Card Highlighted by Title Bout Between Jose Benavidez Jr. & Jorge Paez, Jr.
truTV and Top Rank will exclusively present the MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout på truTV, a live primetime boxing series on Fredag, Maj 15, på 10 p.m. OG from the US Airway Center in Phoenix. The new boxing series, produceret i samarbejde med Turner Sport og HBO Sports, will feature a 12-round bout for the WBA interim World Super Lightweight title between champion Jose Benavidez, Jr. (22-0-0, 15 KOS), fighting in his hometown against Jorge Paez, Jr. (38-5-2, 23 KOS) Golf. Derudover, Antonio Orozco (21-0-0, 15 KOS) mødes Emmanuel Taylor (18-3-0, 12 KOS) i en 10-round super letvægts Bout.
Kommentatorer for begivenheden vil omfatte Kevin Kugler providing play-by-play with analysts Timothy Bradley og Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini og reporter Crystina Poncher. Kugler is a veteran announcer who has called college basketball and NFL coverage for Westwood One and college football for the Big Ten Network. Bradley is a former WBO welterweight champion and former WBO and two-time WBC junior welterweight champion. Mancini is a 2015 International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee and former NABF and WBA lightweight champion. Poncher is a commentator and reporter for Top Rank, såvel som en vært, reporter og korrespondent for NFL Network og NFL.com. Lukket billedtekster på spansk vil være til rådighed for truTV telecast.
Netværket præsentation vil funktionen fortsat brug af “Spidercam” teknologi, den første af sin art for en levende indenlandsk boksning fjersynsudsendelse, providing dynamic coverage during the series. “Spidercam” operates on a four-point system of cables from designated points beyond the corners of the boxing ring. Den suspenderede Kameraet har evnen til at levere overbevisende 360-graders vinkler ved aktionen, herunder evnen til at bevæge sig i tre dimensioner - venstre / højre, frem / tilbage og op / ned.
As part of its entitlement sponsorship of the boxing series on truTV, MetroPCS will receive camera-visible center ring and corner pad brand placement for each fight, as well as inclusion in all promotional messaging across truTV and other Turner Broadcasting networks.
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