| TSHIAB YORK (Feb. 17, 2015) – CBS kev ua si thiab kev ua si SHOWTIME® tau tshaj tawm ib multi-xyoo sib koom tes mus tom ntej los qhia nyob boxing nyob rau hauv lub CBS TV Network-thawj ntawm mus txog yim nyob txheej xwm nyob rau hauv 2015 yuav premiere rau Saturday, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 4 ntawm 3 p.m. THIAB on CBS. Premier Boxing Champions on CBS will air in conjunction with marquee SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING events as part of a partnership that will cross-promote the live programs across multiple platforms.
Thawj thawj rau lub lis piam mus pib no mus tom ntej yuav feature ob ntawm lub biggest npe nyob rau hauv kev ua si nawv-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., thiab Adonis Stevenson-thiab bookend xyoo no feem ntau muab boxing kev tshwm sim, lub SHOWTIME PPV® kev nthuav qhia ntawm cov undisputed phaus-rau-phaus yeej Floyd Mayweather.
Txhua nyob boxing kev tshwm sim nyob rau hauv CBS thiab SHOWTIME yuav tau txais kev txhawb nrog luv luv- thiab ntev-daim ntawv xub pwg programming uas yuav pa ya thoob plaws ntau yam platforms xws li CBS, SHOWTIME and CBS Sports Network. Nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd, ib tug tseem ceeb nyiaj txiag lag luam yuav tsum tau muaj nplooj siab los txhawb txhua tus nyob CBS broadcasts thiab tej yam loj SHOWTIME telecast nrog tsom advertising campaigns.
“Lub Premier Boxing Champions series on CBS yuav pab usher nyob rau hauv ib tug tshiab era nyob rau hauv lub storied keeb kwm ntawm boxing,” hais tias Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice Thawj Tswj Hwm & General Manager, SHOWTIME kev ua si. “Nrog kev pab los ntawm peb cov niam txiv lub tuam txhab, peb uniquely positioned rau ib tug peb-tiered ze uas muaj xws li nyob boxing broadcasts rau America tus Tsis. 1 network, lub cable ncav tsis cuag CBS kev ua si Network thiab, ntawm chav kawm, tus nqi TV thawj coj nyob rau hauv boxing, SHOWTIME. The benefit of elevating the sport across these platforms for all involved, xws li SHOWTIME, yog immeasurable.”
Lub sij hawm ntawm los tom ntej nyob boxing cov txheej xwm rau CBS thiab SHOWTIME yog raws li nram no:
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Rau Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 28, SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING yuav nthuav ib tug doubleheader featuring ib tug featherweight showdown ntawm Qhov champion Jhonny Gonzalez thiab sab saum toj contender Gary Russell Jr., and a matchup of 154-pound contenders Jermell Charlo and Vanes Martirosyan. The live SHOWTIME telecast will preview the following week’s Plaub Hlis Ntuj 4 CBS debut of Premier Boxing Champions.
Premiere BOXING Champions RAU CBS
Lub CBS premiere rau Saturday, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 4 (3 p.m. THIAB/Tav su PT) will feature light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson defending his WBC title against former super middleweight champ Sakio Bika. Nyob rau hauv lub co-feature, undefeated light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev will face veteran former world champ Gabriel Campillo. The CBS broadcast, nrog nws cov teb chaws ncav tsis cuag uas ntau tshaj 110 lab cov tsev neeg, will offer a broad platform to promote a major SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event just two weeks later.
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Rau Saturday, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 18, SHOWTIME pib lub network debut ntawm yav tas los lub ntiaj teb no yeej thiab Mexican superstar Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., as he takes on light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara.
Premiere BOXING Champions RAU CBS
Rau Saturday, Tej zaum 9 Premier Boxing Champions rov qab los rau CBS rau lub thib ob phuv (4:30 p.m. THIAB/1:30 p.m. PT). This broadcast will pit undefeated Omar Figueroa, uas nyuam qhuav vacated nws Sib ntiaj teb Championship rau koj tsiv nyob rau hauv hnyav rau 140 phaus, against former champion Ricky Burns.
Lub Plaub Hlis Ntuj 18 SHOWTIME telecast thiab cov Tej zaum 9 CBS broadcast yuav txhawb-thiab tau txais kev txhawb los ntawm-covTej zaum 2 SHOWTIME PPV kev tshwm sim featuring tus undefeated, ntiaj teb no lub Tsis. 1 ranked fighter, Floyd Mayweather.
Ntxiv paub tseeb hais tias cov hnub rau Premier Boxing Champions nyob rau hauv CBS xws li nyob broadcasts nyob rau hauv Lub rau hli ntuj, Lub Xya hli ntuj thiab lub Cuaj Hli Ntuj, muaj txog li peb seem txheej xwm nyob rau hauv lub 2015 daim ntawv qhia hnub tsis tau yuav tsum tau tshaj tawm. Nyob boxing broadcasts rau CBS, lwm yam tshaj qhov aforementioned premiere, yuav tshaj tawm hauv xov nyob rau ntawm4:30 p.m. THIAB/1:30 p.m. PT.
Lub Premier Boxing Champions series yog tsim rau TV los ntawm Haymon kev ua si. Nws yog thawj raws li series nthuav qhia ntawm nyob boxing nyob rau hauv CBS nyob rau hauv 15 xyoo. The network aired a one-off live event featuring current WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Leo Santa Cruz in 2012. Ua ntej ntawd, kawg nyob boxing nyob rau hauv lub network nyob rau hauv 1997 thaum ces-Middleweight yeej Bernard Hopkins khob qhov rooj tawm Glen Johnson.
Nyob boxing yog ib tug staple nyob rau hauv lub network nyob rau hauv lub 1980s, li qhia siv kuj featuring neej yav tom ntej nrog cov Famers Qab Zib Ray Leonard, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini thiab lwm tus neeg. Boxing zaj keeb kwm rau CBS hnub rov qab mus rau 1948 thaum lub Pabst Blue Ribbon bouts premiered featuring legendary tshuab-by-tshuab commentator Russ Hodges. |
