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JIM GRAY AND STEVE ALBERT ELECTED TO INTERNATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME

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Veteran SHOWTIME Sports® Reporter Jim Gray and Former Play-By-Play Announcer Steve Albert Join 2018 Class Alongside Vitali Klitschko, Eric Morales and Ronald “Winky” Wright

SHOWTIME Sports veteran reporter Jim Gray and former, long-time play-by-play announcer Steve Albert were elected to the 2018 class of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, it was announced by the Hall on Tuesday.

Gray and Albert earned induction into the Observer category, which recognizes outstanding achievements of print and electronic media journalists, sportscasters, publishers, ekriven, historians, photographers and artists. Gray and Albert will join SHOWTIME Sports boxing analyst Al Bernstein (2012), ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. (2013), analyst and historian Steve Farhood (2017) and announcer Barry Tompkins (2017) in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, four-division world champion Eric Morales and former undisputed super welterweight world champion Ronald “Winky” Wright headline the 2018 induction class. The newly elected class will be inducted during Hall of Fame Weekend Jen 7-10, 2018, in Canastota, N.Y..

“All of us at SHOWTIME Sports who have worked with Jim and Steve over the years are thrilled that they are receiving this well-deserved honor,” said David Dinkins Jr., Pwodiktè Egzekitif, Chotim Espò. “Both were instrumental in building the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® franchiz. Jim’s interviews have become classic post-fight drama while Steve’s fight calls are integral to some of the most significant moments in boxing history.”

Gray has been a reporter for SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING since 1994, e li te touche 11 Emmy Awards throughout his career, including one for his interview of Mike Tyson following the heavyweight’s infamous “bite fight” loss to Evander Holyfield. The National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association also named that interview the “Sports Broadcast Story of the Year.” Anplis de sa, the American Sportscasters Association voted Gray “Sportscaster of the Year” nan 1998 ak 1999.

Throughout his four-decade career as a reporter, Gray has covered numerous Super Bowls, Seri Mondyal, Olympics, NBA Finals and NCAA Final Fours, and has interviewed many of the most lauded sports figures of this era including Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Kobe Bryant, Tom Brady, Pete Rose, Michael Jordan and many others.

One of the most recognizable voices in sports, Albert joined SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING shortly after its inception in 1986. In a tenure that spanned over two decades, the world-famous broadcaster called over 300 title fights, including Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Greg Haugen in front of 130,000 fans at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, and Tyson-Holyfield I & II. Nan 2007, Albert received The Sam Taub Award for excellence in broadcast journalism by the Boxing Writers Association of America.

In addition to boxing, Albert spent 19 seasons covering the NBA, spending 13 of those years with the Nets, five with the Golden State Warriors and one with the New Orleans Hornets. Albert has also done play-by-play for the New York Mets, Jets, Islanders and Rangers, as well as the New Jersey Devils.

The recognition by the International Boxing Hall of Fame is the result of a career’s worth of hard work and accomplishments for Gray and Albert.

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Lennox Lewis yo dwe Admiz an Nevada boksè Hall nan rnome Sat. Aug. 8, 2015 nan Seza Palè Las Vegas

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Lennox Lewis

Bèl bagay Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Marco Antonio Barrera, Roger Mayweather ak Eddie Mustafa Muhammad rantre nan

Lennox Lewis nan evènman an etwal-kloure!

 

LAS VEGAS, NV. — Sipèsta pwa loud LENNOX LEWIS, the last undisputed heavyweight champion and who won an Olympic gold medal with a victory over Riddick Bowe ak nòt viktwa pwofesyonèl sou boksè lejand tankou Mike Tysnann, Evandè Olifil ak Vitali Klitschko, confirmed Mèkredi ke li pral retounen nan Las Vegas nan fen semèn sa a ale nan la Nevada boksè Hall nan twazyèm anyèl de gala endiksyon rnome a nan Caesars Palè nan Samdi, Out 8.

 

Lewis is the latest in a gaggle of stars who have announced they’ll attend the popular gala induction ceremony. In addition to Lewis the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame has confirmed that Bèl bagay Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Marco Antonio Barrera,Eddie Mustafa Muhammad ak Roger Mayweather ap patisipe nan evènman an tou segondè-pwofil kòm manm yo dernye nan Nevada boksè Hall nan rnome.

 

Lewis, ki moun ki te 41-2-1 ak 32 debouchur ak te gen yon genyen sou chak moun li te janm te fè fas nan bag la, se youn nan headliners yo nan la a NVBHOF 2015 klas nan entronize, chwazi nan-Nevada ki pa kategori a boxer.

 

Lewis revanj sèlman de pèt yo nan karyè li, kanpe tou de Oliver McCall ak Hasim Rahman pèdi apre yo pi bonè.

 

Lewis was a classic boxer with a powerful punch. He’s probably best known for his 2002 genyen plis pase Tyson, kote li te genyen tout wonn anvan l rete l 'nan wonn nan wityèm.

 

Li te kenbe tout, oswa yon vèsyon an, tit la pwa loud soti nan 1993 jouk 1994 ak Lè sa a ankò soti nan 1997 nan nan fen karyè li nan 2003

 

Lewis te gen gwo siksè nan Nevada ak revanj tou de nan pèt li nan Las Vegas. Li te 8-0 nan karyè l ', li te genyen Nevada batay nan tou de Caesars Palè ak Caesars Tahoe.

 

Nan pati nan lèt nan karyè batay l ', Lewis ansanm HBO Espò kòm yon analis ekspè ak te yon figi abitye nan rinsid pou anpil nan epizod yo pi gwo nan 20yèm la an reta ak kòmansman 21yèm syèk nan Las Vegas.

 

Hall nan te fonde pa note televisions boksè Rich Marotta. Ofisye chèf opere li se Michelle Corrales-Lewis, ki gen mari an reta, Diego Corrales, was an inaugural inductee into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. Pou plis enfòmasyon, telefòn 702-3-NVBHOF, oswa 702-368-2463.

Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM), an asosyasyon avèk Global Legacy boksè (Cap) ak Maple Leaf Espò & Lwazi (MLSE), made an official announcement this week, along with Lennox Lewis, that Light Heavyweight World Champion Adonis “Devni selèb” Stevenson pral defann tit l 'kont Tommy “Kryptonite” Karpency sou Sèt. 11 nan Toronto’ Ricoh Coliseum nan “Retablisman an: “KO nan POU”.

K ap vini chanpyona Mondyal Kat la Tit batay pral wè tou Kanadyen lour Champ Dillon “Big Peyi” Carman defann tit l 'kont lejand Donovan “Razwa” Ruddock.

Global Legacy Prezidan Les Woods nan, :”Mwen se konsa kontan wè Champ a, Lennox Lewis, rekonèt pa Nevada boksè Hall nan rnome. Li se yon privilèj ak onè yo rele l 'zanmi m' ak yo dwe yon patnè asosye avè l 'nan Toronto ankouraje boksè nan Kanada.”