ShoBox: Lub cim tshiab: Hnub vas Xuv, Lub Xya hli ntuj 17 tom 10 p.m. ET/PT
Premier Boxing Champions on CBS: Hnub vas xaum, Lub Xya hli ntuj 18 tom 4 p.m. LI/1p.m. PT
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®: Hnub vas xaum, Lub Xya hli ntuj 18 tom 10 p.m. LI/7 p.m. PT
NEW YORK (Lub Xya hli ntuj 13, 2015) – SHOWTIME Sports® thiab CBS Sports will offer an action-packed weekend of fights spanning three different boxing series beginning with ShoBox: Lub cim tshiab rau Hnub vas Xuv, Lub Xya hli ntuj 17, and concluding with a special afternoon-evening PBC on CBS doubleheader and SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader from the same venue on Hnub vas xaum, Lub Xya hli ntuj 18.
The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast will air live on SHOWTIME® tom 10 p.m. LI/7 p.m. PT from the Don Haskins Arena at the University of Texas El Paso and the PBC on CBS broadcast will originate just hours earlier from the same arena, live on CBS Sports at 4 p.m. LI/1 p.m. PT.
ShoBox: Lub cim tshiab will kick-off the weekend action on Friday live on SHOWTIME at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) ntawm Sands Casino Hotel in Bethlehem, Pa., as the prospect-oriented developmental series celebrates its 14th anniversary with a quadrupleheader featuring six undefeated prospects squaring off.
“SHOWTIME Sports and CBS Sports are excited to offer fans an unprecedented weekend of boxing featuring at least nine fights, including two world championships and a world title eliminator,” said Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports. “From boxing’s biggest stars on our SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING franchise and undefeated prospects on our critically acclaimed ShoBox Series, to working with our colleagues at PBC and CBS Sports, we are the destination for fight fans this weekend.”
In the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING main event, Mexican superstar Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (48-2-1, 32 KOs) will aim for redemption as he returns to the ring with a new trainer in a lower weight class. The former middleweight champion will take on fellow Mexican brawler Marcos Reyes (33-2, 24 KOs) in his first fight with renowned trainer Robert Garcia in a 10-round super middleweight bout.
Also on SHOWTIME, a pair of top bantamweights will put their undefeated records on the line as Puerto Rican Olympian McJoe Arroyo (16-0, 8 KOs) takes on Arthur Villanueva (27-0, 14 KOs) for the vacant IBF Bantamweight World Championship. In the opener of the tripleheader, undefeated 140-pound contender Amir Imam (17-0, 14 KOs) will take on veteran Fernando Angulo (29-9, 16 KOs) in a 10-round eliminator to become the No. 1 mandatory challenger in the WBC.
PBC on CBS will take center stage earlier that afternoon with an action-packed doubleheader. In the 12-round main event, Irish champion Carl Frampton (20-0, 14 KOs) will defend his Junior Featherweight World Championship against Mexican contender Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. (25-1-2, 15 KOs). In the PBC on CBS co-main event, heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (36-4, 31 KOs) will take on Frederic Kassi (18-3, 10 KOs) in a 8/10-round bout.
ShoBox: Lub cim tshiab will kick-off the weekend on Friday with a quintessential ShoBoxcard matching well-regarded prospects in some of the toughest tests of their careers.
Nyob rau hauv cov kev tshwm sim loj, Antoine Douglas (17-0-1, 10 KOs) will face Istvan Szili (18-0-2, 8 KOs) in a 10-round middleweight bout, while a pair of undefeated prospects, Derrick Webster (19-0, 10 KOs) thiab Arif Magomedov (15-0, 9 KOs), square off in the 10-round super middleweight co-feature.
Also on the ShoBox telecast, Adam Lopez (12-0, 6 KOs) will meet fellow undefeated prospect Eliecer Aquino (17-0-1, 11 KOs) in a 10-round super bantamweight bout and once-beaten prospect Jerry Odom (13-1, 12 KOs, 1 NC) will face Samuel Clarkson (14-3, 8 KOs) in an eight-round super middleweight matchup.
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