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., גערוואָנטאַ דייוויס, דזשערמעלל טשאַרלאָ, David Benavidez and Jermall Charlo

NEW YORK – March 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: עראַל ספּענס, קינג, Gervonta “Tank” Davis, דזשערמעלל טשאַרלאָ, דוד בענאַווידעזאון דזשערמאַלל טשאַרלאָ.  There are also 18 fighters aged 27 years and younger including unified world championסטיווען פולטאָן, דזשוניער., 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 byסטיווען עספּינאָזאַ, פּרעזידענט, ספורט & געשעעניש פּראָגראַממינג, Showtime נעטוואָרקס ינק, and four-time Emmy^® Award-winning executive producerDavid Dinkins, דזשוניער., who guides an all-star cast of commentators and production aces, שאָוטיים^® 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 Championיאָרדעניס וגאַס אויףשבת,אַפּריל 16 in the main event on SHOWTIME PPV^® at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Spence-Ugas is only the 12^טה unification match in the history of the welterweight division, joining classic matchups such as“Sugar” Ray Leonard vs.Thomas Hearnsאיך אוןפלויד מייַוועאַטהער vs.מאַני פּאַקקוויאַאָ. 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, דרייַ-אָפּטייל וועלט מייַסטערטאַנקדייוויס will headline his fourth straight SHOWTIME PPV event against nemesisRolando Romero אויףשבת, מייַ 28, בייַ באַרקלייַס צענטראַל אין ברוקלין, ניו יאָרק, 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-ראַנגקט קאַנטענדערTim Tszyu, the son of Hall of Famerקאָסטיאַ צזיו, who fought many of his most memorable bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, וועט מאַכן זיין יוז. דעבוטשבת, March 26קעגן 2012 יוז. Olympian and top contenderטעררעלל גאַושאַat The Armory in Minneapolis. The streaking southpawsעריקסאַן לובין אוןSebastian 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 onשבת, אַפּריל 9 from Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. דזשערמעלל טשאַרלאָ און 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 onשבת, מייַ 14 אין לאס אנדזשעלעס. מער, rising welterweight starEnnis, possibly the most talented boxer yet to win a world title, returns as the co-feature againstקוסטיאָ קלייַטאָןin an IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator. Former two-time world championבענאַווידעז קערט צו קאַמף אויףשבת,May 21against knockout artistדוד לעמיעוקס בייַ 168 pounds in Phoenix, אַריז., in a bout between two of the sport’s biggest punchers. פולטאָן, in his first bout since his title unification win in the 122-pound division againstבראַנדאָן פיגועראָאַ, will defend his titles onשבת, יוני 4 in Minneapolis, against former unified world championDanny Roman in another can’t miss matchup. דזשערמאַלל טשאַרלאָ will defend his WBC Middleweight World Championship for the fifth time onשבת, יוני 18, when he faces former world title challenger, WBC No. 6-ראַנגקטמאַסיעדזש סולעקקי on the Juneteenth holiday weekend in Houston. Onשבת, יולי 9, אין סאַן אַנטאָניאָ, טעקסאַס, newly minted WBC Featherweight World ChampionMark Magsayo will make his first title defense since dethroningגערי רוססעלל דזשוניער., on SHOWTIME against unbeaten mandatory challenger and former super bantamweight titleholderמלך 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,"האט געזאגטEspinoza, פּרעזידענט, ספורט & געשעעניש פּראָגראַממינג, Showtime Networks Inc. “We continue to grow the sport at every level, from our grassroots seriesשאָבאָקסto 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, קינג, ‘Tank’ Davis, דוד בענאַווידעז, the Charlo brothers—and the youthful vitality of Stephen Fulton, קינג, 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: ·מאַרץ 26 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXINGThe Armory, Minneapolis, פון.
o Tim Tszyu vs. טעררעלל גאַושאַ, Super Welterweight Bouto Michel Rivera vs. Joseph Adorno, Lightweight Bouto Elvis Rodriguez vs. Juan Jose Velasco, יבער לייטווייט (142 LBS) Bout ·אַפּריל 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__The Theatre at Virgin Hotels, לאַס וועגאַס
o Erickson Lubin vs. Sebastian Fundora, WBC Super Welterweight Interim Titleo Tony Harrison vs. Sergio Garcia, Super Welterweight Bouto Kevin Salgado vs. בריאַנט פּעררעללאַ, Super Welterweight Bout ·אַפּריל 16 – SHOWTIME PPV__בייַ&T Stadium, אַרלינגטאָן, טעקסאַס
o Errol Spence Jr. ווס. יאָרדעניס וגאַס, וובק, וובאַ & IBF Welterweight World __Championship Unification
שאָוטיים טשאַמפּיאָנשיפּ באָקסינג (preceding PPV):o Radzhab Butaev vs. Eimantas Stanionis, WBA Welterweight Title Bouto Brandun Lee vs. Zachary Ochoa, Super Lightweight Bout ·מייַ 14 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__לאס אנדזשעלעסo Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Castaño II, Undisputed IBF, וובאַ, וובק & WBO Super __Welterweight World Championship Unificationo Jaron Ennis vs. קוסטיאָ קלייַטאָן, IBF Welterweight Eliminator ·מייַ 21 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__פיניקס
o David Benavidez vs. דוד לעמיעוקס, Super Middleweight Bouto Yoelvis Gomez vs. דזשאָרגע קאָטאַ, Super Welterweight Bout ·מייַ 28 – SHOWTIME PPV__באַרקלייַס צענטראַל, ברוקלין, ניו יאָרק
o Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero, WBA Lightweight World Championship ·יוני 4 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Minneapolis
o Stephen Fulton, דזשוניער. ווס. Danny Roman, וובאָ & WBC Super Bantamweight World Championshipo David Morrell vs. קאַלווין הענדערסאָן, WBA Super Middleweight World Title ·יוני 18 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__האָוסטאָן
o Jermall Charlo vs. מאַסיעדזש סולעקקי, WBC Middleweight World Championship ·יולי 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__סאַן אַנטאָניאָ
o Mark Magsayo vs. מלך Vargas, WBC Featherweight World Championship\

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