CHICAGO (Czerwiec 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 Piątek, Czerwiec 23, from Rosemont, Ill., with hardware on the line in a rematch of a hotly-contested draw as Mikrofon “Hollywood” Jimenez (20-1-1, 14 KO) i “Son of the Legend” Aaron Pryor, Jr. (19-10-2, 12 KO) 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 KO) 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 w ciągu trzech lat, facing off against area arch-nemesis Bom “Nadczłowiek” Findley (26-21-1, 17 KO) 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,” powiedział: Mark Fratto, Dyrektor Linacre Mediów. “We’re looking forward to working with the Village of Rosemont, as well as legendary promoters like Bobby Hitz i Frank Mugnolo on this card.”
The numbers on the Maj 11 FIGHTNIGHT LIVE pilot from Mohegan Sun Resort showed promise and potential for the new platform. With only two days of promotion, the premiere broadcast amassed 43,000 total video views by 38,000 unique viewers. Łącznie 1.4 thousand hours of LIVE video was consumed by Facebook users during the first show alone. In addition to the raw numbers, W pełni interaktywny, fan-friendly production saw 9,021 live post engagements for the show, który zawierał 5,000 “lubi” lub “kocha,” 2,989 comments and 628 shares.
Piątek noc, Czerwiec 23, live from The Dome at The Ballpark in Rosemont, fani mogą spodziewać się efektownych, multi-camera strumieniowe doświadczenie wraz z grafiką, animacje, powtórki, interviews and an announce team anchored by blow-by-blow announcer Ray Flores of Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime Boxing, HBO Boxing and CBS Sports Network boxing fame. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, Komentatorzy zapyta i odpowiedzi na pytania od publiczności Facebooku całej audycji.
Joining the broadcast team will be world-ranked light heavyweight, Mike Lee.
University of Notre Dame alum Lee (19-0, 10 KO) jest w rankingu nr. 12 przez WBO, Nie. 12 przez IBF i nr. 14 przez 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 Dzisiaj wieczorem, NBC-4 Los Angeles and HLN-fame will bring fans exclusive pre-and post-fight interviews from ringside.
Stworzony i wyprodukowany przez Linacre mediów z Nowego Jorku, the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series features multiple camera angles, graphics, Powtórki i zza kulis i wywiady dostęp. W streamingowane pokazy są dostępne na całym świecie, gdziekolwiek Facebook jest dostępny. Inicjatywa ta nie tylko pozwala na fanów z całego świata, aby dostroić się, ale także daje up-and-coming bojowników globalną platformę do zaprezentowania swoich umiejętności, Daje promotorom przystępny “transmisji” rozwiązanie daje sponsorów i możliwość dotarcia do masowego odbiorcy poprzez markowych treści.
A Lipiec 15 date in Phoenix, Arizona., z Roy Jones Jr.. Promocje bokserskie has already been released on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE calendar. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE strap season continues on Sobota, Lipiec 29, in Raleigh, N.C., as Tar Heel State undefeated super flyweight Dewayne Beamon competes for the IBO Inter-Continental and UBF World Junior Bantamweight titles. More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE dates will be officially announced in the coming weeks.
Follow all the action via social media at FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and @FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, or by using the hashtag#FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Najnowszych wydarzeniach Linacre mediów oraz harmonogramu transmisji, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or#LinacreMediaOnTV.
