NEW YORK (
Sju. 14, 2017) –
Three weeks after establishing its first 200,000-viewer audience prior to Mayweather-McGregor, Facebook
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE och
CES Boxingplan to partner once again denna lördag 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 Sju. 16 at Twin River Casino and the tech-forward,
fan-friendly Facebook broadcast platform will carry the action, börjar vid
7 p.m.,
to complete its first “
doubleheader weekend” –
as FIGHTNIGHT LIVE delivers back-to-back shows på fredag och
Lördag.
“For more than 25 år, 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, konkurrenskraftiga slagsmål,” 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 “Odjuret” Juan Rodriguez Jr. Shortly after his Sju. 16 return was announced, Williams’ fru, Christina, gave birth to twin boys, Logan and Austin. Nu 14-0-1 (6 Kos), Williams has won 10 consecutive bouts and Lördag marks the second defense of his WBC USNBC welterweight championship.
Också presenterat på lördag night in separate bouts: hard-hitting New England heavyweight Joey Cusumano (11-9, 9 Kos), Anthony Marsella Jr. av Providence (5-0, 2 Kos), Ray Oliveira Jr. of New Bedford, Mäss. (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,” sa 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 “Real Deal Promotions: Empire State” från Resorts World Casino (224,658), the August “Super Lördag” från Foxwoods (203,000), the July Roy Jones Jr. “Desert Showdown” from Phoenix (63,000), the May “Slugfest på solen” from Mohegan Sun (45,000) and the June “Rosemont Rumble” från 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.
Utöver de råa tittandet numren, det fullt interaktiva, fan-friendly productions have seen more than 71,000 kollektiva levande placera uppdrag (14,000-plus per show), inklusive mer än 40,400 “gillar” eller “älskar,” mer än 10,300 comments and 3,200-plus shares. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 procent män, 24 procent kvinnor. The top demographic is comprised of males aged 25-34, som omfattar approximativt 30 procent av publiken, i genomsnitt.
The Sept. 9 “Real Deal Promotions: 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 Lördag” show sticker ut individuellt med 201,935 views across 3,336 live hours of content, med 8,224 viewer interactions including 1,133 “gillar” eller “älskar,” 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).
På lördag natt, Augusti 26, live from Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., fans kan förvänta sig en stor genomslagskraft, flera kameror streaming upplevelse komplett med grafik, animationer, repriser, 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, kommentatorer kommer att be och svara på frågor från Facebook publiken hela sändningen.
Skapad och producerad av Linacre Media av New York City, den FIGHTNIGHT LIVE serien har professionella announcers, flera kameravinklar, TV grafik, repriser och bakom-kulisserna-tillgång och intervjuer. De strömmade visar är tillgängliga globalt varhelst Facebook är tillgängligt. Initiativet inte bara gör det möjligt för fans från hela världen för att ställa in, men ger också up-and-coming kämpar en global plattform för att visa upp sina förmågor, ger promotorer en tillgänglig “sändning” lösning och ger sponsorer möjlighet att nå en masspublik via branded content.
More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Fall 2017 datum kommer att tillkännages officiellt under de kommande veckorna.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE finns online 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. De senaste Linacre Media händelser och broadcast schema, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or #LinacreMediaOnTV.
