Tuesday, April 29, 2014

SHOWTIME SPORTS® EXPANSIVE PROGRAMMING LINEUP FOR MAYWEATHER VS. MAIDANA FIGHT WEEK BEGINSTONIGHT WITH A REPLAY OF SATURDAY’S FIGHT OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE: LUCAS MATTHYSSE VS. JOHN MOLINA



“ALL ACCESS: Mayweather vs. Maidana Episode 3,  COUNTDOWN LIVE,
Live Coverage of Fight Week and Classic Fights Will Be Available on SHOWTIME®, SHOWTIME EXTREME®,
SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, SHOWTIME ANYTIME®,Sports.SHO.com and More

TWEET: .@KeithThurmanJr impressed, but Matthysse stole the show! See the FOTY candidate TONIGHT at 10p, SHO Extreme. http://s.sho.com/1rGCZir

NEW YORK (April 29, 2014) – SHOWTIME Sports® will offer a blitz of live and documentary programming across multiple platforms this week in advance of the SHOWTIME PPV® presentation of “THE MOMENT: Mayweather vs. Maidana” – a four-fight telecast headlined by boxing superstar and No. 1 pound-for-pound titlist Floyd “Money” Mayweather against Marcos Maidana in a 12-round welterweight world championship unification fight this Saturday, May 3 (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. 

The lineup features live events and exclusive content including live coverage of fight week, the premiere of ALL ACCESS: Mayweather vs. Maidana Episode 3, classic fights, and COUNTDOWN LIVE, a one-hour show on SHOWTIME preceding the pay-per-view event.

The excitement begins tonight, April 29, on SHO EXTREME and continues with five consecutive days of daily fistic programming in support of “THE MOMENT: Mayweather vs. Maidana.’’  The schedule:

Tonight, April 29
Last Saturday’s terrific SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXINGtripleheader, highlighted by the universally lauded Fight Of The Year candidate, Matthysse vs. Molina, delivered it all – drama, brutal action, and unrelenting intensity.  Don’t miss the replay of the instant classic tonight/Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHO EXTREME.

Wednesday, April 30
SHOWTIME Sports Press Pass Live will stream the MAIN EVENT FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE live at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT onwww.sho.com/sports The live program is available to simulcast on your network and website. 

ALL ACCESS: Mayweather vs. Maidana EPISODE 3 premieres onSHOWTIME at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

CLASSIC FIGHTS – An encore presentation of Marcos Maidana vs. Victor Ortiz will air on SHO EXTREME at 11:45 p.m. ET/PT.    

THURSDAY, MAY 1
SHOWTIME Sports Press Pass Live will stream the UNDERCARD FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE featuring Amir Khan, Adrien Broner and all the undercard fighters at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT on www.sho.com/sportsThe live program is available to simulcast on your network and website.

CLASSIC FIGHTS – Marcos Maidana vs. Jesus Soto Karass will air on SHO EXTREME at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT.  Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto will air on SHO EXTREME at 11:05 p.m. ET/PT.

FRIDAY, MAY 2
WEIGH-IN LIVE: Mayweather vs. Maidana, a one-hour live program, will air on SHOWTIME at 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. PT and include coverage the official weigh-in, plus a special ALL ACCESS LIVE segment highlighted byan unedited, unscripted, live face-to-face meeting between the main event combatants a mere 24 hours before they square off in the ring.  This program will be fed live via satellite, and stream on YouTube, Ustream andwww.sho.com/sports WEIGH-IN LIVE is available to simulcast on your network and website.

SHO EXTREME MARATHON will air five continuous hours of content related to “THE MOMENT,” including a replay of the WEIGH-IN at 10 p.m. ET/PT, Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana at 11 p.m. ET/PT and an ALL ACCESS marathon of all three episodes beginning at midnight ET/PT.

SATURDAY, MAY 3
SHO EXTREME MARATHON will continue with more than three hours of non-stop programming Saturday morning.  ALL ACCESS Episodes 1, 2 and 3 will air consecutively beginning at 10 a.m. ET/PT.  SHO EXTREME will air Mayweather’s record breaking pay-per-view event from last September vs. Canelo Alvarez at 11:30 a.m. ET/PT and Maidana’s hard-earned upset decision over Adrien Broner last December at 12:30 p.m. ET/PT.

COUNTDOWN LIVE: Mayweather vs. Maidana, a one-hour preview show on SHOWTIME that leads directly into the pay-per-view begins at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT and will be fed via satellite, and stream via YouTube, Ustream and sho.com/sports.  The live program is available to simulcast on your network and website.

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