SHOWTIME? To Present Seven World Championship Fights Across Seven Live Telecasts In Eight Weeks
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NOV-JORKO (Aprilo 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 vivi sur SHOWTIME. The stacked lineup includes seven world championship fights across eight live boxing telecasts over an eight-week span.
Sur Sabato, Aprilo 29, Anthony Joshua Alfrontos Wladimir Klitschko in the most significant heavyweight world championship fight in more than a decade. The event will air live on SHOWTIME #?E 4:15 P.M. ET/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 Adonis Stevenson Kaj Andrzej Fonfara Sur Sabato, Junio 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: Andre Berto #Kontra?. Shawn Porter (Aprilo 22) Kaj Kell Rivereto #Kontra?. Errol Spence Jr. (Majo 27). Both events are presented in association with Premier Boxing Champions. La Aprilo 22 Berto vs. Porter event will feature an anticipated 154-pound world title fight between Jermell Charlo Kaj Charles Hatley 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.
Sur Sabato, Majo 20, SHOWTIME will present a unique twin-bill of world championship fights. Unue, boxing’s hottest young star, newly minted world champion Gervonta Davis, will make his first world title defense against Liam Walsh De Londono. Later that evening, featherweight world champion Gary Russell Jr. kaj iama mondĉampiono Andre Dirrell aperos en apartaj atakoj. Start times for both live telecasts are to be determined.
En #?iu, SHOWTIME Sports will present one live SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL telecast, one live ShoBox: La Nova Generacio televidoprogramo, and five SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecasts, all free to network subscribers. Plus, 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. Garcia, 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 vs. Granados), the resurgence of women’s boxing (Serrano vs. Rivas) and the first women’s boxing main event in premium television history (ŝildoj 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,” Diris Stephen Espinoza, Administra Vicprezidanto & #?Enerala #Mana?ero, SHOWTIME Sportoj.
“Our 2017 schedule already includes some 17 live boxing telecasts, 15 Mondaj ĉampionecaj bataloj, 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 Monatoj.
Sabato, Aprilo 22 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Prezentita de Premier Boksado Ĉampionoj
#?Efa Evento: Andre Berto (31-4, 24 KOs) #Kontra?. Shawn Porter (26-2, 16 KOs) – WBC Welterweight World Title Eliminator
Co-#?efa?o: Jermell Charlo (28-0, 13 KOs) #Kontra?. Charles Hatley (26-1-1, 18 KOs) – WBC Super Welterweight World Championship
SHOX: Amanda Serrano (31-1-1, 23 KOs) #Kontra?. Dahiana Santana (35-8, 14 KO’s) – 10-Rd. WBO Bantamweight World Championship
Start Time: 9:30 P.M. ET / 6:30 P.M. PT (SHO Boxing on SHO EXTREME, 7:30p ET/PT)
Ejo: 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 Monatoj.
- Charlo-Hatley is the eighth world title/title eliminator in the 154-pound division on SHOWTIME/CBS in the last 13 Monatoj
- Serrano attempts to become the first woman to win world titles in five different weight classes
Sabato, Aprilo 29 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
#?Efa Evento: Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) #Kontra?. Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) – IBF and vacant (Ekstra) WBA Heavyweight World Championship
Start Time: 4:15 P.M. ET/1:15 P.M. PT, vivi sur SHOWTIME
Ejo: Wembley Stadium, Londono
Notes: · Most significant heavyweight world title fight Je 15 Jaroj—since Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson in June, 2002
- Officially sold out more than 90,000 Biletoj; set to smash the attendance record at Wembley and join the ranks of the biggest events in boxing history
Sabato, Majo 20 – SHOWTIME Boksado INTERNACIA
#?Efa Evento: Gervonta Davis (17-0, 16 KOs) #Kontra?. Liam Walsh (21-0, 14 KOs) – IBF Super Featherweight World Championship
Start Time: TBD, live from London
Ejo: Copper Box Arena in London, Anglio
Notes: · Matchup of undefeated fighters. Champion vs. Ne. 1-Rangita konkuranton
- Davis is the youngest reigning American titlist and second youngest in the world (Kosei Tanaka)
Sabato, Majo 20 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
#?Efa Evento: Gary Russell Jr. (21-1, 16 KOs) #Kontra?. Oscar Escandon (25-2, 17 KOs) – WBC Featherweight World Championship
Co-Features: Andre Dirrell (25-2, 16 KOs) #Kontra?. José Uzcátegui (26-1, 22 KOs) – IBF Super Middleweight Interim World Championship
Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 KOs) #Kontra?. Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 KOs) – WBA Super Lightweight Eliminator
Start Time: TBD
Ejo: 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
Sabato, Majo 27 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
#?Efa Evento: Kell Rivereto (36-1, 25 KOs) #Kontra?. Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 19 KOs) – IBF Welterweight World Championship
Start Time: TBD, live from England
Ejo: Bramall Lane Football Ground in Sheffield, Anglio
Notes: · World Champion vs. IBF Neniu. 1-Rangita konkuranton
- Ne. 3-ranked vs. Ne. 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
Sabato, Junio 3 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Prezentita de Premier Boksado Ĉampionoj
#?Efa Evento: Adonis Stevenson (28-1, 23 KOs) #Kontra?. Andrzej Fonfara (29-4, 17 KOs) II – WBC Light Heavyweight World Championship
Co-Main: Eleider Alvarez (22-0, 11 KOs) #Kontra?. Johano Paskalo (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
Vendredo, Junio 9 ? ShoBox: La Nova Generacio (Hall of Fame Induction Weekend)
#?Efa Evento: Joel Diaz Jr. (23-0, 19 KOs) #Kontra?. Abel Ramos (17-2-2, 12 KOs) ? 10 Ronda Super Lightweight Bout
Start Time: 10 P.M. ET/PT
Ejo: 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, 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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