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SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® REPORTER JIM GRAY CALLS INDUCTION INTO INTERNATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME AN ‘UNLIKELY AND TREMENDOUS HONOR’

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Veteran Reporter Joins Former Play-By-Play Announcer Steve Albert As Sixth From SHOWTIME Sports® Тъй като 2012 To Be Presented With Boxing’s Highest Honor

NEW YORK (Юни 11, 2018) – SHOWTIME Sports® veteran reporter Джим Грей was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday in Canastota, N.Y., joining former colleague and longtime SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING play-by-play announcer стив Albert in receiving boxing’s most prestigious honor.

 

 

 

Gray and Albert became the fifth and sixth SHOWTIME Sports talent enshrined in the Hall of Fame since 2012. They join boxing analyst Al Bernstein (2012), ринг диктор Джими Ленън младши. (2013), анализатор и историк Стив Фархуд (2017) and play-by-play announcer Barry Tompkins (2017).

 

 

 

In front of a large crowd that included close friends Mike Tyson, Don King, Дионтей Уайлдър, Julius Irving, Jerry Richardson, Stedman Graham, Bob Costas and many others, the 59-year-old Southern California resident Gray reflected on 40-plus years of covering the sport of boxing. “My journey today has been an unlikely one,” Gray said during his induction speech. “The Boxing Hall of Fame immortalized all of these great fighters. So this magnificent honor comes with tremendous humility. How could this happen? I never took a punch.”

 

 

 

Сив, who started with SHOWTIME in 1994, was honored with a Special Individual Achievement Emmy Award – he currently has 12 Emmy’s in total – in 1997 for his interview of Mike Tyson following the heavyweight’s second loss to Evander Holyfield, the infamous “bite fight.” The National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association also named that interview the “Спортно предаване История на годината.” Допълнително, the American Sportscasters Association has voted Gray “Спортен диктор на годината” в 1998 and ‘99.

 

 

 

Gray chose Tyson to introduce him on Sunday during the induction ceremony. “It’s ironic,” said Gray. “The man who threatened to kill me in public is now inducting me into the Hall of Fame.”

 

 

 

“This award is way, way overdue,” an emotional Tyson said of his good friend. “I’m very proud of you. Well-deserved.”

 

 

 

With this past weekend’s induction ceremony, SHOWTIME Sports now boasts five current Hall of Famers featured on the network: Сив, Bernstein, Дълголетие, Tompkins and Lennon Jr.

 

 

 

“I am so pleased for Jim and Steve that they received this great honor,“, каза Дейвид Динкинс-младши., Senior Vice President and Executive Producer of SHOWTIME Sports. “Jim Gray’s interviews and reporting have been an integral part of our SHOWTIME telecast from the beginning. Because of his skills and instincts we have been able to cover the events in depth. There have been countless times that Jim’s dogged pursuit of a story has enabled us to paint the complete picture of the event.”

 

 

 

Gray has forged one of the most memorable sports broadcasting careers in recent history, which includes a deep boxing resume. Gray has worked more than 1,200 fights and interviewed over 1,500 fighters throughout his career, включително и 20 of his fellow Hall of Famers, such as Muhammad Ali, Джо Фрейзър, George Foreman and future Hall of Famer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and many others ringside.

 

 

 

Извън пръстена, Gray has covered nearly every sport and landed some of the industry’s most lucrative interviews, including sit-downs with Michael Phelps, Tiger Woods, Tom Brady and Michael Jordan.

 

 

 

Albert spent two decades calling fights for SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. Albert called more than 300 fights during his tenure with SHOWTIME, включително Хулио Сезар Чавес срещу. Грег Хауген пред 130,000 фенове на стадион Azteca в Мексико Сити, Tyson-Holyfield I & II and the epic Corrales vs. Castillo series.

 

 

 

“Steve Albert’s incredible preparation and perfect timing were the reasons for his memorable fight calls,” Dinkins said. “Steve was the voice of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING through the high profile fights of the Tyson and Chavez eras. He will be forever linked to those shows which helped establish our network as a major broadcaster of boxing.”

 

 

 

Both Gray and Albert earned induction into the Observer category, which recognizes outstanding achievements of print and media journalists, издатели, писатели, историци, фотографи и художници.

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ДЖИМ ГРЕЙ И СТИВ АЛБЪРТ ИЗБРАХА ЗА МЕЖДУНАРОДНАТА БОКСОВА ЗАЛА НА СЛАВАТА

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Ветеран SHOWTIME Спорт® Репортерът Джим Грей и бившият говорител на Play-By-Play Стив Албърт се присъединяват 2018 Клас до Виталий Кличко, Ерик Моралес и Роналд „Уинки“ Райт

SHOWTIME Спортен ветеран репортер Джим Грей и бивш, дългогодишен диктор за игра по игра стив Albert бяха избрани в 2018 клас на Международната зала на славата на бокса, Това съобщиха от залата във вторник.

