Fighters competing on the huge Premier Boxing Champions on CBS and Showtime Championship Boxing cards held an open to the public final press conference Thursday before they enter the ring this Saturday, July 18 at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. The evening event on Showtime features Mexican superstar Julio Cesar Chavez Jr….
In an extremely close fight to score, undefeated middleweight Dominic “Lights Out†Wade (18-0, 12 KOs), of Washington, D.C., escaped with a split 10 round decision over former world champion Sam “King†Soliman (44-13, 1 NC, 18 KOs), of Melbourne, Australia, in the main event Friday on ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime from…
On Friday July 17, at the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, PA, Adam Lopez (12-0, 6 KO’s) of San Antonio, TX, will take on Eliecer Aquino for the WBA Fedelatin and WBC Interim Latino Super Bantamweight Title, which will serve as the second bout of a big quadruple-header that will be televised live on Showtime’s…
Unbeaten WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber†Wilder, confident heavyweight contender Eric “Drummer Boy†Molina and unbeaten junior lightweight Jose “The Sniper†Pedraza participated in Media Day Workouts last Thursday for their fights that take place on Saturday, June 13, on Showtime Championship Boxing live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT at…
truTV and Top Rank will partner to exclusively present the Friday Night Knockout on truTV, a live primetime boxing series set to debut Friday, May 1, at 10 p.m. ET. The new boxing series, in association with Turner Sports and HBO Sports, will launch on the eve of the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao pay-per-view…
The Sports Emmy Award-winning series “All Access” returns to examine the life of Mexican superstar Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., as he prepares to make his Showtime Championship Boxing debut against dangerous brawler Andrzej Fonfara on Saturday, April 18, live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT from the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.
Brooklyn-native, unbeaten Frank “Notorious†Galarza (16-0-2, 10 KOs) returns to the ring to battle Belgium’s Sheldon “The Closer†Moore (13-2-1, 9 KOs) in an eight-round super welterweight bout headlining ShoBox: The New Generation tripleheader on Friday, April 10 from the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT,…
The broadcast team for the April 4 debut of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on CBS features a blend of highly respected sportscasters and shrewd boxing minds. Hosted by CBS Sports Network’s Brent Stover, the fights will be called by versatile and respected play-by-play veteran Kevin Harlan with ringside analysts Paul Malignaggi and broadcast newcomer Virgil…
Current world champion Jhonny Gonzalez and once-beaten world ranked welterweight contender Vanes Martirosyan participated in a media workout on Monday at the Main Event Sports Club in Glendale, Calif., six days prior to their respective upcoming fights on Saturday, March 28, at the The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas live on…
Kelly Swanson Thanks, everybody, for joining us today for this great call to officially announce a very exciting match up. And without further ado, to talk a little bit about that match up, I’m going to introduce Chris DeBlasio, Vice President of Sports Communications for Showtime. Chris DeBlasio Thanks, Kelly. I’m going to keep this…
Showtime Sports will present the Sky Sports telecast of the IBF Welterweight Championship between defending champion and hometown favorite Kell Brook and No. 1 challenger Jo Jo Dan on Saturday, March 28, live on Showtime at 6:15 p.m. ET/3:15 p.m. PT from the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, England. Later that evening, live on Showtime at…
Befitting the unprecedented nature of this mega-fight, a bout that is expected to be the richest in boxing history, Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao were given the royal treatment Wednesday at a gala press conference at Nokia Theatre at LA Live. A glitzy, Hollywood-style red carpet—comparable to that of Hollywood’s biggest award shows—was rolled…