CNNSI Senior Correspondent Nick Charles and
long-time CBS boxing announcer Gil Clancy will handle the blow-by-blow for TBS
Superstations live quarterfinals boxing coverage for the 1998 Goodwill Games, it was
announced today by Coordinating Producer Bob Lanning.
The boxing format for the Games includes 12 weight classes in a single
elimination tournament. TBS coverage from the Theater at Madison Square Garden will
be televised Monday and Tuesday, July 27 and 28, during the networks prime-time
telecast window of 8:05 11:05 p.m. (EST).
Charles, who will handle play-by-play duties, has served as CNN Sports
anchor and reporter at major sporting events since 1980. He has hosted numerous major
fights for TVKO, Inc., the pay-per-view arm of Home Box Office, since 1995, including
Riddick Bowe/Evander Holyfield III, Julio Caesar Chavez/Oscar De La Hoya in 1996 and
Pernell Whitaker/De La Hoya in 1997. In addition, he hosts CNNSIs sports series, Page
One With Nick Charles. Charles has co-hosted the 1986, 1990 and 1994 Goodwill Games
and 1991 Pan American Games on TBS; as well as the 1992 Winter Olympicscable
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Clancy brings more than 30 years of fight game experience to TBS,
having managed, trained and consulted several world champions, including former world
heavyweight champion George Foreman and current WBC welterweight champion Oscar De La
Hoya. He has served as boxing analyst for CBS Sports for 20 plus years and currently calls
the action for the networks championship boxing series. He also serves as
analyst-matchmaker for HBO and Madison Square Garden, in addition to calling pay-per-view
boxing cablecasts. Clancy was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1985 and the
International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993.
TBS, the Goodwill Games host broadcaster since 1986, will televise 45
hours of cable exclusive prime time Goodwill Games competition coverage from 8:05-11:05
p.m. (ET), July 19-August 2, with an additional two hours of Opening Celebration coverage,
Saturday, July 18, from 8:05-10:05 p.m. (ET).