ЧАС ДЛЯ ШОЎ^® To Present Seven World Championship Fights Across Seven Live Telecasts In Eight Weeks

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Нью-Ёрк (Красавіка 17, 2017) – SHOWTIME Sports has unveiled the network’s complete spring 2017 boxing schedule following today’s earlier announcement that the heavyweight boxing event of the year will be televised жыць на SHOWTIME. The stacked lineup includes seven world championship fights across eight live boxing telecasts over an eight-week span.

 

На Субота, Красавіка 29, Anthony Joshua сутыкнецца Уладзімір Клічко in the most significant heavyweight world championship fight in more than a decade. The event will air live on SHOWTIME на 4:15 p.m. І/1:15 p.m. PT from a sold-out Wembley Stadium, where a record crowd of more than 90,000 spectators is expected.

 

Also announced today, SHOWTIME and Premier Boxing Champions will present the rematch between WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Аданіс Стывенсан і Анджэй Fonfara на Субота, Чэрвеня 3. This bout is an encore of a 2014 action-packed fight in which Stevenson edged Fonfara to defend his 175-pound crown.

 

The SHOWTIME boxing lineup also includes two significant welterweight bouts with world title implications: Андрэ Берта супраць. Шон Портер (Красавіка 22) і Кэлі Брук супраць. Эррол Спенс малодшы. (Мая 27). Both events are presented in association with Premier Boxing Champions. The Красавіка 22 Berto vs. Porter event will feature an anticipated 154-pound world title fight between Jermell Charlo і Charles Hatley as well asworld champion Аманда Серрано attempting to become the first woman—and first fighter of Puerto Rican decent—to win a world title in five different weight classes.

 

На Субота, Мая 20, SHOWTIME will present a unique twin-bill of world championship fights. Першы, boxing’s hottest young star, newly minted world champion Gervonta Дэвіс, will make his first world title defense against Liam Walsh з Лондана. Увечары таго ж дня, featherweight world champion Гэры Расэл-малодшы. і былы чэмпіён свету Андрэ Диррелл will be featured in separate bouts. Start times for both live telecasts are to be determined.

 

За ўсё, SHOWTIME Sports will present one live SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL telecast, one live ShoBox: Новае пакаленне тэлеперадача, and five SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecasts, all free to network subscribers. Больш, SHOWTIME is in the early stages of planning for the return of four-division world champion Адрыен Broner and undefeated star Майкі Гарсія in separate events this summer.

 

The spring lineup complements the network’s robust 2017 boxing schedule. In the first 10 weeks of the year, SHOWTIME Sports presented eight world championship fights, including two world title unification bouts (Jack vs. DeGale and Thurman vs. Гарсія, SHOWTIME Boxing on CBS), two world title rematches (Frampton vs. Santa Cruz II and Linares vs. Crolla II), the live-stream of the first-ever boxing event on Twitter (Broner супраць. Granados), the resurgence of women’s boxing (Serrano vs. Рывас) and the first women’s boxing main event in premium television history (шчыты супраць. Szabados).

 

“SHOWTIME continues its unrivaled commitment to the sport. There simply is no other network in boxing delivering world-class events on a consistent basis,"Сказаў Стывен Эспиноза, Выканаўчы віцэ-прэзідэнт & Галоўны Кіраўнік, Showtime спорту.

 

“Our 2017 schedule already includes some 17 live boxing telecasts, 15 world championship fights, with the top-rated fighters squaring off in boxing’s deepest weight divisions. We continue to break the glass ceiling on women’s boxing, deliver the biggest bouts from overseas and see champions take on champions to unify divisions. We are proud to be re-shaping the boxing landscape both in and out of the ring.”

 

See below for the SHOWTIME boxing spring calendar. This is the network’s third major boxing schedule announcement of the past 13 месяцы.

 

Субота, Красавіка 22 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Прадстаўлена Прэм'ер бокса чэмпіёнаў

Галоўная падзея: Андрэ Берта (31-4, 24 КО) супраць. Шон Портер (26-2, 16 КО) – WBC Welterweight World Title Eliminator

Co-Feature: Jermell Charlo (28-0, 13 КО) супраць. Charles Hatley (26-1-1, 18 КО) – WBC Super Welterweight World Championship

SHOX: Аманда Серрано (31-1-1, 23 КО) супраць. Dahiana Santana (35-8, 14 КО) – 10-Rd. WBO Bantamweight World Championship

Start Time: 9:30 p.m. І / 6:30 p.m. PT (SHO Boxing on SHO EXTREME, 7:30p ET/PT)

Месца сустрэчы: Brooklyn’s Barclays Center

Notes: · The winner of Berto-Porter becomes the WBC mandatory challenger to Unified World Champion Keith Thurman.

