NEW YORK (
August 15, 2017) –
Fight fans who want to whet their appetite prior to Mayweather-McGregor will be able to do so on Rāhoroi, Aug. 26,
thanks to a new partnership between veteran promoter Jimmy Burchfield Sr. me te
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Facebook series.
CES Boxing and the tech-forward,
fan-friendly Facebook broadcast platform are set to deliver once again –
this time from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut – i
6-9 p.m. ANDon that Rāhoroi before action heats up in the desert later that night.
Highlighting the CES Boxing card at Foxwoods’ Premier Ballroom is New London, Conn., taketake Jimmy Williams (13-0-1, 5 Koó), as he defends his WBC-USNBC Welterweight Title against veteran Bronx N.Y. pugilist Kinda issouf (18-4, 7 Koó). Also appearing on the card: New London’s Cristobal Marrero (4-0, 3 Koó), Hartford’s Richard Rivera (2-0, 2 Koó) a Jose Rivera (3-1, 3 Koó), Miguel Ortiz (2-0, 1 KO) o Springfield, Mass., and others.
“CES Boxing starts the fireworks with a live, action-packed card at Foxwoods Resort Casino leading up to the Mayweather-MacGregor PPV,” proudly states CES President Burchfield Sr. “We are extremely excited to be partnering with Linacre Media to broadcast this event worldwide on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Facebook page.”
Utu Tickets e i $55, $90, $155 a $325 and can be purchased online atcesboxing.com, foxwoods.com, ranei ticketmaster.com, ranei i te waea i 401-724-2253 ranei 800-200-2882. As an added bonus, all CES ticket holders receive a free, reserved seat to the exclusive Pay Per View showing of Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor in Foxwoods’ Grand Theater.
“We’re happy to be involved in what will be a great night for fight fans all over the globe,” meaMark Fratto, Tumuaki o Linacre Media. “In addition to the great crowd that Jimmy Burchfield Sr. and Team CES is sure to deliver with a packed, local card and the May-Mac PPV following on the big screen at Foxwoods, we’re thrilled to deliver all of the action from coast-to-coast and around the world through our Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE channel. We hope a lot of boxing and MMA fans having fight parties will enjoy our free New England Facebook show on any device before turning their attention toward the desert and Showtime.”
The numbers on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series have showed promise and potential for the new platform. The July Roy Jones Jr. “Desert Showdown” from Phoenix, the May “Slugfest at the Sun” from Mohegan Sun and the June “Rosemont Rumble” from Chicago drew audiences of 65,000, 44,000 a 31,000, aua, with more than 6,000 of hours of LIVE video consumed by Facebook users. I tua atu ki te tau feia mata'ita'ii raw, te tino-pāhekoheko, fan-friendly productions have seen more than 27,000 ngā ngā akiakitanga pou ora, tae atu neke atu i te 15,500 “momo” ranei “aroha,” neke atu i te 9,000 comments and 1,600-plus shares.
Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE has been delivered to fans absolutely free since its May 2017 launch courtesy of corporate partners like Barbour One 9, Talent Management and Entertainment Production (www.barbourone9.com) and Northeastern Fine Jewelry (www.nefj.com).
I te Rāhoroi po, August 26, live from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Conn., Ka taea e pā titau i te nui-pānga, wheako roma maha-kāmera oti ki whakairoiro, hākoritanga, replays, interviews and an announce team anchored by blow-by-blow announcer Michael Woods of the TalkBox Podcast, NYFights.com and The Ring and analyst Xavier Porter of BrooklynFights.com and Notorious Boxing. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, ka ui körero, me te whakautu ki ngā pātai i te whakarongo Facebook puta noa te haapurororaa.
Hanga, ka whakaputaina e te Linacre Media i roto o New York City, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, replays a muri-te-scenes wāhi me ngā uiuinga. E wātea ana nga whakaaturanga rere te ao nga wahi katoa he wātea Facebook. Ko te kaupapa e kore anake e āhei pā i huri noa i te ao ki te rangi i roto i, engari homai ano hoki ki runga-a-haere mai whawhai i te papa ao ki te whakaatu i ō rātou āheinga, homai ngā kaiwhakatairanga te wātea “pāhotanga” otinga me te homai kaitautoko te kaha ki te tae te whakarongo papatipu mā te ihirangi parani.
More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE dates will be officially announced in the coming weeks.
He wātea ipurangi FIGHTNIGHT LIVE i: https://www.facebook.com/FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE /
Follow all the action via social media at FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and @FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, or by using the hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Hoki te hou ngā Linacre Media me rärangi päho, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or #LinacreMediaOnTV.
