NEW YORK (Șapte. 14, 2017) – Three weeks after establishing its first 200,000-viewer audience prior to Mayweather-McGregor, Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE și CES Boxingplan to partner once again sâmbătă with a three-hour show leading into HBO PPV coverage of GGG-Canelo. Renowned promoter Jimmy Burchfield Sr. has set the stage with an excellent card filled with local competitors on Șapte. 16 at Twin River Casino and the tech-forward, fan-friendly Facebook broadcast platform will carry the action, începând de la 7 p.m., to complete its first “doubleheader weekend” – as FIGHTNIGHT LIVE delivers back-to-back shows vineri și Sâmbătă.

“For more than 25 an, CES has delivered boxing excitement to fans all over the world. The tradition continued [at Foxwoods on Aug. 26] when we teamed with FIGHTNIGHT LIVE by using cutting edge technology allowing fight fans to view the fights live on Facebook. This historic, record-setting event was the result of a great production team and action-packed, lupte competitive,” said CES President Burchfield Sr.

The main event stars two intriguing welterweights battling for championship glory. After defeating Bronx vet Issouf Kinda by knockout in a controversial bout at Foxwoods on Aug. 26, New Haven, Conn., vet Jimmy Williams jumps right back into the fire less than three weeks later to face New Jersey’s “Bestia” Juan Rodriguez Jr. Shortly after his Șapte. 16 return was announced, Williams’ wife, Christina, gave birth to twin boys, Logan and Austin. Acum 14-0-1 (6 KO), Williams has won 10 consecutive bouts and Sâmbătă marks the second defense of his WBC USNBC welterweight championship.

De asemenea, recomandate sâmbăta night in separate bouts: hard-hitting New England heavyweight Joey Cusumano (11-9, 9 KO), Anthony Marsella Jr. of Providence (5-0, 2 KO), Ray Oliveira Jr. of New Bedford, Masă. (7-1, 1 KO) and others.

“We’re extremely proud to watch Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE reach another milestone this weekend, with outstanding shows in New England on back-to-back nights,” a spus Mark Fratto, Principal and Director of Business Development, Linacre Media. “Fight fans will be fired up for GGG-Canelo – including us – but we’re particularly excited to fulfill our mission to showcase local and regional up-and-coming fighters. We’ll be delivering at least 12 bouts across the two nights this weekend, providing a wide-reaching platform for 24 boxers of varied backgrounds and accomplishments to showcase their skills.”

Over the first five months of programming, the numbers on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series have showed promise and potential for the new platform with an average of more than 113,000 fight fans tuning in per event. The Sept. 9 “Promoții Reale: Empire State” de la Resorts World Casino (224,658), the August “Super Sâmbătă” de la Foxwoods (203,000), the July Roy Jones Jr. “Desert Showdown” from Phoenix (63,000), the May “Slugfest at the Sun” from Mohegan Sun (45,000) and the June “Rosemont Rumble” de la Chicago (32,000) saw a total of more than 12,700 total hours of Facebook video consumed by 567,000-plus users across all devices.

În plus față de numerele prime a numărului de spectatori, complet interactiv, fan-friendly productions have seen more than 71,000 angajamente poștale în direct colective (14,000-plus pentru fiecare spectacol), inclusiv mai mult 40,400 “îi place” sau “iubește,” mai mult decât 10,300 comments and 3,200-plus shares. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 la sută bărbați, 24 la suta femei. The top demographic is comprised of males aged 25-34, care cuprinde aproximativ 30 la sută din public, in medie.

The Sept. 9 “Promoții Reale: Empire State” set a new bar with 224,658 views and carried the series to over half-a-million views in just under four months, while the Aug. 26 Foxwoods “Super Sâmbătă” spectacol iese în evidență în mod individual cu 201,935 views across 3,336 live hours of content, cu 8,224 viewer interactions including 1,133 “îi place” sau “iubește,” 1,570 comments and 1,392 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).

Sâmbăta noapte, August 26, live from Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., fanii se pot aștepta la un mare impact, multi-camera de experiență de streaming cu o grafica, animații, reluări, 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, Notorious Boxing and the “Shoot the 5” radio show. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, comentatori va cere și să răspundă la întrebări din public pe Facebook pe tot parcursul transmisiunii.

Creat si produs de Linacre Media din New York City, seria FIGHTNIGHT LIVE caracteristici crainicii profesionale, mai multe unghiuri ale camerei, grafică de televiziune, reluări și în spatele-the-scene de acces și interviuri. Cele transmise în flux Spectacolele sunt disponibile la nivel global oriunde Facebook este disponibil. Inițiativa nu numai că permite fanilor din întreaga lume pentru a acorda, dar, de asemenea, oferă luptători în sus promițători o platformă globală pentru a prezenta abilitățile lor, oferă promotorilor o accesibilă “difuzare” soluție și oferă sponsori posibilitatea de a ajunge la o audiență de masă prin intermediul conținutului de marcă.

More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Fall 2017 datele vor fi anunțate oficial în următoarele săptămâni.

FIGHTNIGHT LIVE este disponibil online la: https://www.facebook.com/FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE /

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