Former Undisputed Welterweight Champion to Provide Unique Insight as Garcia and Thurman Join Boxing Royalty in 147-Pound Unification

 

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纽约 (二月. 28, 2017) – 拳击名人堂成员和前无可争议的次中量级世界冠军 糖光芒伦纳德 will join the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS broadcast team on Saturday, 三月 4 for GARCIA vs. 瑟曼. The event will be headlined by the welterweight world championship unification bout between undefeated champions 丹尼·加西亚 和 基思·瑟曼. GARCIA vs. THURMAN is presented by Premier Boxing Champions and will take place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, home of BROOKLYN BOXING.

 

The live broadcast will be produced by SHOWTIME Sports^® for the CBS Television Network and will air live on CBS from 9-11 P.M. AND / 6-8 P.M. PT. 加西亚VS. 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 岁月. The first was headlined by a thrilling welterweight world championship fight between Thurman and Shawn Porter, 一 2016 Fight of the Year candidate and one of the most watched boxing events of the year.

 

With SHOWTIME boxing analyst and active prizefighter 保罗Malignaggi scheduled to fight in London that evening, the broadcast seat opened up for Leonard. He will join SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING host 布莱恩·卡斯特, 逐个播放语音 毛罗Ranallo, 国际拳击名人堂分析师 铝伯恩斯坦 and Sports Emmy^® Award-winning reporter 吉姆·格雷 周六.

 

伦纳德在哥伦比亚广播公司 (CBS) 上首次亮相职业拳击比赛 1977, 距离他作为奥林匹克历史上最伟大的美国拳击队的一员在 76 年蒙特利尔奥运会上获得金牌不到一年. He served as a boxing analyst for the network in the early 1980s during a temporary retirement, calling fights alongside CBS boxing announcer 蒂姆·瑞恩 and Hall of Fame trainer and analyst 吉尔·克兰西, before eventually resuming his professional boxing career. 该 三月 4event will reunite Leonard with former CBS producer and current SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Executive Producer 大卫·丁勤时JR., and director 鲍勃·邓菲, the son of legendary boxing broadcaster Don Dunphy.

 

五个级别的冠军头衔和有史以来获奖最多的拳击手之一, 伦纳德为转播台带来了独特的视角，他与瑟曼和加西亚的情况相似超过 35 几年前. 加西亚, WBC 147 磅冠军头衔持有者, 和瑟曼, 他的 WBA 对手, 将统一与伦纳德完全相同的头衔 (WBC) 以及名人堂成员 托马斯·赫恩斯 (WBA) 统一在他们的经典中 1981 年度扑灭.

 

标题进入 三月 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 这个星期六 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 三月 4. His experience in fighting on the big stage for high-stakes will help put Garcia vs. Thurman into its proper context.

 

“加西亚VS. Thurman is a battle of undefeated champions,” Dinkins continued. “The winner of this fight will be the No. 1 welterweight in the world. 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 14^日 round of the 1981 战斗. It was only the second world championship unification match in welterweight history. Garcia and Thurman will face off in the 10^日 分裂历史中的统一, 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 马文·哈格勒 在中量级. 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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关于加西亚 vs. 瑟曼

丹尼·加西亚VS. 基思·瑟曼 (Keith Thurman) 是不败的 147 磅冠军选手之间的次中量级世界冠军对决. 12回合比赛的头条新闻 哥伦比亚广播公司 (CBS) 的 Showtime 冠军拳击赛, presented by 总理拳击冠军,星期六, 三月 4 巴克莱中心, 布鲁克林拳击™的家. 在合作的主要事件, 不败的后起之秀 埃里克森鲁宾 与曾经被击败的淘汰赛艺术家进行战斗 豪尔赫·科塔 在哥伦比亚广播公司 (CBS) 举行的超次中量级冠军淘汰赛中 9 P.M. AND/6 P.M. PT.

 

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