CHICAGO (Jen 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 Vandredi, Jen 23, from Rosemont, Malad., with hardware on the line in a rematch of a hotly-contested draw as Mike “Hollywood” Jimenez (20-1-1, 14 Ko) ak “Son of the Legend” Arawon Pryor, Jr. (19-10-2, 12 Ko) 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 Ko) 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 nan twa ane, facing off against area arch-nemesis Derrick “Devni selèb” Findley (26-21-1, 17 Ko) 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,” di Mak Fratto, Direktè lekòl la nan Linacre Media. “We’re looking forward to working with the Village of Rosemont, as well as legendary promoters like Bobby Hitz ak Frank Mugnolo on this card.”
The numbers on the Me 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, konplètman-entèaktif nan, fan-friendly production saw 9,021 live post engagements for the show, ki gen ladan yo 5,000 “renmen” oswa “renmen,” 2,989 comments and 628 shares.
Nan Vandredi lannwit, Jen 23, live from The Dome at The Ballpark in Rosemont, fanatik ka atann yon-wo enpak, milti-kamera difizyon eksperyans ranpli ak grafik, Animations, rple, interviews and an announce team anchored by blow-by-blow announcer Ray Flores of Premier Boxing Champions, Chotim boksè, HBO Boxing and CBS Sports Network boxing fame. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, kòmantatè ap mande epi reponn a kesyon soti nan odyans lan Facebook nan tout emisyon an.
Joining the broadcast team will be world-ranked light heavyweight, Mike Lee.
University of Notre Dame alum Lee (19-0, 10 Ko) is ranked No. 12 pa WBO la, Èske Pa. 12 by the IBF and No. 14 pa WBC a, 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 Aswè a, NBC-4 Los Angeles and HLN-fame will bring fans exclusive pre-and post-fight interviews from ringside.
Kreye epi ki te pwodwi pa Linacre Media soti nan New York City, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, rple ak dèyè-sèn aksè a yo ak entèvyou. montre yo difuze yo disponib globalman tout kote Facebook se disponib. Inisyativ sa a pa sèlman pèmèt fanatik yo atravè mond la sou ton an, men tou, bay moute-ak-ap vini avyon de gè yon platfòm mondyal yo montre kapasite yo, bay pwomotè yon aksesib “emisyon” solisyon e li bay moun ki ap sipòte kapasite a yo rive jwenn yon odyans mas atravè marque kontni.
Yon Jiyè 15 date in Phoenix, Arizona., ak Roy Jones Jr. Pwomosyon boksè has already been released on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE calendar. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE strap season continues on Samdi, Jiyè 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. Pou dènye evènman yo Linacre Medi ak orè emisyon, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or#LinacreMediaOnTV.
