Ppv.com, which does not require a subscription, will livestream, in the U.S. and Canada, the May 30th four-bout card, featuring the twelve-round WBO/WBC junior middleweight world title tilt between WBO champion Tim Tszyu (24-0, 17 KOs) and Sebastian "The Towering Inferno" Fundora (20-1-1, 13 KOs). [The WBC title is currently vacant but will go to the winner of the main event]. The broadcast begins at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. The co-feature will see WBA junior welterweight champion Rolando "Rolly" Romero (15-1, 13 KOs) making his first title defense against Isaac "Pitbull" Cruz (25-2-1, 17 KOs), from Mexico City. The Tszyu - Fundora / Rolly - Pitbull championship event will emanate live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Ppv.com will price its boradcast at $69.99.
The Ppv.com livestream will once again feature Hall of Fame broadcaster Jim Lampley, who will be paired with award-winning journalist Lance Pugmire, co-hosting an exclusive viewer chat in real time. Jim and Lance will be joined in the chat by "Inside Boxing Live” podcast hosts Dan Canobbio and Chris Algieri. Jim, Lance, Dan, and Chris will also be providing exclusive fight week commentary and reports from Las Vegas for Ppv.com's website and social platforms.
Canobbio and Algieri will be bringing their popular Inside Boxing Live podcast to PPV.COM, where they will produce two fresh episodes weekly, provide onsite coverage during major pay-per-view fight weeks, host their own weekly live chat every Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET, and join fight night live viewer chats. For the latest episodes of Inside Boxing Live presented by PPV.COM, click here Inside Boxing Live - YouTube.
“Obviously the near-last minute switch from Keith Thurman to Sebastian Fundora renders some of the style specifics of Tim Tszyu’s preparation null or inappropriate," said Lampley. "Fundora is physically different, stylistically different, generationally different and competitively different than Keith Thurman. So now it’s a new fight for Tszyu with a week and a half to adjust. He’s still a heavy favorite, and he’ll have to accept that he gets less credit for the win in what may well be a tougher fight. But that’s boxing. Some memorable upsets have emerged from circumstances like this, but they are memorable because they are so rare. There’s no logical reason yet to see this as less than perfunctory for Tim Tszyu.”
InDemand, the parent company of Ppv.com will also be carrying the event through its network of cable and telco operators in the U.S. and Canada via providers including: Xfinity, Spectrum, Contour, Optimum, Fios, Rogers, Bell, SaskTel, and Telus, among others.
