WBA Super Featherweight World Title Eliminator– 12 Rounds
Chris Colbert – 128 ¾ lbs.
Hector Garcia – 129 ½ lbs.
Referee: Kenny Bayless; Judges: Patricia Morse Jarman (Nev.), Dave Moretti (Nev.), Steve Weisfeld (N.J.)
Super Lightweight Bout – 10 Rounds
Gary Antuanne Russell – 139 ½ lbs.
Viktor Postol – 140 ½ lbs.
Referee: Mike Ortega; Judges: Tim Cheatham (Nev.), Glenn Feldman (Conn.), Lisa Giampa (Nev.)
IBF Junior Bantamweight World Championship – 12 Rounds
Jerwin Ancajas – 114 ½ lbs.
Fernando Martinez – 114 ½ lbs.
Referee: Jack Reiss; Judges: Max DeLuca (Calif.), David Sutherland (Okla.), Steve Weisfeld (N.J.)
Veteran sportscaster Brian Custer will host the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast while versatile combat sports voice Mauro Ranallo will handle blow-by-blow action alongside Hall of Fame analyst Al Bernstein and three-division world champion Abner Mares. Three Hall of Famers round out the SHOWTIME telecast team – Emmy® award winning reporter Jim Gray, unofficial scorer Steve Farhood and world-renowned ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. The executive producer is four-time Emmy® award winner David Dinkins, Jr. Saturday’s telecast is produced by Ray Smaltz III and the director is Bob Dunphy, son of legendary Hall of Famer Don Dunphy. Former junior middleweight world champion Raúl “El Diamante” Marquez and sportscaster Alejandro Luna serve as expert analysts in Spanish on Secondary Audio Programming (SAP).
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ABOUT COLBERT VS. GARCÍA
Colbert vs. García will see undefeated rising star Chris “Primetime” Colbert square off against unbeaten Dominican Olympian Hector García in a 12-round WBA Super Featherweight World Title Eliminator headlining live on SHOWTIME Saturday, February 26 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast kicks off at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT and will feature another unbeaten young phenom in the co-main event. Gary Antuanne Russell, a 2016 U.S. Olympian, faces former world champion Viktor Postol in a 10-round super lightweight bout, while IBF Junior Bantamweight World Champion Jerwin Ancajas defends his title against unbeaten Argentine Fernando Martinez in the televised opener of the loaded tripleheader.
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