(Photo Courtesy of World Boxing Super Series)
EDMONTON, Canada (Tháng tám 30, 2017) – super Channel is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights in Canada to broadcast the Thế giới Boxing Super Series (WBSS) từ MP & Silva, một công ty truyền thông quốc tế hàng đầu cung cấp quyền truyền thông, kỹ thuật số, dịch vụ công nghệ và tài trợ.
“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, nhận xét: “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.”
Thế giới 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 & Giải trí, 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 Tháng chín 9. The inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature two weight classes, 16 máy bay chiến đấu, 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 (Tháng chín & Tháng mười 2017), two semifinals (Tháng giêng & Tháng hai 2018) and one championship final (Có thể 2018).
“I can’t think of a better home than Super Channel for the World Boxing Super Series” said Troy Wassill, Director of Programming, 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:
Tháng chín 9, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Đức
WBO Cruiserweight World Championship
Oleksandr “The Cat” Usyk (12-0, 10 Kos), Quán quân, Kiev, Ukraine
2-Time Ukrainian Olympian, 2012 Olympic huy chương vàng, The Ring #1
vs.
Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (40-4-1, 27 Kos), Người thách đấu, Berlin, Germany by way of Serbia
Former WBO Cruiserweight World Champion, The Ring 7
Tháng chín 16,2017 – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Echo Arena, Liverpool, Anh
WBC Super Middleweight Diamond Championship
Callum “thế giới” Thợ rèn (22-0, 17 Kos), Liverpool, Merseyside, Anh – The Ring #5
vs.
Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 Kos), Nykoping, Thụy Điển
Tháng chín 23, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, Hoa Kỳ
WBA Cruiserweight World Championship
yunier Dorticós (21-0, 20 Kos), Quán quân, Miami, Florida, USA by way of Cuba
vs.
Dmitry “The Hammer Nga” Kudryashov
(21-1, 21 Kos), Người thách đấu, Volgodonsk, Nga
Tháng chín 30, 2017 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
Riga Arena, Riga, Latvia
WBC Cruiserweight World Championship
Mairis Deer (22-0, 18 Kos), Quán quân, Riga, Latvia – The Ring #4
vs.
Làm biếng “The Rebel” Perez
(22-2-1, 14 Kos), Người thách đấu, nút bần, Ireland by way of Cuba
Tháng mười 7, 2017 [A1] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle,
Stuttgart, Đức
IBO Super Middleweight World Championship
Chris “Thế hệ tiếp theo” Eubank Jr (25-1, 19 Kos), Quán quân, Brighton, Sussex, Anh – The Ring #7
vs.
Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 Kos), Người thách đấu,
Sivas,
Turkey
Tháng mười 14, 2017 [A2] – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
The SSE Arena, Wembley, London, Vương quốc Anh
WBA Super Middleweight World Championship
“Thánh” George Groves (26-3, 19 Kos), Quán quân, Hammersmith, London, Anh – The Ring #3
vs.
Jamie Cox (24-0, 13 Kos),
Swinton,
Wiltshire, Anh
TO BE CONFIRMED
Cruiserweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
IBF Cruiserweight World Championship
“Bàn là” Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 Kos), Quán quân, Vladikavkaz, Nga – The Ring #2
vs.
Krzysztof “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 Kos), Người thách đấu, Piaseczno, Ba Lan – The Ring #10
Former IBF &
WBC Cruiserweight World Champion
Super Middleweight Quarter-Finals:
TBA
Juergen Braehmer (48,3 35 Kos), Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommem, Đức
cựu WBO & WBA nhẹ Heavyweight World Champion
vs.
Cướp “Làm tốt lắm” Brant
(22-0, 15 Kos), Saint Paul, Minnesota, Hoa Kỳ
All fights will also be available on Super Channel On Demand.
Tất cả chiến đấu và máy bay chiến đấu có thể thay đổi.
Super Channel has recently aired major boxing events live like Brook vs. Spence Jr., Pacquiao-Horn, Eubank, Jr. vs. Abraham, Lomachenko vs.Marriaga and Crawford vs. Indongo.
To see all the World Boxing Super Series action live, cũng như quyền Anh thú vị hơn đến, chống lại các fan ở Canada có thể liên hệ với nhà cung cấp cáp địa phương của họ để đăng ký Super Channel và tất cả những gì nó cung cấp, bao gồm hàng loạt cao cấp, phim ảnh và nhiều hơn nữa, với giá thấp $9.95 mỗi tháng.
