HBO To Replay Top Boxing Telecasts
HBO will replay nine of its 2015 boxing telecsats over four consecutive nights beginning tonight (Sept. 27), the network said Sunday.
The nine fights will feature some of the most popular fighters in the sport, inclcuding Canelo Alvarez, Gennady Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev, Terence Crawford, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez and Timothy Bradley Jr.
HBO's Boxng's Best lineup is as follows:
Sunday, December 27 Sergey Kovalevvs. Jean Pascal I
Terence Crawfordvs. Dierry Jean
Canelo Alvarezvs. James Kirkland
Monday, December 28 Lucas Matthyssevs. Ruslan Provodnikov
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Timothy Bradley Jr.vs. Brandon Rios
Tuesday, December 29 Gennady Golovkinvs. David Lemieux
Takashi Miura vs.Francisco Vargas
Wednesday, December 30 Miguel Cotto vs.Canelo Alvarez
Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalezvs. Brian Viloria
*Winners names are in italics
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