EDMONTON, Alberta, კანადაში (მაისი 22, 2017) – Super Channel subscribers across Canada will be able to watch ამ შაბათს mega-fight between International Boxing Federation (IBF) Welterweight World Champion Kell “The Special One” Brook and undefeated No. 1 სავალდებულო კანდიდატი Errol “The Truth” Spence, Jr., დაწყებული 3 საათამდე. და/ 12 საათამდე. PT, live from the outdoor Bramall Football Ground in Sheffield, Yorkshire, გაერთიანებული სამეფო.
“Brook vs. Spence, Jr.” is a presentation of Matchroom Boxing. Super Channel will air four exciting fights from this card, headlined by one of the most anticipated fights of the year between two world-class prize fighters, მხოლოდ კანადაში.
“We are thrilled to be bringing back world-class caliber boxing to our viewers,” განაცხადა Troy Wassil, Director of Programming, Domestic Distributors & სპორტული. “This is the type of high-quality, exclusive sports content that subscribers can look forward to seeing as part of the Super Channel Sports sub-brand.”
Brook (36-1, 25 Kos), fighting at home in Sheffield, captured the IBF 147-pound division title August 16, 2014, with a signature victory, გზით 12 რაუნდი გადაწყვეტილება, მეტი Shawn Porter in Carson, California. The 31-year-old Brook has successfully defended his championship belt three times, including a pair of challengers from Canada, Jo Jo Dan და Kevin Bizier.
In his most recent fight this past September, unified world middleweight champion გენადი “GGG” Golovkin (35-0) ruined Brook’s perfect record, stopping the game Brit who had moved up two weight classes in five rounds.
Brock is 4-1 (3 Kos) მსოფლიო სათაური იბრძვის, 3-1 (1 KO)
in fights against former or current world champions,
defeating Porter,
ლავმორ ნდუ და
Vyacheslav Senchenko.
Kell Brook (R)
(photo courtesy of Matchroom Boxing)
Spence, Jr., 27, has been hyped by some as the possible successor to retired Floyd Mayweather, Jr. as the new face of boxing. Fighting out of Texas, Spence, Jr. იყო 2012 US Olympian who fought in the London Games.
Spence Jr.
has defeated the likes of former world champion Chris Algieri, ისევე, როგორც
Leonard Bundu,
Alejandro Barrera და
Chris van Heerden,
among the more notables during his 4 ½ წლის პროფესიული კარიერა.
Errol Spence, Jr.
(photo courtesy of PBC)
The 12-round co-feature for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Middleweight World Championship pits three-time World title challenger “წმინდა” გიორგი Groves (25-3-0, 18 Kos) against former WBA Super Middleweight World Champion ფიოდორ Chudinov (14-1, 10 Kos).
Groves, fighting out of London, has defeated fellow countryman and current IBF Super Middleweight World Champion ჯეიმს DeGale and former World light heavyweight titlist გლენ ჯონსონი.
გასულ თებერვალს, Chudinov lost his WBA strap to ფელიქს შტურმი in a rematch of a title fight the Russian had won. Chudinov has also defeated Frank Buglioni და Ben McCullough.
Kicking-off the three-hour, action-packed Super Channel broadcast is 12-round heavyweight clash between დავით “White Rhino” Allen (11-2-1, 8 Kos) და Lenroy “TNT” Thomas (20-4, 10 Kos) for the vacant Commonwealth Championship, followed by the professional debut of 2012 British Olympian Anthony Fowler წინააღმდეგ Arturs Geikins (3-7-1, 2 Kos) in a four-round middleweight match.
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