CHICAGO (Iunie 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 Vineri, Iunie 23, from Rosemont, Ill., with hardware on the line in a rematch of a hotly-contested draw as Mike “Hollywood” Jimenez (20-1-1, 14 KO) și “Son of the Legend” Aaron 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 în trei ani, facing off against area arch-nemesis Sondă “Supraom” 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,” a spus Mark Fratto, Principal al Linacre Media. “We’re looking forward to working with the Village of Rosemont, as well as legendary promoters like Bobby Hitz și 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. 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, complet interactiv, fan-friendly production saw 9,021 live post engagements for the show, care a inclus 5,000 “îi place” sau “iubește,” 2,989 comments and 628 shares.
Vineri noapte, Iunie 23, live from The Dome at The Ballpark in Rosemont, fanii se pot aștepta la un mare impact, multi-camera de experiență de streaming cu o grafica, animații, reluări, interviews and an announce team anchored by blow-by-blow announcer Ray Flores of Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime Box, HBO Boxing and CBS Sports Network boxing fame. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, comentatori va cere și să răspundă la întrebări din public pe Facebook pe tot parcursul transmisiunii.
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 de WBO, Nu Face. 12 by the IBF and No. 14 de 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 La noapte, NBC-4 Los Angeles and HLN-fame will bring fans exclusive pre-and post-fight interviews from ringside.
Creat si produs de Linacre Media din New York City, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, reluări și în spatele-the-scene de acces și interviuri. Cele transmise în flux Spectacolele sunt disponibile la nivel global oriunde Facebook este disponibil. Inițiativa nu numai că permite fanilor din întreaga lume pentru a acorda, dar, de asemenea, oferă luptători în sus promițători o platformă globală pentru a prezenta abilitățile lor, oferă promotorilor o accesibilă “difuzare” soluție și oferă sponsori posibilitatea de a ajunge la o audiență de masă prin intermediul conținutului de marcă.
A Iulie 15 date in Phoenix, Arizona., cu Roy Jones Jr. Promoții la box has already been released on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE calendar. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE strap season continues on Sâmbătă, Iulie 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. Pentru cele mai recente evenimente Linacre Media și grila de emisie, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or#LinacreMediaOnTV.
