LOS ANGELES – FOX Sports and Premier Boxing Champions today announced eight televised world title fights in the first three months of the new deal, featuring eight world champions and more than two dozen of the world’s best boxers going toe-to-toe. The schedule includes five world-class boxing fight nights live on FOX and FOX Deportes, four more on FS1 and FOX Deportes, and the first FOX PBC Pay-Per-View in March.
“We’re thrilled to have Premier Boxing Champions’ brightest stars coming to FOX Sports reaching the biggest audiences on broadcast television,” says Mark Silverman, FOX Sports President, 全国网络. “该 2019 PBC schedule kicks off with high-stakes action and excitement, making FOX the premier home for boxing and the continued leader in live sporting events.”
Schedule highlights include world champion twins Jermall and Jermell Charlo defending their titles in separate fights live in primetime on FOX on December 22; followed by welterweight champion Keith Thurman’s ring return on FOX January 26; featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz headlining on FOX February 23; 147-pound Champ Shawn Porter defending his world title March 9 在FOX; and the blockbuster showdown between welterweight Champ Errol Spence Jr. and four-division world champion Mikey Garcia, on FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View March 16, 住在AT&阿灵顿T球场, 得克萨斯州.
FOX Sports and FOX Deportes also announced the on-air personalities who will call all the thrilling action. Former heavyweight world Champion Lennox Lewis and former lightweight world champion Ray “BOOM BOOM” Mancini join FOX Sports as boxing analysts, while Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Chris Myers and Emmy Award-nominee Kenny Albert serve as blow-by-blow announcers. Seasoned FOX broadcaster Kate Abdo joins as a studio and fight night host. 更多, Boxing Hall of Famer Larry Hazzard works as a Rules Expert/Unofficial Scorer.
FOX Deportes taps International Boxing Hall of Fame member and former four-division world champion Erik “可怕” 莫拉莱斯, working with Jaime Motta and Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award winner Jessi Losada.
More on the FOX Sports PBC Schedule:
Jermall Charlo vs. 威利·梦露, JR. and Jermell Charlo vs. 托尼·哈里森, 星期六, 十二月 22, 2018, 8:00 PM ET on FOX. 巴克莱中心, 布鲁克林
Twin titans kick off the new season of PBC on FOX, as Jermall Charlo (27-0, 21 科斯) defends his WBC interim middleweight title against top-rated contender Willie Monroe, JR. (23-3, 6 科斯), while Jermell Charlo (31-0, 15 科斯) makes the fourth defense of his WBC Super Welterweight Championship against hard hitting former title challenger Tony Harrison (27-2, 21 科斯). Rounding out the evening, WBC mandatory challenger and 2012 中美. Olympian Dominic “麻烦” BREAZEALE (19-1, 17 科斯) battles Carlos Negron (20-1, 16 科斯), 波多黎各拳击队的成员 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Jose Uzcategui vs. 迦勒厂, 星期天, 一月 13, 2019, 8:00 PM ET上FS1. Microsoft Theater at L.A. 住在洛杉矶
IBF Super Middleweight Champion Jose Uzcategui (28-2, 23 科斯) battles undefeated, top-rated challenger Caleb Plant (17-0, 10 科斯).
基思·瑟曼 VS. Josesito洛佩兹, 星期六, 一月 26, 2019, 8:00 PM ET on FOX. 巴克莱中心, 布鲁克林
Undefeated WBA Welterweight Champion Keith Thurman (28-0, 22 科斯) ends a long injury layoff to defend his title and starts to reclaim the division against battle-hardened veteran Josesito Lopez (36-7, 19 科斯). Also that evening, 亚当Kownacki (18-0, 14 科斯), one of the fastest rising stars in the heavyweight division, takes on his toughest challenge to date when he steps in against U.S. Navy veteran and USC football standout Gerald Washington (19-2-1, 12 科斯).
里奥·圣克鲁斯vs. 米格尔·弗洛雷斯, 星期六, 二月 16, 2019, 8:00 PM ET on FOX. 洛杉矶
WBA Featherweight Champion Leo Santa Cruz (35-1-1, 19 科斯), one of the highest volume punchers in the sport, defends his title against the always tough Miguel Flores (23-2, 11 科斯). 更多, former WBC Lightweight Champion Omar Figueroa Jr. (27-0-1, 19 科斯) returns after a long injury layoff to face former title challenger John Molina Jr. (30-7, 24 科斯).
