Card Highlighted by Title Bout Between Jose Benavidez Jr. & Jorge Paez, Jr.
truTV and Top Rank will exclusively present the MetroPCS Friday Night knockout on truTV, a live primetime boxing series on Friday, May 15, at 10 p.m. IYO from the US Airway Center in Phoenix. The new boxing series, soo saaray ururka la Turner Sports iyo 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) of Mexico. Intaa waxaa dheer, Antonio Orozco (21-0-0, 15 KOs) la kulmi doona Emmanuel Taylor (18-3-0, 12 KOs) 10-wareega xumad ah super khafiifa.
Wargaysyada ayaa u dhacdo waxaa ka mid ah Kevin Rasaasta providing play-by-play with analysts Timothy Bradley iyo Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini iyo 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, iyada oo sidoo kale ah, reporter iyo Wariyaha u NFL Network iyo NFL.com. Daa xiran ee Spanish diyaar u noqon telecast truTV doono.
Bandhigidda network ayaa kasoo muuqan doona isticmaalka sii “Spidercam” technology, ugu horeeyay ee noociisa ah ee ku nool telecast ah feerka gudaha, 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. Camera ayaa ganaax uu awood u leeyahay si ay u bixiyaan xaglo 360-degree ku kalifay ficilka ay ka mid yihiin awood u leeyahay inuu u dhaqaaqo sadex dhinac - ka tagay / xaq u, Weeraryahanka / socdeen, oo kor / hoos.
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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