ESPN and FOX Sports announced the broadcaster assignments for Fury vs. Wilder III fight week with three former champions, veteran hosts and Hall of Famers set to call the action from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Three-time heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis returns with undefeated former two-division world champion Andre Ward to call ring action with veteran play-by-play announcer Brian Kenny on Saturday.
Helming the desk will be FOX Sports host Kate Abdo, along with two-time welterweight champion Shawn “Showtime” Porter and well-known ESPN boxing commentator Max Kellerman.
Abdo will also host the weigh-in and the main event press conference. Joining her for the weigh-in are Porter, Lewis and Ward. Kenny moderates the main event press conference alongside Porter and Lewis.
FOX PBC reporter Heidi Androl will join ESPN commentator, Bernardo Osuna, to handle reporting duties for fight night. Osuna will also handle fighter interviews during the weigh-in show and serve as interpreter on fight night, while International Boxing Hall of Famer Larry Hazzard returns as the unofficial scorer and rules expert.
Rounding out the broadcaster lineup for the week is ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr., who will appear at all three events. The Hall of Famer returns after announcing Wilder vs. Fury II.
Spanish-language coverage for Fury vs. Wilder III includes play-by-play from FOX Deportes’ Adrián García Márquez and four-weight world champion Erik Morales, along with famed ESPN Deportes broadcaster David Faitelson and veteran ESPN Deportes boxing journalist Carlos Nava with analysis. FOX Deportes’ Jaime Motta provides live reporting and interviews ringside.
Wilder vs. Fury III production will include a unique mixture of innovative camera mounts, super slow motion and high resolution. FOX Sports will add a pair of JitCam cranes on opposite sides of the rings, one with the ability to move up to 100 feet along a track from one side of the venue to the other. A Dynamicam, a mini three-axis cable cam system, functioning as a wired “drone” on the reverse side of the ring, will fly over the audience. A super high-resolution “c360” camera will be used above the ring in the place of a conventional robotic overhead to allow infinite zoom and pan functions to that position.
Additionally, FOX Sports will have an ultra-slow-motion camera on the reverse side of the ring, sporting a one-of-a-kind high-resolution lens to give a cinematic “Raging Bull” feel to replays. In addition, there will be several wireless cameras, including FOX Sports’ Megalodon shallow depth-of-field camera, made famous as part of FOX NFL coverage last season.
Of the 30-plus cameras, all ring coverage will be in super slow mo. On the audio front, FOX Sports will employ more than 50 wired and wireless microphones, including mics on referees and trainers.
Wilder wins by knockout -He is ready for Fury rushes
Daily Mail is reporting Fury said in an interview if he would walk away from boxing now he would not look back. Fury claims he achieved his goals in boxing. Makes sense now as to why he struggles to keep his mind in the game of boxing.
He better walk away before this third fight cause he’s getting knocked out
Looks like they’re setting up a good promo w/the new cameras and angles as well as a solid broadcast team.
Edit: For $79.99, they should……..
Hey Gary I ordered the 4k streaming stick for $31. Hopefully i get thus figured out. Should I set up a VPN to go along with the fure stick? Thanks
Buy an IPTV package and your all set
Johnny:
– I use IP Vanish as a VPN. Costs about $50/year. There are free ones out there, but I use this one.
– I had posted my e-mail address so that we can communicate during your FireStick set-up but it was removed by the moderators.
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I think Fury had ruined Wilder mentally. We will see in just a few days.
I like Lennox on the announce team. He’s a total Fury homer; he couldn’t contain his excitement when it became apparent Fury would beat Wilder last time. And Kate Abdo is always a winner,.
Kate Abdo is the reason I order these PPV’s……LOL
You wouldn’t if you went to her Instagram and see who she is banging. She is disgusting lol
Brian Kenny? Can’t stand the way that guy talks. He’s got one of the most annoying rapid-fire, flea market, scam artist voices in the history of human existence.
Cant wait for Fury to shut Wilder up for good
Are used to like Kellerman, not anymore. What a total liberal nut job he turned out to be.
What a crap announce team especially Abdo who is just an Instagram hoe who got the job by banging the boss lol. Go to her Instagram and see how disgusting she is lol