Special Programming ahead of Top Rank World Championship Doubleheader Premiering on ESPNEWS, ESPN2, and ESPN Deportes

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Special Programming ahead of Top Rank World Championship Doubleheader Premiering on ESPNEWS, ESPN2, and ESPN Deportes

Best of Shakur Stevenson; Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos; Trading Leather: Shakur Stevenson & Ochocinco

This weekend, ESPN will premiere three special programs ahead of Top Rank’s World Championship Doubleheader: Shakur Stevenson vs. Edwin De Los Santos. Next Thursday, Nov. 16, at 10:30 p.m. ET/ 7:30 p.m. PT, Top Rank presented by AutoZone: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos will air live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+.

Stevenson (20-0, 10 KOs) and Dominican power-punching contender De Los Santos (16-1, 14 KOs) will battle for the vacant WBC lightweight world title. In the co-feature, Mexico’s WBO junior lightweight world champion Emanuel Navarrete (38-1, 31 KOs) will defend his belt against Brazilian Olympic gold medalist Robson Conceição (17-2, 8 KOs).

Leading up to this championship doubleheader, ESPN will air the following programs:

  • Best of Shakur Stevenson: a 1-hour look back at the biggest fights and moments, so far, in Shakur’s unbeaten career. Re-live the night he won his first world championship against Joet Gonzalez, the moment he became a two-division world champion against Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring, his 2022 title unification tour de force against Oscar Valdez; and his recent homecoming bout in Newark, New Jersey, against Shuichiro Yoshino.
  • Blood, Sweat & Tears: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos:  a 30-minute all-access preview taking fight fans inside both training camps ahead of the highly anticipated super fight.
  • Trading Leather: Shakur Stevenson & Ochocinco: a 30-minute interview and in-the-ring collab between the budding American superstar and the charismatic former All-Pro NFL superstar, Chad Ochocinco Johnson.

In addition to the airtimes below, the programs will be available for replay on-demand in the ESPN App and on ESPN.com and ESPN+.

Programming Schedule (All times ET)

Date Program Network Time
Sat, Nov 11 Top Rank Boxing on ESPN: Best of Shakur Stevenson ESPNEWS 4 p.m.
Sun, Nov 12 Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos ESPN2 9 p.m.
Trading Leather: Shakur Stevenson & Ochocinco 9:30 p.m.
Mon, Nov 13 Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos ESPN Deportes 12 a.m.
Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos ESPNEWS 12:30 a.m.
Trading Leather: Shakur Stevenson & Ochocinco ESPN2 1:30 a.m.
Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos 11:30 p.m.
Tue, Nov 14 Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos ESPN2 12 a.m.
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN: Best of Shakur Stevenson ESPNEWS 3 a.m.
Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos 4 a.m.
Trading Leather: Shakur Stevenson & Ochocinco 4:30 a.m.
Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos ESPN2 5:30 a.m.
Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos 11:30 p.m.
Wed, Nov 15 Trading Leather: Shakur Stevenson & Ochocinco ESPNEWS 12 a.m.
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN: Best of Shakur Stevenson 1 a.m.
Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos ESPNDEPORTES 2 a.m.
Trading Leather: Shakur Stevenson & Ochocinco ESPN2 5 a.m.
Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos 5:30 a.m.
Thu, Nov 16 Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos ESPNEWS 12 a.m.
Trading Leather: Shakur Stevenson & Ochocinco 12:30 a.m.
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN: Best of Shakur Stevenson 1 a.m.
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN: Best of Shakur Stevenson 8 a.m.
Trading Leather: Shakur Stevenson & Ochocinco 9 a.m.
Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos 9:30 a.m.
Blood, Sweat, & Tears: Stevenson vs. De Los Santos ESPN Deportes 10 p.m.

Ardi Dwornik

I oversee all facets of ESPN’s corporate communications for Tennis and Combat Sports.
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