SHOWTIME SPORTS AND GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS TO CONCLUDE RECORD-SETTING YEAR WITH TWO BLOCKBUSTER FIGHT CARDS

SHOWTIME SPORTS AND GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS TO CONCLUDE RECORD-SETTING YEAR WITH TWO BLOCKBUSTER FIGHT CARDS

Back-To-Back Quadrupleheaders To Air Live On SHOWTIME^®

Saturday, Dec. 7: Zab Judah vs. Paulie Malignaggi

Saturday, Dec. 14: Adrien Broner vs. Marcos Maidana

To celebrate one of the strongest years of programming in boxing history, SHOWTIME Sports^® and Golden Boy Promotions will deliver back-to-back blockbuster events airing live on SHOWTIME on Saturday, Dec. 7 and Saturday, Dec. 14. Both events will be quadrupleheaders featuring six world championship fights including the most exciting and dynamic champions and challengers in the welterweight, super welterweight and super bantamweight divisions. 

Throughout this past year, month after month, week after week, SHOWTIME and Golden Boy Promotions have featured the sport's biggest stars in the most significant and meaningful fights in every relevant division in boxing.  They joined forces to produce the most lucrative pay-per-view event in television history with perennial pound-for-pound superstar Floyd "Money'' Mayweather,grew the average audience for live boxing on SHOWTIME by more than 30 percent from 2012, and attracted record crowds at sold-out arenas from coast to coast. 

Beginning Dec. 7, the first of consecutive quadrupleheaders takes place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn when former five-time, two-division World Champion Zab "Super" Judah(42-8, 29 KO's) andformer two-time, two-division World Champion Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi(32-5, 7 KO's) clash in the main event, a 12-round showdown for Brooklyn bragging rights.

The co-feature will match IBF Welterweight World Champion Devon Alexander "The Great'' (25-1, 14 KOs), of St. Louis, Mo., against unbeaten Shawn Porter (22-0-1, 14 KOs), of Akron, Ohio. Also on the card will be Erislandy Lara (18-1-2, 12 KO's) of Houston, Texas against former world champion Austin Trout, of Las Cruces, N.M., for the vacantWBA Super Welterweight Championship.  Rounding out the televised card, Sakio "The Scorpion'' Bika (32-5-2, 21 KO's) makes the first defense of his WBC Super Middleweight crown against unbeaten Anthony Dirrell (26-0, 22 KO's), of Flint, Mich.

Then, on Dec. 14 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, the super-talented WBA Welterweight World Champion Adrien "The Problem" Broner (27-0, 22 KO's), of Cincinnati, will make the first defense of his title when he meets the toughest opponent of his career, the dangerous, hard-hitting Marcos "El Chino" Maidana (34-3, 31 KO's), of Santa Fe, Argentina in the main event.

A ratings goliath, Broner will be making his first start since capturing the 147-pound belt with a hard-fought 12-round split decision over defending champion Malignaggi. He made history when he became the fourth fighter to jump two weight classes and win a welterweight world championship, joining Hall of Famers Henry "Homicide Hank" Armstrong, Roberto "Mano de Piedra" Duran and future candidate "Sugar" Shane Mosley.

Maidana has won three fights in a row, including a smashing sixth-round technical knockout overJosesito Lopez in scintillating slugfest and Fight of the Year candidate last June 8 on SHOWTIME.

In 12-rounders underneath Broner-Maidana, undefeated Keith "One Time" Thurman (21-0, 19 KO's), of Clearwater, Fla., gets tested when he defends his WBA Interim Welterweight World title against tough-as-nails Jesus "Renuente" Soto Karass (32-12-4, 19 KO's), of Mexico City, Mexico, who owns back-to-back impressive victories over world-ranked Selcuk Aydin and Andre Berto.  Andrecently crowned WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Leo "Terremoto" Santa Cruz (25-0-1, 15 KO's) of Los Angeles, Calif. will make his first defense against Cesar Seda (25-1, 17 KO's) of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The card will also feature, in separate bouts, former WBC Welterweight Champion

Victor Ortiz (29-4-2, 22 KO's) against Alfonso Gomez (22-5-2,  11 KO's) of Los Angeles and Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (13-1, 8 KO's) against Tamas Kovacs (23-0, 14 KO's) of Slovakia. 

2013 SHOWTIME and Golden Boy Promotions Highlights

On April 27, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Danny Garcia faced Judah and Peter Quillin metFernando Guerrero in two thrilling fights on SHOWTIME.  The event set an attendance record for the largest crowd for a boxing event at that venue. 

