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IRELAND’S PATRICK HYLAND CELEBRATES ST. PATRICK’S DAY WITH FAMILY AS HE PREPARES FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 16SHOWDOWN WITH FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION GARY RUSSELL JR.
Featherweight Title Showdown Headlines SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING At 11 p.m. E/8 p.m. PT from Foxwoods Resort Casino In Mashantucket, CT.
Mashantucket, CT (Marzo 17, 2016) - Patrick “The Punisher” Hyland spent St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland with his family, trading green beer for his son’s green bib, as he prepares for his featherweight world championship showdown against Gary Russell Jr. en Sábado, Abril 16vivir ALTURA DE COMEZAR® do Foxwoods Resort Casino, en Mashantucket, CT.
“I spent St. Patrick’s Day with family and friends,” said Hyland. “We just got back from dinner after bringing my son up to the parade in Rathcoole.
“It was a lovely, sunny day for the beer garden, but none for me. I’ll have to celebrate Abril 17. I’m looking to bring that title back to Ireland.”
The Irish born and raised Hyland has won four fights in a row as he prepares for his world title opportunity stateside with the expectations of his nation on his shoulders.
“This win would be massive for the Irish boxing community,” said Hyland. “I want to become a world champion like Carl Frampton and Andy Lee and this is a prime chance. I’m going to proudly represent the Irish people and leave everything in the ring.”
Hyland has extra motivation, along with fighting for his wife, Lorna, and newborn son, Callum, he will be honoring the memory of his late father and longtime trainer who passed away recently.
“This fight means the world to me and it’s why I got into boxing,” Hyland said. “I’m dedicating this to my late father and after I win I’ll look up and say ‘Dad, we did it!’ ”
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING begins at 11 p.m. E/8 p.m. PT with undefeated IBF Super Featherweight World Champion Jose Pedrazadefendendo contra o retador obrigatorio Stephen Smith.
Os ingresos para o evento en directo, que é promovido pola DiBella Entertainment, custa $150, $90 e $45 non incluíndo encargos de servizo aplicables e os impostos e están á venda. Os billetes están dispoñibles no www.ticketmaster.come www.foxwoods.com or by visiting the Foxwoods’ Box Office. Para cargar por teléfono Ticketmaster (800) 745-3000. The Pedraza vs. Smith bout is promoted in association with Gary Shaw Productions, Universal Promotions and Matchroom Boxing.
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WBC FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION GARY RUSSELL JR. DEFENDS AGAINST IRELAND’S PATRICK HYLAND IN MAIN EVENT OF SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® DOUBLEHEADER ON SATURDAY, Abril 16 FROM FOXWOODS RESORT CASINO IN MASHANTUCKET, CT
IBF Super Featherweight World Champion Jose Pedraza Takes On Liverpool’s Stephen Smith In Co-Feature
Directo na canle Showtime® En 11 p.m. E/8 p.m. PT
Billetes xa á venda!
Mashantucket, CT (Marzo 15, 2016) – Gary Russell Jr. will return to the ring to defend his WBC Featherweight World Title against Irish contender Patrick Hyland en Sábado, Abril 16, vivir ALTURA DE COMEZAR® (11 p.m. E/8 p.m. PT) do Foxwoods Resort Casino, en Mashantucket, CT.
Na co-metragem canle Showtime Championship Boxing, undefeated IBF Super Featherweight World Champion Jose Pedraza will defend against mandatory challenger Stephen Smith.
Russell Jr. (26-1, 15 Kos) will be making the first defense of his featherweight world title that he earned after stopping defending champion Jhonny Gonzalez in the fourth-round last March. He was set to defend last November, but was forced to withdraw due to a training injury. If he can get by the extremely motivated Hyland (31-1, 15 Kos), Russell Jr. is in line for big fights with fellow champions and top contenders such as Leo Santa Cruz, Lee Selby, Abner Mares e Carl Frampton.
“I’m excited about being back in the ring,” dixo Russell. “It’s been a year because of an injury, but I’m feeling great and more ready than ever. I’ll be prepared for anything. I’m looking forward to meeting Mr. Hyland on the 16th and I’m ready to prove I’m the best featherweight in the world.”
