(Photo Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
Edmonton, Canada (Agusta 30, 2017) – Super Channel is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the Duniya dambe Super Series (WBSS) daga MP & Silva, a manyan jaridu na duniya kamfanin da ya samar da kafofin watsa labarai hakkokin, dijital, fasaha da kuma tallafawa da sabis.
“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, Amirka ta Arewa, sharhi: “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.”
Duniya dambe 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 & Nisha, 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 Satumba 9. The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes, 16 mayakan, 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: Kambunansa na WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO. In each weight class, eight boxers will battle it out in a bracket-style elimination tournament, with four quarterfinals (Satumba & Oktoba 2017), two semifinals (Janairu & Fabrairu 2018) and one championship final (Mayu 2018).
“I can’t think of a better home than Super Channel for the World Boxing Super Series” said Troy Wassill, Daraktan Shirye-shiryen, 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:
Satumba 9, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Jamus
WBO Cruiserweight World Championship
Oleksandr “A Cat” Usyk (12-0, 10 Kos), Zakaran, Kiev, Ukraine
2-Time Ukrainian Olympian, 2012 Olympics Gold Medalist, A Zobe #1
vs.
Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (40-4-1, 27 Kos), Mai takala, Berlin, Germany by way of Serbia
Former WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, A Zobe 7
Satumba 16,2017 – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Echo Arena, Liverpool, Birtaniya
WBC Super Middleweight Diamond Championship
Callum “duniya” Smith (22-0, 17 Kos), Liverpool, Merseyside, Birtaniya – A Zobe #5
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 Kos), Nykoping, Sweden
Satumba 23, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, Amurka
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 Kos), Zakaran, Miami, Florida, USA by way of Cuba
vs.
Dmitry “A Rasha Hammer” Kudryashov
(21-1, 21 Kos), Mai takala, Volgodonsk, Rasha
Satumba 30, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Riga Arena, Riga, Latvia
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
Mairis Deer (22-0, 18 Kos), Zakaran, Riga, Latvia – A Zobe #4
vs.
Mike “The Rebel” Perez
(22-2-1, 14 Kos), Mai takala, Cork, Ireland by way of Cuba
Oktoba 7, 2017 [A1] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle,
Stuttgart, Jamus
IBO Super Middleweight World Championship
Chris “Next Gen” Eubank Jr (25-1, 19 Kos), Zakaran, Brighton, Sussex, Birtaniya – A Zobe #7
vs.
Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 Kos), Mai takala,
Sivas,
Turkey
Oktoba 14, 2017 [A2] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
The SSE Arena, Wembley, London, United Kingdom
WBA Super Middleweight World Championship
“Saint” George Ashtarot (26-3, 19 Kos), Zakaran, Hammersmith, London, Birtaniya – A Zobe #3
vs.
Jamie Cox (24-0, 13 Kos),
Swinton,
Wiltshire, Birtaniya
TO BE CONFIRMED
Cruiserweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
IBF Cruiserweight World Championship
“Iron” Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 Kos), Zakaran, Vladikavkaz, Rasha – A Zobe #2
vs.
Krzysztof “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 Kos), Mai takala, Piaseczno, Poland – A Zobe #10
Former IBF &
WBC Cruiserweight World Champion
Super Middleweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
Juergen Braehmer (48,3 35 Kos), Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommem, Jamus
tsohon WBO & WBA boxing World Champion
vs.
Rob “Sannu Da Aikatawa” Brant
(22-0, 15 Kos), Saint Paul, Minnesota, Amurka
All fights will also be available on Super Channel A Kiss.
Duk ta faɗa da mayakan ne batun canjin.
Super Channel has recently aired major boxing events live like Brook vs. Spence Jr., Pacquiao-Kakakin, Eubank, Jr. vs. Ibrahim, Lomachenko vs.Marriaga and Crawford vs. Indongo.
To see all the World Boxing Super Series action live, kazalika da mafi m dambe zuwa zo, yãƙe magoya a Canada iya tuntube su gida na USB naka don biyan kuɗi zuwa da Super Channel, kuma duk da cewa shi tayi, ciki har da premium jerin, fina-finai da kuma fiye da, domin kamar yadda low kamar yadda $9.95 da watan.
