One of the biggest fight weekends in years will begin this Friday on Showtime when undefeated "Fast" Eddie Chambers faces Dominick Guinn in the main event on "ShoBox: The New Generation" from the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas.

Showtime will televise the heavyweight showdown at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast.

Former two-time heavyweight champion Chris Byrd will join "ShoBox" announcers Nick Charles and Steve Farhood as a guest commentator on the telecast.

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