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 דייוויס, Jermell Charlo, David Benavidez and Jermall Charlo
ניו יורק - מרץ 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 undefeated fighters;
- 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: ארול ספנס, ג 'וניור, גרבונטה "טנק" דייויס, Jermell Charlo, דוד בנבידזו Jermall Charlo. There are also 18 fighters aged 27 years and younger including unified world championסטיבן פולטון, ג 'וניור., 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 byסטיבן אספינוזה, נשיא, ספורט & תכנות אירוע, ההצגה מתחילה Networks Inc., and four-time Emmy® Award-winning executive producerדיוויד דינקינס, ג 'וניור., who guides an all-star cast of commentators and production aces, ההצגה מתחילה® 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 Championיודניס אוגאס ביום שבת,אפריל 16 in the main event on SHOWTIME PPV® at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Spence-Ugas is only the 12ה unification match in the history of the welterweight division, joining classic matchups such as"סוכר" ריי לאונרד לעומת.תומאס Hearnsאני ופלויד Mayweather לעומת.מני Pacquiao. 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, אלוף עולם שלוש-חטיבהטנקדייויס will headline his fourth straight SHOWTIME PPV event against nemesisרולנדו רומרו ביום שבת, מאי 28, במרכז ברקליס בברוקלין, ניו יורק, 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-מתחרה מדורגTim Tszyu, the son of Hall of Famerקוסטיה Tszyu, who fought many of his most memorable bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, יעשה U.S. הבכורהיום שבת, March 26נגד 2012 מתגורר בארה"ב. Olympian and top contenderטרל Gaushaat The Armory in Minneapolis. The streaking southpawsאריקסון לובין וSebastian 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 onיום שבת, אפריל 9 from Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Jermell Charlo ו 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 onיום שבת, מאי 14 בלוס אנג'לס. יותר, rising welterweight starEnnis, possibly the most talented boxer yet to win a world title, returns as the co-feature againstCustio קלייטוןin an IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator. Former two-time world championבנבידז חוזר לפעולה ביום שבת,May 21against knockout artistדוד Lemieux ב 168 pounds in Phoenix, אריזונה., in a bout between two of the sport’s biggest punchers. פולטון, in his first bout since his title unification win in the 122-pound division againstברנדון פיגרואה, will defend his titles onיום שבת, יוני 4 במיניאפוליס, 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 onיום שבת, יוני 18, when he faces former world title challenger, WBC לא. 6-מדורגמאצ'יי Sulecki on the Juneteenth holiday weekend in Houston. Onיום שבת, יולי 9, בסן אנטוניו, טקסס, newly minted WBC Featherweight World ChampionMark Magsayo will make his first title defense since dethroningגארי ראסל ג'וניור., on SHOWTIME against unbeaten mandatory challenger and former super bantamweight titleholderהמלך ורגס.
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,"אמרEspinoza, נשיא, ספורט & תכנות אירוע, 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, ג 'וניור, ‘Tank’ Davis, דוד בנבידז, the Charlo brothers—and the youthful vitality of Stephen Fulton, ג 'וניור, 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: ·מרץ 26 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXINGThe Armory, Minneapolis, מ.
o Tim Tszyu vs. טרל Gausha, Super Welterweight Bouto Michel Rivera vs. יוסף אדורנו, Lightweight Bouto Elvis Rodriguez vs. ג'וזף ולסקו, סופר קל משקל (142 LBS) Bout ·אפריל 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__The Theatre at Virgin Hotels, לאס וגאס
o Erickson Lubin vs. Sebastian Fundora, WBC Super Welterweight Interim Titleo Tony Harrison vs. Sergio Garcia, Super Welterweight Bouto Kevin Salgado vs. בראיינט Perrella, Super Welterweight Bout ·אפריל 16 – SHOWTIME PPV__AT&T Stadium, ארלינגטון, טקסס
o Errol Spence Jr. לעומת. יודניס אוגאס, WBC, WBA & IBF Welterweight World __Championship Unification
ההצגה מתחילה אליפות אגרוף (preceding PPV):o Radzhab Butaev vs. Eimantas Stanionis, WBA Welterweight Title Bouto Brandun Lee vs. Zachary Ochoa, סופר קל משקל באוט ·מאי 14 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__לוס אנג'לסo Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Castaño II, Undisputed IBF, WBA, WBC & WBO Super __Welterweight World Championship Unificationo Jaron Ennis vs. Custio קלייטון, IBF Welterweight Eliminator ·מאי 21 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__פניקס
o David Benavidez vs. דוד Lemieux, Super Middleweight Bouto Yoelvis Gomez vs. חורחה קוטה, Super Welterweight Bout ·מאי 28 – SHOWTIME PPV__ברקליס מרכז, ברוקלין, ניו יורק
o Gervonta Davis vs. רולנדו רומרו, WBA Lightweight World Championship ·יוני 4 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Minneapolis
o Stephen Fulton, ג 'וניור. לעומת. Danny Roman, WBO & WBC Super Bantamweight World Championshipo David Morrell vs. קאלוין הנדרסון, WBA Super Middleweight World Title ·יוני 18 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__יוסטון
o Jermall Charlo vs. מאצ'יי Sulecki, WBC Middleweight World Championship ·יולי 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__סן אנטוניו
o Mark Magsayo vs. המלך ורגס, WBC Featherweight World Championship\
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