Hosted By Scott Hanson and Mark Kriegel, SHOWTIME BOXING on Facebook Live Features Sergey Lipinets vs. Lenny Zappavinga in a Jr. Welterweight Title Eliminator; And Unbeaten Prospect Erickson Lubin vs. 胡安·乌巴尔多·卡布雷拉
纽约 (十二月. 8, 2016) – SHOWTIME Sports will offer multi-camera, fully-produced boxing coverage on Facebook的活 上 星期六, 十二月. 10 (8 P.M. AND/5 P.M. PT), providing fight fans with high-quality access to live undercard bouts preceding that evening’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader. The unique two-fight offering is the first timethe network has offered live boxing coverage exclusively on Facebook Live.
SHOWTIME BOXING on Facebook Live, from Galen Center on the campus at University of Southern California, features the 12-round IBF Junior Welterweight Title Eliminator between undefeated contender Sergey Lipinets (10-0, 8 科斯) and Lenny Zappavigna (35-2, 25 科斯). Also featured is a 10-round middleweight matchup between undefeated Erickson Lubin (16-0, 11 科斯) and once-beaten Juan Ubaldo Cabrera (23-1, 15 科斯).
Scott Hanson, known for his work as host of NFL RedZone and PBC on SPIKE, will call the action alongside best-selling author and Sports Emmy Award winning reporter Mark Kriegel.
SHOWTIME Sports also will live stream the final press conference 周四 而官方称在 在周五 via Facebook Live. 周六 live streaming fights will be available to the U.S. audience only.
十二月 10 SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast is headlined by a featherweight world championship showdown between two of the best 126-pound fighters in the world, WBA titleholder Jesus Cuellar and former three-division world champion Abner Mares. The live SHOWTIME telecast begins at 10 P.M. AND/7 P.M. PT with a matchup of undefeated rising stars, IBF Junior Middleweight World Champion Jermall Charlo taking on top-rated contender Julian “J-摇滚” 威廉姆斯. 此外, earlier in the evening, SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL will bring you the IBF Heavyweight World Championship fight between undefeated champion Anthony Joshua and American challenger Eric Molina on 星期六, 十二月. 10, 住在Showtime 5:30 P.M. AND/2:30 P.M. PT.
SHOWTIME BOXING on Facebook Live is an extension of SHOWTIME BOXING on SHOWTIME EXTREME, the industry standard for live undercard boxing coverage. 这两种产品提供奖金回合在主场观众, 提供了以前只提供给在舞台上的球迷体验. Via Facebook Live, 观众提供实时活动期间与拳击界互动的独特机会.
The live stream is a prime example of Showtime Networks’ cutting-edge sports coverage. SHOWTIME Sports was the first to distribute a heavyweight world champion fight via multiple online portals including YouTube and Facebook (WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder vs. Artur Szpilka, 一月. 2016) 和脸书. SHOWTIME Sports was the first to release a full fight in 360-degree Virtual Reality (丹尼尔·雅各布斯VS. 彼得Quillin, 十二月. 2015; 视频:HTTP://s.sho.com/1ZxBh1Z).
Over the past two years, SHOWTIME Sports has grown its digital presentations and franchises, providing innovative content across seven social platforms unique to audience interests. Among new reoccurring digital series are THE REVEAL with Mark Kriegel, featuring exclusive and in-depth interviews with boxing’s emerging stars, 战斗之夜, a short-form- 60 or 90-second capsules-capturing intimate, all-access moments surrounding a fight.