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

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, Olemba, 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 mwini, Showtime Sports. “Both were instrumental in building the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® chilolezo. 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, ndipo zinatsala 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 theSports Broadcast Story of the Year.” Kuwonjezera, the American Sportscasters Association voted GraySportscaster of the Year” mu 1998 ndipo 1999.

Throughout his four-decade career as a reporter, Gray has covered numerous Super Bowls, World Series, Olympic, 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. Mu 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.

Lennox Lewis kuti amatengedwa kupita Nevada Maseŵera a nkhonya Hall Omveka Anakhala. Aug. 8, 2015 pa Kaisara Palace Las Vegas

 
Lennox Lewis

Zodabwitsa Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Marco Antonio Barrera, Roger Mayweather ndi Eddie Mustafa Muhammad nawo

Lennox Lewis pa nyenyezi tizinthu chochitika!

 

Las Vegas, NV. — Opsa heavyweight LENNOX Lewis, the last undisputed heavyweight champion and who won an Olympic gold medal with a victory over Riddick Bowe ndipo yagoletsa akatswiri kugonjetsa nkhonya nthano monga Mike Tysndin, Evander Holyfield ndipo Vitali Klitschko, confirmed Lachitatu kuti iye adzabwerera ku Las Vegas mlungu uno kupita ku Nevada Maseŵera a nkhonya Hall Omveka wachitatu wa chaka kupatsidwa ulemu Gala pa Olamulira a Roma Palace Loweruka, 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 Zodabwitsa Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Marco Antonio Barrera,Eddie Mustafa Muhammad ndipo Roger Mayweather Komanso misonkhano mkulu yotamandika chochitika monga zatsopano a Nevada Maseŵera a nkhonya Hall Omveka.

 

Lewis, amene anali 41-2-1 ndi 32 knockouts ndipo anali ndi kukhutiritsa munthu aliyense iye anakumana mu mphete, ndi imodzi mwa headliners wa NVBHOF a 2015 kalasi inductees, osankhidwa mu sanali Nevada womenya nkhonya m'gulu.

 

Lewis wabwezera awiri okha zomvetsa ntchito yake, wotseka onse Oliver McCall ndi Hasim Rahman pambuyo kutaya kwa iwo kale.

 

Lewis was a classic boxer with a powerful punch. He’s probably best known for his 2002 kukhutiritsa Tyson, kumene anapambana uliwonse kuzungulira pamaso wotseka iye ndi chitatu kuzungulira.

 

Iye anagwira onse, kapena mabuku a, ndi heavyweight mutu kuchokera 1993 kufikira 1994 ndiyeno kachiwiri ku 1997 kudzera mapeto ntchito yake mu 2003

 

Lewis pikhabuluka Nevada ndi cilango ake onse awiri anamwalira mu Las Vegas. Iye anali 8-0 mwake Nevada ntchito ndipo anapambana ndewu pa onse Olamulira a Roma Palace ndi Olamulira a Roma Tahoe.

 

Chakumapeto a ake ankhondo ntchito, Lewis anagwirizana HBO Sports monga katswiri katswiri ndipo anali bwino chithunzi pa ringside ambiri cacikuru chifundo cha m'ma 20 ndipo oyambirira 21 m'ma ku Las Vegas.

 

The Hall linakhazikitsidwa ndi taonera nkhonya kuulutsa Wolemera Marotta. Wake wamkulu opaleshoni kapitawo ndi Michelle Corrales-Lewis, amene malemu mwamuna, Diego Corrales, was an inaugural inductee into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. Kuti mudziwe zambiri, foni 702-3-NVBHOF, kapena 702-368-2463.

Groupe Yvon Michel (KOLIMBITSIRA THUPI), limodzi ndi Global Anasiya Maseŵera a nkhonya (Kapu) Maple Leaf ndi Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), made an official announcement this week, along with Lennox Lewis, that Light Heavyweight World Champion Adonis “Chitsulo” Stevenson adzateteza maudindo ake motsutsa Tommy “Kryptonite” Karpency pa Zisanu Ndi Ziwiri. 11 pa Toronto’ Ricoh Coliseum mu “The Chitsitsimutso: “KO mu KWA”.

Chiwonongeko World Championship udindo nkhondo khadi muonanso Canada Heavyweight Champ Dillon “Big Dziko” Carman kuteteza mutu wake motsutsa lodziwika bwino Donovan “Lumo” Ruddock.

Global Anasiya Pulezidenti Les Woods m, :”Ndine amasangalala kuona The Champ, Lennox Lewis, anazindikira mwa Nevada Maseŵera a nkhonya Hall Omveka. Ndi mwayi waukulu ndi ulemu kumutchula mnzanga ndi kukhala bwenzi teamed naye Toronto kulimbikitsa Maseŵera a nkhonya ku Canada.”