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TUESDAY NIGHT FIGHTS! FIGHTNIGHT LIVE AND KINGS BOXING CLOSE OUT SEPTEMBER AT THE SANDS
Fan-friendly, interactive FREE series Powered by Everlast makes Tuesday night debut from Bethlehem, Pa.
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I-NEW YORK (Isikhombisa. 21, 2018) – Following a Season II opener viewed by almost 197,000 and the revelation of its new title sponsor, FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Powered by Everlast partners with King’s Promotions once again, closing out the month of September with Tuesday Night Fights. Fans can catch all of the action in the center of the ring on Tuesday, Isikhombisa. 25, at 7 p.m. live from the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pa.
“Tuesday Night Fights! We love being able to present weeknight shows filled with up-and-coming fighters, giving fans the opportunity to relax in their living rooms and catch all the action on any device, including their big screens,” wathi Mark Fratto, Principal and Director of Business Development, Linacre Media. “We’re looking forward to four or so hours of action, so catch us at home or on the go live, or anytime next week on demand through the miracle of Facebook.”
“King’s Promotions is ecstatic about almost 200,000 views for our Sept. 14 show, especially on short notice,” wathi Marshall Kauffman of King’s Boxing. “We continue to be one of the busiest promoters anywhere and we’re excited to bring the best-quality boxing to fight fans on Facebook.”
In the main event on Tuesday, Anthony Mercado (11-4, 9 Kos) of Philadelphia and Puerto Rico takes on Victor Vazquez (10-4, 3 Kos) in what figures to be an exciting super lightweight bout scheduled for eight-rounds for the World Boxing Foundation Silver International title. Futhi in action, undefeated featherweight prospect Stephen Fulton (13-0, 6 Kos) of Philly meets veteran Esteban Aquino (12-5, 7 Kos) of the Dominican Republic. Middleweight Money Powell (7-0, 4 Kos), rising featherweight prospect Raeese Aleem (11-0, 5 Kos), heavyweights Colby Madison (6-0-2, 4 Kos) futhi Michael Coffie (3-0, 2 Kos) and featherweight Martino Jules(4-0) will all risk their undefeated records.
Now in its second season, FIGHTNIGHT LIVE, Powered by Everlast is the fan-friendly series that – among other aspects – prides itself on the real-time conversations held between fight commentators and the viewing audience. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE has showcased more than 340 fighters and 11 promotions during 18 live event broadcasts since May 2017, and in doing so, the interactive platform has generated the loyal interest of fight fans from across the United States and around the globe, including significant audiences in Mexico, the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe, and even fans in South America, Asia and Australia.
At more than 1.6 million views for the series, FIGHTNIGHT LIVE has continued to deliver impressive numbers throughout its first 18 shows:
- Since May 2017, the numbers on the 18-show FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series showed promise and potential for the new platform with an average of 90,001 views per eventfuthi ngaphezu 6 million total views.
- The Sept. 2017 “Real Deal Amaphromoshini: Empire State” kusukela Ezokungcebeleka Umhlaba Casino (225,000), the August 2017 CES “Super Saturday” kusukela Foxwoods (203,000), i-Sept. 2018 “Card Fit For Kings” from Philadelphia (195,620), i-Sept. 2017 CES “Twin River Twinbill” kusukela Lincoln, R.I. (157,000) and the March 17, 2018, Murphy’s “St. Patrick’s Day Clash” (151,253) all logged 150,000 or more views, and collectively the 18-show series has seen a total of 1,620,014 views across all devices.
- Ngaphezu okuluhlaza ukubukwa izinombolo, ngokugcwele-interactive, fan-friendly productions have seen ngaphezu kwe 183,000 collective bukhoma okuthunyelwe ukubandakanyeka(ngaphezu kwe 10,100 per show), kuhlanganise kuka 124,000 “ukuthandwa” noma “othanda,” ngaphezu kwe 31,000 comments and more than 10,000 shares.
- The Sept. 2017 “Real Deal Amaphromoshini: Empire State” set a new bar with 224,658 ukubukwaand the Sept. 2017 DiBella-CES doubleheader carried the series to three-quarters-of-a-million views in just over four months. The Sept. 2017 DiBella card saw ngaphezu kwe 40,000 umbukeli ekusebenzisaneni including almost 39,000 “ukuthandwa” noma “othanda” and the March 17, 2018, Murphy’s “St. Patrick’s Day Clash” set a new high-water mark for shares with 2,182.