“This is a fantastic opportunity to fight for the WBC title, one of the belts that I’ve always wanted to hold,” said Hyland. “It means the world to me to be fighting for this title against a real champion like Gary Russell Jr. I think he’s a great fighter who does everything well so I have to be at my best on fight night. But I know I can beat him and take that belt home to Ireland. I’m just a lad from Jobstown in Tallaght who works hard and loves the fight game. I’ve been trained all my life by my father, may God rest him, and to win a world title will make all of his hard work and effort worthwhile.”
Pedraza (21-0, 12 Kos) won his 130-pound world title last June when he dominated Andrey Klimovto capture the vacant belt, and he successfully defended it last October in an exciting battle againstEdner Cherry. Both bouts aired on SHOWTIME. Now he faces the mandatory challenger in Ferreiro(23-1, 13 Kos), quen gañou 11 straight bouts and may present the toughest challenge of Pedraza’s burgeoning career.
“I am in excellent condition, had an extraordinary training camp and am anxious to demonstrate my skills in the ring on April 16,” Dixo Pedraza. “I am truly looking forward to entertaining the fans in attendance and remaining undefeated as I defense my crown against Smith. I am determined to become the next big star out of Puerto Rico.”
“I’ve waited a long time for this opportunity, but the timing couldn’t be better,” dixo Smith. “I’m excited to get the opportunity to win the world title live on Sky Sports in the UK and on SHOWTIME in America. Pedraza is a quality fighter but I know I will do whatever is needed to become world champion on April 16 and I can’t wait.”
Os ingresos para o evento en directo, que é promovido pola DiBella Entertainment, custa $150, $90 e $45 non incluíndo encargos de servizo aplicables e os impostos e están á venda. Os billetes están dispoñibles nowww.ticketmaster.com e www.foxwoods.com ou a visitar o Foxwoods’ Taquilla. Para cargar por teléfono Ticketmaster (800) 745-3000. The Pedraza vs. Smith bout is promoted in association with Gary Shaw Productions, Universal Promotions and Matchroom Boxing.
“This SHOWTIME doubleheader is a can’t-miss event,” dixo Lou DiBella, Presidentof DiBella Entertainment. “In Russell-Hyland, you have one of the most gifted fighters in all of boxing defending his title against a hungry and tough-as-nails Irishman in the biggest fight of his career. Pedraza is looking to make a statement against Smith, Britain’s number one contender, and to follow in the footsteps of past Puerto Rican superstars.”
A speedy and supremely talented boxer, Russell Jr, was impressive in his fourth-round stoppage of the battle-tested Gonzalez last March. O 2008 U.S. Olympian had scored important victories overVyacheslav Gusev, Juan Ruiz, e Miguel Tamayo before losing a majority decision to Vasyl Lomachenko for the WBO 126-pound title in June 2014. O zurdo, de Capitol Heights, Md., was able to return to his winning ways with a unanimous decision over Christopher Martin that December prior to his coronation against Gonzalez, whom he dropped three times en route to capturing the title.
Leading into his last fight on Outubro. 10, en Lowell, De Masa., Irlanda do Hyland was dealing with heavy emotions following the death of his beloved father and longtime trainer, and the birth of his first son. The 32-year-old remained steadfast, fighting in memory of his father to stop David Martinez na oitava rolda. It was his fourth consecutive victory since suffering his lone defeat, a close and competitive loss to the unbeaten Javier Fortuna for the interim WBA World Featherweight Title in December 2012. Agora, presented with another world title opportunity, Hyland seeks to honor his father’s legacy by bringing the championship back home.
The switch-hitting former Puerto Rican Olympian Pedraza backed up his “The Sniper” moniker against Klimov as he picked apart the Russian with superior speed and accuracy on his way to a world title. Pedraza earned a shot at the title in his previous bout with a career-best win over former world title challenger Michael Farenas. The 26-year-old will have title unification on his mind if he can conquer his mandatory opponent on Abril 16.
Part of a fighting family, Smith’s brothers Callum, Liam and Paul all fight professionally at a high level and he hopes to join Liam as a fellow world champion on Abril 16. The 30-year-old has fought professionally since 2008 and his only blemish came against featherweight world champion Lee Selby in 2011. Smith earned his title shot with a sixth-round stoppage of Devis Boschiero en setembro 2015 e estará facendo a súa U.S. debut at Foxwoods.
