Former Welterweight Champions Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia Join Ray Mancini and Kate Abdo for FOX Sports PBC PPV: Errol Spence Jr. vs. Shawn Porter Programming

Former Welterweight Champions Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia Join Ray Mancini and Kate Abdo for FOX Sports PBC PPV: Errol Spence Jr. vs. Shawn Porter Programming

Published Sep. 24, 2019 8:52 p.m. ET

FOX SPORTS PBC PPV Features Welterweight Title Unification Clash Between IBF Champion Errol “The Truth’’ Spence Jr. and WBC Champion “Showtime’’ Shawn Porter


Former Undisputed Heavyweight Champion Lennox Lewis, Legendary Trainer Joe Goossen and Kenny Albert Call Fights Saturday on PPV and FS1


LOS ANGELES – Today, FOX Sports announces former welterweight champion Keith Thurman joins International Boxing Hall of Famer Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini and host Kate Abdo for FOX SPORTS PBC FIGHT NIGHT: ERROL SPENCE JR. VS. SHAWN PORTER programming Wednesday, Sept. 25, Friday, Sept. 27 and Saturday, Sept. 28. In addition, former welterweight champion Danny Garcia also joins the desk crew for coverage on Friday and Saturday.

Saturday’s FOX SPORTS PBC PPV (9:00 PM ET) is headlined by the highly anticipated welterweight title unification clash between IBF Champion Errol “The Truth’’ Spence Jr. and WBC Champion “Showtime’’ Shawn Porter. The PPV also features WBC Super Middleweight Champion Anthony “The Dog” Dirrell against unbeaten former champion David “El Bandera Roja” Benavidez in an explosive 168-pound showdown.

Action kicks off Saturday on the FOX Sports’ PBC on FOX Twitter, Facebook and YouTube pages with the non-televised PPV Prelims, starting at 4:15 PM ET, called by Marcos Villegas and Felix DeJesus. Programming moves to FS1 with the PREFIGHT SHOW at 7:00 PM ET, followed by the PRELIMS at 7:30 PM ET. The FOX Sports’ PBC on FOX Twitter, Facebook and YouTube pages begin their Spence – Porter All-Access stream at approximately 8:00 PM ET, following both fighters behind the scenes as they prep for their showdown.

Below is programming information, the week’s on-air broadcaster roster and fight card lineup:

FOX SPORTS PBC PAY-PER-VIEW PRESS CONFERENCE
• Network: FS1, FOX Deportes
• Date/Time: Wednesday, Sept. 25 (7:00 PM ET)
• Desk Announcers: Host Kate Abdo, analysts Hall of Famer Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini and Keith Thurman
• Press Conference Host: Heidi Androl
• Press Conference Emcee: Jimmy Lennon Jr.

FOX SPORTS PBC PAY-PER-VIEW WEIGH-IN
• Network: FS1, FOX Deportes
• Date/Time: Friday, Sept. 27 (2:00 PM ET)
• Desk Announcers: Host Kate Abdo, analysts Hall of Famer Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia
• FOX Deportes Announcers: Alejandro Luna and Erik Morales
• Weigh-in Announcer: Jimmy Lennon Jr.
• Reporter: Heidi Androl

FOX SPORTS PBC PAY-PER-VIEW PREFIGHT SHOW / POSTFIGHT SHOW
• Network: FS1, FOX Deportes
• PREFIGHT SHOW Date/Time: Saturday, Sept. 28 (7:00 PM ET)
• POSTFIGHT SHOW Date/Time: Saturday, Sept. 28 (1:30 PM ET)
• Desk Announcers: Host Kate Abdo, analysts Hall of Famer Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia
• Reporter: Heidi Androl
• FOX Deportes: Blow-by-blow announcer Alejandro Luna, analysts Erik Morales and Jessi Losada

FOX SPORTS PBC PAY-PER-VIEW PRELIMS / PPV
• Network: FS1, FOX Deportes
• PRELIMS Date/Time: Saturday, Sept. 28 (7:30 PM ET)
• PPV Date/Time: Saturday, Sept. 28 (9:00 PM ET)
• Announcers: Blow-by-blow announcer Kenny Albert, analysts former Undisputed Heavyweight Champion Lennox Lewis and legendary trainer Joe Goossen
• Reporter: Heidi Androl
• Ring Announcer: Jimmy Lennon Jr.
• Unofficial Scorer: Marcos Villegas
• FOX Deportes: Blow-by-blow announcer Alejandro Luna, analysts Erik Morales and Jessi Losada
• Bouts

FS1 Prelims
• Robert Guerrero (35-6-1, 20 KOs) vs. Jerry Thomas (14-1-1, 8 KOs) – 10 Rounds, Welterweight
• Joey Spencer (8-0, 6 KOs) vs. Travis Gambardella (5-0-2, 2 KOs) – 4 Rounds, Super Welterweight

PPV
• Errol Spence Jr. (25-0, 21 KOs) vs. Shawn Porter (30-2-1, 17 KOs) – 12 Rounds, WBC and IBF World Welterweight Championship
• Anthony Dirrell (33-1-1, 24 KOs) vs. David Benavidez (21-0, 18 KOs) – 12 Rounds, WBC World Super Middleweight Championship
• Mario Barrios (24-0, 16 KOs) vs. Batyr Akhmedov (7-0, 6 KOs) – 12 Rounds, WBA World Super Lightweight Championship
• Josesito Lopez (36-8, 19 KOs) vs. John Molina (30-8, 24 KOs) – 10 Rounds, Welterweight

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