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EliteXC Returns To Showtime
With Back-To-Back
Fight Nights
Friday, June 13, “CBS
EliteXC Saturday Night Fights” Replay on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT);
Saturday, June 14, LIVE
at 10 p.m. ET/PT from Honolulu
EliteXC Lightweight
Championship - Noons vs. Edwards - Headlines Five-Fight Telecast
June 14, 2008
Neal S. Blaisdell Center
Honolulu, Hawaii
10pm ET\PT on Showtime
NEW YORK – EliteXC will
return to SHOWTIME with back-to-back mixed martial arts telecasts
beginning
Friday, June 13, at 11 p.m.
ET/PT with a replay of the May 31 landmark MMA event, “CBS EliteXC
Saturday Night Fights.”
Each of the five fights that
made up the CBS broadcast will be shown in their entirety on SHOWTIME,
including the impressive
performance by Gina Carano, the thrilling EliteXC middleweight
title brawl between
champion Robbie Lawler
and Scott Smith, and the main event of Kimbo Slice against
James
Thompson.
The following evening,
Saturday, June 14, LIVE from Honolulu, Hawaii, EliteXC will
present a five-fight
telecast on SHOWTIME at 10
p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast) highlighted by an EliteXC
lightweight
title fight pitting defending
champion K.J. Noons of San Diego, Calif., against
Yves Edwards of Houston,
Texas. The four other
televised fights include the world-class Nick Diaz against the
dangerous Muhsin
Corbbrey, Rafael
Feijao against Wayne Cole, Murilo “Ninja” Rua
against Tony Bonello, and Dave
Herman against Ron
Waterman.
For more information on these
and other SHOWTIME Sports telecasts, please visit
www.SHO.com/sports. A
complete schedule of upcoming
SHOWTIME Sports telecasts follows.
- SHOWTIME
Championship Boxing
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Date: |
Saturday, June 7, 2008
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Start Time: |
9 p.m. ET/PT
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Main Event: |
Vernon Forrest
(40-2, 29 KOs) vs. Sergio Mora (20-0-1, 5 KOs ) –
WBC Super Welterweight
Title, 12 Rounds |
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Co-Feature Event: |
Carlos Quintana
(25-1, 19 KOs) vs. Paul Williams (33-1, 24 KOs ) –
WBO Welterweight Title
Rematch, 12 Rounds |
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Promoter(s): |
Gary Shaw Productions
and Fight Nite, LLC, in association with Tournament of
Contenders, LLC;
DiBella Entertainment; Northeast Promotions; and Goossen
Tutor Promotions |
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Venue: |
Mohegan Sun, Uncasville
, Conn. |
- EliteXC
Replay May 31 EliteXC on SHOWTIME
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Date: |
Friday, June 13, 2008
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Start Time: |
11 p.m. ET/PT |
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Main Event: |
Kimbo Slice vs.
James Thompson |
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Co-Feature Bouts: |
Robbie Lawler
vs. Scott Smith – EliteXC Middleweight Title
Gina Carano vs. Kaitlin Young
Phil Baroni vs. Joe Villasenor
Jon Murphy vs. Brett Rogers |
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Promoter(s): |
EliteXC |
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Venue: |
Prudential Center –
Newark , NJ |
- EliteXC
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Date: |
Saturday, June 14, 2008
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Start Time: |
10 p.m. ET/PT
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Main Event: |
K.J. Noons vs.
Yves Edwards – EliteXC Lightweight Title |
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Co-Feature Bouts: |
Nick Diaz vs.
Muhsin Corbbrey
Murilo “Ninja” Rua vs. Tony Bonello
Dave Herman vs. Ron Waterman
Rafael Feijao vs. Wayne Cole |
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Promoter(s): |
EliteXC |
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Venue: |
Neal S. Blaisdell
Center – Honolulu , HI |
- SHOBOX
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Date: |
Friday, June 20, 2008
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Start Time: |
11 p.m. ET/PT |
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Main Event: |
Andre Ward
(15-0, 10 KOs) vs. Jerson Ravelo (18-2, 12 KOs ) –
Super Middleweights, 12
Rounds |
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Co-Feature: |
Ronald Hearns
(18-0, 14 KOs) vs. Jose Luis Gonzalez (12-3-1, 10 KOs ) –
Junior
Middleweights, 10 Rounds |
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Highlights ONLY: |
Eddie Chambers
(30-1, 16 KOs) vs. Raphael Butler (31-4, 24 KOs ) –
Heavyweights, 10 Rounds |
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Promoter(s): |
Goossen Tutor
Promotions |
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Venue: |
Grand Cayman Island |
- SHOWTIME
Championship Boxing
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Date: |
Saturday, June 21, 2008
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Start Time: |
9 p.m. ET/PT
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Main Event: |
Arthur Abraham
(26-0, 26 KOs) vs. Edison Miranda II (30-2, 26 KOs ) –
166 pounds (Catchweight),
12 Rounds |
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Co-Feature: |
Giovanni Lorenzo
(26-0, 18 KOs) vs. Raul Marquez (41-3, 29 KOs ) –
IBF Middleweight Title
Eliminator, 12 Rounds |
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Promoter(s): |
Seminole Warriors
Boxing and Sauerland Event in association with The Seminole
Tribe of Florida |
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Venue: |
Hard Rock Live –
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Hollywood , Fla. |
- SHOBOX
Special Edition
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Date: |
Saturday, July 5, 2008
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Start Time: |
11 p.m. ET/PT |
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Main Event: |
Ricardo Torres
(31-1, 28 KOs) vs. Kendall Holt (23-3, 12 KOs ) –
WBO Junior Welterweight
Title Rematch, 12 Rounds |
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Co-Feature: |
Lamont Peterson
(26-0, 19 KOs ) vs. TBD – Lightweights, 10 Rounds |
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Promoter(s): |
Top Rank, Inc. |
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Venue: |
Planet Hollywood , Las
Vegas |
- SHOWTIME
Championship Boxing
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Date: |
Saturday, August 2,
2008 |
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Start Time: |
9 p.m. ET/PT
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Main Event: |
Dimitri Kirilov
(29-3-1, 9 KOs) vs. Vic Darchinyan (29-1-1, 23 KOs ) –
IBF Super Flyweight
Title, 12 rounds |
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Co-Feature Event: |
TBD |
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Promoter(s): |
Cedric Kushner
Promotions, Inc. |
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Venue: |
TBD |
- From Showtime with a little editing from us (color, etc...)
Subject to change
(6/6/08)
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