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AMAZING SHOWTIME SPORTS® SPRING, 2016 BOXING LINEUP
Caption: L-R (back row): Bute; Martin, Toma, DeGale, Russell Jr, Nais, Selby, Provodnikov, Quellar, Pedraza.
L-R (front row): Joshua, Thurman, Wilder, Desgaste, Povetkin.
Nova York (Marzo 11, 2016)—SHOWTIME Sports o venres announced seven live boxing telecasts over a 12-week span, a stacked lineup featuring nine world championship fights and 14 overall matches in boxing’s deepest and most exciting divisions.
The full slate of programming is free to SHOWTIME subscribers, and the presentation on CBS is the first Prime Time boxing event on CBS television network in decades.
Stephen Espinoza, Vicepresidente Executivo & General Manager of SHOWTIME Sports, also announced a summer blockbuster in the making.
“This is an incredibly exciting time in boxing, a time for emerging stars to make their mark, and for established champions to break through to the next level,” Espinoza said.
“This schedule features high level matchups with champions taking on the highest-rated contenders available, and top-ranked challengers facing one another. We are thrilled and grateful to the promoters and the fighters themselves who have worked with us these last few weeks to put together such an impressive lineup for SHOWTIME Boxing. It has to be one of the best we’ve ever assembled.
“We have seven live telecasts over a 12-week span that runs the gamut of our SHOWTIME boxing series. It includes nine world title fights, and that doesn’t count a great fight that’s just coming together today, as both Leo Santa Cruz and Carl Frampton have now agreed to a championship matchup to be scheduled for late summer.
“All of these events are free to SHOWTIME subscribers, eo Xuño 25 event is the first Prime Time boxing presentation on CBS television network in decades.
“Again, thanks to the fighters and promoters for not only making these great matches a reality, but for their cooperation in today’s major announcement.”
See below for details on the events that Espinoza, and the principals involved, are in the process of finalizing. Additional details on each individual event will be announced in the coming days.
Sábado, Abril 9 – SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL
Main Event: Charles Martin (23-0-1, 21 Kos) vs. Anthony Joshua (15-0, 15 Kos) – IBF Heavyweight World Title Championship
Co-feature: Lee Selby (22-1, 8 Kos) vs. Eric Hunter (21-3, 11 Kos) – IBF Featherweight Championship
Start Time: TBD
Foro: The O2 – London
Promotor: Warriors Boxing & Matchroom Sport
Venres, Abril 15 - ShoBox: A Nova Xeración
Main Event: Nikolay Potapov (14-0, 6 Kos) vs. Stephon novo (14-0-2, 6 Kos) – 10-Rd Bantamweight Bout
Start Time: 10 p.m. E/PT
Foro: Turning Stone Casino – Verona, Nova York
Promotor: Salita Promocións
- Four-fight telecast featuring at least six undefeated fighters.
Sábado, Abril 16 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Gary Russell Jr. (26-1, 15 Kos) vs. Patrick Hyland (31-1, 15 Kos) – WBC Featherweight World Championship
Co-metragem: Jose Pedraza (21-0, 12 Kos) vs. Stephen Smith (23-1, 13 Kos) – IBF Super Featherweight World Championship
Start Time: 11 p.m. E/8 p.m. PT
Foro: Fox Theatre at Foxwoods Resort Casino
Promotor: DiBella Entertainment
- Featherweight world title fights in consecutive weeks.
- Gary Russell Jr. returns to make his first title defense
- Crucial Super Featherweight bout between defending champ Jose Pedraza and No. 1 challenger Stephen Smith.
Sábado, Abril 30 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Badou Jack (20-1-1, 12 Kos) vs. Lucian Bute (32-3, 25 Kos) – WBC Super Middleweight Championship
Co-metragem: James Degale (22-1, 14 Kos) vs. Rogelio Medina (35-6, 29 Kos) – IBF Super Middleweight World Championship
Start Time: 10 p.m. E/7 p.m. PT
Foro: TBD
Promotor: Promocións Mayweather
- Former champ Bute, fresh off a great fight against DeGale, steps in to replace the injured Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
- Medina is the IBF’s mandated challenger for DeGale.
- The winners will meet in an immediate unification.
