SHOWTIME® To Present Seven World Championship Fights Across Seven Live Telecasts In Eight Weeks
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ΝΕΑ ΥΟΡΚΗ (Απρίλιος 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 ζουν σε SHOWTIME. The stacked lineup includes seven world championship fights across eight live boxing telecasts over an eight-week span.
Επί Σάββατο, Απρίλιος 29, Anthony Joshua θα αντιμετωπίσει Wladimir Klitschko in the most significant heavyweight world championship fight in more than a decade. The event will air live on SHOWTIME στο 4:15 μ.μ. ΚΑΙ/1:15 μ.μ. 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 Άδωνις Στίβενσον και Andrzej Fonfara επί Σάββατο, Ιούνιος 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: Άλλα Berto vs. Shawn Porter (Απρίλιος 22) και Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence Jr. (Μάιος 27). Both events are presented in association with Premier Boxing Champions. Ο Απρίλιος 22 Berto vs. Porter event will feature an anticipated 154-pound world title fight between Jermell Charlo και Ο Τσαρλς Χέτλεϊ as well asworld champion Amanda Serrano attempting to become the first woman—and first fighter of Puerto Rican decent—to win a world title in five different weight classes.
Επί Σάββατο, Μάιος 20, SHOWTIME will present a unique twin-bill of world championship fights. Πρώτα, boxing’s hottest young star, newly minted world champion Gervonta Davis, will make his first world title defense against Liam Walsh από το Λονδίνο. Αργότερα εκείνο το βράδυ, featherweight world champion Γκάρι Ράσελ Τζούνιορ. και ο πρώην παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής Andre Dirrell will be featured in separate bouts. Start times for both live telecasts are to be determined.
Σε όλες, SHOWTIME Sports will present one live SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL telecast, one live ShoBox: Η νέα γενιά τηλεοπτική εκπομπή, and five SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecasts, all free to network subscribers. Περισσότερο, SHOWTIME is in the early stages of planning for the return of four-division world champion Adrien Broner and undefeated star Mikey Garcia 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. Γκαρσία, SHOWTIME Boxing on CBS), two world title rematches (Φράμπτον εναντίον. Santa Cruz II and Linares vs. Crolla II), the live-stream of the first-ever boxing event on Twitter (Broner vs. Granados), the resurgence of women’s boxing (Serrano vs. Rivas) and the first women’s boxing main event in premium television history (Shields vs. 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,"Δήλωσε ο Stephen Εσπινόζα, Εκτελεστικός Αντιπρόεδρος & Γενικός Διευθυντής, Αθλητισμός SHOWTIME.
“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 μήνες.
Σάββατο, Απρίλιος 22 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Παρουσιάστηκε από Premier Πυγμαχία Τσάμπιονς
Main Event: Άλλα Berto (31-4, 24 KOs) vs. Shawn Porter (26-2, 16 KOs) – WBC Welterweight World Title Eliminator
Ομο-χαρακτηριστικό γνώρισμα: Jermell Charlo (28-0, 13 KOs) vs. Ο Τσαρλς Χέτλεϊ (26-1-1, 18 KOs) – WBC Super Welterweight World Championship
SHOX: Amanda Serrano (31-1-1, 23 KOs) vs. Dahiana Santana (35-8, 14 KO του) – 10-Rd. WBO Bantamweight World Championship
Start Time: 9:30 μ.μ. ΚΑΙ / 6:30 μ.μ. PT (SHO Boxing on SHO EXTREME, 7:30p ET/PT)
Τόπος συναντήσεως: 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 μήνες.
- Charlo-Hatley is the eighth world title/title eliminator in the 154-pound division on SHOWTIME/CBS in the last 13 μήνες
- Serrano attempts to become the first woman to win world titles in five different weight classes
Σάββατο, Απρίλιος 29 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) vs. Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) – IBF and vacant (Σούπερ) WBA Heavyweight World Championship
Start Time: 4:15 μ.μ. ΚΑΙ/1:15 μ.μ. PT, ζουν σε SHOWTIME
Τόπος συναντήσεως: Wembley Stadium, Λονδίνο
Notes: · Most significant heavyweight world title fight σε 15 χρόνια—since Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson in June, 2002
- Officially sold out more than 90,000 εισιτήρια; set to smash the attendance record at Wembley and join the ranks of the biggest events in boxing history
Σάββατο, Μάιος 20 – SHOWTIME ΠΥΓΜΑΧΙΑΣ ΔΙΕΘΝΗ
Main Event: Gervonta Davis (17-0, 16 KOs) vs. Liam Walsh (21-0, 14 KOs) – IBF Super Featherweight World Championship
Start Time: TBD, live from London
Τόπος συναντήσεως: Copper Box Arena in London, Αγγλία
Notes: · Matchup of undefeated fighters. Champion vs. Μη. 1-κατάταξης υποψήφιος
- Davis is the youngest reigning American titlist and second youngest in the world (Kosei Tanaka)
Σάββατο, Μάιος 20 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Γκάρι Ράσελ Τζούνιορ. (21-1, 16 KOs) vs. Όσκαρ Escandon (25-2, 17 KOs) – WBC Featherweight World Championship
Co-Features: Andre Dirrell (25-2, 16 KOs) vs. José Uzcátegui (26-1, 22 KOs) – IBF Super Middleweight Interim World Championship
Rances Βαρθολομαίος (25-0, 13 KOs) vs. Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 KOs) – WBA Super Lightweight Eliminator
Start Time: TBD
Τόπος συναντήσεως: 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
Σάββατο, Μάιος 27 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) vs. Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 19 KOs) – IBF Welterweight World Championship
Start Time: TBD, live from England
Τόπος συναντήσεως: Bramall Lane Football Ground in Sheffield, Αγγλία
Notes: · World Champion vs. IBF αριθ. 1-κατάταξης υποψήφιος
- Μη. 3-ranked vs. Μη. 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
Σάββατο, Ιούνιος 3 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Παρουσιάστηκε από Premier Πυγμαχία Τσάμπιονς
Main Event: Άδωνις Στίβενσον (28-1, 23 KOs) vs. Andrzej Fonfara (29-4, 17 KOs) II – WBC Light Heavyweight World Championship
Co-Main: Eleider Alvarez (22-0, 11 KOs) vs. Jean Pascal (31-4-1, 18 KOs) – 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
Παρασκευή, Ιούνιος 9 - ShoBox: Η νέα γενιά (Hall of Fame Induction Weekend)
Main Event: Joel Diaz Jr. (23-0, 19 KOs) vs. Άβελ Ramos (17-2-2, 12 KOs) - 10 Γύρος Σούπερ ελαφριά περίοδο
Start Time: 10 μ.μ. ΚΑΙ/PT
Τόπος συναντήσεως: Ενεργοποίηση Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, Ν.Υ..
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, Νέα Υόρκη.
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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