IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION BERNARD HOPKINS TO FACE MANDATORY CHALLENGER KARO MURAT IN A BOUT RESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 26 AT BOARDWALK HALL IN ATLANTIC CITY, NJ LIVE ON SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®

IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION BERNARD HOPKINS TO FACE MANDATORY CHALLENGER KARO MURAT IN A BOUT RESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 26 AT BOARDWALK HALL IN ATLANTIC CITY, NJ LIVE ON SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING^®

PETER QUILLIN TO FACE GABRIEL ROSADO IN CO-MAIN EVENT OF HOPKINS VS. MURAT TRIPLEHEADER ON OCT. 26 AT

IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins will become the oldest fighter in history to make his initial title defense when he faces highest rated light heavyweight challenger Karo Murat in a rescheduled championship event taking place Saturday, October 26 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.   The 12-round title fight, which was postponed from July 13 due to visa issues experienced by Murat, will air live on SHOWTIME^® (9 p.m. ET/PT).  With those issues cleared up, Murat has his sights set on ending the reign of the 48-year-old future Hall of Famer.

Hopkins vs. Murat, a 12-round bout for Hopkins' IBF Light Heavyweight World Championship, is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Caesars Atlantic City and supported by Golden Boy Promotions sponsors Corona and AT&T.  The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins live at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).  SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING is available in Spanish on secondary audio programming (SAP).

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Gennady "GGG" Golovkin returns to "The Mecca of Boxing" to defend his WBA and IBO Middleweight World Titles against world ranked contender Curtis Stevens from Brooklyn, NY

WBA & IBO World Championship in Middleweight

World Championship Boxing returns to the Theater at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, November 2nd as the sport's fastest rising superstar Gennady "GGG" Golovkin returns to "The Mecca of Boxing" to defend his WBA and IBO Middleweight World Titles against world ranked contender Curtis Stevens from Brooklyn, NY.

Golovkin has the highest knockout ratio of any active world champion (89%) with a record of 27-0-0 (24KO’s) and 28-year-old Stevens, 25-3-0 (18KO’s), is coming off his most impressive performance of his career.


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“The Return,” Ward vs. Rodriguez on November 16

 Ward, (26-0, 14 KOs), and Goossen Tutor Promotions were promoting his fight on November 16, 2013, to be held in nearby Ontario, California, against undefeated contender Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez, (24-0, 16 KOs), on a card dubbed, “The Return,” to be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing.

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