|
|
|
|
SHOWTIME® To Present Seven World Championship Fights Across Seven Live Telecasts In Eight Weeks
Video/Graphic Credit: SHOWTIME
Watch Joshua-Klitschko launch spot: http://s.sho.com/2ouhMgN
NEW YORK (Tháng tư 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 sống trên SHOWTIME. The stacked lineup includes seven world championship fights across eight live boxing telecasts over an eight-week span.
Trên Thứ bảy, Tháng tư 29, Anthony Joshua sẽ phải đối mặt Wladimir Klitschko in the most significant heavyweight world championship fight in more than a decade. The event will air live on SHOWTIME tại 4:15 giờ chiều. VÀ/1:15 giờ chiều. PT 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 Adonis Stevenson và Andrzej Fonfara trên Thứ bảy, Tháng sáu 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: Berto khác vs. Shawn Porter (Tháng tư 22) và Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence Jr. (Có thể 27). Both events are presented in association with Premier Boxing Champions. Các Tháng tư 22 Berto vs. Porter event will feature an anticipated 154-pound world title fight between Jermell Charlo và Charles Hatley as well asworld champion Amanda Serrano attempting to become the first woman—and first fighter of Puerto Rican decent—to win a world title in five different weight classes.
Trên Thứ bảy, Có thể 20, SHOWTIME will present a unique twin-bill of world championship fights. Đầu tiên, boxing’s hottest young star, newly minted world champion Gervonta Davis, will make his first world title defense against Liam Walsh từ London. Tối đó, featherweight world champion Gary Russell Jr. và cựu vô địch thế giới Andre Dirrell will be featured in separate bouts. Start times for both live telecasts are to be determined.
Trong tất cả các, SHOWTIME Sports will present one live SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL telecast, one live ShoBox: Các thế hệ mới đường dây điện truyền đi, and five SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecasts, all free to network subscribers. Hơn, SHOWTIME is in the early stages of planning for the return of four-division world champion Adrien Broner and undefeated star Mikey Garcia 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. Garcia, SHOWTIME Boxing on CBS), two world title rematches (Frampton vs. Santa Cruz II and Linares vs. Crolla II), the live-stream of the first-ever boxing event on Twitter (Broner vs. Granados), the resurgence of women’s boxing (Serrano vs. Rivas) and the first women’s boxing main event in premium television history (Shields vs. 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,"Stephen Espinoza, Phó chủ tịch điều hành & Tổng Giám đốc, SHOWTIME Sports.
“Our 2017 schedule already includes some 17 live boxing telecasts, 15 trận đấu vô địch thế giới, 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 tháng.
Thứ bảy, Tháng tư 22 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Được trình bày bởi Premier Boxing Champions
Sự kiện chính: Berto khác (31-4, 24 Kos) vs. Shawn Porter (26-2, 16 Kos) – WBC Welterweight World Title Eliminator
Co-Feature: Jermell Charlo (28-0, 13 Kos) vs. Charles Hatley (26-1-1, 18 Kos) – WBC Super Welterweight World Championship
SHOX: Amanda Serrano (31-1-1, 23 Kos) vs. Dahiana Santana (35-8, 14 KO của) – 10-Rd. WBO Bantamweight World Championship
Start Time: 9:30 giờ chiều. VÀ / 6:30 giờ chiều. PT (SHO Boxing on SHO EXTREME, 7:30p ET/PT)
Địa điểm: Brooklyn’s Barclays Center
Notes: · The winner of Berto-Porter becomes the WBC mandatory challenger to Unified World Champion Keith Thurman.
Thứ bảy, Tháng tư 29 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Sự kiện chính: Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 Kos) vs. Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 Kos) – IBF and vacant (Siêu) WBA Heavyweight World Championship
Start Time: 4:15 giờ chiều. VÀ/1:15 giờ chiều. PT, sống trên SHOWTIME
Địa điểm: Wembley Stadium, London
Notes: · Most significant heavyweight world title fight trong 15 năm—since Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson in June, 2002
Thứ bảy, Có thể 20 – SHOWTIME BOXING QUỐC TẾ
Sự kiện chính: Gervonta Davis (17-0, 16 Kos) vs. Liam Walsh (21-0, 14 Kos) – IBF Super Featherweight World Championship
Start Time: TBD, live from London
Địa điểm: Copper Box Arena in London, Nước Anh
Notes: · Matchup of undefeated fighters. Champion vs. Do Not. 1-contender xếp hạng
Thứ bảy, Có thể 20 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Sự kiện chính: Gary Russell Jr. (21-1, 16 Kos) vs. Oscar Escandon (25-2, 17 Kos) – WBC Featherweight World Championship
Co-Features: Andre Dirrell (25-2, 16 Kos) vs. José Uzcátegui (26-1, 22 Kos) – IBF Super Middleweight Interim World Championship
Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 Kos) vs. Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 Kos) – WBA Super Lightweight Eliminator
Start Time: TBD
Địa điểm: MGM National Harbor in Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area
Notes: · Sixth featherweight title fight on SHOWTIME since Feb. 2016, and second this year.
