(Photo Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
EDMONTON, Canadà (Agost 30, 2017) – super Channel is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the Súper Sèrie Mundial de Boxa (WBSS) des MP & Silva, una empresa líder de mitjans de comunicació internacionals que proporciona drets dels mitjans, digital, serveis tecnològics i de patrocini.
“Our acquisition of the World Boxing Super Series further reinforces our commitment to make exciting world-class boxing a regular staple of Super Channel SPORTS,” said Don McDonald, President and CEO for Super Channel. “It is a strategic step in our quest to establish Super Channel as the go-to destination for boxing fans looking for unique and exciting boxing action, at all levels.”
Frank Uddo, MP & Silva’s President, North America, comentat: “We are delighted to work with Super Channel and World Boxing Super Series in Canada to help promote and distribute what we believe is a refreshingly premium international boxing competition. The new format, transparency, and potential match-ups should excite all boxing fans in Canada.”
Súper Sèrie Mundial de Boxa is a new revolutionary bracket-style elimination tournament featuring the world`s best boxers and a total of $50 million in prize money. The knockout format of the competition will see the best boxers ultimately compete for the Muhammad Ali Trophy, the greatest prize in boxing. The tournament is organized by newly-founded Comosa AG, a Swiss-registered company with principal owners Highlight Event & Entreteniment, Modern Times Group and Team Sauerland. Comosa AG is working in partnership with boxers, promoters and managers around the world, and in alignment with the four major world boxing federations, to create a new global platform for the sport.
The tournament, the first of its kind which is planned to take place on an annual basis, will kick off on Setembre 9. The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes, 16 combatents, and a total of 14 main events. An expert panel invited the world’s best boxers to compete, namely the top 15-ranked fighters of the four major federations: AMB, CMB, IBF and WBO. In each weight class, eight boxers will battle it out in a bracket-style elimination tournament, with four quarterfinals (Setembre & Octubre 2017), two semifinals (Gener & Febrer 2018) and one championship final (Maig 2018).
“I can’t think of a better home than Super Channel for the World Boxing Super Series” said Troy Wassill, Director de Programació, Domestic Distributors and Sports for Super Channel. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to have this exciting opener with Usyk vs Huck as the lead-in to the quarter finals, with eight consecutive weekends of top-flight action.”
Schedule for World Boxing Super Series 8 quarterfinal matches coming to Super Channel:
Setembre 9, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Alemanya
WBO Cruiserweight World Championship
Oleksandr “El gat” Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs), Campió, Kiev, Ucraïna
2-Time Ukrainian Olympian, 2012 Medallista d'or olímpic, L'Anell #1
vs.
Marc “Kapt’n” Huck (40-4-1, 27 KOs), Desafiador, Berlin, Germany by way of Serbia
Former WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, L'Anell 7
Setembre 16,2017 – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Echo Arena, Liverpool, Regne Unit
WBC Super Middleweight Diamond Championship
Callum “món” Herrero (22-0, 17 KOs), Liverpool, Merseyside, Regne Unit – L'Anell #5
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 KOs), Nykoping, Suècia
Setembre 23, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Alamodome, Sant Antoni, Texas, EUA
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
Yunier Dorticós (21-0, 20 KOs), Campió, Miami, Florida, USA by way of Cuba
vs.
Dmitry “El Martell de Rússia” Kudryashov
(21-1, 21 KOs), Desafiador, Volgodonsk, Rússia
Setembre 30, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Riga Arena, Riga, Letònia
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
Mairis cérvols (22-0, 18 KOs), Campió, Riga, Letònia – L'Anell #4
vs.
Micro “The Rebel” Pérez
(22-2-1, 14 KOs), Desafiador, Cork, Ireland by way of Cuba
Octubre 7, 2017 [A1] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle,
Stuttgart, Alemanya
IBO Super Middleweight World Championship
Chris “Next Gen” Eubank Jr (25-1, 19 KOs), Campió, Brighton, Sussex, Regne Unit – L'Anell #7
vs.
Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 KOs), Desafiador,
Sivas,
Turkey
Octubre 14, 2017 [A2] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
The SSE Arena, Wembley, Londres, Regne Unit
WBA Super Middleweight World Championship
“Sant” George Groves (26-3, 19 KOs), Campió, Hammersmith, Londres, Regne Unit – L'Anell #3
vs.
Jamie Cox (24-0, 13 KOs),
Swinton,
Wiltshire, Regne Unit
TO BE CONFIRMED
Cruiserweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
IBF Cruiserweight World Championship
“Planxa” Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 KOs), Campió, Vladikavkaz, Rússia – L'Anell #2
vs.
Krzysztof “diable” Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 KOs), Desafiador, Piaseczno, Polònia – L'Anell #10
Former IBF &
WBC Cruiserweight World Champion
Super Middleweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
Juergen Braehmer (48,3 35 KOs), Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommem, Alemanya
L'ex OMB & Campió Mundial de pes semipesado AMB
vs.
Robar “Bé Fet” Brant
(22-0, 15 KOs), Saint Paul, Minnesota, EUA
All fights will also be available on Super Channel On Demand.
Totes les baralles i els lluitadors estan subjectes a canvi.
Super Channel has recently aired major boxing events live like Brook vs. Spence Jr., Pacquiao-Horn, Eubank, Jr. vs. Abraham, Lomachenko vs.Marriaga and Crawford vs. Indongo.
To see all the World Boxing Super Series action live, així com més excitant de la boxa per venir, els fanàtics de la boxa al Canadà poden posar-se en contacte amb el proveïdor de cable local per a subscriure a Super Channel i tot el que ofereix, incloent la sèrie premium, pel·lícules i molt més, per tan baix com $9.95 per mes.
