16.12.04 – Now into its sixth full month of production, “CMX Boxeo de Campeones”– presented by CMXsports and promoted by Guilty Boxing — returns THIS FRIDAY December 17, LIVE from El Foro in Tijuana, Mexico. There will be no love lost south of the border when Tijuana’s LEOPOLDO “FEROZ” GONZALEZ risks his undefeatewd record going mano-a-mano against Mexico City’s ESTEBAN JIMINEZ in the 10-round super bantamweight main event..
Boxing fans from around the world can catch all the action via a live internet stream, and access the replay, at www.cmxsports.com for a monthly subscription fee of just $4.95. The series airs every Friday night, beginning at 11 P.M. ET / 8 P.M. PT. Subscribers will also be able to access archived fight footage and get behind-the-scenes interviews, previews and articles. The broadcasts will be available in English and Spanish. Newly elected World Boxing Hall of Fame induct, “The Colonel” Bob Sheridan, a veteran of more than 750 world title broadcasts, and former NFL All-Pro kicker and veteran sports announcer Benny Ricardo, will be handling the English broadcast’s — “CMX Champions of Boxing” — blow-by-blow and color commentary, respectively. The Spanish language feed of the broadcast will feature former five-time world champion Manuel Medina providing the color commentary to Roberto Sosa’s blow-by-blow .
“CMX Champions of Boxing” is also televised on BEN Television, a free to air channel that covers all-over the Great Britain and Ireland markets and reaches more than seven million homes on the BSKYB platform on channel 184 Electronic Programme Guide in the UK alone. BEN Television also reaches out to Western Europe and North Africa collectively reaching more than 30 million satellite accessible digital homes.
“It looks like I will be getting my Christmas goose early in Jiminez,” said Gonzalez. “I am going to slice him up and then stuff a loss down his throat with a knockout!”
“Feliz Navidad! Senor Gonzalez has come to me all shiny and gift wrapped,” said Gonzalez. “I cannot wait to put a seasons beating on him with his first professional loss. Christmas will never be the same again for him!”
The seven-bout undercard will feature SIX undefeated warriors fighting to keep their sterling records unblemished, including the co-main event — a 10-round bantamweight battle between Adalberto Borquez, 16-0 (13 KOs), from Tijuana against Giovanni Urbina, 18-8 (11 KOs), from Huixtla. The undercard will also feature, in separate bouts, lightweight Cristian Lopez, 11-0 (8 KOs), from Sinaloa; and super flyweight Rodrigo Garay, 11-0 (6 KOs), also from Sinaloa.
CMXsports and Guilty Boxing will produce 48 two-hour shows a year over a three-year period with two cards each month emanating from Las Vegas –The Orleans Hotel & Casino and the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino. The remaining two shows per month will be broadcast from different locations, including, southern California and Mexico. Recent shows have emanated from Las Pulgas Club and the larger El Foro in Tijuana, Mexico.
“CMX Boxeo de CampeonesÔáü showcases the very best in action-packed Latin fights, a staple of Guilty Boxing shows over the past decade, as well as an extensive amount of high-quality features on boxing. CMXsports will complement the broadcast with the Internet’s capability to provide fans around-the-clock, behind-the-scenes information about the fighters before and after the show, and the state-of-the-art CMXlivecam, allowing fans unprecedented access to the fighters on a real-time basis. In short, CMXsports is leveraging the latest in Internet streaming and interactive technology to produce an unprecedented experience for the viewer.
CMXsports is one of the rapidly growing members of the CMX family of sports and entertainment companies founded by A. Demetrius (Tony) Brown. Brown, a former professional basketball player, established a successful metal trading company that later evolved into CMXchange, a successful Internet-based trading exchange. Over the past two years, Brown has purchased or created a number of companies focused at a range of sports and entertainment products and services.