New York City, NY (July 9, 2013) BeInsport will broadcast the Monte Carlo Million Dollar Super 4 Final LIVE (3:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. PT) this Saturday, July 13 in the United States, it was announced today by Rodney Berman, President of Golden Gloves of South Africa.
BeInsport, “The International Sports Channel” can be viewed through numerous providers in the United States including DIRECT TV (Channel 620), DISH Network, Comcast and AT & T U-Verse TV. For further details please visit their website at www.beinsport..tv
The Monte Carlo Million Dollar Super Four Final is being distributed worldwide by leading boxing rights distributor Octapixx LIVE and will also be transmitted live on top channels in many international territories including SuperSport in Africa; Space in Latin America; Al Jazeera Sport in the Middle East; beIN Sport France; Russia 2; BoxNation in the United Kingdom; and more.
“We’re very happy to work with the BeINSPORT Team on this tremendous event being telecast LIVE in the United States,” said Berman. “This event is being broadcast in many parts of the world and we’re proud that boxing fans in the United States will be able to tune in.”
“Along with the Million Dollar Super 4 Final between Edwin Rodriguez and Denis Grachev we’ve also got WBA Junior Welterweight Champion Khabib Allakhverdiev defending his title against France’s Soulemayne M’baye along with two tremendous bouts in the middleweight and cruiserweight divisions.”
The Monte Carlo Million Dollar Super 4 Final is headlined by a sensational ten round catch-weight clash between two of boxing’s finest world ranked contender’s; super middleweight Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez, 23-0-0 (15KO’s) of Worcester, Massachusetts and light heavyweight Denis “Drago’s Son” Grachev, 13-1-1 (8KO’s) of San Diego, California via Chaykovsky, Russian.
The Rodriguez/Grachev showdown will be competed at a catch weight of 171.5 with the winner pocketing the lion’s share, 60%, of the Monte Carlo Million Dollar Super 4 Prize, the loser coming away with 40%.
Rodriguez is currently ranked # 3 by the WBA and IBF, # 4 by the WBC and # 6 by the WBO in the super middleweight division. He is also ranked # 9 by ESPN.com and Ring Magazine.
Grachev is ranked # 6 by the WBC, # 9 by ESPN.com and #10 by Ring Magazine in the light heavyweight division.
Three other outstanding bouts round out the evening with a 12 round WBA Junior Welterweight World Title bout between defending champion Khabib Allakhverdiev, 18-0-0 (8KO’s) of Derbent, Russia and top rated challenger Soulemayne M’baye, 40-4-1 (22KO’s) of Levallois-Perret, France.
In the middleweight division, Max Bursak, 26-1-1 (12KO’s) of Kiev, Ukraine will face the United Kingdom’s Prince Arron, 23-4-1 (5KO’s) for the EBU Middleweight Title over 12 rounds.
Rounding out the card is a 12 round cruiserweight clash between undefeated Dmytro Kuchar, 21-0-0 (15KO’s) of Kiev, Ukraine and South Africa knockout artist Ilunga Makabu, 13-1-0 (13KO’s).