Series Premieres Saterdag, April 4, op CBS op 3 namiddag. EN/Middag PT
NEW YORK (Maart 31, 2015) - Die uitsending span vir die April 4 debuut van Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on CBS features a blend of highly respected sportscasters and shrewd boxing minds. Hosted by CBS Sports Network’s Brent Stover, die gevegte sal deur veelsydig en gerespekteer speel-vir-speel veteraan genoem word Kevin Harlan met ringside ontleders Paul Malignaggi en uitgesaai nuweling Virgil Hunter.
Die PBC op CBS kondig span sal inlei in die eerste van tot agt live events vanjaar begin hierdie Saterdag, April 4, by 3 namiddag. EN/Middag PT. Ligswaargewig wêreldkampioen Adonis Stevenson (25-1, 21 Uitklophoue), van Montreal, will defend his title against former super middleweight world champion Saki Bul (32-6-3, 21 Uitklophoue), van Sydney, Australië. Opening the two-fight afternoon broadcast will be undefeated Russian-born Canadian light heavyweight Artur Beterbiev (7-0, 7 Uitklophoue), van Montreal, die gesig staar voormalige wêreldkampioen Gabriel Campillo (25-6-1, 12 Uitklophoue), Madrid, Spanje, van Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City.
'N veteraan uitsaaier, Harlan het NFL speletjies vir genoem 30 consecutive years. He joined CBS Sports’ NFL broadcast team as a play-by-play announcer in 1998. Harlan called CBS Sports’ HDTV coverage of the 2001 AFC Championship and Super Bowl XXXV. He has called CBS Sports’ dekking van die NCAA Afdeling I Men's Basketball Championship sedert 1999, including this year’s CBS/Turner coverage of the West Regional from Los Angeles. A well-versed radio broadcaster, this past season Harlan once again called play-by-play for NFL games with Boomer Esiason on Westwood One Radio Sports. Harlan and Esiason were the lead announce team on Westwood One for “Maandag Night Football,"Die uitspeelrondes, a Conference Championship game and the Super Bowl. This season marked Harlan’s fifth consecutive Super Bowl. Harlan called the NCAA Final Four and Championship games for CBS Radio Network and Westwood One for five consecutive years (2003-07), sowel as die Regionals (2009, 2010, 2011). Harlan’s boxing experience includes the 1995 Mike Tyson vs. Buster Mathis Jr. bout op FOX en verskeie kampioenskap boks gebeure hy genoem het vir die radio. Harlan is in sy 28ste seisoen uitsending van die NBA en het 'n beroep speel-per-speel aksie vir Turner Sport’ dekking van die NBA Play Offs sedert 1996 en gereelde seisoen speletjies vir TNT en TBS sedert 1997.
Die 34-jarige Malignaggi is 'n twee-tyd, twee-afdeling wêreldkampioen. He is known for his passionate and honest assessment of live fights and fighters as an analyst for SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. An invaluable asset at ringside, Malignaggi geld 'n leeftyd van persoonlike boks kundigheid dinamiese, ever-changing situations in the ring and articulates with aplomb. He’s been a regular ringside analyst since 2012.
The knowledgeable and sage Hunter is one of the most prominent and respected trainers in boxing. He has coached unbeaten super middleweight kingpin Andre Ward, Britse superster en voormalige onbetwiste 140-pond wêreldkampioen Amir Khan en voormalige weltergewig wêreldkampioen Andre Berto en is aangewys as die 2011 Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Hunter is making his first foray into announcing on April 4 en bied 'n vars en unieke perspektief op die PBC op CBS.
Stover has served as studio host for CBS Sports Network since 2011. He joined the network in 2010 en het 'n aantal rolle gehou, insluitend die speel-vir-speel omroeper vir sokker, basketball and for Olympic sports. Prior to joining CBS Sports Network, Stover gedien as gasheer, anker, verslaggewer en speel-vir-speel stem vir die Big Tien Network en Fox Sports Net Weste / Suidwes.
Die tweede paaiement van PBC op CBS is Saterdag, Mei 9, en sal put onoorwonne Omar Figueroa, wat sy Liggewig World Championship ontruim om te beweeg in gewig 140 pond, teen die voormalige kampioen Ricky Burns.
Bykomende datums vir Premier Boxing Champions op CBS is aangekondig word, sluit lewendige uitsendings in Junie, Julie en September, met tot drie oorblywende gebeure op die 2015 kalender. Die live boks uitsendings op CBS, anders as die bogenoemde première, sal live uitgesaai word op 4 namiddag. EN/1 namiddag. PT.
The Premier Boxing Champions series was created for television by Haymon Boxing. Dit is die eerste in ooreenstemming reeks aanbieding van lewende boks op CBS in 15 jaar. The network aired a one-off live event featuring current WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Leo Santa Cruz in 2012. Voor dit, die laaste live boks op die netwerk was in 1997 toe die destydse-middelgewigkampioen Bernard Hopkins uitgeslaan Glen Johnson.
Live boks was 'n stapelvoedsel van die netwerk in die 1980's, konsekwent met toekomstige Hall of Famers Thomas "Die Hitman" Hearns, Roberto Duran, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini and others. Boks se geskiedenis op CBS dateer 1948 wanneer die Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts première met legendariese blow-by-blow kommentator Russ Hodges.