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Premier Boxing Champions Rolls Into May With An Exciting Slate Of Shows

Featherweight Champion Leo Santa Cruz
Puts On Promoter’s Hat For FS1 & HMA LIAB Cov kev ua si
Toe-to-Toe Tuesday Show On Tej zaum 2
Unbeaten Rising Star David Benavidez Tests
His Mettle Against Porky Medina In 168-Pound
World Title Eliminator On FS1 & HMA LIAB Cov kev ua si
Rau Saturday, Tej zaum 20
Undefeated Welterweight Star Errol Spence
Challenges Kell Brook For 147-pound Championship
In Sheffield, England in Premier Boxing Champions Action
On SHOWTIME, Tej zaum 27
Las Vegas (Tej zaum 1, 2017) – Lub Premier Boxing Champions series will follow a very busy April with an extremely exciting month of May. The slate of shows will run the weight spectrum from featherweight to super middleweight.
The Premier Boxing Champions series schedule for May has a slate of shows where several boxers get an opportunity to step up to world title matches,” said Tim Smith, Vice President of Communications for Haymon Sports. “With so much on the line those kinds of challenges typically lead to action-packed, fan-friendly matches.
Kicking off the month is a thrilling 10-round lightweight clash between John Redkach (20-2-1, 16 Kos) thiab yav tas los lub ntiaj teb champion Argenis Mendez (23-5-1, 12 Kos) rau Ntiv taw xoo-RAU-Ntiv taw xoo hnub Tuesday rau FS1 thiab Boxing Champions on FOX Deportes from the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City, California on Tej zaum 2. Televised kev pab them nqi pib thaum9 p.m. THIAB/6 p.m. PT.
The show will be staged by featherweight world champion Leo Santa Cruz’s Last Round Promotions, and will include an 8-round junior featherweight match between Brandon Figueroa thiab Luis Saavedra and a 6-round bantamweight match between Antonio Santa Cruz thiab Arturo Torres. The show will be a family affair as Brandon Figueroa is the younger brother of Omar Figueroa and Antonio is the cousin of Leo Santa Cruz.
David Benavidez (17-0, 16 Kos), an ascending star, yuav tau raws li yav tas los lub ntiaj teb no title challenger RogelioPorkyMedina (37-7, 31 Kos) in a super middleweight title elimination match from Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas rau Tej zaum 20. Benavidez will face the toughest test of his career against Medina, a veteran who has already fought for a world title. The winner will get a shot at the 168-pound world champion.
Uas tawm hauv TV kev pab them nqi yuav pib thaum 10 p.m. THIAB/7 p.m. PT with unbeaten 126-pound contender Jorge Lara (28-0-2, 20 Kos) taking on hard-hitting brawler Mario Briones (28-5-2, 22 Kos) in a 10-round featherweight match.
Unbeaten top welterweight star Errol Spence, Jr. (21-0, 19 Kos) will travel from his home in Desoto, Texas to take on Kell Brook (36-1, 25 Kos) in his hometown at Bramall Lane Football Ground in Sheffield, England in a Premier Boxing Championship match on SHOWTIME.
In other non-PBC matches of interest to boxing fans in the month of May, Gervonta Davis (17-0, 18 Kos) will defend his 130-pound world title against No. 1 contender Liam Walsh (21-0, 14 Kos) from Copper Box Arena in London, England on SHOWTIME on Tej zaum 20.
On the same night Gary Russell, Jr. (21-1, 16 Kos) will defend his 126-pound world title against Oscar Escandon (25-2, 17 Kos) at MGM National Harbor outside Washington D.C. on SHOWTIME. Nyob rau hauv lub co-feature Andre Dirrell (25-2, 16 Kos) yuav ua tau raws li Jose Uzcategui(26-1, 22 Kos) for the vacant 168-pound championship. Tsis tas li ntawd,Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 Kos) ntsej muag Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 Kos) in a lightweight world title eliminator.

