FENIKS (Juli 14, 2017) – What’s hotter than Phoenix in July? Roy Jones Jr. Boksen en de fightnight LEVENDE Facebook series will answer that question this Zaterdag, Juli 15, bij 7:30 p.m. PT (10:30 p.m. EN) 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.
Gepromoot door Roy Jones Jr. en Keith Veltre, Zaterdag 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 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, Ariz. 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 en ik hebben altijd het gevoel gehad dat livestreaming de plaats zou innemen van de oude platforms voor het leveren van gevechten,” stated Veltre, CEO en mede-oprichter van Roy Jones Jr. Boksen 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 wil zijn.”
Vera, of Fort Worth, Texas, has a perfect mark of 16-0 met tien knockouts, and is ranked No. 7 door de WBA en No. 14 van de WBO.
De 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 Januari 27 in Phoenix.
Rozenkrans, van Caguas, Puerto Rico, heeft een record van 11-2 met 10 knock-outs. Like Vera, de 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., heeft een record van 27-5 met 13 knock-outs. De 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 Maart 11 in Las Vegas.
Lopez, of Fort Worth, Texas, heeft een record van 12-2 met vier 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 April 27 in Dallas.
The stacked undercard includes an eight-round welterweight clash between Abel 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) en weltergewicht 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, Mexico.
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,” zei Mark Fratto, Principal van Linacre Media. “Our Facebook Live series continues to keep fight fans at the forefront, now with not just one – maar drie – high-quality viewing experiences available.”
The numbers on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series have showed promise and potential for the new platform. De mei “Slugfest at the Sun” from Mohegan Sun and the June “Rosemont Rumble” from Chicago drew audiences of 44,000 en 31,000, respectievelijk, with more than 3,000 of hours of LIVE video consumed by Facebook users. In aanvulling op de ruwe kijkers nummers, de volledig interactieve, fan-friendly productions have seen more than 15,000 collectieve live-bericht engagementen, waaronder meer dan 9,000 “sympathieën” of “houdt,” meer dan 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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Op Zaterdag nacht, Juli 15, live from Wild Horse Pass Casino in Chandler, Ariz., fans kunnen een high-impact verwacht, multi-camera streaming experience – now also available in ULTRACAST 360˚ and ULTRACAST VR – complete with graphics, animaties, replays, interviews en een aankondigingsteam verankerd door een blow-by-blow-omroeper 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 gerangschikt No. 12 van de WBO, Niet Doen. 12 door de IBF, Niet Doen. 13 door de WBA en No. 14 door de WBC, and will be ringside with Flores and Woods to provide expert analysis. Om toeschouwers een volledig interactieve ervaring op de eerste rang te bieden, commentatoren zal vragen en antwoorden op vragen van de Facebook-publiek de hele uitzending.
Gemaakt en geproduceerd door Linacre Media van New York City, de FIGHTNIGHT LIVE-serie biedt meerdere camerahoeken, afbeeldingen, replays en achter de schermen toegang en interviews. De gestreamde programma's zijn wereldwijd beschikbaar waar Facebook is beschikbaar. Het initiatief maakt niet alleen fans van over de hele wereld om af te stemmen, maar geeft ook up-and-coming-strijders een wereldwijd platform om hun vaardigheden te demonstreren, geeft promotors een toegankelijke “uitzending” oplossing en geeft sponsors de mogelijkheid om een groot publiek te bereiken via branded content.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE strap season continues on Zaterdag, Juli 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. De komende weken worden meer FIGHTNIGHT LIVE-datums officieel aangekondigd.
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