CHICAGO (Juny 19, 2017) – After a successful pilot that was viewed by more than 40,000 boxing fans live on Facebook, fightnight VIU hits the Chicago area on Divendres, Juny 23, from Rosemont, Ill., with hardware on the line in a rematch of a hotly-contested draw as Micro “Hollywood” Jimenez (20-1-1, 14 KOs) i “Son of the Legend” Aaron Pryor, Jr. (19-10-2, 12 KOs) square off in a ten-round main event for the WBC Continental Americas Super Middleweight Championship.
Longtime Chicago fan favorite and perennial contender Donovan “Da Bomb” George, (25-7-2, 22 KOs) 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 en tres anys, facing off against area arch-nemesis Derrick “Superhome” Findley (26-21-1, 17 KOs) of Gary, Indiana.
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,” dit Marc Fratto, Linacre principal de Mitjans. “We’re looking forward to working with the Village of Rosemont, as well as legendary promoters like Bobby Hitz i Frank Mugnolo on this card.”
The numbers on the Maig 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, el totalment interactiu, fan-friendly production saw 9,021 live post engagements for the show, que incloïa 5,000 “gustos” o “estima,” 2,989 comments and 628 shares.
El Divendres nit, Juny 23, live from The Dome at The Ballpark in Rosemont, els aficionats poden esperar un alt impacte, multicàmera experiència de transmissió completa amb els gràfics, animacions, les repeticions, interviews and an announce team anchored by blow-by-blow announcer Ray Flors of Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime Boxing, HBO Boxing and CBS Sports Network boxing fame. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, comentaristes preguntar i respondre a preguntes de l'audiència de Facebook a través de l'emissió.
Joining the broadcast team will be world-ranked light heavyweight, Mike Lee.
University of Notre Dame alum Lee (19-0, 10 KOs) is ranked No. 12 per l'OMB, No. 12 by the IBF and No. 14 pel CMB, 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 Aquesta nit, NBC-4 Los Angeles and HLN-fame will bring fans exclusive pre-and post-fight interviews from ringside.
Creat i produït per Linacre mitjans de la ciutat de Nova York, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, repeticions i darrere de les escenes d'accés i entrevistes. Els programes de streaming estan disponibles a nivell mundial on Facebook està disponible. La iniciativa no només permet als aficionats de tot el món per sintonitzar, però també dóna combatents dalt-i-venir d'una plataforma global per a mostrar les seves habilitats, dóna promotors 1 accessible “emissió” solució i dóna patrocinadors la possibilitat d'arribar a un públic massiu a través de contingut de marca.
La Juliol 15 date in Phoenix, Ariz., amb Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Promotions has already been released on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE calendar. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE strap season continues on Dissabte, Juliol 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.
Follow all the action via social media at FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and @FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, or by using the hashtag#FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Per obtenir els últims esdeveniments Linacre els mitjans de comunicació i horari d'emissió, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or#LinacreMediaOnTV.
