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GLOBAL BOXING STAR AMIR "KING"
KHAN
TO SERVE AS SPECIAL GUEST
ANALYST
ON DEC. 7th EDITION OF SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP
BOXING®
Khan Subbing for
SHOWTIME® Analyst Paul Malignaggi Who Faces Zab Judah
In the Main Event of the Battle
For Brooklyn
Saturday, Dec. 7, Live on
SHOWTIME® at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
From
Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
NEW
YORK (Dec. 2, 2013) - Amir "King"
Khan, one of boxing's most popular and
exciting fighters, joins the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING announce team
as a guest analyst on Saturday,
Dec. 7, live on SHOWTIME (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
from Barclays
Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Khan
is substituting for regular SHOWTIME analyst Paul "Magic Man" Malignaggi
who headlines the event with fellow Brooklynite Zab "Super" Judah
in a 12-round, all-Brooklyn welterweight main event. The live four-fight
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast also features three world championship
fights including IBF Welterweight World Champion Devon Alexander versus
undefeated Shawn Porter.
Having fought and defeated both Malignaggi and Judah (in
2010 and '11 respectfully), Khan's experience in the fight game and intimate
knowledge of the main event will be on tap as he joins SHOWTIME
CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING host Brian Kenny, play-by play announcer
Mauro Ranallo, Hall
of Fame analyst Al Bernstein and EMMY®
Award winning sports reporter Jim Gray.
"I'm really looking forward to working with SHOWTIME on another top
draw bill," said Khan. "The main event between Paulie and Zab will be a Brooklyn
blockbuster with two of boxing's most skilled fighters. Having shared the ring
with both men I know together they will bring speed, power, ring craft and heart
to the table. Fighting in their own backyard, neither one of them will want to
leave that ring the loser so it makes for an extremely intriguing matchup
between two truly world class operators. The undercard is filled with some
similarly great clashes, which could headline on their own, with IBF world
champion Devon Alexander taking on Shawn Porter, Sakio Bika defending his WBC
world title against the undefeated Anthony Dirrell and Austin Trout up against
Erislandy Lara in could be an edge-of-the-seat thriller."
A former Unified Super Lightweight World Champion, Khan is
lightning-fast and talented inside the ring.
In 2004, Khan became the youngest British Olympic boxing medalist when he won
silver at the Athens Olympics at the age of 17. As a professional
Khan (28-3, 19 KO's) has faced many of the best fighters of this
era. He won two consecutive fights in the last 12 months, including a
hard-fought unanimous decision over world champion Julio Diaz on April
27. A give-and-take boxer-brawler, Khan is a fan
favorite wherever he goes. Khan will turn 27 on Dec. 8.
The
Dec. 7 quadrupleheader is the
first of two consecutive four-fight SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecasts
in seven days. On Saturday, Dec.
14, the anticipated match between WBA Welterweight World Champion
Adrien Broner (27-0, 22 KO's) and the dangerous Marcos Maidana
(34-3, 31 KO's) will top a four-fight event from San Antonio, Texas that
includes three other world title fights.
ABOUT
"JUDAH VS. MALIGNAGGI":
Judah vs.
Malignaggi is a 12-round fight
for the NABF and NABO Welterweight titles taking place on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013 at Barclays Center in
Brooklyn, New York. The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in
association with Super Judah Promotions and sponsored by Corona, AT&T,
Grudge Match and Casamigos Tequila. In the co-featured bout, Devon Alexander
puts his IBF welterweight title on the line in a 12-round bout against Shawn
Porter, Erislandy Lara defends his interim WBA Super Welterweight title in a
12-round fight against Austin Trout and Sakio Bika defends his WBC Super
Middleweight title against Anthony Dirrell in a 12-round bout. The SHOWTIME
telecast begins at 8:00 p.m. ET/ 5:00 p.m. PT immediately following ALL ACCESS:
Broner vs. Maidana which begins at 7:30 p.m. ET/ 4:30 p.m. PT. The telecast will
be available in Spanish via secondary audio programming (SAP).
Get you ticket today . Contact Joseph Dimitri at(718)-942-6996 or email Jdimitri@brooklynnets.com tickets still available at $31, 46, 66, 106, 206 no fees. | 
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