TWO WORLD TITLE UNIFICATIONS, SEVEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS AND THREE WORLD TITLE ELIMINATORS ACROSS FIVE MONTHS

Star-Studded Lineup Is Highlighted by Errol Spence Jr., Gervonta Дэвіс, Jermell Charlo, David Benavidez and Jermall Charlo

Нью-Ёрк - сакавік 15, 2022 - SHOWTIME Sports and Premier Boxing Champions today announced nine boxing events across the first half of 2022 featuring some of the sport’s most accomplished and dynamic stars in highly competitive matchups. The lineup pits champions against champions and top contenders against top contenders to form the strongest and most ambitious schedule in the industry. The robust lineup includes:

• Nine marquee events across five months featuring 21 непераможныя байцы;

• Two world championship unifications bouts, one for all four world title belts and the coveted title of Undisputed Champion, and one for three world title belts;

• Seven world championship matches with at least 13 world title belts at stake and three world title eliminators;

• All of the top-six ranked super welterweights fighting in a seven-week span;

• Several pivotal crossroads fights from super bantamweight to super middleweight with an average of two events per month through July.

The massive schedule features the sport’s biggest stars: Эррол Спенс, Малодшы, Gervonta “Tank” Davis, Jermell Charlo, Дэвід Бенавидесі Jermall Charlo.  There are also 18 fighters aged 27 years and younger including unified world championСтывен Fulton, Малодшы., and highly regarded, undefeated welterweight contenderJaron “Boots” Ennis. With this emphasis on youth and kingmaking, SHOWTIME Sports and Premier Boxing Champions are well positioned to carry the sport into the future. Led byСтывен Эспиноза, Прэзідэнт, Спартыўны & праграмаванне падзей, Showtime Networks Inc., and four-time Emmy^® Award-winning executive producerDavid Dinkins, Малодшы., who guides an all-star cast of commentators and production aces, ЧАС ДЛЯ ШОЎ^® remains the most tenured and trusted platform in boxing. Arguably the best active welterweight of this era, the undefeated Spence, already a unified champ, will seek to collect a third world title when he puts his WBC and IBF straps on the line against WBA World ChampionЙорденис Агас наСубота,Красавіка 16 in the main event on SHOWTIME PPV^® at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Spence-Ugas is only the 12^й unification match in the history of the welterweight division, joining classic matchups such as“Sugar” Ray Leonard супрацьТомас ХернсЯ іФлойд Мэйвезер супрацьМэнни Пакьяо. The match is rich with intrigue as Spence attempts to claim supremacy in one of boxing’s deepest divisions, while Ugas, who nearly quit the sport, aims to complete a stunning turnaround after beating eight-division world champion Pacquiao in August. Boxing superstar and five-time, тры-чэмпіён светуБакДэвіс will headline his fourth straight SHOWTIME PPV event against nemesisRolando Romero наСубота, Мая 28, у Barclays Center ў Брукліне, Нью-Ёрк, for Davis’ WBA Lightweight World Title. The bout comes on the heels of Davis’ hard-fought 12-round unanimous decision win overIsaac “Pitbull” Cruz in which Davis overcame an injury in front of a star-studded, sellout crowd in Los Angeles last December. WBO 154-pound No. 1-месца супернікаTim Tszyu, the son of Hall of FamerKostya Tszyu, who fought many of his most memorable bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, зробіць яго U.S. дэбютСубота, March 26супраць 2012 U.S. Olympian and top contenderТеррелл Gaushaat The Armory in Minneapolis. The streaking southpawsЭрыксан Любін іSebastian Fundora will engage in a Super Welterweight Title Eliminator, for the WBC interim title, in the second of back-to-back, intriguing crossroads matchups in the division onСубота, Красавіка 9 from Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Jermell Charlo і Brian Castaño once again will seek to become the first undisputed 154-pound champion in the four-belt era and just the third overall undisputed champion today when they meet in a rematch of their 2021 classic onСубота, Мая 14 ў Лос-Анджэлесе. Больш, rising welterweight starЭніс, магчыма the most talented boxer yet to win a world title, returns as the co-feature againstCustio