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Former heavyweight world champion Hasim "The Rock" Rahman will be the special VIP guest for the Dec. 8 edition of Golden Boy Fight Night at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. The event will be headlined by the 12-round WBA Super Featherweight World Title Eliminator bout between Rene "El Gemelo" Alvarado (29-8, 20 KOs) and Carlos "The Solution" Morales (17-3-3, 6 KOs). The action will be streamed live globally on Facebook Watch via the Golden Boy Fight Night Page beginning at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET.
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Rene Alvarado KO Carlos Morales IN ROUND 5
Jonathan Navarro KO Manuel Mendez IN ROUND 4
Roberto Manzanarez UD OVER Hector Tanajara Jr

[Dasmius Shinobi]

This is going to be exciting

I like those free watch fights.

[juandabomb]

why not stream through the YouTube channel. FB streams are lame.

[bigdunny1]

why not stream through the YouTube channel. FB streams are lame.

Because Facebook paid Golden Boy for the streaming rights.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2018/07/02/golden-boy-inks-partnership-to-broadcast-championship-boxing-on-facebook/amp/

Jul 2, 2018,12:00 pm
Golden Boy Promotions Inks Deal To Broadcast Boxing On Facebook

A new partnership between Golden Boy Promotions and Facebook hopes to shift those declining demographics by attracting a broader and younger audience to the sport. The leading boxing promotion firm announced plans on Monday to air five fight nights on the social media firm’s Facebook Watch platform by the end of the year. The boxing promoter will take big events straight to the fan, instead of going through a broadcaster like HBO or ESPN.

“Everybody is shying away from linear TV and going to digital programming, so we feel this partnership can only evolve boxing and get a new audience into the sport,” says Golden Boy founder and CEO Oscar De La Hoya.

The first fight will be August 11 and feature Jesus Rojas defending his WBA World Featherweight Title against Olympian Joseph “JoJo” Diaz Jr. at the Avalon Theater in Hollywood. Golden Boy will produce the fights and provide shoulder programming through its in-house production unit. Shoulder programming will include rebroadcasts of past fights featuring commentary from the boxers themselves.


Facebook is making a big play in sports through Facebook Watch. The platform’s original sports programming has featured series on Tom Brady and the basketball’s Ball family. Live streaming events include college basketball and football, soccer, surfing and 20 MLB games. Now it adds boxing to the mix.

Facebook will pay a rights fee estimated to be $250,000 to $1 million per event, according to sources. It is comparable to what HBO or Showtime would pay to secure a night of fights on their premium channels.

The broadcasts will incorporate real-time fan interaction and engagement through Facebook’s social video platform. “We want to make it younger, fresher and the key word for us is interaction. We want the fans at home to be able to interact while the show is taking place live,” says De La Hoya.

Streaming is a growing outlet for boxing matches. Boxing is already part of the ESPN+ OTT service, which has a deal to stream live events from Top Rank’s stable of fighters. U.K.-based Matchroom, which promotes Anthony Joshua, plans to air 16 fights a year on Perform Group’s DAZN streaming service.