Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Kia 22, 2017) – Super Channel subscribers across Canada will be able to watch a tenei Rāhoroi mega-fight between International Boxing Federation (IBF) Welterweight World Champion Kell “The Special One” Brook and undefeated No. 1 nguha whakahauanga Errol “Ko te Truth” Spence, JR., tīmata i 3 p.m. AND/ 12 p.m. PT, live from the outdoor Bramall Football Ground in Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
“Brook vs. Spence, Jr.” is a presentation of Matchroom Boxing. Super Channel will air four exciting fights from this card, headlined by one of the most anticipated fights of the year between two world-class prize fighters, anake i roto i te Canada.
“We are thrilled to be bringing back world-class caliber boxing to our viewers,” mea Troy Wassil, Director of Programming, Domestic Distributors & Sports. “This is the type of high-quality, exclusive sports content that subscribers can look forward to seeing as part of the Super Channel Sports sub-brand.”
Brook (36-1, 25 Koó), fighting at home in Sheffield, captured the IBF 147-pound division title August 16, 2014, with a signature victory, i ara o te whakatau 12-a tawhio noa, mo Shawn Porter i roto i te Carson, California. The 31-year-old Brook has successfully defended his championship belt three times, including a pair of challengers from Canada, Jo Jo Rana a Kevin Bizier.
In his most recent fight this past September, unified world middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0) ruined Brook’s perfect record, stopping the game Brit who had moved up two weight classes in five rounds.
Brock is 4-1 (3 Koó) i roto i te taitara te ao whawhai, 3-1 (1 KO)
in fights against former or current world champions,
defeating Porter,
Lovemore Ndou a
Vyacheslav Senchenko.
Brook Kell (R)
(photo courtesy of Matchroom Boxing)
Spence, Jr., 27, has been hyped by some as the possible successor to retired Floyd Mayweather, JR. as the new face of boxing. Fighting out of Texas, Spence, JR. Ko he 2012 US Olympian who fought in the London Games.
Spence Jr.
has defeated the likes of former world champion Chris Algieri, me te
Leonard Bundu,
Alejandro Barrera a
Chris van Heerden,
among the more notables during his 4
½ year professional career.
Errol Spence, JR.
(photo courtesy of PBC)
The 12-round co-feature for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Middleweight World Championship pits three-time World title challenger “Saint” George Groves (25-3-0, 18 Koó) against former WBA Super Middleweight World Champion Fedor Chudinov (14-1, 10 Koó).
Groves, fighting out of London, has defeated fellow countryman and current IBF Super Middleweight World Champion James DeGale and former World light heavyweight titlist Glen Johnson.
Last February, Chudinov lost his WBA strap to Pirika Sturm in a rematch of a title fight the Russian had won. Chudinov has also defeated Frank Buglioni a Ben McCullough.
Kicking-off the three-hour, action-packed Super Channel broadcast is 12-round heavyweight clash between Rawiri “White Rhino” Allen (11-2-1, 8 Koó) a Lenroy “TNT” Thomas (20-4, 10 Koó) for the vacant Commonwealth Championship, followed by the professional debut of 2012 British Olympian Anthony Fowler versus Arturs Geikins (3-7-1, 2 Koó) in a four-round middleweight match.
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