Our last press release post for tonight deals with HBO’s reair of the wacky and insane ending to the Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz fight. Last week, Mayweather knocked out Ortiz at the end of the 4th round. This was after the referee penalized Ortiz for a head butt and Ortiz tried to apologize and was not looking at Mayweather as the round was winding down. Then all hell broke loose. And during the postfight interview, Larry Merchant told Mayweather he would kick his ass if he was 50 years younger following Floyd’s diatribe against the much older Larry.
So overall, it was quite the night for boxing last Saturday. HBO will air everything including the postfight interview on a special edition of World Championship Boxing Saturday night at 9:45 East and West. Here’s the press release.
HBO SPORTS® PRESENTS THE EXCLUSIVE REPLAY FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. VICTOR ORTIZ SATURDAY, SEPT. 24, PLUS BONUS “24/7” COVERAGE
It’s a special edition of WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® when HBO Sports presents FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. VICTOR ORTIZ, the exclusive replay of their welterweight showdown, SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 at 9:45 p.m. (ET/ PT), exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team, which was ringside for the live event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, calls all the action. The replay will be available in HDTV.
Mayweather, one of the sport’s most celebrated superstars, and Ortiz, a rising sensation, met Saturday, Sept. 17 in the welterweight title mega-fight, carried live on HBO Pay-Per-View®. The fight ended in stunning fashion with a fourth-round KO victory for the undefeated Mayweather.
For the first time, the exclusive HBO replay will include previously unseen bonus footage, which was shot in Las Vegas by the Emmy-Award®-winning “24/7” production team during fight week.
Other HBO playdates: Sept. 25 (9:00 a.m.) and 26 (11:15 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Sept. 25 (7:30 p.m.) and 27 (midnight)
And we’re done. Have a good night.
