Adler & Perisai untuk Menyatukan Divisi Kelas Menengah Super Wanita di “Pertempuran yang Terbaik” di MGM Grand Detroit Langsung di SHOWTIME® di 10 p.m. DAN/PT
DETROIT (Bulan Juni 28, 2017) – Peraih Medali Emas Olimpiade dua kali Claressa “T-Rex” Shields akan menantang gelar dunia pertamanya melawan Juara Dunia Kelas Menengah Super WBC Nikki Adler di acara utama ShoBox: Generasi Baru Hari Jumat, Agustus. 4, hidup di SHOWTIME di 10 p.m. DAN/PT dari MGM Grand Detroit.
Berasal dari Flint, Mich., Shields (3-0, 1 KO) adalah petinju amatir paling berprestasi di AS. sejarah dan satu-satunya orang Amerika yang meraih medali emas tinju berturut-turut di Olimpiade. Pemain berusia 22 tahun ini akan menantang gelar dunia dalam pertarungan profesional keempatnya melawan rekannya yang tak terkalahkan, Adler. (16-0, 9 Biaya), seorang bintang Jerman yang akan mempertahankan gelar WBC 168 ponnya untuk ketiga kalinya. Pertarungan ini juga akan memperebutkan Gelar Kelas Menengah Super IBF yang kosong.
Shields menjadi headline untuk kedua kalinya di televisi nasional, melanjutkan debutnya yang bersejarah pada bulan Maret lalu dalam acara utama wanita pertama dalam sejarah televisi premium. Jika Shields melengserkan Adler ShoBox, dia akan menjadi 70th juara dunia dalam sejarah seri pengembangan prospek.
“Ini adalah peluang besar untuk bertarung di AS. pada SHOWTIME melawan Claressa Shields,kata Adler. “Saya adalah juara dunia berkali-kali dan Claressa adalah peraih Medali Emas Olimpiade dua kali – mengapa tidak bertarung dalam pertarungan sebesar mungkin? Ini adalah tantangan besar dan kami berdua akan menunjukkan potensi kami yang sebenarnya. I know I’ll give everything I have to be successful, as I have always done. I’ve fought throughout the world, but never in the U.S. It’s really a dream to fight in the biggest women’s boxing event in 2017.
Shields said, “It is a dream come true for me to be fighting for a major world title in just my fourth professional fight. I thank the champ, Nikki Adler, and her team for accepting the challenge and for coming to the U.S. for this championship. This fight is not only a milestone for me, it also is the biggest fight of the year in women’s boxing. I want to thank SHOWTIME for their commitment to me and for their support of women’s boxing. I promise to be in the best shape of my life and to give all my fans a performance to remember.”
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Gordon Balai, ShoBox: Generasi Baru Executive Producer and SVP of Production, SHOWTIME Olahraga, tersebut, "ShoBox is about challenging prospects and making step up fights, and that’s what Shields vs. Adler is all about. Claressa is returning to ShoBox in a unique opportunity to not only face her toughest opponent to date but to challenge a world champion and look to unify the division in only her fourth fight. The matchup and stakes speak for themselves. We are proud to continue to deliver the best prospects in competitive matchups.”
Promoter Dmitriy Salita, tersebut, “I am thrilled to be promoting what I expect will be the biggest women’s boxing event of 2017. Claressa Shields is on a quest to make history and is seeking to become a world champion in only her fourth professional bout less than a year after winning her second Olympic Gold Medal. Shields vs. Adler is the kind of matchup we expect from great fighters. These two women, both skilled, both determined, are certain to give fans around the world, and those watching on ShoBox, an action-packed fight that is fought at the highest level. It will be a night to remember where the sports world may see the emergence of a new star.”
Shields’ co-manager, Mark Taffet, tersebut, “This second main event telecast on SHOWTIME represents yet another historic step forward in the journey of Claressa Shields. Claressa is committed, in return, to pursuing the biggest and best fights available as the profile of women’s boxing in the U.S. and around the world continues to grow. This world title fight against Nikki Adler, a monumental challenge for Claressa in only her fourth pro fight, shows how committed Claressa is to fulfilling her dreams and leading the sport to unprecedented levels.”
The 30-year-old Adler, a Croatian fighting out of Augsburg, Bayern, Jerman, will make her U.S. debut against Shields. A former German amateur champion, Adler will make her third defense of the WBC crown she won in 2013 via unanimous decision against Zane Brige in Russia.
Di 2015, Adler defeated Szabados via unanimous decision in her first defense of the WBC belt, and knocked out Elene Sikmashvili in her second defense in 2016. In March of this year, she won the vacant WIBF and GBU World Super Middleweight Championships by unanimous decision over Mery Rancier.
Shields compiled an amateur record of 77-1 record and won her first Olympic Gold when she was only 17 years old in the inaugural women’s boxing competition at the London Games in 2012. She won a second gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio and turned professional tiga bulan kemudian.
Pada bulan Maret 2017 at MGM Grand Detroit, Shields stopped Hungary’s Szilvia Szabados in four rounds to win the NABF Super Middleweight Championship, in the first women’s main event in premium television history. In her most recent bout on June 16, Shields defeated Sydney LeBlanc via a unanimous eight-round decision to capture the WBC Silver Super Middleweight title.
Active in her community, Shields advocates for several social issues and serves as an inspirational figure in her hometown of Flint, a city beset by problems.
Undercard bouts for the ShoBox telecast will be announced in the coming weeks.
Tentang ShoBox: Generasi Baru
Sejak dimulai pada bulan Juli 2001, yang SHOWTIME seri tinju kritis diakui, ShoBox: Generasi Baru telah menampilkan bakat muda cocok tangguh. Filosofi ShoBox adalah untuk menyiarkan menarik, orang-menyenangkan dan pertandingan kompetitif sambil memberikan ajang pembuktian bagi prospek bersedia bertekad untuk berjuang untuk gelar juara dunia. Beberapa daftar tumbuh dari 69 pejuang yang telah muncul di ShoBox dan maju untuk mengumpulkan gelar dunia termasuk: Errol Spence Jr., Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder, Erislandy Lara, Shawn Porter, Gary Russell Jr., Lamont Peterson, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Nonito Donaire, Devon Alexander, Carl Froch, Robert Guerrero, Timothy Bradley, Jessie Vargas, Juan Manuel Lopez, Chad Dawson, Paulie Malignaggi, Ricky Hatton, Kelly Pavlik, Paul Williams, Errol Spence Jr. dan lagi.