Targeting May 2016 – Showtime Championship Boxing – PENDING CONFIRMATION
Main Event: Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 Kos) vs. Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 Kos) – WBC Heavyweight World Championship
Start Time: TBD
Foro: TBD
Sábado, Xuño 11 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 Kos) vs. John Molina Jr. (28-6, 23 Kos) – 12-Rd Super Lightweight Bout
Start Time: 9 p.m. E/6 p.m. PT
Foro: Turning Stone Casino – Verona, Nova York
Promotor: Banner Promotions
- Induction Weekend for International Boxing Hall of Fame.
- Main event features two fighters involved in Fights of Year
Sábado, Xuño 25 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS Presented by PBC
Main Event: Keith Thurman (26-0, 1 ND, 22 Kos) vs. Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 Kos) – WBA Welterweight World Championship
Co-metragem: Jesus Cuellar (28-1, 21 Kos) vs. Abner Mares (29-2-1, 15 Kos) – WBA (reg.) Featherweight World Championship
Start Time: TBD
Foro: TBD
Promotor: DiBella Entertainment
- Thurman cleared to resume training after minor injury
- Three-division world champ Mares to now face Jesus Cuellar for featherweight title
Late-Summer 2016 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 Kos) vs. Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 Kos) – WBA (super) Featherweight World Championship
- Frampton the unified 122-pound titlist, will move up to face Santa Cruz for the WBA (super) Featherweight World Championship
A LEGENDARY MARCH THROUGH THE DECADES – SHOWTIME SPORTS® CONTINUES CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS OF SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®
Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Felix Trindade, Ricardo López, George Foreman & More Showcased In March
Prema AQUI For A Look Back At Some Of The Legendary Moments On SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: http://s.sho.com/1RkA3CE
Nova York (Marzo 2, 2016) - Showtime Sports rolls out its third installment of a year-long salute commemorating 30 years of Showtime Championship Boxing in March with “Legends’’.
This month will be highlighted by legends Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Felix Trindade, Ricardo “Finito” Lopez and George Foreman. Seven of the most unforgettable and important fights from these legends – some of which have seldom been re-aired since their live presentation – are available now on the network’s on demand platforms and will air will air on “Throwback Thursdays”in March at 10 p.m. E/PT na canle Showtime EXTREME.
O Xoves, Marzo 10 presentation of Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi airs exactly 30 years after the final win of Hagler’s Hall of Fame career on March 10, 1986. Hagler vs. Mugabi was the first main event to ever air on SHOWTIME®.
The classic fights, which are also are available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, Showtime Anytime® and via the network’s standalone streaming service, will be wrapped with brief context and commentary from SHOWTIME Sports host Brian Custer.
Below is the schedule of SHO EXTREME premieres for the month of March:
- Mañá, Xoves, Marzo 3: Terry Norris vs. Sugar Ray Leonard
- Xoves, Marzo 10: Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi
- Xoves, Marzo 17: Felix Trinidad vs. David Reid
- Xoves, Marzo 24: Ricardo Lopez vs. Rosendo Alvarez II
- Xoves, Marzo 31: Iran Barkley vs. Thomas Hearns I, George Foreman vs. Gerry Cooney (10:15 p.m. E/PT), Gerald McClellan vs. Julian Jackson I (10:30 p.m. ET / ES)
In celebration of the best rivalries on SHOWTIME, see below for a special column from SHOWTIME Sports expert analyst and boxing historian Steve Farhood.
Legends
By Steve Farhood
Boxing without legends would be like religion without saints.
There’s no formula for a fighter to advance from star to superstar to legend. The process depends on timing, circumstance, and sometimes as little as a point or two on the judges’ tarxetas.
And oh, si: It helps if a guy can really fight.
As we celebrate 30 years of boxing on SHOWTIME, we’re focusing on a different theme each month. Throughout March, the theme will be Legends.
No 130 years from John L. Sullivan to Floyd Mayweather, boxing has given us what other sports can’t provide. Consider:
- The Associated Press voted Luis Firpo’s knockdown of Jack Dempsey as the greatest sports moment of the first half of the 20th Century.
- The Frazier-Ali “Fight Of The Century” in 1971 was easily the most anticipated sporting event in history.
- Last year’s Mayweather-Pacquiao fight generated more than half-a-billion dollars — in one night!
