Comments Thread For: Golden Boy Promotions, ESPN Announce Multi-Year TV Deal

[Mitchell Kane]

Here's some of the additional content that was announced as part of the deal...streaming of the undercard fights of their first fight card on ESPN3:

There will be additional bouts streamed live on ESPN3 (in English and Spanish): Mauricio Herrera (22-7, 7 KOs), 36, of Riverside, California, against Hector Velazquez (57-28-3, 39 KOs), 41, of Mexico, in an eight-round welterweight fight; and Azat Hovhannisyan (10-2, 9 KOs), 28, of Armenia, taking on Hugo Partida (21-8-2, 16 KOs), 29, of Mexico, in an eight-round junior featherweight fight.

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...oy-boxing-espn

[Mitchell Kane]

The second fight card will be April 1 with a main event of Antonio Orozco and KeAndre Gibson...

Forget the rumors that Terence Crawford's May 20 junior welterweight title defense will be against mandatory challenger Antonio Orozco. That is not happening. First, Crawford can have another optional defense. Second, and more notably, Orozco (25-0, 16 KOs) is unavailable for May 20 because he has already signed to fight KeAndre Gibson (16-0-1, 7 KOs) on April 1 in what will be the main event of the second show of the new Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN series. Orozco-Gibson is an interesting match between undefeated guys. The card will be at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.

http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=2...562238179463-4

[Mitchell Kane]

The third fight card:

Michael Perez and Marcelino Lopez will square off in a 10-round junior welterweight fight that will headline the new "Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN" series on April 20 at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.

The card will air live on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes beginning at 11 p.m. ET.

The 10-round co-feature will pit welterweight up-and-comer Rashidi "Speedy" Ellis (17-0, 12 KOs), 23, of Boston, against John Karl Sosa (13-2, 6 KOs), 24, of Puerto Rico.

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...quare-april-20

[Mitchell Kane]

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Bernard Hopkins will be doing work on the GoldenBoyBoxing/ESPN shows

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Gomez said therealBHOP is done done done. Is now doing motivational speeches and will do more analyst

[Mitchell Kane]

In a Pugmire article about the debut of this series, he has this about PBC and ESPN...

http://www.latimes.com/sports/boxing...320-story.html

Additionally, after a television source said Premier Boxing Champions’ association with ESPN is in danger of ending, Premier Boxing Champions spokesman Tim Smith said, “That’s not true. We still have a relationship with ESPN. We’re trying to figure everything out. We’re always looking for a way that we can improve the relationship with ESPN, the best way to execute the next phase of the overall plan. We have a good relationship with ESPN as we do with all our broadcast partners.”

[Mitchell Kane]

Per Steve Kim, the announcers will be Bernardo Osuna, Bernard Hopkins and Teddy Atlas....

The announcers tonight on “The Deuce” will be the always-capable Bernardo Osuna, Bernard Hopkins and Teddy Atlas

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