Sengaahi tuatahi Tenei Rāhoroi, April 4, i runga i CBS i 3 p.m. AND/Poutumarotanga PT
NEW YORK (March 31, 2015) - Ko te rōpū haapurororaa mo te April 4 tuatahi o te Pirimia Boxing Champions (PBC) on CBS features a blend of highly respected sportscasters and shrewd boxing minds. Hosted by CBS Sports Network’s Brent Stover, Ka nga whawhai i pūkenga, me te whakaaro tākaro-i-tākaro hōia e karangatia e Kevin Harlan ki te kaitätari ringside Paora Malignaggi me te roanga haapurororaa Virgil Hunter.
Ko te PBC i te CBS kauwhau kapa ka hopoi mai i roto i te tuatahi o runga ki te waru ngā kaupapa ora i tenei tau timata tenei Rāhoroi, April 4, i 3 p.m. AND/Poutumarotanga PT. Light toa taumahamaha o te ao A Tamutu Stevenson (25-1, 21 Koó), o Montreal, will defend his title against former super middleweight world champion Saki Taurus (32-6-3, 21 Koó), o Sydney, Ahitereiria. Opening the two-fight afternoon broadcast will be undefeated Russian-born Canadian light heavyweight Artur Beterbiev (7-0, 7 Koó), o Montreal, e anga toa mua te ao Gabriel Campillo (25-6-1, 12 Koó), o Madrid, Spain, i Pepsi Coliseum i Quebec City.
A kaipāho tautōhito, Ka karanga Harlan kua NFL kēmu hoki 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’ kapinga o te NCAA Division ahau nga tangata o Basketball Championship mai 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 “Rāhina Night Football,"Te whiringa, 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), me te pai kia rite ki te rohe (2009, 2010, 2011). Harlan’s boxing experience includes the 1995 Mike Tyson vs. Buster Mathis Jr. a'ee i runga i FOX me ngā ngā kaupapa taitara mekemeke kua karangatia e ia mo te reo irirangi. Ko Harlan i tona 28th te wa e päpäho i te NBA, a kua karangatia e tākaro-i-tākaro mahi mo Turner Sports’ kapinga o nga whiringa whaiti NBA mai 1996 me ngā kēmu auau-wa mo TNT me TBS mai 1997.
-Tau 34-tawhito te Malignaggi ko te-wā e rua, toa e rua-wehenga te ao. 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, Tano Malignaggi te oraraa o te tohungatanga mekemeke whaiaro ki hihiri, 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, Superstar Ingarangi me te mua 140-pauna toa motuhake ao Amir Khan me te toa o mua ao te Welterweight Andre Berto, a ka huaina te 2011 Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Hunter is making his first foray into announcing on April 4 a ka tuku i te tirohanga ki te PBC i te CBS hou, me te ahurei.
Stover has served as studio host for CBS Sports Network since 2011. He joined the network in 2010 puritia a kua he maha o ngā tūranga, tae atu rite pāho tākaro-na roto i te tākaro-no te whutupaoro, basketball and for Olympic sports. Prior to joining CBS Sports Network, I mahi Stover rite te ope, punga, kaipūrongo, me te tākaro-i-tākaro reo mo te Big tekau Whatunga me Fox Sports Net Midwest / Southwest.
Ko te utunga tuarua o PBC i te CBS he Rāhoroi, Kia 9, a ka te◊ote◊o, tūturu Omar Figueroa, nei i whakawātea ana Kōmāmā World Championship ki te neke ki runga i te taimaha ki te 140 pauna, ki te toa o mua Ricky Burns.
Rā te tahi atu mau hoki Pirimia Mekemeke Champions i runga i CBS e kia kauwhautia ngā haapurororaa ora i roto i te Pipiri, Hōngongoi me Mahuru, ki runga ki te toru ngā huihuinga e toe i runga i te 2015 maramataka. Ko te haapurororaa mekemeke ora i runga i CBS, i tua atu i te tuatahitia ai i faahitihia, Ka päpäho ora i 4 p.m. AND/1 p.m. PT.
The Premier Boxing Champions series was created for television by Haymon Boxing. Ko te whakaaturanga tuatahi raupapa ōrite o te mekemeke ora i runga i CBS i roto i 15 tau. The network aired a one-off live event featuring current WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Leo Santa Cruz in 2012. I mua ki te e, te mekemeke ora whakamutunga i runga i te whatunga i roto i 1997 , no te patototanga toa ka-whitu Bernard Hopkins i Glen Johnson.
Mekemeke Live he tino kai i runga i te whatunga i roto i te 1980, ngā wā katoa, ngā heke mai Hall o Famers Thomas "te Hitman" Hearns, Roberto Durán, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini and others. Hītori o mekemeke i te CBS rā hoki ki te 1948 ka premiered te Pabst Blue Ripene pāngia ngā kōrero patu-i-patu autaua Russ Hodges.