According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Al Haymon’s Premiere Boxing Champions was debut on ESPN on July 11.
The monthly PBC series, which will feature many of the elite fighters from Haymon’s star-studded stable of nearly 200 boxers, will debut on ESPN and ESPN Deportes on July 11 (9 p.m. ET) with a card that is to be announced.
“ESPN has a long history of carrying world-class boxing events and the new ‘Premier Boxing Champions’ series continues our commitment to the sport with premier-level prime-time fights previously only available on premium cable networks,” ESPN president John Skipper said.
“It’s bittersweet because ‘Friday Night Fights’ has been an integral part of boxing for 17 years at ESPN, but this opportunity to bring bigger and better fights to the network has been a long time coming,” said ESPN’s Brian Kweder, an ESPN senior director of programming and acquisitions, who is responsible for boxing at the network.
