Card Highlighted by International Super Middleweight Title Bout Between Undefeated Champion Gilberto Ramirez & Derek Edwards

truTV and Top Rank will exclusively present the MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout på truTV, a live primetime boxing series on Fredag, Juni 26, på 10 p.m. OG from the State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, Texas. The new boxing series, produceret i samarbejde med Turner Sport og HBO Sports, vil indslag en 10-round kamp for WBO International Super mellemvægt titel mellem ubesejret southpaw mester Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez (31-0-0, 24 KOS) af Sinaloa, Mexico og Derek "The Black Lion" Edwards (27-4-1, 14 KOS) af Las Vegas. Derudover, southpaw Diego Magdaleno (27-1-0, 11 KOS) Las Vegas vil mødes Puerto Rico Jose "Chelo" Gonzalez (24-1-0, 19 KOS) i en 12-round kamp om den ledige WBO International Letvægts mesterskabet.

Kommentatorer for begivenheden vil omfatte Kevin Kugler leverer play-by-play med analytiker Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini og reporter Crystina Poncher. Kugler is a veteran announcer who has called college basketball and NFL coverage for Westwood One and college football for the Big Ten Network. Mancini is a 2015 International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee and former NABF and WBA lightweight champion. Poncher is a commentator and reporter for Top Rank, såvel som en vært, reporter og korrespondent for NFL Network og NFL.com. Lukket billedtekster på spansk vil være til rådighed for truTV telecast.

Netværket præsentation vil funktionen fortsat brug af “Spidercam” teknologi, den første af sin art for en levende indenlandsk boksning fjersynsudsendelse, providing dynamic coverage during the series. “Spidercam” operates on a four-point system of cables from designated points beyond the corners of the boxing ring. Den suspenderede Kameraet har evnen til at levere overbevisende 360-graders vinkler ved aktionen, herunder evnen til at bevæge sig i tre dimensioner - venstre / højre, frem / tilbage og op / ned.

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