PHOENIX (Lub Xya hli ntuj 14, 2017) – What’s hotter than Phoenix in July? Roy Jones Jr. Thawv thiab NYOB FIGHTNIGHT Facebook series will answer that question this Hnub vas xaum, Lub Xya hli ntuj 15, tom 7:30 p.m. PT (10:30 p.m. LI) when the tech-forward, fan-friendly broadcast platform delivers once again – this time with a stacked fight card featuring championship action live from the desert.
Promoted by Roy Jones Jr. thiab Keith Veltre, Hnub Saturday event will bring fans back-to-back championship action. The event will showcase a main attraction featuring NABA Super Welterweight Champion John “The Phenom” Vera Jr. (16-0, 10 KOs) as he takes on the former WBO Latino Champion Daniel Rosario (11-2, 10 KOs) in a 10-round contest live from in Chandler, Ariz. Super bantamweight standout and former WBA World Champion Rico Ramos (25-5, 13 KOs) will go toe-to-toe with Tony Lopez (12-2, 4 KOs) for the vacant NABA Super Bantamweight title as part of a stacked fight card filled with Arizona-area heroes.
“Roy and I have always felt that live streaming would take the place of the old platforms of delivering fights,” stated Veltre, CEO and Co-Founder of Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Promotions. “To partner up with Linacre Media and showcase our talent live with Facebook is years ahead of anyone else in the industry. This will give us the ability to reach millions of boxing fans around the world and enable us to deliver our sponsors triple the exposure we would normally get from traditional TV. Mark Fratto, the brains behind this envisioning series, is giving fighters the opportunity to showcase their talent to the world and gain a fan base. We are thrilled that his vision lines exactly where Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Promotions wants to be.”
Vera, of Fort Worth, Texas, has a perfect mark of 16-0 with ten knockouts, and is ranked No. 7 lub WBA thiab tsis. 14 yog tus WBO.
Tus 28 year-old southpaw has built that mark on the strength of beating good competition. He has defeated Alberto Robles (3-0) and Radmir Akhmediyev (7-0). He won the NABA title with a sixth-round stoppage over Joey Rueles (10-1-1). He has defended the title successfully twice with a second-round stoppage over Milorad Zizc (12-1), and in his last bout when he won a 10-round split decision over Salim Larbi on Lub ib hlis ntuj 27 in Phoenix.
Rosario, of Caguas, Puerto Rico, has a record of 11-2 nrog 10 knockouts. Like Vera, the 29 year-old Rosario has built his record with impressive victories over Carlos Ramos (1-0), Jordan Wisenfeld (4-0-2), Alphonso Black (8-1-1), and won the WBO Latino Super Welterweight title with a second-round stoppage over Aaron Garcia (14-3-1). Rosario is coming off an eight-round split decision loss to Norberto Gonzalez on November 18, 2016, in Las Vegas.
Ramos, of Watts, Calif., has a record of 27-5 nrog 13 knockouts. Tus 30 year-old won the WBA Super Bantamweight title with a seventh-round stoppage over Akifumi Shimoda in 2011. After losing the title, he fought for the world championship again, but lost to Jesus Cuellar. Ramos is on a three-fight win streak with his latest victory coming via a 10-round unanimous decision over Erik Ruiz on Lub peb hlis ntuj 11 in Las Vegas.
Lopez, of Fort Worth, Texas, has a record of 12-2 with four knockouts. Lopez has defeated three undefeated fighters; included in that is a win over highly regarded Jerren Cochran (11-0). Lopez is coming off a fifth-round technical decision over Ranel Suco this past Tim 27 in Dallas.
The stacked undercard includes an eight-round welterweight clash between Abel Ramos (17-2, 12 KOs) of Phoenix battling Emmanuel Robles (15-2, 4 KOs). Four more undercard fights will start the bill off with fights featuring undefeated bantamweight Max Ornelas (8-0-1, 3 KOs) rematching fellow undefeated warrior, Leopoldo Martinez (6-0-1, 3 KOs) – their last bout ended in a technical draw following a headbutt. Super featherweight Randy Moreno (8-1, 7 KOs) takes on local favorite Ivan De La Madrid (3-1) and welterweight Vernon Brown (4-0, 3 KOs) of Chicago puts his undefeated slate on the line against fellow unbeaten battler Daniel Castro Jr. (2-0, 2 KOs) of Durango, Mexico.