Грей и Албърт получиха въвеждане в категорията Наблюдател, който признава изключителни постижения на журналистите от печатни и електронни медии, спортните коментатори, издатели, писатели, историци, фотографи и художници. Грей и Албърт ще се присъединят към анализатора по спортен бокс на SHOWTIME Ал Бърнщайн (2012), ринг диктор Джими Ленън младши. (2013), анализатор и историк Стив Фархуд (2017) и диктор Бари Томпкинс (2017) в Международната зала на славата на бокса.

Бившият шампион в тежка категория Виталий Кличко, Световният шампион в четири дивизии Ерик Моралес и бившият безспорен световен шампион в супер полусредна категория Роналд „Уинки“ Райт оглавяват 2018 индукционен клас. Новоизбраният клас ще бъде въведен по време на уикенда в Залата на славата Юни 7-10, 2018, в Канастота, N.Y..

„Всички ние от SHOWTIME Sports, които сме работили с Джим и Стив през годините, сме развълнувани, че получават тази заслужена чест,“, каза Дейвид Динкинс-младши., Изпълнителен продуцент, Шоу Спорт. „И двамата допринесоха за изграждането на SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® избирателно право. Интервютата на Джим се превърнаха в класическа драма след двубоя, докато бойните призиви на Стив са неразделна част от някои от най-значимите моменти в историята на бокса."

Грей е репортер на SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING оттогава 1994, и е спечелила 11 Награди Еми през цялата си кариера, включително едно за интервюто му с Майк Тайсън след прословутата загуба на тежката категория от Евандър Холифийлд от „битка с ухапване“. Националната асоциация на спортните писатели и спортни разпространители също нарече това интервю “Спортно предаване История на годината.” Допълнително, Американската асоциация на спортните предавания гласува за Грей “Спортен диктор на годината” в 1998 и 1999.

През цялата му четиридесетилетна кариера като репортер, Грей е покривал многобройни Супербоули, Ежегоден бейзболен шампионат, Олимпиада, Финалите на НБА и Финалните четворки на NCAA, и е интервюирал много от най-възхваляваните спортни фигури от тази епоха, включително Мохамед Али, Майк Тайсън, Коби Брайънт, Том Брейди, Пийт Роуз, Майкъл Джордан и много други.

Един от най-разпознаваемите гласове в спорта, Алберт се присъедини към SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING малко след създаването му в 1986. В мандат, продължил повече от две десетилетия, се обади световноизвестният телевизионен оператор 300 заглавие на боеве, включително Хулио Сезар Чавес срещу. Грег Хауген пред 130,000 фенове на стадион Azteca в Мексико Сити, и Тайсън-Холифийлд I & II. В 2007, Алберт получи наградата Сам Тауб за отлични постижения в телевизионната журналистика от Асоциацията на боксовите писатели на Америка.

В допълнение към бокса, Алберт прекара 19 сезони, обхващащи НБА, харчене 13 от онези години с Нетс, пет с Голдън Стейт Уориърс и един с Ню Орлиънс Хорнетс. Алберт също е правил игра по игра за Ню Йорк Метс, Реактивни самолети, островитяни и рейнджъри, както и Ню Джърси Девилс.

Признанието от Международната зала на славата на бокса е резултат от упоритата работа и постиженията на Грей и Албърт в кариерата..

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Шугър Рей Леонард & DAVID DINKINS JR. MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL HIGHLIGHTS

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“These are the type of fights that are going to bring boxing back to where it used to be.” – Sugar Ray Leonard

ШОУ ВРЕМЕ БОКС НА CBS, представени от Premier Boxing Champions,

Live in Primetime on CBS From Barclays Center in Brooklyn

NEW YORK (Март 1, 2017) – Boxing Hall of Famer and former undisputed welterweight world champion Sugar Ray Leonard и David Dinkins Jr., SHOWTIME Sports Senior Vice President and Executive Producer, hosted a media conference call в сряда to discuss Leonard joining the CBS broadcast team for Събота welterweight unification between undefeated champions Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia. Стивън Еспиноза, Executive Vice President and General Manger, Шоу Спорт, began the call with some opening remarks.

 

The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS, представени от Premier Boxing Champions, broadcast will air live on CBS from 9-11 p.m. И/6-8 p.m. PT from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, в дома на Бруклин Бокс ™. The broadcast is presented by Premier Boxing Champions and produced by SHOWTIME Sports® for CBS Television, both divisions of the CBS Corporation.

