Live Coverage of Broner vs. Garcia Undercard Plus Carl Frampton Homecoming Bout Available On Digital Platforms Preceding SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®
Нью-Ёрк (Ліпеня 25, 2017) – SHOWTIME Sports will offer three separate boxing presentations on Субота, Ліпеня 29, delivering two digital live streams preceding the evening’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING televised doubleheader. The digital-only offerings will be available on жывая facebook і YouTube prior to the live SHOWTIME® Тэлеперадача на 9 p.m. І/6 p.m. PT, as the network continues its unrivaled commitment to boxing.
The full day of high-stakes boxing will begin at approximately 5:30 p.m. І/2:30 p.m. PT with streaming coverage from Belfast, Ireland as 2016 Знішчальнік года Карл Frampton makes his long-awaited homecoming. The former two-division titlist Frampton (23-1, 14 КО) will face once-beaten Andres Gutierrez (35-1-1, 25 КО) in a 12-round featherweight bout, his first since splitting a par of slugfests with three-division world titlist Leo Santa Cruz. Coverage of Frampton vs. Gutierrez will be provided by Channel 5, a television station in Northern Ireland.
SHOWTIME Sports will then deliver live coverage from Barclays Center in Brooklyn beginning at 7:15 p.m. І/4:15 p.m. PT with “SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Prelims”. The two-fight live stream will feature former world title challenger Джэральд Вашынгтон (18-1-1, 12 КО) against Brooklyn native Джаррелл Мілер (18-0-1, 16 КО), plus the U.S. debut of female boxing star and Irish Olympic Gold Medalist Кэці Тэйлар (5-0, 3 КО). Зала Славы Бары Томпкинс will call the live streaming fights from Brooklyn alongside former world champion Даніэль Джэйкабс.
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Prelims and Frampton vs. Gutierrez will be available to U.S. audiences only.
The Ліпеня 29 SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast is headlined by a blockbuster matchup between two of boxing’s biggest stars as three-division world champion Mikey Garcia moves up to 140 pounds to face four-division champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner. Televised coverage begins live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. І/6 p.m. PT as unbeaten former world champion Jermall Charlo returns to face Jorge Sebastian Heiland in a middleweight world title eliminator. The event is presented by Premier Boxing Champions from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Prelims is an extension of SHOWTIME BOXING on SHOWTIME EXTREME, which is the first premium television series to offer live undercard coverage. Both offerings provide bonus bouts to viewers at home, delivering an experience that was previously available only to fans in arena. Via SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Prelims, viewers are afforded the unique opportunity to interact with the boxing community during the event in real time.
SHOWTIME Sports also will live stream the Broner vs. Garcia final press conference у чацвер and the official weigh-in у пятніцу across digital platforms, including Facebook Live and YouTube.