ALL ACCESS: MAYWEATHER vs. CANELO
TO BE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT SPORTS.SHO.COM
& ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
Narrated by EMMY® Award Winning Actor Barry Pepper,
Series Premieres This Saturday, Aug. 24 on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT
NEW YORK (Aug. 22, 2013) – Following the SHOWTIME premiere of each episode of the acclaimed documentary series ALL ACCESS: Mayweather vs. Canelo-series premieres this Saturday at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT on SHOWTIME-full episodes will be made available online and across multiple platforms leading up to the boxing event of the year, “THE ONE: Mayweather vs. Canelo” on Saturday, September 14 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, live on SHOWTIME PPV®.
All four episodes will be available following each premiere on Sports.SHO.com, the SHOWTIME Sports® YouTube channel, SHOWTIME ON DEMAND® and on mobile devices via SHOWTIME ANYTIME®. Additionally, a full slate of encore airings are scheduled for SHOWTIME, SHOWTIME EXTREME® and the CBS SPORTS NETWORK. (Visit http://sports.sho.com/programs/all-access for a complete list of air dates and times)
All four episodes are also being produced in Spanish, and the Spanish-language version of each episode will premiere on Univision Deportes Network. For more information regarding the Univision Deportes schedule for All Access please visit www.UnivisionDeportes.com.
The latest chapter of the award winning SHOWTIME Sports® original documentary series airs weekly beginning this Saturday, Aug. 24 leading into the blockbuster showdown between boxing superstars Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez.
This installment of ALL ACCESS, which takes viewers into the dramatic and often unpredictable lives of two superstars at the epicenter of one of the biggest sporting events of the year, is narrated by EMMY Award winning actor Barry Pepper.
EDITORS NOTE: Participating websites and blogs will have the opportunity to offer each full episode directly on their website.
Below is a clip from this Saturday’s premiere episode, which precedesthe live SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® event headlined by Abner Mares vs. Jhonny Gonzalez.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiO8YQkXvo0
“THE ONE: MAYWEATHER VS. CANELO,” a 12-round fight for Canelo’s WBC, WBA and Ring Magazine Super Welterweight World Championships and Mayweather’s WBA Super Welterweight Super World Championship taking place Saturday, Sept. 14 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, is promoted by Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions and Canelo Promotions and sponsored by Corona, O’Reilly Auto Parts, AT&T, Valvoline, Mexico Tourism, Fred Loya Insurance and Nature Nutrition. In the 12-round co-featured attraction, WBC, WBA Super and Ring Magazine Super Lightweight World Champion Danny Garcia and thunderous puncher WBC Interim Super Lightweight World Champion Lucas Matthysse square off in a fight presented in association with Swift Promotions and Arano Box Promotions. Also, Ishe Smith vs. Carlos Molina square off in a 12-round battle for Smith’s IBF Junior Middleweight World Title which is promoted in association with Warriors Boxing. The opening bout on SHOWTIME PPV features a 10-round welterweight showdown between Pablo Cesar Cano and Ashley Theophane. The mega-event will be produced and distributed live by SHOWTIME PPV® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. The event can be heard in Spanish using secondary audio programming (SAP).
Less than 24 hours after going on sale in June, the event was sold out, but six MGM Resorts properties will host live closed circuit telecasts of “THE ONE.” Properties showcasing the event include ARIA, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Monte Carlo and New York-New York. General admission tickets for the closed circuit telecasts are priced at $100, not including handling fees, and are available for purchase at each individual property’s box office outlets and also are available for purchase by phone with a major credit card at 866-799-7711. Closed circuit ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person. Tickets also are available through Ticketmaster by calling (800) 745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.
For more information, visit www.floydmayweather.com, www.mayweatherpromotions.com, www.goldenboypromotions.com, www.sports.sho.com and www.mgmgrand.com, follow on Twitter at @FloydMayweather, @CaneloOficial, @MayweatherPromo, @DannySwift, @IsheSugarShay, @GoldenBoyBoxing, @mgmgrand and @SHOSports, follow the conversation using #TheOne and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FloydMayweather, www.facebook.com/MayweatherPromotions, www.facebook.com/GoldenBoyBoxing and www.facebook.com/SHOboxing.