You beat the best, you are the best and this Saturday, Aug. 13, the best bantamweight in the world will emerge when finalists Joseph King Kong Agbeko and Abner Mares clash in The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All live on Showtime (10:00 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).
Read More »Mares, Agbeko Go Head To Head In Las Vegas
Just steps away from where all the action will take place one month from now at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Joseph King Kong Agbeko and Abner Mares took part in a spirited press conference Thursday at Muse Hall. The press conference was well attended by a …
Read More »Puerto Rican Quartet Ready For Big ShoBox Opportunity
Only days before an unprecedented weekend of back-to-back, coast-to-coast editions of ShoBox: The New Generation, Saturday’s fighters gathered in front of a media-packed room at The Parlour Restaurant on 30th Street in Manhattan. As their forthcoming bouts will take place on the eve of New York’s Puerto Rican Day Parade, …
Read More »Froch, Johnson Meet In New York Before Super Six Clash
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch and former World Champion Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson and their respective camps held their final press conference Wednesday at the Edison Ballroom in New York City to discuss their Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinal …
Read More »Agbeko vs. Mares Bantam Tourney Clash Rescheduled For August 13
Joseph King Kong Agbeko has been cleared by doctors to return to work and will defend his IBF bantamweight championship against undefeated rising star and WBC Silver 118-pound titleholder Abner Mares, who will also defend his title, in The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All on Saturday, August 13, live …
Read More »Pacquiao, Mosley To Meet Boxing Public In NYC This Monday
Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Shane Mosley will conclude their coast-to-coast U.S. media tour, for their mega world championship fight, with a New York News Conference Luncheon this Monday, February 14, in the The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers – Pier 61 (23rd Street at the Hudson River, New York, NY 10011). …
Read More »Boxing Update: CBS And Showtime Join Forces For Pacquiao vs. Mosley
Showtime Networks Inc. and CBS have joined forces with Top Rank, Inc. to promote, produce and distribute the biggest boxing event of the year—the May 7th showdown between global superstar and Philippine Congressman Manny Pacquiao and three-division world champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley, it was jointly announced by Ken Hershman, Executive …
Read More »Boxing In Canada: Showtime Signs IBF Champion Lucian Bute
Showtime Networks Inc. announced today that undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute, one of the most talented pound-for-pound and popular fighters of this era, has signed a multi-fight agreement with the premium television network. The announcement was made by Ken Hershman, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Showtime …
Read More »Showtime Boxing Quotes: Lopez, Marquez, Green, Johnson
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Showtime will kick off a tremendous run of world championship boxing to close out 2010 this Saturday with two can’t miss fights, live at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the Showtime …
Read More »Showtime Boxing Will Televise Pascal vs. Hopkins December 18
Showtime Networks Inc. is proud to announce that the World Light Heavyweight Championship fight between future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins and young upstart WBC Champion Jean Pascal will be televised live on Showtime. The 12-round world championship bout, originally proposed as a pay-per-view event in the United States, will …
Read More »Showtime Boxing Quotes: Bantamweight Tournament
Showtime Sports hosted a press conference Thursday at The Conga Room , L.A. Live, to formally introduce and discuss “the bantamweight tournament that begins Saturday, Dec. 11, live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast from Irapuato, Mexico.
Read More »Showtime Boxing: Super Six Matchups Rescheduled
The Group Stage 3 matchups in the Super Six World Boxing Classic, the unprecedented boxing tournament from Showtime Sports, featuring the world’s best super middleweights, have been rescheduled for November 27, it was announced today by Ken Hershman, Executive Vice President and General Manager for sports programming on the network. …
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