(Photo Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
EDMONTON, Canada (Awst 30, 2017) – Super Channel is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the Byd Bocsio Super Series (WBSS) o MP & Silva, cwmni blaenllaw cyfryngau rhyngwladol sy'n darparu hawliau cyfryngau, digidol, gwasanaethau technoleg a nawdd.
“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, Dywedodd: “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.”
Byd Bocsio Super Series 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 & Adloniant, 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 Medi 9. The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes, 16 diffoddwyr, a chyfanswm o 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: WBA, CLlC, IBF and WBO. Ymhob dosbarth pwysau, eight boxers will battle it out in a bracket-style elimination tournament, with four quarterfinals (Medi & Hydref 2017), two semifinals (Ionawr & Chwefror 2018) and one championship final (Mai 2018).
“I can’t think of a better home than Super Channel for the World Boxing Super Series” said Troy Wassill, Director of Programming, 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:
Medi 9, 2017 – Rownd Derfynol Chwarter Pwysau Cruiser:
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Yr Almaen
Pencampwriaeth Byd Pwysau Pwysau WBO
Oleksandr “Y gath” Usyk (12-0, 10 Kos), Hyrwyddwr, Kiev, Wcráin
2-Time Ukrainian Olympian, 2012 Olympaidd Aur Medal, Y Ring #1
vs.
Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (40-4-1, 27 Kos), Challenger, Berlin, Germany by way of Serbia
Former WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, Y Ring 7
Medi 16,2017 – Rownd Gynderfynol Super Middleweight:
Echo Arena, Lerpwl, DU
Pencampwriaeth Diemwnt Super Middleweight Diamond
Callum “byd” Smith (22-0, 17 Kos), Lerpwl, Glannau Mersi, DU – Y Ring #5
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 Kos), Nykoping, Sweden
Medi 23, 2017 – Rownd Derfynol Chwarter Pwysau Cruiser:
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, UDA
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 Kos), Hyrwyddwr, Miami, Florida, UDA trwy Giwba
vs.
Dmitry “Mae'r Hammer Rwsia” Kudryashov
(21-1, 21 Kos), Challenger, Volgodonsk, Rwsia
Medi 30, 2017 – Rownd Derfynol Chwarter Pwysau Cruiser:
riga Arena, riga, Latfia
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
Mairis Ceirw (22-0, 18 Kos), Hyrwyddwr, riga, Latfia – Y Ring #4
vs.
Mike “The Rebel” Perez
(22-2-1, 14 Kos), Challenger, Corc, Iwerddon trwy Giwba
Hydref 7, 2017 [A1] – Rownd Gynderfynol Super Middleweight:
Neuadd Hanns-Martin-Schleyer, Stuttgart, Yr Almaen
Pencampwriaeth Byd Pwysau Canol Uwch IBO
Chris “Gen nesaf” Eubank Jr (25-1, 19 Kos), Hyrwyddwr, Brighton, Sussex, DU – Y Ring #7
vs.
Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 Kos), Challenger,
Sivas,
Turkey
Hydref 14, 2017 [A2] – Rownd Gynderfynol Super Middleweight:
Yr Arena SSE, Wembley, Llundain, Y Deyrnas Unedig
Pencampwriaeth y Byd Super Middleweight World WBA
“Saint” George Groves (26-3, 19 Kos), Hyrwyddwr, Hammersmith, Llundain, DU – Y Ring #3
vs.
Jamie Cox (24-0, 13 Kos), Swinton, Wiltshire, DU
TO BE CONFIRMED
Rowndiau Terfynol Pwysau Pwysau Cruiser:
I'w drefnu
Pencampwriaeth Byd Pwysau Pwysau IBF
“Haearn” Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 Kos), Hyrwyddwr, Vladikavkaz, Rwsia – Y Ring #2
vs.
Christopher “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 Kos), Challenger, Piaseczno, Gwlad Pwyl – Y Ring #10
Cyn IBF & Pencampwr Byd Pwysau Pwysau WBC
Rowndiau Terfynol Chwarter Pwysau Canol:
I'w drefnu
Juergen Braehmer (48,3 35 Kos), Schwerin, Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western, Yr Almaen
cyn WBO & WBA Light Pencampwr y Byd Pwysau Trwm
vs.
Rob “Da iawn” Brant
(22-0, 15 Kos), St.Paul, Minnesota, UDA
All fights will also be available on Super Channel Ar Alw.
Mae'r holl ymladd a diffoddwyr yn destun newid.
Yn ddiweddar mae Super Channel wedi darlledu digwyddiadau bocsio mawr yn fyw fel Brook vs.. Spence Jr, Pacquiao-Horn, Eubank, Jr. vs. Abraham, Lomachenko vsMarriaga a Crawford vs.. Indongo.
To see all the World Boxing Super Series action live, yn ogystal â bocsio mwy cyffrous i ddod, ymladd cefnogwyr yng Nghanada gysylltu â'u darparwr cebl lleol i danysgrifio i Super Sianel a hynny i gyd mae'n cynnig, gan gynnwys cyfres premiwm, ffilmiau a llawer mwy, am mor isel â $9.95 y mis.
