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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, penulis, 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 kelas induksi. The newly elected class will be inducted during Hall of Fame Weekend Bulan Juni 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., Produser Eksekutif, SHOWTIME Olahraga. “Both were instrumental in building the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® hak. 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, dan telah menerima 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.” Selain itu, the American Sportscasters Association voted Gray “Sportscaster of the Year” di 1998 dan 1999.

Throughout his four-decade career as a reporter, Gray has covered numerous Super Bowls, World Series, Olimpiade, 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 pertarungan gelar, including Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Greg Haugen in front of 130,000 fans at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, and Tyson-Holyfield I & II. Di 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 akan dilantik menjadi Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Sat. Agustus. 8, 2015 di Caesar Palace Las Vegas

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Lennox Lewis

Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Marco Antonio Barrera, Roger Mayweather dan Eddie Mustafa Muhammad bergabung

Lennox Lewis pada acara bertabur bintang!

 

LAS VEGAS, NV. — Superstar kelas berat LENNOX LEWIS, juara kelas berat tak terbantahkan lalu dan yang meraih medali emas Olimpiade dengan kemenangan atas Riddick Bowe dan mencetak kemenangan profesional lebih legenda tinju seperti Mike Tysitun, Evander Holyfield dan Vitali Klitschko, dikonfirmasi Hari Rabu bahwa ia akan kembali ke Las Vegas akhir pekan ini untuk menghadiri Nevada Boxing Hall of gala induksi tahunan ketiga Fame di Caesars Palace, Sabtu, Bulan Agustus 8.

 

Lewis adalah yang terbaru dalam kawanan bintang yang telah mengumumkan mereka akan menghadiri upacara induksi gala populer. Selain Lewis Boxing Hall of Fame Nevada telah mengkonfirmasi bahwa Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Marco Antonio Barrera,Eddie Mustafa Muhammad dan Roger Mayweather juga akan menghadiri acara profil tinggi sebagai anggota terbaru dari Boxing Hall of Fame Nevada.

 

Lewis, yang 41-2-1 dengan 32 KO dan memiliki kemenangan atas setiap pria yang pernah dihadapi di atas ring, adalah salah satu headliners dari NVBHOF ini 2015 kelas inductees, dipilih dalam non-Nevada kategori petinju.

 

Lewis membalas hanya dua kerugian karirnya, menghentikan baik Oliver McCall dan Hasim Rahman setelah kalah mereka sebelumnya.

 

Lewis adalah seorang petinju klasik dengan pukulan kuat. Dia mungkin paling dikenal untuk nya 2002 menang atas Tyson, di mana ia memenangkan setiap putaran sebelum berhenti dia di ronde kedelapan.

 

Dia memegang semua, atau versi, gelar kelas berat dari 1993 sampai sampai 1994 dan sekali lagi dari 1997 sampai akhir karirnya di 2003

 

Lewis telah sukses besar di Nevada dan membalas baik kerugian di Las Vegas. Dia 8-0 dalam karir Nevada dan memenangkan perkelahian di kedua Caesars Palace dan Caesars Tahoe.

 

Di bagian akhir dari karir berkelahi, Lewis bergabung HBO Sports sebagai analis ahli dan merupakan tokoh yang akrab di ringside untuk banyak serangan terbesar dari 20-an dan awal abad ke-21 di Las Vegas.

 

The Hall didirikan oleh dicatat tinju penyiar Kaya Marotta. Chief operating officer adalah Michelle Corrales-Lewis, yang almarhum suami, Diego Corrales, adalah dilantik perdana ke Boxing Hall of Fame Nevada. Untuk informasi lebih lanjut, telepon 702-3-NVBHOF, atau 702-368-2463.

Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM), dalam hubungan dengan Global Legacy Tinju (Topi) dan Maple Leaf Olahraga & Hiburan (MLSE), membuat pengumuman resmi pekan ini, bersama dengan Lennox Lewis, bahwa Light Heavyweight Juara Dunia Adonis “Manusia unggul” Stevenson akan mempertahankan gelar melawan Orang bodoh “Kryptonite” Karpency pada tanggal Tujuh. 11 di Toronto’ Ricoh Coliseum di “The Revival: “KO di TO”.

Kejuaraan Dunia yang akan datang kartu pertarungan perebutan gelar juga akan melihat Canadian Heavyweight Champ Dillon “Big Country” Kusir mempertahankan gelar melawan legendaris Donovan “Pisau Cukur” Ruddock.

Global Legacy Presiden Les Woods s, :”Saya sangat senang melihat The Champ, Lennox Lewis, diakui oleh Boxing Hall of Fame Nevada. Ini adalah hak istimewa dan kehormatan untuk memanggilnya teman saya dan menjadi mitra bekerja sama dengan dia di Toronto untuk mempromosikan Tinju di Kanada.”