HBO Sets June Miguel Cotto Fight

By R. Thomas Umstead
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HBO will air the June 6 Miguel Cotto-Daniel Geale middleweight championship fight, the network said Thursday.

The fight from Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, NY will pit the champion Cotto (39-4 with 32 knockouts) against former two time world champion Geale (31-3, 16 KOs). The fight will be the fifth live boxing telecast for the pay service scheduled over the next two months begininng this Saturday (April 17) with the Lucas Matthysse/Ruslan Provodnikov-Terence Crawford/Thomas Dulorme doubleheader fight card.

Other upcoming HBO fights include the April 25 Wladimir Klitschko/Bryant Jennings fight; the May 9 Canelo Alvarez/James Kirkland bout; and the May 16 Gennady Golovkin/Willi Monroe Jr. telecast, said network officials.

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.