(Photo Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
EDMONTON, Canada (Agosti 30, 2017) – Kituo Kikuu is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the Dunia Boxing Super Series (WBSS) kutoka MP & Silva, vyombo vya habari vya kimataifa kampuni inayoongoza ambayo hutoa haki ya vyombo vya habari, digital, teknolojia na udhamini huduma.
“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, maoni: “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.”
Dunia 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 & Entertainment, 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 Septemba 9. The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes, 16 wapiganaji, 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 (Septemba & Oktoba 2017), two semifinals (Januari & Februari 2018) and one championship final (Mei 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:
Septemba 9, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
WBO Cruiserweight World Championship
Oleksandr “Cat” Usyk (12-0, 10 Kos), Champion, Kiev, Ukraine
2-Time Ukrainian Olympian, 2012 Olympic medali ya dhahabu, Gonga #1
vs.
Marco “Kapt’n” HUCK (40-4-1, 27 Kos), Challenger, Berlin, Germany by way of Serbia
Former WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, Gonga 7
Septemba 16,2017 – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Echo Arena, Liverpool, Uingereza
WBC Super Middleweight Diamond Championship
Callum “dunia” Smith (22-0, 17 Kos), Liverpool, Merseyside, Uingereza – Gonga #5
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 Kos), Nykoping, Sweden
Septemba 23, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, USA
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 Kos), Champion, Miami, Florida, USA by way of Cuba
vs.
Dmitry “The Russian Hammer” Kudryashov
(21-1, 21 Kos), Challenger, Volgodonsk, Russia
Septemba 30, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Riga Arena, Riga, Latvia
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
Mairis Deer (22-0, 18 Kos), Champion, Riga, Latvia – Gonga #4
vs.
Mike “The Rebel” Perez
(22-2-1, 14 Kos), Challenger, Cork, Ireland by way of Cuba
Oktoba 7, 2017 [A1] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle,
Stuttgart, Germany
IBO Super Middleweight World Championship
Chris “next Gen” Eubank Jr (25-1, 19 Kos), Champion, Brighton, Sussex, Uingereza – Gonga #7
vs.
Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 Kos), Challenger,
Sivas,
Turkey
Oktoba 14, 2017 [A2] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
The SSE Arena, Wembley, London, United Kingdom
WBA Super Middleweight World Championship
“Saint” George Groves (26-3, 19 Kos), Champion, Hammersmith, London, Uingereza – Gonga #3
vs.
Jamie Cox (24-0, 13 Kos),
Swinton,
Wiltshire, Uingereza
TO BE CONFIRMED
Cruiserweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
IBF Cruiserweight World Championship
“Chuma” Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 Kos), Champion, Vladikavkaz, Russia – Gonga #2
vs.
Krzysztof “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 Kos), Challenger, Piaseczno, Poland – Gonga #10
Former IBF &
WBC Cruiserweight World Champion
Super Middleweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
Juergen Braehmer (48,3 35 Kos), Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommem, Germany
aliyekuwa WBO & WBA Mwanga Heavyweight bingwa wa dunia
vs.
Rob “Naam Done” Brant
(22-0, 15 Kos), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
All fights will also be available on Super Channel On Demand.
All mapambano na wapiganaji ni chini ya mabadiliko.
Super Channel has recently aired major boxing events live like Brook vs. Spence Jr., Pacquiao-Horn, Eubank, Jr. vs. Ibrahimu, Lomachenko vs.Marriaga and Crawford vs. Indongo.
To see all the World Boxing Super Series action live, pamoja na zaidi ya kusisimua ndondi kuja, kupambana mashabiki katika Canada wanaweza kuwasiliana na mtoa zao za cable ya kujiunga na Super Channel na wote kwamba inatoa, ikiwa ni pamoja na mfululizo premium, sinema na mengi zaidi, kwa chini kama $9.95 kwa mwezi.