Thứ bảy, Có thể 27 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Sự kiện chính: Kell Brook (36-1, 25 Kos) vs. Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 19 Kos) – IBF Welterweight World Championship
Start Time: TBD, live from England
Địa điểm: Bramall Lane Football Ground in Sheffield, Nước Anh
Notes: · World Champion vs. IBF Không. 1-contender xếp hạng
Thứ bảy, Tháng sáu 3 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Được trình bày bởi Premier Boxing Champions
Sự kiện chính: Adonis Stevenson (28-1, 23 Kos) vs. Andrzej Fonfara (29-4, 17 Kos) II – WBC Light Heavyweight World Championship
Co-Main: Eleider Alvarez (22-0, 11 Kos) vs. Jean Pascal (31-4-1, 18 Kos) – WBC Silver Light Heavyweight Title
Start Time: TBD
Notes: · Stevenson-Fonfara II is a rematch of 2014 all-action championship bout in which both fighters scored knock downs
Thứ sáu, Tháng sáu 9 - ShoBox: Các thế hệ mới (Hall of Fame Induction Weekend)
Sự kiện chính: Joel Diaz Jr. (23-0, 19 Kos) vs. Abel Ramos (17-2-2, 12 Kos) - 10 Vòng Super nhẹ Bout
Start Time: 10 giờ chiều. VÀ/PT
Địa điểm: Biến Đá Resort & Casino in Verona, N.Y..
Notes: · International Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend
Expected This Summer
Four-division world champion Adrien Broner and WBC Lightweight World Champion Mikey Garcia in separate events live on SHOWTIME.
Về Showtime Networks Inc.
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), một công ty con hoàn toàn thuộc sở hữu của Tổng công ty CBS, sở hữu và điều hành các mạng lưới truyền hình cao cấp SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL ™ và FLIX®, và cũng cung cấp SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL ™ ON DEMAND và FLIX ON DEMAND®, và dịch vụ chứng thực SHOWTIME MỌI LÚC của mạng®. Showtime Digital Inc., một công ty con hoàn toàn thuộc sở hữu của SNI, hoạt động các dịch vụ trực tuyến độc lập SHOWTIME®. SHOWTIME is currently available to subscribers via cable, DBS và cung cấp dịch vụ viễn thông, và như một dịch vụ trực tuyến độc lập thông qua Apple®, Năm®, đàn bà gan dạ, Google and Samsung. Người tiêu dùng cũng có thể đăng ký để SHOWTIME qua Hulu, TV YouTube, TV sling, Sony PlayStation® Vue and Amazon Channels. SNI cũng quản lý Smithsonian Networks™, một liên doanh giữa SNI và Viện Smithsonian, trong đó cung cấp Smithsonian Kênh™, và cung cấp Smithsonian Trái đất™ qua SN Digital LLC. SNI thị trường và phân phối thể thao và vui chơi giải trí cho triển lãm cho các thuê bao trên cơ sở trả cho mỗi lần xem qua SHOWTIME PPV®. Để biết thêm thông tin, đi www.SHO.com
|
|
Live on PPV in North America Thứ sáu này night from Videotron Centre of Quebec City
|
![]() (L-R) – Lucian Bute & Eleider Alvarez
MONTREAL (Tháng hai 21, 2017) – Các “BUTE VS ALVAREZ” press conference was held today in Quebec City for Thứ sáu này night’s championship fight between undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver light heavyweight champion Eleider “Bão” Alvarez and cựu siêu hạng trung vô địch thế giới Lucian Bute (32-3-1, 25 Kos) at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada.
“BUTE VS. ALVAREZ”, promoted by Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) and Gestev, is a presentation of Videotron and Mise-O-Jeu,
Integrated Sports Media will distribute “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” live in the United States, bắt đầu từ 8 giờ chiều. VÀ / 5 giờ chiều. PT, on cable, satellite and internet pay-per-view via iN Demand, Vubiquity, DIRECTV, DISH and the FITE app for a suggested retail price of only $29.95.
In Canada, “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” will be available to watch, in English or French, on Canal Indigo, Shaw TV and Bell TV; English-only on Rodgers PPV, as well as in many of the top Canadian sports bars.
Outside of North America, “BUTE VS ALVAREZ” is being distributed by leading boxing television rights distribution firm, Protocol Sports Marketing Ltd.
