The highly anticipated showdown between undefeated star Leo "El Terremoto" Santa Cruz (30-0-1, 17 KOs) and former three-division world champion Abner Mares (29-1-1, 15 KOs) is official as the two beloved stars that call Southern California home will fight in their own backyard at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles onSaturday, August 29 live in primetime on ESPN.
On Saturday, July 11, 2015, Premier Boxing Champions will be putting on yet another show, when power puncher Keith “One Time” Thurman (25-0, 21 KOs) will be taking on seasoned veteran Luis Collazo (36-6, 19 KOs) in a welterweight clash at the 147 pound division.
Fighters competing on Saturday's Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN card held media workouts in Tampa today before their July 11 showdowns at the USF Sun Dome with televised coverage beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
Knockout artist Keith "One Time" Thurman faces the battle tested Luis Collazo in the PBC on ESPN premier on July 11, 2014.
Marysol Castro has joined ESPN as host of Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN (PBC on ESPN) and will make her debut when the series premieres live in prime time Saturday, July 11, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN. Castro, who will be on site for all PBC on ESPN fights, will also serve as a reporter on ESPN's Little League World Series telecasts.
Similar to January and February, the months of July and August usually tend to be slow in the sport of boxing. Fortunately for us fight fans, this July will provide a lot of good action highlighted by the premier of Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN, a card that will be headlined by Keith “One Time” Thurman, the return of “El Hijo De La Leyenda” Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., as well as Sergey Kovalev’s second fight on HBO in 2015.
Boxing superstar GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN has been nominated by the ESPY’s for the 2014 Fighter of the Year.
Middleweight World Champion Daniel "The Miracle Man" Jacobs (29-1, 26 KOs) returns to the ring in his hometown of Brooklyn to take on former world champion Sergio "The Latin Snake" Mora (28-3-2, 9 KOs) as the televised opener of Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN primetime Saturday, Aug. 1 at Barclays Center with televised coverage beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
Undefeated superstar Keith "One Time" Thurman (25-0, 21 KOs) returns to the ring in his home state to face former world champion Luis Collazo (36-6, 19 KOs) on Saturday, July 11 in the main event of the inaugural Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN show live at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT from the USF Sun Dome in Tampa.
The first live Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN (PBC on ESPN) telecast will feature a star-studded 12-round welterweight matchup between undefeated Keith “One Time” Thurman (25-0, 21 KOs) and Luis Collazo (36-6, 19 KOs) when the series debuts on ESPN on Saturday, July 11, at 9 p.m. ET.
ESPN's "Friday Night Fights" final broadcast features two outstanding fights in the heavyweight and junior middleweight divisions that will decide the 2015 Boxcino Champions.
In the main event of penultimate episode of Friday Night Fights, Reynaldo Ojeda (17-0, 9 KOs) outboxed Monty Meza Clay (36-5, 22 KOs) en route to a 10-round unanimous decision win at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
On the May 8 edition of Friday Night Fights, Amir Mansour scored a 10-round unanimous decision victory over Joey Dawejko at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
With one day remaining until the biggest fight of a generation, ESPN on-air personalities offered their fight predictions for tomorrow’s welterweight unification title matchup between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
On a special Thursday edition of ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights, Mayweather Promotions featured a card from The Pearl at Palms Casino and Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
