ESPN 3.com set to broadcast Lucian Bute vs. Jesse Brinkley LIVE on October 15th 2010

InterBox is proud to announce that it has reached an agreement with ESPN for the exclusive live and delayed broadcast of the upcoming October 15^th 2010 InterBox Gala throughout the United States.  ESPN3.com viewers will see live coverage of the IBF World Super Middleweight title fight featuring champion and local hero Lucian Bute (26-0-0, 21 KO) against mandatory contender Jesse Brinkley (35-5-0, 22 KO), as well as an intriguing Light heavyweight matchup in the main supporting bout between ex WBC World Champion Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu (26-2-0, 15 KO) and former World title contender Omar Sheika (30-9-0, 21 KO).  Action gets under way live from the Montreal Bell Centre at 10:30 PM EST. 

 

ESPN is also planning a tape delay of the Main Event bout on October 17^th on their main ESPN network at  of 2 PM EST.

 

“All terms have been negotiated by the parties.  We will put pen to paper in the coming days” states InterBox and Groupe Sportscene Inc. President Mr. Jean Bedard.  “Our goal has always been to get Lucian as much television coverage as possible, and I believe this agreement with ESPN does just that.  Another benefit is that they will also be carrying the Adrian Diaconu fight live.  We believe Adrian is a top World Title contender, and he will prove this against Omar Sheika. We are very happy to be working with ESPN again”.

 

“ We have had a strong partnership with Interbox the last five years and Montreal is one the best fight town locations. Our boxing series have long followed the careers of both Lucian and Jesse, and our ESPN boxing fan will be very famialir with the combatants. With our Friday Night Fight series on hiatus until January of 2011, ESPN3.com provides fight fans the exclusive opportunity to view this event live as well as on delay to over 50 million subscribers.

 

Additionally, we are pleased to present this fight on our linear ESPN network audience of 99 million homes that following Sunday." states Doug Loughrey, Director of Programming at ESPN

 

 

InterBox’s October 15^th 2010 Gala to be seen accross 5 continents

InterBox is also proud to announce that its October 15^th 2010 InterBox boxing Gala will be broadcast, live and delayed, in 5 continents .  The International telecast will commence at approximately 9 PM EST, and will be loaded with local and international World-class talent and fights including Ionut (JoJo) Dan (26-1-0, 14 KO) vs. Andres Pablo Villafane (16-5-3, 5 KO’s), Benoit Gaudet (22-2-0, 9 KO) vs. Ceferino Dario Labarda (19-2-0, 7 KO), Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu (26-2-0, 15 KO) vs. Omar Sheika (30-9-0, 21 KO), and will culminate with Lucian Bute (26-0-0, 21 KO) vs. Jesse Brinkley (35-5-0, 22 KO) for the IBF 168 lb title.

 

To date, the card is scheduled to be broadcast in Canada (PPV), the United States (ESPN3.com and replay on ESPN), Romania, Albania, Australia, China, Greece, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, New Zealand, Poland, Japan, Pan-Africa and France.

 

“We have been working overtime to make sure our International audience tunes in to see this boxing card.  We are very excited with the fights we put together. We expect a crowd of over 10,000 passionate boxing fans at the Bell Centre on October 15th, and we are confident that this passion will be heard and felt by our Worldwide audience” states InterBox and Groupe Sportscene Inc. President Mr. Jean Bedard.