Longtime SHOWTIME Sports® Announcers Join 2017 Class Headlined
By Evander Holyfield, Марко Антонио Баррера и Джонни Тапиа
НЬЮ-ЙОРК (Декабрь. 6, 2016) – Longtime SHOWTIME Sports announcers Barry Tompkins and Steve Farhood were elected into the 2017 class of the International Boxing Hall of Fame as first-time nominees, it was announced on Tuesday.
Tompkins and Farhood earned induction in the Observer category, которая признает выдающиеся достижения печати и средств массовой информации журналистов, издатели, писатели, историки, фотографы и художники. They join a 2017 класс хэдлайнер великого бокса Эвандер Холифилд, Марко Антонио Баррера и Джонни Тапиа. In the non-participant category is world-renowned ring announcer, the late Jimmy Lennon, Старший, who will posthumously join his son, the all-time SHOWTIME Sports ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr., in the Hall. The induction ceremony will take place during International Boxing Hall of Fame Weekend in Canastota, Нью-Йорк, Июнь 8-11, when Farhood and Tompkins will join fellow SHOWTIME Sports Hall of Famers Al Bernstein (2012) and Lennon, Младший. (2013) в Canastota.
Tompkins and Farhood are the one-two punch behind the prospect-orientated SHOWTIME Sports series ShoBox: Новыйпоколение, for which Tompkins calls the blow-by-blow action and Farhood serves as expert analyst alongside former world champion Raul Marquez. Tompkins and Farhood, who have both been in the boxing business for decades, are also the voice of SHOWTIME BOXING on SHO EXTREME.
“Steve and Barry are pillars of the SHOWTIME boxing announce team,"Сказал Стивен Эспиноза, Исполнительный вице-президент и генеральный менеджер, Showtime спорта. “Both men are as dedicated and committed to the sport and to their craft as anyone in television. Кроме того, they are supportive colleagues and dear friends to many of us in boxing. On behalf of all of us at SHOWTIME, congratulations on this great and well-deserved honor.”
The recognition by the International Boxing Hall of Fame is the result of a career’s worth of hard work and accomplishments for Tompkins and Farhood.
Before joining SHOWTIME in 2012, Tompkins was the No. 1 voice of boxing at NBC (1974-1979), HBO (1979-88), ESPN (1988-1996) и FOX Sports (1996-2011). He has called hundreds of boxing matches, в том числе более 200 титул чемпиона мира бои; among them legendary battles Aaron Pryor-Alexis Arguello I — his personal favorite — Sugar Ray Leonard-Marvin Hagler, Mike Tyson-Trevor Berbick and countless others.
Томпкинс, who has deservedly earned a reputation as one of boxing’s ‘good guys’, is in the midst of a career spanning 40 годы. В дополнение к боксу, his countless credits include play-by-play commentary of the Super Bowl, the NCAA Final Four, eight Olympic Games, tennis majors and more.
Farhood has been involved in boxing for 38 годы, during which he’s become universally respected for his integrity, honesty and expertise. In his distinguished career, he has served as announcer, писатель, researcher and author. A former editor-in-chief of Кольцо и KO magazines, Farhood has been the voice of ShoBox с момента ее создания в 2001. Farhood is the “ironman” of the acclaimed series, having served all but one of 228 ShoBox telecasts.
A regular contributor to SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® and Premier Boxing Champions telecasts, Farhood is a four-category winner of awards by the Boxing Writers Association of America (Taub Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, Fleischer Award for Excellence in Print Journalism, Good Guy Award and Walker Award for Long and Meritorious Service).
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