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Watch Martinez-Chavez, Then “The Fight Game”
HBO SPORTS PRESENTS THE REPLAY
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®: JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR. VS.
SERGIO MARTINEZ SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, FOLLOWED BY
A NEW EDITION OF THE FIGHT GAME WITH JIM LAMPLEY
It’s a special edition of WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING when HBO Sports presents JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR. VS. SERGIO MARTINEZ, the replay of their highly anticipated middleweight title fight, SATURDAY, SEPT. 22 at 9:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on HBO. The HBO Sports team, which was ringside for the live coverage at the Thomas & Mack Arena in Las Vegas, calls all the action, available in HDTV.
Other HBO playdates: Sept. 23 (9:15 a.m.) and 24 (12:30 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Sept. 23 (5:15 p.m.) and 25 (11:00 p.m.)
Chavez Jr. and Martinez have lately been on a collision course in the 160-pound division. Carried live on HBO Pay-Per-View®, their 12-round Sept. 15 slugfest delivered a closing round that electrified the capacity crowd in Las Vegas, with Martinez winning by unanimous decision.
The boxing studio program THE FIGHT GAME WITH JIM LAMPLEY returns with a new half-hour edition immediately after the replay at 10:40 p.m.
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All HBO boxing events are presented in HDTV. HBO viewers must have access to the HBO HDTV channel to watch HBO programming in high definition.
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