• Berto-Porter is the fourth welterweight world title/title eliminator fight televised on SHOWTIME/CBS in the last 10 месяцы.
• Charlo-Hatley is the eighth world title/title eliminator in the 154-pound division on SHOWTIME/CBS in the last 13 месяцы
• Serrano attempts to become the first woman to win world titles in five different weight classes

 

 

Субота, Красавіка 29 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Галоўная падзея: Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 КО) супраць. Уладзімір Клічко (64-4, 53 КО) – IBF and vacant (Супер) WBA Heavyweight World Championship

Start Time: 4:15 p.m. І/1:15 p.m. PT, жыць на SHOWTIME

Месца сустрэчы: Wembley Stadium, Лондан

Notes: · Most significant heavyweight world title fight у 15 гады—since Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson in June, 2002

• Officially sold out more than 90,000 квіткі; set to smash the attendance record at Wembley and join the ranks of the biggest events in boxing history

 

 

Субота, Мая 20 – Showtime Бокс INTERNATIONAL

Галоўная падзея: Gervonta Дэвіс (17-0, 16 КО) супраць. Liam Walsh (21-0, 14 КО) – IBF Super Featherweight World Championship

Start Time: TBD, live from London

Месца сустрэчы: Copper Box Arena in London, Англія

Notes: · Matchup of undefeated fighters. Champion vs. Ня. 1-месца суперніка

• Davis is the youngest reigning American titlist and second youngest in the world (Kosei Tanaka)

Субота, Мая 20 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Галоўная падзея: Гэры Расэл-малодшы. (21-1, 16 КО) супраць. Оскар Escandon (25-2, 17 КО) – WBC Featherweight World Championship

Co-Features: Андрэ Диррелл (25-2, 16 КО) супраць. José Uzcátegui (26-1, 22 КО) – IBF Super Middleweight Interim World Championship

Rances Бартелеми (25-0, 13 КО) супраць. Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 КО) – WBA Super Lightweight Eliminator

Start Time: TBD

Месца сустрэчы: MGM National Harbor in Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area

Notes: · Sixth featherweight title fight on SHOWTIME since Feb. 2016, and second this year.

• The winner of Dirrell-Uzcátegui becomes the mandatory for IBF Super Middleweight World Champion James DeGale
• The winner of Barthelemy-Relikh becomes the mandatory challenger to WBA Super Lightweight Champion Ricky Burns

 

Субота, Мая 27 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Галоўная падзея: Кэлі Брук (36-1, 25 КО) супраць. Эррол Спенс малодшы. (21-0, 19 КО) – IBF Welterweight World Championship

Start Time: TBD, live from England

Месца сустрэчы: Bramall Lane Football Ground in Sheffield, Англія

Notes: · World Champion vs. IBF Няма. 1-месца суперніка

• Ня. 3-ranked vs. Ня. 5-ranked welterweights (via Transnational Boxing Rankings)
• Six of the consensus top-10 welterweights in the world featured on SHOWTIME/CBS events in the first half of 2017

Субота, Чэрвеня 3 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Прадстаўлена Прэм'ер бокса чэмпіёнаў

Галоўная падзея: Аданіс Стывенсан (28-1, 23 КО) супраць. Анджэй Fonfara (29-4, 17 КО) II – WBC Light Heavyweight World Championship

Co-Main: Eleider Альварэс (22-0, 11 КО) супраць. Жан Паскаль (31-4-1, 18 КО) – WBC Silver Light Heavyweight Title

Start Time: TBD

Notes: · Stevenson-Fonfara II is a rematch of 2014 all-action championship bout in which both fighters scored knock downs

 

 

Пятніца, Чэрвеня 9 - ShoBox: Новае пакаленне (Hall of Fame Induction Weekend)

Галоўная падзея: Joel Diaz Jr. (23-0, 19 КО) супраць. Абель Рамас (17-2-2, 12 КО) - 10 Круглы Супер лёгкі бой

Start Time: 10 p.m. І/PT

Месца сустрэчы: Turning Stone Resort, & Casino in Verona, N.Y..

Notes: · International Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend

• The lead announce team for ShoBox, legendary sportscaster Barry Tompkins and boxing historian Steve Farhood, to be inducted to the Hall in nearby Canastota, Нью-Ёрк.

 

 

Expected This Summer

Four-division world champion Adrien Broner and WBC Lightweight World Champion Mikey Garcia in separate events live on SHOWTIME.

 

 

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