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, National Networks. “The 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 Fox тухай; 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, live from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, АНУ-ын Техасын.
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. Дэлгэрэнгүй, 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 “Аймшигт” Моралес, working with Jaime Motta and Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award winner Jessi Losada.
More on the FOX Sports PBC Schedule:
Jermall Charlo vs. Willie Monroe, JR. and Jermell Charlo vs. Тони Харрисон, Бямба гариг, Арванхоёрдугаар сар 22, 2018, 8:00 PM ET on FOX. Barclays төв, Brooklyn
Twin titans kick off the new season of PBC on FOX, as Jermall Charlo (27-0, 21 Kos) defends his WBC interim middleweight title against top-rated contender Willie Monroe, JR. (23-3, 6 Kos), while Jermell Charlo (31-0, 15 Kos) makes the fourth defense of his WBC Super Welterweight Championship against hard hitting former title challenger Tony Harrison (27-2, 21 Kos). Rounding out the evening, WBC mandatory challenger and 2012 U.S. Olympian Dominic “Trouble” BREAZEALE (19-1, 17 Kos) battles Carlos Negron (20-1, 16 Kos), a member of the Puerto Rican boxing team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Jose Uzcategui vs. Калеб үйлдвэр, Ням гараг, January 13, 2019, 8:00 PM ET on FS1. Microsoft Theater at L.A. Лос-Анжелес хотод аж төрж
IBF Super Middleweight Champion Jose Uzcategui (28-2, 23 Kos) battles undefeated, top-rated challenger Caleb Plant (17-0, 10 Kos).
Keith Thurman vs. Josesito Лопес, Бямба гариг, January 26, 2019, 8:00 PM ET on FOX. Barclays төв, Brooklyn
Undefeated WBA Welterweight Champion Keith Thurman (28-0, 22 Kos) ends a long injury layoff to defend his title and starts to reclaim the division against battle-hardened veteran Josesito Lopez (36-7, 19 Kos). Also that evening, Адам Kownacki (18-0, 14 Kos), 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 Kos).
Leo Santa Cruz vs. Мигель Флорес, Бямба гариг, Хоёрдугаар сар 16, 2019, 8:00 PM ET on FOX. Лос-Анжелес хотын
WBA Featherweight Champion Leo Santa Cruz (35-1-1, 19 Kos), one of the highest volume punchers in the sport, defends his title against the always tough Miguel Flores (23-2, 11 Kos). Дэлгэрэнгүй, former WBC Lightweight Champion Omar Figueroa Jr. (27-0-1, 19 Kos) returns after a long injury layoff to face former title challenger John Molina Jr. (30-7, 24 Kos).
Anthony Dirrell vs. Avni Yildirim, Бямба гариг, Хоёрдугаар сар 23, 2019, 10:00 PM ET on FS1. The Armory, Minneapolis
Former WBC Super Middleweight Champion Anthony Dirrell (32-1-1, 24 Kos) 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, Бямба гариг, Гуравдугаар 9, 2019, 8:00 PM ET on FOX. Лас-Вегас
WBC Welterweight Champion Shawn Porter (29-2-1, 17 Kos) makes his first title defense against top-rated mandatory challenger Yordenis Ugas (23-3, 11 Kos), who gets his first world title shot.
Эррол Spence Jr. сүсэг. Mikey Гарсиа, Бямба гариг, Гуравдугаар 16, 2019, 9:00 PM ET on FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View. AT&T Stadium, Арлингтон, АНУ-ын Техасын
In one of the most highly anticipated and intriguing matches in boxing, IBF Welterweight Champion Errol Spence (24-0, 21 Kos) will defend his title against four-division world champion and current WBC Lightweight Champion Mikey Garcia (39-0, 30 Kos), who is moving up two weight classes to challenge Spence.
Lamont Peterson vs. Сергей Lipinets, Ням гараг, Гуравдугаар 24, 2019, 8:00 PM ET on FS1. MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, АУ-ны
Former junior welterweight and welterweight world champion Lamont Peterson (35-4-1, 17 Kos) clashes with former junior welterweight champion Sergey Lipinets (14-1, 10 Kos).
Caleb Truax vs. Петр Quillin, Бямба гариг, Дөрөвдүгээр 13, 2019, 10:00 PM ET on FS1. The Armory, Minneapolis
Former super middleweight champion Caleb Truax (30-4-2, 19 Kos) meets former middleweight champion Peter Quillin (34-1-1, 23 Kos) in a battle to determine who climbs back into title contention.
Сүсэг Данни Гарсиа. Адриан Granados, Бямба гариг, Дөрөвдүгээр 20, 2019, 8:00 PM ET on FOX.
Former junior welterweight and welterweight champion Danny Garcia (34-2, 20 Kos) wants to rebound from a razor-thin loss in his last bout to take on battle-tested Adrian Granados (20-6-2, 14 Kos).
FOX Sports PBC Additional Dates:
(Fights confirmed on a later date.)
Бямба гариг, May 11, 2019, FOX
Бямба гариг, May 25, 2019, FS1
Бямба гариг, Оны зургадугаар сар 1, 2019, FS1
Ням гараг, Оны зургадугаар сар 23, 2019, FOX
Бямба гариг, Оны долдугаар сар 13, 2019, FS1
Бямба гариг, Оны долдугаар сар 20, 2019, FOX
Бямба гариг, Наймдугаар 3, 2019, FOX
Бямба гариг, Наймдугаар 24, 2019, FS1
Ням гараг, Есдүгээр 1, 2019, FOX
Бямба гариг, Есдүгээр 21, 2019, FS1
Бямба гариг, Арваннэгдүгээр 9, 2019, FS1
Бямба гариг, Арванхоёрдугаар сар 14, 2019 Fox тухай
Бямба гариг, Арванхоёрдугаар сар 21, 2019 on FS1
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, available in English or Spanish through the FOX, FS1 or FOX Deportes feeds. FOX Sports will offer a platform inside the app to allow viewers to stream the PPV events. Үүнээс гадна, FOX Sports Digital will have a dedicated FOXSports.com and FOX Sports App page for PBC coverage, in addition to dedicated YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels.
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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