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 Девіс, Jermell Charlo, David Benavidez and Jermall Charlo

Нью-Йорк - березень 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: Еррол Спенс, Молодший, Гервонта “Танк” Девіс, Jermell Charlo, Девід Бенавідесі Jermall Charlo.  There are also 18 fighters aged 27 years and younger including unified world championСтівен Fulton, Молодший., 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 byСтівен Еспіноза, Президент, Спортивний & програмування подій, Showtime Networks Inc., and four-time Emmy^® Award-winning executive producerДевід Дінкінс, Молодший., who guides an all-star cast of commentators and production aces, ЧАС ДЛЯ ШОУ^® 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 ChampionЙорденіс агаси наСубота,Квітня 16 in the main event on SHOWTIME PPV^® at AT&Стадіон Т, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Spence-Ugas is only the 12^ї unification match in the history of the welterweight division, joining classic matchups such as“Sugar” Ray Leonard протиТомас ХернсЯ іФлойд Мейвезер протиМенні 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, три-чемпіон світуБакДевіс will headline his fourth straight SHOWTIME PPV event against nemesisRolando Romero наСубота, Травня 28, в Barclays Center в Брукліні, Нью-Йорк, for Davis’ WBA Lightweight World Title. The bout comes on the heels of Davis’ hard-fought 12-round unanimous decision win overІсаак «Пітбуль» Круз in which Davis overcame an injury in front of a star-studded, sellout crowd in Los Angeles last December. WBO 154-pound No. 1-місце суперникаTim Tszyu, the son of Hall of FamerKostya Tszyu, who fought many of his most memorable bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, зробить його U.S. дебютСубота, March 26проти 2012 U.S. Olympian and top contenderТеррелл Gaushaat The Armory in Minneapolis. The streaking southpawsЕріксон 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, Квітня 9 from Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Jermell Charlo і Брайан Браун 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, Травня 14 в Лос-Анджелесі. Більше, rising welterweight starEnnis, possibly the most talented boxer yet to win a world title, returns as the co-feature againstCustio Клейтонin an IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator. Former two-time world championБенавідес повертається в діюСубота,May 21against knockout artistДавид Лем'є на 168 pounds in Phoenix, Штат Арізона., 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 againstБрендон Фігероа, will defend his titles onСубота, Червень 4 in Minneapolis, against former unified world championДенні Роман in another can’t miss matchup. Jermall Charlo will defend his WBC Middleweight World Championship for the fifth time onСубота, Червень 18, when he faces former world title challenger, WBC No. 6-місцеМацей Sulecki on the Juneteenth holiday weekend in Houston. OnСубота, Липня 9, в Сан-Антоніо, Техас, newly minted WBC Featherweight World ChampionMark Magsayo will make his first title defense since dethroningГері Расселл-молодший., on SHOWTIME against unbeaten mandatory challenger and former super bantamweight titleholderКороль 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,"СказавЕспіноза, Президент, Спортивний & програмування подій, 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, Молодший, ‘Tank’ Davis, Девід Бенавідес, the Charlo brothers—and the youthful vitality of Stephen Fulton, Молодший, 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: ·Березня 26 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXINGThe Armory, Minneapolis, Від.
o Tim Tszyu vs. Террелл Gausha, Super Welterweight Bouto Michel Rivera vs. Джозеф Адорно, Lightweight Bouto Elvis Rodriguez vs. Juan Jose Velasco, Супер легкі (142 LBS) Bout ·Квітня 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 ·Квітня 16 – SHOWTIME PPV__AT&Стадіон Т, Arlington, Техас
o Errol Spence Jr. проти. Йорденіс агаси, WBC, WBA & IBF Welterweight World __Championship Unification
SHOWTIME ЧЕМПІОНАТ БОКС (preceding PPV):o Radzhab Butaev vs. Eimantas Stanionis, WBA Welterweight Title Bouto Brandun Lee vs. Zachary Ochoa, Super Lightweight Bout ·Травня 14 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Лос-Анджелесo Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Castaño II, Undisputed IBF, WBA, WBC & WBO Super __Welterweight World Championship Unificationo Jaron Ennis vs. Custio Клейтон, IBF Welterweight Eliminator ·Травня 21 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Фінікс
o David Benavidez vs. Давид Лем'є, Super Middleweight Bouto Yoelvis Gomez vs. Хорхе Кота, Super Welterweight Bout ·Травня 28 – SHOWTIME PPV__Barclays Center, Brooklyn, Нью-Йорк
o Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero, WBA Lightweight World Championship ·Червень 4 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Minneapolis
o Stephen Fulton, Молодший. проти. Денні Роман, WBO & WBC Super Bantamweight World Championshipo David Morrell vs. Калвін Хендерсон, WBA Super Middleweight World Title ·Червень 18 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Х'юстон
o Jermall Charlo vs. Мацей Sulecki, WBC Middleweight World Championship ·Липня 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Сан - Антоніо
o Mark Magsayo vs. Король Варгас, WBC Featherweight World Championship\

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