Boxing: ESPN Announces PBC Summer Schedule

It looks like the litmus test from last summer was a success.

Premier Boxing Champions and ESPN announced that the summer of 2016 will feature seven cards from June through August.

The new summer series of PBC on ESPN will begin on Saturday June 4 when light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev takes on 2008 Argentine Olympian Ezequiel Maderna at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

The full lineup of PBC on ESPN, which will be simulcast on ESPN Deportes and WatchESPN, events are as follows:

?Saturday, June 4 (11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT)
?Saturday, July 2 (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)
?Saturday, July 9 (7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
?Friday, July 15 (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)
?Thursday, July 21 (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
?Friday, August 5 (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)
?Friday, August 12 (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)