Author Archive: SHOWTIME
DEVON ALEXANDER “THE GREAT” TO DEFEND HIS TITLE AGAINST SHAWN “SHOWTIME” PORTER
SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 18, 2013) – SHOWTIME Sports® will present a world championship doubleheader on Saturday, Nov. 30, as Devon Alexander “The Great” defends his IBF Welterweight World Championship against Shawn “Showtime” Porter in a 12-round bout at Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas. In the co-main event, […]
SHO Sports Video: Peter Quillin – I AM A FIGHTER
Boxing is the only sport that defines life – life is about a struggle, fighting through a struggle, overcoming a struggle. And that’s what a champion is.” – Peter Quillin From fighting in the streets of Grand Rapids, Mich., to […]
MAYWEATHER-CANELO FIGHT SETS RECORD AS HIGHEST-GROSSING PAY-PER-VIEW EVENT OF ALL TIME
NEW YORK (Sept. 19, 2013) — Last Saturday’s blockbuster boxing event — THE ONE: MAYWEATHER VS. CANELO — ranked as the highest-grossing pay-per-view of all time, with nearly $150 million in U.S. pay-per-view revenue reported to date. The news was announced today by Showtime […]
Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez Final Press Conference
LAS VEGAS, NEV. (Sept. 11, 2013) – Eight-time, five-division World Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweatherand Super Welterweight World Champion and Mexican Superstar Canelo Alvarez were all business during Wednesday’s final press conference at KA Theatre at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, just three days before Saturday’s historic “THE ONE: MAYWEATHER […]
Floyd Mayweather & Canelo Alvarez Arrive At MGM Grand For Saturday’s Blockbuster Showdown
LAS VEGAS, NEV. (Sept. 10, 2013) – Eight-time, five-division World Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweatherand Super Welterweight World Champion and Mexican Superstar Canelo Alvarez kicked off fight week for“THE ONE: MAYWEATHER vs. CANELO” as the two superstars arrived in grand fashion in front of approximately 2,000 […]
Lucas Matthyssee Los Angeles Media Roundtable Quotes
LOS ANGELES (Aug. 30 2013) – Looking strong, fit and sounding ultra confident, a relaxed Lucas “The Machine” Matthysse was in Carson, Calif., last Saturday to meet with the media in attendance atStubHub Center and conduct an interview on the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® telecast. The hard-hitting WBC […]
Team Mayweather Calls Canelo’s Management Inept In Episode 2 of ALL ACCESS
Episode 2 of the Four-Part Series “ALL ACCESS: Mayweather vs. Canelo” Premieres on SHOWTIME® This Saturday, Aug. 31 at 10 p.m. ET/PT “His management is inept…they put him at a disadvantage. Come September 14, Canelo’s got a problem.” – Leonard […]
Gonzalez Shocks Mares, Santa Cruz Wins
CARSON, Calif. (Aug. 24, 2013) – In a leading candidate for Upset of the Year – and possible Knockout of the Year – former two-division world champion and knockout artist Jhonny Gonzalez (55-8, 47 KO’s) registered a stunning 2:55, first-round knockout over previously unbeaten Abner […]
Video: Mares vs. Gonzalez & Terrazas vs. Santa Cruz – Fight Action from SHOWTIME BOXING
Undefeated WBC Featherweight World Champion Abner Mares will make the first defense of his title in his sixth consecutive championship fight this Saturday on SHOWTIME. He will be opposed by a man who used to hold the WBC crown and made four successful defenses – hard-hitting two-time […]
SHOWTIME Sports To Offer ALL ACCESS: Mayweather vs. Canelo, Premieres Aug. 24
NEW YORK (August 15, 2013) – SHOWTIME Sports will offer the latest chapter of its award winning original documentary series ALL ACCESS in advance of the boxing event of the year – “THE ONE: Floyd Mayweathervs. Canelo Alvarez”. ALL ACCESS: Mayweather vs. Canelo will take viewers into the dramatic and […]
