Card Highlighted by Title Bout Between Jose Benavidez Jr. & Jorge Paez, Jr.
truTV and Top Rank will exclusively present the MetroPCS Venerdì notte Knockout su truTV, a live primetime boxing series on Venerdì, Maggio 15, a 10 p.m. E from the US Airway Center in Phoenix. The new boxing series, prodotto in associazione con Turner Sports e 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 KO), fighting in his hometown against Jorge Paez, Jr. (38-5-2, 23 KO) del Messico. Inoltre, Antonio Orozco (21-0-0, 15 KO) si incontreranno Emmanuel Taylor (18-3-0, 12 KO) in un 10 round attacco super leggero.
I commentatori per l'evento comprenderà Bullets Kevin providing play-by-play with analysts Timothy Bradley e Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini e giornalista 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, nonché un host, giornalista e corrispondente di NFL Network e NFL.com. Sottotitoli in Spagnolo sarà disponibile per la trasmissione televisiva truTV.
La presentazione della rete sarà caratterizzato l'uso continuato di “Spidercam” tecnologia, il primo del suo genere per un live trasmissione televisiva boxe nazionale, 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. La fotocamera sospesa è in grado di fornire interessanti angoli di 360 gradi l'azione tra cui la possibilità di muoversi in tre dimensioni - sinistra / destra, avanti / indietro e su / giù.
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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