(Photo Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
EDMONTON, Kanada (Augusti 30, 2017) – Super Channel is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) från MP & Silva, ett ledande internationellt mediebolag som tillhandahåller medierättigheter, digital, teknik och sponsringstjänster.
“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, MP & Silva’s President, North America, kommenterade: “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.”
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.
The tournament, the first of its kind which is planned to take place on an annual basis, will kick off on September 9. The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes, 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).
“I can’t think of a better home than Super Channel for the World Boxing Super Series” said Troy Wassill, Programmeringschef, 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:
September 9, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Tyskland
WBO Cruiserweight World Championship
Oleksandr “Katten” Usyk (12-0, 10 Kos), Champion, Kiev, Ukraina
2-Time Ukrainian Olympian, 2012 OS-guldmedaljör, The Ring #1
vs.
Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (40-4-1, 27 Kos), Challenger, Berlin, Germany by way of Serbia
Former WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, The Ring 7
September 16,2017 – Super mellanvikt kvartsfinal:
Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK
WBC Super Middleweight Diamond Championship
Callum “värld” Smith (22-0, 17 Kos), Liverpool, Merseyside, UK – The Ring #5
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 Kos), Nyköping, Sverige
September 23, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, USA
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 Kos), Champion, Miami, Florida, USA via Kuba
vs.
Dmitry “Den ryska Hammer” Kudryashov
(21-1, 21 Kos), Challenger, Volgodonsk, Ryssland
September 30, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Riga Arena, Riga, Lett
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
Mairis Deer (22-0, 18 Kos), Champion, Riga, Lett – The Ring #4
vs.
Mike “The Rebel” Perez
(22-2-1, 14 Kos), Challenger, Kork, Irland via Kuba
Oktober 7, 2017 [A1] – Super mellanvikt kvartsfinal:
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle, Stuttgart, Tyskland
IBO Super Middleweight World Championship
Chris “Nästa generation” Eubank Jr (25-1, 19 Kos), Champion, Brighton, Sussex, UK – The Ring #7
vs.
Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 Kos), Challenger,
Sivas, Kalkon
Oktober 14, 2017 [A2] – Super mellanvikt kvartsfinal:
SSE Arena, Wembley, London, United Kingdom
WBA Super Mellanvikt VM
“Saint” George Groves (26-3, 19 Kos), Champion, Hammersmith, London, UK – The Ring #3
vs.
Jamie Cox (24-0, 13 Kos), Swinton, Wiltshire, UK
TO BE CONFIRMED
Kvartalsfinaler i kryssvikt:
TBA
IBF Cruiserweight World Championship
“Järn” murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 Kos), Champion, Vladikavkaz, Ryssland – The Ring #2
vs.
Christopher “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 Kos), Challenger, Piaseczno, Polen – The Ring #10
Tidigare IBF & WBC Cruiserweight World Champion
Super mellanvikt kvartsfinaler:
TBA
Juergen Braehmer (48,3 35 Kos), Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Tyskland
Tidigare WBO & WBA lätt tungvikt världsmästare
vs.
Rob “Bra Gjort” Brant
(22-0, 15 Kos), Sankte Pär, Minnesota, USA
All fights will also be available on Super Channel On Demand.
Alla slagsmål och fighters är föremål för förändring.
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.
To see all the World Boxing Super Series action live, liksom mer spännande boxning att komma, bekämpa fans i Kanada kan kontakta sin lokala kabelleverantör för att prenumerera på Super Channel och alla som den erbjuder, inklusive premiumserie, filmer och mycket mer, för så lite som $9.95 per månad.
