POWER MOVE…Personally I Love This….and I see HBO & Showtime are gonna have to cough up $$$$ for real fights, as HAYMON controls 80% of the top fighters. NBC, HAYMON REVEAL PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS SERIES By Scott Shaffer Haymon Boxing has officially announced its series with NBC, which will be titled Premier Boxing Champions. In a departure from usual boxing business, the New York Times reports that Haymon will pay NBC $20 million for the right to air his fights. Presumably, Haymon will attempt to recoup those payments through sponsorships and commercials. So far, three fights have been announced: The first show, scheduled for March 7th in Las Vegas, is a blockbuster: Keith Thurman vs. Robert Guerrero and Adrian Broner vs. John Molina. The April 11th show is slated to be headlined by world 140-pound champion Danny Garcia vs. Lamont Peterson, who holds the IBF title. Both shows will air on NBC. According to the Twitter feeds of Yahoo!s Kevin Iole, ESPNs Dan Rafael and Fox Sports Michael Woods, NBC has announced that the NBC/Haymon deal will include twenty shows, including eleven on NBC and five in prime time. Other shows will be on NBC Sports Network. 20 total televised events in 2015 that will appear on both NBC and NBC Sports Network. 11 events to appear on the main network with 5 of those 11 taking place during prime-time. Pre and post-fight coverage of the events. Al Michaels will be the host and blow-by-blow commentator. Sugar Ray Leonard will be the lead analyst. Each boxer who competes in a PBC series bout will be subjected to rigorous, Olympic-style random drug testing by the United States Anti-Doping Agency [USADA]. Each boxer who competes in a PBC series bout will benefit from evaluations by staff physicians from the Cleveland Clinic and the PBC series will support the clinics brain health study of professional fighters. The PBC series will bring fans inside the ring for an immersive, innovative viewing experience with advancements relating to lighting, camera work, and other enhancement to be revealed.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 23:48:39 +0000
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