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03/01/2009 Archived Entry: "Fox Sports EN ESPAÑOL Forges Exclusive Partnership with 'Boxeo Thompson'"
Fox Sports EN ESPAÑOL Forges Exclusive Partnership with 'Boxeo Thompson'
Thompson Boxing Promotions to produce 22 shows for the leading Hispanic sports network in 2009
Press Release
ORANGE, Calif. -- Fox Sports en Español, the most popular and widely-distributed Spanish-language sports brand in the U.S., announced today a partnership with Thompson Boxing Promotions to carry exclusive coverage of its fight cards through 2011. The exciting action begins in March with “New Blood III”, and will continue with 22 one-hour broadcast events in 2009. The competitive featherweight main event between undefeated WBC and WBA-rated Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Omar Lizarraga is scheduled to air on Friday, March 6 at 10:00 PM (PST), and another main event between Junior Welterweights Mauricio Herrera and Brian Gordon will air on Friday, March 20 at 10:00 PM (PST).
“We are thrilled to partner with Fox Sports en Español, providing our fans with exciting boxing action,” said Ken Thompson, President of Thompson Boxing Promotions. “The network provides an excellent vehicle to showcase the talented stable of fighters within our organization.”
“We hope boxing aficionados will share our excitement and make Fox Sports en Español their home for some of the most thrilling boxing coverage on television,” said David Sternberg, General Manager & Executive Vice President Fox Sports International.
“In forging this important alliance, we strengthen our position as the most popular and widely-distributed Spanish-language sports platform in the U.S., providing our loyal viewers with the exclusive and action-packed coverage they’ve come to expect from us,” affirmed Sternberg.
About Thompson Boxing Promotions
Launched in May of 2000 by Ken Thompson, a former President of the World Boxing Hall of Fame, Thompson Boxing Promotions was established with the purpose of elevating the sport of boxing by providing exciting sports entertainment while showcasing talented athletes on their way to the summit of the sport. In the past nine years, the company has risen from being not only one of the top promotional firms in the competitive west coast market, consistently providing shows that live up to the adage ‘never a dull moment’, but to a nationwide powerhouse that includes on its roster some of the best talent in the game today, including Timothy Ray Bradley Jr., Juan Carlos Burgos, Dominic Salcido, Mauricio Herrera, Abraham Lopez, Josesito Lopez, Sergio Espinoza, and Pavel Miranda.
About Fox Sports Español
Fox Sports en Español features more than 1,600 hours of live, exclusive sports programming in Spanish and, with few exceptions, English SAP each year, including InterLigaTM, the Copa Santander Libertadores, the Copa Nissan Sudamericana, and the FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournaments; the Major League Baseball regular season, League Championship Series, All-Star Game and World Series; and premier combat sports including championship boxing from Mexico and the U.S., Ultimate Fighting Championship® and kickboxing. The channel reaches more than 14.4 million cable and satellite households in the country, of which more than 5 million are U.S. Hispanic Households.
Fox Sports en Español is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC, an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned by HM Capital Partners, LLC and News Corporation’s (NYSE: NWS) Fox Sports International. For more information, visit Fox Sports en Español online at foxsportsla.msn.com.
