Card Highlighted by Title Bout Between Jose Benavidez Jr. & Jorge Paez, Jr.
truTV and Top Rank will exclusively present the Ngena Friday Night Knockout on truTV, a live primetime boxing series on Friday, May 15, at 10 p.m. KANYE from the US Airway Center in Phoenix. The new boxing series, akhiqizwa sikanye Turner Sports and 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. Ukwengeza, Antonio Orozco (21-0-0, 15 Kos) ziyohlangana Emmanuel Taylor (18-3-0, 12 Kos) in a 10-round iziqubu super engasindi.
Abahlaziyi for the umcimbi izobandakanya Kevin Bullets providing play-by-play with analysts Timothy Bradley futhi Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini futhi intatheli 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, kanye ibutho, intatheli umlobeli for NFL Network kanye NFL.com. Amazwibela avaliwe in Spanish izotholakala ngokuba telecast truTV.
Isethulo Inethiwekhi sika izoba ukusetshenziswa waqhubeka of “Spidercam” Ubuchwepheshe, the ngqa for a bukhoma yasekhaya wesibhakela 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. Ikhamera imisiwe unekhono ukunikeza eziphoqayo 360-degree engele of the isinyathelo kuhlanganise nekhono ukuhambisa zonke izinhlangothi ezintathu - kwesobunxele / kwesokudla, phambili / emuva futhi phansi / phezulu.
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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