(Photo Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
Edmonton, Kanada (Awissu 30, 2017) – Super Channel is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the Dinja Boxing Super Serje (WBSS) minn MP & Silva, midja internazzjonali impriża ewlenija li tipprovdi drittijiet tal-midja, diġitali, teknoloġija u sponsorjar servizzi.
“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, North America, ikkummenta: “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.”
Dinja Boxing Super Serje 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 & Entertainment, 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 Settembru 9. The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes, 16 ġellieda, 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 (Settembru & Ottubru 2017), two semifinals (Jannar & Frar 2018) and one championship final (Mejju 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:
Settembru 9, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Il-Ġermanja
WBO Cruiserweight World Championship
Oleksandr “Il-qattus” Usyk (12-0, 10 Kos), Champion, Kiev, Ukraina
2-Time Ukrainian Olympian, 2012 Olimpiku Gold Medalist, Il-Ring #1
vs.
Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (40-4-1, 27 Kos), Challenger, Berlin, Germany by way of Serbia
Former WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, Il-Ring 7
Settembru 16,2017 – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK
WBC Super Middleweight Diamond Championship
Callum “dinja” Smith (22-0, 17 Kos), Liverpool, Merseyside, UK – Il-Ring #5
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 Kos), Nykoping, L-Isvezja
Settembru 23, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, USA
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 Kos), Champion, Miami, Florida, USA by way of Cuba
vs.
Dmitry “Il-Martell Russu” Kudryashov
(21-1, 21 Kos), Challenger, Volgodonsk, Russja
Settembru 30, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
riga Arena, riga, Il-Latvja
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
MAIRIS Ċriev (22-0, 18 Kos), Champion, riga, Il-Latvja – Il-Ring #4
vs.
Mike “The Rebel” Perez
(22-2-1, 14 Kos), Challenger, Cork, Ireland by way of Cuba
Ottubru 7, 2017 [A1] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle,
Stuttgart, Il-Ġermanja
IBO Super Middleweight World Championship
Chris “Li jmiss Ġen” EUBANK Jr (25-1, 19 Kos), Champion, Brighton, Sussex, UK – Il-Ring #7
vs.
Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 Kos), Challenger,
Sivas,
Turkey
Ottubru 14, 2017 [A2] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
The SSE Arena, Wembley, London, Ir-Renju Unit
WBA Super Middleweight World Championship
“Qaddis” George Groves (26-3, 19 Kos), Champion, Hammersmith, London, UK – Il-Ring #3
vs.
Jamie Cox (24-0, 13 Kos),
Swinton,
Wiltshire, UK
TO BE CONFIRMED
Cruiserweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
IBF Cruiserweight World Championship
“Ħadid” murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 Kos), Champion, Vladikavkaz, Russja – Il-Ring #2
vs.
Krzysztof “diablo” WLODARCZYK (53-3-1, 37 Kos), Challenger, Piaseczno, Polonja – Il-Ring #10
Former IBF &
WBC Cruiserweight World Champion
Super Middleweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
Juergen Braehmer (48,3 35 Kos), Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommem, Il-Ġermanja
ex WBO & WBA Dawl Heavyweight Champion tad-Dinja
vs.
Rob “Prosit” Brant
(22-0, 15 Kos), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
All fights will also be available on Super Kanal On Demand.
Kollha ġlied u ġellieda huma soġġetti għal bidla.
Super Channel has recently aired major boxing events live like Brook vs. Spence Jr, Pacquiao-Qarn, EUBANK, Jr. vs. Abraham, Lomachenko vs.Marriaga and Crawford vs. Indongo.
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