(Photo Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
EDMONTON, Kanada (Out 30, 2017) – Super Chèn is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the Boksè mondyal la Super Seri (WBSS) soti nan MP & Silva, yon dirijan medya entènasyonal konpayi ki bay dwa medya, dijital, teknoloji ak parennaj sèvis.
“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, kòmante: “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.”
Boksè mondyal la Super Seri 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 & Lwazi, 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 Septanm 9. The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes, 16 avyon de gè, 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: WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO. In each weight class, eight boxers will battle it out in a bracket-style elimination tournament, with four quarterfinals (Septanm & Oktòb 2017), two semifinals (Janvye & Fevriye 2018) and one championship final (Me 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:
Septanm 9, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Almay
WBO Cruiserweight World Championship
Oleksandr “chat nan” Usyk (12-0, 10 Ko), Chanpyon, Kiev, Ikrèn
2-Time Ukrainian Olympian, 2012 Olympic Gold medaye, Bag la #1
vs.
Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (40-4-1, 27 Ko), Pwovokatè, Berlin, Germany by way of Serbia
Former WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, Bag la 7
Septanm 16,2017 – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK
WBC Super Middleweight Diamond Championship
Callum “mond” Smith (22-0, 17 Ko), Liverpool, Merseyside, UK – Bag la #5
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 Ko), Nykoping, Syèd
Septanm 23, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, USA
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 Ko), Chanpyon, Miami, Florida, USA by way of Cuba
vs.
Dmitry “Hammer Ris la” Kudryashov
(21-1, 21 Ko), Pwovokatè, Volgodonsk, Larisi
Septanm 30, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
riga Arena, riga, Letoni
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
Mairis Deer (22-0, 18 Ko), Chanpyon, riga, Letoni – Bag la #4
vs.
Mike “The Rebel” Perèz
(22-2-1, 14 Ko), Pwovokatè, Cork, Ireland by way of Cuba
Oktòb 7, 2017 [A1] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle,
Stuttgart, Almay
IBO Super Middleweight World Championship
Chris “Next Gen” EUBANK Jr (25-1, 19 Ko), Chanpyon, Brighton, Sussex, UK – Bag la #7
vs.
Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 Ko), Pwovokatè,
Sivas,
Turkey
Oktòb 14, 2017 [A2] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
The SSE Arena, Wembley, London, Wayòm Ini
WBA Super Middleweight World Championship
“Saint” George Groves (26-3, 19 Ko), Chanpyon, Hammersmith, London, UK – Bag la #3
vs.
Jamie Cox (24-0, 13 Ko),
Swinton,
Wiltshire, UK
TO BE CONFIRMED
Cruiserweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
IBF Cruiserweight World Championship
“Iron” Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 Ko), Chanpyon, Vladikavkaz, Larisi – Bag la #2
vs.
Krzysztof “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 Ko), Pwovokatè, Piaseczno, Polòy – Bag la #10
Former IBF &
WBC Cruiserweight World Champion
Super Middleweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
Jürgen Braehmer (48,3 35 Ko), Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommem, Almay
ansyen WBO & WBA Limyè lour Mondyal Champion
vs.
Rob “Byen fè” Brant
(22-0, 15 Ko), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
All fights will also be available on Super Chèn sou demand.
Tout batay ak avyon de gè yo sijè a chanjman.
Super Channel has recently aired major boxing events live like Brook vs. Spence Jr, Pacquiao-Horn, EUBANK, Jr. vs. Abraram, Lomachenko vs.Marriaga and Crawford vs. Indongo.
To see all the World Boxing Super Series action live, osi byen ke plis enteresan boksè vin, fanatik batay nan Kanada ka kontakte founisè kab lokal yo a abònman sa Super Chèn ak tout ke li ofri, ki gen ladan seri prim, sinema ak plis ankò, pou osi ba ke $9.95 pamwa.
