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SHOWTIME Sports will offer a live stream of today’s official weigh-in for the light heavyweight world championship unification between future Hall of Famer and IBF champ Bernard "The Alien" Hopkins and WBA Super champ Beibut Shumenov taking place this Saturday, April 19, live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from the DC Armory in Washington, D.C.
Paulie Malignaggi has vowed to claim his third world title this weekend after he felt he was unjustly stripped of his belt against brash-talking Adrien Broner. The Brooklyn star goes in against the newly crowned IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter on Saturday night and is adamant he will bounce back to win his third world title following the loss of his WBA crown to Broner last year. "I think, as far as I'm concerned, I haven't lost at all in the last three years. Adrien Broner was given my world title, so I feel like I need to win another world title to kind of rightfully get what's mine," said Malignaggi.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Several of the featured fighters for Saturday's "History at the Capitol" event at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C. worked out for media members at Bald Eagle Recreation Center in Washington, D.C. The SHOWTIME tripleheader headlined by future Hall of Famer Bernard "The Alien" Hopkins against Beibut Shumenov in an epic light heavyweight world championship unification. Tickets priced at $25, $50, $75, $200 and $300, plus applicable taxes, fees and services charges, are on sale now and available online at http://www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by calling (800) 745-3000. The DC Armory Box Office will be open on fight night only from 3 p.m.-10 p.m. ET.
Lukas Konecny already faced an uphill challenge the moment he accepted assignment versus unbeaten middleweight titlist Peter Quillin. An additional hurdle has now been put in place, with four U.S.-based officials named for his title challenge in Washington D.C. this Saturday. Veteran referee Kenny Chevalier has been tabbed as third man for this weekend’s middleweight title fight, which serves as the televised opener of a scheduled SHOWTIME tripleheader. The three judges named for the bout are William Lerch, Michael Pernick and Steven Rados. All three judges are from the United States, with Rados (Washington D.C.) and Chevalier (Maryland) locally based. None of the four officials have previously worked bouts involving either fighter.
Luis Sandoval stops by the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas and catches up with undefeated IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter to discuss his Showtime televised defense against former two-division champ Paulie Malignaggi on April 19th. Porter goes over his training plans, what he needs to do strategically in the fight to defeat Malignaggi and more.
Paulie Malignaggi (33-5, 7KOs), a former two-division champion, is looking for redemption when he faces undefeated IBF welterweight beltholder Shawn Porter (23-0-1, 14 KOs) on April 19th as part of the Bernard Hopkins-Beibut Shumenov undercard at Washington’s D.C. Armory. Malignaggi felt he was robbed of his WBA welterweight title last June at the Barclays Center, when Adrien Broner won a close split decision to snatch away the belt. Broner's reign was short-lived, as he lost the strap to Marcos Maidana last December. He sees the opportunity against Porter, who he considers to be a better fighter than Broner, as the perfect opportunity to make things right.
Paulie Malignaggi and Shawn Porter respectfully disagreed about whether Malignaggi deserved a victory over Adrien Broner. Malignaggi and Porter both believe, however, that Porter is a better fighter than Broner, who beat Malignaggi by split decision nine months ago at Barclays Center in Malignaggi’s native Brooklyn. The 33-year-old Malignaggi will try to become a two-time welterweight world champion April 19, when he is scheduled to challenge Porter (23-0-1, 14 KOs) for Porter’s IBF 147-pound crown on the Bernard Hopkins-Beibut Shumenov undercard at Washington’s D.C. Armory.
BoxingScene.com recently caught up with undefeated IBF welterweight champion Shawn "Showtime" Porter. The Las Vegas based Porter recently reached an agreement to face former two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi on April 19th in Washington D.C. The Showtime televised tripleheader will also feature Bernard Hopkins and Beibut Shumenov unifying their IBF and WBA light heavyweight titles and WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillen defending his strap against Lukas Konecny.
Former two-division champion Paulie Malignaggi (33-5, 7KOs) believes he has too much talent, too much experience for undefeated IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter (23-0-1, 14KOs). They will fight on April 19th at the DC Armory in Washington, DC. Porter captured the title last December when he won an upset twelve round unanimous decision over Devon Alexander. Malignaggi bounced back from a close split decision loss to Adrien Broner, when he dominated veteran Zab Judah over twelve rounds in December.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two world championship fights on one night is great for boxing fans. But Golden Boy Promotions and SHOWTIME believe that three is even better. So, on Saturday, April 19, joining the title fights between Bernard "The Alien" Hopkins and Beibut Shumenov and Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin and Lukas Konecny there will be a battle for the IBF Welterweight World title between champion Shawn "Showtime" Porter and former two-time and two division word champion and current NABF Welterweight titleholder Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi, making this tripleheader at the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C. a must see.