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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, dere, 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 June 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., Executive Producer, Showtime Egwuregwu. “Both were instrumental in building the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® franchise. 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, na emeela 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.” Ọzọkwa, the American Sportscasters Association voted Gray “Sportscaster of the Year” na 1998 na 1999.

Throughout his four-decade career as a reporter, Gray has covered numerous Super Bowls, World Comics, 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. Na 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 na-edeba aha ya n'usuu Nevada Boxing Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Maara Aha Nọdụ. Aug. 8, 2015 na Caesar Obí Las Vegas

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Lennox Lewis

Ebube Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Marco Antonio Barrera, Roger Mayweather na Eddie Mustafa Muhammad isonyere

Lennox Lewis na kpakpando ndị na-studded omume!

 

Las Vegas, NV. — Superstar heavyweight LENNOX Lewis, the last undisputed heavyweight champion and who won an Olympic gold medal with a victory over Riddick Bowe na gbatara ọkachamara mmeri n'ebe ọkpọ akụkọ na-emeghị otú ahụ dị ka Mike Tysnan, Evander Holyfield na Vitali Klitschko, confirmed Wednesday na ọ ga-alaghachi Las Vegas ụka a ịga Nevada Boxing Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Maara Aha atọ kwa afọ itinye n'ọkwa gala na Caesars Obí na Saturday, August 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 Ebube Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Marco Antonio Barrera,Eddie Mustafa Muhammad na Roger Mayweather ga-ịga elu-profaịlụ omume dị ka Kacha ọhụrụ ndị òtù nke Nevada Boxing Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Maara Aha.

 

Lewis, bụ onye na- 41-2-1 na 32 knockouts na nwere mmeri ihe ọ bụla nwoke mgbe o chere ihu na mgbanaka, bụ otu n'ime headliners nke NVBHOF si 2015 klas nke inductees, họọrọ na-abụghị Nevada oku okpu Atiya.

 

Lewis ọbọ abụọ bụ naanị weere ọrụ ya, ịkwụsị ma Oliver McCall na Hasim Rahman mgbe adịkwa ha na mbụ.

 

Lewis was a classic boxer with a powerful punch. He’s probably best known for his 2002 merie n'elu Tyson, ebe o meriri ọ bụla gburugburu n'ihu ịkwụsị ya na asatọ gbaa gburugburu.

 

Ọ na-enwe niile, ma ọ bụ a version nke, na heavyweight aha si 1993 ruo mgbe 1994 na mgbe ahụ, ọzọ si 1997 site na ọgwụgwụ nke ọrụ ya na 2003

 

Lewis nwere oké ihe ịga nke ọma na Nevada na ọbọ ma nke ya weere na Las Vegas. Ọ bụ 8-0 ya Nevada ọrụ ma merie ịlụ ọgụ na ma Caesars Obí na Caesars Tahoe.

 

Na na akụkụ ikpeazụ nke ndị agha ya ọrụ, Lewis sonyeere HBO Egwuregwu dị ka otu ọkachamara nyocha na bụ maara na ọnụ ọgụgụ na ringside n'ihi na ọtụtụ n'ime ndị kasị oké nke mbubreyo 20 na mmalite narị afọ nke 21 na Las Vegas.

 

The Ụlọ Nzukọ tọrọ ntọala site na kwuru ọkpọ n'ikuku Ọgaranya Marotta. Ya isi ọrụ mara bụ Michelle Corrales-Lewis, onye mbubreyo di, Diego Corrales, was an inaugural inductee into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. Maka ozi ndị ọzọ, ekwentị 702-3-NVBHOF, ma ọ bụ 702-368-2463.

Groupe Yvon Michel (Mgbatị), na-akpakọrịta na Global Hapụrụ Boxing (Okpu) na Maple Leaf Egwuregwu & Entertainment (MLSE), made an official announcement this week, along with Lennox Lewis, that Light Heavyweight World Champion Adonis “Superman” Stevenson ga-echebekwa ya utu aha megide Tommy “Kryptonite” Karpency na Asaa. 11 na Toronto’ Ricoh Egwuregwu nke dị n'Ogige “The Revival: “Ko na”.

Na-abịa World Asọmpi Onye Mmeri aha agha kaadị ga-ahụkwa Canada Heavyweight Champ Dillon “Big Country” Carman chebe ya aha megide kpara Donovan “Aguba” Ruddock.

Global Hapụrụ President Les n'ọhịa s, :”M nnọọ obi ụtọ ịhụ The Champ, Lennox Lewis, ghọtara site Nevada Boxing Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Maara Aha. Ọ bụ ihe ùgwù na nsọpụrụ na-akpọ ya na enyi m ma na-a onye teamed na ya Toronto na-akwalite Boxing na Canada.”