SHOWTIME^® To Present Seven World Championship Fights Across Seven Live Telecasts In Eight Weeks

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TSHIAB YORK (Plaub Hlis Ntuj 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 nyob rau SHOWTIME. The stacked lineup includes seven world championship fights across eight live boxing telecasts over an eight-week span.

 

Rau Saturday, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 29, Anthony Joshua yuav fim Wladimir Klitschko in the most significant heavyweight world championship fight in more than a decade. The event will air live on SHOWTIME ntawm 4:15 p.m. THIAB/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 thiab Andrzej Fonfara rau Saturday, Lub rau hli ntuj 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: Lwm yam Berto vs. Shawn Porter (Plaub Hlis Ntuj 22) thiab Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence Jr. (Tej zaum 27). Both events are presented in association with Premier Boxing Champions. Lub Plaub Hlis Ntuj 22 Berto vs. Porter event will feature an anticipated 154-pound world title fight between Jermell Charlo thiab 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.

 

Rau Saturday, Tej zaum 20, SHOWTIME will present a unique twin-bill of world championship fights. Thawj, boxing’s hottest young star, newly minted world champion Gervonta Davis, will make his first world title defense against Liam Walsh los ntawm London. Tom qab ntawd yav tsaus ntuj, featherweight world champion Gary Russell Jr. thiab yav tas los lub ntiaj teb champion Andre Dirrell will be featured in separate bouts. Start times for both live telecasts are to be determined.

 

Nyob rau hauv tag nrho, SHOWTIME Sports will present one live SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL telecast, one live ShoBox: Tshiab Tiam telecast, and five SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecasts, all free to network subscribers. Ntau, 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 (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,"Hais tias Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice Thawj Tswj Hwm & General Manager, SHOWTIME kev ua si.

 

“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 lub hlis.

 

Saturday, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 22 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Presented by Premier Boxing Champions

Main tshwm sim: Lwm yam Berto (31-4, 24 Kos) vs. Shawn Porter (26-2, 16 Kos) – WBC Welterweight World Title Eliminator

Co-Feature: Jermell Charlo (28-0, 13 Kos) vs. Charles Hatley (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 lub) – 10-Rd. WBO Bantamweight World Championship

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

Chaw: 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 lub hlis.
• Charlo-Hatley is the eighth world title/title eliminator in the 154-pound division on SHOWTIME/CBS in the last 13 lub hlis
• Serrano attempts to become the first woman to win world titles in five different weight classes

 

 

Saturday, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 29 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Main tshwm sim: Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 Kos) vs. Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 Kos) – IBF and vacant (Super) WBA Heavyweight World Championship

Start Time: 4:15 p.m. THIAB/1:15 p.m. PT, nyob rau SHOWTIME

Chaw: Wembley Stadium, London

Notes: · Most significant heavyweight world title fight nyob rau hauv 15 xyoo—since Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson in June, 2002

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

 

 

Saturday, Tej zaum 20 – SHOWTIME BOXING thoob ntiaj teb

Main tshwm sim: Gervonta Davis (17-0, 16 Kos) vs. Liam Walsh (21-0, 14 Kos) – IBF Super Featherweight World Championship

Start Time: TBD, live from London

Chaw: Copper Box Arena in London, Hais

Notes: · Matchup of undefeated fighters. Champion vs. Ua Tsis. 1-ranked contender

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

Saturday, Tej zaum 20 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Main tshwm sim: Gary Russell Jr. (21-1, 16 Kos) vs. Oscar 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 Barthelemy (25-0, 13 Kos) vs. Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 Kos) – WBA Super Lightweight Eliminator

Start Time: TBD

Chaw: 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

 

Saturday, Tej zaum 27 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Main tshwm sim: Kell Brook (36-1, 25 Kos) vs. Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 19 Kos) – IBF Welterweight World Championship

Start Time: TBD, live from England

Chaw: Bramall Lane Football Ground in Sheffield, Hais

Notes: · World Champion vs. IBF Tsis. 1-ranked contender

• Ua Tsis. 3-ranked vs. Ua Tsis. 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

Saturday, Lub rau hli ntuj 3 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Presented by Premier Boxing Champions

Main tshwm sim: Adonis Stevenson (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

 

 

Friday, Lub rau hli ntuj 9 - ShoBox: Tshiab Tiam (Hall of Fame Induction Weekend)

Main tshwm sim: Joel Diaz Jr. (23-0, 19 Kos) vs. Anpee Ramos (17-2-2, 12 Kos) - 10 Round Super Hnav Bout

Start Time: 10 p.m. THIAB/PT

Chaw: 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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