- The FIGHTNIGHT LIVE page on Facebook has more than 80,000 fans and more than 83,000 followers. And Facebook itself has taken notice – the world’s No. 1 social network recently profiled FIGHTNIGHT LIVE on its “Success Stories” media blog, noting the series’ use of industry best practices for production and interactivity: https://www.facebook.com/facebookmedia/success-stories/fightnight
Wadala futhi ezivezwa Linacre Abezindaba aphume-New York City, uchungechunge FIGHTNIGHT LIVE izici abasakazi lochwepheshe, engele ikhamera amaningi, ihluzo ithelevishini, replays nangemuva-the-izigcawu ukufinyelela futhi izingxoxo. The imibukiso asakazwayo ayatholakala jikelele nomaphi Facebook iyatholakala. Lo mkhankaso hhayi kuphela kwenza abalandeli ezivela emhlabeni wonke bashune, kodwa futhi kunikeza up-futhi-ozayo fighters platform global sikhangise amakhono abo, ukunika abagqugquzeli i kufinyeleleke “broadcast” isixazululo bese unikeza abaxhasi ikhono ukufinyelela izilaleli mass nge okuqukethwe uphawu.
More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Fall 2018 izinsuku uzobe baziswa ngokomthetho emasontweni ezayo.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE iyatholakala ku-intanethi ku: https://www.facebook.com/FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE/
Follow all the action via social media at FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and@FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, or by using the hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Ukuze zakamuva Linacre Abezindaba imicimbi kanye ukusakaza isimiso, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or #LinacreMediaOnTV.
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FIGHTNIGHT LIVE TO OPEN SEASON II ON FRIDAY, Sept. 14 WITH AN ACTION-PACKED PHILLY CARD FIT FOR KINGS
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I-NEW YORK (Isikhombisa. 6, 2018) – After a 17-show inaugural campaign that attracted 84,000 views per event and nearly 1.5 million views for the series, Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE next turns the corner to year two, looking to build upon its meteoric rise. Season II of the interactive and free fight series opens in the Fighting City of Philadelphia on Friday, Isikhombisa. 14, with an action-packed King’s Boxing card live from 2300 Arena.
The fan-friendly series that – among other aspects – prides itself on the real-time conversations held between fight commentators and the viewing audience showcased more than 300 fighters during 17 live event broadcasts in its first 12 izinyanga. In doing so, the interactive platform has generated the loyal interest of fight fans from across the United States and around the globe, including significant audiences in Mexico, the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe, and even fans in South America, Asia and Australia.
“We are extremely proud of what FIGHTNIGHT LIVE accomplished since May 2017. We’ve had 17 shows originating from New York, Boston, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, New England, Phoenix and America’s Heartland, where many different promotions gained an incredible amount of exposure via this exciting, truly social platform. To be able to have several events where more than 150,000 people have tuned in only scratches the surface on the market interest for these events, and we are ready to take FIGHTNIGHT LIVE to the next level in year two,” wathi Mark Fratto, Principal and Director of Business Development, Linacre Media.
“Beyond the numbers, we’re really pleased with the way the shows have been presented and produced,” Fratto continued. “We’ve been able to showcase more than 300 up-and-coming fighters to fight fans all over the world, and help them expand their bases. And we’ve been able to invite our viewers to be part of the action by fostering real-time interaction between our broadcasters and viewers on the fight activity, the decisions and the knockouts; it’s the next-best thing to having a ringside seat.”
“King’s Promotions is very excited to be working with Mark and the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE team,” wathi Marshall Kauffman of King’s Boxing, the eleventh promoter FIGHTNIGHT LIVE has showcased over its first 18 shows. “I believe we will bring the best-quality boxing to FIGHTNIGHT LIVE.”
In the umcimbi main, rising super middleweight prospect, Brandon “B-Rob” Robinson (10-1, 7 Kos) steps up in class when he takes on knockout artist Ernest Amuzu (24-3, 22 Kos), originally from Ghana. Also on the bill, undefeated three-time Olympian Anvar Yunusov (4-0, 1 KO) takes on 21-fight veteran Angel Monreal (10-10-1, 3 Kos). Other undefeated fighters seeing action will be Shyngyskhan Tazhibay (6-0, 2 Kos), Daiyann Butt (1-0), Alejandro Jimenez (2-0, 1 KO),Chrystian Peguero (2-0, 1 KO) futhi Keeshawn Williams (2-0-1, 1 KO).
