24/7 Mayweather/Mosley Premieres Saturday

The award-winning HBO series 24/7 starts anew this weekend with Mayweather/Mosley that will lead up to the Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley fight on May 1. Here’s a preview of your first installment that premieres on Saturday.

HBO SPORTS’ 24/7 MAYWEATHER/MOSLEY, A FOUR-EPISODE, ALL-ACCESS SERIES LEADING UP TO THE PAY-PER-VIEW SHOWDOWN BETWEEN TWO BOXING SUPERSTARS, DEBUTS APRIL 10, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO
            HBO Sports’ groundbreaking “24/7” reality franchise returns for its eighth boxing installment with the four-episode, all-access series 24/7 MAYWEATHER/MOSLEY.  Debuting SATURDAY, APRIL 10 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/7:00-7:30 p.m. PT), the show follows two of boxing’s top performers – Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley – as they prepare for their May 1 welterweight pay-per-view showdown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. 
            Episode # 1
            Debut:  SATURDAY, APRIL 10 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/7:00-7:30 p.m. PT)

            HBO On Demand availability begins:  April 12
            Following their raucous press tour, the future Hall of Famers open training camp.   Floyd Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs) returns home to the familiar confines of Las Vegas and the Mayweather Boxing Gym, while Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs) heads to camp in the mountains of Big Bear, Cal.
            Episodes two and three of 24/7 MAYWEATHER/MOSLEY debut on subsequent Saturdays – April 17 (9:30-10:00 p.m. ET/6:30-7:00 p.m. PT) and 24 (8:30-9:00 p.m.) – while the finale debuts Friday, April 30 (8:30-9:00 p.m.), just one night before the super showdown.  All four episodes will have multiple replay dates on HBO, and the series will also be available on HBO On Demand.
            On Saturday, May 1 at 9:00 p.m. (ET)/6:00 p.m. (PT), HBO Pay-Per-View presents “Mayweather vs. Mosley,” live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
            The 24/7 boxing franchise recently received six Sports Emmy® nominations for the 2009 programming year, including Outstanding Edited Sports Special for the series “24/7 Mayweather/Marquez.”  Winners will be announced April 26.
            The executive producers of 24/7 MAYWEATHER/MOSLEY are Ross Greenburg and Rick Bernstein; senior producer, Dave Harmon; coordinating producer, Scott Boggins; producers, Jon Crystal and Bentley Weiner; writer, Aaron Cohen.  Liev Schreiber narrates.

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Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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