| I-NEW YORK (Feb. 17, 2015) – CBS Sports and Showtime Sports® isimemezele unyaka multi-ohlanganyelwayo ukwethula boxing bukhoma kwi CBS Television Network-owokuqala kuze eyisishiyagalombili izenzakalo bukhoma in 2015 izoba Premiere on Saturday, April 4 at 3 p.m. KANYE 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.
Esokuqala amasonto ayisithupha ukuze aqale le venture izoba ezimbili zabaculi mdlalo-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., futhi Adonis Stevenson-futhi bookend boxing senzakalo salo nyaka ibolekwe kakhulu, the Showtime PPV® isethulo the ongenambangi ganda-for-ganda iqhawe Floyd Mayweather.
Boxing umcimbi ngamunye bukhoma CBS and Showtime uyobasekela nge short- futhi eside ifomu ehlombe izinhlelo kuyobe baveze yonkana ezisekelweni multiple kuhlanganise CBS, SHOWTIME and CBS Sports Network. Ngaphezu kwalokho, a marketing isabelomali abalulekile uzobe abazinikezele ukuba ekugqugquzeleni ngamunye the live CBS ukusakaza kanye ngamunye Showtime telecast ezinkulu ezihlosiwe ukukhangisa imikhankaso.
“Uchungechunge Premier Boxing Champions on CBS kuzosiza usher enkathini entsha emlandweni storied isibhakela,” wathi Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President & Umphathi Ovamile, Showtime Sports. “Ngosizo inkampani yethu umzali, thina kuphela kahle for indlela ezintathu-tiered oluhlanganisa bukhoma boxing ukusakazwa on No Melika. 1 inethiwekhi, kude ikhebula of CBS Sports Network futhi, kunjalo, umholi premium ithelevishini in boxing, ISIKHATHI SOMBUKISO. The benefit of elevating the sport across these platforms for all involved, kuhlanganise Showtime, kuba engenakuqhathaniswa.”
Isimiso of oluzayo live wesibhakela izenzakalo CBS and Showtime kanje:
Showtime Championship Boxing
On Saturday, March 28, Showtime Championship Boxing uyodala doubleheader obonisa Yimpi featherweight phakathi WBC iqhawe Jhonny Gonzalez and Olwa top 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 April 4 CBS debut of Premier Boxing Champions.
Premiere Boxing CHAMPIONS ON CBS
The CBS Premiere on Saturday, April 4 (3 p.m. KANYE/Noon PT) will feature light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson defending his WBC title against former super middleweight champ Sakio Bika. In the co-feature, undefeated light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev will face veteran former world champ Gabriel Campillo. The CBS broadcast, kanye ukufinyelela yayo kazwelonke ngaphezu 110 Amakhaya ayizigidi, will offer a broad platform to promote a major SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event just two weeks later.
Showtime Championship Boxing
On Saturday, April 18, Showtime presents the DEBUT network of yangaphambili emhlabeni iqhawe and superstar Mexican Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., as he takes on light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara.
Premiere Boxing CHAMPIONS ON CBS
On Saturday, May 9 Premier Boxing Champions ubuyela CBS for the isitolimende yesibili (4:30 p.m. KANYE/1:30 p.m. PT). This broadcast will pit undefeated Omar Figueroa, esanda baphume yakhe Esilula World Championship ukuya phezulu in nesisindo 140 amakhilogremu, against former champion Ricky Burns.
The April 18 Showtime telecast and the May 9 CBS ukusakaza uyokusekela-bese lisekelwa-theMay 2 Showtime PPV umcimbi enesihloko Ezingakanqotshwa, Akekho emhlabeni. 1 fighter zibalwa, Floyd Mayweather.
Engeziwe nezinsuku ukuqinisekisile for Premier Boxing Champions on CBS zihlanganisa ukusakazwa bukhoma in June, July and September, nezenzakalo ezintathu ekuqhubekeni 2015 ikhalenda nokho ukuba umemezele. The live boxing ukusakaza on CBS, ngaphandle kudlalwé eshiwo ngenhla, izosakazwa bukhoma at4:30 p.m. KANYE/1:30 p.m. PT.
UNdunankulu Boxing Champions series wadalwa ithelevishini by Haymon Sports. Kuyinto engaguquki uchungechunge isethulo lokuqala isibhakela bukhoma CBS in 15 Eminyakeni. The network aired a one-off live event featuring current WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Leo Santa Cruz in 2012. Ngaphambi kwalokho, the last boxing bukhoma kwi network kwaba in 1997 lapho iqhawe ke-middleweight Bernard Hopkins akhishwe Glen Johnson.
Boxing Live kwaba okuyisisekelo on the network in the 1980, consistently featuring Hall of Famers Sugar Ray Leonard esizayo, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini nabanye. Umlando Boxing on CBS kuhlehlela emuva 1948 lapho Pabst Blue Ribbon iziqubu premiered featuring edume igalelo-by-igalelo umhlaziyi Russ Hodges. |