Now at more than 1.4 million views for the series, FIGHTNIGHT LIVE has continued to deliver impressive numbers throughout its rookie season, which included seven live shows in the first five months of 2018:
- Over the first 11 months of Season I programming, the numbers on the 17-show FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series showed promise and potential for the new platform with an average of 83,714 fight fans tuning in per event and more than 1.4 million fans served.
- The Sept. 9 “Real Deal Amaphromoshini: Empire State” kusukela Ezokungcebeleka Umhlaba Casino (225,000), August CES “Super Saturday” kusukela Foxwoods (203,000), i-Sept. CES “Twin River Twinbill” kusukela Lincoln, R.I. (157,000) and the March 17 Murphy’s “St. Patrick’s Day Clash” (150,001) all logged 150,000 or more views, and collectively the 17-show series has seen a total of more than 30,000 total hours of Facebook video consumed by 1,423,132 users across all devices.
- Ngaphezu okuluhlaza ukubukwa izinombolo, ngokugcwele-interactive, fan-friendly productions have seen ngaphezu kwe 173,000 collective bukhoma okuthunyelwe ukubandakanyeka(ngaphezu kwe 10,200 per show), kuhlanganise kuka 116,000 “ukuthandwa” noma “othanda,” almost 30,000 comments and nearly 10,000 shares.
- FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by76 amadoda amaphesenti, 24 amaphesenti abesifazane. The top demographic is comprised ofmales ages 25-34, okuyinto ihlanganisa cishe 30.0 amaphesenti izethameli, ngokwesilinganiso.
- The Sept. 9 “Real Deal Amaphromoshini: Empire State” set a new bar with 224,658 ukubukwaand the Sept. 15-16 DiBella-CES doubleheader carried the series to three-quarters-of-a-million views in just over four months. The Feb. 10 Hard-Hitting Promotions “Philly Fight Night” umbukiso ivelele ngamunye 3,421 live hours of content viewed, while the Sept. 15 DiBella card saw ngaphezu kwe 40,000 umbukeli ekusebenzisaneni including almost 39,000 “ukuthandwa” noma “othanda” and the March 17 Murphy’s “St. Patrick’s Day Clash” set a new high-water mark for shares with 2,182.
- The FIGHTNIGHT LIVE page on Facebook has more than 79,000 fans and more than 82,000 followers. And Facebook itself has taken notice – the world’s No. 1 social network recently profiled FIGHTNIGHT LIVE on its “Success Stories” media blog, noting the series’ use of industry best practices for production and interactivity: https://www.facebook.com/facebookmedia/success-stories/fightnight
Wadala futhi ezivezwa Linacre Abezindaba aphume-New York City, uchungechunge FIGHTNIGHT LIVE izici abasakazi lochwepheshe, engele ikhamera amaningi, ihluzo ithelevishini, replays nangemuva-the-izigcawu ukufinyelela futhi izingxoxo. The imibukiso asakazwayo ayatholakala jikelele nomaphi Facebook iyatholakala. Lo mkhankaso hhayi kuphela kwenza abalandeli ezivela emhlabeni wonke bashune, kodwa futhi kunikeza up-futhi-ozayo fighters platform global sikhangise amakhono abo, ukunika abagqugquzeli i kufinyeleleke “broadcast” isixazululo bese unikeza abaxhasi ikhono ukufinyelela izilaleli mass nge okuqukethwe uphawu.
More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Fall 2018 izinsuku uzobe baziswa ngokomthetho emasontweni ezayo.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE iyatholakala ku-intanethi ku: https://www.facebook.com/FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE/
Follow all the action via social media at FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and@FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, or by using the hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Ukuze zakamuva Linacre Abezindaba imicimbi kanye ukusakaza isimiso, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or #LinacreMediaOnTV.
