PBC making plans, including bringing Tszyu-Thurman back to life
It would be a non-PPV event as will unified 154 titlist Fundora's defense in March. See what is in the works over the next few months
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The rumors of Premier Boxing Champions’ demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Al Haymon’s outfit, which will turn 10 in March, is not as busy as it once was since the demise of Showtime Sports at the end of 2023 and the end of its deal with Fox in 2022. There also has been less activity than company officials had hoped for under its new deal with Amazon’s Prime Video platform, which consisted of four pay-per-view events in 2024 and one non-PPV in October — far fewer events than were promised when the deal was rolled out.
While the pay-per-views will remain part of the schedule — light heavyweights David Benavidez and David Morrell collide in an A-level main event on Feb. 1 and Gervonta Davis will defend his lightweight title against junior lightweight titlist Lamont Roach Jr. in the March 1 headliner — more non-PPVs are on the way beginning in March, sources told Fight Freaks Unite.
Some of those bouts would involve Keith Thurman and Tim Tszyu, who could see their canceled fight from last year be rescheduled for the summer as a non-PPV, as well as unified junior middleweight titlist Sebastian Fundora and promising middleweight Elijah Garcia.
Here’s a look at some of PBC’s plans for the coming months:
