Hopkins vs Shumenov: Get Ready!

This week marks the anticipated arrival of Bernard Hopkins' return to the ring with several events taking place this week.  We have the full schedule below!  Watch the fight this Saturday night, only on SHOWTIME!

FIGHT WEEK MEDIA SCHEDULE *All Times Are Eastern*   Wednesday, April 16 1:00 p.m.                    FIGHTER MEDIA WORKOUTS     Location: Bald Eagle Recreation Center     100 Joliet St SW; Washington, DC 20032                     1:00 p.m. - Media Arrival 1:30 p.m. - Lukas Konecny, D'Mitrius Ballard & Dominic Wade                     1:50 p.m. - Peter Quillin, Marcus Browne & Zachary Ochoa 2:10 p.m. - Paulie Malignaggi & Sadam Ali 2:30 p.m. - Beibut Shumenov 2:50 p.m. - Shawn Porter 3:10 p.m. - Bernard Hopkins     Thursday, April 17 12:30 p.m.                  FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE Location: The Hamilton Live 600 14th Street NW; Washington, DC 20005 12:30 p.m. - Media Arrival/Luncheon 1:00 p.m. - Press Conference Begins   Friday, April 18 1:00 p.m.                    OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Location: Marriott Renaissance - Renaissance Ballroom West            999 Ninth Street NW; Washington, DC 20001 12:00 p.m. - Weigh-In Doors Open 1:00 p.m. - Weigh-In Begins   Saturday, April 19 5:00 p.m.                    DC ARMORY DOORS OPEN Address: 2001 East Capital Street SE; Washington DC, 20003   5:30 p.m.                    FIRST FIGHT BEGINS   7:00 p.m.                    SHOWTIME EXTREME® TELECAST BEGINS    9:15 p.m.                   SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® TELECAST                                                 BEGINS

Middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs is trading in his gloves for a microphone, at least for one night. The inspirational cancer survivor will serve as guest analyst for this Saturday's SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast live on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from the DC Armory in Washington, D.C.

Jacobs will step in for critically acclaimed analyst Paulie Malignaggi, who will challenge IBF Welterweight World Champion Shawn Porter in the co-feature of the world championship tripleheader.

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