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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, rithöfundar, 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 Júní 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 Sports. “Both were instrumental in building the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® kosningaréttur. 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, og hefur unnið 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.” Auk, the American Sportscasters Association voted Gray “Sportscaster of the Year” í 1998 og 1999.

Throughout his four-decade career as a reporter, Gray has covered numerous Super Bowls, World Series, 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. Í 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 að inngöngu í Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame lau. Ágúst. 8, 2015 á keisarans Palace Las Vegas

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Lennox Lewis

Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Marco Antonio Barrera, Roger Mayweather og Eddie Mustafa Muhammad þátt

Lennox Lewis á stjörnu-foli atburði!

 

LAS VEGAS, NV. — Superstar þungavigtar LENNOX LEWIS, the last undisputed heavyweight champion and who won an Olympic gold medal with a victory over Riddick Bowe og skoraði faglega sigrum yfir box goðsögnum eins og Mike háskóliaðn, Evander Holyfield og Vitali Klitschko, confirmed Miðvikudagur að hann muni koma aftur til Las Vegas um helgina til að taka þátt í Nevada Boxing Hall þriðja árlega framkalla Gala frægð er á Caesars Palace á laugardag, Ágúst 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 Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Marco Antonio Barrera,Eddie Mustafa Muhammad og Roger Mayweather mun einnig taka þátt í Áberandi atburður eins nýjustu meðlimum Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame.

 

Lewis, sem var 41-2-1 með 32 rothöggi og hafði sigur yfir hvern mann hann frammi alltaf í hring, er einn af headliners hins NVBHOF er 2015 flokkur inductees, valið í the non-Nevada Boxer flokki.

 

Lewis hefnt aðeins tvær tap feril sinn, stífla bæði Oliver McCall og Hasim Rahman eftir að tapa þeim fyrr.

 

Lewis was a classic boxer with a powerful punch. He’s probably best known for his 2002 vinna yfir Tyson, þar sem hann vann hvert umferð áður en þú hættir hann í áttunda umferð.

 

Hann hélt alla, eða útgáfa af, þungavigtar titill frá 1993 þar 1994 og síðan aftur frá 1997 til loka ferils síns í 2003

 

Lewis hafði mikla velgengni í Nevada og hefnt bæði tap hans í Las Vegas. Hann var 8-0 í Nevada ferli sínum og vann slagsmál bæði Caesars Palace og Caesars Tahoe.

 

Í síðari hluta berjast feril sinn, Lewis byrjuðu HBO Sports sem sérfræðingur sérfræðingur og var kunnugleg tala á ringside fyrir marga af stærstu reynist seint 20 og snemma 21 öld í Las Vegas.

 

The Hall var stofnað af benti box útvarpsstöð Rich Marotta. Höfðingi óperu liðsforingi hennar er Michelle Corrales-Lewis, Hvers eiginmaður seint, Diego Corrales, was an inaugural inductee into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. Fyrir frekari upplýsingar, Síminn 702-3-NVBHOF, eða 702-368-2463.

Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM), í tengslum við Global Legacy Boxing (Cap) og Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), made an official announcement this week, along with Lennox Lewis, that Light Heavyweight World Champion Adonis “Superman” Stevenson mun verja titla sína gegn Tommy “Kryptonite” Karpency á Seven. 11 á Toronto’ Ricoh Coliseum í “The Revival: “KO í TO”.

Komandi World Championship titill berjast kort munu einnig sjá kanadíska Heavyweight Champ Dillon “Big Country” Carman verja titil sinn gegn Legendary Donovan “Razor” Ruddock.

Global Legacy President Les Woods s, :”Ég er svo ánægð að sjá Champ, Lennox Lewis, viðurkennd af Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. Það er forréttindi og heiður að kalla hann vin minn og að vera félagi lið með honum í Toronto til að stuðla Hnefaleikar í Kanada.”