In boxing, it is said that styles make fights. From 1980 through 1989, it was the style of four great fighters that not only made legendary fights, it ushered in a boxing renaissance. The fierce rivalry between world champions and future Hall of Fame...
Victor Padilla overcame the worst start of his pro career to register his best win to date. The unbeaten Puerto Rican southpaw from Berlin, New Jersey recovered from a 1st round knockdown to drop and stop Thomas Velasquez in the 5th round of their li...
David Navarro was less than a minute away from lodging his third consecutive victory in as many fights until disaster struck for the former amateur standout. An untimely cut produced the first loss in the career of Los Angeles’ Navarro, who suffered...
SHOWTIME Sports has released a special video feature in advance of tonight’s ShoBox: The New Generation telecast, the first of 2021. The video features ShoBox analyst and boxing historian Steve Farhood taking viewers through the history of the popula...
UNCASVILLE, Connecticut – Pedro Marquez felt fine Tuesday afternoon, when he made weight for his fight against Martino Jules. BoxingScene.com has learned Marquez fell ill Wednesday morning, however, went to a local hospital and was advised to withdra...
The first ShoBox card of the new year will move forward as a tripleheader. A previously announced Jan. 20 quadrupleheader is now down to three fights, as original headliner Patrick Cora is left without an opponent for the Showtime-televised card. Now...
Those that tuned in to watch Chris Colbert fight Saturday night were treated to much more entertainment than his previous televised appearance provided. According to numbers Nielsen Media Research released Tuesday, an average of 195,000 viewers watch...
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Showtime Sports Documentary Films has released a clip from the upcoming documentary film, MACHO: THE HECTOR CAMACHO STORY, an unflinching look at the remarkable life, storied career and unsolved murder of one of boxing’s greatest showmen. Premiering...
Showtime Sports Documentary Films today announced it will air MACHO: THE HECTOR CAMACHO STORY, an unflinching look at the remarkable life, storied career and unsolved murder of one of boxing’s greatest showmen. Premiering Friday, December 4 at 9 p.m....
The show will go on, just two weeks later. Sergey Lipinets and Kudratillo Abdukakhorov were provided good news for a change, as their oft-delayed interim title fight finally has a new date. The two will collide October 24, live on Showtime atop a te...
Saturday’s CHARLO DOUBLEHEADER main events featuring the world champion Charlo twins will air on SHOWTIME this Saturday, October 3 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. WBC Middleweight World Champion Jermall Charlo passed his toughest test to date with high marks, ea...
UNCASVILLE, Connecticut – Stephen Espinoza is sympathetic toward those under financial duress during this pandemic. Showtime’s president of sports and event programming also understands some of the complaints consumers and non-buyers have expressed r...
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Viewership of Showtime’s main event Saturday night was partially reflective of the mostly tactical, uneventful nature of Erickson Lubin’s victory over Terrell Gausha. Nielsen Media Research released figures Tuesday that indicated an average of 116,00...
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Showtime Sports president and general manager Stephen Espinoza, who has overseen the network’s sports programming, including its boxing franchise, since 2011, gets numerous calls, texts and emails on any given day. But those who were trying to get in...
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If there is one thing that Juan Carlos Abreu has made abundantly clear throughout this promotion, is that nothing will faze him. The veteran fringe contender from Dominican Republic proved it in his eagerness to take on unbeaten welterweight Jaron En...
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