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Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
REMINDER: AL MICHAELS, MARV ALBERT & “SUGAR” RAY LEONARD ON PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS CONFERENCE CALL TODAY AT 1 PM ET
Three Days Until Debut of Premier Boxing Champions in Primetime, This Saturday, March 7, Live at 8:30 PM ET on NBC
NBC UNIVERSO to Air Encore Presentation of PBC on NBC & Corner to Corner Sunday, March 8
STAMFORD, Conn. – Mar. 3, 2015 – In three days, on Saturday, March, 7, boxing returns to primetime broadcast television with the debut of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC at 8:30 p.m. ET. The debut of PBC on NBC features a pair of blockbuster bouts — Keith Thurman vs. Robert Guerrero, and Adrien Broner vs. John Molina Jr. — from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Blow-by-blow announcer Marv Albert and analyst “Sugar” Ray Leonard call the action. Al Michaels will host. Laila Ali and B.J. Flores serve as corner analysts, joined by reporter Kenny Rice.
AL MICHAELS, MARV ALBERT & “SUGAR” RAY LEONARD ON CONFERENCE CALL TODAY AT 1 PM ET
PBC on NBC host Al Michaels, blow-by-blow announcer Marv Albert, analyst “Sugar” Ray Leonard, and Executive Producer of NBC Sports and NBCSN Sam Flood will participate in a conference call today, Wednesday, Mar. 4, at 1 p.m. ET.
Dial 719-325-2448 to Participate, Conference ID 1717692.
NBC UNIVERSO TO AIR ENCORE PRESENTATION OF PBC ON NBC & CORNER TO CORNER SUNDAY, MARCH 8
NBC UNIVERSO will present encore coverage of PBC on NBC this Sunday, March 8, beginning with PBC on NBC: Corner to Corner at 2 p.m. ET, and continuing with a Spanish-language presentation of Thurman vs. Guerrero and Broner vs. Molina Jr. at 3 p.m. ET.
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NBC and NBCSN will present 20 live PBC on NBC boxing events in 2015. Within the 20 live shows, NBC Sports Group will present more than 50 hours of PBC coverage, including NBCSN pre- and post-fight programming for NBC telecasts. The Premier Boxing Champions series is created for television by Haymon Boxing. The PBC on NBC will feature many of today’s brightest stars, in their most compelling matches.
All PBC on NBC shows will be streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. NBC Sports Live Extra is available for desktops at NBCSports.com/liveextra. The NBC Sports Live Extra app is available at the App Store for iPad and iPod touch, on select devices within Google Play, and on windows phones and tablets.
–NBC SPORTS GROUP–
