(All Pictures Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
EDMONTON, Kanada (September 6, 2017) – The much-anticipated World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) launches this week and Canadian boxing fans will be able to watch all the tournament action live on Super Channel.
Super Channel acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the World Boxing Super Series from MP & Silva, ett ledande internationellt mediebolag som tillhandahåller medierättigheter, digital, teknik och sponsringstjänster.
Planned to take place on an annual basis, the WBSS tournament will commence denna lördag (Sju. 9) in Berlin, börjar vid 2 p.m. OCH / 11 a.m. PT, with the first quarter-final match as World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight World Champion Oleksandr “Katten” Usyk (12-0, 10 Kos) defends his world title against former world cruiserweight champion Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (40-4-1, 27 Kos) in the 12-round main event.
The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes (Cruiser & super mellanvikt), 16 fighters, and a total of 14 main events. An expert panel invited the world’s best boxers to compete, namely the top 15-ranked fighters of the four major federations: WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO. In each weight class, eight boxers will battle it out in a bracket-style elimination tournament, with four quarterfinals (September & Oktober 2017), two semifinals (Januari & Februari 2018) and one championship final (Maj 2018).
World Boxing Super Series is a new revolutionary bracket-style elimination tournament featuring the world`s best boxers and a total of $50 million in prize money. The knockout format of the competition will see the best boxers ultimately compete for the Muhammad Ali Trophy, the greatest prize in boxing. The tournament is organized by newly-founded Comosa AG, a Swiss-registered company with principal owners Highlight Event & Underhållning, Modern Times Group and Team Sauerland. Comosa AG is working in partnership with boxers, promoters and managers around the world, and in alignment with the four major world boxing federations, to create a new global platform for the sport.
Five exciting fights on the “Usyk vs., Huck” kort, främjas av Sauerland Event, kommer luft uteslutande i Kanada på Super Channel.
(L-R) — Oleksandr Usyk & Marco Huck
Usyk, 30, is the No. 1 WSBB seed and consensus pre-tournament favorite. The Ukrainian is a two-time Olympian who struck gold at the 2012 Olympics in London. The powerful southpaw captured the WBO cruiserweight world title September 17, 2016, taking a 12-round unanimous decision in Poland from the previously undefeated, försvararen Krzysztof Glowacki (26-0). Usyk has made two successful world title defenses, stopping challenger Thabiso Mchunu (17-2) last December in the ninth round, and winning a 12-round unanimous decision this past April fromMichael Hunter (12-0).
“Marco Huck is the most famous and prestigious opponent I could have chosen,” Usyk said. “He has accomplished most title defenses in the history of the cruiserweight division, an extremely experienced man. Huck does not fear anything or anyone and goes for the victory through the fire. He marches constantly forward and tries to determine his fights by all means.
“I have a tactic specifically aimed at Huck. This is necessary because in my opinion he is one of my toughest competitors in this tournament. But why should I talk about it now and give Huck an advantage that he does not deserve? The surprising moment is on my side now, and I will take this advantage with me in the ring. Huck, förresten, has an advantage because he is at home in front of his audience in Berlin. This definitely makes him stronger but I love this challenge!
“I can fulfill my dream of unifying all the cruiserweight belts! I had previously thought about how it would be possible to achieve this goal. Lyckligtvis, the door is now open for the road to glory. In this tournament with all the world champions participating and the winner can rightly be described as the best cruiserweight in the world. On top of that the winner gets the Muhammad Ali Trophy. I admire Ali, because he is the biggest role model in boxing. I will thank God if I win a trophy with his name on it.”
Serbia-born Huck has two distinct advantages over Usyk: fighting at home in Berlin as well as being much more experienced against world-class opponents. The 32-year-old Huck is 13-4-1 (6 Kos) in world title fights and he has five victories against former or present world champions.
One of Huck’s four career losses as a professional, emellertid, is to Glowacki, who lost the WBO title he won in 2015, by knocking out Huck in the 11th runda, to Usyk a year ago.
“It is going to be very nice to fight in Berlin, but I would also fight Usyk on the moon,” Huck noted. “Usyk is a well-schooled boxer and I cannot wait to step into the ring with him.
“When I fight, there’s always something going on, it’s never boring but spectacular. Huck fans around the world know that a Huck fight means entertainment. When I reach my potential on
matchkväll, I can beat everyone. I am optimistic and confident that I will beat Usyk.”
I det tio-runda samarrangemanget, former WBO International and World Youth cruiserweight champion Noel Gevor (22-1, 10 Kos), fighting out of Germany by way of Armenia, tar på sig amerikan Isiah Thomas (15-1, 6 Kos) in the WBSS Cruiserweight Substitution Fight.
Undefeated German middleweight prospect Patrick Wojcicki (9-0, 4 Kos) faces FrenchmanFouard El Massoudi (14-9, 1 KO) i en åtta Ligt skjutningen, while German super middleweight Denis Radovan (5-0, 2 Kos) möter Yasnn Binanga Abogho (6-1-1,) and German light heavyweightLeon Bunn (5-0, 5 Kos) fyrkanter av med Tomasz “Temera” Gargula (18-7-1, 5 Kos), Polen, in a pair of six-round matches, all scheduled to air live on Super Channel.
Alla slagsmål och fighters är föremål för förändring.
UPCOMING WBSS EVENTS AIRING LIVE ON SUPER CHANNEL
Sju. 9 – Kvartsfinal i kryssvikten i Berlin, Tyskland
WBO Cruiserweight World Championship
Oleksandr Usyk (12-0, 10 Kos), Champion, Kiev, Ukraina
vs.
Marco Huck (40-4-1, 27 Kos), Challenger, Berlin, Tyskland
Sju. 16 – Super mellanvikt kvartsfinal i Liverpool, UK
WBC Super Middleweight Diamond Championship
Callum Smith (22-0, 17 Kos), Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 Kos), Nyköping, Sverige
Sju. 23 – Kvartsfinal i kryssvikt i San Antonio, Texas, USA
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 Kos), Champion, Miami, Florida, USA via Kuba
vs.
Dmitry Kudryashov (21-1, 21 Kos), Challenger, Volgodonsk, Ryssland
Sju. 30 – Kvartsfinal i kryssvikt i Riga, Lett
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
Mairis Deer (22-0, 18 Kos), Champion, Riga, Lett
vs.
Mike Perez (22-2-1, 14 Kos), Challenger, Kork, Irland via Kuba
All WSBB fights will also be available on Super Channel On Demand.
Super Channel har nyligen sänt stora boxningsevenemang live som Brook vs.. Spence jr, Pacquiao-Horn, Eubank, Jr. vs. Abraham, Lomachenko vs. Marriaga och Crawford vs.. Indongo.
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