TSN Gets in the Ring for Mayweather vs. Pacquiao

TORONTO (April 29, 2015) – TSN delivers comprehensive preview coverage across its platforms of the much-anticipated 12-round welterweight unification title fight between undefeated five-division world champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather (47-0, 26 KOs) and eight-division world champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs). The fight, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, takes place on Saturday, May 2. TSN is Canada’s go-to destination for comprehensive preview coverage surrounding Mayweather-Pacquiao. The network’s slate of coverage includes the following highlights: News Conference and Official Weigh-In Before the bell sounds, TSN primes fans with comprehensive live coverage of the week’s pre-fight events. The fighters discuss the highly anticipated bout at the News Conference, airing live from the KÀ Theatre at the MGM Grand today (Wednesday, April 29) at 4 p.m. ET on TSN4. In the final event before they step into the ring, the fighters converge at the Official Weigh-In, airing live on Friday, May 1 at 6 p.m. ET on TSN2. SPORTSCENTRE SPORTSCENTRE’s Darren Dutchyshen and analyst Russ Anber are on-site in Las Vegas to deliver analysis on Mayweather-Pacquiao all week long. A legendary Canadian boxing analyst, Anber is also a veteran boxing trainer who has worked with four Olympians and one World Champion. In addition to his broadcast appearances on TSN leading up to Mayweather-Pacquiao, Anber will be a cornerman for current WBO featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko on the fight’s undercard. Canada’s most-watched sports news and information show presents a series of essays focusing on the impact of the fight, including:

• Michael Farber considers the place of this highly anticipated bout as boxing’s biggest fight of the 21^st century
• On Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1, Bruce Arthur contributes two essays focusing on two key elements of the fight: the star power of the combatants, and the event’s unprecedented financial windfall

All-Access Specials In the lead-up to the fight, TSN presents a slate of all-access specials bringing fans behind-the-scenes of the preparation for boxing’s biggest bout of the year. MAYWEATHER: BEHIND THE SCENES is a 30-minute ESPN-produced show created from the seven-plus hours that ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith spent with Mayweather at his home that gives viewers access to Mayweather’s training camp. The show airs Saturday, May 2 at 12:30 p.m. ET on TSN1 and TSN4. TSN also presents MAYWEATHER/PACQUIAO: AT LAST, a one-hour HBO special using both new and archival material to detail the nearly six-year journey leading up to the fight. MAYWEATHER/PACQUIAO: AT LAST airs Friday, May 1 at 5 p.m. ET on TSN2, and Saturday, May 2 at 1 p.m. ET on TSN1 and TSN4. As well, TSN delivers INSIDE MAYWEATHER/PACQUIAO, a series of three 30-minute SHOWTIME-produced shows that will air throughout fight week. TSN’s broadcast schedule for INSIDE MAYWEATHER/PACQUIAO is as follows:

• INSIDE MAYWEATHER/PACQUIAO – EPISODE 1: today (Wednesday, April 29) at 1:30 p.m. ET on TSN5
• INSIDE MAYWEATHER/PACQUIAO – EPISODE 2: today (Wednesday, April 29) at 8 p.m. ET on TSN4
• INSIDE MAYWEATHER/PACQUIAO – EPISODE 2: Thursday, April 30 at 12:30 a.m. ET on TSN3
• INSIDE MAYWEATHER/PACQUIAO – EPISODE 2: Thursday, April 30 at 1 p.m. ET on TSN5
• INSIDE MAYWEATHER/PACQUIAO – EPISODE 3: Friday, May 1 at 7 p.m. ET on TSN4 and TSN5
• INSIDE MAYWEATHER/PACQUIAO – EPISODE 3: Friday, May 1 at 11:30 p.m. ET on TSN1

Special Edition of ESPN FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS The day before Mayweather-Pacquiao, TSN presents a special edition of ESPN FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS airing Friday, May 1 at 1 p.m. ET on TSN2. The show, from the Pearl Theatre at Palms Casino Resort, will be headlined by former world titleholder Ishe “Sugar Shay” Smith (26-7, 12 KOs) taking on Cecil McCalla (20-1, 7 KOs) in a 10-round junior middleweight bout. ESPN’s Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas call the action, with studio host Todd Grisham on-site to provide the latest news on Mayweather-Pacquiao. Reporter Bernardo Osuna provides live interviews and reports for the show.