New Primetime Series to Include First-Ever Use of “Spidercam” for Live Boxing Telecast

Kevin Kugler to Provide Play-by-Play with World Class Welterweight Timothy Bradley & Reporter Crystina Poncher

truTV and Top Rank will partner to exclusively present the MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV, a live primetime boxing series set to debut Friday, Bealtaine 1, ag 10 p.m. AGUS. An tsraith nua Dornálaíochta, in association with Turner Sports and HBO Sports, will launch on the eve of the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao pay-per-view fight with a card featuring two title bouts inside The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

The network’s presentation will feature the first-ever domestic use of “Spidercam” technology for a live boxing telecast, providing dynamic coverage of this new series. Feidhmíonn “Spidercam” ar chóras cáblaí ceithre phointe ó phointí ainmnithe lasmuigh de choirnéil an fháinne dornálaíochta.. Tá an ceamara ar fionraí ar an gcumas chun láidre uillinneacha 360-céim ar an ngníomh lena n-áirítear an cumas chun bogadh i dtrí thoise a chur ar fáil - chlé / ar dheis, ar aghaidh / ar gcúl agus suas / síos.

“Spidercam” will provide the definitive views of the action throughout the series, including a main event on Friday, Bealtaine 1, showcasing Takahiro Ao (27-3-1, 16 Kos) from Chiba, An tSeapáin, vs. Ray Beltran (29-7-1, 17 Kos) from Los Mochis, Mexico, in a 12-round bout for the vacant WBO Lightweight World Championship. The undercard will include two undefeated fighters in action – Mikael Zewski (26-0, 23 Kos) from Quebec, Canada, vs. Konstantin Ponomarev (27-0, 13 Kos) from Miass, Russia – in a 10-round bout for the NABF Welterweight Championship.

Commentators for the event will include Kevin Kugler providing play-by-play with analyst Timothy Bradley and reporter Crystina Poncher. Is seanfhógraí é Kugler a d’iarr clúdach cispheile coláiste agus NFL do Westwood One agus peil choláiste don Big Ten Network. Is iar-churadh meáchain welter WBO é Bradley agus iar-churadh meáchain welter WBO agus WBC dhá uair, including a win over Pacquiao during his career. Is tráchtaire agus tuairisceoir do Top Rank é Poncher, chomh maith le óstach, tuairisceoir agus comhfhreagraí do Líonra NFL agus NFL.com. Ina theannta sin, closed captioning in Spanish will be available.

The second week of the MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV series – live from Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., ar an Aoine, Bealtaine 8, ag 10 p.m. – will be headlined by Top-10 contenders Glen “Jersey Boy” Tapia (23-1, 15 Kos) from Passaic, N.J., and “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (23-0, 15 Kos) i ngníomh. Tapia will defend his NABO junior middleweight title against Michael Soro (25-1-1, 15 Kos) from France, with Monaghan (defending his WBC Continental Americas light heavyweight title) facing Cleiton Conceicao (20-6-2, 16 Kos) from Brazil.

Mar chuid dá teidlíocht urraíocht ar an tsraith dornálaíochta ar truTV, MetroPCS will receive camera-visible center ring and corner pad brand placement for each fight, chomh maith le cuimsiú i ngach teachtaireacht bolscaireachta thar truTV agus líonraí eile Turner Broadcasting. Sony PlayStation also joins as an associate sponsor of the series, with in-ring signage and inclusion in promotional spots.

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