Outside the Ring Premieres tonight

10/10/2007

Outside the Ring Premieres tonight

Outside the Ring hosted by former lightweight boxing champion, Sean O'Grady. Premiers Wednesday Oct 10th 7PM EST on primesportsnetwork.com. Guests will Include Undefeated Heavyweight Joe Mesi, and Welterweight Contender Alfonso Gomez, and Greg Leon Publisher of Boxingtalk.com.  Mesi is scheduled to fight Shannon Miller on Friday Oct 12th, while Gomez is scheduled to fight Ben Tackie on Tuesday Oct 16th.
 
Don't look no further, you won't find a more insightful boxing analyst than former boxing champion, Sean O'Grady. No one breaks down an interview in the world of boxing better than Sean. His vast experience in the sport allows him to get inside the heads of the brightest and best pound for pound fighters in the buisness. Sean will also analyze the big fights and
allow the novice of fans to understand the ins and outs of the ring. Predictions, commentary, rankings and much more are at your fingertips when you decide to click and listen each week to Sean O'Grady's "Outside the Ring".  Co-hosting with Sean will be Julius Stecker of Sportsnetwork.com and Boxingtalk.com
 
Former WBA Lightweight Champ Sean O’Grady serves as a broadcaster and spokesperson for a variety of businesses. With his father Pat O’Grady as his promoter and trainer, Sean was part of the first father/son duo to win a world championship. Twenty-six years ago on April 12, 1981, O’Grady defeated Hilmer Kenty in Atlantic City to win the WBA Lightweight Title, and when he retired from the ring at age 25, he had amassed 81 victories against only five defeats. Seventy of those victories came via knockout.
 
Long before he had retired from boxing, O’Grady began his career in television. In March 1980, he became an analyst and color commentator for CBS and ESPN. Over the years, Sean has also served as commentator for
various pay-per-view bouts, FOX, FOX SPORTS NET, FX, and spent 13 years as USA’s TUESDAY NIGHT FIGHTS boxing analyst. Currently, you can see Sean on the very popular Toughman Contest featured every Friday night on FX. He also appears weekly on Fox Sports Nets Sunday Night Fights.
 
In addition to being a commentator, O’Grady also gives corporate motivational speeches across the country, released a boxing workout video, and is an Everlast Worldwide spokesperson. Working with EA Sports, Sean
was featured in the video game Knockout Kings.
 
O’Grady was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993