Author Archive: SHOWTIME
CBS/SHOWTIME Announce Multi-Year Live Boxing Venture
NEW YORK (Feb. 17, 2015) – CBS Sports and SHOWTIME Sports® have announced a multi-year joint venture to present live boxing on the CBS Television Network—the first of up to eight live events in 2015 will premiere on Saturday, April […]
Sammy Vasquez Jr. Faces Emmanuel Lartey Friday, Feb. 20, On ShoBox
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Jan. 29, 2015) – High-energy hometown favorite and unbeaten welterweight Sammy Vasquez Jr. (17-0, 13 KOs) will return to action seeking his 10th consecutive victory by knockout when he takes on fellow southpaw Emmanuel Lartey (17-2, 8 KOs, […]
Bermane Stiverne OK After Being Hospitalized Saturday Night
LAS VEGAS (Jan. 19, 2015) – Two nights after being hospitalized following his loss to unbeaten challengerDeontay Wilder on SHOWTIME® from the MGM Grand Garden Arena, former WBC Heavyweight Champion Bermane Stiverne, his Hall of Fame promoter, Don King, and his […]
Official Weigh-in: Bermane Stiverne 239 vs Deontay Wilder 219
Bermane Stiverne 239 vs Deontay Wilder 219 (Titulo peso completo CMB) Leo Santa Cruz 121.5 vs. Jesus Ruiz 122 (Titulo peso super gallo CMB) Fidel Maldonado Jr. 139 vs. Amir Imam 140 Vyacheslav Shabranskyy 177 vs. Garrett Wilson 178 Cesar […]
THE WAR OF WORDS CONTINUES: BERMANE STIVERNE VS. DEONTAY WILDER FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE
LAS VEGAS (Jan. 15, 2015) – There is no love lost between WBC Heavyweight World Champion Bermane “B. Ware” Stiverne and unbeaten No. 1 contenderDeontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder, who didn’t mince words while participating in often tense, trash-talking-filled volatile […]
Bermane Stiverne vs. Deontay Wilder WBC Heavyweight World Championship Grand Arrival
LAS VEGAS (Jan. 13, 2015) – “RETURN TO GLORY: Stiverne vs. Wilder” fight week is officially here as WBC Heavyweight World Champion Bermane “B. Ware” Stiverne, undefeated No. 1 challenger Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder, Hall of Fame promoter Don […]
Amir Imam Faces Fidel Maldonado Jr. for WBC Continental Americas Super Lightweight Title Saturday, Jan. 17, Live on Showtime
LAS VEGAS (Jan. 12, 2015) – The fight this Saturday, Jan. 17, between undefeated super lightweight Amir “Young Master” Imam (15-0, 13 KOs) and hard-hitting Fidel “The Atrisco Kid” Maldonado Jr. (19-2, 16 KOs) will now be for the WBC […]
IVAN REDKACH BLASTS YAKUBU AMIDU IN FIRST SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION OF 2015
CABAZON, Calif. (Jan. 9, 2015) – Undefeated prospect Ivan Redkach (18-0, 14 KOs) was impressive in a sixth-round knockout victory over Yakubu Amidu (19-6-2, 17 KOs), who failed to get off his stool following the sixth round in Friday’s main […]
FIGHTERS MAKE THE WEIGHT FOR FIRST SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION TELECAST OF 2015
CABAZON, Calif. (Jan. 8, 2015) – The six fighters who will compete on Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) made weight on Thursday at Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa in Cabazon, […]
ADONIS STEVENSON KNOCKS OUT DMITRY SUKHOTSKIY TO RETAIN WBC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
QUEBEC CITY (Dec. 19, 2014) – Adonis Stevenson defended his WBC Light Heavyweight World Championship for the fourth time with a devastating fifth-round knockout of Russian challenger Dmitry Sukhotskiy in the main event of SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION on Friday […]
