СХОВТИМЕ® To Present Seven World Championship Fights Across Seven Live Telecasts In Eight Weeks
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ЊУЈОРК (Април 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 ливе он СХОВТИМЕ. The stacked lineup includes seven world championship fights across eight live boxing telecasts over an eight-week span.
О Субота, Април 29, Anthony Joshua ће се суочити Владимир Кличко in the most significant heavyweight world championship fight in more than a decade. The event will air live on SHOWTIME у 4:15 п.м. И/1:15 п.м. ПТ 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 Адонис Стивенсон и Андрзеј Фонфара о Субота, Јун 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: Андре Берто вс. Шон Портер (Април 22) и Кел Брук вс. Ерол Спенс Јр. (Мај 27). Both events are presented in association with Premier Boxing Champions. The Април 22 Berto vs. Porter event will feature an anticipated 154-pound world title fight between Јермелл Цхарло и Charles Hatley as well asworld champion Аманда Серано attempting to become the first woman—and first fighter of Puerto Rican decent—to win a world title in five different weight classes.
О Субота, Мај 20, SHOWTIME will present a unique twin-bill of world championship fights. Први, boxing’s hottest young star, newly minted world champion Гервонта Дејвис, will make his first world title defense against Liam Walsh из Лондона. Касније те вечери, featherweight world champion Гари Расел Јр. и бивши светски шампион Андре Диррелл will be featured in separate bouts. Start times for both live telecasts are to be determined.
У свим, SHOWTIME Sports will present one live SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL telecast, one live СхоБок: Нова генерација телевизијска емисија, and five SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecasts, all free to network subscribers. Више, SHOWTIME is in the early stages of planning for the return of four-division world champion Адријен Бронер and undefeated star Микеи Гарсија 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. Гарсија, SHOWTIME Boxing on CBS), two world title rematches (Фрамптон вс.. Santa Cruz II and Linares vs. Crolla II), the live-stream of the first-ever boxing event on Twitter (Бронер против. Granados), the resurgence of women’s boxing (Serrano vs. Ривас) and the first women’s boxing main event in premium television history (Схиелдс вс.. 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,", Рекао је Стивен Еспиноза, Извршни потпредседник & Генерални директор, Сховтиме Спорт.
“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 месеци.
Субота, Април 22 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Представили Премиер Бокинг Цхампионс
Маин Евент: Андре Берто (31-4, 24 КОс) вс. Шон Портер (26-2, 16 КОс) – WBC Welterweight World Title Eliminator
Цо-Феатуре: Јермелл Цхарло (28-0, 13 КОс) вс. Charles Hatley (26-1-1, 18 КОс) – WBC Super Welterweight World Championship
SHOX: Аманда Серано (31-1-1, 23 КОс) вс. Dahiana Santana (35-8, 14 КО је) – 10-Rd. WBO Bantamweight World Championship
Start Time: 9:30 п.м. И / 6:30 п.м. ПТ (SHO Boxing on SHO EXTREME, 7:30p ET/PT)
Венуе: Brooklyn’s Barclays Center
Notes: · The winner of Berto-Porter becomes the WBC mandatory challenger to Unified World Champion Keith Thurman.
- Berto-Porter is the fourth welterweight world title/title eliminator fight televised on SHOWTIME/CBS in the last 10 месеци.
- Charlo-Hatley is the eighth world title/title eliminator in the 154-pound division on SHOWTIME/CBS in the last 13 месеци
- Serrano attempts to become the first woman to win world titles in five different weight classes
Субота, Април 29 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Маин Евент: Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 КОс) вс. Владимир Кличко (64-4, 53 КОс) – IBF and vacant (Супер) WBA Heavyweight World Championship
Start Time: 4:15 п.м. И/1:15 п.м. ПТ, ливе он СХОВТИМЕ
Венуе: Wembley Stadium, Лондон
Notes: · Most significant heavyweight world title fight у 15 године—since Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson in June, 2002
- Officially sold out more than 90,000 Карте; set to smash the attendance record at Wembley and join the ranks of the biggest events in boxing history
Субота, Мај 20 – СХОВТИМЕ БОКС МЕЂУНАРОДНИ
Маин Евент: Гервонта Дејвис (17-0, 16 КОс) вс. Liam Walsh (21-0, 14 КОс) – IBF Super Featherweight World Championship
Start Time: ТБД, live from London
Венуе: Copper Box Arena in London, Енглеска
Notes: · Matchup of undefeated fighters. Champion vs. До Нот. 1-ранкед кандидат
- Davis is the youngest reigning American titlist and second youngest in the world (Kosei Tanaka)
Субота, Мај 20 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Маин Евент: Гари Расел Јр. (21-1, 16 КОс) вс. Оскар Есцандон (25-2, 17 КОс) – WBC Featherweight World Championship
Co-Features: Андре Диррелл (25-2, 16 КОс) вс. José Uzcátegui (26-1, 22 КОс) – IBF Super Middleweight Interim World Championship
Ранцес Бартоломеј (25-0, 13 КОс) вс. Кирил Реликх (21-1, 19 КОс) – WBA Super Lightweight Eliminator
Start Time: ТБД
Венуе: MGM National Harbor in Washington, Д.Ц.. Metropolitan Area
Notes: · Sixth featherweight title fight on SHOWTIME since Feb. 2016, and second this year.
- The winner of Dirrell-Uzcátegui becomes the mandatory for IBF Super Middleweight World Champion James DeGale
- The winner of Barthelemy-Relikh becomes the mandatory challenger to WBA Super Lightweight Champion Ricky Burns
Субота, Мај 27 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Маин Евент: Кел Брук (36-1, 25 КОс) вс. Ерол Спенс Јр. (21-0, 19 КОс) – IBF Welterweight World Championship
Start Time: ТБД, live from England
Венуе: Bramall Lane Football Ground in Sheffield, Енглеска
Notes: · World Champion vs. ИБФ Не. 1-ранкед кандидат
- До Нот. 3-ranked vs. До Нот. 5-ranked welterweights (via Transnational Boxing Rankings)
- Six of the consensus top-10 welterweights in the world featured on SHOWTIME/CBS events in the first half of 2017
Субота, Јун 3 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Представили Премиер Бокинг Цхампионс
Маин Евент: Адонис Стивенсон (28-1, 23 КОс) вс. Андрзеј Фонфара (29-4, 17 КОс) II – WBC Light Heavyweight World Championship
Co-Main: Елеидер Алварез (22-0, 11 КОс) вс. Јеан Пасцал (31-4-1, 18 КОс) – WBC Silver Light Heavyweight Title
Start Time: ТБД
Notes: · Stevenson-Fonfara II is a rematch of 2014 all-action championship bout in which both fighters scored knock downs
Петак, Јун 9 - СхоБок: Нова генерација (Hall of Fame Induction Weekend)
Маин Евент: Joel Diaz Jr. (23-0, 19 КОс) вс. Абел Рамос (17-2-2, 12 КОс) - 10 Округли супер Лигхтвеигхт боут
Start Time: 10 п.м. И/ПТ
Венуе: Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, НИ.
Notes: · International Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend
- The lead announce team for СхоБок, legendary sportscaster Barry Tompkins and boxing historian Steve Farhood, to be inducted to the Hall in nearby Canastota, НИ.
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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