America’s youngest world champion, Gervonta Davis, will make his first world title defense in the opening bout and featherweight world champion Gary Russell Jr. will make his mandatory world title defense in the main event of a split-site, four-fight SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event on Saturday, May 20, live on SHOWTIME at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.
Current and Former World Champion Boxers Leo Santa Cruz, Abner Mares, Daniel Jacobs, Shawn Porter, Rances Barthelemy and more to Meet Fans at PBC Booth; Expo Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Former IBF Super Featherweight champion Argenis Mendez (24-5-1, 12 KOs) did enough in the eyes of the judges to earn a split decision (96-93, 95-94, 94-95) nod over Ivan Redkach (20-3-1, 16 KOs) in the main event of a Junior Welterweight contest on Toe-To-Toe Tuesday’s PBC on FS1 on Tuesday night.
Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa (12-0, 8 KOs) showed relentless work with a unanimous-decision victory over Luis Saavedra (7-3, 3 KOs) on PBC’s Toe-To-Toe Tuesday’s from The Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City, CA on FS1.
The Premier Boxing Champions series will follow a very busy April with an extremely exciting month of May. The slate of shows will run the weight spectrum from featherweight to super middleweight.
On Saturday, April 29, 2017, Carlos Zambrano scored a first-round KO victory against Claudio Marrera to retain his interim WBA Featherweight title and to earn the WBO Featherweight title at Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada.
On Tuesday, April 25, 2017, undefeated title contender, Errol "The Truth" Spence Jr., hosted a Dallas media workout in advance of his mandatory title shot against IBF Welterweight champion, Kell Brook on Saturday, May 27.
Yordenis Ugas (19-3, 9 KOs) dismantled Nelson Lara (17-8, 7 KOs) with a second-round stoppage via TKO in the main event of the Tuesday, April 25 edition of PBC’s Toe-to-Toe Tuesday’s live from Fitzgerald’s Casino & Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi on FS1.
In the co-main event on the Tuesday, April 25 edition of PBC’s Toe-to-Tuesday live on FS1, Levan “The Wolf” Ghvamichava (18-3-1, 13 KOs) worked his way to a stout, unanimous-division win over Oscar Molina (13-2, 10 KOs).
Shawn “Showtime” Porter (27-2-1, 17 KOs), the former IBF Welterweight titleholder, completely dominated Andre Berto (31-5, 24 KOs) on Saturday night, April 22 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Demond Nicholson (17-1-1, 16 KOs) was last in the ring in July of 2016 in a hard-fought battle against Immanuwel Aleem which ended in a draw.
Welterweight contender Yordenis Ugas (18-3, 8 KOs) will battle Nicaragua's Nelson Lara (17-7-4, 9 KOs) in the 10-round match on Premier Boxing Champions TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes tonight, April 25 from the Fitz Tunica Casino & Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi.
On Saturday, April 22, 2017, Mayweather Promotions prospect, Richardson Hitchins, notched his second professionalon the undercard of Shawn Porter vs. Andre Berto.
In the opening bout of SHOWTIME BOXING on SHO EXTREME, Jose Miguel Borrego (12-0, 11 KOs) knocked out a game John Delperdang (10-3, 9 KOs) at 2:07 of the seventh in a scheduled eight-round Welterweight contest.
Amanda Serrano became the first women and the first Puerto Rican to win world titles in five weight divisions with an eighth-round TKO of Dahiana Santana to capture the vacant WBO Women's Bantamweight World Championship in the featured bout of SHOWTIME BOXING on SHO EXTREME.
