Showtime Pulls Out All The Stops For Huge Alvarez vs. Angulo Clash

ByShowtime Boxing

Showtime Sports will offer a robust block of programming across cable and digital platforms in advance of the Showtime PPV presentation of “Toe To Toe: Canelo vs. Angulo,” a live four-fight pay-per-view event on Saturday, March 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

More than a week’s worth of live and taped programming will be available on Showtime, Showtime Extreme, CBS Sports Network, Showtime On Demand, on mobile devices via Showtime Anytime, and the premium network’s website at SHO.com/Sports before March 8.

The blitz of programming begins with the premiere of All Acess: Canelo vs. Angulo on Friday, Feb. 28, on Showtime (9 p.m. ET/PT) and concludes with Canelo vs. Angulo: Countdown Live on Saturday, March 8, a 90-minute live preview on Showtime featuring at least one live undercard fight (7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT).

The eight-day marathon includes live coverage of the Final Press Conference and Official Weigh-In, full fight replays and a Showtime Extreme ‘Roadblock’; four continuous hours of programming on Fight Day beginning at 10 a.m. ET/PT.

All Acess: Canelo vs. Angulo:

The critically acclaimed original series returns as Showtime Sports chronicles the preparation of the fighters for the first boxing blockbuster event of 2014.

Episodes 1 and 2 take viewers behind the scenes in training camp and into the lives of Canelo and Angulo, the power-punching Mexican countrymen as their intensity builds towards their 12-round super welterweight showdown.

The final episode of the series, titled Epilogue, provides viewers unprecedented access to Fight Week, the drama between the ropes during the main event matchup and into the fighter’s minds in the rarely seen aftermath of world-class prizefighting.

Episode 1 premieres on Friday, Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime.
Episode 2 premieres on Wednesday, March 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime.
Epilogue premieres on Saturday, March 15 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime immediately following the live presentation of Danny Garcia vs. Mauricio Herrera.

CBS Sports Network will air encore presentations of Episodes 1 and 2 following respective Showtime premieres, and all episodes of the series will be available on Showtime On Demand, Showtime Anytime and online at SHO.com/Sports.

In addition, all three episodes will be produced in Spanish and premiere on Fox Deportes. For more information regarding the schedule for Fox Deportes, please visit http://www.foxdeportes.com/tvschedule.

Showtime Sports will offer live coverage of both the Final Press Conference and the Official Weigh-In from the MGM Grand. The events will be streamed live on SHO.com/Sports with the weigh-in televised live on CBS Sports Network.

Final Press Conference: Thursday, March 6, live from the Hollywood Theatre at MGM Grand beginning at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.

Official Weigh-In: Friday, March 7, live from MGM Grand Garden Arena beginning at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.

“Toe To Toe: Canelo vs. Angulo,” a 12-round super welterweight fight taking place Saturday, March 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Canelo Promotions and sponsored by Corona, AT&T and Casamigos Tequila.

In world title fights on the undercard, two-division World Champion Leo “Terremoto” Santa Cruz (27-0-1, 15 KOs) will defend his WBC Super Bantamweight title against former three-time World Champion Cristian “El Diamante” Mijares (49-7-2, 24 KOs)xciting young star Omar “Panterita’’ Figueroa (24-0-1, 17 KOs) will risk his WBC Lightweight title against Canelo’s brother Ricardo “Dinamita” Alvarez (23-2-3, 14 KOs) and “King” Carlos Molina (22-5-2, 6 KOs) will defend his IBF Junior Middleweight Championship against undefeated Jermall Charlo (17-0, 13 KOs).

Carlos Molina vs. Jermall Charlo is presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Warriors Boxing. This event will be produced and distributed live by Showtime PPV beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. \

The event can be heard in Spanish using secondary audio programming (SAP). “Toe To Tpe: Canelo vs. Angulo” will be broadcast on over 400 select movie theaters across the country.