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08/27/2008 Archived Entry: "'Golden Boy' Promotions, HBO Latin America Group Introduce New Boxing Series"
'Golden Boy' Promotions, HBO Latin America Group Introduce New Boxing Series
'Next Boxing Generation' to air live exclusively on HBO Plus
Press Release
Jose Armando Santa Cruz (left), Ten-Time World Champion and President of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar de la Hoya (center) and Antonio Pitalua (right) pose on August 26, 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico at the press conference to announce Golden Boy Promotions' new series "Next Boxing Generation," which will air on HBO Plus in Latin America. Santa Cruz and Pitalua will fight on the premiere of the series which will take place on September 20, 2008 at Arena Coliseo in Monterrey, Mexico.
MEXICO DF, August 27, 2008 -- Oscar de la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions announced a two year agreement with HBO Latin America Group yesterday to collaborate on a new television series that showcases young Latin American boxers who are destined to be the sport's stars of tomorrow.
The series, entitled "Next Boxing Generation", will be comprised of twelve events per year that will be held in different Latin American countries and will be broadcast live in prime time, one Saturday a month, exclusively on HBO Plus. Six events per year will occur in Mexico, with the remaining six taking place in other South American, Central American and Caribbean countries. The first event of the series is scheduled for September 20 in Monterrey, México.
"I am extremely excited to be promoting our first series of events in Mexico and throughout Latin America," said Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar de la Hoya. "Showcasing young Latin American stars on the rise in their home countries is something that I have looked forward to since Golden Boy Promotions was founded and I am proud to partner with HBO LAG on this venture."
"We are thrilled to team up with Oscar de la Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions on our first original sports programming series," said Gustavo Grossmann, Vice President and General Manager of HBO LAG Networks. "This series is an exciting addition to our sports programming lineup and reinforces HBO Plus's commitment to being the only premium channel in Latin America to broadcast boxing events. We are very proud that Latin America's next generation of champions will be groomed here on HBO Plus."
"With this partnership, HBO LAG reaffirms its interest in supporting local athletes. Boxing is a sport with an increasing fan base and it is necessary to give young Hispanic athletes the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities," said Emilio Rubio, President of Distribution and Media Development for HBO LAG.
"Globalization of the Golden Boy brand while showcasing top boxing talent has always been a company goal," said Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer. "Our partnership with HBO LAG on "Next Boxing Generation" is an exciting way to put that effort into high gear."
About HBO Latin America Group SM
HBOLatin America GroupSM is a group of companies affiliated to Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., The Walt Disney Company and Ole Communications Group.The companies comprising HBO Latin America GroupSM own, operate and manage leading cable and satellite programming in Latin America, Brazil and the Caribbean, including the signals HBO®, HBO® Plus, HBO® Family, Cinemax®, Max PrimeSM, Warner ChannelSM, Sony Entertainment Television, A&E, The History Channel, E! Entertainment Television, AXN, The Biography Channel and Animax.
About Golden Boy Promotions
Los Angeles-based Golden Boy Promotions was established in 2002 by Oscar de la Hoya, the first Hispanic to own a national boxing promotional company. In 2007, in its fifth year of promoting, Golden Boy Promotions set a record by selling over 2.5 million in pay-per-view homes in a single night. Also in 2007, Golden Boy Promotions established the record for highest grossing pay-per-view homes in a single year with more than 4 million total. Golden Boy Promotions is one of boxing's most active and respected promoters, presenting shows in packed venues around the United States on networks such as HBO, HBO Latino, TeleFutura, SHOWTIME, Versus and ESPN.
Golden Boy Promotions currently has close to 60 fighters under contract, from future hall of famers Bernard Hopkins, Sugar Shane Mosley and Juan Manuel Marquez to current world champions Ricky Hatton, David Haye, Joel Casamayor, Israel Vazquez and Gerry Peñalosa. Also included on the company's roster are top contenders Jeff Lacy, Juan Diaz, Daniel Ponce De Leon, Jhonny Gonzalez, Librado Andrade, Rocky Juarez and Rey Bautista; 2004 Olympians Abner Mares, Vicente Escobedo and Rock Allen; and highly regarded prospects Danny Garcia, Jermell Charlo, Hylon Williams and Carlos and Juan Velasquez.
