PHOENIX (Hulyo 14, 2017) – What’s hotter than Phoenix in July? Roy Jones Jr. Boksing at ang FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Facebook series will answer that question this Sabado, Hulyo 15, sa 7:30 p.m. PT (10:30 p.m. AT) 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.
Mga Na-promote sa pamamagitan ng Roy Jones Jr. at Keith Veltre, Sabado ng event will bring fans back-to-back championship action. The event will showcase a main attraction featuring NABA Super Welterweight Champion John “Ang 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, Teksas, has a perfect mark of 16-0 may sampung knockouts, and is ranked No. 7 sa pamamagitan ng WBA at Walang. 14 sa pamamagitan ng WBO.
Ang 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 Enero 27 in Phoenix.
Magdasal ng rosaryo, ng Caguas, Puerto Rico, ay isang talaan ng 11-2 may 10 knockouts. Like Vera, ang 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, sa Las Vegas.
Ramos, of Watts, Calif., ay isang talaan ng 27-5 may 13 knockouts. Ang 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 Marso 11 sa Las Vegas.
Lopez, of Fort Worth, Teksas, ay isang talaan ng 12-2 may apat na 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 Abril 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) at welterweyt 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, Mehiko.
Fights and fighters are subject to change;
limited tickets are still available at www.WinGilaRiver.com.
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 –
completely free wherever Facebook is available –
and also check out all of the action in ULTRACAST 360˚ or ULTRACAST VR by downloading the ULTRACAST app and subscribing to the PPV feed for only $.99.
Available for IOS and Android,
fans simply need to download the ULTRACAST app in the App store or by visiting www.ultracast.com/app.
“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,” nabanggit Mark Fratto, Principal ng Linacre Media. “Our Facebook Live series continues to keep fight fans at the forefront, now with not just one – ngunit tatlong – 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 at 31,000, buong galang, with more than 3,000 of hours of LIVE video consumed by Facebook users. Bilang karagdagan sa mga hilaw na viewership numero, ang ganap na interactive, fan-friendly productions have seen more than 15,000 sama ang live post engagements, kabilang ang higit sa 9,000 “kagustuhan” o “nagmamahal,” higit sa 5,000 comments and 800-plus shares.
Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE has been delivered to fans absolutely free since its May 2017
launch courtesy of corporate partners like Barbour One 9,
Talent Management and Entertainment Production (
www.barbourone9.com)
and Northeastern Fine Jewelry (
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Sa Sabado gabi, Hulyo 15, live from Wild Horse Pass Casino in Chandler, Ariz., mga tagahanga ay maaaring asahan ang isang mataas na epekto, multi-camera streaming experience – now also available in ULTRACAST 360˚ and ULTRACAST VR – complete with graphics, animation, replays, interviews and an announce team anchored by 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) ay hinahanay No. 12 sa pamamagitan ng WBO, Huwag. 12 sa pamamagitan ng IBF, Huwag. 13 sa pamamagitan ng WBA at Walang. 14 sa pamamagitan ng WBC, and will be ringside with Flores and Woods to provide expert analysis. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, komentarista ay magtanong at sumagot sa mga tanong mula sa Facebook madla sa buong broadcast.
Nilikha at ginawa ng Linacre Media sa labas ng New York City, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, replays at sa likod ng mga eksena ng access at mga panayam. Ang stream na shows ang maaari? Globally kahit saan Facebook ay magagamit. Ang inisyatiba hindi lamang nagbibigay-daan sa mga tagahanga mula sa buong mundo upang ibagay in, ngunit din ay nagbibigay sa up-at-darating na fighters isang global na platform upang ipakita ang kanilang mga kakayahan, ay nagbibigay sa promoters ng accessible “broadcast” solusyon at nagbibigay sa mga sponsor ng kakayahan upang maabot ang isang mass madla sa pamamagitan ng branded na nilalaman.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE strap season continues on Sabado, Hulyo 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.
Follow all the action via social media at FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and @FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, or by using the hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Para sa mga pinakahuling kaganapan Linacre Media at broadcast iskedyul, 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.