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SHOWTIME® To Present Seven World Championship Fights Across Seven Live Telecasts In Eight Weeks
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TSHIAB YORK (Plaub Hlis Ntuj 17, 2017) – SHOWTIME Sports has unveiled the network’s complete spring 2017 boxing schedule following today’s earlier announcement that the heavyweight boxing event of the year will be televised nyob rau SHOWTIME. The stacked lineup includes seven world championship fights across eight live boxing telecasts over an eight-week span.
Rau Saturday, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 29, Anthony Joshua yuav fim Wladimir Klitschko in the most significant heavyweight world championship fight in more than a decade. The event will air live on SHOWTIME ntawm 4:15 p.m. THIAB/1:15 p.m. PT from a sold-out Wembley Stadium, where a record crowd of more than 90,000 spectators is expected.
Also announced today, SHOWTIME and Premier Boxing Champions will present the rematch between WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Adonis Stevenson thiab Andrzej Fonfara rau Saturday, Lub rau hli ntuj 3. This bout is an encore of a 2014 action-packed fight in which Stevenson edged Fonfara to defend his 175-pound crown.
The SHOWTIME boxing lineup also includes two significant welterweight bouts with world title implications: Lwm yam Berto vs. Shawn Porter (Plaub Hlis Ntuj 22) thiab Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence Jr. (Tej zaum 27). Both events are presented in association with Premier Boxing Champions. Lub Plaub Hlis Ntuj 22 Berto vs. Porter event will feature an anticipated 154-pound world title fight between Jermell Charlo thiab Charles Hatley as well asworld champion Amanda Serrano attempting to become the first woman—and first fighter of Puerto Rican decent—to win a world title in five different weight classes.
Rau Saturday, Tej zaum 20, SHOWTIME will present a unique twin-bill of world championship fights. Thawj, boxing’s hottest young star, newly minted world champion Gervonta Davis, will make his first world title defense against Liam Walsh los ntawm London. Tom qab ntawd yav tsaus ntuj, featherweight world champion Gary Russell Jr. thiab yav tas los lub ntiaj teb champion Andre Dirrell will be featured in separate bouts. Start times for both live telecasts are to be determined.
Nyob rau hauv tag nrho, SHOWTIME Sports will present one live SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL telecast, one live ShoBox: Tshiab Tiam telecast, and five SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecasts, all free to network subscribers. Ntau, SHOWTIME is in the early stages of planning for the return of four-division world champion Adrien Broner and undefeated star Mikey Garcia in separate events this summer.
The spring lineup complements the network’s robust 2017 boxing schedule. In the first 10 weeks of the year, SHOWTIME Sports presented eight world championship fights, including two world title unification bouts (Jack vs. DeGale and Thurman vs. Garcia, SHOWTIME Boxing on CBS), two world title rematches (Frampton vs. Santa Cruz II and Linares vs. Crolla II), the live-stream of the first-ever boxing event on Twitter (Broner vs. Granados), the resurgence of women’s boxing (Serrano vs. Rivas) and the first women’s boxing main event in premium television history (Shields vs. Szabados).
“SHOWTIME continues its unrivaled commitment to the sport. There simply is no other network in boxing delivering world-class events on a consistent basis,"Hais tias Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice Thawj Tswj Hwm & General Manager, SHOWTIME kev ua si.
“Our 2017 schedule already includes some 17 live boxing telecasts, 15 world championship fights, with the top-rated fighters squaring off in boxing’s deepest weight divisions. We continue to break the glass ceiling on women’s boxing, deliver the biggest bouts from overseas and see champions take on champions to unify divisions. We are proud to be re-shaping the boxing landscape both in and out of the ring.”
See below for the SHOWTIME boxing spring calendar. This is the network’s third major boxing schedule announcement of the past 13 lub hlis.
Saturday, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 22 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Presented by Premier Boxing Champions
Main tshwm sim: Lwm yam Berto (31-4, 24 Kos) vs. Shawn Porter (26-2, 16 Kos) – WBC Welterweight World Title Eliminator
Co-Feature: Jermell Charlo (28-0, 13 Kos) vs. Charles Hatley (26-1-1, 18 Kos) – WBC Super Welterweight World Championship
SHOX: Amanda Serrano (31-1-1, 23 Kos) vs. Dahiana Santana (35-8, 14 KO lub) – 10-Rd. WBO Bantamweight World Championship
Start Time: 9:30 p.m. THIAB / 6:30 p.m. PT (SHO Boxing on SHO EXTREME, 7:30p ET/PT)
Chaw: Brooklyn’s Barclays Center
Notes: · The winner of Berto-Porter becomes the WBC mandatory challenger to Unified World Champion Keith Thurman.
