Internet Television First! Heavyweight Championship Broadcast On Internet Television Network Before Cable, Satellite Or Over-The-Air Television

Internet Television First! Heavyweight Championship Broadcast On Internet Television Network Before Cable, Satellite Or Over-The-Air Television

JumpTV Broadcasts Heavyweight Title Bout Between Shannon Briggs and Chris Koval

NEW YORK, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- In a true first, Internet television pioneer JumpTV will provide the only live broadcast of the heavyweight title bout for the USBA, NABA and NABO world championships between Shannon Briggs (46-4-1, 40 KOs) and Chris Koval (23-2, 18 KOs) on Wednesday, May 24, at 7:30 PM (EDT).

The premiere event for Cedric Kushner's Gotham Boxing will include a card of two 10-round fights scheduled to feature light middleweight Matt Vanda (34- 2, 32 KO's) and unbeaten heavyweight contender JD Chapman (20-0, 19 KO's).

The card is also scheduled to feature New York City's popular up-and-comer Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin (4-0, 3 KO's) and White Plains, New York's undefeated heavyweight Tony Grano (3-0, 3 KO's). In addition, Chika Nakamura 3-0-0 (1 KO) Japan's leading female fighter, will take on Cynthia Jones in a welterweight bout.

"Traditionally, title fights are shown live either on cable, closed- circuit or satellite television. JumpTV offered Gotham Boxing a unique broadcast medium to reach a massive international audience," said Cedric Kushner, the fight's promoter and president of Gotham Boxing.

JumpTV's General Manager of Marketing, Rodger Wells added, "JumpTV is always looking to partner with and broadcast the best in international- oriented television on the Internet. Boxing is one of the few, truly international sports, and a match-up like this draws fans from all over the world."

JumpTV's global Internet television network streams live, high-quality international television signals via its website from stations in more than 60 countries. Subscribers can access their favorite channels from any Internet- enabled device including home computers, laptops, Internet-enabled televisions, mobile phones and video game consoles.

About JumpTV

JumpTV is the world's largest broadcaster of live television over the Internet. With over 160 channels from 60+ countries, JumpTV delivers its subscribers full-screen news, sports and entertainment content on a real-time basis from all corners of the globe. JumpTV has subscribers from over 70 countries who view channels on the JumpTV online network via ordinary Internet connections on their home computers, laptops, Internet-enabled televisions and mobile phones.

For a preview of the JumpTV subscriber experience, or to become a broadcast partner, please visit us online at www.JumpTV.com

About Gotham Boxing

Cedric Kushner's Gotham Boxing, Inc. promotes world-class professional boxers. In addition to its promotional activities, CKP produces and syndicates boxing programming for distribution worldwide. A steady program supplier to the world's leading television networks, the company promotes events televised worldwide.

This document is available on the KCSA Worldwide Website at www.kcsa.com.

Contact: Lewis Goldberg / Danielle DeVoren
212-896-1216 /212-896-1225
lgoldberg@kcsa.com / ddevoren@kcsa.com

John Cirillo, 212-972-5337, johnnycigarpr@aol.com

Source: JumpTV

CONTACT: Lewis Goldberg, +1-212-896-1216, lgoldberg@kcsa.com, Danielle
DeVoren, +1-212-896-1225, ddevoren@kcsa.com; John Cirillo, +1-212-972-5337,
johnnycigarpr@aol.com

Web site: http://www.jumptv.com/

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