Mairis Deer (L) & Oleksandr Usyk(photo courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
EDMONTON, Canada (Janúar 27, 2018) — Thenbeaten cruiserweight world champions Oleksandr “Kötturinn” Usyk og Mairis Deer open the entertaining World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) semifinals today in Latvia, byrja á 2 p.m. OG, live exclusively on Super Channel in Canada.
Super Channel keypti einkarétt í Kanada til að útvarpa fugla Boxing Super Series frá MP & Silva, leiðandi alþjóðlegir fjölmiðlar fyrirtæki sem veitir fjölmiðla réttindi, Stafræn, tækni og kostun þjónusta.
Usyk (13-0, 11 Kos), the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight World Champion is a
two-time Ukrainian Olympian, who captured gold medals at the 2012 Olympics and 2011 World Championships, twice defeating current International Boxing Federation (IBF) Light Heavyweight World Champion Artur Beterbiev, the two-time Russian Olympian now based in Montreal.
“I am going to entertain the crowd at the Arena Riga,” Usyk said. “That I can promise! I have worked on some new thing and Laugardagur you will see what I’m talking about.”
Briedis (23-0, 18 Kos), World Boxing Council (WBC) Cruiserweight World Champion, will be fighting in his hometown in front of an expected crowd of 10,000.
“My team is doing everything to take pressure off my shoulders,” Briedis commented. “We are just concentrating on the fight. My dream is to deliver a fight that can go into the Boxing Hall of Fame.”
The Usyk-Briedis world title unification winner will advance to the WBSS championship final in May to fight the winner of the other WBSS semifinals match, Febrúar. 3 í Rússlandi, between IBF World Champion Murat “Iron” Gassiev (25-0, 18 Kos) and WBA World Champion Yunier “The KO Doctor” Dorticós (21-0, 20 Kos).
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Five exciting fights on the “Usyk vs. Briedis” kort, promoted by Sauerland Event, will air in Canada exclusively on Super Channel.
TODAY’S WBSS LINE-UP ON SUPER CHANNEL
MAIN EVENT – 12 Umferðir – WBSS SEMIFINALS
WBO/WBC UNIFICATION CRUISERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Oleksandr “Kötturinn” Usyk (13-0, 11 Kos), WBO Champion, Rússland (90,4 kg (199.3 lbs.)
vs.
Mairis Deer (23-0, 18 Kos), WBC Champion, Lettland 90,3 kg (199.1 lbs.)
CO-FEATURE – WBSS CRUISERWEIGHT SUBSTITUTE FIGHT – 12 Umferðir
Noel Gevor (23-1, 10 Kos), Germany by way of Armenia
vs.
Olanrewaju Durodola (27-4, 25 Kos), 2008 Olympian, Nigeria
WBC INTERNATIONAL SILVER LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP — 10 Umferðir
Yoann Kongolo (10-0, 4 Kos), Sviss, Champion
vs.
Andrejs Pokumeiko (15-12-1, 11 Kos), Lettland
Heavyweights – 8 Umferðir
Filip Hrgovic (2-0, 2 Kos), 2016 Olympic bronze medalist, Króatía
vs.
Tom Little (10-4, 3 Kos), United Kingdom
CRUISERWEIGHT – 8 Umferðir (Sveifla dottið)
Nikolais Grisunins (6-0-1, 3 Kos), Lettland
vs.
Jozsef Darmos (8-1-1, 7 Kos), Ungverjaland
(Öll berst og bardagamenn eru háð breytingum)
Allir WBSS undanúrslit og championship berst mun einnig vera til staðar á Super Channel Á Krafa.
Super Channel frumsýnd helstu box atburðir lifa í 2017 eins Brook vs. Spence Jr., Pacquiao-Horn, Eubank, Jr. vs. Abraham, Lomachenko vs.Marriaga, Crawford vs. Indongo og Smith vs. Williams II.
Til að horfa alla fugla Boxing Super Series aðgerð beinni, auk fleiri spennandi box til að koma, berjast fans í Kanada getur haft samband við kapal sendanda þeirra til að gerast áskrifandi að Super Channel og allt sem hún býður, þ.mt iðgjald röð, kvikmyndir og margt fleira, fyrir allt niður í $9.95 á mánuði.
Heimur Boxing Super Series Undanúrslit ÁÆTLUN
CRUISERWEIGHTS
Janúar 27, Riga Arena, Riga, Lettland – WBO / WBC Stofnun
Oleksandr “Kötturinn” Usyk (13-0, 11 Kos), WBO World Champion, Úkraína – Ring #1
vs.
Mairis Deer (23-0, 18 Kos), WBC heimsmeistari, Lettland – Ring #3
Febrúar 3, Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi, Rússland – IBF/WBA Unificatiion
Murat “Iron” Gassiev (25-0, 18 Kos), IBF heimsmeistari, Rússland – Ring #2
vs.
Yunier “The KO Doctor” Dorticós (21-0, 20 Kos), WBA heimsmeistari, Cuba – Ring #5
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Febrúar 17, Manchester, Arena, Manchester, UK – WBA / IBO Stofnun
“Saint” George Groves (27-3, 20 Kos), WBA heimsmeistari, United Kingdom – Ring #2
vs.
Chris “Next Gen” Eubank Jr. (26-1, 20 Kos), IBO Heimsmeistari, United Kingdom – Ring #4
Febrúar 24, Arena Nürnberger Tryggingar, Nuremburg, Þýskaland
Juergen Braehmer (49-3 35 Kos), Þýskaland – Ring #10
(fyrrum WBO & WBA Light Heavyweight Heimsmeistari)
vs.
Callum “heimurinn” Smith (23-0, 17 Kos), United Kingdom – Ring #3
(WBC Diamond Super middleweight meistari)
