(Photo Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
EDMONTON, Canada (Agosto 30, 2017) – Super Channel is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the Boxe Super World Series (WBSS) da MP & Silva, una delle principali media company internazionale che fornisce diritti media, digitale, tecnologie e servizi di sponsorizzazione.
“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, Nord America, commentato: “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.”
Boxe Super World 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 & Divertimento, 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 Settembre 9. The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes, 16 combattenti, 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 e WBO. In each weight class, eight boxers will battle it out in a bracket-style elimination tournament, with four quarterfinals (Settembre & Ottobre 2017), two semifinals (Gennaio & Febbraio 2018) and one championship final (Maggio 2018).
“I can’t think of a better home than Super Channel for the World Boxing Super Series” disse Troy Wassill, Direttore della Programmazione, 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:
Settembre 9, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germania
WBO Cruiserweight World Championship
Oleksandr “Il gatto” Usyk (12-0, 10 KO), Campione, Kiev, Ucraina
2-Time Ukrainian Olympian, 2012 Medaglia d'oro olimpica, The Ring #1
vs.
Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (40-4-1, 27 KO), Sfidante, Berlin, Germany by way of Serbia
Former WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, The Ring 7
Settembre 16,2017 – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Echo Arena, Liverpool, Regno Unito
WBC Super Middleweight Diamond Championship
Callum “mondo” Fabbro (22-0, 17 KO), Liverpool, Merseyside, Regno Unito – The Ring #5
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 KO), Nykoping, Svezia
Settembre 23, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, USA
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 KO), Campione, Miami, Florida, USA by way of Cuba
vs.
Dmitry “Il martello russo” Kudryashov
(21-1, 21 KO), Sfidante, Volgodonsk, Russia
Settembre 30, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Riga Arena, Riga, Lettonia
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
Mairis Deer (22-0, 18 KO), Campione, Riga, Lettonia – The Ring #4
vs.
Microfono “The Rebel” Perez
(22-2-1, 14 KO), Sfidante, Cork, Ireland by way of Cuba
Ottobre 7, 2017 [A1] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle,
Stuttgart, Germania
IBO Super Middleweight World Championship
Chris “Prossima generazione” Eubank Jr (25-1, 19 KO), Campione, Brighton, Sussex, Regno Unito – The Ring #7
vs.
Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 KO), Sfidante,
Sivas, tacchino
Ottobre 14, 2017 [A2] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
The SSE Arena, Wembley, Londra, Regno Unito
WBA Super Middleweight World Championship
“Santo” George Groves (26-3, 19 KO), Campione, Hammersmith, Londra, Regno Unito – The Ring #3
vs.
Jamie Cox (24-0, 13 KO),
Swinton,
Wiltshire, Regno Unito
TO BE CONFIRMED
Cruiserweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
IBF Cruiserweight World Championship
“Ferro” Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 KO), Campione, Vladikavkaz, Russia – The Ring #2
vs.
Krzysztof “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 KO), Sfidante, Piaseczno, Polonia – The Ring #10
Former IBF &
WBC Cruiserweight World Champion
Super Middleweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
Juergen Braehmer (48,3 35 KO), Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommem, Germania
L'ex WBO & Campione WBA dei pesi massimi leggeri del mondo
vs.
Rapinare “Ben Fatto” Brant
(22-0, 15 KO), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
All fights will also be available on Super Channel On Demand.
Tutte le lotte e combattenti sono soggette a cambiamento.
Super Channel ha recentemente trasmesso importanti eventi di boxe dal vivo come 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, così come più emozionante di boxe a venire, combattere i fan in Canada possono contattare il proprio fornitore di cavi locale per iscriversi al Super Channel e tutto quello che offre, comprese le serie Premium, film e molto altro ancora, a partire da $9.95 al mese.
