Former Undisputed Welterweight Champion to Provide Unique Insight as Garcia and Thurman Join Boxing Royalty in 147-Pound Unification
Tinju Kejohanan Showtime di CBS, Dibentangkan oleh Juara Tinju Premier, Live on CBS from 9 - 11 petang. DAN / 6 - 8 petang. PT from Barclays Center In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (Februari. 28, 2017) - Dewan Famer Tinju dan bekas juara dunia welter yang tidak dipertikaikan Sugar Ray Leonard will join the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS broadcast team on Saturday, Mac 4 for GARCIA vs. Thurman. The event will be headlined by the welterweight world championship unification bout between undefeated champions Danny Garcia dan Keith Thurman. GARCIA vs. THURMAN is presented by Premier Boxing Champions and will take place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, home of BROOKLYN BOXING.
The live broadcast will be produced by SHOWTIME Sports® for the CBS Television Network and will air live on CBS from 9-11 petang. DAN / 6-8 petang. PT. Garcia vs. Thurman will be the first world title unification bout in any weight division on live network television in over two decades and just the second primetime boxing presentation on CBS in nearly 40 tahun. The first was headlined by a thrilling welterweight world championship fight between Thurman and Shawn Porter, yang 2016 Fight of the Year candidate and one of the most watched boxing events of the year.
With SHOWTIME boxing analyst and active prizefighter Paul Malignaggi scheduled to fight in London that evening, the broadcast seat opened up for Leonard. He will join SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING host Brian Custer, Suara main-main Mauro Ranallo, Penganalisis Hall of Fame Antarabangsa Al Bernstein and Sports Emmy® Award-winning reporter Jim Gray pada hari Sabtu.
Leonard membuat debut tinju profesionalnya di CBS di 1977, Kurang dari satu tahun selepas dia memenangi emas di '76 Sukan Olimpik di Montreal sebagai sebahagian daripada apa yang dianggap sebagai pasukan tinju Amerika yang paling hebat dalam sejarah Olimpik. He served as a boxing analyst for the network in the early 1980s during a temporary retirement, calling fights alongside CBS boxing announcer Tim Ryan and Hall of Fame trainer and analyst Gil Clancy, before eventually resuming his professional boxing career. Yang Mac 4event will reunite Leonard with former CBS producer and current SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Executive Producer David Dinkins Jr., and director Bob Dunphy, the son of legendary boxing broadcaster Don Dunphy.
Titlist lima bahagian dan salah satu peninju yang paling dihiasi sepanjang masa, Leonard membawa perspektif yang unik ke gerai penyiaran yang berada dalam keadaan yang sama dengan Thurman dan Garcia lebih daripada 35 tahun yang lalu. Garcia, Pemegang Tajuk WBC 147-pound, dan Thurman, rakan sejawatannya WBA, akan menyatukan tajuk yang sama yang Leonard (WBC) dan rakan Hall of Famer Thomas Hearns (WBA) bersatu dalam klasik mereka 1981 Fight Tahun.
Heading into the Mac 4 unification, Garcia and Thurman own similar records to those of Leonard and Hearns prior to their ‘81 showdown. Thurman is 27-0 and Garcia is 33-0, while Leonard was 30-1 and Hearns was 32-0. And like Leonard and Hearns, Thurman and Garcia are in their 20’s and their respective primes as they approach the career-defining fight.
“I’m thrilled to be working with the SHOWTIME team and to be part of the CBS broadcast of this great event,” said Leonard. “I’ve watched Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman develop as young men and mature both inside and outside of the ring. Now they are both champions facing their biggest test to determine the man to beat in the welterweight division. This fight reminds me of my incredible bout against Tommy Hearns. There’s nothing better in boxing than when champions meet to unify a division, and I truly believe this fight could go either way. I’m so excited and I can’t wait to be ringside Sabtu ini at Barclay’s Center.”
“When Ray and I last spoke in January, we’d reminisced briefly about our work in boxing together and we’d promised to get together soon,” said Dinkins. “Who knew it would be to work on the biggest fight scheduled for 2017? I’m thrilled that Ray is available to join our SHOWTIME broadcast team on Mac 4. His experience in fighting on the big stage for high-stakes will help put Garcia vs. Thurman into its proper context.
"Garcia vs. Thurman is a battle of undefeated champions,” Dinkins continued. “The winner of this fight will be the No. 1 welterweight di dunia. Ray has been there. His classic battles with Wilfred Benitez, Roberto Duran and Thomas Hearns at welterweight made him a legend. It is only fitting that he will be ringside when a new star is born.”
Leonard was down on the scorecards when he knocked out Hearns in the 14ke- round of the 1981 perjuangan. It was only the second world championship unification match in welterweight history. Garcia and Thurman will face off in the 10ke- unification in division history, and only the third between undefeated world champions.
After the Hearns fight, Leonard made one more defense of his welterweight belts before eventually moving up to challenge Marvin Hagler di middleweight. Leonard has served as a TV personality and boxing analyst since retiring from the ring in 1997, including a stint on CBS.
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Mengenai Garcia vs. Thurman
Danny Garcia vs. Keith Thurman adalah pertunjukan gelaran dunia welterweight antara senarai titlists 147 pound yang tidak terkalahkan. Tajuk utama 12 pusingan Tinju Kejohanan Showtime di CBS, disampaikan oleh Premier Boxing Champions,Sabtu, Mac 4 daripada Barclays Pusat, Rumah Brooklyn Boxing ™. Sekiranya bersama utama yang, bintang yang semakin meningkat tanpa ditewaskan Erickson Lubin Pertempuran Artis Knockout yang Sekali Jorge COTA Dalam pertarungan eliminator gelaran super di CBS di 9 petang. DAN/6 petang. PT.
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