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Today DIRECTV announced the main event matchup, and majority of its fight card for the second BKB (Big Knockout Boxing) event at Mandalay Bay on April 4th. The event will be headlined by BKB middleweight champ Gabe Rosado defending his title against New York middleweight slugger Curtis Stevens, and it will be broadcast via national PPV across all cable and satellite providers.
Other fights include:
Jesus Soto Karass vs. Ed Paredes (jr moiddleweight)
David Estrada vs. Khurshid Abdullaev (jr middleweight)
Anthony Johnson vs. Joe Montoya (cruiserweight)
Javier Garcia vs. Jonathan Chicas (welterweight)
Herbert Acevedo vs. William Hutchinson (jr welterweight)
Gabe Duluc vs. Antonio Canas (jr welterweight)
Julian Pollard vs. Elijah McCall (heavyweight)
It was also announced that BKB will be the first to use an in-glove technology capturing fighters real time data allowing television viewers to see the force of a punch, velocity of a punch and other data enhancing the television viewing experience.
A similar technology was actually publicized in 2012 and was touted as “the future of boxing.” Ironically, it never ended up being put in play by HBO. Now BKB has developed what it believes is a superior system of this glove-based digital technology, and it will be the first professional boxing organization to utilize the technology within the national broadcast of the event on April 4th.
This technology was approved for use by the Nevada Athletic Commission in its meeting this week.
Other fights include:
Jesus Soto Karass vs. Ed Paredes (jr moiddleweight)
David Estrada vs. Khurshid Abdullaev (jr middleweight)
Anthony Johnson vs. Joe Montoya (cruiserweight)
Javier Garcia vs. Jonathan Chicas (welterweight)
Herbert Acevedo vs. William Hutchinson (jr welterweight)
Gabe Duluc vs. Antonio Canas (jr welterweight)
Julian Pollard vs. Elijah McCall (heavyweight)
It was also announced that BKB will be the first to use an in-glove technology capturing fighters real time data allowing television viewers to see the force of a punch, velocity of a punch and other data enhancing the television viewing experience.
A similar technology was actually publicized in 2012 and was touted as “the future of boxing.” Ironically, it never ended up being put in play by HBO. Now BKB has developed what it believes is a superior system of this glove-based digital technology, and it will be the first professional boxing organization to utilize the technology within the national broadcast of the event on April 4th.
This technology was approved for use by the Nevada Athletic Commission in its meeting this week.
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