【新闻】埃斯皮诺萨；瑟曼会在今年晚一些迎战斯彭斯

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在可预见的未来，作为最佳的拳击比赛之一，埃斯皮诺萨希望斯彭斯V瑟曼的比赛尽快开始。

埃斯皮诺萨是一名Showtime体育项目的高管，他乐观地认为，在今年年底之前这场对决有可能会发生，前提是斯彭斯继续获胜。他认为当WBA\WBC147磅的冠军瑟曼在去年11月说他预计将在2019年的某个时候面对斯彭斯，而不是今年的时候，只是因为谨慎。

29岁的瑟曼(28 - 0，22KO，1NC)八个月前进行手肘手术，最后一战是今年3月4日在纽约布鲁克林的巴克莱中心次中量级冠军统一战中击败了丹尼.加西亚 (33-1， 19 KOs) 。
瑟曼最初说他会在三月份结束他的假期，但埃斯皮诺萨告诉BoxingScene，他认为瑟曼斯VS斯彭斯会在2018年开战。

埃斯皮诺萨；“我认为这是现实的，这是一个严重的伤害和手术，他对此非常谨慎。我认为有些人可能在二月或三月期望他回来。我知道他在康复中非常谨慎。我们很快就会看到他，可能比三月晚一点，但不会很晚。我认为，当他说到2019年战斯彭斯的时候，我想他会留下谨慎的空间，因为他不仅仅是做了大的肘关节手术。他在2016年的车祸中也有颈部受伤。

对他来说，这是一个艰难的2017年，所以我认为他正在缓和自己的期望，以及拳迷们对他何时重返顶级赛事的期待。但是我知道，基思知道，我想一旦他回到拳台上，我们就会很快看到原来的瑟曼，如果他大大加速了这个时间表，我一点也不会感到惊讶”。

27岁的斯彭斯(22 - 0，19KO)来自德克萨斯州的德索托，他将于1月20日在巴克莱中心首次卫冕IBF头衔，面对来自华盛顿的前两个量级世界冠军拉蒙特·彼得森(35-3-1，17KO)。

Espinoza Optimistic Spence-Thurman Will Happen Later This Year

By Keith Idec

As one of the best boxing matches Showtime could televise in the foreseeable future, Stephen Espinoza wants Errol Spence Jr.-Keith Thurman to take place as soon as possible.

Espinoza, the executive responsible for buying fights for Showtime, is optimistic that their welterweight showdown could take place prior to the end of this year, assuming the undefeated welterweight champions continue winning. He thinks Thurman was just being cautious when the WBA/WBC 147-pound champ said in November that he expects to face Spence sometime in 2019, not this year.

Once Thurman returns for his first fight since **ing elbow surgery eight months ago, Espinoza expects him to feel more confident about boxing Spence. The 29-year-old Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs, 1 NC) hasn’t fought since he defeated Danny Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs) by split decision in their welterweight title unification fight March 4 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

The Clearwater, Florida, native initially said he’d end his hiatus sometime in March, but Espinoza told BoxingScene.com his return will take place a little later than that. Still, Espinoza is confident Thurman-Spence is a fight that’ll take place in 2018.

“I think it is realistic,” Espinoza told BoxingScene.com. “Knowing Keith a little bit, this is a serious injury and serious surgery, and he’s being very cautious from that. I think some people may have expected him back in February or March. I know he’s taking it very cautiously in going through rehab. We will see him certainly very soon, probably a little bit later than March, but not much. I think when he says maybe 2019 [for the Spence fight], I think he’s leaving room for caution because he had not just major elbow surgery.

“He also had the neck injury from the car accident [in 2016]. It was a tough 2017 for him, so I think he’s tempering his own expectations and the fans’ expectations about when he’ll be getting back to the top-tier competition. But knowing Keith, I think once he gets back in the ring, we’ll see the old Keith Thurman, the old ‘One Time,’ very quickly, and it wouldn’t surprise me at all if he accelerated that timetable significantly.”

The 27-year-old Spence (22-0, 19 KOs), of DeSoto, Texas, is scheduled to make his first defense of the IBF welterweight title January 20 at Barclays Center. He’ll face former two-division champion Lamont Peterson (35-3-1, 17 KOs), of Washington, D.C., in the main event of a Showtime doubleheader that night.

2l12l12l1王小雅

很好

m薇可馨a2l1a

今年不见得会开战，瑟曼还得过度赛。