As we approach July 31, the birthday of Boxing Along The Beltway, here are some more anniversary numbers.
Since the start of BATB on July 31, 2005, 28 boxers have appeared on national TV a total of 66 times. In 2008, Beltway Boxers made 25 appearances on national TV.
The won-loss record in national TV appearances is 34-29-2, 1 NC, 16 KO’s.
The breakdown:
ESPN2: 32 times
Showtime: 14 times
HBO six times
Versus: five times
Pay-Per-View: four times
Fox Sports Net: two times
Telefutura: two times
NBC: one time
Lamont Peterson has the most national TV appearances with nine times.
The rest of the list:
Hasim Rahman – seven times
Anthony Peterson – six times
Darnell Wilson – four times
Henry Buchanan –four times
Sharmba Mitchell – three times
Tony Thompson – three times
Eric Aiken – three times
Fernando Guerrero – three times
Teddy Reid – two times
Dean White – two times
Emmanuel Nwodo – two times
Gary Russell, Jr. – two times
DeMarcus Corley – two times
Luther Smith, Michael Warrick, Lamont Pearson, Joshua Snyder, Horace Grant, Tyrell Samuel, George Rivera, Mike Paschall, Ishmail Arvin, Alexander Johnson, Daniel Attah, Bayan Jargal, Tim Coleman, Keith Gross – once
The first Beltway Boxer to appear on national TV in the BATB era:
Luther Smith, who appeared on ESPN2 on August 5, 2005 and lost to Delvin Rodriguez.
The first to win on National TV -- Hasim Rahman, who captured the WBC Interim Heavyweight title with a win over Monte Barrett on August 13, 2005 on a KingVision PPV.
Gary I think my brother waas on tv more then Lamont look it up
ReplyDeleteThis is only since July 31, 2005. That was when this blog began.
ReplyDeleteglad to see you are keeping tabs Gary, this is good stuff to know - amir
ReplyDeleteGary can you tally up how many times area boxer appeared on T.V. Tkank You.
ReplyDeleteThat's covering a lot of research and unfortunately, i don't have the time. I would need a lot of help on that. I did do a piece a couple of years ago on how many times Beltway Boxers have appeared on HBO up until HBO's 30th anniversary of boxing.
ReplyDeleteOur boxers made numerous appearances on USA on Tuesday and Thursday Night Fights.