Showtime Posts First Fonfara-Stevenson Fight on YouTubein Advance of Rematch

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Showtime Sports will turn to YouTube to promote its June 3 Adonis Stevenson-Andrzej Fonfara light heavyweight championship boxing telecast. 

The network will post the two fighters' competitive 2014 fight on its YouTube channel beginning today, according to network officials. Stevenson defeated Fonfara in a close decision in which both fighters scored knockdowns.

The Stevenson-Fonfara rematch will air live on Showtime this Saturday as part of a fight card that will also feature the Eleider Alvarez -- Stevenson’s mandatory challenger for the light heavyweight title -- against former 175-pound champion Jean Pascal, said the network.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.