The attraction of next Saturday's boxing is a 2 for 1. You hardly see day/night doubleheaders in baseball anymore, but El Paso is getting one in boxing. The Premier Boxing Champions Series will be televised on CBS (Network not cable) and Carl Frampton will be a major star in boxing. He's undefeated and the current IBF Super Bantamweight champion. Problem is he's never fought in the states until next Saturday, and nobody in EP has any idea who he is. They also put Chris Arreola on the same card, and he's one of the more entertaining heavyweights in boxing. So, everybody who buys a ticket to the Sat night show with JC jr. gets to watch the PBC show earlier in the day for free. That's a great deal for fight fans, especially if they spend $25 for the cheap seats and move down to watch Frampton and Arreola.
The guy who's promoting this is Al Haymon, who's currently being sued by Golden Boy and Top Rank. Haymon is becoming a huge name in boxing, and he's getting a lot of great young up and coming fighters to sign with him. This show was supposed to go to San Antonio, but he was convinced to try El Paso. Fact is, we've lost out on any good boxing show in the last 10-15 years and now the city gets another chance. If you go to the Ticketmaster site, they only are using about 30-40% of the DHC for seating. Judging by this board, people will not show up next Saturday to watch an all-day quality boxing event which will be televised on both CBS and Showtime. If that's the case, El Paso will once again prove that San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas are better places to hold these kind of shows than here. Sad.