‘Latino Night’ is a boxing event held as part of the ‘2024 Riyadh Season’, a winter season comprehensive entertainment event hosted by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. This match will be held at 2 am (Korean time) on the 17th, and will feature WBA cruiserweight champion Gilberto Ramirez and WBO cruiserweight champion Chris Willem-Smith. The cruiserweight division where the two fighters compete currently has four main champions, and a unified champion is expected to be born through this match.
Mexico’s Gilberto Ramirez, who has won everything from the WBA super middleweight champion to the cruiserweight champion, has an impressive record of 44 wins, 1 loss, and 30 KOs, and is a player who stands out for his tall height and long reach. Attention is being paid to whether he can achieve victory by utilizing his specialty, abdominal attack, in this match.
Chris Willem-Smith, the current British, Commonwealth and European cruiserweight champion, is defending his title for the third time since 2020. He is currently a cruiserweight fighter with a total record of 20 wins, 1 loss, and 13 KOs, and is attracting attention as he is considered the best in the cruiserweight division since Tony Bellew.
In addition to live broadcasting of ‘Latino Night’, which will be a legendary boxing match, TVING will also broadcast this year’s ‘2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League’, soccer events ‘Euro 2024’, ‘2024 Copa America’, and four major tennis tournaments. It has broadcast live events such as the ‘Australian Open’, ‘Roland Garros’, ‘Wimbledon Championship’, and ‘US Open’. In addition, in the fall, live broadcasts of various sports such as ‘2024-2025 KCC Pro Basketball’ and ‘Six Kings Slam’ are being broadcast, expanding the options for sports fans.
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