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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, Waandishi, 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 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., Executive Producer, Showtime Sports. “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 ina chuma 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.” Zaidi ya hayo, the American Sportscasters Association voted Gray “Sportscaster of the Year” katika 1998 na 1999.

Throughout his four-decade career as a reporter, Gray has covered numerous Super Bowls, World Series, Olimpiki, 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. Katika 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 kuwa aliingiza ndani Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Sat. Agosti. 8, 2015 katika Kaisari Palace Las Vegas

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Lennox Lewis

Ajabu Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Marco Antonio Barrera, Roger Mayweather na Eddie Mustafa Muhammad kujiunga

Lennox Lewis katika tukio nyota-studded!

 

LAS VEGAS, NV. — Nyota Heavyweight LENNOX LEWIS, the last undisputed heavyweight champion and who won an Olympic gold medal with a victory over Riddick Bowe na alifunga ushindi wa kitaalamu juu ya ndondi historia kama vile Mike Tysakaonekanan, Evander Holyfield na Vitali Klitschko, confirmed Jumatano kwamba atarudi katika Las Vegas mwishoni mwa wiki hii kuhudhuria Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame wa tatu kila mwaka introduktionsutbildning Gala katika Makaisari Palace siku ya Jumamosi, Agosti 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 Ajabu Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Marco Antonio Barrera,Eddie Mustafa Muhammad na Roger Mayweather Pia kuhudhuria tukio high-profile kama wanachama newest ya Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame.

 

Lewis, ambaye alikuwa 41-2-1 na 32 knockouts na alikuwa kushinda juu ya kila mtu yeye milele wanakabiliwa katika pete, ni moja ya headliners ya NVBHOF ya 2015 darasa la inductees, waliochaguliwa katika yasiyo ya Nevada bondia jamii.

 

Lewis kisasi hasara mbili tu ya kazi yake, kuacha wote wawili Oliver McCall na Hasim Rahman baada ya kupoteza kwao mapema.

 

Lewis was a classic boxer with a powerful punch. He’s probably best known for his 2002 kushinda juu Tyson, ambapo alishinda duru kila kabla kuacha kwake katika duru ya nane.

 

Alishikilia wote, au toleo la, cheo Heavyweight kutoka 1993 mpaka 1994 na kisha tena kutoka 1997 njia ya mwisho wa kazi yake katika 2003

 

Lewis alikuwa na mafanikio makubwa katika Nevada na kulipiza kisasi wote wawili wa hasara yake katika Las Vegas. Alikuwa 8-0 katika kazi yake Nevada na mshindi wa mapambano katika ngazi ya Makaisari Palace na Makaisari Tahoe.

 

Katika sehemu ya mwisho ya kazi yake mapigano, Lewis alijiunga HBO Michezo kama mtaalam mchambuzi na alikuwa kielelezo ukoo katika ringside kwa wengi mno kubwa ya 20 na mapema mwishoni mwa karne ya 21 katika Las Vegas.

 

Hall ilianzishwa na alibainisha ndondi utangazaji Tajiri Marotta. Wake afisa mkuu wa uendeshaji ni Michelle Corrales-Lewis, Mume ambaye marehemu, Diego Corrales, was an inaugural inductee into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. Kwa habari zaidi, simu 702-3-NVBHOF, au 702-368-2463.

Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM), kwa kushirikiana na Global Legacy Boxing (Sura) na Maple Leaf Michezo & Entertainment (MLSE), made an official announcement this week, along with Lennox Lewis, that Light Heavyweight World Champion Adonis “Superman” Stevenson atawalinda vyeo yake dhidi ya Tommy “Kryptonite” Karpency juu ya Saba. 11 katika Toronto’ Ricoh Coliseum katika “Uamsho: “KO katika KWA”.

ujao michuano ya Dunia cheo mapambano kadi pia kuona Canada Heavyweight Champ Dillon “Big Nchi” Carman kutetea taji lake dhidi ya hadithi Donovan “Wembe” Ruddock.

Global Legacy Rais Les Woods s, :”Mimi hivyo radhi kuona CHAMP, Lennox Lewis, kutambuliwa kwa Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. Ni fursa na heshima kumwita rafiki yangu na kuwa mpenzi wameungana pamoja naye katika Toronto kukuza Boxing nchini Canada.”