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SHOWTIME SPORTS® TO STREAM BERNARD HOPKINS vs. BEIBUT SHUMENOV WEIGH-IN LIVE VIA SATELLITE, YOUTUBE & MORE THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 18, AT 1 P.M. ET / 10 A.M. PT
Fans Can Chat With Hopkins, Malignaggi & Quillin Via Social Media On Thursday Beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT
SHOWTIME Sports will offer a live stream of Friday’s official weigh-in for the light heavyweight world championship unification between future Hall of Famer and IBF champ Bernard “The Alien” Hopkins and WBA Super champ Beibut Shumenov taking place this Saturday, April 19, live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from the DC Armory in Washington, D.C.
At 49-years-old, Hopkins (54-6-2, 32 KOs), of Philadelphia, is looking to become the oldest fighter in boxing history to unify world titles, while Shumenov (14-1, 9 KOs), of Shymkent, Kazakhstan, is aiming to become the fastest fighter to unify the light heavyweight division with only 15 professional fights. The world championship tripleheader also features a showdown between IBF Welterweight World Champion Shawn Porter and former champ Paulie Malignaggi. WBO Middleweight World Champ Peter Quillin will risk his belt against Lukas Konecny in the opening bout of the telecast.
The weigh-in will be available at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT LIVE via satellite feed, YouTube, Ustream and www.SHO.com/Sports in High Definition. The event will be hosted by Brian Custer.
On Thursday beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT, Hopkins (3:30 ET), Malignaggi (4 ET) and Quillin (4:30 ET) will answer fan questions culled from social media platforms. The fighter chats are available live at www.sports.sho.com/live.
Friday, April 19 at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT
