NEW YORK (
August 15, 2017) –
Fight fans who want to whet their appetite prior to Mayweather-McGregor will be able to do so on Lørdag, August. 26,
thanks to a new partnership between veteran promoter Jimmy Burchfield Sr. og
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 – fra
6-9 pm. OGon that Lørdag before action heats up in the desert later that night.
Highlighting the CES Boxing card at Foxwoods’ Premier Ballroom is New London, Conn., mors Jimmy Williams (13-0-1, 5 KOs), as he defends his WBC-USNBC Welterweight Title against veteran Bronx N.Y. pugilist Kinda issouf (18-4, 7 KOs). Also appearing on the card: New London’s Cristobal Marrero (4-0, 3 KOs), Hartford’s Richard Rivera (2-0, 2 KOs) og Jose Rivera (3-1, 3 KOs), Miguel Ortiz (2-0, 1 KO) 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.”
Billetter er priset til $55, $90, $155 og $325 and can be purchased online atcesboxing.com, foxwoods.com, eller ticketmaster.com, eller på telefon 401-724-2253 eller 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,” saMark Fratto, Rektor 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 og 31,000, henholdsvis, with more than 6,000 of hours of LIVE video consumed by Facebook users. I tillegg til de rå seertall, fullt interaktiv, fan-friendly productions have seen more than 27,000 kollektive levende legg engasjementer, inkludert mer enn 15,500 “liker” eller “elsker,” mer enn 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).
På lørdag natt, August 26, live from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Conn., fans kan forvente en effekt, flerkamera streaming opplevelsen komplett med grafikk, animasjoner, 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, kommentatorer vil spørre og svare på spørsmål fra Facebook publikum hele sendingen.
Laget og produsert av Linacre Media ut av New York by, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, replays og bak-kulissene-tilgang og intervjuer. De streamet viser er tilgjengelig globalt hvor Facebook er tilgjengelig. Initiativet ikke bare gjør at fans fra hele verden for å stille inn, men gir også up-and-coming jagerfly en global plattform for å vise frem sine evner, gir arrangører et tilgjengelig “kringkasting” løsning og gir sponsorer muligheten til å nå et stort publikum via branded content.
More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE dates will be officially announced in the coming weeks.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE er tilgjengelig elektronisk på: 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. For de nyeste Linacre Media arrangementer og kringkasting tidsplan, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or #LinacreMediaOnTV.