Legends are made by big moments … and how they respond to those moments.
On SHOWTIME, we’ve featured three decades worth of legends. Here’s a look at those who will share the spotlight in March.
MARVIN HAGLER: Since Vince Lombardi didn’t exactly say, “Timing isn’t everything, it’s the only thing,” Hagler should’ve said it.
Hagler was a great fighter long before he was a superstar, but it wasn’t until he fought Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns, and Sugar Ray Leonard (three of Hagler’s last six bouts) that Marvin became Marvelous.
Hagler’s one appearance on SHOWTIME, which happened to be the first bout televised on the network (Marzo 1986), was the final win of his career. Undefeated over 10 anos, Hagler had established himself as one of the greatest middleweights in history. And while it could be argued in hindsight that at age 31, the ultimate blue-collar fighter was slightly past his prime, much of what made Hagler special was on display during his savage defense against his unbeaten and ferocious challenger, John Mugabi.
Almost three decades after his retirement, Hagler remains the middleweight today’s 160-pounders are measured against.
Sugar Ray Leonard: If Hagler bloomed late, Leonard was a superstar before he threw a single punch as a professional.
Back in the mid-‘70s, that’s what a magnetic smile, an Olympic gold medal, and repeated exposure on prime time television could do for a young fighter.
It’s ironic that Leonard was initially viewed by some as a coddled creation of the media. De feito, he was as tough as any fighter of the star-studded early-‘80s. Better yet, he remains the best fighter I’ve covered in 38 years on the boxing beat.
Leonard’s appearance on SHOWTIME was the penultimate bout of his career. In electing to end yet another lengthy layoff, Sugar Ray, 34, chose outstanding 23-year-old super welterweight titlist Terry Norris as his opponent. Leonard dropped from 160 para 154 pounds and fought at Madison Square Garden for the first time.
The bout served as a reminder that at least in a pre-Bernard Hopkins world, boxing was very much a young man’s game.
FELIX TRINIDAD: There are only three Hispanic fighters who became superstars in the USA without speaking English. The first was Panama’s Roberto Duran. The second was Mexico’s Julio Cesar Chavez.
The third was Puerto Rico’s Trinidad.
Trinidad’s motto might as well have been, “If you can’t be from America, then beat America.”
A classic puncher with a boy scout’s smile and a fan-friendly personality, Trinidad made his name by defeating four U.S. Olympians, Pernell Whitaker, Oscar De La Hoya (albeit by a terrible decision), David Reid, and Fernando Vargas.
Ademais, Whitaker, De La Hoya, and Reid had all been gold medalists.
The fight we’ll feature on Marzo 17 on SHO EXTREME, Trinidad vs. Reid, was Trinidad’s 14th and final appearance on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING and SHOWTIME pay-per-view.
From his welterweight title-winning kayo of Maurice Blocker in 1993 through his defense against Mahenge Zulu in 1998, 13 of Trinidad’s 14 bouts were aired on SHOWTIME. Twelve of those fights were knockout wins.
Where Trinidad ranks with Wilfredo Gomez, Miguel Cotta, Carlos Ortiz, Wilfred Benitez, and the rest of the legends from Puerto Rico is debatable. What is inarguable is that “Tito” generated as much excitement as any fighter of his era.
RICARDO LOPEZ: What’s smaller: the chance that a strawweight (105 libras) becomes an American television star or the fighter himself?
There’s never been an American world champion at strawweight (or minimumweight). We just don’t grow fighters that size. De feito, until the emergence of Mexico’s Lopez in the early-’90s, most American boxing fans couldn’t have identified a single strawweight if armed with a map of the world and a set of WBC ratings.
Lopez was so complete, so dominant, so technically perfect, that from 1994 to ’99, he was a staple of SHOWTIME’s boxing programming. He fought 13 consecutive bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING or SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View, and the first 11 of those contests were defenses of the strawweight title.
And if you think the little guys can’t punch, ben, there were some one-punch kayos sprinkled in.
López, who retired with a mark of 51-0-1, is universally acknowledged as an all-time great. Too bad he never fought America’s Michael Carbajal at light flyweight. Had he won that bout, he’d likely be acknowledged as one of the two or three greatest Mexican fighters ever.
Which is saying a lot for a fighter who never faced an opponent recognized by the American viewing public.