More than 40,000 fans, the largest paid crowd for a boxing event in the U.S. in nearly 15 years, filled the Alamodome in San Antonio for the Canelo Alvarez vs.Trout fight that headlined a card on April 20. The peak audience on the telecast was nearly 1.1 million viewers, making it the third most watched boxing event on record for SHOWTIME.

On June 8, the largest crowd in the history of the venue turned out at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., for an event highlighted by all-action brawls between Maidana and Josesito Lopez and Lara and Alfredo Angulo, both Fight of the Year candidates.

On June 22, undefeated rising superstar Broner and hometown favorite and defending world champion Malignaggi attracted more than 11,000 fans to Barclays Center and drew an audienceof more than 1.3 million viewers on SHOWTIME, the second-largest rating for a bout on the premium network on record.

The April 20 and the June 22 events, two of the top-3 most watched boxing events on record for SHOWTIME, anchored a viewership boon in 2013 whereby the network saw more than 30-percent increases in average viewership for the second consecutive year.

On Aug. 24, a  crowd of 7,686 at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. witnessed perhaps the Upset of the Year when Two-Division World Champion Jhonny Gonzalez (55-8, 47 KO's) captured the WBC Featherweight Championship with a stunning knockout, 2:55 of the first-round over previously unbeaten Abner Mares.

Then, on Sept. 14, on SHOWTIME PPV^®, Mayweather defeated Caneloin "THE ONE," a record-setting mega-event that ranks as the highest-grossing pay-per-view of all time with more than $150 million in U.S. revenue alone, surpassing the previous record of $136 million generated by Mayweather vs. Oscar De La Hoya in 2007. "THE ONE" also set records for boxing gate receipts by selling out within 24 hours of going on sale and for live gate revenue at more than $20 million. With approximately 2.2 million buys, "THE ONE'' ranks second all-time to the Mayweather vs. De La Hoya pay-per-view which sold over 2.5 million buys. 

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Avila vs. Cota Golden Boy Live! on FOX SPORTS 1 & FOX DEPORTES

Avila vs. Cota, a 10-round featherweight bout, is presented by Golden Boy Promotions, Don Chargin Productions and Paco Presents and sponsored by Corona and O'Reilly Auto Parts. The Sports House doors open at 5:00 p.m. PT and the first fight starts at 5:30 p.m. PT. The FOX Sports 1 and FOX Deportes broadcast airs live at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT.


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BERNARD "THE ALIEN" HOPKINS DEFEATS KARO MURAT, RETAINS TITLE AND BREAKS HIS RECORD AS THE OLDEST FIGHTER TO DEFEND A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP‏

IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION BERNARD"THE ALIEN" HOPKINS DEFEATS KARO MURAT, RETAINS TITLE AND BREAKS HIS RECORD AS THE OLDEST FIGHTER TO DEFEND A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin Retains WBO Middleweight World Championship with Controversial Stoppage Of "King" Gabriel Rosado; Heavyweight Sensation Deontey Wilder Remains Undefeated And Registers Thirtieth Knockout

Saturday's SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Telecast Will Replay Sunday Morning

At 9 a.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME® and Tuesday, October 29 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on

SHOWTIME EXTREME®

 IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard "The Alien" Hopkins (54-6-2, 32 KO's) became the oldest fighter in history to defend a world title, breaking his own record by defeating European challenger Karo Murat (25-2-1, 15 KO's).  The 48-year-old "Executioner" turned "Alien" out-worked and out-brawled his 30-year-old challenger and won via clear unanimous decision in front of his hometown crowd at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.   The fight, promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Caesars Atlantic City, headlined an entertaining three-fight SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event.

Hopkins appeared to start the night slow, but Hopkins' combinations, speed and power grew each round.  By the seventh, Hopkins and Murat exchanged wild power shots in spurts for the rest of the bout.  Amidst these exchanges, Hopkins used his signature defense, angles and gamesmanship to mentally and physically deflate Murat.  The judges scored the fight 117-110 and 119-108, twice for the champion.

"Richard Schaefer said we needed to be crowd pleasers," said Hopkins, the oldest champion in sports history.  "The crowd wanted to see skill and blood so I had some blood to give them.  I am an entertainer and this is what people want to see... He was a game number one contender."

When asked by SHOWTIME ringside reporter Jim Gray if Murat brought out the best in him, Hopkins answered, "Not really, but he didn't bring out the worst either." 

