NEW YORK (Jan. 23, 2018) – Hnub vas Xuv night fireworks are in store for fans on Facebook as NYOB FIGHTNIGHT partners with Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing for its first show of the New Year. Fight fans from across the globe can catch all the action beginning at 7:30 p.m. LI live from Long Island, on any device wherever Facebook is available, as the combat sports platform opens 2018 with an eleventh show on the nine month-old platform.
“We’ve been extremely pleased with the growth of the series, thiab Friday’s show will be incredible with the addition of a mystery commentator, who will be revealed later in the week. The FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series has a chance to reach its 1,000,000th view in only 11 shows and we want to thank fight fans everywhere for their support,” Hais Mark Fratto, Thawj Xibfwb ntawm Linacre Media. “Txog rau hnub Friday, fans from all over Long Island and all over the world will be able to tune in to catch some excellent matchups via the Star Boxing Facebook page and our FIGHTNIGHT LIVE page.”
Nyob rau hauv cov kev tshwm sim loj on Friday hmo ntuj, Long Island’s Anthony “Showtime” Karperis (14-3, 5 KOs) fights for the 17th time at The Paramount while looking for his 13th victory at the venue, taking on Nicaragua’s Nelson Lara (17-9-4, 9 KOs). Undefeated fighters Tyrone “Pretty Boy” James (6-0, 3 KOs), Wendy Toussaint (7-0, 2 KOs) thiab Michael Stoute (2-0) will look to impress the Long Island crowd and Facebook audience, and fight fans will witness the pro debut of Huntington’s own Shaun Kennedy, plus musical performances and more.
“It is going to be a thrilling night of boxing. Fans will see several undefeated prospects and Anthony Karperis, who is always in fan-friendly wars. Fights from The Paramount are reminiscent of the old days at the Blue Horizon – thrilling fights, upsets and enthusiastic fans,” Hais Joe DeGuardia, CEO and President of Star Boxing. “It is great that the whole world will be able to see this on Facebook. The world is changing so much and for boxing and it’s great that fans can tune in from anywhere and be a part of the action. Yes, the Paramount will be sold out Hnub vas Xuv hmo ntuj – but you can still see the fights by tuning into Facebook.”
Over the first eight months of programming, the numbers on the 10-show FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series have showed promise and potential for the new platform with an average of more than 93,000 fight fans tuning in per event and nearly one-million fans served. Tus Sept. 9 “Tiag Deal Promotions: Faj Tim Teb Chaws Xeev” Ntawm Resorts ntiaj teb Casino (225,000), Lub yim hli ntuj CES “Super Hnub vas xaum” Ntawm Foxwoods (203,000), Sept. CES “ntxaib ntxaib Ntxaib Ntxaib” Ntawm Lincoln, R.I.. (157,000) all topped 150,000 views, and collectively the 10-show series saw a total of almost 17,000 total hours of Facebook video consumed by 930,933-plus users across all devices.
In addition to the raw viewership numbers, sib tham sib tham, fan-friendly productions have seen more than 130,000 collective nyob post engagements (13,000-plus per show), nrog rau ntau tshaj 91,000 “nyiam” los sis “Hlub,” ntau tshaj 16,000 comments and 4,900-plus shares.
FIGHTNIGHT NYOB broadcasts yog saib los ntawm 76 feem pua, 24 feem pua cov poj niam. The top demographic is comprised of males ages 25-34, uas encompasses kwv yees li ntawm 30.0 Feem pua ntawm cov neeg tuaj saib, thaj tsam li.
Tus Sept. 9 “Tiag Deal Promotions: Faj Tim Teb Chaws Xeev” teeb ib bar tshiab nrog 224,658 views thiab Sept. 15-16 DiBella-CES doubleheader carried the series to three-quarters-of-a-million views in just over four months. Tus Aug. 26 Foxwoods “Super Hnub vas xaum” qhia stands tawm ib lub zuj zus nrog 3,336 live hours of content viewed, thaum lub sij hawm Sept. 15 DiBella card saw more than 40,000 viewer kev sib tshuam xws li yuav luag 39,000 “nyiam” los sis “loves.”
Txog rau hnub Friday hmo ntuj, Jan. 26, live from The Paramount in Huntington, Long Island, N.Y., Kiv cua yuav cia siab tias ib feem high-tej yam, Koob yees duab streaming kev nrog graphics, animations, replays, Sib tham thiab ib pab neeg ncha moo anchored los blow-by-blow announcer Marc Abrams of AWE, NBC Sports Philadelphia, 15Rounds.com and AbramsBoxing.com. Former Golden Gloves Champion Cara Castronuova, now of the Knockout Obesity Foundation, will contribute analysis and deliver post-fight interviews in the ring. 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, TUS FIGHTNIGHT NYOB series nta kev tshaj tawm, koob yees duab, nraaj, 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.
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Follow all the action via social media at FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Facebook,@FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and @FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, or by using the 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 los sis #LinacreMediaOnTV.
