SHOWTIME SPORTS® TO LIVE STREAM JAMES DEGALE & LEE SELBY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS SATURDAY DECEMBER 9 LIVE ON YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK EXCLUSIVELY TO THE U.S. AUDIENCE

SHOWTIME Remains The Only Network To Offer Live Boxing On Social Platforms In The U.S.

Live Coverage From London Includes DeGale vs. Caleb Truax And Selby vs. Eduardo Ramirez, Plus 175-Pound Prospect Anthony Yarde And The U.S. Introduction To Unbeaten Heavyweight Daniel Dubois

NEW YORK - Marraskuu 29, 2017 – SHOWTIME Sports will live stream a world-class boxing event – including two world championship bouts – free to the U.S. audience on social media platforms Lauantai, Joulukuu 9 to close out the network’s industry-leading 2017 boxing schedule. The digital-only offering will be exclusive in the U.S. on the SHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel and the SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook page.

IBF Super Keskisarja maailmanmestari James DeGale (23-1-1, 14 KOs) will headline as he defends his title against former world title challenger Caleb Truax (28-3-2, 18 KOs) in DeGale’s first fight since a thrilling bout with Badou Jack in a 168-pound world championship unification match last January on SHOWTIME.

In the streaming co-feature, IBF Featherweight World Champion Lee Selby (20-1, 9 KOs) will take on undefeated contender Eduardo Ramirez (20-0-3, 7 KOs), while undefeated light heavyweight Anthony Yarde (13-0, 12 KOs) will face former world title challenger Nikola Sjekloca (32-4-1, 11 KOs). The opening fight of the live stream will feature the U.S. introduction to 20-year-old undefeated heavyweight Daniel Dubois (5-0, 5 KOs) as he takes on former Anthony Joshua foe Dorian Darch (12-5-1, 1 KOs).

Live coverage, provided by BoxNation and BT Sport, will begin at approximately 2:50 p.m. JA/11:50 a.m. PT with U.K. sportscasters John Rawling and Richie Woodhall calling all the action.

SHOWTIME is the only network to offer live streaming coverage of boxing on social media platforms in the U.S., having first done so in 2016 with the presentation of two heavyweight world championship bouts live on YouTube.

Sisään 2017, SHOWTIME was the first network to offer live boxing on Twitter with Adrien Broner vs. Adrian Granados (Helmikuu 18). SHOWTIME also live streamed two other boxing events in 2017: super middleweights George Groves vs. Fedor Chudinov on Toukokuu 27 and heavyweights Jarrell Miller vs. Gerald Washington on Heinäkuu 29.

Showtime Networks Inc. (Sni), kokonaan omistama tytäryhtiö CBS Corporation, omistaa ja käyttää palkkio televisiokanavia Showtime®, Movie Channel ja FLIX®, ja tarjoaa myös Showtime DEMAND®, Movie Channel Kysynnän ja FLIX DEMAND®, ja verkon autentikointipalvelulle Showtime ANYTIME®. Showtime Digital Inc., kokonaan omistama tytäryhtiö SNI, toimii stand-alone suoratoistopalvelua Showtime®. SHOWTIME on tällä hetkellä tilaajien käytettävissä kaapelilla, DBS ja Telco tarjoajat, ja stand-alone streaming palvelua Apple®, Vuosi®, Amazon, Google, Xbox Yksi ja Samsung. Kuluttajat voivat myös tilata Showtime kautta Hulu, YouTuben TV, Sling TV, DirecTV nyt, Sony PlayStation Vue- ja Amazon-kanavat. Sni hallinnoi myös Smithsonian Networks, yhteisyritys sni ja Smithsonian Institution, joka tarjoaa Smithsonian Channel, ja tarjoaa Smithsonian maapallonkautta SN Digital LLC. SNI- markkinoi ja jakelee urheilu ja viihde tapahtumia näyttelyn tilaajille pay-per-view perusteella läpi Showtime PPV. Lisätietoja, Siirry www.SHO.com.

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