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 Дэвис, Jermell Charlo, David Benavidez and Jermall Charlo

NEW YORK – March 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: Errol Spence, Джр, Gervonta “Tank” Davis, Jermell Charlo, Довуд Benavidezва Jermall Charlo.  There are also 18 fighters aged 27 years and younger including unified world championИстефанусро Fulton, Jr., and highly regarded, undefeated welterweight contenderJaron “Boots” Ennis. With this emphasis on youth and kingmaking, SHOWTIME Sports and Premier Boxing Champions are well positioned to carry the sport into the future. Led byИстефанусро Espinoza, Президент, Варзиш & Барномарезӣ Чорабиниҳо, Бадр Шабакаҳои Inc., and four-time Emmy^® Award-winning executive producerDavid Dinkins, Jr., who guides an all-star cast of commentators and production aces, НИШОН ДОДАНИ ВАҚТ^® 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 ChampionYordenis Ugas баШанбе,Апрел 16 in the main event on SHOWTIME PPV^® at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Spence-Ugas is only the 12^уми unification match in the history of the welterweight division, joining classic matchups such as“Sugar” Ray Leonard vs.Thomas HearnsМан ваДушкино Mayweather vs.Моралес. 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, қаҳрамони ҷаҳон се-тақсимотиБакДэвис will headline his fourth straight SHOWTIME PPV event against nemesisRolando Romero баШанбе, Май 28, дар Маркази Barclays дар Бруклин, NY, for Davis’ WBA Lightweight World Title. The bout comes on the heels of Davis’ hard-fought 12-round unanimous decision win overIsaac “Pitbull” Cruz in which Davis overcame an injury in front of a star-studded, sellout crowd in Los Angeles last December. WBO 154-pound No. 1-ишғол contenderTim Tszyu, the son of Hall of FamerKostya Tszyu, who fought many of his most memorable bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, хоҳад U.S худ кунад. debutШанбе, March 26бар зидди 2012 U.S. Olympian and top contenderTerrell Gaushaat The Armory in Minneapolis. The streaking southpawsErickson Лубин ваSebastian Fundora will engage in a Super Welterweight Title Eliminator, for the WBC interim title, in the second of back-to-back, intriguing crossroads matchups in the division onШанбе, Апрел 9 from Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Jermell Charlo ва Brian Castaño once again will seek to become the first undisputed 154-pound champion in the four-belt era and just the third overall undisputed champion today when they meet in a rematch of their 2021 classic onШанбе, Май 14 дар Лос Анҷелес. Бештар, rising welterweight starEnnis, possibly the most talented boxer yet to win a world title, returns as the co-feature againstCustio Клейтонin an IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator. Former two-time world championBenavidez бармегардад ба амал оид баШанбе,May 21against knockout artistДовуд Lemieux дар 168 pounds in Phoenix, Ariz., in a bout between two of the sport’s biggest punchers. Fulton, in his first bout since his title unification win in the 122-pound division againstБрандан Figueroa, will defend his titles onШанбе, Июн 4 in Minneapolis, against former unified world championDanny Roman in another can’t miss matchup. Jermall Charlo will defend his WBC Middleweight World Championship for the fifth time onШанбе, Июн 18, when he faces former world title challenger, WBC No. 6-ишғолMaciej Sulecki on the Juneteenth holiday weekend in Houston. OnШанбе, Июл 9, дар Сан Антонио, Техас, newly minted WBC Featherweight World ChampionMark Magsayo will make his first title defense since dethroningГари Расселл Jr., on SHOWTIME against unbeaten mandatory challenger and former super bantamweight titleholderПодшоҳи Варгас.
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,Гуфт, "Espinoza, Президент, Варзиш & Барномарезӣ Чорабиниҳо, Showtime Networks Inc. “We continue to grow the sport at every level, from our grassroots seriesSHOBOXto 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, Джр, ‘Tank’ Davis, Довуд Benavidez, the Charlo brothers—and the youthful vitality of Stephen Fulton, Джр, 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: ·Март 26 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXINGThe Armory, Minneapolis, Аз.
o Tim Tszyu vs. Terrell Gausha, Super Welterweight Bouto Michel Rivera vs. Joseph Adorno, Lightweight Bouto Elvis Rodriguez vs. Juan Jose Velasco, Тӯҳфаи Lightweight (142 LBS) Bout ·Апрел 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__The Theatre at Virgin Hotels, Лас Вегас
o Erickson Lubin vs. Sebastian Fundora, WBC Super Welterweight Interim Titleo Tony Harrison vs. Sergio Garcia, Super Welterweight Bouto Kevin Salgado vs. Бриант Perrella, Super Welterweight Bout ·Апрел 16 – SHOWTIME PPV__AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Техас
o Errol Spence Jr. против. Yordenis Ugas, WBC, WBA & IBF Welterweight World __Championship Unification
Бадр бокс (preceding PPV):o Radzhab Butaev vs. Eimantas Stanionis, WBA Welterweight Title Bouto Brandun Lee vs. Zachary Ochoa, Super Lightweight Bout ·Май 14 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Los Angeleso Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Castaño II, Undisputed IBF, WBA, WBC & WBO Super __Welterweight World Championship Unificationo Jaron Ennis vs. Custio Клейтон, IBF Welterweight Eliminator ·Май 21 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Phoenix
o David Benavidez vs. Довуд Lemieux, Super Middleweight Bouto Yoelvis Gomez vs. Хорхе Cota, Super Welterweight Bout ·Май 28 – SHOWTIME PPV__Маркази Barclays, Бруклин, NY
o Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero, WBA Lightweight World Championship ·Июн 4 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Minneapolis
o Stephen Fulton, Jr. против. Danny Roman, WBO & WBC Super Bantamweight World Championshipo David Morrell vs. Kalvin Henderson, WBA Super Middleweight World Title ·Июн 18 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Хьюстон
o Jermall Charlo vs. Maciej Sulecki, WBC Middleweight World Championship ·Июл 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Сан Антонио
o Mark Magsayo vs. Подшоҳи Варгас, WBC Featherweight World Championship\

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