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쇼 타임® Continues To Deliver Boxing’s Biggest and Best Fights
Bouts Presented In Association With Premier Boxing Champions Include
가르시아 대. 서먼, 프램 튼 대. Santa Cruz II and Cuellar vs. 어머니
NEW YORK (10월. 25, 2016) – SHOWTIME Sports will present seven marquee boxing matches pitting top-10 rated champions in the prime of their careers against fellow top-10 rated challengers over four consecutive months beginning in December. 일정, which is the second robust boxing programming announcement from SHOWTIME in 2016, was announced today by Stephen Espinoza, 부사장 겸 제너럴 매니저, 쇼 타임 스포츠. The lineup includes two long-awaited championship matchups, 대 예수 CUELLAR. Abner Mares and Jermall Charlo vs. 줄리안 윌리엄스; the can’t-miss featherweight rematch between Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz, and a welterweight unification blockbuster between undefeated champions Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia. All four of these anticipated bouts will be presented in association with Premier Boxing Champions.
SHOWTIME Sports produced the strongest lineup of world-class boxing events of any network this year, delivering 18 world title fights devoid of mismatches and “tune-up” fights. The best fought the best, 그 결과는 장관이었다: two “Fight of the Year” contenders, Thurman-Shawn Porter and Santa Cruz-Frampton; a “Knockout of the Year” frontrunner by one of boxing’s biggest punchers, Deontay 와일더; and the arrival of one of boxing’s most marketable new stars in Anthony Joshua. SHOWTIME also featured the trio of junior middleweight champions, the Charlo twins, Jermall and Jermell, and Erislandy Lara, all in title fights on one card; highlighted the world’s best featherweights in Santa Cruz, 프램 튼, 게리 러셀 주니어. and Lee Selby; and set the table for the title unification fight between super middleweight champions Badou Jack and James DeGale.
Boxing’s brightest stars will again take center stage on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® as the network prepares to present the following seven matchups, including six world title fights, over a 12-week span. All bouts will air live on SHOWTIME with the exception of Garcia vs. 서먼, which will either air live in Primetime on CBS or live on SHOWTIME.
Seven of the 14 fighters are undefeated, while the champions and challengers in the six world title fights boast a combined 313 wins versus just six losses.
12월 10: 예수 CUELLAR (28-1, 21 KOS 호텔) 대. 아브넬의 Mares (29-2-1, 15 KOS 호텔)*
Jermall Charlo (24-0, 18 KOS 호텔) 대. 줄리안 윌리엄스 (22-0-1, 14 KOS 호텔)*
1월 14: Badou 잭 (20-1-2, 12 KOS 호텔) 대. 제임스 DeGale에 (23-1, 14 KOS 호텔)**
1월 28: 칼 프램 튼 (23-0, 14 KOS 호텔) 대. 레오 산타 크루즈 (32-1-1, 18 KOS 호텔)* 데얀 Zlaticanin (18-0, 11 KOS 호텔) 대. 마이키 가르시아 (35-0, 29 KOS 호텔)*
2월 11: 아드 Broner (32-2, 24 KOS 호텔) 대. 아드리안 그라나도 (18-4-2, 12 KOS 호텔)
행진 4: 대니 가르시아 (32-0, 18 KOS 호텔) 대. 키스 서먼 (27-0, 22 KOS 호텔)**
*World title bout
**World title unification bout
“This is a slate of high-level, evenly-matched, 50/50 fights – the best fighting the best – which has become the calling card of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING,"에스피 노자는 말했다. “Every fight we are announcing today features a top 10-ranked champion taking on a top 10-ranked challenger; in many cases, it’s top-five vs. top-five.
“This is our second major boxing lineup announcement this year, further proof that no other network is delivering high-quality competitive fights – without relying on PPV – as consistently as SHOWTIME. No other network is as committed to driving the sport forward. SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING is giving subscribers the best that boxing has to offer.”
