CHICAGO (Юни 19, 2017) – After a successful pilot that was viewed by more than 40,000 boxing fans live on Facebook, FIGHTNIGHT LIVE hits the Chicago area on Петък, Юни 23, from Rosemont, Ill., with hardware on the line in a rematch of a hotly-contested draw as Микрофон “Холивуд” Jimenez (20-1-1, 14 Нокаута) и “Son of the Legend” Aaron Прайър, Jr. (19-10-2, 12 Нокаута) square off in a ten-round main event for the WBC Continental Americas Super Middleweight Championship.
Longtime Chicago fan favorite and perennial contender Донован “Da Bomb” Джордж, (25-7-2, 22 Нокаута) will join his previously-announced #BOMBSQUAD teammate Jimenez in an eight-round light heavyweight co-feature. Undefeated in his hometown of Chicago, George will be fighting locally for the first time за три години, facing off against area arch-nemesis Дерик “Свръхчовек” Финдли (26-21-1, 17 Нокаута) of Gary, Индиана.
Legendary Chicago-based National Anthem singer Jim Cornelison will once again honor our country prior to the start of the main event – fans can catch that highly-anticipated performance along with all of the action in the ring live on Facebook.
“It’s a tremendous honor to take our Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE platform to the Windy City area. It’s becoming a national platform already during its infancy – with East Coast and West Coast dates on the calendar and now this opportunity in the No. 3 media market in America – and we’ve been thrilled with the response from fight fans so far,” каза Марк Фрато, Водещ на Linacre Media. “We’re looking forward to working with the Village of Rosemont, as well as legendary promoters like Боби Хиц и Frank Mugnolo on this card.”
The numbers on the Май 11 FIGHTNIGHT LIVE pilot from Mohegan Sun Resort showed promise and potential for the new platform. With only two days of promotion, the premiere broadcast amassed 43,000 total video views by 38,000 unique viewers. A total of 1.4 thousand hours of LIVE video was consumed by Facebook users during the first show alone. In addition to the raw numbers, напълно интерактивен, fan-friendly production saw 9,021 live post engagements for the show, която включваше 5,000 “харесвания” или “обича,” 2,989 comments and 628 акции.
В петък нощ, Юни 23, live from The Dome at The Ballpark in Rosemont, могат да очакват феновете със силно въздействие, мулти-камера поточното пълен с графики, анимации, повторения, интервюта и екип за оповестяване, закотвен от диктор по удар Ray Flores на Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime Boxing, HBO Boxing and CBS Sports Network boxing fame. Да осигури на зрителите изцяло интерактивно изживяване край ринга, коментатори ще задават и отговарят на въпроси от Facebook публиката по целия излъчването.
Joining the broadcast team will be world-ranked light heavyweight, Майк Лий.
University of Notre Dame alum Lee (19-0, 10 Нокаута) е класиран №. 12 от WBO, Do Not. 12 by the IBF and No. 14 от WBC, and was originally scheduled to be in the main event but now joins Flores for expert analysis. Television host Danielle Robay of WCIU-Chicago and Entertainment Тази вечер, NBC-4 Los Angeles and HLN-fame will bring fans exclusive pre-and post-fight interviews from ringside.
Създаден и продуциран от Linacre Media от Ню Йорк Сити, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, повторения и зад кулисите достъп и интервюта. На поточни предавания са на разположение в световен мащаб, където Facebook е достъпно. Инициативата не само дава възможност на феновете от цял свят, за да настроите, но също така дава многообещаващ бойци глобална платформа, за да покажат своите способности, дава организаторите на достъпна “излъчване” решение и дава спонсори способността да се достигне до масовата публика чрез маркови съдържание.
A Юли 15 date in Phoenix, Аризона., с Roy Jones Jr. боксови Промоции has already been released on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE calendar. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE strap season continues on Събота, Юли 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. More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE dates will be officially announced in the coming weeks.
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