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, Ka 1, ka 10 p.m. LE. The new boxing series, 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" e sebetsa ka sistimi e lintlheng tse 'ne ea mehala e tsoang lintlheng tse khethiloeng ka nqane ho likhutlo tsa reng ea litebele. The sa emisitswe ho khamera o na le matla ho fana ka le qobellang 360-tekanyo dikhutlo a ketso e ho akarelletsa le le matla a ho susumelletsa hore a tse tharo litekanyo - tloha / letona, pele / khutlela morao le up / fatše.

“Spidercam” will provide the definitive views of the action throughout the series, including a main event on Friday, Ka 1, showcasing Takahiro Ao (27-3-1, 16 Kos) from Chiba, Japane, vs.. E HLAHETSE KE: Ray Beltran (29-7-1, 17 Kos) from Los Mochis, Mexico, 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, Canada, 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 ke seboholi sa khale se bitsitseng basketball ea koleche le tšireletso ea NFL bakeng sa Westwood One le bolo ea maoto ea koleche bakeng sa Big Ten Network. Bradley is a former WBO welterweight champion and former WBO and two-time WBC junior welterweight champion, including a win over Pacquiao during his career. Poncher ke mohlalosi le moqolotsi oa litaba oa Top Rank, hammoho le mong'a ntlo a, moqolotsi oa litaba le 'ngolla bakeng sa NFL Network le NFL.com. Ekelletsa moo, 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, N.J., ka labohlano, Ka 8, ka 10 p.m. – will be headlined by Top-10 contenders Glen “Jersey Boy” Tapia (23-1, 15 Kos) ho tloha Passaic, N.J., and “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (23-0, 15 Kos) ka liketso. Tapia will defend his NABO junior middleweight title against Michael Soro (25-1-1, 15 Kos) ho tsoa Fora, with Monaghan (defending his WBC Continental Americas light heavyweight title) facing Cleiton Conceicao (20-6-2, 16 Kos) ho tsoa Brazil.

E le karolo ea tšehetso ea eona ea letoto la litebele ho truTV, MetroPCS will receive camera-visible center ring and corner pad brand placement for each fight, hammoho le ho kenyelletsoa melaetsa eohle ea papatso ho truTV le marang-rang a mang a Broadcasting. Sony PlayStation also joins as an associate sponsor of the series, with in-ring signage and inclusion in promotional spots.

Etela Lipapali tsa Turner kamore ea khatiso inthaneteng bakeng sa lisebelisoa tse ling tsa khatiso; latela Turner Sports on Twitter at TurnerSportsPR.