Former Undisputed Welterweight Champion to Provide Unique Insight as Garcia and Thurman Join Boxing Royalty in 147-Pound Unification
CBS에 쇼 타임 챔피언 쉽 복싱, 프리미어 복싱 챔피언 제시, Live on CBS from 9 – 11 시이. AND / 6 – 8 시이. PT from Barclays Center In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (2월. 28, 2017) - 명예의 복싱 홀과 전 패배를 모르는 웰터급 세계 챔피언 슈거 레이 레너드 will join the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS broadcast team on Saturday, 행진 4 for GARCIA vs. 서먼. The event will be headlined by the welterweight world championship unification bout between undefeated champions 대니 가르시아 과 키스 서먼. 가르시아 대. THURMAN is presented by Premier Boxing Champions and will take place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, BROOKLYN 권투의 집.
The live broadcast will be produced by SHOWTIME Sports® for the CBS Television Network and will air live on CBS from 9-11 시이. AND / 6-8 시이. PT. 가르시아 대. Thurman will be the first world title unification bout in any weight division on live network television in over two decades and just the second primetime boxing presentation on CBS in nearly 40 년. The first was headlined by a thrilling welterweight world championship fight between Thurman and Shawn Porter, a 2016 Fight of the Year candidate and one of the most watched boxing events of the year.
With SHOWTIME boxing analyst and active prizefighter 폴 나기 scheduled to fight in London that evening, the broadcast seat opened up for Leonard. He will join SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING host 브라이언 커 스터, 실황 음성 마우로 Ranallo, 명예의 분석가의 국제 복싱 홀 알 번스타인 and Sports Emmy® Award-winning reporter 짐 그레이 토요일에.
레너드에 CBS에 그의 프로 복싱 데뷔 1977, 적은 일년보다 그는 올림픽 역사상 가장 위대한 미국 복싱 팀 간주되는의 일환으로 몬트리올에서 '76 올림픽에서 금메달을 획득 한 후. He served as a boxing analyst for the network in the early 1980s during a temporary retirement, calling fights alongside CBS boxing announcer 팀 라이언 and Hall of Fame trainer and analyst 길 클랜시, before eventually resuming his professional boxing career. The 행진 4event will reunite Leonard with former CBS producer and current SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Executive Producer 데이비드 딘 킨스 주니어., and director 밥 Dunphy의, the son of legendary boxing broadcaster Don Dunphy.
다섯 부문 선수권 보유자와 모든 시간의 가장 장식 권투 선수 중 하나, 레너드는 방송 부스에 독특한 관점 이상 서먼과 가르시아와 비슷한 상황에 있었던 것 제공 35 년 전. 가르시아, WBC에 147 파운드 titleholder, 및 서먼, 그의 WBA 대응, 동일한 제목이 통일됩니다 레너드 (WBC) 명예의 동료 홀 토마스 Hearns은 (WBA) 그들의 고전적인 통일 1981 올해의 싸움.
로 제목 행진 4 unification, Garcia and Thurman own similar records to those of Leonard and Hearns prior to their ‘81 showdown. Thurman is 27-0 and Garcia is 33-0, while Leonard was 30-1 and Hearns was 32-0. And like Leonard and Hearns, Thurman and Garcia are in their 20’s and their respective primes as they approach the career-defining fight.
“I’m thrilled to be working with the SHOWTIME team and to be part of the CBS broadcast of this great event,” said Leonard. “I’ve watched Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman develop as young men and mature both inside and outside of the ring. Now they are both champions facing their biggest test to determine the man to beat in the welterweight division. This fight reminds me of my incredible bout against Tommy Hearns. There’s nothing better in boxing than when champions meet to unify a division, and I truly believe this fight could go either way. I’m so excited and I can’t wait to be ringside 토요일 at Barclay’s Center.”
“When Ray and I last spoke in January, we’d reminisced briefly about our work in boxing together and we’d promised to get together soon,” said Dinkins. “Who knew it would be to work on the biggest fight scheduled for 2017? I’m thrilled that Ray is available to join our SHOWTIME broadcast team on 행진 4. His experience in fighting on the big stage for high-stakes will help put Garcia vs. Thurman into its proper context.
"가르시아 대. Thurman is a battle of undefeated champions,” Dinkins continued. “The winner of this fight will be the No. 1 세계 웰터급. Ray has been there. His classic battles with Wilfred Benitez, Roberto Duran and Thomas Hearns at welterweight made him a legend. It is only fitting that he will be ringside when a new star is born.”
Leonard was down on the scorecards when he knocked out Hearns in the 14제 round of the 1981 싸움. It was only the second world championship unification match in welterweight history. Garcia and Thurman will face off in the 10제 분할의 역사에서 통일, and only the third between undefeated world champions.
After the Hearns fight, Leonard made one more defense of his welterweight belts before eventually moving up to challenge 마빈 헤 글러 미들급에서. Leonard has served as a TV personality and boxing analyst since retiring from the ring in 1997, including a stint on CBS.
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가르시아에 대한 대. 서먼
대 대니 가르시아. 키스 서먼 무패 147 파운드의 titlists 사이 웰터급 세계 타이틀 대결이다. 표제 시합 12 라운드 CBS에 쇼 타임 챔피언 쉽 복싱, 제시 프리미어 복싱 챔피언,토요일, 행진 4 바클레이 센터에서, BROOKLYN 권투 ™의 집. 공동 메인 이벤트에서, 무패 떠오르는 스타 에릭슨 루빈 전투 한번에 시달린 녹아웃 예술가 호르헤 코타 CBS의 슈퍼 웰터급 제목 제거기의 한판 승부에서의 9 시이. AND/6 시이. PT.
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