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Showtime Sports will offer a blitz of live and documentary programming across multiple platforms this week in advance of the Showtime PPV presentation of “The Moment” Mayweather vs. Maidana” – a four-fight telecast headlined by boxing superstar and No. 1 pound-for-pound titlist Floyd “Money” Mayweather against Marcos Maidana in a 12-round welterweight world championship unification fight this Saturday, May 3 (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The lineup features live events and exclusive content including live coverage of fight week, the premiere of All Access: Mayweather vs. Maidana Episode 3, classic fights, and Countdown Live, a one-hour show on Showtime preceding the pay-per-view event.
The excitement begins tonight, April 29, on Sho Extreme and continues with five consecutive days of daily fistic programming in support of “The Moment: Mayweather vs. Maidana.’’ The schedule:
Wednesday, April 30
Showtime Sports Press Pass Live will stream the Main Event Press Conference live at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT onwww.sho.com/sports. The live program is available to simulcast on your network and website.
All Access:: Mayweather vs. Maidana Episode 3 premieres on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Classic Fights – An encore presentation of Marcos Maidana vs. Victor Ortiz will air on Sho Extreme at 11:45 p.m. ET/PT.
Thursday, May 1
Showtime Sports Press Pass Live will stream the Undercard Final Press Conference featuring Amir Khan, Adrien Broner and all the undercard fighters at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT on www.sho.com/sports. The live program is available to simulcast on your network and website.
Classic Fights – Marcos Maidana vs. Jesus Soto Karass will air on Sho Extreme at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto will air on Sho Extreme at 11:05 p.m. ET/PT.
Friday, May 2
Weigh-In Live: Mayweather vs. Maidana, a one-hour live program, will air on Showtime at 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. PT and include coverage the official weigh-in, plus a special All Access: live segment highlighted by an unedited, unscripted, live face-to-face meeting between the main event combatants a mere 24 hours before they square off in the ring.
This program will be fed live via satellite, and stream on YouTube, Ustream andwww.sho.com/sports. Weigh-In Live is available to simulcast on your network and website.
Sho Extreme Marathon will air five continuous hours of content related to “The Moment” including a replay of the Weigh-In at 10 p.m. ET/PT, Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana at 11 p.m. ET/PT and an All Access marathon of all three episodes beginning at midnight ET/PT.
Saturday, May 3
Sho Extreme Marathon will continue with more than three hours of non-stop programming Saturday morning. All Access Episodes 1, 2 and 3 will air consecutively beginning at 10 a.m. ET/PT. Sho Extreme will air Mayweather’s record breaking pay-per-view event from last September vs. Canelo Alvarez at 11:30 a.m. ET/PT and Maidana’s hard-earned upset decision over Adrien Broner last December at 12:30 p.m. ET/PT.
Countdown Live: Mayweather vs. Maidana, a one-hour preview show on Showtime that leads directly into the pay-per-view begins at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT and will be fed via satellite, and stream via YouTube, Ustream and sho.com/sports. The live program is available to simulcast on your network and website.