Saturday, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 29 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main tshwm sim: Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 Kos) vs. Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 Kos) – IBF and vacant (Super) WBA Heavyweight World Championship
Start Time: 4:15 p.m. THIAB/1:15 p.m. PT, nyob rau SHOWTIME
Chaw: Wembley Stadium, London
Notes: · Most significant heavyweight world title fight nyob rau hauv 15 xyoo—since Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson in June, 2002
Saturday, Tej zaum 20 – SHOWTIME BOXING thoob ntiaj teb
Main tshwm sim: Gervonta Davis (17-0, 16 Kos) vs. Liam Walsh (21-0, 14 Kos) – IBF Super Featherweight World Championship
Start Time: TBD, live from London
Chaw: Copper Box Arena in London, Hais
Notes: · Matchup of undefeated fighters. Champion vs. Ua Tsis. 1-ranked contender
Saturday, Tej zaum 20 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main tshwm sim: Gary Russell Jr. (21-1, 16 Kos) vs. Oscar Escandon (25-2, 17 Kos) – WBC Featherweight World Championship
Co-Features: Andre Dirrell (25-2, 16 Kos) vs. José Uzcátegui (26-1, 22 Kos) – IBF Super Middleweight Interim World Championship
Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 Kos) vs. Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 Kos) – WBA Super Lightweight Eliminator
Start Time: TBD
Chaw: MGM National Harbor in Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area
Notes: · Sixth featherweight title fight on SHOWTIME since Feb. 2016, and second this year.
Saturday, Tej zaum 27 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main tshwm sim: Kell Brook (36-1, 25 Kos) vs. Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 19 Kos) – IBF Welterweight World Championship
Start Time: TBD, live from England
Chaw: Bramall Lane Football Ground in Sheffield, Hais
Notes: · World Champion vs. IBF Tsis. 1-ranked contender
Saturday, Lub rau hli ntuj 3 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Presented by Premier Boxing Champions
Main tshwm sim: Adonis Stevenson (28-1, 23 Kos) vs. Andrzej Fonfara (29-4, 17 Kos) II – WBC Light Heavyweight World Championship
Co-Main: Eleider Alvarez (22-0, 11 Kos) vs. Jean Pascal (31-4-1, 18 Kos) – WBC Silver Light Heavyweight Title
Start Time: TBD
Notes: · Stevenson-Fonfara II is a rematch of 2014 all-action championship bout in which both fighters scored knock downs
Friday, Lub rau hli ntuj 9 - ShoBox: Tshiab Tiam (Hall of Fame Induction Weekend)
Main tshwm sim: Joel Diaz Jr. (23-0, 19 Kos) vs. Anpee Ramos (17-2-2, 12 Kos) - 10 Round Super Hnav Bout
Start Time: 10 p.m. THIAB/PT
Chaw: Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, N.Y..
Notes: · International Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend
Expected This Summer
Four-division world champion Adrien Broner and WBC Lightweight World Champion Mikey Garcia in separate events live on SHOWTIME.
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Live on PPV in North America no hnub Friday night from Videotron Centre of Quebec City
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(L-R) – Lucian Bute & Eleider Alvarez
Montreal (Lub ob hlis ntuj 21, 2017) – Lub “BUTE VS ALVAREZ” press conference was held today in Quebec City for no hnub Friday night’s championship fight between undefeated World Boxing Council (Qhov) Silver light heavyweight champion Eleider “Cua daj cua dub” Alvarez and yav tas los super Middleweight ntiaj teb no yeej Lucian Bute (32-3-1, 25 Kos) at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada.
“BUTE VS. ALVAREZ”, promoted by Groupe Yvon Michel (Gym) and Gestev, is a presentation of Videotron and Mise-O-Jeu,
Integrated Sports Media will distribute “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” live in the United States, pib thaum 8 p.m. THIAB / 5 p.m. PT, on cable, satellite and internet pay-per-view via iN Demand, Vubiquity, DIRECTV, DISH and the FITE app for a suggested retail price of only $29.95.
In Canada, “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” will be available to watch, in English or French, on Canal Indigo, Shaw TV and Bell TV; English-only on Rodgers PPV, as well as in many of the top Canadian sports bars.
Outside of North America, “BUTE VS ALVAREZ” is being distributed by leading boxing television rights distribution firm, Protocol Sports Marketing Ltd.
The 12-round Bute vs. Alvarez main event will also be the final WBC eliminator to determine the mandatory challenger for the winner’s GYM stablemate, reigning WBC and lineal light heavyweight champion Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (28-1-0, 23 Kos).