Клейтанin an IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator. Former two-time world championБенавидес вяртаецца ў дзеяннеСубота,May 21against knockout artistДавід Лемье на 168 pounds in Phoenix, Штат Арызона., in a bout between two of the sport’s biggest punchers. Fulton, in his first bout since his title unification win in the 122-pound division againstБрэндон Фігероа, will defend his titles onСубота, Чэрвеня 4 in Minneapolis, against former unified world championDanny Roman in another can’t miss matchup. Jermall Charlo will defend his WBC Middleweight World Championship for the fifth time onСубота, Чэрвеня 18, when he faces former world title challenger, WBC No. 6-месцаМацей Sulecki on the Juneteenth holiday weekend in Houston. OnСубота, Ліпеня 9, ў Сан-Антоніа, Тэхас, newly minted WBC Featherweight World ChampionМарк Магсайо will make his first title defense since dethroningГэры Расэл-малодшы., on SHOWTIME against unbeaten mandatory challenger and former super bantamweight titleholderКароль Варгас.
Additional high-stakes matches will be announced as individual fight cards fill out. “It’s a good time to be a boxing fan and SHOWTIME viewer with so many high-level, consequential matchups on our schedule,"СказаўEspinoza, Прэзідэнт, Спартыўны & праграмаванне падзей, Showtime Networks Inc. “We continue to grow the sport at every level, from our grassroots seriesShoBoxto crowning unified and undisputed champions across boxing’s deepest divisions. When you consider the competitive nature of these fights, the star power of fighters like Errol Spence, Малодшы, ‘Tank’ Davis, Дэвід Бенавидес, the Charlo brothers—and the youthful vitality of Stephen Fulton, Малодшы, Jaron Ennis and Brandun Lee—it’s never been clearer that SHOWTIME is the destination for the most compelling fights and will be for years to come. This SHOWTIME Boxing lineup is hands down the most potent of any network or platform in 2022.” The SHOWTIME Sports boxing schedule features seven editions of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING^® and two significant SHOWTIME PPV events, all presented by Premier Boxing Champions: ·Сакавіка 26 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXINGThe Armory, Minneapolis, Ад.
o Tim Tszyu vs. Террелл Gausha, Super Welterweight Bouto Michel Rivera vs. Joseph Adorno, Lightweight Bouto Elvis Rodriguez vs. Juan Jose Velasco, Супер лёгкія (142 LBS) Bout ·Красавіка 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__The Theatre at Virgin Hotels, Лас-Вегас
o Erickson Lubin vs. Sebastian Fundora, WBC Super Welterweight Interim Titleo Tony Harrison vs. Sergio Garcia, Super Welterweight Bouto Kevin Salgado vs. Брайант Perrella, Super Welterweight Bout ·Красавіка 16 – SHOWTIME PPV__AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Тэхас
o Errol Spence Jr. супраць. Йорденис Агас, WBC, WBA & IBF Welterweight World __Championship Unification
SHOWTIME ЧЭМПІЯНАТ БОКС (preceding PPV):o Radzhab Butaev vs. Eimantas Stanionis, WBA Welterweight Title Bouto Brandun Lee vs. Zachary Ochoa, Супер Лёгкі Bout ·Мая 14 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Лос-Анджэлесo Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Castaño II, Undisputed IBF, WBA, WBC & WBO Super __Welterweight World Championship Unificationo Jaron Ennis vs. Custio Клейтан, IBF Welterweight Eliminator ·Мая 21 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Фінікс
o David Benavidez vs. Давід Лемье, Super Middleweight Bouto Yoelvis Gomez vs. Хорхе Ката, Super Welterweight Bout ·Мая 28 – SHOWTIME PPV__Barclays Center, Brooklyn, Нью-Ёрк
o Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero, WBA Lightweight World Championship ·Чэрвеня 4 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Minneapolis
o Stephen Fulton, Малодшы. супраць. Danny Roman, WBO & WBC Super Bantamweight World Championshipo David Morrell vs. Калвин Хендэрсан, WBA Super Middleweight World Title ·Чэрвеня 18 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Х'юстан
o Jermall Charlo vs. Мацей Sulecki, WBC Middleweight World Championship ·Ліпеня 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Сан - Антоніо
o Mark Magsayo vs. Кароль Варгас, WBC Featherweight World Championship\

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