FS1 Laces Up for Premier Boxing Champions Telecasts

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Fox Sports is the latest entity to step into the ring to distribute Premier Boxing Champions live fights beginning in September.

Fox Sport 1 will distribute 21 PBC-promoted fight cards through June as part of its Toe-To-Toe Tuesdays boxing series, the company said. The series will launch Sept. 8 with a card featuring welterweights Austin Trout against Joey Hernandez and a junior featherweight fight between Jorge Lara and Jesus Rojas.

“We’ve been invested in boxing as a cornerstone property since launching FOX Sports 1.”

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

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