RALEIGH, N.C. (Juni 6, 2017) – The momentum continues to build for FIGHTNIGHT LIVE on Facebook, as the series announces its second new date this week, and this time hardware will be on the line. Strap season arrives on Lördag, Juli 29, in Raleigh, N.C., as the Tar Heel State’s hardwood prowess gives way to hard-hitting action in the squared circle, at least for one hot Mid-Summer evening.
I main event, undefeated super flyweight Dewayne Beamon (11-0, 8 Kos) kommer att ta på Jose “Torito” Rodriguez (32-5, 19 Kos) for the IBO Inter-Continental and UBF World Junior Bantamweight titles.
Beamon, of Goldsboro, N.C., has a perfect record of 11-0 med åtta knockouts. Den 31 year-old has a win over former world title challenger William Gonzalez (30-6) as well as winning the UBF All-America Bantamweight title with a ninth-round stoppage over Rudolph Hedge (10-2-3). Beamon won the IBO International Super Flyweight and UBF World Junior Bantamweight titles with a ninth-round stoppage over Christian Esquival. I sin sista match, Beamon stopped Jonathan Aguilar in two rounds to win the IBO Inter-Continental Super Flyweight title on May 20th in Raleigh.
“This is my shot! Throughout my career I’ve been challenged and I have conquered every opportunity placed before me,” said Dewayne Beamon. “Now I hope to achieve national recognition with a crowd-pleasing KO victory on Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE. It’s body-puncher vs. body-puncher on Juli 29 in Raleigh, and when the smoke clears this will be just another opportunity I conquered.”
Rodriguez, av Mazatlan, Mexiko har ett register över 32-5 med 19 knockouts, and is a former WBA Interim Flyweight world champion. Den 27 year-old won that crown with a 12-round split decision over Nethra Sasiprapa (27-1) november 19, 2011. He is a former WBC Youth Intercontinental Flyweight champion and UBF All America Junior Bantamweight champion. Rodriguez has dropped his two opportunities at a world title when he lost to Kazuto Ioka for the WBA Light Flyweight title, and in his last bout he was stopped in seven rounds by Jerwin Ancajas on Januari 29 i Kina.
The show is promoted by Cynation Sports, Free Agent Boxing and Stop Running Promotions.
På lördag natt, live from the Abundant Life Center in Raleigh, fans kan förvänta sig en stor genomslagskraft, flera kameror streaming upplevelse komplett med grafik, animationer, repriser, interviews and a professional announce team. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, kommentatorer kommer att be och svara på frågor från Facebook publiken hela sändningen.
The numbers on the May 11 FIGHTNIGHT LIVE pilot from Mohegan Sun Resort showed a great deal of promise and potential for the new platform. With only two days of promotion, the premiere broadcast amassed 43,000 total video views by 38,000 unique viewers. En summa av 1.4 thousand hours of LIVE video was consumed by Facebook users during the first show alone. Reaching beyond the raw numbers, det fullt interaktiva, fan-friendly production saw 9,021 live post engagements for the show, som innehöll 5,000 “gillar” eller “älskar,” 2,989 comments and 628 shares.
“Our FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series takes to Tobacco Road in late July, yet another geographic area where we’ll be able to plant the Facebook flag. Dewayne Beamon is a proud Carolinian excited to continue to put the Tar Heel State’s boxing scene back on the map, and we’re extremely pleased to do our part as well,” sa Mark Fratto, Rektor Linacre Media. “We’re looking forward to all of the action in the heart of ACC Basketball Country.”
Skapad och producerad av Linacre Media av New York City, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, repriser och bakom-kulisserna-tillgång och intervjuer. De strömmade visar är tillgängliga globalt varhelst Facebook är tillgängligt. Initiativet inte bara gör det möjligt för fans från hela världen för att ställa in, men ger också up-and-coming kämpar en global plattform för att visa upp sina förmågor, ger promotorer en tillgänglig “sändning” lösning och ger sponsorer möjlighet att nå en masspublik via branded content.
På Juni 23, the Facebook fight series heads to Rosemont, Ill., for a Windy City showdown with Hitz Boxing Promotions och Runda 3 Produktioner. EN Juli 15 date in Phoenix, Ariz., med Roy Jones Jr.. Boxing Promotions has already been released on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE calendar. 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. De senaste Linacre Media händelser och broadcast schema, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or#LinacreMediaOnTV.
