CHICAGO (Junho 19, 2017) – After a successful pilot that was viewed by more than 40,000 boxing fans live on Facebook, fightnight VIVO hits the Chicago area on Sexta-feira, Junho 23, from Rosemont, Ill., with hardware on the line in a rematch of a hotly-contested draw as Microfone “Hollywood” Jimenez (20-1-1, 14 KOs) e “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 em três anos, facing off against area arch-nemesis Grua “Super-homem” 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,” dito Mark Fratto, Principal da Linacre mídia. “We’re looking forward to working with the Village of Rosemont, as well as legendary promoters like Bobby Hitz e Frank Mugnolo on this card.”
The numbers on the Maio 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. Um total de 1.4 thousand hours of LIVE video was consumed by Facebook users during the first show alone. In addition to the raw numbers, o totalmente interactiva, fan-friendly production saw 9,021 live post engagements for the show, que incluiu 5,000 “gostos” ou “O amor é,” 2,989 comments and 628 ações.
Na Sexta-Feira noite, Junho 23, live from The Dome at The Ballpark in Rosemont, os fãs podem esperar um alto impacto, multi-câmera experiência de transmissão completa com gráficos, animações, 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, comentaristas vai perguntar e responder a perguntas da platéia Facebook em todo o transmissão.
Joining the broadcast team will be world-ranked light heavyweight, Mike Lee.
University of Notre Dame alum Lee (19-0, 10 KOs) está classificado n º. 12 pela WBO, Não. 12 by the IBF and No. 14 pelo 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 Hoje à noite, NBC-4 Los Angeles and HLN-fame will bring fans exclusive pre-and post-fight interviews from ringside.
Criado e produzido por Linacre mídia fora de Nova York, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, replays e behind-the-scenes de acesso e entrevistas. Os shows de streaming estão disponíveis globalmente onde quer que Facebook está disponível. A iniciativa não só permite que os fãs de todo o mundo para sintonizar, mas também dá lutadores up-and-coming uma plataforma global para mostrar suas habilidades, dá promotores um acessíveis “transmissão” solução e dá patrocinadores a capacidade de atingir um público de massa através de conteúdo de marca.
A Julho 15 date in Phoenix, Ariz., com Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Promotions has already been released on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE calendar. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE strap season continues on Sábado, Julho 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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