Boxing Esq. Podcast #48 - Stephen Espinoza

Published: April 21, 2020, 4 p.m.

b"My guest on this episode is one of the most powerful and thoughtful executives in boxing - Showtime President of Sports and Event Programming Stephen Espinoza. We talk about Showtime\\u2019s excellent way to fill the COVID-19 programming void on Friday Nights with their Showtime Classic Boxing series. We discuss Showtime\\u2019s gameplan on how they\\u2019ll proceed when boxing events are allowed to come back and what precautions need to be in place.\\xa0 We also spoke about the bidding wars between networks and what Stephen anticipates the market looking like post-COVID. We get into his plans for Gervonta Davis and the 154 lb. division as well as his attempts to get a Jermall Charlo- Demetrius Andrade unification made. And finally, we discuss his comments at last year's Leaders conference on the sport of boxing and whether we\\u2019ve reached \\u201cpeak boxing\\u201d yet.\\n\\n\\nReally great conversation with Stephen, as always - hope you enjoy it!"