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LEO SANTA CRUZ CONSERVA O TÍTULO MUNDIAL DE PESO PLUMA DA AMB COA QUINTA ROUNDA GAÑA A KIKO MARTINEZ
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LEO SANTA CRUZ VS. RODA DE PRENSA FINAL DE KIKO MARTINEZ CITAS E FOTOS PARA O SEU CAMPIONATO MUNDIAL DE PESO PLUMA QUE SE PRESENTA ESTE SÁBADO NO HONDA CENTER
Directo na canle Showtime® En 10 p.m. E/7 p.m. PT
Prema AQUI Para fotos
Crédito: Stephanie Trapp / Showtime
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA. (Febreiro 25, 2016) - Leo “O Terremoto” Santa Cruze Kiko “Sensacion” Martínez foi cara a cara Xoves na rolda de prensa final antes do seu enfrontamento polo título mundial de peso pluma o sábado, Febreiro. 27 directo na canle Showtime® (10 p.m. E/7 p.m. PT) do Honda Center en Anaheim, Califa.
Tamén estiveron presentes Xoves foron Xullo Ceja e Hugo Ruiz, quen entrará no ring nunha revancha polo título mundial de peso súper gallo como parte do SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® transmisión comezando ás 10 p.m. E/7 p.m. PT.
O combate inicial anunciado anteriormente entre os pesos pesados invictos Gerald Washington (16-0-1, 11 Kos) e Óscar Rivas (18-0, 13 Kos) foi cancelado porque Rivas non puido superar un exame oftalmológico obrigatorio.
Os ingresos para o evento en directo, que está promovido por promocións TGB, custa $27, $54, $104 e $199 e xa están á venda a través de ticketmaster.com, Puntos de venda polo miúdo de Ticketmaster, chamando 800-745-3000 de pasando pola taquilla do Honda Center.
Todos os loitadores televisados do agora dobre partido prometeron estar á altura dos seus estilos de acción e proporcionarán un gran drama para os fans. o sábado noite no Honda Center. Santa Cruz fará a primeira defensa do seu título mundial de peso pluma mentres Ceja pon en xogo o seu título de 122 libras despois de gañar o cinto vacante cunha detención de Ruiz na quinta rolda nunha emocionante loita de ida e volta en agosto..
Aquí está o que os loitadores tiñan que dicir Xoves:
LEO SANTA CRUZ
"Encabezar unha tarxeta televisiva foi o meu soño de infancia. Nunca podería imaxinar que ía chegar tan lonxe. E aquí estou, no meu segundo evento principal, defendendo o meu título nunha rede premium. Estou moi animado. Non o podo crer.
"A primeira vez que puxen as luvas, Sabía que atopara o meu oficio, e tamén sabía que non ía ser un camiño doado. Sabía que tiña que traballar duro para ser campión. Así, Adestrei o máis duro e loitei máis duro, e co meu pai ao meu lado cheguei ata aquí, onde estou hoxe. Débolle todo.
“Lembro ver a todos os grandes campións mexicanos e soñar con ser coma eles algún día. Sentíase inalcanzable. Pensei que era imposible chegar onde estaban. Pero traballei moito, moi duro dende o principio.
"O máis importante é que os afeccionados saian contentos e saquen o seu diñeiro. Alégrome de que Kiko veña preparado porque estamos preparados para unha gran loita.
"A xente está dicindo que debería pasar por Kiko Martínez, pero non escoito iso. Miro a Kiko do mesmo xeito que miro a calquera outro opoñente. Cando entramos no ring, somos iguais.
“Ao final do día, o gañador será o loitador que máis se preparou e que impuxo a súa vontade ao outro home.
KIKO MARTINEZ
"Enfrontei a boxeadores moito máis fortes que Leo e veña Sábado, todos aqueles que apostaron por min por esta loita, Vou facerche moitos cartos.
"Estou emocionado e orgulloso de saber que Sergio Martínez estará presente o sábado apoiándome. A súa orientación e presenza
"O meu adestrador non puido estar aquí, pero non nos tomamos un día de descanso no campo de adestramento e empuxáronme ao límite para prepararme para esta loita. Agradezo a Robert García por estar no meu recuncho o sábado.