Daim pib rau “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” are on sale and available to purchase by going on line to www.Videotron.
XOVXWM rooj sab laj QUOTES
Lucian Bute: ”I am really, really confident going into this fight. I respect Alvarez; he is the WBC No. 1 ranked contender in the light heavyweight division. He is undefeated but my best moments as a professional boxer came here in Quebec City and I am sure it will be another one of those moments Friday hmo ntuj. And it will be a spectacular fight for the fans!”
Eleider Alvarez: ”I have to win for my future and for my family. I will give everything Friday hmo ntuj. My time has come and I will make the best of it.”
Yvon Michel, promoter of show and both fighters: ”It is going to be an exciting fight and card. Eleider Alvarez said that he is ready to die in the ring and he means it. Lucian also is ready to do whatever it takes to win Friday. We have two fighters, two true competitors, who will give everything and leave everything in the ring Friday.”
Howard Grant, Bute’s trainer: ”Lucian had the best camp of his career. He had more energy in this camp than in the ones for James DeGale and Badou Jack. He had good sparring also and he will be ready Friday hmo ntuj.”
Marc Ramsay, Alvarez trainer: ”This is the third time in his career that Alvarez has been called out after a sparring session. First it was Andrew Gardiner…and he was stunned by Eleider in the ninth round of the fight. He was never the same after that, got knocked out by an unknown fighter, and retired. Than it was Nicholson Poulard. He was KO’ed in the third round and he retired after that. Lucian asked Eleider for a fight after seeing a sparring between Alvarez and a fighter from the Grant Brothers Gym. He intends to deliver the goods Friday. They asked for Alvarez, they will have Alvarez.”
NTAUB NTAWV:
Twitter: yvonmichelgym, @gestevinc, @IntegratedPPV #ButeAlvarez
Follow these fighters on Twitter: @Stormalvarez, @Butelucian
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Lub Xya hli ntuj 29 airing live on Spike TV from Videotron Centre
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Adonis ”Superman” Stevenson – WBC and lineal light heavyweight world champion:
”Welcome to Québec City Thomas. I saw your fight against Edwin Rodriguez. It was a nice performance with a beautiful KO. When I saw that bout, I told myself I wanted that fight with you. I knew I was going to be motivated.”
”I know Williams hits hard and that he has a name now in the United States, but I keep the same Kronk Gym mentality Emmanuel Steward taught me: we go for the KO. It is also my daughter’s birthday and I want to get her a KO, I am motivated. That will be exciting…don’t blink!”
Thomas ”Sab saum toj Aub” Williams – Qhov #8 light heavyweight ranked challenger:
”You don’t know what I have been through to be here. Tweets, talks and predictions won’t mean nothing Friday hmo ntuj…..facts will. There will be a new champion.”
Eleider ”Cua daj cua dub” Alvarez – Qhov #1 ranked challenger and WBC Silver light heavyweight champion:
”With only a 10-day notice, I am really happy to face a fighter of good caliber. Berridge is a tough guy who faced good names like Thomas Oosthuizen and Blake Caparello, but I prepared really hard for Chad Dawson. I am ready.”
Robert ”The Butcher” Berridge – New Zealand light heavyweight champion :
”I am excited to be here and to face a solid boxer. Expect a good performance from me Friday.”
Yvon Michel – Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm gym:
”The event is called ‘SHOOTOUT’ because of the aggressive style of Thomas Williams Jr, who fights like there is no tag kis, combined with the explosive power of Adonis Stevenson.”
”Williams is a clear and present danger but we are convinced that Adonis is well prepared and will succeed, so that we will all be happy Saturday morning while eating breakfast. We still have not seen his full potential yet.’
”The fight between Eleider Alvarez and Robert Berridge is really important for the rankings in the light heavyweight division. Alvarez is highly considered by all the independent rankings (Lub nplhaib, BoxRec) and Berridge was already in training before the withdrawal of Chad Dawson, because he was supposed to fight on HBO PPV last weekend before the bout was cancelled for administrative reasons. He is fearless and a hard hitter.”
Daim pib rau lub “SHOOTOUT” kev tshwm sim, jointly promoted by GYM and Gestev and presented by Vidéotron, in collaboration with Mise-O-Jeu, pib ntawm $50.00 and are on sale and available to purchase at www.ticketmaster.ca, lub Videotron Centre Box Office, calling GYM at (514) 383-0666 andthe Champion Boxing club (514) 376-0980, or by dialing 1-855-790-1245
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