 

Leonard will join the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING broadcast team в събота alongside host Brian Къстър, play-by-play voice Mauro Ranallo, International Boxing Hall of Fame analyst Al Bernstein and Sports Emmy® Award-winning reporter Джим Грей.

 

A five-division titlist and one of the most decorated boxers of all-time, Leonard brings unique perspective to the broadcast booth having been in a similar situation to Thurman and Garcia more than 35 Преди години. Garcia, the WBC 147-pound titleholder, and Thurman, his WBA counterpart, will unify the exact same titles that Leonard (WBC) and fellow Hall of Famer Thomas Hearns (WBA) unified in their classic 1981 Fight на годината.

 

Leonard made his professional boxing debut on CBS in 1977, less than one year after he won gold at the ‘76 Olympics in Montreal as part of what is considered the greatest American boxing team in Olympic history. The Март 4 event will reunite Leonard with former CBS producer and current SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Executive Producer Dinkins Jr.

 

Below is what the principals said Сряда on the conference call:

 

Шугър Рей Леонард

 

“I was telling David [Dinkins] днес, this is the perfect matchup. Искам да кажа,, you have two incredible fighters, each one of them with their own style and confidence with Keith and Danny. What also raises an eye is the unification. That’s big time for any fighter. And if these fighters can live up to their expectations, I think it’s going to be a home run, without question.

 

“These are the type of fights that are going to bring boxing back to where it used to be. It’s going to require these type of fights, these type of individuals, these type of athletes, these type of potential super stars, to really change and make boxing what it used to be.”

 

On the importance of having these types of fights on network television and what it takes to bring the sport back to what it used to be…

“These two young men, these two champions, these undefeated fighters, they fit the mold. I talk to people all of the time about what fights they want to see and this is a fight that has star-quality to it.”

 

On the advantages of each fighter…

“I look at Keith, and I’ve been watching, over and over, tapes of his previous fight. Отново, each of them bring something to the table. Keith Търман, seems to me, a little more fundamentally sound than Danny Garcia. But Danny Garcia, has a neutralizer. One thing I think is a big factor for the actual fight itself, is that both guys are great champs and both of them could take punches. Така, Не знам. Put it this way, I wouldn’t bet my house.

 

“I do favor Thurman because he just seems to be a little bit more poised and collected. He just seems to be that kind of guy. Най-напред, he would never give up. Nor would Danny. But I just lean… it’s just my gut that tells me that Keith is a little bit more solid than Danny.”

 

On Danny Garcia…

“He’s just a guy that has that internal fortitude. He has heart, big heart. And he doesn’t give in. I think he’s the kind of fighter, you know where people short-change him. But I look at him and he’s one of those fighters that, I don’t train – I never train at all – but he’s the kind of fighter that I would enjoy training. Because he deserves to be up there.”

 

On the importance of facing the best opponents possible…

“That’s extremely important. За щастие, I was in an era where there were just a lot of guys out there who were so talented. If given the chance they would prove to be champions.

 

“I always thought that we had to continue to raise the bar as a fighter, as a champion, and continue to fight better and better competition. Когато се биех, I swear, I wanted to be the underdog -psychologically, spiritually and mentally, if I wasn’t challenged, if I wasn’t considered somewhat of an underdog, I couldn’t perform the way I normally would. It’s what would get me going.

 

“I have said this a number of times: This fight is going to be bigger and better than what we anticipate because of what is at stake.

 

“The advantage [за мен] was the television network exposure, without question. I loved that. It pumped me up because I loved the exposure. I loved the attention. I loved the fights and that’s what also helped me to be the fighter that I became.

 

On what it’s like being ringside and broadcasting a unification welterweight fight much like the fights and titles he’s fought for…

“It is an out-of-body experience. It’s déjà vu. Like holy, Аз съм 60. It’s a kind of thing that is so special and it’s so rare of a unification it seems like. It speaks volumes to me as far as the significance of it. And these guys, Keith and Danny, they know it. They realize it.”

 

DAVID DINKINS JR.

 

“When we were discussing the upcoming Thurman-Garcia fight in our senior staff meeting, many of us longtime fight fans thought about Ray’s first fight with Thomas Hearns and the many parallels there with Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman. You have two undefeated fighters and two titlists who have been on a path toward each other since Danny moved up from being a unified champion at super lightweight and moved into the welterweight ranks and gained a world title at 147 паунда.

 

“Ray and Tommy were two stars who it just seemed inevitable that they would fight. We feel the same way about Keith and Danny. You have two undefeated champions and it’s inevitable that they would meet and declare who would be the No. 1 боец в 147 паунда.

 

“I’m so happy that Ray can join us for this telecast and he and I have discussed over the past few days the many similarities between his circumstance during the Golden Era of Boxing when he had rivals like [Roberto] Duran, Hearns and [Wilfred] Benitez at 147 паунда.

