SHOWTIME® To Present Seven World Championship Fights Across Seven Live Telecasts In Eight Weeks
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NEW YORK (Април 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 живеят на SHOWTIME. The stacked lineup includes seven world championship fights across eight live boxing telecasts over an eight-week span.
На Събота, Април 29, Anthony Joshua ще се изправят Владимир Кличко in the most significant heavyweight world championship fight in more than a decade. The event will air live on SHOWTIME при 4:15 p.m. И/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 Адонис Стивънсън и Andrzej Fonfara на Събота, Юни 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: Други Берто срещу. Shawn Porter (Април 22) и Кел Brook срещу. Ерол Спенс Jr. (Май 27). Both events are presented in association with Premier Boxing Champions. The Април 22 Berto vs. Porter event will feature an anticipated 154-pound world title fight between Jermell Charlo и Чарлз Хатли as well asworld champion Аманда Serrano attempting to become the first woman—and first fighter of Puerto Rican decent—to win a world title in five different weight classes.
На Събота, Май 20, SHOWTIME will present a unique twin-bill of world championship fights. Първи, boxing’s hottest young star, newly minted world champion Gervonta Davis, will make his first world title defense against Liam Walsh от Лондон. По-късно тази вечер, featherweight world champion Гари Ръсел Jr. и бивш световен шампион Andre Dirrell will be featured in separate bouts. Start times for both live telecasts are to be determined.
Във всички, SHOWTIME Sports will present one live SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL telecast, one live ShoBox: Новото поколение телевизионно предаване, and five SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecasts, all free to network subscribers. Още, SHOWTIME is in the early stages of planning for the return of four-division world champion Ейдриън Broner and undefeated star Mikey Garcia in separate events this summer.
The spring lineup complements the network’s robust 2017 boxing schedule. В първия 10 weeks of the year, SHOWTIME Sports presented eight world championship fights, including two world title unification bouts (Jack vs. DeGale and Thurman vs. Garcia, SHOWTIME Boxing on CBS), two world title rematches (Фрамптън срещу. Santa Cruz II and Linares vs. Crolla II), the live-stream of the first-ever boxing event on Twitter (Broner срещу. Granados), the resurgence of women’s boxing (Serrano срещу. Rivas) and the first women’s boxing main event in premium television history (Шийлдс срещу. 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,"Казва Стивън Еспиноза, Изпълнителен вицепрезидент & Генерален мениджър, Шоу Спорт.
“Our 2017 schedule already includes some 17 live boxing telecasts, 15 Световно първенство битки, 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 месеца.
Събота, Април 22 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Представено от Premier боксови шампиони
Main Event: Други Берто (31-4, 24 Нокаута) срещу. Shawn Porter (26-2, 16 Нокаута) – WBC Welterweight World Title Eliminator
Co-Feature: Jermell Charlo (28-0, 13 Нокаута) срещу. Чарлз Хатли (26-1-1, 18 Нокаута) – WBC Super Welterweight World Championship
SHOX: Аманда Serrano (31-1-1, 23 Нокаута) срещу. Dahiana Santana (35-8, 14 Нокаута) – 10-Rd. WBO Bantamweight World Championship
Start Time: 9:30 p.m. И / 6:30 p.m. PT (SHO Boxing on SHO EXTREME, 7:30p ET/PT)
Място на провеждане: 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 месеца.
- Charlo-Hatley is the eighth world title/title eliminator in the 154-pound division on SHOWTIME/CBS in the last 13 месеца
- Serrano attempts to become the first woman to win world titles in five different weight classes
Събота, Април 29 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 Нокаута) срещу. Владимир Кличко (64-4, 53 Нокаута) – IBF and vacant (Супер) WBA Heavyweight World Championship
Start Time: 4:15 p.m. И/1:15 p.m. PT, живеят на SHOWTIME
Място на провеждане: Wembley Stadium, Лондон
Notes: · Most significant heavyweight world title fight в 15 години—since Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson in June, 2002
- Officially sold out more than 90,000 билети; set to smash the attendance record at Wembley and join the ranks of the biggest events in boxing history
Събота, Май 20 – SHOWTIME Бокс INTERNATIONAL
Main Event: Gervonta Davis (17-0, 16 Нокаута) срещу. Liam Walsh (21-0, 14 Нокаута) – IBF Super Featherweight World Championship
Start Time: TBD, live from London
Място на провеждане: Copper Box Arena in London, Англия
Notes: · Matchup of undefeated fighters. Champion vs. Do Not. 1-класирана претендент
- Davis is the youngest reigning American titlist and second youngest in the world (Kosei Tanaka)
Събота, Май 20 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Гари Ръсел Jr. (21-1, 16 Нокаута) срещу. Oscar Escandón (25-2, 17 Нокаута) – WBC Featherweight World Championship
Co-Features: Andre Dirrell (25-2, 16 Нокаута) срещу. José Uzcátegui (26-1, 22 Нокаута) – IBF Super Middleweight Interim World Championship
Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 Нокаута) срещу. Кирил Relikh (21-1, 19 Нокаута) – WBA Super Lightweight Eliminator
Start Time: TBD
Място на провеждане: 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
Събота, Май 27 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Кел Brook (36-1, 25 Нокаута) срещу. Ерол Спенс Jr. (21-0, 19 Нокаута) – IBF Welterweight World Championship
Start Time: TBD, live from England
Място на провеждане: Bramall Lane Football Ground in Sheffield, Англия
Notes: · World Champion vs. Не IBF. 1-класирана претендент
- Do Not. 3-ranked vs. Do Not. 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
Събота, Юни 3 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Представено от Premier боксови шампиони
Main Event: Адонис Стивънсън (28-1, 23 Нокаута) срещу. Andrzej Fonfara (29-4, 17 Нокаута) II – WBC Light Heavyweight World Championship
Co-Main: Eleider Alvarez (22-0, 11 Нокаута) срещу. Жан Паскал (31-4-1, 18 Нокаута) – 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
Петък, Юни 9 - ShoBox: Новото поколение (Hall of Fame Induction Weekend)
Main Event: Джоел Диас младши. (23-0, 19 Нокаута) срещу. Abel Ramos (17-2-2, 12 Нокаута) - 10 Round Super Lightweight Bout
Start Time: 10 p.m. И/PT
Място на провеждане: Обръщайки 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, NY.
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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