boxer Institute. Sharnik anali wolemba nkhonya 23 zaka Sports Illustrated, anatsindika ake nkhani za Cassius Clay–Sonny Liston Ine, anagwira mwamphamvu chifukwa chonena, “Liston ali nkhonya ngati cannonballs.” Anakhala mkulu wa alangizi ku CBS kwa zaka zisanu ndi zinayi ndipo anali mlangizi wamkulu komanso wokhulupirira yekhayo. George wolimbikira'Kubweranso kudzatsogolera kumutu wina wapadziko lonse wa heavyweight. Sharnick analinso mlangizi wa membala wa CBHOF komanso ngwazi yapadziko lonse lapansi kawiri Marlon Starling, kukopa m'tsogolo dziko ngwazi kuwonjezera Eddie Futch monga mphunzitsi wake wamkulu. Wothandizira wa Futch, CBHOF membala Freddie Roach, kenako kuphunzitsa Starling pamene anayamba dziko welterweight ngwazi.
Bayer linkagwiritsidwa kulemekezedwa woona mulandu wa nkhonya, nthawizonse mwamsanga kukongoza kuwathandiza, komanso kutsegula chikwama kuthandiza thandizo nkhonya gyms m'mizinda ngati CBHOF inductee Johnny Duke a Anyamata Club Gym mu Bellevue Square, Hartford.
Matikiti kwa CBHOF 11TH pachaka Gala kupatsidwa ulemu chakudya, kunena wogulira pa $90.00, ali pa malonda tsopano powatchula Kim Baker pa Mohegan Sun (1.860.862.7377) kapena Sherman Kaini pa Manchester Journal wofunsayo (1.800.237.3606 X321). Zitseko pa 5:30 p.m. AND, cocktails pa 6 p.m. AND, Pambuyo chakudya.
Intaneti kuti www.ctboxinghof.org pakuti zina zokhudza Connecticut nkhonya Hall Omveka, zake 11tH pachaka Gala Inductee chakudya, chochitika zothandizira mipata, kapena kale CBHOF inductees.
Contact:
Bob Trieger, Full Court YESETSANI MWAKHAMA, bobtfcp@hotmail.com,978.590.0470, fightpublicist
ZOKHUDZA CBHOF: Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame idakhazikitsidwa ku 2004 kulemekeza ndi kukondwerera ntchito za kwambiri anthu amene masewera a nkhonya. Zake wofika kupatsidwa ulemu Mwambo & Chakudya unachitikira 2005. Connecticut a wolemera nkhonya mbiri sakanatha asangalala Ngati sikudali kwa anakwaniritsa anthu enshrined mu Hall Omveka.
Lomwe si phindu gulu, ndi Connecticut nkhonya Hall Omveka kwambiri anachita kusunga nkhondo mzimu wa Connecticut kunapezeka zosiyanasiyana zothandiza osowa.

Link kuti CBHOF Website