(Photo Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
Edmonton, Canada (Lub yim hli ntuj 30, 2017) – Super Channel is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the Ntiaj teb Boxing Super Series (WBSS) los ntawm Tus mp & Silva, ib tug uas thoob ntiaj teb xov xwm tuam txhab uas muab xov xwm txoj cai, digital, technology thiab cov kev pab cuam sponsorship.
“Our acquisition of the World Boxing Super Series further reinforces our commitment to make exciting world-class boxing a regular staple of Super Channel SPORTS,” said Don McDonald, President and CEO for Super Channel. “It is a strategic step in our quest to establish Super Channel as the go-to destination for boxing fans looking for unique and exciting boxing action, at all levels.”
Frank Uddo, Tus mp & Silva’s President, North America, commented: “We are delighted to work with Super Channel and World Boxing Super Series in Canada to help promote and distribute what we believe is a refreshingly premium international boxing competition. The new format, transparency, and potential match-ups should excite all boxing fans in Canada.”
Ntiaj teb Boxing Super Series is a new revolutionary bracket-style elimination tournament featuring the world`s best boxers and a total of $50 lab hauv nqi zog. Lub hom phiaj khob ntawm kev sib tw yuav pom cov boxers zoo tshaj plaws thaum kawg sib tw rau Muhammad Ali Trophy, qhov khoom plig zoo tshaj plaws hauv boxing. Kev sib tw yog tsim los ntawm Comosa AG tshiab, ib lub tuam txhab Swiss-sau npe nrog cov tswv tsev tseem ceeb Highlight Event & Lom ze, Modern Times Group thiab Team Sauerland. Comosa AG tab tom ua haujlwm hauv kev koom tes nrog boxers, cov neeg txhawb nqa thiab cov thawj coj thoob ntiaj teb, thiab nyob rau hauv kev sib raug zoo nrog plaub lub ntiaj teb boxing federations loj, los tsim lub ntiaj teb tshiab platform rau kev ua si nawv.
The tournament, the first of its kind which is planned to take place on an annual basis, will kick off on Cuaj hlis 9. The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes, 16 neeg tua hluav taws, thiab tag nrho ntawm 14 main events. Pawg kws tshaj lij tau caw cov neeg ncaws pob zoo tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb los sib tw, namely the top 15-ranked fighters of the four major federations: WBA, Qhov, IBF and WBO. Hauv txhua chav kawm hnyav, eight boxers will battle it out in a bracket-style elimination tournament, with four quarterfinals (Cuaj hlis & Lub kaum hli ntuj 2017), two semifinals (Lub ib hlis ntuj & Lub ob hlis ntuj 2018) and one championship final (Tej zaum 2018).
“I can’t think of a better home than Super Channel for the World Boxing Super Series” said Troy Wassill, Tus thawj coj ntawm lub cajmeem, Domestic Distributors and Sports for Super Channel. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to have this exciting opener with Usyk vs Huck as the lead-in to the quarter finals, with eight consecutive weekends of top-flight action.”
Schedule for World Boxing Super Series 8 quarterfinal matches coming to Super Channel:
Cuaj hlis 9, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Max-Schmeling-Halle, BERLIN, Lub teb chaws yelemees
WBO Cruiserweight World Championship
Oleksandr “Cov miv” Usyk (12-0, 10 Kos), Yeej, Kiev, Ukraine
2-Time Ukrainian Olympian, 2012 Olympic kub medalist, Lub nplhaib #1
vs.
Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (40-4-1, 27 Kos), Challenger, BERLIN, Germany by way of Serbia
Former WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, Lub nplhaib 7
Cuaj hlis 16,2017 – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK
WBC Super Middleweight Diamond Championship
Callum “ntiaj teb no” Smith (22-0, 17 Kos), Liverpool, Merseyside, UK – Lub nplhaib #5
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 Kos), Nyköping, Sweden
Cuaj hlis 23, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, TEB CHAWS USA
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 Kos), Yeej, Miami, Florida, Teb chaws USA los ntawm Cuba
vs.
Dmitry “The Russian Hammer” Kudryashov
(21-1, 21 Kos), Challenger, Volgodonsk, Russia
Cuaj hlis 30, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Riga Arena, Riga, Latvia
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
Mairis Mos lwj (22-0, 18 Kos), Yeej, Riga, Latvia – Lub nplhaib #4
vs.
Mike “The Rebel” Perez
(22-2-1, 14 Kos), Challenger, Cork, Ireland los ntawm txoj kev ntawm Cuba
Lub kaum hli ntuj 7, 2017 [A1] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle,
Stuttgart, Lub teb chaws yelemees
IBO Super Middleweight World Championship
Chris “Tom ntej no Gen” Eubank Jr (25-1, 19 Kos), Yeej, Brighton, Sussex, UK – Lub nplhaib #7
vs.
Avni yildirim (16-0, 10 Kos), Challenger, Sivas, Qaib ntxhw
Lub kaum hli ntuj 14, 2017 [A2] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Cov Arena SES, Wembley, London, United Kingdom
WBA Super Middleweight World Championship
“Saint” George Nyuaj (26-3, 19 Kos), Yeej, Hammersmith, London, UK – Lub nplhaib #3
vs.
Jamie Cox (24-0, 13 Kos), Swinton, Wiltshire, UK
TO BE CONFIRMED
Cruiserweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
IBF Cruiserweight World Championship
“Hlau” Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 Kos), Yeej, Vladikavkaz, Russia – Lub nplhaib #2
vs.
Krzysztof “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 Kos), Challenger, Piaseczno, Poland – Lub nplhaib #10
Former IBF &
WBC Cruiserweight World Champion
Super Middleweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
Juergen Braehmer (48,3 35 Kos), Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommem, Lub teb chaws yelemees
Yav tas los WBO & WBA teeb Heavyweight ntiaj teb tau zus
vs.
Rob “Zoo ua” Brant
(22-0, 15 Kos), Saint Paul, Minnesota, TEB CHAWS USA
All fights will also be available on Super Channel Nyob Demand.
Tag nrho cov sib ntaus thiab tua hluav taws yuav raug hloov.
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