CHICAGO (June 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 Friday, June 23, from Rosemont, Ill., with hardware on the line in a rematch of a hotly-contested draw as Mike “Hollywood” Jimenez (20-1-1, 14 Kos) futhi “Son of the Legend” Aaron 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 eminyakeni emithathu, 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,” wathi Mark Fratto, Amakhulu Linacre Abezindaba. “We’re looking forward to working with the Village of Rosemont, as well as legendary promoters like Bobby Hitz futhi Frank Mugnolo on this card.”
The numbers on the May 11 FIGHTNIGHT LIVE pilot from Mohegan Sun Resort showed promise and potential for the new platform. Ngezinsuku ezimbili kuphela zokuphromotha, ukusakazwa kwenduna kwangaphambili 43,000 Inani lokubukwa kwevidiyo nge 38,000 Izibukeli Ezihlukile. Ingqikithi ye 1.4 Amahora ayizinkulungwane zevidiyo ebukhoma adliwa ngabasebenzisi be-Facebook ngesikhathi sombukiso wokuqala wedwa. In addition to the raw numbers, ngokugcwele-interactive, Ukukhiqizwa okunobungani kwabalandeli 9,021 Ukuzibandakanya okuphezulu okubukhoma kombukiso, owawuhlanganisa 5,000 “ukuthandwa” noma “othanda,” 2,989 imibono kanye 628 amasheya.
Ngolwesihlanu ebusuku, June 23, live from The Dome at The Ballpark in Rosemont, abalandeli bangalindela anomthelela, multi-ikhamera ukusakaza kuphelile ihluzo, Opopayi, replays, Izingxoxo kanye nethimba le-Anyayelwa lifakwe ngummemezeli ovunguzayo Ray Flores of Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime Boxing, HBO Boxing and CBS Sports Network boxing fame. Ukuhlinzeka ababukeli ngokuhlangenwe nakho okusebenzayo okusebenzayo ngokuphelele, Abahlaziyi uzokubuza futhi uphendule imibuzo esuka kuzithameli Facebook kulo ukusakaza.
Joining the broadcast team will be world-ranked light heavyweight, Mike Lee.
University of Notre Dame Alum Lee (19-0, 10 Kos) kubalwa cha. 12 by the WBO, Ungenzi. 12 by the IBF and No. 14 by the 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 Tonight, NBC-4 Los Angeles and HLN-fame will bring fans exclusive pre-and post-fight interviews from ringside.
Wadala futhi ezivezwa Linacre Abezindaba aphume-New York City, I-Fight Night Series ifaka ama-engeli wekhamera amaningi, ihluzo, 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.
A July 15 Usuku ePhoenix, Ariz., kanye Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Promotions isivele ikhishwe kukhalenda lokulwa bukhoma. Isizini yomucu ebukhoma ebusuku iyaqhubeka Saturday, July 29, eRaleigh, N.C., Njengoba isithende sesithende singabonakali kahle i-flyweight Dewayne beamon Incintisana nge-IBO Inter-Continental kanye ne-UBF World Junior Bantamweight izihloko. Izinsuku zokulwa ezibukhoma ubusuku zizomenyezelwa ngokusemthethweni emasontweni azayo.
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