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''Showtime Championship Boxing'' is a television boxing program airing on
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. Debuting in March 1986, it is broadcast live on the first Saturday of every month. ''Showtime Championship Boxing'', which is very similar to '' HBO World Championship Boxing'', features Mauro Ranallo on play-by-play, Al Bernstein as the color analyst, Jimmy Lennon (Sr. and Jr.) as ring announcers, and Jim Gray as reporter. A sister program, ''ShoBox: The New Generation'', occasionally airs on Friday nights; these broadcasts feature fights between boxing prospects. On limited occasions, Showtime has aired cards on the CBS broadcast network, with the telecasts being billed as a special edition of ''Showtime Championship Boxing'' rather than being billed as a
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broadcast.


Notable fights

*
"Marvelous" Marvin Hagler Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954 – March 13, 2021) was an American professional boxer and film actor. He competed in boxing from 1973 to 1987 and reigned as the undisputed champion of the middleweight divis ...
defeated John "The Beast" Mugabi in an 11th-round knockout on the debut broadcast of ''Showtime Championship Boxing'' on March 10, 1986. On the same undercard, Gaby Canizales defeated Richie Sandoval (who subsequently almost died from the blows received in this bout) and Thomas Hearns defeated James Shuler, who died a week after this bout in a motorcycle accident. *
Mike Tyson Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is con ...
headlined multiple pay-per-view heavyweight fights, including: **
Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock, billed as ''The Fight of the Year'', was a professional boxing match contested on March 18, 1991 at the Mirage in Paradise, Nevada, USA. At the time the two fighters were the top two ranked contenders for the WBC, ...
and Mike Tyson vs. Donovan Ruddock II ** Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeeley (He's Back), which marked his return after serving three years in prison. ** Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II and
Christy Martin vs. Deirdre Gogarty Christy Martin vs. Deirdre Gogarty was a women's boxing match that took place on March 16, 1996, between American Christy Martin and Irishwoman Deirdre Gogarty. The contest was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada, on the Las Ve ...
on the same program. ** Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson ** Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield and Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II, the latter of which ended with Tyson disqualified for biting off part of Holyfield's right ear. ** Mike Tyson vs. Francois Botha ** Mike Tyson vs. Andrew Golota ** Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson (joint collaboration with HBO) * Evander Holyfield also headlined: **
Buster Douglas vs. Evander Holyfield Buster Douglas vs. Evander Holyfield, billed as "The Moment of Truth", was a professional boxing match contested on October 25, 1990, for the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight championships. The bout took place at the Mirage in Paradise, Nevada, USA ...
**
Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II was a professional boxing match contested November 8, 1997 for the WBA and IBF heavyweight championships. Background After Riddick Bowe vacated the WBC Heavyweight title in 1992 followed by George Foreman ...
* Pernell Whitaker vs. Julio César Chávez * Nigel Benn defended his
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Super-Middleweight title against
Gerald McClellan Gerald Allen McClellan (born October 23, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 1995. He is a two-time middleweight world champion, having held the WBO title from 1991 to 1992, and the WBC title from 1993 to 19 ...
in a dramatic fight that almost turned tragic by winning on a tenth-round technical knockout at
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, on February 25, 1995. McClellan subsequently spent two months in a coma due to a massive brain injury and suffered blindness, impaired hearing, and inability to walk. Benn himself suffered from a broken nose and jaw, urinating blood and a shadow of a brain injury. *
Diego Corrales Diego "Chico" Corrales Jr. (August 25, 1977 – May 7, 2007) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2007. He was a multiple-time world champion in two weight divisions, having held the IBF super featherweight title from 19 ...
defeated José Luis Castillo for the
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lightweight title in a 10th-round TKO on May 7, 2005. The fight is almost universally regarded as the best fight of 2005. * A ''ShoBox'' match between Sechew Powell and Cornelius Bundrage on May 6, 2005, featured an extremely rare double knockdown. Both threw simultaneous rights to the chin, although the referee didn't score any single knockdowns, possibly due to the shock of the occurrence. * A ''ShoBox'' match between Allan Green and Jaidon Codrington, on November 4, 2005, was won via a knockout by Green 18 seconds into the bout. It was named the " Knockout of the Year" by ''The Ring''. * The four fight series of Israel Vázquez and
Rafael Márquez Rafael Márquez Álvarez (; born 13 February 1979) is a Mexican former professional footballer and current head coach of Spanish team Barcelona Atlètic. Nicknamed '' El Káiser'', he is regarded as the best defender in Mexico's history and on ...
. Marquez won the first fight on March 3, 2007, after Vazquez couldn't continue after round 7. Vázquez would knock out Marquez in the sixth round of their second fight on August 4, 2007. This fight won Fight of the Year and Round of the Year (Round 3) honors for 2007 by '' The Ring''. Their 3rd fight was considered to be the most exciting, which took place on March 1, 2008. Vazquez won the fight by split decision, after an incredible twelfth-round which saw Vázquez knock Márquez into the ropes, which prevented Marquez from hitting the canvas, resulting in a critical knockdown in the closing seconds of the fight. This fight was recognized as Fight of the Year for 2008 by ''Ring'' magazine as well. Marquez won their fourth fight by a third-round technical knockout. *
Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley, was a welterweight fight for the WBO welterweight championship. The bout was held on May 7, 2011, at MGM Grand, in Las Vegas. Pacquiao won by unanimous decision and retained his WBO welterweight championship. The ...
was aired on May 7, 2011. * As part of the build-up to Amir Khan vs. Carlos Molina on December 15, 2012, Showtime presented a fight between Leo Santa Cruz and
Alberto Guevara Alberto Gamaliel Guevara Rocha (born 15 July 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer who challenged twice for a bantamweight world title in 2012 and 2013. Professional career On December 15, 2012, Guevara was defeated by Leo Santa Cruz in a fight ...
on the sister CBS broadcast network, in its first boxing telecast since 1997. * Floyd Mayweather Jr. signed with Showtime in 2013. His fights comprise: ** Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero **
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez, billed as ''The One'', was a boxing light middleweight championship superfight. The bout was held on September 14, 2013, in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada ...
** Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana and Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana II ** Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao (joint collaboration with HBO) **
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto, billed as ''High Stakes'', was a professional boxing fight, contested for the welterweight championship. The bout was held on September 12, 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Showtim ...
** Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor ** Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Logan Paul * On June 25, 2016, CBS broadcast a WBC welterweight championship fight between Shawn Porter and Keith Thurman, marking the first boxing event broadcast on CBS in primetime since 1978. The telecast, although part of the '' Premier Boxing Champions'' arrangement, was produced by Showtime and billed as ''Showtime Championship Boxing on CBS presented by Premier Boxing Champions''. Thurman retained the WBC title via a unanimous decision. * On March 4, 2017, CBS aired Thurman's WBA/WBC welterweight unification bout against Danny García. Once again, the fight was broadcast in primetime as a Showtime presentation of ''Premier Boxing Champions''. The fight, which Thurman won in a split decision, received a 2.2 Nielsen rating (a 22% gain over Thurman vs. Porter). * On April 29, 2017, Showtime broadcast the
Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko was a professional boxing match contested between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko. The event took place on 29 April 2017 at Wembley Stadium in London, England, with Joshua's IBF and the vacant WBA (Supe ...
fight from
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in
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to unify the
WBA (Super) The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International B ...
, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles. Uniquely, both Showtime and HBO held rights to the fight, but only Showtime held rights to broadcast it live. * On December 1, 2018,
Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury was a professional boxing match that took place on December 1, 2018, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Undefeated defending WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder faced undefeated challenger and forme ...
was aired from Los Angeles. * On January 19, 2019,
Manny Pacquiao vs. Adrien Broner Manny Pacquiao vs. Adrien Broner, was a boxing match for the World Boxing Association, WBA (Regular) welterweight championship. The event took place on January 19, 2019 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao won the fight by ...
was aired from Las Vegas. * *On August 29, 2021 Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley, fight held in
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which ultimately Paul won by split decision, later resulted in a
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. * On November 6, 2021,
Canelo Álvarez vs. Caleb Plant Canelo Álvarez vs. Caleb Plant, Billed as Road to Undisputed was a super middleweight unification professional boxing match contested between WBA (Super), WBC, WBO and ''The Ring'' champion Canelo Álvarez and IBF champion Caleb Plant to ...
fight held in Las Vegas, when Canelo becomes the first-ever undisputed world super-middleweight champion. * *On December 12, 2021, the
Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley II Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley II, billed as "Leave No Doubt", was a cruiserweight professional crossover boxing rematch contested between American YouTuber Jake Paul and American mixed martial artist Tyron Woodley. The bout took place at the ...
, rematch was held in
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which Paul ultimately won by a 6th round KO. *On April 16, 2022, the Errol Spence Jr. vs. Yordenis Ugás fight was held from
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in
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, Which Spence won by a 10th round TKO and became the Unified Welterweight Champion.


Commentators

Brian Custer, currently serves as host of the program. The main broadcast team features Mauro Ranallo on blow-by-blow, Al Bernstein as chief color analyst and (when he is available) boxer Abner Mares as an analyst. Amir Khan, Austin Trout, and Daniel Jacobs have served as guest analysts. The third role was previously filled by Antonio Tarver,
Ferdie Pacheco Fernando Pacheco Jimenez, M.D. (December 8, 1927 – November 16, 2017) known publicly as Ferdie Pacheco, was the personal physician and cornerman for world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali as well as numerous other boxing champions. ...
, Bobby Czyz, and Paulie Malignaggi among others. Veteran Jim Gray is chief reporter. Former top commentators include Steve Albert and Gus Johnson. ''The New Generation'' features Barry Tompkins on blow-by-blow, and Steve Farhood and Raul Marquez as the expert analysts.


See also

* '' Premier Boxing Champions''


References


External links

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