HBO Championship Boxing

 Wright vs. Soliman

December 10, 2005

 Mohegan Sun Casino

Uncasville, CT

10:00pm ET/ 7:00pm PT

This Saturday, HBO Championship Boxing will present the exclusive delay broadcast of last weeks HBO

pay-per-view fight from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada featuring the the undisputed middleweight

champion of the world, Jermain Taylor, against the former undisputed champion Bernard Hopkins. The

live bout for the night will see former WBO and IBF Jr. middleweight champion Ronald "Winky" Wright

(currently ranked the # 3 middleweight by the IBF) take on the IBF # 1 ranked middleweight Sam Soliman

in a 12 round IBF title eliminator bout. And according to HBO, "the two-fight telecast will also air on HBO2 on

Sunday, Dec. 11 at 11:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 11:45 p.m. All times are Eastern and

Pacific."

Line-up:

Undisputed Middleweight Title Bout (Exclusive Re-Broadcast)

Champion Jermain Taylor (24-0, 17 KOs) vs. Bernard Hopkins (46-3-1, 32KOs)

Middleweight Bout (12 Rds)

Ronald "Winky" Wright (49-3, 25 KOs) vs. Sam Soliman (31-7, 12 KOs)

 

Subject to change

(12/08/05)