EDMONTON, Alberta, Canadá (Mayo 22, 2017) – Super Channel subscribers across Canada will be able to watch de este sábado mega-fight between International Boxing Federation (FIB) Welterweight World Champion Kell “El especial” Arroyo e invicto No. 1 contendiente obligatorio Errol “La Verdad” Spence, Jr., a partir de 3 p.m. Y/ 12 p.m. PT, live from the outdoor Bramall Football Ground in Sheffield, Yorkshire, Reino Unido.
“Brook vs. Spence, Jr.” is a presentation of Matchroom Boxing. Super Channel will air four exciting fights from this card, headlined by one of the most anticipated fights of the year between two world-class prize fighters, exclusivamente en Canadá.
“We are thrilled to be bringing back world-class caliber boxing to our viewers,” dicho Troy Wassil, Director de Programación, Distribuidores nacionales & Deportes. “This is the type of high-quality, exclusive sports content that subscribers can look forward to seeing as part of the Super Channel Sports sub-brand.”
Arroyo (36-1, 25 KOs), fighting at home in Sheffield, captured the IBF 147-pound division title August 16, 2014, with a signature victory, por medio de una decisión de 12 asaltos, encima Shawn Porter en Carson, California. The 31-year-old Brook has successfully defended his championship belt three times, including a pair of challengers from Canada, Jo Jo Dan y Kevin Bizier.
In his most recent fight this past September, unified world middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0) ruined Brook’s perfect record, stopping the game Brit who had moved up two weight classes in five rounds.
Brock is 4-1 (3 KOs) en peleas de título mundial, 3-1 (1 KO)
in fights against former or current world champions,
defeating Porter,
Lovemore Ndou y
Vyacheslav senchenko.
Kell Brook (R)
(photo courtesy of Matchroom Boxing)
Spence, Jr., 27, has been hyped by some as the possible successor to retired Floyd Mayweather, Jr. as the new face of boxing. Fighting out of Texas, Spence, Jr. era una 2012 US Olympian who fought in the London Games.
Spence Jr.
has defeated the likes of former world champion Chris Algieri, así como
Leonard Bundu,
Alejandro Barrera y
Chris van Heerden,
among the more notables during his 4 ½ año de carrera profesional.
Errol Spence, Jr.
(photo courtesy of PBC)
The 12-round co-feature for the vacant World Boxing Association (AMB) Super Middleweight World Championship pits three-time World title challenger “Santo” George Groves (25-3-0, 18 KOs) against former WBA Super Middleweight World Champion Fedor Chudinov (14-1, 10 KOs).
Groves, luchando fuera de Londres, has defeated fellow countryman and current IBF Super Middleweight World Champion James DeGale and former World light heavyweight titlist Glen Johnson.
En febrero pasado, Chudinov lost his WBA strap to Felix Sturm in a rematch of a title fight the Russian had won. Chudinov has also defeated Frank Buglioni y Ben McCullough.
Kicking-off the three-hour, action-packed Super Channel broadcast is 12-round heavyweight clash between David “White Rhino” Allen (11-2-1, 8 KOs) y Lenroy “TNT” Thomas (20-4, 10 KOs) for the vacant Commonwealth Championship, followed by the professional debut of 2012 Olímpico británico Anthony Fowler versus Arturs Geikins (3-7-1, 2 KOs) in a four-round middleweight match.
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