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, vid 10 p.m. OCH from the US Airway Center in Phoenix. The new boxing series, producerad i samarbete med Turner Sport och HBO Sport, 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) av Mexiko. Dessutom, Antonio Orozco (21-0-0, 15 Kos) kommer att träffa Emmanuel Taylor (18-3-0, 12 Kos) i en 10-runda super lätt match.
Kommentatorer för evenemanget kommer att omfatta Kevin Kulor providing play-by-play with analysts Timothy Bradley och Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini och 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, samt en värd, reporter och korrespondent för NFL Network och NFL.com. Textning på spanska kommer att finnas tillgänglig för truTV telecast.
Nätverkets presentation kommer att innehålla den fortsatta användningen av “Spidercam” teknik, den första i sitt slag för en levande inhemsk boxning telecast, 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 suspenderade kameran har förmågan att ge övertygande 360-graders vinkel för åtgärden inklusive möjligheten att röra sig i tre dimensioner - vänster / höger, framåt / bakåt och upp / ner.
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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