Press Release
Former Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the
World,
Event To Be televised Live on
PPV in
A revolutionary new boxing concept, Superfighter will
feature shortened bouts in an elimination tournament. It is designed to produce high intensity
boxing and to reward constant effective punching.
In just four hours on the afternoon of Saturday December 2
(1-5 pm Australian ESST time), one fighter will emerge from the eight
heavyweight boxers as the inaugural Superfighter champion and walk away with a
prize cheque of US $5 million from the US $6.5 m event purse.
The event will take place at
The line up of world class heavy weights includes undefeated
heavyweight IBF No 1 contender Calvin
Brock (USA), current unified cruiserweight champion O’Neill Bell (Jamaica), former world IBF Champion Chris Byrd (USA), WBC No 1 contender Samuel Peter (Nigeria), former World
Champion and Lewis rival Olivier McCall
(USA), former world title contender Jameel
McCline (USA), former WBC cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba), and Tye
Fields (USA) who has been undefeated in his last 20 fights with the
majority ending in a devastating knockout.
The eight Superfighter contenders boast over 282 wins, with over
212 coming by way of devastating knock outs. Combined, they have fought for or defended
thirty world titles.
Superfighter is the brainchild of Australian entrepreneur, Stephen
Duval. It has the endorsement of the
four major international boxing organizations (IBF, WBC, WBA and WBO) plus many
of the sport’s luminaries including Superfighter ambassadors, the former
undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, Lennox Lewis, and the legendary
George Foreman.
Fans watching around the world will be treated to an
elimination tournament over a shortened bout format of four x 3-minute rounds,
with a mere one minute break between rounds.
The four boxers victorious in the afternoon’s opening bout will meet in the
semi-finals, with the two semi-final victors facing each other within the hour
in the big money Superfighter final.
The winner will have fought three bouts and defeated three
opponents in just four hours to become the first Superfighter Heavyweight
Champion of the World.
Many believe Superfighter’s unique “sprint” format will revolutionize
the sport of boxing, packaging the “sweet science” for the viewing demands of
fans today.
“Nothing compares to Superfighter. It is a condensed, action packed boxing
spectacle and I am convinced the
“The Superfighter champion
will have skill, power, speed, technique, stamina and determination and I’ll be
here in the stands, to see first hand, the man who will win that title.”
Knowing judgements in boxing have often been controversial;
Superfighter organizers have developed a real time, tightly structured scoring
system to ensure totally transparency and credibility.
Three ringside judges will use keypad computer technology to
score the fight according to the impact of the blow. As they award points, all judges scores will
be beamed live in the stadium and on the telecast. At the conclusion of the round, the fourth
supervising judge will award an “intensity” point to reward the boxer whose
intensity is judged highest. This score remains undisclosed until the end of
the bout.
Points will be cumulative over four rounds, with highest
point scorer, declared the winner.
“We want Superfighter to
transform boxing and take it to the masses and we believe this high intensity,
sprint style, elimination format and transparent judging will achieve that,”
said Superfighter CEO and founder, Stephen Duval. .
Make no mistake, this
event is still about tactics and endurance. A fighter has to remain effective,
physically and psychologically for four hours, against three opponents of
varied styles.
“It will be an electric
charged four hours of boxing combining the rules and traditions of classic
boxing with today’s innovation, glamour and spectator demands.”
Tickets for Superfighter will go on sale on Thursday,
October 19th through
Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com.au They are priced from AU$50 through to AU$1000
for ringside seats. Telstra Dome will
be set up in the new “All Action” mode with a maximum of 14,000 seats for
spectators
In North America, Superfighter will be televised live on
Friday December 1, 9pm (ET) and 6pm (PT) on Pay-Per-View television, and made
available to over 62 million homes via iN DEMAND, TVN, DirecTV, DISH Network in
the United States and Viewers Choice, Shaw Communications, Bell ExpressVu and
Star Choice in Canada. The suggested
retail price for the PPV telecast will be $49.95. It will also be available across,
For more information about Superfighter and the event,
including boxer profiles, images, audio grabs, VNR and media accreditation please
visit www.superfighter.tv