(Photo Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
EDMONTON, Canada (August 30, 2017) – Super canal is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the Lumea Box Super Series (WBSS) de la MP & Silva, o companie lider de mass-media internaționale, care oferă drepturi mass-media, digital, Servicii de tehnologie și de sponsorizare.
“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, comentat: “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.”
Lumea Box 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 & Divertisment, 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 Septembrie 9. The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes, 16 luptători, 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 (Septembrie & Octombrie 2017), two semifinals (Ianuarie & Februarie 2018) and one championship final (Mai 2018).
“I can’t think of a better home than Super Channel for the World Boxing Super Series” a declarat Troy Wassill, Director de programare, 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:
Septembrie 9, 2017 – Ușoară sferturile de finală:
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germania
WBO Cruiserweight World Championship
Oleksandr “Pisica” Usyk (12-0, 10 KO), Campion, Kiev, Ucraina
2-Time Ukrainian Olympian, 2012 Aurul olimpic Medalist, Inelul #1
vs.
Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (40-4-1, 27 KO), Challenger, Berlin, Germany by way of Serbia
Former WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, Inelul 7
Septembrie 16,2017 – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Echo Arena, Liverpool, Regatul Unit
WBC Super Middleweight Diamond Championship
Callum “lume” Fierar (22-0, 17 KO), Liverpool, Merseyside, Regatul Unit – Inelul #5
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 KO), Nykoping, Suedia
Septembrie 23, 2017 – Ușoară sferturile de finală:
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, STATELE UNITE ALE AMERICII
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 KO), Campion, Miami, Florida, USA by way of Cuba
vs.
Dmitry “Ciocanul rusesc” Kudryashov
(21-1, 21 KO), Challenger, Volgodonsk, Rusia
Septembrie 30, 2017 – Ușoară sferturile de finală:
Riga Arena, Riga, Letonia
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
Mairis Deer (22-0, 18 KO), Campion, Riga, Letonia – Inelul #4
vs.
Mike “The Rebel” Perez
(22-2-1, 14 KO), Challenger, Cork, Ireland by way of Cuba
Octombrie 7, 2017 [A1] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle,
Stuttgart, Germania
IBO Super Middleweight World Championship
Chris “Următoarea generație” Eubank Jr (25-1, 19 KO), Campion, Brighton, Sussex, Regatul Unit – Inelul #7
vs.
Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 KO), Challenger,
Sivas,
Turkey
Octombrie 14, 2017 [A2] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
The SSE Arena, Wembley, Londra, Regatul Unit
Campionatul Mondial WBA Super Mijlocie
“Sfânt” George Groves (26-3, 19 KO), Campion, Hammersmith, Londra, Regatul Unit – Inelul #3
vs.
Jamie Cox (24-0, 13 KO),
Swinton,
Wiltshire, Regatul Unit
TO BE CONFIRMED
Cruiserweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
IBF Cruiserweight World Championship
“Fier” Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 KO), Campion, Vladikavkaz, Rusia – Inelul #2
vs.
Krzysztof “Diablo” Włodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 KO), Challenger, Piaseczno, Polonia – Inelul #10
Former IBF &
WBC Cruiserweight World Champion
Super Middleweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
Juergen Braehmer (48,3 35 KO), Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommem, Germania
fostul WBO & WBA semigrea Campion Mondial
vs.
Jefui “Foarte Bine” Brant
(22-0, 15 KO), Saint Paul, Minnesota, STATELE UNITE ALE AMERICII
All fights will also be available on Super Canal On Demand.
Toate luptele și luptători sunt supuse schimbării.
Super Canalul a fost difuzat recent evenimente majore de box trăi ca 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, precum și de box mai interesant pentru a veni, lupta fanii în Canada pot contacta furnizorul lor locale de cablu pentru a vă abona la Super canal și toate ca ofera, inclusiv seria premium, filme și multe altele, pentru scăzut $9.95 pe luna.
