HBO Sets Jones-Hopkins PPV Fight

By R. Thomas Umstead
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HBO Sports has added an April 3 Bernard Hopkins-Roy Jones Jr. fight to its lineup of 2010 pay-per-view boxing events.
The fight, a rematch of the 1993 battle between the two former champions won by Jones, will follow the previously announced March 13 event featuring boxing's pound for pound champion Manny Pacquiao and welterweight contender Joshua Clottey.
The network is also working on a May 1 Floyd Mayweather Jr.-"Sugar' Shane Mosley welterweight PPV bout, although the deal has yet to be finalized, according to sources close to HBO.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.