安东尼·迪雷尔 vs. 主治医生耶尔德勒姆, 星期六, 二月 23, 2019, 10:00 PM ET上FS1. 军械库, 明尼阿波利斯
Former WBC Super Middleweight Champion Anthony Dirrell (32-1-1, 24 科斯) battles once-beaten Avni Yildirim (21-1), who faces the stiffest competition of his career, in a clash for the vacant WBC Super Middleweight Championship.
Shawn Porter vs. Yordenis Ugas, 星期六, 三月 9, 2019, 8:00 PM ET on FOX. 拉斯维加斯
WBC Welterweight Champion Shawn Porter (29-2-1, 17 科斯) makes his first title defense against top-rated mandatory challenger Yordenis Ugas (23-3, 11 科斯), who gets his first world title shot.
埃罗尔·斯彭斯JR. VS. 米奇·加西亚, 星期六, 三月 16, 2019, 9:00 PM ET on FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View. AT&T体育场, 阿灵顿, 得克萨斯州
In one of the most highly anticipated and intriguing matches in boxing, IBF Welterweight Champion Errol Spence (24-0, 21 科斯) will defend his title against four-division world champion and current WBC Lightweight Champion Mikey Garcia (39-0, 30 科斯), who is moving up two weight classes to challenge Spence.
Lamont Peterson vs. 谢尔盖Lipinets, 星期天, 三月 24, 2019, 8:00 PM ET上FS1. 米高梅国家港口, 奥克森山, MD
Former junior welterweight and welterweight world champion Lamont Peterson (35-4-1, 17 科斯) clashes with former junior welterweight champion Sergey Lipinets (14-1, 10 科斯).
Caleb Truax vs. 彼得Quillin, 星期六, 四月 13, 2019, 10:00 PM ET上FS1. 军械库, 明尼阿波利斯
Former super middleweight champion Caleb Truax (30-4-2, 19 科斯) meets former middleweight champion Peter Quillin (34-1-1, 23 科斯) in a battle to determine who climbs back into title contention.
丹尼·加西亚VS. 阿德里安·格拉纳多斯, 星期六, 四月 20, 2019, 8:00 PM ET on FOX.
Former junior welterweight and welterweight champion Danny Garcia (34-2, 20 科斯) wants to rebound from a razor-thin loss in his last bout to take on battle-tested Adrian Granados (20-6-2, 14 科斯).
FOX Sports PBC Additional Dates:
(Fights confirmed on a later date.)
星期六, 五月 11, 2019, FOX
星期六, 五月 25, 2019, FS1
星期六, 六月 1, 2019, FS1
星期天, 六月 23, 2019, FOX
星期六, 七月 13, 2019, FS1
星期六, 七月 20, 2019, FOX
星期六, 八月 3, 2019, FOX
星期六, 八月 24, 2019, FS1
星期天, 九月 1, 2019, FOX
星期六, 九月 21, 2019, FS1
星期六, 十一月 9, 2019, FS1
星期六, 十二月 14, 2019 在FOX
星期六, 十二月 21, 2019 在 FS1 上
With the recently announced four-year deal, the FOX broadcast network will feature 10 marquee fight nights in prime time each year, while FS1 and FOX Deportes will telecast 12 fight nights annually. The package includes FOX Sports-PBC Pay-Per-View events. The Emmy Award-winning FOX Sports production team will produce more than 175 hours of original PBC boxing content per year across its channels.
All PBC on FOX Sports events and programming will be streamed live on the FOX Sports app, 英文或西班牙文可通过FOX, FS1或FOX Deportes进行供稿. FOX Sports will offer a platform inside the app to allow viewers to stream the PPV events. 此外, FOX Sports Digital will have a dedicated FOXSports.com and FOX Sports App page for PBC coverage, in addition to dedicated YouTube, Facebook的, Twitter 和 Instagram 频道.
FOX Sports and PBC launched the highly regarded primetime boxing series TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and FOX Deportes in the fall of 2015, featuring PBC’s brightest up-and-coming boxers. The deal was expanded to include several fight nights on the FOX broadcast network, including exciting title fights such as heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder defending his title in February of 2016, July of 2016, and again in February of 2017, plus the exciting welterweight showdown between Danny Garcia and Robert Guerrero in January of 2016.
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