Fights and fighters are subject to change;
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A tape-delayed version of the live show will air on BeIN Sports one week after the live show on Facebook.
Supporters of the Sweet Science can take advantage of the multi-camera FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcast on Facebook –
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“We’re excited to be able to capitalize on cutting-edge technology to give the Roy Jones Jr. Boxing audience a ringside seat, live from the greater Phoenix area,” Hais Mark Fratto, Thawj Xibfwb ntawm Linacre Media. “Our Facebook Live series continues to keep fight fans at the forefront, now with not just one – but three – high-quality viewing experiences available.”
The numbers on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series have showed promise and potential for the new platform. The May “Slugfest at the Sun” from Mohegan Sun and the June “Rosemont Rumble” from Chicago drew audiences of 44,000 thiab 31,000, respectively, with more than 3,000 of hours of LIVE video consumed by Facebook users. In addition to the raw viewership numbers, sib tham sib tham, fan-friendly productions have seen more than 15,000 collective nyob post engagements, nrog rau ntau tshaj 9,000 “nyiam” los sis “Hlub,” ntau tshaj 5,000 comments and 800-plus shares.
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Rau hnub Saturday hmo ntuj, Lub Xya hli ntuj 15, live from Wild Horse Pass Casino in Chandler, Ariz., Kiv cua yuav cia siab tias ib feem high-tej yam, multi-camera streaming experience – now also available in ULTRACAST 360˚ and ULTRACAST VR – complete with graphics, animations, replays, Sib tham thiab ib pab neeg ncha moo anchored los blow-by-blow announcer Miguel Flores of Premier Boxing Champions and analyst Michael Woods of the TalkBox Podcast, NYFights.com and The Ring. Joining the broadcast team once again will be world-ranked light heavyweight Mike Lee. University of Notre Dame alum Lee (19-0, 10 KOs) is ranked No. 12 yog tus WBO, Tsis yog. 12 by the IBF, Tsis yog. 13 lub WBA thiab tsis. 14 by the WBC, and will be ringside with Flores and Woods to provide expert analysis. Muab spectators nrog ib tug mas-interactive ringside kev, commentators yuav nug thiab teb cov lus nug los ntawm cov neeg tuaj saib Facebook thoob plaws hauv xov.
Tsim thiab ua los ntawm Linacre Media tawm hauv New York City, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, replays thiab qab-tus-scenes saib thiab sib tham. Tus streamed qhia tau hais tias muaj nyob ntiaj teb no qhov twg Facebook muaj nyob. Cov teg num tsis tsuas enables kiv cua ntawm thoob ntiaj teb qhib rau, Tiam sis kuj muab up-and-coming fighters lub ntiaj teb no platform showcase lawv peev xwm, muab promoters ib accessible “tshaj tawm hauv xov” Cov tshuaj thiab muab sponsors muaj peev xwm mus cuag ib pawg neeg tuaj saib ntawm branded ntsiab lus.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE strap season continues on Hnub vas xaum, Lub Xya hli ntuj 29, in Raleigh, N.C., as Tar Heel State undefeated super flyweight Dewayne Beamon competes for the IBO Inter-Continental and UBF World Junior Bantamweight titles. More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE dates will be officially announced in the coming weeks.
Ua raws li tag nrho cov tes hauj lwm ntawm kev tawm ntawm FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE rau Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and @FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, los yog siv cov hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Rau qhov tseeb Linacre Media txheej xwm thiab tshaj tawm hauv xov lub sij hawm, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or #LinacreMediaOnTV. Follow Roy Jones Jr. Boxing on Instagram at @RoyJonesJrBoxing and on Twitter at @RoyJonesJrFA.
