Showtime Championship Boxing

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boxing television series sports broadcasting brand television sports program

Showtime Championship Boxing is a long-running boxing television program and brand known for broadcasting high-profile professional boxing matches on the Showtime network.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Showtime Championship Boxing canonical	2
Showtime (boxing coverage)	1
Showtime Championship Boxing programming block	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3379297 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Showtime Championship Boxing
Context triple: [Showtime, hasSportsBrand, Showtime Championship Boxing]

A. World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is one of the major international sanctioning bodies that organizes and regulates professional boxing world championship bouts across multiple weight divisions.
B. World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council is one of the major international professional boxing organizations, known for sanctioning world championship bouts and establishing rules and rankings in the sport.
C. World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is one of the four major professional boxing sanctioning bodies, responsible for organizing world championship bouts and ranking fighters across multiple weight divisions.
D. world boxing championships
The world boxing championships are elite international competitions where top professional boxers from around the globe compete for recognized world titles across multiple weight divisions.
E. Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the world’s leading mixed martial arts promotion, organizing high-profile fights across multiple weight classes featuring top fighters from around the globe.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Showtime Championship Boxing
Target entity description: Showtime Championship Boxing is a long-running boxing television program and brand known for broadcasting high-profile professional boxing matches on the Showtime network.

A. World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is one of the major international sanctioning bodies that organizes and regulates professional boxing world championship bouts across multiple weight divisions.
B. World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council is one of the major international professional boxing organizations, known for sanctioning world championship bouts and establishing rules and rankings in the sport.
C. World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is one of the four major professional boxing sanctioning bodies, responsible for organizing world championship bouts and ranking fighters across multiple weight divisions.
D. world boxing championships
The world boxing championships are elite international competitions where top professional boxers from around the globe compete for recognized world titles across multiple weight divisions.
E. Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the world’s leading mixed martial arts promotion, organizing high-profile fights across multiple weight classes featuring top fighters from around the globe.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	boxing television series ⓘ sports broadcasting brand ⓘ television sports program ⓘ
associatedWith	Showtime Sports commentary teams ⓘ Showtime pay-per-view boxing events ⓘ
brandOwner	Paramount Global ⓘ Showtime Networks ⓘ linked to: Showtime
broadcastArea	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America international markets ⓘ
broadcastFormat	television ⓘ
broadcastMedium	cable television ⓘ premium cable ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
genre	boxing ⓘ sports ⓘ
hasBrand	Showtime Championship Boxing ⓘ
hasBroadcast	high-profile boxing events ⓘ pay-per-view undercards ⓘ professional boxing matches ⓘ world championship boxing bouts ⓘ
hasCoverage	contender-level fights ⓘ title eliminator bouts ⓘ world title fights ⓘ
hasReputationFor	broadcasting high-profile boxing matches ⓘ long-term presence in U.S. boxing broadcasting ⓘ
hasSpinOff	ShoBox: The New Generation ⓘ
hasType	event-based sports programming ⓘ live sports broadcast ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
network	Showtime ⓘ
notableFeature	focus on high-profile professional boxing matches ⓘ live event coverage ⓘ long-running boxing series on Showtime ⓘ
originalNetwork	Showtime ⓘ
partOf	Showtime Sports ⓘ
platform	Showtime streaming services ⓘ linked to: Showtime linear television ⓘ
producer	Showtime Networks ⓘ linked to: Showtime
productionLocation	boxing venues in the United States ⓘ various boxing venues worldwide ⓘ
subject	professional boxing ⓘ
targetAudience	boxing fans ⓘ sports viewers ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Showtime → hasSportsBrand → Showtime Championship Boxing ⓘ

Curt Menefee → employer → Showtime (boxing coverage) ⓘ

linked to: Showtime Championship Boxing

Showtime Championship Boxing → hasBrand → Showtime Championship Boxing ⓘ

ShoBox: The New Generation → partOf → Showtime Championship Boxing programming block ⓘ