Mancini to handle mic on Tyson exhibition

09/10/2006

Mancini to handle mic on Tyson exhibition

Press Release: Youngstown, Ohio hero Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini returns home October 20, 2006 to handle color commentary for the pay-per-view broadcast of the inaugural "Mike Tyson's World Tour" stop at the Chevrolet Centre. The first leg of "Mike Tyson's World Tour" in Youngstown, presented by Sterling Promotions, will be broadcast live on pay-per-view beginning at 10:30 PM/ET, 7:30 PM/PT. Mancini (29-5, 23 KOs) captured the WBA lightweight title on May 8, 1982 with a first-round knockout of defending champ Arturo Frias in Las Vegas. Mancini successfully defended his title belt four times. Now 45 years old, Mancini retired from the ring in 1992 and lives in Los Angeles, where he produces movies. "I was born and raised in Youngstown," Mancini proudly said. "Youngstown has a great boxing tradition and that's one of the reasons Mike wanted to go there. It's like the 500-pound gorilla, the traveling circus coming to town. Mike Tyson is still the biggest name in boxing. You don't get to see Mike Tyson in places like Youngstown." Ray will join Hall of Fame blow-by-blow announcer Col. Bob Sheridan and reporter James "Smitty" Smith on the broadcast. Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs), former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, boxes veteran Corey "T-Rex" Sanders (23-10, 15 KOs), who holds a knocked out victory against reigning World Boxing Council heavyweight title-holder Oleg Maskaev, in a four-round exhibition headlining the pay-per-view event. Also on the show, former world light heavyweight champion Lou Del Valle has been matched against local favorite Zack Page (11-8-1, 4 KOs), "Sugar" Ray Narh (18-1, 15 KOs) will appear, and Cincinnati super middleweight Stephan "The Millenium Hawk" Pryor (10-2, 7 KOs), son of the great Aaron Pryor, faces Tyron "T.T." Watson (3-0, 1 KO). Tickets are on sale and available at the Chevrolet Centre Box Office or on line at www.gettix.net or at Gettix outlets.