(Photo Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
EDMONTON, Kanada (Sierpień 30, 2017) – Super Kanał is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) z poseł & Silva, wiodącą firmą medialną, która zapewnia międzynarodowe prawa medialne, cyfrowy, Usługi w zakresie technologii i sponsoring.
“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, poseł & Silva’s President, North America, skomentował: “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.”
World Boxing 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 & Rozrywka, 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 Wrzesień 9. The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes, 16 bojowników, 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 (Wrzesień & Październik 2017), two semifinals (Styczeń & Luty 2018) and one championship final (Maj 2018).
“I can’t think of a better home than Super Channel for the World Boxing Super Series” said Troy Wassill, Dyrektor ds. Programowania, 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:
Wrzesień 9, 2017 – Ćwierćfinał Cruiserweight:
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Niemcy
WBO Cruiserweight World Championship
Oleksandr “Kot” Usyk (12-0, 10 KO), Mistrz, Kiev, Ukraina
2-Time Ukrainian Olympian, 2012 Złoty medalista olimpijski, Pierścień #1
vs.
Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (40-4-1, 27 KO), Challenger, Berlin, Germany by way of Serbia
Former WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, Pierścień 7
Wrzesień 16,2017 – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK
WBC Super Middleweight Diamond Championship
Callum “świat” Kowal (22-0, 17 KO), Liverpool, Merseyside, UK – Pierścień #5
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 KO), Nykoping, Szwecja
Wrzesień 23, 2017 – Ćwierćfinał Cruiserweight:
Alamodome, San Antonio, Teksas, USA
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 KO), Mistrz, Miami, Floryda, USA by way of Cuba
vs.
Dmitry “Rosyjski młot” Kudryashov
(21-1, 21 KO), Challenger, Volgodonsk, Rosja
Wrzesień 30, 2017 – Ćwierćfinał Cruiserweight:
Riga Arena, Ryga, Łotwa
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
Mairis Deer (22-0, 18 KO), Mistrz, Ryga, Łotwa – Pierścień #4
vs.
Mikrofon “The Rebel” Perez
(22-2-1, 14 KO), Challenger, Cork, Ireland by way of Cuba
Październik 7, 2017 [A1] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle,
Stuttgart, Niemcy
IBO Super Middleweight World Championship
Chris “Nowa generacja” Eubank Jr (25-1, 19 KO), Mistrz, Brighton, Sussex, UK – Pierścień #7
vs.
Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 KO), Challenger,
Sivas, indyk
Październik 14, 2017 [A2] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
The SSE Arena, Wembley, Londyn, Zjednoczone Królestwo
WBA Super Middleweight World Championship
“Święty” George Groves (26-3, 19 KO), Mistrz, Hammersmith, Londyn, UK – Pierścień #3
vs.
Jamie Cox (24-0, 13 KO),
Swinton,
Wiltshire, UK
TO BE CONFIRMED
Cruiserweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
IBF Cruiserweight World Championship
“Żelazo” Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 KO), Mistrz, Vladikavkaz, Rosja – Pierścień #2
vs.
Krzysztof “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 KO), Challenger, Piaseczno, Polska – Pierścień #10
Former IBF &
WBC Cruiserweight World Champion
Super Middleweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
Juergen Braehmer (48,3 35 KO), Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommem, Niemcy
Były WBO & WBA World Heavyweight Champion Światło
vs.
Rabować “Bardzo Dobrze” Brant
(22-0, 15 KO), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
All fights will also be available on Super Kanał On Demand.
Wszystkie walki i bojownicy mogą ulec zmianie.
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, jak również bardziej ekscytujące boks przyjść, walczyć fanów w Kanadzie mogą skontaktować się z lokalnym dostawcą usług internetowych, aby subskrybować kanał Super i wszystko, co oferuje to, łącznie z serii Premium, filmy i wiele więcej, na jak najniższym $9.95 na miesiąc.