토요일, 12월. 10 – SHOWTIME 챔피언십 권투®
Presented in association with Premier Boxing Champions
In a highly anticipated featherweight blockbuster, 하드 타격 예수 CUELLARwill make the second defense of his WBA 126-pound title against 아브넬의 Mares, a three-division champ who has compiled a staggering resume while collecting belts at 118, 122 과 126 파운드. Cuellar vs. Mares is the latest in a lineup of action-oriented 126-pound showdowns assembled with the goal of unifying one of the sport’s most talent-laden divisions. It will be the fifth featherweight world championship of 2016 쇼 타임.
12월에. 10, there also will be a long-awaited world championship contest between two undefeated 154-pound fighters. Jermall Charlo will make the third defense of his IBF Junior Middleweight World Championship against No. 1 필수 도전자 줄리안 윌리엄스 in a matchup of 26-year-old fighters at the top of their game. Charlo 대. Williams becomes the sixth title or world title eliminator in the 154-pound weight class in 2016 쇼 타임, a roster featuring eight of the top-10 fighters in the division.
토요일, 월. 14 – SHOWTIME 챔피언십 권투
Super middleweight world champions Badou 잭 과 제임스 DeGale에 are set to unify the 168-pound class. Both champions retained their titles on a doubleheader last 4월 30 쇼 타임. Jack kept his WBC belt in a controversial draw with longtime titlist Lucian Bute that many thought Jack clearly won. 이전 저녁, DeGale successfully defended his IBF crown with a unanimous decision over mandated challenger Rogelio Medina. Jack landed 61 그의 파워 펀치의 퍼센트, while DeGale connected on an astonishing 66 그의 파워 샷의 퍼센트. 지금, Jack and DeGale will face off in a long-awaited unification to determine the No. 1 fighter in the super middleweight division.
토요일, 월. 28 – SHOWTIME 챔피언십 권투
Presented in association with Premier Boxing Champions
The most anticipated rematch in boxing will take place when 칼 프램 튼과 레오 산타 크루즈 square off in an immediate rematch of a leading 2016 올해 후보의 싸움. In their first encounter 7월 30 쇼 타임, former super bantamweight champ Frampton moved up in weight to challenge fellow unbeaten Santa Cruz, edging the three-division titlist in a firefight. The must-see rematch will be the sixth featherweight world championship on SHOWTIME in less than 12 달.
The co-feature pits undefeated lightweights 데얀 Zlaticanin against resurgent fan favorite 마이키 가르시아. Zlaticanin is making the first defense of his WBC 135-pound crown against the former two-division titlist in Garcia. The champion is the No. 1 에서 전투기 135 파운드, while Garcia is aiming to become a three-division world champion in just his second fight back from a two-and-a-half year layoff.
토요일, 2월. 11 – SHOWTIME 챔피언십 권투
네 부문 세계 챔피언 아드 리언 Broner will face the streaking 아드리안 그라나도 in a matchup of top-10 ranked 140-pound fighters. The flashy Broner, who has captured titles at 130, 135, 140 과 147 파운드, has scored two consecutive knockouts in the super lightweight division. The hard-charging, all-action Granados, who pulled a stunning upset of then-undefeated WBC No. 1 ranked super lightweight Amir Imam in a dominating performance last November on SHOWTIME, thrives in the underdog role and has a deceiving record – his four defeats, all via split or majority decision, have come against opponents with a cumulative record of 52-1.
토요일, 행진 4 – SHOWTIME 챔피언십 권투
Presented in association with Premier Boxing Champions
Undefeated welterweight world champions 키스 서먼 과 대니 가르시아have been on a collision course for more than a year. Thurman has held a version of the WBA Welterweight World Championship since 2013 but announced his arrival in March 2015 with an emphatic win over Robert Guerrero. Thurman has since defended the title twice, including most recently against former world champion Shawn Porter in a potential Fight of the Year thriller in June on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS. 가르시아, after conquering the 140-pound division, captured the WBC Welterweight World Championship with an impressive performance against Guerrero in January. Should Garcia defeat Samuel Vargas on 11월. 12 비 제목 싸움, he and Thurman are set to meet in a marquee unification blockbuster between undefeated champions at the pinnacle of their careers. 가르시아 대. Thurman will air live in Primetime on CBS or live on SHOWTIME.