"Sei que esta é unha gran oportunidade para loitar contra Leo Santa Cruz e vou aproveitala ao máximo. Vou deixar todo dentro do ring para que os afeccionados á loita gocen dun gran encontro de campionato.
"Sinto que Leo Santa Cruz é un gran loitador, venceu a uns loitadores incribles. É un gran atleta e boxeador. Ás veces, a xente trata de facer que sexa máis do que realmente é, pero confunden o que ven en min.. Non me deben equivocar como o desfavorecido aquí.
JULIO CEJA
"Como dixo Hugo, Os dous adestramos aínda máis que a última vez e estamos máis preparados física e mentalmente.
"Vou darlle a todos unha gran loita como a última vez. Vou ao ring coñecendo moi ben ao meu rival. Estivemos na guerra. Sei que esperar del. Sei do seu golpe e sei como contrarrestarlle.
"Vou estar atento e preparado. Serei un pouco máis intelixente, porque sei que vén ben preparado e que vén polo título mundial, pero non o vai conseguir.
"Non vai haber sorpresas nesta loita. Hugo Ruiz dixo que esta vez adestraba máis duro. Pero eu tamén o son. Adestreime moi duro.
"A clave para gañar esta loita é manter as mans en alto e non darlle nin un centímetro. Non podo ser descoidado. Serei estratéxico e usarei a miña sabedoría. Non podo entrar coas mans baixas porque sei que pagarei por iso. Pero nada de que preocuparse, rectificamos eses problemas no campo de adestramento. Estou preparado. Non me quita o cinto.
"Estou contento de que diga que está mellor preparado esta vez porque estou mellor que nunca. O meu equipo foi fundamental para prepararme para este encontro.
“O gañador será o home que estea máis preparado física e mentalmente. Pero o verdadeiro vencedor serán os afeccionados do Honda Center porque esta é unha carta incrible e imos dar unha loita incrible".
HUGO RUIZ
“Se che gustou a primeira loita entre nós, entón vas amar este.
"Estou emocionado de loitar unha vez máis no sur de California. Adestrei moi duro e prepareime para esta oportunidade de título mundial.
"Estou ansioso por facer un gran espectáculo para todos os meus fans o sábado noite. "
JOSE SANTA CRUZ, Pai de Santa Cruz & Adestrador
“Escoito que Kiko ten un gran adestrador na súa esquina. Robert García é moi bo, pero teño noticias para Kiko, o seu adestrador non vai loitar por el.
“Unha vez que un loitador entra no ring, está só alí dentro. Non hai adestradores nin grandes promotores que poidan loitar por el".
“Kiko fala deste prestixioso adestrador e pensa que mencionándoo, vainos intimidar. Ten algo máis por vir. O adestrador non loitará por Kiko. Roberto García adestrou ao meu fillo e coñece moi ben a Leo, pero iso non lle dá a vantaxe a Kiko".
TOM BROWN, Xefe de Promocións TGB
"O favorito do sur de California, Leo Santa Cruz, volve para levar o seu estilo de acción ao ring. Opondráselle un duro ex-campión do mundo en Kiko Martínez que seguro que fará desta pelexa tremenda..
“A primeira loita entre Ceja e Ruiz foi unha verdadeira guerra de ida e volta. Se isto retoma exactamente onde o deixou, teremos unha gran loita para comezar a transmisión.
"Estou desexando unha gran noite o sábado noite diante dos fantásticos fans do boxeo do sur de California".
TIM RYAN, presidente & Presidente de Honda Center
"Estou moi agradecido a todos por axudar a traer o boxeo de volta ao condado de Orange. É difícil crer que Julio César Chávez loitase aquí 1996, porque parece que foi onte.
"Temos un gran campo e unha gran base de fans que adora o boxeo aquí no condado de Orange. a tarxeta o sábado é marabilloso. Sei que estes rapaces estarán preparados e estou desexando que pase unha noite chea de acción 27th.
