PHOENIX (Jiyè 14, 2017) – What’s hotter than Phoenix in July? Roy Jones Jr. Boksè ak nan FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Facebook series will answer that question this Samdi, Jiyè 15, nan 7:30 p.m. PT (10:30 p.m. AK) 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.
Ankouraje pa Roy Jones Jr. ak Keith Veltre, Samdi a event will bring fans back-to-back championship action. The event will showcase a main attraction featuring NABA Super Welterweight Champion Jan “The Phenom” Vera Jr. (16-0, 10 Ko) as he takes on the former WBO Latino Champion Daniel Rosario (11-2, 10 Ko) in a 10-round contest live from in Chandler, Arizona. Super bantamweight standout and former WBA World Champion Rico Ramos (25-5, 13 Ko) will go toe-to-toe with Tony Lopez (12-2, 4 Ko) 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. Pwomosyon boksè. “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. Mak 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 ak dis debouchur, and is ranked No. 7 pa WBA a ak Pa gen. 14 pa WBO la.
Nan 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 Janvye 27 in Phoenix.
Kolye, a Caguas, Puerto Rico, gen yon dosye sou 11-2 ak 10 debouchur. Like Vera, nan 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, nan Las Vegas.
Ramos, of Watts, Kalifòni., gen yon dosye sou 27-5 ak 13 debouchur. Nan 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 Mas 11 nan Las Vegas.
Lopez, of Fort Worth, Texas, gen yon dosye sou 12-2 ak kat debouchur. 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 Avril 27 in Dallas.
The stacked undercard includes an eight-round welterweight clash between Abèl Ramos (17-2, 12 Ko) of Phoenix battling Emmanuel Robles (15-2, 4 Ko). Four more undercard fights will start the bill off with fights featuring undefeated bantamweight Max Ornelas (8-0-1, 3 Ko) rematching fellow undefeated warrior, Leopoldo Martinez (6-0-1, 3 Ko) – their last bout ended in a technical draw following a headbutt. Super featherweight Randy Moreno (8-1, 7 Ko) takes on local favorite Ivan De La Madrid (3-1) ak wèltèr Vernon Brown (4-0, 3 Ko) of Chicago puts his undefeated slate on the line against fellow unbeaten battler Daniel Castro Jr. (2-0, 2 Ko) of Durango, Meksik.
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,” di Mak Fratto, Direktè lekòl la nan Linacre Media. “Our Facebook Live series continues to keep fight fans at the forefront, now with not just one – men twa – 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 ak 31,000, respektivman, with more than 3,000 of hours of LIVE video consumed by Facebook users. Anplis de sa nan nimewo yo lodyans anvan tout koreksyon, konplètman-entèaktif nan, fan-friendly productions have seen more than 15,000 kolektif ap viv pòs angajman, ki gen ladan plis pase 9,000 “renmen” oswa “renmen,” plis pase 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,
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Nan samdi lannwit, Jiyè 15, live from Wild Horse Pass Casino in Chandler, Arizona., fanatik ka atann yon-wo enpak, multi-camera streaming experience – now also available in ULTRACAST 360˚ and ULTRACAST VR – complete with graphics, Animations, rple, 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 Ko) is ranked No. 12 pa WBO la, Èske Pa. 12 pa IBF a, Èske Pa. 13 pa WBA a ak Pa gen. 14 pa WBC a, and will be ringside with Flores and Woods to provide expert analysis. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, kòmantatè ap mande epi reponn a kesyon soti nan odyans lan Facebook nan tout emisyon an.
Kreye epi ki te pwodwi pa Linacre Media soti nan New York City, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, rple ak dèyè-sèn aksè a yo ak entèvyou. montre yo difuze yo disponib globalman tout kote Facebook se disponib. Inisyativ sa a pa sèlman pèmèt fanatik yo atravè mond la sou ton an, men tou, bay moute-ak-ap vini avyon de gè yon platfòm mondyal yo montre kapasite yo, bay pwomotè yon aksesib “emisyon” solisyon e li bay moun ki ap sipòte kapasite a yo rive jwenn yon odyans mas atravè marque kontni.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE strap season continues on Samdi, Jiyè 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. Pou dènye evènman yo Linacre Medi ak orè emisyon, 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.