Amaphromoshini YeNkosi esayina wangaphambili isihloko emhlabeni inselele uJosé “Chelo” González ukuze inkontileka yokukhangisa
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King’s Promotions announces 14 dates for 2018
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King’s Promotions sign junior welterweight prospect Clarence Booth plus undefeated bantamweight Dagoberto Aguero to promotional deals
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Coming in 2017: King’s Promotions presents THE GREAT EIGHT- 140 Pound Tournament
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King’s Promotions signs former world champion Kermit Cintron
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Wesibhakela Travis Kauffman lokubuyela ekhaya ngemva kwenyanga-19 layoff ngalobu busuku Friday ngokumelene Richard Carmack e Newark, E-New Jersey
Reading, PA (August 11, 2015)–Lokhu ebusuku ngoLwesihlanu ngesikhathi Center Prudential in Newark, E-New Jersey, Olwa wesibhakela Travis Kauffman (28-1, 20 KO sika) uzobuyela action okokuqala ngo 19 Ezinyangeni lapho ethatha Richard Carmack in a iziqubu ihlelelwe 8-emahlandla.
The iziqubu kuzokwenzeka on ikhadi ukuthi headlined owayengumongameli champions emhlabeni Antonio Tarver and Steve Cunningham.
Ikhadi uzobe isiqephu by Spike TV, nakuba iziqubu Kauffman kungelona ihlelelwe ukuba enze emoyeni sikhathi.
Kauffman of Ukufunda, PA bekulokhu aphume isinyathelo ngenxa ukuhlinzwa knee ukulungisa a ziklebhukile anterior Cruciate umsipha (ACL).
Kauffman iye rehabbing kanzima kakhulu ingxenye kangcono 2015 njengoba waqala uhambo lwakhe Houston, Texas and waqhubeka wakhe ukuqeqeshwa isibhakela e Reading and Philadelphia.
“I am beneme futhi ngokwethembeka I am a little ukukhathazeka,” wathi Kauffman. “I am more ejabule ngokuba kule mpi ngoLwesihlanu ke noma yiziphi izimo ezikwenza kwami kwangaphambili. I Kuye kwaqeqeshwa zangempela kanzima. Knee My uzizwa okuhle. Enginakho soreness evamile eliza ukuqeqeshwa kodwa lutho ezinkulu.”
Lapho ebhekene Carmack, Kauffman uzobe ebhekene nomuntu onesifo a irekhodi 13-6 nesisindo okweqa 300 amakhilogremu.
“Ibhayisikobho engikubone of Carmack, angakwazi ukulwa. Lingakhohliswa ngokubheka ukubukeka kwakhe. Angaba ukulwa. Ngisebenze zangempela kanzima futhi lokhu ekamu yami yokuqala ukuqeqeshwa ngokugcwele Naazim Richardson futhi ubaba Marshall Kauffman. Naazim iyona engcono uma kuziwa ziyawohloka izimbangi ukuze Ngiyazi uyozimisela ngokugcwele Carmack.”
Ngaphambi kokulimala, Kauffman yayibekwe nanhlanu top-by the WBA futhi akholwe yamabhuku eside ngaphambi evuka emuva kuze kube ukuthi isimo ephakeme.
“Ngithemba for one more tune up. Mhlawumbe September 18 e Atlantic City. Sengibuyele nge Al Haymon kanjalo nani uye ujenga ngoba mina. Ngiyazi ukuthi uzothola kimi zokuxabana ngiyofakwa isikhundla ngenxa zokuxabana Ngidinga uthole kimi libuyiselwa ezinhlanu top-. Ayalwa nge Chris Arreola futhi Artur Szpilka kungaba labo ind ukulwa.”
Kauffman uhleka ukuba emuva Haymon futhi ukuncintisana amakhadi PBC.
“Ngiyazi ukuthi ngeke uthole kimi lapho ngidinga khona. Yingakho i kabusha esayinwe naye. He kholwa kimi. Ngijabule futhi ngibheke phambili kulokho ikusasa lami liphetheni.”
Amathikithi for the event, okuyinto kugqugquzelwa DiBella Entertainment, kuthiwa ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe at $150, $100, $70 futhi $45, hhayi kuhlanganise esebenzayo ukushajwa ngamasevisi okungenzeka futhi isendalini manje via Ticketmaster.com, ukushaja ngocingo ngesikhathi 1-800-745-3000 noma yimuphi esitolo Ticketmaster. Amathikithi Lungase ithengwe at ibhokisi ehhovisi Prudential Center.