CHRIS DEBLASIO, Vicepresidente, Comunicación deportiva Showtime Networks
"Esta é a tarxeta de loita dos fans de loita e estamos ansiosos por algunha acción explosiva. Creo que todo o mundo sabe que as clases de peso máis lixeiro, sobre todo a nivel de campionato, producir pelexas emocionantes. Os meus exemplos favoritos inclúen a serie épica entre Israel Vázquez e Rafael Márquez, que están dispoñibles nas plataformas SHOWTIME e deberían mollarche o apetito polo que veremos o sábado noite. "
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“60 MINUTES SPORTS” CAPTURES THE EXCITEMENT AND SPIRIT OF NAVAL ACADEMY BOXING ON THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS ANNAPOLIS TRADITION, Martes, MARZO 1 ON SHOWTIME®
Cameras Will Be Following the Fighters At The Brigade Boxing Championship Este venres Noite
Nova York (Febreiro. 25, 2016) - 60 MINUTES SPORTS will offer a window into one of the most time-honored traditions in America’s military when it presents a segment on the U.S. Naval Academy’s boxing program and its annual Brigade Boxing Championship. The feature builds up to the 75th championship this Friday, Febreiro. 26, in Annapolis, Md., and correspondent Jack Ford and 60 MINUTES SPORTS will be in the arena to record the action for the men’s and women’s bouts. The report will appear on the next edition of 60 MINUTES SPORTS, Martes, Marzo 1 en 9 p.m. E/PT, na canle Showtime.
Boxing has been practiced at the nation’s second oldest military institution for 150 anos, and midshipmen have vied for the Brigade Boxing Championship since 1941. Along the way to this year’s 75thanniversary, the academy has made learning to box a requirement of graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy.
The man who teaches the “sweet science” to midshipmen – male and female – is Head Boxing Coach Jim McNally. It’s about future leaders facing fear. “We use boxing…as a laboratory…an environment of controlled stress, physical fear,” says McNally. “We want them to learn a lot about themselves and how they’re going to react to those situations,” he tells Ford.
60 MINUTES SPORTS shot the story in Annapolis in the fall and last January to show the process and tell the stories of three midshipmen who will be in the ring este venres fighting for a championship. One of them, Samantha Glaeser, has a chance to make academy history. There have been only 19 at Annapolis to win the crown all four years at the Naval Academy, and none was a woman. Glaeser has a chance Venres noite.
Ford also speaks with Glaeser’s foe, Stephanie Simon, another midshipmen with pugilistic talents who has a National Collegiate Boxing championship under her belt. She has not been able to defeat Glaeser, con todo, in their two previous meetings for the brigade championship.
Ford also talks to Midshipman Jourdan Looney, whose two brigade championship titles are testament to what boxing means to the Academy. He had no boxing experience before he entered the Naval Academy. “Boxing…fighting is one of my biggest fears. I conquer that one fear, I’ve conquered any other fear that I could possibly have.” He’ll be in contention for his third brigade title Venres noite.
The U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent, Vice Adm. Walter Carter, sums up the importance of boxing to America’s future naval officers for Ford. "[Boxeo] is that moment where no matter how well you think you have planned out your couple minutes in the ring, you’re going to learn something new, because that plan is going to have to be different….”
KIKO MARTINEZ, JULIO CEJA & CITAS DE ENTRENAMENTO DE GERALD WASHINGTON MEDIA & FOTOS PARA O SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® TRIPLEHEADER ESTE SÁBADO En directo en SHOWTIME® en 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT “
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MARZO 12 BOXING EVENT CANCELLATION NOTICE
Nova York (Febreiro. 24, 2016)—After extensive discussions between DiBella Entertainment, Showtime Networks and Mohegan Sun, o Marzo 12 boxing event has been canceled.
Following the injury to Keith Thurman and the postponement of the Thurman vs. Porter bout, we evaluated several options for salvaging the card, but various factors, including scheduling and programming issues, prevented the parties involved from doing so.
The featherweight bout between fellow three-division world champions Abner Mares and Fernando Montiel will remain paired with the Thurman vs. Porter welterweight world championship event, which is being rescheduled for a later date on CBS. The other bouts on the card will be rescheduled on a date or dates to be announced.
“Every effort was made to move forward with the remainder of this excellent card, despite the tight time frame,” dixo Lou DiBella, Presidente da DiBella Entertainment. “Con todo, scheduling conflicts and other factors forced us to make the unfortunate decision to cancel the entire event. There are a number of attractive fights on the table and we look forward to presenting all of them to the fans as soon as possible.”
Tickets purchased for the Marzo 12 event will be refunded at the point of purchase.