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وحشية ضد. Stiverne World Title Rematch Headlines SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Tripleheader Beginning Live At 9 عصرا. و/6 عصرا. PT
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BROOKLYN (أكتوبر. 5, 2017) – WBC بطل العالم الوزن الثقيل ديونتاري وايلدر will defend his title against mandatory challenger الكأس الذهبية في.يوم السبت, نوفمبر. 4 live on SHOWTIME in a rematch of their 2015 اللقب العالمي المعركة. The event is presented by Premier Boxing Champions from Barclays Center, منزل BROOKLYN الملاكمة ™.
وايلدر (38-0, 37 كوس) dethroned defending champion Stiverne in January 2015 via unanimous decision in what was the promising challenger’s toughest fight to date. مع الفوز, Wilder became the first American heavyweight champion in nearly a decade and he has gone on to defend the title five times. Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 كوس) remains the only Wilder opponent to go the distance with the hard-hitting Tuscaloosa, علاء., native who has knocked out every other professional opponent on his long resume.
تذاكر لالحدث على الهواء مباشرة, التي يتم الترويج لها من قبل DiBella الترفيه وTGB الترقيات, معروضة للبيع الآن، ويمكن شراؤها في ticketmaster.com, barclayscenter.com أو عن طريق الاتصال 800-745-3000. يمكن أيضًا شراء التذاكر من American Express Box Office في Barclays Center. الخصومات مجموعة المتاحة عن طريق استدعاء 844-BKLYN-GP. The Nov. 4 main event will be the second heavyweight world championship bout to air live on SHOWTIME on back-to-back Saturdays. في أكتوبر. 28 unified heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua will meet Kubrat Pulev for Joshua’s IBF and WBA world titles in the main event of a fight card from Cardiff, ويلز.
After Wilder vs. Stiverne I, Stiverne was hospitalized at University Medical Center in Las Vegas for severe dehydration and muscle damage, which he claimed affected his performance in his first title defense. Stiverne bounced back with a win over Derric Rossy and has been advocating for a rematch since.
“Stiverne asked for it, so he’s going to get it,” وقال وايلدر. “Whatever happens happens. Ask and you shall receive. I’m relieved to be getting my mandatory out of the way. At least now I won’t have to deal with that down the road.
“In the first fight, I broke my hand in the third round, and I still dominated. That was a lot of the reason why it went the distance. This time it’s a different day, different time and different fight. This time it won’t end well for him.
“Despite all of these obstacles that are thrown in my path, it still will not stop me from reaching my ultimate goal, which is to be the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.”
Stiverne replaces Luis Ortiz, who was pulled from the fight by the WBC يوم الاربعاء after he failed a VADA anti-doping test.
“Stiverne will pay for Luis Ortiz screwing up,” Wilder concluded.
Stiverne was in camp preparing to fight Dominic Breazeale in a heavyweight attraction on the نوفمبر. 4 undercard. Now the Haitian-born Las Vegas resident gets a shot at winning back the heavyweight crown he first won with a knockout of Chris Arreola in 2014.
“انا جاهز, willing and able to seize back my title from Wilder,” Stiverne ديريتا. “We all know that Wilder dodged a bullet in the first fight, ولكن ليس هذه المرة. It was my fault, but I learn from my mistakes. في تشرين الثاني 4, Wilder will feel my pain.”
After defeating Stiverne, Wilder went on to knockout each of his next five challengers including twice as the headliner on SHOWTIME. Wilder-Stiverne II will be the 10عشر heavyweight world championship fight to air live on SHOWTIME in the last two years as the heavyweight division continues its resurgence.
“The show must go on, كما يقولون, and Deontay Wilder still plans to put on a show for New York City,” وقال لو DiBella, President of DiBella Entertainment and promoter of the stacked نوفمبر. 4 حدث. “Considering Stiverne’s status as mandatory challenger, he was always going to be a roadblock in Deontay’s quest for heavyweight unification. Now it’s time to see if Deontay can clear that roadblock and continue on his path to becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion and the most recognizable and dominant force in boxing.”
في المشترك ميزة شوتايم بطولة الملاكمة, former welterweight world champion Shawn Porter will battle perennial contender Adrian Granados in a matchup of two all-action fighters. In the opening bout of the three-fight telecast beginning at 9 عصرا. و/6 عصرا. PT, unbeaten contender Sergey Lipinets will take on Akihiro Kondo for the vacant IBF Junior Welterweight World Championship.
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