TVtibi OFFERS FIRST GLOBAL PPV BOXING EVENT
Ready, Set, Sync! Inc., in conjunction with Bigger Than Life Entertainment, is excited to announce its first global PPV event: Making of a Champ on Saturday, February 18, 2017, 10AM EST and 6PM Eastern Africa Time, live from The Carnivore Gardens in Nairobi, Kenya.
The MAC is action packed with bouts from bell to bell. In the main event a fueled rematch between Kenyan James Onyango and Ugandan Patrick Athuhairwe for the welterweight win! Also an 8 – round bout between Zarika Fatuma vs Asha Ndegere. In addition, there are five preliminary bouts hosting fighters from Kenya, South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and The USA. In special attendance Three-time heavyweight champion – Michael Moorer, Comedian TK Kirkland, International Boxing Referee Tony Weeks and Thomas “Tommy “The Hitman” Hearns: the first boxer in history to win world titles in four divisions and then become the first fighter in history to win 5 world titles in 5 divisions.
“Expanding into live PPV sports is a significant move for us,” said Andrew Goldman, Co-Founder and CSO of Ready, Set, Sync!. “We are able to exhibit our extensive capabilities to deliver on a global scale and set ourselves apart as a provider of premium live content. Additionally, we are working on partnering with other platforms and providers to ensure the widest reach possible for these events.”
Bigger Than Life Entertainment’s Shawntee McCoy said, “We are honored to be partnering with TVtibi for the Making of a Champ series. Our goal when we started was to bring Las Vegas-style boxing to Nairobi Kenya. With our partners at TVtibi we’re able to bring affordability and accessibility to the fight fan and to even the fringe fight fan. We want to thank our partners in the boxing Commission of Nairobi the government of Nairobi for allowing us to hold these fights the fighters who are participating in the Mac series and the numerous fight fans who will tune in to see the Making of a Champ series.”
The Making of a Champ event is the first of three live events planned for February, March and May 2017. Each event will be followed by a concert, with February 18th featuring R&B artist Carl Thomas from the United States.
The Making of a Champ PPV event will be offered at a pre-order price of $5 and will be available to view anywhere in the world.
Ready, Set, Sync! Inc. launched TVtibi in June 2015 and is currently available on iOS, Windows 10 and Windows 8.1. Current channels include Newsy, MyJam TV, Britrox TV, The Children’s Reading Channel, duckTV and more.
