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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 induction class. The newly elected class will be inducted during Hall of Fame Weekend Jun 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., Penerbit Eksekutif, Showtime Sukan. “Both were instrumental in building the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® francais. 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 memperoleh 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” dalam 1998 dan 1999.

Throughout his four-decade career as a reporter, Gray has covered numerous Super Bowls, Siri Dunia, Sukan Olimpik, 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. Dalam 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 yang akan dimasukkan ke Nevada Tinju Dewan Kemasyhuran Sat. Ogos. 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 menyertai

Lennox Lewis pada majlis bintang-disemat yang!

 

LAS VEGAS, NV. — Superstar heavyweight Lennox Lewis, juara terakhir dipertikaikan kelas berat dan yang memenangi pingat emas Olimpik dengan kemenangan ke atas Riddick Bowe dan menjaringkan kemenangan profesional lebih legenda tinju seperti Mike TYSyangn, Evander Holyfield dan Vitali Klitschko, mengesahkan Rabu bahawa dia akan kembali ke Las Vegas hujung minggu ini untuk menghadiri Nevada Tinju Dewan ketiga gala induksi tahunan Fame di Caesars Palace pada Sabtu, Ogos 8.

 

Lewis adalah yang terbaru di KAWANAN bintang yang mengumumkan bahawa mereka akan menghadiri majlis induksi gala yang popular. Selain Lewis Nevada Tinju Dewan Kemasyhuran telah mengesahkan bahawa Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Marco Antonio Barrera,Eddie Mustafa Muhammad dan Roger Mayweather juga akan menghadiri acara berprofil tinggi sebagai ahli terbaru Nevada Tinju Dewan Kemasyhuran.

 

Lewis, yang 41-2-1 dengan 32 KO dan mempunyai kemenangan ke atas setiap orang dia yang pernah dihadapi di gelanggang, adalah salah satu headliners daripada itu NVBHOF 2015 kelas inductees, dipilih bukan Nevada kategori peninju.

 

Lewis membalaskan hanya dua kerugian kerjayanya, berhenti kedua-dua Oliver McCall dan Hasim Rahman selepas tewas kepada mereka lebih awal.

 

Lewis adalah seorang peninju klasik dengan menumbuk kuat. Dia mungkin paling dikenali kerana beliau 2002 memenangi hati Tyson, di mana beliau memenangi setiap pusingan sebelum berhenti dia pada pusingan kelapan.

 

Beliau memegang semua, atau versi, tajuk kelas berat dari 1993 sehingga 1994 dan sekali lagi dari 1997 melalui akhir kerjayanya di 2003

 

Lewis mempunyai kejayaan besar di Nevada dan membela kedua-dua kerugian di Las Vegas. Beliau adalah 8-0 dalam kerjaya Nevada dan memenangi pergaduhan di kedua-dua Caesars Palace dan Caesars Tahoe.

 

Dalam bahagian akhir kerjaya perjuangannya, Lewis menyertai HBO Sukan sebagai penganalisis pakar dan adalah seorang tokoh yang biasa di tepi gelanggang untuk banyak serangan terbesar ke-20-an dan awal abad ke-21 di Las Vegas.

 

Dewan diasaskan oleh kata tinju penyiar Kaya Marotta. Ketua Pegawai Operasinya adalah Michelle Corrales-Lewis, yang lewat suami, Diego Corrales, adalah seorang yg dilantik sulung ke dalam Nevada Tinju Hall of Fame. Untuk maklumat lanjut, telefon 702-3-NVBHOF, atau 702-368-2463.

Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM), dengan kerjasama Global Legacy Boxing (Cap) dan Sukan Maple Leaf & Hiburan (MLSE), membuat pengumuman rasmi pada minggu ini, bersama-sama dengan Lennox Lewis, bahawa Light Heavyweight Champion Dunia Adonis “Superman” Stevenson akan mempertahankan gelaran terhadap Tommy “Kryptonite” Karpency pada Tujuh. 11 di Toronto’ Ricoh Coliseum dalam “The Revival: “KO dalam TO”.

Yang akan datang Kejohanan Dunia kad perjuangan tajuk juga akan melihat Kanada Heavyweight Champ Dillon “Big Country” Carman mempertahankan gelarannya menentang legenda Donovan “Razor” Ruddock.

Legacy Presiden Global Les Woods s, :”Saya sangat gembira melihat The Champ, Lennox Lewis, diiktiraf oleh Nevada Tinju Dewan Kemasyhuran. Ia adalah satu keistimewaan dan penghormatan untuk memanggilnya rakan saya dan menjadi rakan kongsi yang bekerjasama dengannya di Toronto untuk mempromosikan tinju di Kanada.”