 

“To make the situation even sweeter it reunites myself and Ray after we had worked together years ago at CBS. He along with Tim Ryan и Gil Clancy formed a very entertaining announce team. Ray was in and out of retirement at that point. So his full-time, part-time job up at CBS was terrific fun. We got to see some great fights and work together. And now he joins Mauro Ranallo and Al Bernstein, who is also a Hall of Famer just like Ray is, ringside this идва събота. It’s just incredible great fortune that Ray was available to join us and be a significant contributor в събота."

 

СТИВЪН Еспиноза, Изпълнителен вицепрезидент и генерален мениджър, Шоу Спорт

 

“SHOWTIME continues to deliver the strongest lineup of any network in boxing. We are delivering the biggest and most meaningful fights and delivering to the largest possible audience. With none on pay-per-view.

 

“Тази събота SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING will present the most anticipated fight of the year live on America’s most watched network, CBS. Danny Garcia versus Keith Thurman is without question the best fighting the best. They are two undefeated champions with a combined record of 60 wins and zero losses and squaring off in the prime of their careers to determine who the top dog is in boxing’s marquee division.

 

“SHOWTIME has really made it our mission to televise the top-rated champions against the top-rated challengers in boxing’s most compelling weight classes.

 

“The fans have taken note, and the momentum continues to rise. Ейдриън Broner и Adrian Гранадос fought a close fight two weeks ago that was our most watched main event след две години.

 

“This is just the second primetime fight on CBS in nearly 40 years since Ali-Spinks in 1978. We are grateful to our colleagues at CBS who are helping to deliver this important event for boxing. It is critical that we put our best foot forward in a very hyper competitive television market, and that is certainly what we are doing Събота night on CBS.”

 

ABOUT GARCIA vs. Търман

Дани Гарсия срещу. Keith Thurman is a welterweight world title showdown between undefeated 147-pound titlists. Заглавията на двубоя от 12 кръгаШОУ ВРЕМЕ БОКС НА CBS, представен от Премиер боксови Champions, Събота март 4 от Barclays Center, в дома на Бруклин Бокс ™. В съпътстващото събитие непобедена изгряваща звезда Erickson Lubin битки веднъж бит нокаут артист Jorge Cota в двубой за елиминатор в супер полусредна категория на CBS на 9 p.m. И/6 p.m. PT.

 

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EXCLUSIVE, CANDID INTERVIEW WITH FLOYD MAYWEATHER TO PREMIERE SATURDAY ON SHOWTIME®

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Mayweather Goes In-Depth on Pacquiao Injury, the Possibility of a Rematch and Fighting Beyond Next September

SHOWTIME Premiere of World Championship Bout—Mayweather vs. Pacquiao—at 9 p.m. И/PT Followed by Exclusive Interview and the Premiere of “INSIDE MAYWEATHER vs. PACQUIAO Epilogue”

NEW YORK (Май 7, 2015)—Sports Emmy® Award winning reporter Jim Gray of SHOWTIME Sports® sat down with pound-for-pound champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather for an exclusive and candid interview late Вторник нощ, just days after Mayweather dominated Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao en route to a 12-round unanimous decision victory last Saturday night in Las Vegas. The interview will premiere this Събота, Май 9, на SHOWTIME immediately following the network’s premiere of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao (9 p.m. И/PT).

 

В интервюто, Mayweather addresses the claim made by Pacquiao’s camp that the Philippine fighter sustained an injury to his right shoulder that hampered his ability during the bout. Mayweather also discusses the possibility of a rematch with Pacquiao and fighting beyond his next scheduled event in September.

 

“Absolutely not,” Mayweather told Gray when asked if he could detect a problem with Pacquiao’s shoulder during the bout. “He was fast. His left hand was fast. His right hand was fast and he was throwing them both fast and strong.

 

“Excuses, excuses, excuses,” continued Mayweather, who remains undefeated in his professional career with 48 победи, no losses and no draws.

 

“I’m not going to buy into the bull—… and I don’t want the public to buy into the bull—-. He lost. He knows he lost. I lost a lot of respect for him after all of this.”

 

Mayweather goes on to address the possibility of a rematch.

 

“Did I text Stephen A. Smith and say I will fight him again? Да, but I change my mind,” said Mayweather. “At this particular time, не, because he’s a sore loser and he’s a coward… If you lost, accept the loss and say, ‘Mayweather, you were the better fighter.’”

 

The compelling interview will air immediately following the SHOWTIME premiere of the welterweight world championship unification bout at 9 p.m. И/PT. The interview will be immediately followed by the premiere of INSIDE Мейуедър срещу. PACQUIAO Epilogue, the acclaimed original documentary series from SHOWTIME Sports.

 

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