Klitschko – Jennings Press Conference ifotho & Quotes From Madison Square Garden
Photo Credit, Will Hart / Klitschko Management Group
“THE RETURNS Champion” uzobe isiqephu Live on HBO World Championship Boxing isiqala at 10:00 p.m. KANYE/PT in the United States and RTL eJalimane phakathi kuka 150 amazwe okuzobe telecast umcimbi.
Kwethulwa ngu K2 Promotions futhi Klitschko Management Group sikanye Gary Shaw Productions, amathikithi ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe at $1000, $600, $300, $200 futhi $100 angathengwa ngokusebenzisa Office Madison Square Garden Box,www.TheGarden.com futhi www.Ticketmaster.com.
Wladimir Klitschko
“Asi, Bryant and me, nawe on 25 April lapha eNew York at Madison Square Garden. I ukubona indlela Bryant Jennings enza. I sibone ukuthi uhamba, I sibone ukuthi unikina izandla, I sibone ukuthi ukhuluma, futhi unalo izimfanelo Rocky Balboa kusukela Philadelphia.”
“Siyabonga HBO. Ekugcineni bakholwa kimi. Sengibuyile kunethiwekhi yakho futhi ngijabulile ngakho. Like Sinatra wathi, 'Uma ungenza lapha, ungenza it kuphi. Umcimbi Right, kwenkundla yokudlalela right and city right. Ngalwa lapha okokuqala 15 Eminyakeni edlule futhi Ngijabule kakhulu ukuba ngibuye lapha futhi silwe.”
Bryant JENNINGS:
“Nazo ke. I like to thank everyone involved with this promotion and my city of Philadelphia. It took a long time to make this fight happen and through it all I stayed calm. I commend my team for allowing me to be the athlete that I am while these negotiations were going on. On 25 April Umlando nakanjani kwenziwe futhi kuzokwenziwa by me. One of us has to lose and it isn’t going to be me. Enough of the okhulumayo, Ngikulungele ukulwa.”
Bernd kungakhathaliseki ukuthi / CEO, Management Interim:
“Lokhu 27 isihloko emhlabeni fight Wladimir sika, bekuyi 15 Eminyakeni edlule lapho eqala alwa lapha. Ngingathanda ukubonga Joel Fisher nethimba lakhe kakhulu lapha Madison Square Garden, Kule ndawo ngempela emzini Champions wesibhakela futhi sijabulile kakhulu ukuba lesi sehlakalo lapha. Ngiphinde ongathanda ukubonga ukusakaza bethu besevisi HBO and RTL ngaphandle kwabo izenzakalo like lokhu kungaba kungenzeka.
TOM LOEFFLER / K2 Promotions:
“Lokhu K2 Promotions’ Umcimbi lwesishiyagalombili at Madison Square Garden and siyakucela ahlonishwe ukusebenza neqembu ovelele lapha. Sike kakade wathengisa phezu 5,000 amathikithi okuyinto nje kokuthinteka Amazing ekumemezeleni lesi senzakalo.”
Gary Shaw / Gary Shaw Productions:
“Madison Square Garden kuyinto mecca isibhakela, the ring in the Hall of Fame, yilokhu boxing sosondonzima imayelana. 25 years ago on February 11, 1990, Buster Douglas akhishwe Mike Tyson. I abakholwa 25 April Umlando kuzophinde kwenziwe for an wesibhakela American ukwenza okuthile umbukwane, kodwa kulokhu kunokuba phesheya, kuyoba lapha e-United States at the Madison Square Garden. Ngikholelwa Bryant Jennings iyoba iqhawe enobunye wesibhakela kwezwe 25 April.”
UJAMES INKOSANA, Manager of Jennings:
“Lokhu kufezeka iphupho for us futhi asikwazi ukulinda. There are a lot of doubters out there right now and they believe there is no way Bryant Jennings is going to be able to deliver a victory on 25 April. I would like for you all to show up because Bryant Jennings is going to show out, futhi sizakuba iqhawe.”
UFRED Jenkins, Trainer of Jennings:
“Ngiyazi lozalo lapho Bryant Jennings livela, uya ayinike konke ngayithola. This is a one sided fight and I believe its going to be all Bryant “By-By” Jennings.”