(Photo Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
EDMONTON, ການາດາ (ສິງຫາ 30, 2017) – Super Channel is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the ນັກກິລາກວ່າ Super Series (WBSS) ຈາກ MP & Silva, ເປັນບໍລິສັດຊັ້ນນໍາສື່ມວນຊົນລະຫວ່າງປະເທດທີ່ສະຫນອງສິດທິສື່ມວນຊົນ, ດິຈິຕອນ, ເຕັກໂນໂລຊີແລະສະຫນັບສະຫນູນການບໍລິການ.
“Our acquisition of the World Boxing Super Series further reinforces our commitment to make exciting world-class boxing a regular staple of Super Channel SPORTS,” said Don McDonald, President and CEO for Super Channel. “It is a strategic step in our quest to establish Super Channel as the go-to destination for boxing fans looking for unique and exciting boxing action, at all levels.”
Frank Uddo, MP & Silva’s President, ອາເມລິກາເຫນືອ, ຄໍາເຫັນ: “We are delighted to work with Super Channel and World Boxing Super Series in Canada to help promote and distribute what we believe is a refreshingly premium international boxing competition. The new format, transparency, and potential match-ups should excite all boxing fans in Canada.”
ນັກກິລາກວ່າ Super Series is a new revolutionary bracket-style elimination tournament featuring the world`s best boxers and a total of $50 million in prize money. The knockout format of the competition will see the best boxers ultimately compete for the Muhammad Ali Trophy, the greatest prize in boxing. The tournament is organized by newly-founded Comosa AG, a Swiss-registered company with principal owners Highlight Event & ບັນເທີງ, Modern Times Group and Team Sauerland. Comosa AG is working in partnership with boxers, promoters and managers around the world, and in alignment with the four major world boxing federations, to create a new global platform for the sport.
The tournament, the first of its kind which is planned to take place on an annual basis, will kick off on ກັນຍາ 9. The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes, 16 fighters, and a total of 14 main events. An expert panel invited the world’s best boxers to compete, namely the top 15-ranked fighters of the four major federations: WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO. In each weight class, eight boxers will battle it out in a bracket-style elimination tournament, with four quarterfinals (ກັນຍາ & ຕຸລາ 2017), two semifinals (ເດືອນມັງກອນ & ກຸມພາ 2018) and one championship final (ພຶດສະພາ 2018).
“I can’t think of a better home than Super Channel for the World Boxing Super Series” said Troy Wassill, Director of Programming, Domestic Distributors and Sports for Super Channel. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to have this exciting opener with Usyk vs Huck as the lead-in to the quarter finals, with eight consecutive weekends of top-flight action.”
Schedule for World Boxing Super Series 8 quarterfinal matches coming to Super Channel:
ກັນຍາ 9, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, ເຢຍລະມັນ
WBO Cruiserweight World Championship
Oleksandr “ແມວ” Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs), ແຊ້ມ, Kiev, Ukraine
2-Time Ukrainian Olympian, 2012 ໂອລິມປິກ medalist ຄໍາ, ວົງການ #1
vs.
Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (40-4-1, 27 KOs), ສິ່ງທ້າທາຍ, Berlin, Germany by way of Serbia
Former WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, ວົງການ 7
ກັນຍາ 16,2017 – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK
WBC Super Middleweight Diamond Championship
Callum “ໂລກ” Smith (22-0, 17 KOs), Liverpool, Merseyside, UK – ວົງການ #5
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 KOs), Nykoping, ປາ
ກັນຍາ 23, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, ອາເມລິກາ
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 KOs), ແຊ້ມ, Miami, Florida, USA by way of Cuba
vs.
Dmitry “ຄິມລັດເຊຍ” Kudryashov
(21-1, 21 KOs), ສິ່ງທ້າທາຍ, Volgodonsk, ລັດເຊຍ
ກັນຍາ 30, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Riga ສະຫນາມກິລາ, Riga, ລັດເວຍ
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
Mairie Deer (22-0, 18 KOs), ແຊ້ມ, Riga, ລັດເວຍ – ວົງການ #4
vs.
Mike “The Rebel” Perez
(22-2-1, 14 KOs), ສິ່ງທ້າທາຍ, Cork, Ireland by way of Cuba
ຕຸລາ 7, 2017 [A1] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle,
Stuttgart, ເຢຍລະມັນ
IBO Super Middleweight World Championship
Chris “Gen ຕໍ່ໄປ” Eubanks Jr (25-1, 19 KOs), ແຊ້ມ, Brighton, Sussex, UK – ວົງການ #7
vs.
Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 KOs), ສິ່ງທ້າທາຍ,
Sivas,
Turkey
ຕຸລາ 14, 2017 [A2] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
The SSE Arena, Wembley, ລອນດອນ, ສະຫະປະຊາຊະອານາຈັກ
WBA Super Middleweight World Championship
“Saint” George ສວນ (26-3, 19 KOs), ແຊ້ມ, Hammersmith, ລອນດອນ, UK – ວົງການ #3
vs.
Jamie Cox (24-0, 13 KOs),
Swinton,
Wiltshire, UK
TO BE CONFIRMED
Cruiserweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
IBF Cruiserweight World Championship
“ທາດເຫຼັກ” Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 KOs), ແຊ້ມ, Vladikavkaz, ລັດເຊຍ – ວົງການ #2
vs.
Krzysztof “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 KOs), ສິ່ງທ້າທາຍ, Piaseczno, ໂປແລນ – ວົງການ #10
Former IBF &
WBC Cruiserweight World Champion
Super Middleweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
ຍອດນິ Braehmer (48,3 35 KOs), Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommem, ເຢຍລະມັນ
ອະດີດ WBO & WBA Light ຮຸ່ນແຊ້ມໂລກ
vs.
Rob “ເຮັດໄດ້ດີ” Brant
(22-0, 15 KOs), Saint Paul, Minnesota, ອາເມລິກາ
All fights will also be available on Super Channel On Demand.
ການຕໍ່ສູ້ທັງຫມົດແລະ fighters ມີການປ່ຽນແປງ.
Super Channel has recently aired major boxing events live like Brook vs. Spence Jr., Pacquiao, Horn, Eubanks, Jr. vs. ອັບຣາຮາມ, Lomachenko vs.Marriaga and Crawford vs. Indongo.
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