Complete schedule for September 15th (w/ exact times & lineups)

In chronological order of cards and running order per broadcasters:



From 3:30pm-7:30pm EST (8:30pm-12:30am UK; 9:30pm-1:30 am local time in Bamberg) on BoxNation

• Edmund Gerber vs. Michael Sprott - 8 rounds @ heavyweight
• Marcos Nader vs. Damien Bertu - 10 rounds @ middleweight
• Mateusz Masternak vs. David Quinonero - 10 rounds @ cruiserweight
• Dominick Britsch vs. Roberto Santos II - 12 rounds @ middleweight
• Yoan Pablo Hernandez vs. Troy Ross - 12 rounds @ cruiserweight

*note - ARD in Germany is showing a 150-minute broadcast from 11pm-1:30am local time/5pm-7:30pm EST/10pm-12:30am UK that will likely include the three main fights. BoxNation will likely have deep early undercard coverage during their 90 minutes of extra time.


From 7pm-8:30pm EST (12am-1:30am UK) on Top Rank Live Stream

• Mike Lee vs. Paul Harness - 6 rounds @ light heavyweight
• Matthew Macklin vs. Joachim Alcine - 10 rounds @ middleweight

From 8pm-9pm EST (1am-2am UK) on Showtime Extreme

• Eddie Gomez vs. Quinton Whitaker - 8 rounds @ light middleweight
• Sergio Thompson vs. Carlos Claudio - 8 rounds @ lightweight

From 9pm-1:30am EST (2am-6:30am UK) on Showtime

• Eric Morel vs. Leo Santa Cruz - 12 rounds @ bantamweight
• Marcos Rene Maidana vs. Jesus Soto Karass - 12 rounds @ welterweight
• Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Daniel Ponce De Leon - 12 rounds @ featherweight
• Saul Alvarez vs. Jose Manuel Lopez - 12 rounds @ light middleweight

From 9pm-1am EST (2am-6am UK) on HBO PPV

• Rocky Martinez vs. Miguel Beltran Jr. - 12 rounds @ super featherweight
• Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Roberto Marroquin - 12 rounds @ super bantamweight
• Sergio Gabriel Martinez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. - 12 rounds @ middleweight

 

Possible, considering the HBO PPV is only a triple-header while the Showtime quadruple-header is starting at the exact same time.

Then again, Rigondeaux vs. Marroquin and Martinez vs. Beltran both seem likely candidates to go into the late rounds if not the full distance whereas the Showtime main card has a couple that could end quite early. Morel vs. Santa Cruz probably won't, but Gonzalez and DPDL are each equipped to blow the other out if they land something big on their opponent's chin...and Maidana vs. Soto Karass is a bit of a question mark all over (Maidana got dropped and hurt by 140lbers, and JSK is a big strong natural WW/LMW...but then again JSK has major defensive flaws and can be cut, and Maidana is a dervish..)

All things considered, I have no ****ing idea which main event will come first. There are so many variables.

 

The great news here IMO is that the German card should be wrapped up in time for everybody to catch the prelims for both American cards. :happy

 

Nope. It's the "main event" of the preliminary "Red Carpet" card, per Top Rank's own website.

 

If you ask me, it would make more sense to add Macklin vs. Alcine to the PPV (both to add value and to counter Showtime by matching it in kind with a quadruple-header) and feature the Oyewale Omotoso and John Jackson (undefeated son of Julian and 2nd-generation KO artist) bouts on the Top Rank Live Stream.

Mike Lee honestly doesn't need the airtime at this stage, fighting 6-rounders.

Then, hey, I'm no evil genius like Arum. :conf