CHICAGO (Jun 19, 2017) – After a successful pilot that was viewed by more than 40,000 boxing fans live on Facebook, FIGHTNIGHT LIVE hits the Chicago area on Jumaat, Jun 23, from Rosemont, Sakit., with hardware on the line in a rematch of a hotly-contested draw as Mike “Hollywood” Jimenez (20-1-1, 14 KOs) dan “Son of the Legend” Harun Pryor, Jr. (19-10-2, 12 KOs) square off in a ten-round main event for the WBC Continental Americas Super Middleweight Championship.
Longtime Chicago fan favorite and perennial contender Donovan “Da Bomb” George, (25-7-2, 22 KOs) will join his previously-announced #BOMBSQUAD teammate Jimenez in an eight-round light heavyweight co-feature. Undefeated in his hometown of Chicago, George will be fighting locally for the first time dalam tempoh tiga tahun, facing off against area arch-nemesis Derrick “Superman” Findley (26-21-1, 17 KOs) of Gary, Indiana.
Legendary Chicago-based National Anthem singer Jim Cornelison will once again honor our country prior to the start of the main event – fans can catch that highly-anticipated performance along with all of the action in the ring live on Facebook.
“It’s a tremendous honor to take our Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE platform to the Windy City area. It’s becoming a national platform already during its infancy – with East Coast and West Coast dates on the calendar and now this opportunity in the No. 3 media market in America – and we’ve been thrilled with the response from fight fans so far,” berkata Mark Fratto, Pengetua Linacre Media. “We’re looking forward to working with the Village of Rosemont, as well as legendary promoters like Bobby Hitz dan Frank Mugnolo on this card.”
The numbers on the Mei 11 FIGHTNIGHT LIVE pilot from Mohegan Sun Resort showed promise and potential for the new platform. Dengan promosi dua hari sahaja, siaran perdana dikumpulkan 43,000 jumlah tontonan video oleh 38,000 penonton unik. Sejumlah 1.4 seribu jam video LIVE habis digunakan oleh pengguna Facebook semasa pertunjukan pertama sahaja. In addition to the raw numbers, sepenuhnya interaktif, gergaji pengeluaran yang mesra peminat 9,021 pertunangan siaran langsung untuk persembahan, termasuk 5,000 “orang seperti” atau “suka,” 2,989 komen dan 628 saham.
Pada hari Jumaat malam, Jun 23, live from The Dome at The Ballpark in Rosemont, peminat boleh mengharapkan berimpak tinggi yang, pelbagai kamera pengalaman live lengkap dengan grafik, animasi, ulang tayang, interviews and an announce team anchored by blow-by-blow announcer Ray Flores of Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime Tinju, HBO Boxing and CBS Sports Network boxing fame. Untuk memberi penonton pengalaman interaksi cincin di tepi sepenuhnya, pengulas akan bertanya dan menjawab soalan-soalan daripada penonton Facebook di seluruh siaran.
Joining the broadcast team will be world-ranked light heavyweight, Mike Lee.
University of Notre Dame alum Lee (19-0, 10 KOs) is ranked No. 12 oleh WBO, Adakah Tidak. 12 by the IBF and No. 14 oleh WBC, and was originally scheduled to be in the main event but now joins Flores for expert analysis. Television host Danielle Robay of WCIU-Chicago and Entertainment Malam ini, NBC-4 Los Angeles and HLN-fame will bring fans exclusive pre-and post-fight interviews from ringside.
Dicipta dan dihasilkan oleh Linacre Media daripada New York City, siri FIGHTNIGHT LIVE mempunyai pelbagai sudut kamera, grafik, ulang tayang dan di belakang tabir akses dan temu bual. Rancangan yang dialirkan tersedia di seluruh dunia di mana sahaja Facebook boleh didapati. Inisiatif ini bukan sahaja membolehkan peminat dari seluruh dunia untuk menonton, tetapi juga memberikan pejuang up-dan-datang platform global untuk mempamerkan kebolehan mereka, memberikan promoter yang boleh diakses “siaran” penyelesaian dan memberikan penaja keupayaan untuk mencapai khalayak ramai melalui kandungan berjenama.
A Julai 15 tarikh di Phoenix, Ariz., dengan Roy Jones Jr. Promosi Tinju telah dikeluarkan di kalendar FIGHTNIGHT LIVE. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE strap season continues on Sabtu, Julai 29, di Raleigh, N.C., as Tar Heel State undefeated super flyweight Dewayne Beamon competes for the IBO Inter-Continental and UBF World Junior Bantamweight titles. Lebih banyak tarikh FIGHTNIGHT LIVE akan diumumkan secara rasmi dalam beberapa minggu akan datang.
Ikuti semua aksi melalui media sosial di FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE di Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE di Instagram dan @FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ di Twitter, atau dengan menggunakan hashtag # FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Untuk acara Linacre Media terkini dan jadual siaran, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or#LinacreMediaOnTV.
