Stephen Espinoza: ‘We jumped at opportunity’ to get Adonis Stevenson
Showtime Sports executive Stephen Espinoza shared his thoughts on his network’s acquisition of RING light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson with RingTV.com. Stevenson, who fought on HBO last year, will fight Andrzej Fonfara on Showtime on May 24.
read morePromoter: Adonis Stevenson got ‘a better offer’ from Showtime than HBO
RING and WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson got “a better offer” from Showtime than HBO, which opted not to renegotiate its deal with Stevenson, according to a statement released to RingTV.com by promoter Yvon Michel.
read moreHBO loses Adonis Stevenson-Andrzej Fonfara to Showtime
Adonis Stevenson’s next fight is headed to Showtime, and with that move, a potential fight against Sergey Kovalev could be dead. Stevenson will fight Andrzej Fonfara on May 24.
read moreShowtime: Canelo Alvarez-Alfredo Angulo does over 350,000 PPV buys
The Canelo Alvarez-Alfredo Angulo headlined Showtime PPV last Saturday generated well over 350,000 buys, Showtime Networks Inc. and the event promoter, Golden Boy Promotions, announced on Friday.
read moreAlvarez-Angulo rebroadcast kicks off Showtime’s Saturday doubleheader
The Canelo Alvarez-Alfredo Angulo bout that took place this past Saturday in Las Vegas will open the Showtime Championship Boxing telecast on Saturday, Stephen Espinoza told RingTV.com on Sunday afternoon.
read moreAlvarez-Angulo PPV to follow Jorge Linares-Nihito Arakawa preview
The lightweight fight between Jorge Linares and Nihito Arakawa will air live on Showtime on March 8 in advance of Golden Boy Promotions’s four-bout pay-per-view show headlined by Canelo Alvarez and Alfredo Angulo from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
read moreJhonny Gonzalez-Abner Mares rematch slated for Feb. 15
Abner Mares on his Feb. 15 rematch with Jhonny Gonzalez, whose first-round knockout victory dethroned him as WBC featherweight beltholder: “August 24 was his night, and I take nothing away from him, but Feb. 15 will be my night, and I’m going to get my title back.”
read moreShowtime: Marcos Maidana-Adrien Broner draws 1.3 million viewers
Saturday’s win by Marcos Maidana to dethrone Adrien Broner as WBA welterweight titleholder drew 1.3 million viewers, Showtime’s Executive Vice President and General Manager of Sports, Stephen Espinoza, announced on Tuesday.
read moreLem’s latest: Jermain Taylor faces Candelo on Broner-Maidana card
Former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor will face Juan Carlos Candelo on the undercard of the Dec. 14 main event featuring Adrien Broner against Marcos Maidana.
read moreLem’s latest: Alvarez to fight thrice in 2014
Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer plans to have Canelo Alvarez fight three times in 2014. Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto and middleweight champ Sergio Martinez are among the top opponent considerations for Alvarez.
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