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Lampley, "Unquestionable Voice Of Boxing," Heads Into Boxing HOF

Longtime HBO fight announcer Jim Lampley today will be inducted into the Int'l Boxing HOF in Canastota, N.Y. In a "highly formatted business, there are only a few voices whose style and attitude will never be duplicated," and Lampley "is one of those voices" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 6/14). Lampley "has called boxing matches brilliantly for nearly 30 years, the past 27 for HBO, and is the unquestionable voice of boxing" in the U.S. He has been ringside "for the biggest fights over the past three decades and had one memorable call after another" (ESPN.com, 6/12).

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