CHICAGO (Juni 19, 2017) – After a successful pilot that was viewed by more than 40,000 boxing fans live on Facebook, LIVE-Fightnight hits the Chicago area on Freitag, Juni 23, from Rosemont, Ill., with hardware on the line in a rematch of a hotly-contested draw as Mikrofon “Hollywood” Jimenez (20-1-1, 14 KOs) und “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 in drei Jahren, facing off against area arch-nemesis Bohrturm “Übermensch” Findley (26-21-1, 17 KOs) von 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,” sagte, Mark Fratto, Principal von Linacre Medien. “We’re looking forward to working with the Village of Rosemont, as well as legendary promoters like Bobby Hitz und Frank Mugnolo on this card.”
The numbers on the Mai 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. Insgesamt 1.4 thousand hours of LIVE video was consumed by Facebook users during the first show alone. In addition to the raw numbers, der vollständig interaktive, fan-friendly production saw 9,021 live post engagements for the show, die enthalten 5,000 “Likes” oder “liebt,” 2,989 Kommentare und 628 Anteile.
Am Freitag Nacht, Juni 23, live from The Dome at The Ballpark in Rosemont, Fans können einen High-Impact erwarten, Multi-Kamera-Streaming-Erfahrung komplett mit Grafiken, Animationen, Replays, Interviews und ein Ankündigungsteam, das von einem Blow-by-Blow-Ansager verankert wird Ray Flores von Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime Boxing, HBO Boxing and CBS Sports Network boxing fame. Den Zuschauern ein vollständig interaktives Ringerlebnis bieten, Kommentatoren werden Fragen aus dem Facebook-Publikum auf der ganzen Sendung stellen und antworten.
Joining the broadcast team will be world-ranked light heavyweight, Mike Lee.
University of Notre Dame alum Lee (19-0, 10 KOs) rangiert Nein. 12 von der WBO, Unterlassen Sie. 12 by the IBF and No. 14 von der 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 Heute Abend, NBC-4 Los Angeles and HLN-fame will bring fans exclusive pre-and post-fight interviews from ringside.
Erstellt und produziert von Linacre Medien aus New York City, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, Replays und hinter den Kulissen Zugang und Interviews. Die gestreamten Shows sind weltweit überall dort, wo Facebook verfügbar ist. Die Initiative ermöglicht nicht nur Fans aus der ganzen Welt stimmen in, sondern gibt auch Kämpfer eine globale Plattform up-and-coming, ihre Fähigkeiten zu präsentieren, gibt Veranstalter ein zugängliches “Broadcast” Lösung und gibt Sponsoren die Möglichkeit, ein Massenpublikum über Branded Content zu erreichen.
A Juli 15 date in Phoenix, Ariz., mit Roy Jones Jr. Boxen Promotions has already been released on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE calendar. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE strap season continues on Samstag, Juli 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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