(Photo Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
EDMONTON, Canadá (Agosto 30, 2017) – Super Canal is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the Series Super Mundial de Boxe (EAPs) a partir de MP & Silva, uma empresa líder em mídia internacional que fornece direitos de transmissão, digital, serviços de tecnologia e de patrocínio.
“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, comentou: “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.”
Series Super Mundial de Boxe 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 & Diversão, 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 Setembro 9. The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes, 16 lutadores, e um total de 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. Em cada classe de peso, eight boxers will battle it out in a bracket-style elimination tournament, with four quarterfinals (Setembro & Outubro 2017), two semifinals (Janeiro & Fevereiro 2018) and one championship final (Maio 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:
Setembro 9, 2017 – Cruiserweight - quartas de final:
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Alemanha
WBO Cruiserweight World Championship
Oleksandr “O gato” Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs), Campeão, Kiev, Ucrânia
2-Time Ukrainian Olympian, 2012 Medalhista de ouro olímpico, The Ring #1
vs.
Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (40-4-1, 27 KOs), Desafiador, Berlin, Germany by way of Serbia
Former WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, The Ring 7
Setembro 16,2017 – Super Middleweight - quartas de final:
Echo Arena, Liverpool, Reino Unido
WBC Super Middleweight Diamond Championship
Callum “mundo” Ferreiro (22-0, 17 KOs), Liverpool, Merseyside, Reino Unido – The Ring #5
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 KOs), Nykoping, Suécia
Setembro 23, 2017 – Cruiserweight - quartas de final:
Alamodome, Santo António, Texas, EUA
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
yunier Dorticós (21-0, 20 KOs), Campeão, Miami, Florida, USA by way of Cuba
vs.
Dmitry “The Hammer russo” Kudryashov
(21-1, 21 KOs), Desafiador, Volgodonsk, Rússia
Setembro 30, 2017 – Cruiserweight - quartas de final:
Riga Arena, Riga, Látvia
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
Mairis cervos (22-0, 18 KOs), Campeão, Riga, Látvia – The Ring #4
vs.
Microfone “The Rebel” Perez
(22-2-1, 14 KOs), Desafiador, Cortiça, Ireland by way of Cuba
Outubro 7, 2017 [A1] – Super Middleweight - quartas de final:
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle,
Stuttgart, Alemanha
IBO Super Middleweight World Championship
Chris “Próxima geração” Eubank Jr (25-1, 19 KOs), Campeão, Brighton, Sussex, Reino Unido – The Ring #7
vs.
Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 KOs), Desafiador,
Sivas, Turquia
Outubro 14, 2017 [A2] – Super Middleweight - quartas de final:
The SSE Arena, Wembley, Londres, Reino Unido
WBA Super Middleweight World Championship
“Santo” George Groves (26-3, 19 KOs), Campeão, Hammersmith, Londres, Reino Unido – The Ring #3
vs.
Jamie Cox (24-0, 13 KOs),
Swinton,
Wiltshire, Reino Unido
TO BE CONFIRMED
Cruiserweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
IBF Cruiserweight World Championship
“Ferro” Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 KOs), Campeão, Vladikavkaz, Rússia – The Ring #2
vs.
Krzysztof “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 KOs), Desafiador, Piaseczno, Polônia – The Ring #10
Former IBF &
WBC Cruiserweight World Champion
Super Middleweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
Juergen Braehmer (48,3 35 KOs), Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommem, Alemanha
O ex-WBO & Campeão mundial dos pesos pesados WBA
vs.
Roubar “Muito Bem” Ganso-bravo
(22-0, 15 KOs), Saint Paul, Minnesota, EUA
All fights will also be available on Super Canal On Demand.
Todas as lutas e os lutadores estão sujeitos a alteração.
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, bem como o boxe mais emocionante para vir, os fãs de luta no Canadá podem contactar o seu provedor de cabo local para assinar o Super Canal e tudo o que ele oferece, incluindo a série de prémio, filmes e muito mais, para tão baixo quanto $9.95 por mês.