Menyuam dej YUAM TAWM NTAWM CHAVES sib tsoo

Sib ntaus yuav tsum tau mloog tom qab tav raug mob hits Sheffield lub hnub qub

Kell Brook tau raug yuam tawm ntawm nws IBF ntiaj teb Welterweight title clash nrog Diego Chaves nyob rau Sheffield Arena nyob Saturday, Lub kaum hli ntuj 24 tom qab phem tshaj ib tug tav kev raug mob nyob rau hauv sparring.

Brook twb teem los mus ua kom peb tiv thaiv ntawm nws txoj siv tiv thaiv cov txaus ntshai Argentine, tab sis muaj siv lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv lub tsev kho mob nrog rau cov kev raug mob thiab kev noj lub tswv yim ntawm tus kws kho mob nram qab no soj, lub Sheffield lub hnub qub yuav tam sim no saib mus rau lub ntsej muag Chaves tom qab nyob rau hauv lub xyoo.

Lub Sheffield qhia mus tom ntej nrog lub ntuj ua si debut ntawm Chris Eubank Jr topping cov nqi raws li nws defends nws WBA Interim ntiaj teb Middleweight title tiv thaiv American Tony Jeter, Gavin McDonnell defends nws European Bantamweight pluaj tiv thaiv qub ntiaj teb title challenger Jeremy Parodi, nrog rau ib tug tswv tsev ntawm exciting hluas txuj ci rau cov nqi.

"Nws yog ib lub iab tshuab thaum muaj ib tug raug mob ua rau ib tug sib ntaus yuav tsum tau muab ncua, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog ze ze ua rau cov kev tshwm sim,"Hais tias pab txhawb Eddie Hearn. "Kell khaws ib tug tav kev raug mob nyob rau hauv sparring nag hmo thiab siv feem ntau ntawm cov hnub nyob rau ntawm lub tsev kho mob nag hmo. Kell yog xav ua kom tau sib ntaus sib tua tab sis nws yog tsuas tsis yooj yim sua thiab peb yuav tam sim no saib rov teem caij dua bout rau qhov kawg ntawm lub xyoo no. "

Matchroom Boxing yuav ua ib tug tag nrho daim ntawv rau hnub Monday hais txog cov ntsiab lus ntawm tag nrho cov nyiaj thiab ib nrab nyiaj mus rau cov neeg kiv cua tseem mus kawm tus yeeb yam.

SHOWTIME® RAU TELEVISE KELL brook VS. Diego CHAVES IBF WELTERWEIGHT NTIAJ TEB CHAMPIONSHIP RAU HNUB SATURDAY, Oct. 24, NYOB NTAWM Sheffield, Hais

SHOWTIME BOXING thoob ntiaj teb® Brook vs. Chaves airs

Nyob hauv 5:45 p.m. THIAB/ 2:45 p.m. PT nrog ib tug Encore Kev nthuav qhia ntawm 9 p.m. THIAB/PT

 

TSHIAB YORK (Xya. 29, 2015) - SHOWTIME kev ua si® yuav nthuav qhia qhov IBF Welterweight ntiaj teb Championship ntawm undefeated tiv thaiv tau zus ib Kell Brook thiab contender Diego Chaves rau Saturday, Oct. 24, nyob rau SHOWTIME ntawm 5:45 p.m. THIAB / 2:45 p.m. PT los ntawm Motorpoint Arena nyob rau hauv Sheffield, Hais.

 

Lub SHOWTIME BOXING thoob ntiaj teb kev nthuav qhia ntawm cov Ntuj kev ua si telecast will feature analysis from SHOWTIME boxing experts before and after the world championship showdown. An encore presentation of the bout will air on SHOWTIME later that evening at 9 p.m. THIAB/PT.