Regarding the slow start, Hopkins said, "That was the plan. That was the bone on the string so that the dog could follow him into a dark alley and then realize someone was waiting on him. And that dog was me."

Hopkins continued, "He throws pretty good punches and he is no one to sleep on.  He is going to give some light heavyweights a bit of a problem."

When Gray asked Hopkins how he stays in such phenomenal shape at age 48, Hopkins replied, "I'm a freaking alien."

Gray then spoke to Murat who said, "Bernard is a good boxer and I lost concentration due to the two cuts which came by head butts. I know that when I am in good shape I can beat him, however, the cuts disturbed me."

In the co-main event Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin (30-0, 21 KO's) remained undefeated and retained his WBO Middleweight title by defeating "King"Gabriel Rosado via technical knockout.  The fight was stopped at 40 seconds of the tenth round by the referee on the advice of the doctor due to a deep cut on Rosado's left eyelid. 

Quillin came out of the gate as the more confident and powerful of the two, dropping Rosado in the second.  But by the fourth, Rosado found rhythm and confidence of his own.  Rosado pressed forward and took the momentum away for virtually the rest of the fight.

But Quillin was counterpunching and keeping each round close.  In the ninth, with less than a minute left, Quillin landed a snap jab that sliced open Rosado's eyelid which began to pour blood. 

In between rounds, the ringside physician cleared the challenger for the tenth.  But referee Allan Huggins soon called for another look at which point the ringside physician changed course and advised Huggins to halt the fight. 

Said Quillin after the fight, "I'm not a judge.  I'm not an elected official.  I did what I had to do as a fighter and I respect the call.  The referees and doctors ringside did what they had to do to make sure the fighters are safe.

"I never expect an easy payday or an easy fight.  I work hard every time for each fight...  When you dedicate to win a title you need to give that person a sense of being able to achieve what they want.  I am a world champion and I work hard.  He has never been a champion and he doesn't know.

"I'm ready for anybody.  I am a fighter and I worry about fighting.  If it is a rematch, then I don't care.  I work hard to be in this ring and I work hard to defend my title against anybody.  I don't care if it is against my own mother."

Of the stoppage, Rosado told Gray, "I felt like that was B.S.  This is a championship fight.  We were going into the championship rounds.  This was a competitive fight.  I never complained  about a cut.  When the doctor saw my eye, I told him that I could see. It was not giving me any problems up to that point.

"I noticed if I backed him up with a jab that I was hurting him and I was doing that.  But then the doctor called me over and stopped the fight. This is boxing. What about Gatti-Ward? They didn't stop that fight. Corrales-Castillo. We are warriors. 

"I never even complained that I couldn't see. Of course I want a rematch.  This is the story of my life.  I'm the real Rocky Balboa."

In the opening bout of the evening, Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder (30-0, 30 KO's) remained undefeated with a stunning fourth-round knockout over Nicolai "Stone Man" Firtha (21-11-1, 8 KO's).  It was only the third time that the promising young heavyweight from Tuscaloosa, Ala., has ever been into the fourth round.  To date, he has a remarkable 17 first-round knockouts and is looking to move into a championship fight. 

The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast, featuring another historic performance by Hopkins, will replay Sunday at 9 a.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME and Tuesday, October 29 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME.  It will be availabe on SHOWTIME On Demand beginning October 27. 

Results from tonight's SHOWTIME EXTREME televised preliminary bouts:
Dominic Wade (13-0, 10 KO's) defeated Roberto Ventura (15-8, 14 KO's) via technical knockout at 2:08 of round 1.

Braulio Santos (11-1, 10 KO's) defeated David Clark (6-3, 4 KO's) via technical knockout at 1:49 of round 1.

Zachary Ochoa (5-0, 3 KO's) defeated Michael Doyle (2-6, 1 KO') via unanimous decision. 

The SHOWTIME EXTREME undercard bouts will re-air on Wednesday, October 30 at 11 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME.

Hopkins vs. Murat was a 12-round bout for Hopkins' IBF Light Heavyweight World Championship, presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Caesars Atlantic City and sponsored by Corona and AT&T.  In the co-main event WBO Middleweight Champion Peter Quillin put his title on the line against Gabriel Rosado in a 12-round bout.  Plus, opening the tripleheader, WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder faced Nicolai Firtha in a 10-round showdown.  The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast began live at 9 p.m. ET/PT and was available in Spanish on secondary audio programming (SAP).  Preliminary bouts aired live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

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