PRESS RELEASE: Leading up to the light heavyweight fight between Bernard Hopkins and Winky Wright --- set for Saturday, July 21st at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas , to be broadcast live on HBO Pay-Per-View --- HBO Sports will present the exclusive back-to-back replay of two hard-hitting fights showcasing both athletes’ remarkable talents.

 

          On Friday, July 20th at 11:30pm (ET/PT) and Saturday, July 21st at 9 am (ET/PT), HBO 2 will replay Tarver vs. Hopkins 2006 and Taylor vs. Wright 2006. On June 10th, 2006, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins dominated Antonio Tarver for twelve rounds, unanimously proving to the judges and the world that he could indeed make the leap from dominant middleweight to dominate light heavyweight. On June 17th, 2006, Winky Wright battled the reigning middleweight champ Jermain Taylor for supremacy in the middleweight division in a highly anticipated showdown in Memphis. The bout ended in a draw, leaving both fighters with more to prove.

 

          Both fights will be available to HBO OnDemand subscribers twenty-four hours a day from Monday, July 9th thru Monday, July 30th.

 

          On Saturday, July 21st at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT, HBO Pay-Per-View will present Hopkins vs. Wright live from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.