New Primetime Series to Include First-Ever Use of “Spidercam” for Live Boxing Telecast

Kevin Kugler to Provide Play-by-Play with World Class Welterweight Timothy Bradley & Reporter Crystina Poncher

truTV and Top Rank will partner to exclusively present the MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV, a live primetime boxing series set to debut Friday, Maio 1, em 10 p.m. E. A nova série de boxe, in association with Turner Sports and HBO Sports, will launch on the eve of the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao pay-per-view fight with a card featuring two title bouts inside The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

The network’s presentation will feature the first-ever domestic use of “Spidercam” technology for a live boxing telecast, providing dynamic coverage of this new series. "Spidercam" opera em um sistema de quatro pontos de cabos de pontos designados para além dos cantos do ringue de boxe. A câmera suspensa tem a capacidade de fornecer atraentes ângulos de 360 ​​graus sobre a ação, incluindo a capacidade de se mover em três dimensões - esquerda / direita, frente / trás e para cima / baixo.

“Spidercam” will provide the definitive views of the action throughout the series, including a main event on Friday, Maio 1, showcasing Takahiro Ao (27-3-1, 16 KOs) from Chiba, Japão, vs. Ray Beltran (29-7-1, 17 KOs) from Los Mochis, México, in a 12-round bout for the vacant WBO Lightweight World Championship. The undercard will include two undefeated fighters in action – Mikael Zewski (26-0, 23 KOs) from Quebec, Canadá, vs. Konstantin ponomarev (27-0, 13 KOs) from Miass, Russia – in a 10-round bout for the NABF Welterweight Championship.

Commentators for the event will include Kevin Kugler providing play-by-play with analyst Timothy Bradley and reporter Crystina Poncher. Kugler é um veterano locutor que vos chamou basquete universitário e cobertura NFL para Westwood One e de futebol da faculdade para o Ten Big Rede. Bradley é um ex-campeão dos médios WBO e ex-WBO e duas vezes campeão WBC welterweight júnior, including a win over Pacquiao during his career. Poncher é um comentador e repórter do Top Rank, , bem como uma série, repórter e correspondente da NFL Network e NFL.com. Adicionalmente, closed captioning in Spanish will be available.

The second week of the MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV series – live from Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, na sexta-feira, Maio 8, em 10 p.m. – will be headlined by Top-10 contenders Glen “Jersey Boy” Tapia (23-1, 15 KOs) from Passaic, NJ, and “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (23-0, 15 KOs) em ação. Tapia will defend his NABO junior middleweight title against Michael Soro (25-1-1, 15 KOs) from France, with Monaghan (defending his WBC Continental Americas light heavyweight title) facing Cleiton Conceicao (20-6-2, 16 KOs) from Brazil.

Como parte de seu patrocínio direito da série de boxe em truTV, MetroPCS will receive camera-visible center ring and corner pad brand placement for each fight, bem como a inclusão em todos os mensagens promocionais através truTV e outras redes Turner Broadcasting. Sony PlayStation also joins as an associate sponsor of the series, with in-ring signage and inclusion in promotional spots.

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