CHICAGO (Kesäkuu 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 Perjantai, Kesäkuu 23, from Rosemont, Ill., with hardware on the line in a rematch of a hotly-contested draw as Mikrofoni “Hollywood” Jimenez (20-1-1, 14 KOs) ja “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” Yrjö, (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 kolmessa vuodessa, facing off against area arch-nemesis Nosturi “Supermies” 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,” sanoi Mark Fratto, Rehtori Linacre tiedotusvälineet. “We’re looking forward to working with the Village of Rosemont, as well as legendary promoters like Bobby Hitz ja Frank Mugnolo on this card.”
The numbers on the Toukokuu 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. Yhteensä 1.4 thousand hours of LIVE video was consumed by Facebook users during the first show alone. In addition to the raw numbers, täysin interaktiivinen, fan-friendly production saw 9,021 live post engagements for the show, joka sisälsi 5,000 “tykkää” tai “rakastaa,” 2,989 comments and 628 osakkeita.
Perjantaina yö, Kesäkuu 23, live from The Dome at The Ballpark in Rosemont, fanit voivat odottaa iskunkestävä, usean kameran streaming kokemus täydellinen grafiikka, animaatiot, uusintoja, interviews and an announce team anchored by blow-by-blow announcer Ray Flores of Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime Nyrkkeily, HBO Boxing and CBS Sports Network boxing fame. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, kommentaattorit kysyy ja vastaa kysymyksiin Facebook yleisön koko lähetyksen.
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 by WBO, Älä. 12 by the IBF and No. 14 jonka 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 Tänä iltana, NBC-4 Los Angeles and HLN-fame will bring fans exclusive pre-and post-fight interviews from ringside.
Luonut ja tuottanut Linacre Media ulos New Yorkissa, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, uusintoja ja takana-the-scenes pääsy ja haastatteluja. Virranneen ohjelmat ovat saatavilla maailmanlaajuisesti missä Facebook on saatavilla. Aloite ei ainoastaan mahdollista faneja ympäri maailmaa virittää, mutta myös luopuu lupaava taistelijat maailmanlaajuinen foorumi esitellä kykyjään, antaa promoottorit Esteettömän “lähetys” liuoksen ja tarjoaa sponsorit mahdollisuuden tavoittaa suuren yleisön kautta merkkituotteiden sisältöä.
A Heinäkuu 15 date in Phoenix, Ariz., kanssa Roy Jones Jr. Nyrkkeilytarjoukset has already been released on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE calendar. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE strap season continues on Lauantai, Heinäkuu 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.
Seuraa kaikkia toimintoja sosiaalisen median kautta Facebookissa FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and @FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, or by using the hashtag#FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Saat uusimmat Linacre tapahtumissamme ja lähetysaikataulu, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or#LinacreMediaOnTV.
