Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz HBO 24/7 Returns Saturday, August 27

Mr. 24/7 himself is back.

Yes, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., boxing's flashiest star outside the ring, is back this Saturday, August 27, to let us all know who the real star of 24/7 is.

Of course, 24/7 Mayweather/Ortiz's ultimate goal is to get the public excited for their upcoming welterweight championship title fight on September 17 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on HBO pay-per-view.

According to a press release from the executive producers of HBO, 24/7 Mayweather/Ortiz's first episode premieres Saturday, August 27 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO.

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Other HBO play-dates:  Aug. 27 (12:30 a.m.), 28 (11:00 a.m.), 29 (7:30 p.m., 2:25 a.m.), 30 (10:00 p.m.) and 31 (11:30 a.m., 11:30 p.m.), and Sept. 1 (4:00 p.m.), 2 (11:55 p.m.), 3 (10:45 a.m.), 16 (7:30 p.m.) and 17 (8:00 a.m.)

HBO2 playdates:  Aug. 28 (11:55 p.m.) and Sept. 2 (8:30 p.m.) and 16 (midnight)

HBO On Demand availability begins:  Aug. 29

Returning to the ring for the first time since May 2010, Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 KOs) trains in the familiar confines of Las Vegas and the Mayweather Boxing Gym, while Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KOs), the sport’s brightest new sensation, opens camp in Ventura, Cal.

Episodes two and three of 24/7 Mayweather/Ortiz debut on subsequent Saturdays—Sept. 3 (10:00-10:30 p.m.) and 10 (10:00-10:30 p.m.)—while the finale debuts Friday, Sept. 16 (9:00-9:30 p.m.), the night before the super showdown. All four episodes will have multiple replay dates on HBO, and the series will also be available on HBO On Demand^® and HBO GO^®.

“Mayweather vs. Ortiz” takes place Saturday, Sept. 17 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View^® beginning at 9:00 p.m. (ET)/6:00 p.m. (PT).

The executive producer of 24/7 Mayweather/Ortiz is Rick Bernstein; senior producer, Dave Harmon; coordinating producers, Scott Boggins and Bentley Weiner; producer, Abtin Motia; writer, Aaron Cohen.  Liev Schreiber narrates.

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Of course again for those of us who do not have HBO you can still watch 24/7 Mayweather/Ortiz on CNN after the initial HBO airing.

Many fight fans agree that Mayweather definitely knows how to turn it up and work the cameras for self-promotion like no other fighter.

Unfortunately, Floyd has had some trouble with his family and the law since we last saw him on 24/7.  It would be interesting to see what 24/7 decides to include footage of with so much going on in his personal life.

Ortiz, on the other hand, is such a likable guy and such an underdog to root for, I think it will be safe to say he will gain a whole new audience of fans as well from this award-winning reality series.

KING J is the Bleacher Report Boxing Community Leader and a Featured Columnist. All information was provided via press release directly from the executive producers of HBO.

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