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Fan-friendly, interactive FREE series Powered by Everlast makes Tuesday night debut from Bethlehem, Pa.
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NEW YORK (Supa. 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, Supa. 25, ka 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,” a re 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 bontsha, especially on short notice,” a re 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. Hape ka liketso, undefeated featherweight prospect Stephen Fulton (13-0, 6 Kos) of Philly meets veteran Esteban Aquino (12-5, 7 Kos) ya 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) le Michael Coffie (3-0, 2 Kos) le 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 eventle fetang 6 million total views.
- The Sept. 2017 “Real Sebetsana phahamiswa: Empire State” ho tloha Resorts World Casino (225,000), the August 2017 CES “Super Saturday” ho tloha Foxwoods (203,000), le Sept. 2018 “Card Fit For Kings” from Philadelphia (195,620), le Sept. 2017 CES “Mafahla River Twinbill” ho tloha 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.
- , Ho phaella ho linomoro tala viewership, le ka botlalo-letlang, fan-friendly productions have seen ho feta 183,000 kopanetsweng u phele tsa mesebetsi ea poso(ho feta 10,100 per show), ho akarelletsa le tse fetang 124,000 “ago likes” kapa “o rata,” ho feta 31,000 comments and more than 10,000 shares.
- The Sept. 2017 “Real Sebetsana phahamiswa: Empire State” set a new bar with 224,658 maikutlo aand 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 ho feta 40,000 ditshebeditsano shebang including almost 39,000 “ago likes” kapa “o rata” 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
Bōpileng 'me le hlahisa ka ho Linacre Media tsoa New York City, le FIGHTNIGHT LIVE letoto la lihlooho tse bontšang ba phatlalatsa hore litsebi, dikhutloteng multiple khamera, a thelevishene grafiken, replays le ka morao-le-litšoantšo fihlella le lipuisano. The e bontsa phalletseng di a fumaneha lefatšeng ka bophara kae kapa kae moo Facebook e fumaneha. Boikhathatso se feela thusa hore Fans tsoang lefatšeng lohle ho Tune ka, empa e boetse e fana ho fihlela-and-tla ralitima sethala lefatše ho showcase bokhoni ba bona, fana ka buellang e fihlellwe “hasa” tharollo le fana batsehetsi khona ho finyella bamameli ba boima ka tsela dikahare le diselefounu tsa.
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