FOX Sports Joins Premier Boxing Champions. DETAILS

Premier Boxing Champions and FOX Sports Announce Multi-Year deal Toe-to-Toe Tuesdays on FOX Sports 1 & FOX Deportes Kick off September 8th Boxing fans are about to find a cure for their early week boxing blues as FOX Sports and Premier Boxing Champions announced today a multi-year deal launching its new Toe-to-Toe Tuesdays debuting on September 8. “We’ve been invested in boxing as a cornerstone property since launching Fox Sports 1,” said David Nathanson, FOX Sports Head of Business Operations. “Premier Boxing Champions delivers high-profile, high-quality programming that is breaking viewership records in the boxing space. There is no question that this deal makes FOX Sports 1 and FOX Deportes true destinations for boxing fans.” Toe-to-Toe Tuesdays will debut on FOX Sports 1 on Sept. 8 with the return of Austin “No Doubt” Trout (29-2, 16 KOs) and Joey “Twinkle Fingers” Hernandez (24-3, 14 KOs). The co-main event also pits undefeated Jorge Lara (27-0-1, 19 KOs) and Puerto Rico’s Jesus Rojas (21-1, 15 KOs). The second installment of T2T Tuesdays on Sept. 15 will matchup inspirational war vet and undefeated 147-pounder Sammy “The Sergeant” Vasquez (19-0, 13 KOs) and Jose “Piston” Lopez (25-3, 15 KOs) in the headline bout. The co-main will be a pit light heavyweights Thomas Williams (18-1, 12 KOs) and Umberto Savigne (12-2, 9 KOs). Other key matchups in September on the PBC on Fox Sports 1 include: - Philadelphia’s undefeated rising star Julian “J-Rock” Williams (20-0-1, 12 KOs) faces Luciano Cuello (35-3, 17 KOs) on Sept. 22. - Sept. 29 world champion Javier Fortuna (28-0, 20 KOs) takes on Olympian Carlos Velazquez with a title on the line. - Also Sept. 29, Detroit’s own Domonique Dolton (17-0, 9 KOs) faces 2012 Mexican Olympian Oscar Molina (13-0, 10 KOs)