By Steve Kim

It was officially announced on Thursday that Greg Cohen Promotions had struck a deal to televise a boxing series on the CBS Sports Network. The first edition of 'Championship Boxing' will kick off on April 17th in Hinckley, Minnesota from the Grand Casino with a bout featuring Dennis Hogan versus Tyrone Brunson and lightweight Tony Luis in the co-feature.

Cohen told BoxingScene.com - "As you know, having a television outlet and having a series - especially on a prestigious network like CBS - it is invaluable in our sport and the fact that we partnered with such a prestigious network and have the ability to put on monthly shows and some months we'll go a couple of times a month.

"This is the most important event in the evolution of our company, GCP. It gives you the forum to develop fighters and it's just something that very few promoters at this stage of the game and we're very fortunate to be one of those few promoters.

As for their schedule moving forward after their debut - "We'll be on May 29th, that will be our second date and then we're going twice in June, June 18th and June 26th,"said Cohen.

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.