
TWO WORLD TITLE UNIFICATIONS, SEVEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS AND THREE WORLD TITLE ELIMINATORS ACROSS FIVE MONTHS
Star-Studded Lineup Is Highlighted by Errol Spence Jr., Gervonta戴維斯, Jermell夏洛茨維爾, David Benavidez and Jermall Charlo
紐約 - 三月 15, 2022 - SHOWTIME Sports and Premier Boxing Champions today announced nine boxing events across the first half of 2022 featuring some of the sport’s most accomplished and dynamic stars in highly competitive matchups. The lineup pits champions against champions and top contenders against top contenders to form the strongest and most ambitious schedule in the industry. The robust lineup includes:
- Nine marquee events across five months featuring 21 undefeated fighters;
- Two world championship unifications bouts, one for all four world title belts and the coveted title of Undisputed Champion, and one for three world title belts;
- Seven world championship matches with at least 13 world title belts at stake and three world title eliminators;
- All of the top-six ranked super welterweights fighting in a seven-week span;
- Several pivotal crossroads fights from super bantamweight to super middleweight with an average of two events per month through July.
The massive schedule features the sport’s biggest stars: 埃羅爾·斯彭斯, 小, Gervonta“坦克”戴維斯, Jermell夏洛茨維爾, 大衛Benavidez和 Jermall夏洛茨維爾. There are also 18 fighters aged 27 years and younger including unified world champion斯蒂芬·富爾頓, JR., and highly regarded, 不敗的中量級的競爭者杰倫“靴子”恩尼斯. With this emphasis on youth and kingmaking, SHOWTIME Sports and Premier Boxing Champions are well positioned to carry the sport into the future. Led by斯蒂芬·埃斯皮諾薩, 總統, 體育 & 事件編程, 欣欣網絡公司, and four-time Emmy® Award-winning executive producerDavid Dinkins, JR., who guides an all-star cast of commentators and production aces, 開演時間® remains the most tenured and trusted platform in boxing. Arguably the best active welterweight of this era, the undefeated Spence, already a unified champ, will seek to collect a third world title when he puts his WBC and IBF straps on the line against WBA World Champion約爾德尼斯·格斯 上星期六,四月 16 in the main event on SHOWTIME PPV® at AT&T體育場, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Spence-Ugas is only the 12日 unification match in the history of the welterweight division, joining classic matchups such as“Sugar” Ray Leonard 與托馬斯·赫恩斯我 和梅威瑟 與帕奎奧. The match is rich with intrigue as Spence attempts to claim supremacy in one of boxing’s deepest divisions, while Ugas, who nearly quit the sport, aims to complete a stunning turnaround after beating eight-division world champion Pacquiao in August. Boxing superstar and five-time, 三處世界冠軍坦克戴維斯 will headline his fourth straight SHOWTIME PPV event against nemesis羅蘭多·羅梅羅 上星期六, 五月 28, 在巴克萊中心布魯克林, 紐約, for Davis’ WBA Lightweight World Title. 這場比賽是在戴維斯經過 12 回合的艱苦戰鬥後一致判定獲勝之後進行的艾薩克“比特犬”克魯茲 戴維斯在眾星雲集的面前克服了傷病, 去年12月,洛杉磯的門票已售罄。 WBO 154磅 否. 1-排名競爭者蒂姆·楚, 名人堂成員的兒子Kostya秋祖, 他在 SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING 上打了許多最難忘的比賽, 會讓他U.S. 登場星期六, 3月26日針對 2012 中美. 奧運選手和頂級競爭者特雷爾Gausha在明尼阿波利斯的軍械庫。狂奔的左撇子埃里克森魯賓 和塞巴斯蒂安·豐多拉 將參加超次中量級冠軍淘汰賽, WBC臨時冠軍, 在背靠背的第二個, 分區中有趣的十字路口對決星期六, 四月 9 從拉斯維加斯維珍酒店出發. Jermell夏洛茨維爾 和 布萊恩·卡斯塔諾 他們將再次尋求成為四金腰帶時代第一個無可爭議的 154 磅冠軍,並且今天當他們在重賽中相遇時,將成為第三個無可爭議的總冠軍。 2021 classic on星期六, 五月 14 在洛杉磯. 更多, rising welterweight starEnnis, 或者 the most talented boxer yet to win a world title, returns as the co-feature againstCustio克萊頓in an IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator. Former two-time world championBenavidez 返回到動作上星期六,May 21against knockout artist大衛·勒米厄 在 168 pounds in Phoenix, 亞利桑那州。, in a bout between two of the sport’s biggest punchers. 富爾頓, in his first bout since his title unification win in the 122-pound division against布蘭登·菲格羅亞, will defend his titles on星期六, 六月 4 in Minneapolis, against former unified world championDanny Roman in another can’t miss matchup. Jermall夏洛茨維爾 will defend his WBC Middleweight World Championship for the fifth time on星期六, 六月 18, when he faces former world title challenger, WBC No. 6-排名馬切伊Sulecki on the Juneteenth holiday weekend in Houston. On星期六, 七月 9, 在聖安東尼奧, 得克薩斯州, newly minted WBC Featherweight World Champion馬克·麥格薩約 will make his first title defense since dethroning加里·拉塞爾JR., on SHOWTIME against unbeaten mandatory challenger and former super bantamweight titleholder王巴爾加斯.
