There are still two episodes remaining in HBO's "Mayweather/Marquez 24/7" series, which is building up to next Saturday night's Floyd Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez pay-per-view fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but already the network is getting started on its next batch of "24/7" episodes.
The acclaimed series (winner of seven well-deserved Sports Emmy Awards) has undergone a subtle name change for the next fight, for which it will take fans behind the scenes during the fighter training camps. This one will be "24/7 Pacquiao/Cotto," which was made official Thursday at the Yankee Stadium news conference that kicked off the press tour for the much-anticipated Miguel Cotto-Manny Pacquiao welterweight title bout Nov. 14, also at the MGM Grand.
The new four-episode series debuts Saturday, Oct. 24 (10:15 p.m. ET/PT), with the remaining episodes premiering Oct. 31 (11 p.m. ET/PT), Nov. 7 (9 p.m. ET/PT) and Nov. 13 (9:30 p.m. ET/PT). Once again, the final episode will air the night before the fight, which will allow HBO to cover what figures to be a festive weigh-in Friday afternoon.
"The '24/7' franchise provides an engaging and accurate look into the lives of boxers as they toil and sacrifice to get ready for a huge showdown in the ring," said Ross Greenburg, president of HBO Sports. "Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto are dynamic individuals in and out of the ring, and our cameras will be there to capture all the drama prior to their fall face-off."
Pacquiao has been featured on the show before in the lead-up to his big bouts against Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton. Cotto, however, will be on the show for the first time.
One request, however, to HBO: Please, no more shots of a fighter drinking his own urine, as we saw last week with Marquez.
Source: Espn.com
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Marquez was nasty.... But it's an arsenal against maywether....on breath on the face of the "Money" from JMM, TKO. No contest!
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