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 Davis, Jermell Charlo, David Benavidez and Jermall Charlo
Niujorkas - kovas 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: Errol Spence, Jr, Gervonta “Tank” Davis, Jermell Charlo, Davidas Benavidezir Jermall Charlo. There are also 18 fighters aged 27 years and younger including unified world championStephenas Fulton, Jaunesnysis., and highly regarded, undefeated welterweight contenderJaronas „Batai“ 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 byStephenas Espinoza, Prezidentas, Sporto & Įvykio Programavimas, Showtime Networks Inc, and four-time Emmy® Award-winning executive producerDavid Dinkins, Jaunesnysis., who guides an all-star cast of commentators and production aces, Showtime® 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 ChampionYordenis Ugas apieŠeštadienis,Balandis 16 in the main event on SHOWTIME PPV® at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Spence-Ugas is only the 12oji unification match in the history of the welterweight division, joining classic matchups such as“Sugar” Ray Leonard priešTomas HearnsAš irFloyd Mayweather priešManny 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, trijų padalinys pasaulio čempionasBakasDavis will headline his fourth straight SHOWTIME PPV event against nemesisrolando Romero apieŠeštadienis, Gegužė 28, "Barclays Center" Brukline, NY, 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-užėmė varžovasTim Tszyu, the son of Hall of FamerKosta Tszyu, who fought many of his most memorable bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, leis jam Ne JAV. debiutasŠeštadienis, March 26prieš 2012 Ne JAV. Olympian and top contenderTerrell Gaushaat The Armory in Minneapolis. The streaking southpawsErickson Lubin irSebastianas 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 onŠeštadienis, Balandis 9 from Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Jermell Charlo ir 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 onŠeštadienis, Gegužė 14 Los Andžele. Daugiau, rising welterweight starEnnis, possibly the most talented boxer yet to win a world title, returns as the co-feature againstCustio Claytonin an IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator. Former two-time world championBenavidez grįžta į veiksmų dėlŠeštadienis,May 21against knockout artistDavidas Lemieux į 168 pounds in Phoenix, Ariz., 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 againstBrandon Figueroa, will defend his titles onŠeštadienis, Birželis 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 onŠeštadienis, Birželis 18, when he faces former world title challenger, WBC No. 6-reitinguojamiMaciej Sulecki on the Juneteenth holiday weekend in Houston. OnŠeštadienis, Liepa 9, San Antonio, Teksasas, newly minted WBC Featherweight World ChampionMark Magsayo will make his first title defense since dethroningGary Russellas jaunesnysis., on SHOWTIME against unbeaten mandatory challenger and former super bantamweight titleholderKaralius Vargas.
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,"SakėEspinoza, Prezidentas, Sporto & Įvykio Programavimas, 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, Jr, ‘Tank’ Davis, Davidas Benavidez, the Charlo brothers—and the youthful vitality of Stephen Fulton, Jr, 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: ·Kovas 26 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXINGThe Armory, Minneapolis, Nuo.
o Tim Tszyu vs. Terrell Gausha, Super Welterweight Bouto Michel Rivera vs. Joseph Adorno, Lightweight Bouto Elvis Rodriguez vs. Juan Jose Velasco, Super Lengvas (142 LBS) Bout ·Balandis 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__The Theatre at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegasas
o Erickson Lubin vs. Sebastianas Fundora, WBC Super Welterweight Interim Titleo Tony Harrison vs. Sergio Garcia, Super Welterweight Bouto Kevin Salgado vs. Bryantas Perrella, Super Welterweight Bout ·Balandis 16 – SHOWTIME PPV__AT&T Stadium, Arlingtonas, Teksasas
o Errol Spence Jr. vs. Yordenis Ugas, WBC, WBA & IBF Welterweight World __Championship Unification
Showtime ČEMPIONATO Boksas (preceding PPV):o Radzhab Butaev vs. Eimantas Stanionis, WBA Welterweight Title Bouto Brandun Lee vs. Zachary Ochoa, Super Lightweight Bout ·Gegužė 14 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Los Andželaso Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Castaño II, Undisputed IBF, WBA, WBC & WBO Super __Welterweight World Championship Unificationo Jaron Ennis vs. Custio Clayton, IBF Welterweight Eliminator ·Gegužė 21 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__"Phoenix"
o David Benavidez vs. Davidas Lemieux, Super Middleweight Bouto Yoelvis Gomez vs. Jorge Cota, Super Welterweight Bout ·Gegužė 28 – SHOWTIME PPV__"Barclays" centras, Brooklyn, NY
o Gervonta Davis vs. rolando Romero, WBA Lightweight World Championship ·Birželis 4 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Minneapolis
o Stephen Fulton, Jaunesnysis. vs. Danny Roman, WBO & WBC Super Bantamweight World Championshipo David Morrell vs. Kalvin Hendersonas, WBA Super Middleweight World Title ·Birželis 18 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Hiustonas
o Jermall Charlo vs. Maciej Sulecki, WBC Middleweight World Championship ·Liepa 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__San Antonijas
o Mark Magsayo vs. Karalius Vargas, WBC Featherweight World Championship\
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