EDMONTON, Alberta, Canadá (Xullo 9, 2017) – In a continuing campaign to make it a network destination for Canadian boxing fans, Super Channel has announced its subscribers across Canada will be able to watch deste sábado action from London, headlined by International Boxing Organization (IBO) Super Campión do Mundo Middleweight Chris Eubank Jr. against 3-time, 2-division world titlist “Rei” Arthur Abraham, a partir de 2:30 p.m. E / 11:30 a.m. PT, live from The SES Arena, Wembley, en Londres.
Four championship fights on the exciting “Eubank Jr. vs. Abraham” tarxeta, promoted by Poxon Sports in association with Team Sauerland, will air live on Super Channel.
Super Channel has recently aired Brook vs. Spence Jr. and Pacquiao-Horn, live from the UK and Australia, respectivamente.
“We are delighted to have yet another world-class bout to bring to Canadian fight fans,” said Troy Wassill. Dorector of Programming, Domestic Distributors & Sports for Super Channel. “The phenomenal response on social media we had to the Pacquiao vs Horn bout we recently aired, goes to show that Canadian viewers are hungry for more great boxing action and we intend to deliver.”
The 27-year-old, British-born Eubank Jr. (24-1, 19 Kos) is the son of Chris Eubank Sr., (45-5-2, 23 Kos), o ex Organización Mundial de Boxeo (WBO) super middleweight and middleweight world champion, who co-trains and manages his son.
Eubank Jr. is a former Interim World Boxing Association (WBA) Middleweight Campión do Mundo. The rising British star captured the IBO title this past February, parada Renold Quinlan (11-1, 7 Kos) no 10th redondo. His July 15th fight versus Abraham will be his first IBO title defense.
Eubank is also world rated No. 5 polo Consello Mundial de Boxeo (WBC), Non. 8 by the International Boxing Federation (IBF).
The far more experienced Abraham (46-5, 30 Kos), fighting out of Berlin, Alemaña, Is the IBO No. 1 clasificado contedor. The tough Armenia-native is a two-time WBO super middleweight world champion, in addition to being a former IBF Middleweight World Champion. Remarkably, he is 18-4 (9 Kos) in world championships, 7-4 (4 Kos) against former or current world champions.
Past world champions Abraham has defeated during his 17-year professional career includes Raul Marquez, Hector Javier Velazco, Jermain Taylor, Robert Stieglitz tres veces, e Giovanni De Carolis. “Rei” Arthur also holds victories over world-class opponents such as Martin Murray, Paul Smith dúas veces, Lajuan Simon, Edison Miranda dúas veces, Khoren Gevor, Sebastian Demers, Kofi Jantuah, Kingsley Ikeke, Robin Krasniqi e Howard Eastman.
Four of Abraham’s five career losses have been to world champions Carl Froch, Andre Ward, Gilberto Ramirez and Stieglitz, who is the only opponent to stop Abraham, winner of 10 da súa última 11 loitas, the most recent a 12-round unanimous decision win over Krasniqi (46-4, 17 Kos) this past April in Germany.
Abraham is the No. 1 ranked WBO super middleweight, WBA No. 4, e n. 7 by the IBF and The Ring magazine.
Welshman “Lóstrego” Lee Selby (24-1, 9 Kos) makes his third defense of his IBF Featherweight World title, which he originally captured May 30, 2015, taking an eighth-round technical decision over previously unbeaten Evgeny Gradovich (19-0-1, 9 Kos).
In the 12-round co-feature, the popular Selby will face his stiffest challenge in former WBA Featherweight World Champion Jonathan Victor “Yoni” Barros (41-4-1, 22 Kos), of Argentina, the IBF No. 1 contendor.
Also scheduled to air live on Super Channel on July 15th are a pair of interesting 12-round match-ups as highly-touted Kid Galahad (22-0, 13 Kos) defends his IBF Inter-Continental featherweight title against the stiffest test of his young career, Mexican challenger Jose “El Tigre” Cayetano(21-5, 10 Kos), as well as undefeated WBA Continental super lightweight champion Robbie Davis Jr. (15-0, 11 Kos), Non clasificados. 4 polo IBF, puts his belt on the line versus Michal Syrowatka (18-1, 6 Kos), de Polonia.
To see the “Eubank Jr. vs. Abraham” vivir, así como o boxeo máis emocionante para vir, fight fans in Canada can contact their local cable provider to subscribe to Super Channel and all that it has to offer, incluíndo a serie de premio, películas e moito máis, para tan baixo como $9.95 por mes.
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