Sky Sports have added several international dates to the autumn schedul
Sky Sports have added several international dates to the autumn schedul
Ricky Burns: Kicks off the new season in Glasgow on Saturday
Ricky Burns kicks off a fantastic season of
boxing on Sky Sports when he defends his world title against Raymundo
Beltran in Glasgow on Saturday night.
The WBO lightweight champion returns to action as the season cranks up a gear following the brief summer hiatus.
In addition to stacked domestic shows we will also bring you live and exclusive coverage of some big international fights.
"This is fast becoming one of the most exciting starts to any
season," said Adam Smith, executive producer of boxing at Sky Sports.
"We have all been counting down to the massive heavyweight clash
between David Haye and Tyson Fury, and now our schedule has been hugely
boosted by the fascinating super-middleweight showdown between Carl
Froch and George Groves.
"With the likes of Ricky Burns, Anthony Joshua and Kell Brook all in
early Autumnal action, I am also really pleased about the addition of
some cracking international matches with major boxing names.
"Every fight fan will have their favourite - be it the skill-set of
Marquez, the quality of Cotto, the power of Stevenson or the slug-fest
that will surely be Alvarado v Provodnikov.
"We can't wait for them all! Bring on the new season - it's going to be fabulous!"
Take a look at how the new season is shaping up on Sky Sports...
SEPTEMBER 7
Ricky Burns defends his WBO light weight
title against America-based Mexican Raymundo Beltran. Paul Appleby,
Scott Cardle and Callum Smith feature on the undercard along with
several up-and-coming prospects from north of the border.
SEPTEMBER 21
Popular Liverpudlian Derry Mathews
returns to his home city to defend his Commonwealth lightweight title
against Curtis Woodhouse. Another Commonwealth belt will be on the line
when Rocky Fielding takes on Mohammed Akrong for the vacant
super-middleweight strap. Liam Smith and Erick Ochieng clash for the
vacant British light-middleweight title.
SEPTEMBER 28
A monster Sky Box Office show featuring the heavyweight clash between David Haye and Tyson Fury.
Chief support will see Scott Quigg face Yoandris Salinas for the vacant
WBA super-bantamweight belt. We then cross the pond for Adonis
Stevenson v Tavoris Cloud for the WBC light-heavyweight title in
Montreal, Canada.
OCTOBER 5
Olympic gold medallist Anthony Joshua will
make his long-awaited debut at London's O2 Arena as he looks to make a
successful transition from amateur to professional. A packed card is
headed by Lee Selby's attempt to win the Lonsdale Belt outright when he
defends his British and Commonwealth titles against Ryan Walsh. There's
also a mouth-watering lightweight clash between Kevin Mitchell and Gary
Sykes while welterweight prospects Larry Ekundayo and Glenn Foot are
also on collision course. The action then moves to Florida where
three-weight champion Miguel Cotto returns against Devlin Rodriguez.
OCTOBER 13
Las Vegas is the destination as WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley
takes on four-weight champ Juan Manuel Marquez while Orlando Cruz and
Orlando Salido scrap for the vacant WBO featherweight title.
OCTOBER 20
Do not the potential fight of the year clash
between WBO light-welterweight champion Mike Alvarado and Ruslan
Provodnikov in Denver.
OCTOBER 26
The Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield will be packed to the rafters as Kell Brook
puts his unbeaten record on the line against Ricky Hatton's conqueror
Vyashaslev Senchenko. Anthony Joshua will be out again for the second
time in a month while a host of Matchroom prospects will be on show,
including exciting super-flyweight Kal Yafai.
NOVEMBER 23
Carl Froch defends his IBF and WBA
super-middleweight titles against the unbeaten Londoner George Groves in
Manchester, reviving memories of Benn v Eubank all those years ago.
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