The 12-round Bute vs. Alvarez main event will also be the final WBC eliminator to determine the mandatory challenger for the winner’s GYM stablemate, reigning WBC and lineal light heavyweight champion Người đẹp trai “Siêu nhân” Stevenson (28-1-0, 23 Kos).
Vé cho “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” are on sale and available to purchase by going on line to www.Videotron.
Quotes HỌP BÁO
Lucian Bute: ”I am really, really confident going into this fight. I respect Alvarez; he is the WBC No. 1 ranked contender in the light heavyweight division. He is undefeated but my best moments as a professional boxer came here in Quebec City and I am sure it will be another one of those moments Thứ sáu đêm. And it will be a spectacular fight for the fans!”
Eleider Alvarez: ”I have to win for my future and for my family. I will give everything Thứ sáu đêm. My time has come and I will make the best of it.”
Yvon Michel, promoter of show and both fighters: ”It is going to be an exciting fight and card. Eleider Alvarez said that he is ready to die in the ring and he means it. Lucian also is ready to do whatever it takes to win Thứ sáu. We have two fighters, two true competitors, who will give everything and leave everything in the ring Thứ sáu.”
Howard Grant, Bute’s trainer: ”Lucian had the best camp of his career. He had more energy in this camp than in the ones for James DeGale and Badou Jack. He had good sparring also and he will be ready Thứ sáu đêm.”
Marc Ramsay, Alvarez trainer: ”This is the third time in his career that Alvarez has been called out after a sparring session. First it was Andrew Gardiner…and he was stunned by Eleider in the ninth round of the fight. He was never the same after that, got knocked out by an unknown fighter, and retired. Than it was Nicholson Poulard. He was KO’ed in the third round and he retired after that. Lucian asked Eleider for a fight after seeing a sparring between Alvarez and a fighter from the Grant Brothers Gym. He intends to deliver the goods Thứ sáu. They asked for Alvarez, they will have Alvarez.”
THÔNG TIN:
Twitter: yvonmichelgym, @gestevinc, @IntegratedPPV #ButeAlvarez
Follow these fighters on Twitter: @Stormalvarez, @Butelucian
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tháng bảy 29 airing live on Spike TV from Videotron Centre
|
Người đẹp trai ”Siêu nhân” Stevenson – WBC and lineal light heavyweight world champion:
”Welcome to Québec City Thomas. I saw your fight against Edwin Rodriguez. It was a nice performance with a beautiful KO. When I saw that bout, I told myself I wanted that fight with you. I knew I was going to be motivated.”
”I know Williams hits hard and that he has a name now in the United States, but I keep the same Kronk Gym mentality Emmanuel Steward taught me: we go for the KO. It is also my daughter’s birthday and I want to get her a KO, I am motivated. That will be exciting…don’t blink!”
Thomas ”Top Dog” Williams – WBC #8 light heavyweight ranked challenger:
”You don’t know what I have been through to be here. Tweets, talks and predictions won’t mean nothing Thứ sáu đêm…..facts will. There will be a new champion.”
Eleider ”Bão” Alvarez – WBC #1 ranked challenger and WBC Silver light heavyweight champion:
”With only a 10-day notice, I am really happy to face a fighter of good caliber. Berridge is a tough guy who faced good names like Thomas Oosthuizen and Blake Caparello, but I prepared really hard for Chad Dawson. I am ready.”
Robert ”The Butcher” Berridge – New Zealand light heavyweight champion :
”I am excited to be here and to face a solid boxer. Expect a good performance from me Thứ sáu.”
Yvon Michel – Chủ tịch GYM:
”The event is called ‘SHOOTOUT’ because of the aggressive style of Thomas Williams Jr, who fights like there is no ngày mai, combined with the explosive power of Adonis Stevenson.”
”Williams is a clear and present danger but we are convinced that Adonis is well prepared and will succeed, so that we will all be happy Thứ bảy morning while eating breakfast. We still have not seen his full potential yet.’
”The fight between Eleider Alvarez and Robert Berridge is really important for the rankings in the light heavyweight division. Alvarez is highly considered by all the independent rankings (The Ring, BoxRec) and Berridge was already in training before the withdrawal of Chad Dawson, because he was supposed to fight on HBO PPV last weekend before the bout was cancelled for administrative reasons. He is fearless and a hard hitter.”
Vé cho “SHOOTOUT” biến cố, jointly promoted by GYM and Gestev and presented by Vidéotron, in collaboration with Mise-O-Jeu, bắt đầu từ $50.00 and are on sale and available to purchase at www.ticketmaster.ca, các Videotron Centre Box Office, calling GYM at (514) 383-0666 andthe Champion Boxing club (514) 376-0980, or by dialing 1-855-790-1245
|