Chicago (June 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 Friday, June 23, from Rosemont, Ọrịa., with hardware on the line in a rematch of a hotly-contested draw as Mike “Hollywood” Jimenez (20-1-1, 14 Kos) na “Son of the Legend” Aaron Pryor, Obere. (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 n'ime afọ atọ, facing off against area arch-nemesis Derrick “Superman” 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,” kwuru Mark Fratto, Isi nke Linacre Media. “We’re looking forward to working with the Village of Rosemont, as well as legendary promoters like Bobby Hitz na Frank Mugnolo on this card.”
The numbers on the Ka 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, zuru-mmekọrịta, fan-friendly production saw 9,021 live post engagements for the show, nke gụnyere 5,000 “amasị” ma ọ bụ “hụrụ n'anya n'anya,” 2,989 comments and 628 shares.
Na Fraịdee n'abalị, June 23, live from The Dome at The Ballpark in Rosemont, Fans nwere ike na-atụ anya a elu-mmetụta, multi-igwefoto gụgharia ahụmahụ zuru ezu na ndịna, eserese, replays, interviews and an announce team anchored by blow-by-blow announcer Ray Flores of Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime Boxing, HBO Boxing and CBS Sports Network boxing fame. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, nkọwa ga-ajụ na-azaghachi ajụjụ si Facebook ege ntị ofụri na agbasa ozi n'ikuku.
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 site WBO, Emela. 12 by the IBF and No. 14 site 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 Tonight, NBC-4 Los Angeles and HLN-fame will bring fans exclusive pre-and post-fight interviews from ringside.
Kere na-emepụta site Linacre Media nke New York City, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, replays na n'azụ na-Mpaghara ohere na ajụjụ ọnụ. The streamed na-egosi dị ụwa n'ebe ọ bụla Facebook dị. Ụzọ bụghị nanị na-enyere Fans si gburugburu ụwa na-akụ na, ma na-enye elu-and-abịa alụso a zuru ụwa ọnụ n'elu ikpo okwu ngosi ha ikike, enye akwalite ihe inweta “na agbasa ozi n'ikuku” ngwọta na-enye haziri nzukọ ike iru a uka na-ege ntị site na-ewere ọdịnaya.
A July 15 date in Phoenix, Ariz., na Roy Jones Obere. Boxing Promotions has already been released on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE calendar. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE strap season continues on Saturday, July 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. N'ihi na ndị ọhụrụ Linacre Media ihe na agbasa ozi n'ikuku oge, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or#LinacreMediaOnTV.
