SHOWTIME Sports on Friday announced seven live boxing telecasts over a 12-week span, a stacked lineup featuring nine world championship fights and 14 overall matches in boxing’s deepest and most exciting divisions. The full slate of programming will air on SHOWTIME as well as the first Prime Time boxing event on CBS television network in decades.

Saturday, April 9 – SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL
Main Event: Charles Martin (23-0-1, 21 KOs) vs. Anthony Joshua (15-0, 15 KOs)
IBF Heavyweight World Title Championship
Co-feature: Lee Selby (22-1, 8 KOs) vs. Eric Hunter (21-3, 11 KOs)
IBF Featherweight Championship
Venue: The O2 – London
Promoter: Warriors Boxing & Matchroom Sport

Friday, April 15 – ShoBox: The New Generation
Main Event: Nikolay Potapov (14-0, 6 KOs) vs. Stephon Young (14-0-2, 6 KOs)
10-Rd Bantamweight Bout
Venue: Turning Stone Casino – Verona, NY
Promoter: Salita Promotions
Four-fight telecast featuring at least six undefeated fighters.

Saturday, April 16 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Gary Russell Jr. (26-1, 15 KOs) vs. Patrick Hyland (31-1, 15 KOs)
WBC Featherweight World Championship
Co-Feature: Jose Pedraza (21-0, 12 KOs) vs. Stephen Smith (23-1, 13 KOs)
IBF Super Featherweight World Championship
Start Time: 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT
Venue: Fox Theatre at Foxwoods Resort Casino
Promoter: DiBella Entertainment

Saturday, April 30 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Badou Jack (20-1-1, 12 KOs) vs. Lucian Bute (32-3, 25 KOs)
WBC Super Middleweight Championship
James DeGale (22-1, 14 KOs) vs. Rogelio Medina (35-6, 29 KOs)
IBF Super Middleweight World Championship
Venue: TBD
Promoter: Mayweather Promotions
Former champ Bute, fresh off a great fight against DeGale, steps in to replace the injured Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Medina is the IBF’s mandated challenger for DeGale. The winners will meet in an immediate unification.

Targeting May 2016 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING – PENDING CONFIRMATION
Main Event: Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) vs. Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs)
WBC Heavyweight World Championship
Venue: Moscow

Saturday, June 11 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Main Event: Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 KOs) vs. John Molina Jr. (28-6, 23 KOs)
12-Rd Super Lightweight Bout
Venue: Turning Stone Casino – Verona, NY
Promoter: Banner Promotions

Saturday, June 25 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS
Main Event: Keith Thurman (26-0, 1 ND, 22 KOs) vs. Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs)
WBA Welterweight World Championship
Jesus Cuellar (28-1, 21 KOs) vs. Abner Mares (29-2-1, 15 KOs)
WBA (reg.) Featherweight World Championship
Venue: TBD
Promoter: DiBella Entertainment
Thurman cleared to resume training after minor injury, Three-division world champ Mares to now face Jesus Cuellar for featherweight title

Late-Summer 2016 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KOs) vs. Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs)
WBA (super) Featherweight World Championship
Frampton the unified 122-pound titlist, will move up to face Santa Cruz for the WBA (super) Featherweight World Championship