Additional high-stakes matches will be announced as individual fight cards fill out. “It’s a good time to be a boxing fan and SHOWTIME viewer with so many high-level, consequential matchups on our schedule,“說Espinoza, 總統, 體育 & 事件編程, Showtime Networks Inc. “We continue to grow the sport at every level, from our grassroots series的ShoBoxto crowning unified and undisputed champions across boxing’s deepest divisions. When you consider the competitive nature of these fights, the star power of fighters like Errol Spence, 小, ‘Tank’ Davis, 大衛Benavidez, the Charlo brothers—and the youthful vitality of Stephen Fulton, 小, Jaron Ennis and Brandun Lee—it’s never been clearer that SHOWTIME is the destination for the most compelling fights and will be for years to come. This SHOWTIME Boxing lineup is hands down the most potent of any network or platform in 2022.” The SHOWTIME Sports boxing schedule features seven editions of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® and two significant SHOWTIME PPV events, all presented by Premier Boxing Champions: ·三月 26 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXINGThe Armory, 明尼亞波利斯, 從.
o Tim Tszyu vs. 特雷爾Gausha, Super Welterweight Bouto Michel Rivera vs. Joseph Adorno, Lightweight Bouto Elvis Rodriguez vs. Juan Jose Velasco, 超輕量級 (142 LBS) Bout ·四月 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__The Theatre at Virgin Hotels, 拉斯維加斯
o Erickson Lubin vs. 塞巴斯蒂安·豐多拉, WBC Super Welterweight Interim Titleo Tony Harrison vs. Sergio Garcia, Super Welterweight Bouto Kevin Salgado vs. 科比佩雷拉, Super Welterweight Bout ·四月 16 – SHOWTIME PPV__AT&T體育場, 阿靈頓, 得克薩斯州
o Errol Spence Jr. VS. 約爾德尼斯·格斯, WBC, WBA & IBF Welterweight World __Championship Unification
精彩表演拳擊錦標賽 (preceding PPV):o Radzhab Butaev vs. Eimantas Stanionis, WBA Welterweight Title Bouto Brandun Lee vs. Zachary Ochoa, Super Lightweight Bout ·五月 14 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__洛杉磯o Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Castaño II, Undisputed IBF, WBA, WBC & WBO Super __Welterweight World Championship Unificationo Jaron Ennis vs. Custio克萊頓, IBF Welterweight Eliminator ·五月 21 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__長生鳥
o David Benavidez vs. 大衛·勒米厄, Super Middleweight Bouto Yoelvis Gomez vs. 豪爾赫·科塔, Super Welterweight Bout ·五月 28 – SHOWTIME PPV__巴克萊中心, 布魯克林, 紐約
o Gervonta Davis vs. 羅蘭多·羅梅羅, WBA Lightweight World Championship ·六月 4 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__明尼亞波利斯
o Stephen Fulton, JR. VS. Danny Roman, WBO & WBC Super Bantamweight World Championshipo David Morrell vs. 卡爾文亨德森, WBA Super Middleweight World Title ·六月 18 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__休斯頓
o Jermall Charlo vs. 馬切伊Sulecki, WBC Middleweight World Championship ·七月 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__聖安東尼奧
o Mark Magsayo vs. 王巴爾加斯, WBC Featherweight World Championship\
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