EDMONTON, Alberta, Kanada (Május 22, 2017) – Super Channel subscribers across Canada will be able to watch ez a szombati mega-fight between International Boxing Federation (IBF) Welterweight World Champion Kell “The Special One” Patak and undefeated No. 1 kötelező kihívó Errol “Az Igazság” Spence, Jr., kezdődően 3 p.m. ÉS/ 12 p.m. PT, live from the outdoor Bramall Football Ground in Sheffield, Yorkshire, Egyesült Királyság.
“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, Kizárólag Kanadában.
“We are thrilled to be bringing back world-class caliber boxing to our viewers,” mondott Troy Wassil, Programozási igazgató, Belföldi forgalmazók & Sport. “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.”
Patak (36-1, 25 KO), fighting at home in Sheffield, captured the IBF 147-pound division title August 16, 2014, with a signature victory, útján egy 12 körös döntés, felett Shawn Porter Carson, Kalifornia. The 31-year-old Brook has successfully defended his championship belt three times, including a pair of challengers from Canada, Jo Jo Dan és Kevin Bizier.
In his most recent fight this past September, unified world middleweight champion Gennagyij “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 KO) A világbajnoki cím harcol, 3-1 (1 KO)
in fights against former or current world champions,
defeating Porter,
Lovemore Ndou és
Vjacseszlav 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. volt a 2012 US Olympian who fought in the London Games.
Spence Jr.
has defeated the likes of former world champion Chris Algieri, valamint
Leonard Bundu,
Alejandro Barrera és
Chris van Heerden,
among the more notables during his 4
½ year professional career.
Errol Spence, Jr.
(photo courtesy of PBC)
The 12-round co-feature for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Middleweight World Championship pits three-time World title challenger “Szent” George Groves (25-3-0, 18 KO) against former WBA Super Middleweight World Champion Fedor Chudinov (14-1, 10 KO).
Groves, harcolnak Londonból, has defeated fellow countryman and current IBF Super Middleweight World Champion James DeGale and former World light heavyweight titlist Glen Johnson.
Tavaly februárban, 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 és 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 KO) és Lenroy “TNT” Tamás (20-4, 10 KO) for the vacant Commonwealth Championship, followed by the professional debut of 2012 British Olympian Anthony Fowler kontra Arturs Geikins (3-7-1, 2 KO) in a four-round middleweight match.
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