 

"Kuv zoo siab tias kuv sib ntaus nrog Chaves yuav tsum tau qhia nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas," hais tias Brook, who hails from Sheffield and will be the favorite in this fight. “I was thrilled when I saw my name in the top 10 ntawm lub phaus-rau-phaus daim ntawv teev nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib Magazine, thiab tam sim no yog lub sij hawm uas kuv tau qhia cov kiv cua nyob rau hauv lub US. tias kuv yog ib tug yuav tsum-saib fighter.

 

"Chaves yog ib tug tag nrho-txiav txim boxer uas yeej ib txwm los mus tua, thiab hais tias yog lub zoo meej style rau kuv ci rau Oct. 24. I look forward to putting on an explosive performance and making the U.S. sawv ntsug thiab coj daim ntawv ceeb toom tias kuv yog tus zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no welterweight. "

 

"Peb paub Brook yog ib tug tawv fighter, kev heev,"Hais tias Diego Chaves. "Tab sis nws tsis yog ib tug ceev ceev fighter thiab nws yog yooj yim bothered los ntawm lub cev punches, which is one of our strengths. I believe he has problems going backwards, thiab peb yeej yuav tau mus sim nws xuas nrig ntaus hwj chim, heev.

 

"Kuv xav tias kuv cog qoob loo hlob nrog no sib tw, knowing that I will have to face a champion like Kell Brook in his home country in England. This raises the stakes for me, going up there as an Argentine and as a huge underdog. We know all the bad blood that exists between Argentina and England and this will give me much more strength. I will make history if I defeat an Englishman in his own country.”

 

"Peb nyob nraum zoo siab heev yuav tsum tau rov qab nyob rau hauv kev ua lag luam nrog Kell Brook, Matchroom Boxing thiab Eddie Hearn thiab xa no exciting matchup ntawm sab saum toj 10 welterweights mus rau lub U.S. cov neeg tuaj saib,"Hais tias Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager of SHOWTIME Sports. “Kell won the world title on SHOWTIME in an action-packed victory over Shawn Porter last fall, tsim kom muaj nws tus kheej raws li ib tug ntawm cov saum toj kawg nkaus welterweights nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no - tab sis Diego Chaves yog ib tug rugged fighter uas tau kuj tseeb hais tias nws yuav lwv nrog cov neeg tseem ceeb ntawm Division. "

 

Brook (35-0, 24 Kos) yuav ua kom nws thib peb sib law liag title tiv thaiv ntawm 2015 nyob rau hauv nws cov haiv neeg hais tom qab los mus rau lub U.S. thiab dethroning yav tas los undefeated IBF Welterweight ntiaj teb tau zus Shawn Porter nyob rau hauv lub yim hli ntuj 2014 on SHOWTIME. The Sheffield native has scored knockouts in each of his defenses – a fourth round TKO of Jo Jo Dan rau Lub peb hlis ntuj 28 thiab ib tug thib rau round TKO ntawm Frankie Gavin rau Tej zaum 30. Brook aims for a similar result against the veteran Chaves, uas tau ntsib ib co ntawm cov saum toj kawg nkaus tua hluav taws nyob rau hauv lub 147-phaus faib.

 

Chaves (23-2-1, 19 Kos), ntawm Buenos Aires, Argentina, tau ib txoj kev warrior nyob rau hauv tsis ntev los no sib ntaus, facing favored Americans on the road in three of his last four bouts. He challenged 147-pound titlist Keith Thurman nyob rau hauv Lub Xya hli ntuj 2013 thiab, tom qab winning los ntawm knockout nyob rau hauv ib tug hometown sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hauv Argentina, yog tom ntej lub tsev hais plaub 'scorecards tiv thaiv Brandon Riosnyob rau hauv lub yim hli ntuj 2014 until he was disqualified for an intentional elbow to the face. Nyob rau hauv nws cov nag sib ntaus, Chaves tiv thaiv rau ib tug kos tiv thaiv perennial welterweight zus Timothy Bradley.