Showtime Announces Upcoming Boxing Schedule

Showtime Boxing recently unveiled its lineup of events for the next three months and by the look of things, the cable giant could wind up with a stranglehold on the sport by the time summer rolls around. With seven events scattered over a 12-week span, Showtime is pulling out all the stops with cards stacked with fighters from some of the deepest weight classes.

“This is an incredibly exciting time in boxing, a time for emerging stars to make their mark, and for established champions to break through to the next level,” said Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Showtime Sports. “This schedule features high level matchups with champions taking on the highest-rated contenders available, and top-ranked challengers facing one another.  We are thrilled and grateful to the promoters and the fighters themselves who have worked with us these last few weeks to put together such an impressive lineup for Showtime Boxing.  It has to be one of the best we've ever assembled.”

The Showtime Boxing schedule is as follows:

Saturday, April 9 at The O2 Arena in London (Showtime Championship Boxing):
Main event: Charles Martin (23-0-1, 21 KOs) vs. Anthony Joshua (15-0, 15 KOs) for the IBF heavyweight title
Co-main event: Lee Selby (22-1, 8 KOs) vs. Eric Hunter (21-3, 11 KOs) for the IBF Featherweight Championship

Friday, April 15 at Turning Stone Casino in Verona, N.Y. (ShoBox: The New Generation)
Main event: Nikolay Potapov (14-0, 6 KOs) vs. Stephon Young (14-0-2, 6 KOs)

Saturday April 16 at Fox Theatre at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. (Showtime Championship Boxing)
Main event: Gary Russell Jr. (26-1, 15 KOs) vs. Patrick Hyland (31-1, 15 KOs) for the WBC featherweight title
Co-main event: Jose Pedraza (21-0, 12 KOs) vs. Stephen Smith (23-1, 13 KOs) for the IBF super featherweight title

Saturday April 30 at TBD (Showtime Championship Boxing)
Main event: Badou Jack (20-1-1, 12 KOs) vs. Lucian Bute (32-3, 25 KOs) for the WBC super middleweight title
Co-main event: James DeGale (22-1, 14 KOs) vs. Rogelio Medina (35-6, 29 KOs) for the IBF super middleweight title

TBA: (Showtime Championship Boxing)
Main event: Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) vs. Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) for the WBC heavyweight title

Saturday, June 11 at Turning Stone Casino in Verona, N.Y. (Showtime Championship Boxing)
Main event: Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 KOs) vs. John Molina Jr. (28-6, 23 KOs)

Saturday, June 25 at TBD (Showtime Championship Boxing on CBS Presented by PBC)
Main event: Keith Thurman (26-0, 1 ND, 22 KOs) vs. Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) for the WBA welterweight title
Co-main event: Jesus Cuellar (28-1, 21 KOs) vs. Abner Mares (29-2-1, 15 KOs) for the WBA featherweight title

TBA (Showtime Championship Boxing) Main event: Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KOs) vs. Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs) for the WBA featherweight title