Countdown To Tarver-Hopkins Premieres Saturday Night

NEW YORK, May 26 – HBO Sports is presenting a thirty-minute special which goes behind the scenes into the training camps previewing the upcoming HBO Pay-Per-View fight between boxing stars Antonio Tarver (24-3-0, 18 KOs) and Bernard Hopkins (46-4-1, 32 KOs). The highly anticipated light heavyweight bout is set for Saturday, June 10 in Atlantic City.. The 175-pound showdown features Tarver, widely regarded as the top light heavyweight in the sport, in an intriguing fight versus a future Hall of Famer in Hopkins, who is hoping to make history in what he calls his final ring performance.

The special “COUNTDOWN TO TARVER-HOPKINS, ” which will feature fighter profiles, expert analysis and forecasts for the showdown in Atlantic City, will premiere Saturday night, May 27 on the main HBO service immediately following the HBO BOXING AFTER DARK telecast from Carson, CA, which begins at 10:00 p.m ET/PT. HBO will re-air the countdown special on Tuesday, May 30 at 12:00 a.m., Saturday, June 3 at 10:30 p.m. and Wednesday, June 7 at 12:30 a.m. All times are ET/PT.

The countdown special will also be available to HBO ON DEMAND subscribers 24 hours a day from Monday, May 29 thru Monday, June 12.

Additional HBO2 Air Dates And Times Of The Countdown Special:

Wednesday, May 31 at at 7:30 p.m. and 1:10 a.m.
Sunday, June 4 at 10:00 a.m.
Tuesday, June 6 at 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 7 at 3:30 p.m.
Friday, June 9 at 12:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.
Saturday June 10 at 5:15 p.m.

All Times Are ET/PT.

Tickets for the Tarver vs. Hopkins “Fight To The Finish” are priced at $750, $600, $400, $200, $100 and $50, are on sale now and can be purchased at the Boardwalk Hall Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations by calling 800-736-1420 or at www.ticketmaster.com .

The Tarver vs. Hopkins “Fight To The Finish” – a 12 round light heavyweight bout presented by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, Golden Boy Promotions and Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, and will be broadcast live on HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9pm (ET) / 6pm (PT) on June 10, has a suggested retail price of $49.95, will be distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to over 56 million pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view
industry.