BETERBIEV vs. SMITH ESPN PROGRAMMING NOTE
Top Rank Presents Unified Light Heavyweight Championship:
Artur Beterbiev vs. Callum Smith
Saturday, January 13, 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT
Live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+
(Jan. 10, 2024) — Top Rank Boxing on ESPN presented by AutoZone: Beterbiev vs. Smith will be presented live this Saturday, January 13, at 10:00 p.m. ET/ 7:00 p.m. PT, on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+ from Videotron Centre in Quebec, Canada.
In the main event, WBC/WBO/IBF light heavyweight king Artur Beterbiev will defend his crown against former world champion Callum Smith.
Beterbiev (19-0, 19 KOs), who resides in Montreal, is boxing’s only current world champion with a 100 percent knockout ratio. He has made seven title defenses since capturing the IBF strap in November 2017. Smith (29-1, 21 KOs), from Liverpool, England, and the WBC’s mandatory challenger, has won two bouts by stoppage since dropping a decision in a 2020 title unification fight against Canelo Alvarez.
In the undercard action, beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. ET exclusively on ESPN+, Australian Jason “Mayhem” Moloney (26-2, 19 KOs) will defend his WBO bantamweight world title against Mexican-American challenger Saul Sanchez (20-2, 12 KOs), who enters his first world title challenge.
Calling the action will be: ESPN’s Joe Tessitore, Hall of Famer, Timothy Bradley, Jr., Mark Kriegel, and Bernardo Osuna.
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Beterbiev vs. Smith (All Times ET)
| Date | Time | Event | Fights | Title | Platform |
| Thu., Jan 11 | 11:00 a.m. | Main Event Press Conference | — | ESPN+ | |
| Fri., Jan 12 | 12:00 p.m. | Weigh-in | — | ||
| Sat., Jan 13 | 10:00 p.m. | Main | Artur Beterbiev (C) vs. Callum Smith | WBC/IBF/WBO Light Heavyweight | ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+ (simulcast) |
| Co-Feature | Christian Mbilli vs. Rohan Murdock | — | |||
| 5:30 p.m. | Feature | Jason Moloney (C) vs. Saul Sanchez | WBO Bantamweight | ESPN+ | |
| Undercard | Imam Khataev vs. Michal Ludwiczak | ||||
| Undercard | Leila Beaudoin vs. Elizabeth Espinoza | ||||
| Undercard | Wilkens Mathieu vs. Jose Arias Alvarez | ||||
| Undercard | Mehmet Unal vs. Dragan Lepei | ||||
| Undercard | Christopher Guerrero vs. Sergio Herrera | ||||
| Undercard | Moreno Fendero vs. Victor Hugo Flores |
