BATB sends prayers and well-wishes to boxing broadcaster Nick Charles. www.RingTV.com, the website of The Ring Magazine, is reporting that the 63-year-old Charles is battling Stage Four advanced cancer.
Charles told Ringtv that the cancer started in his bladder and spread to other areas. Last week, Charles started chemotherapy at the Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas in Austin -- the same location where former world champion Genaro Hernandez received his treatment.
“I got some real bad cancer, I gotta tell you,” Charles said. “It’s stage IV, highly aggressive. The term is metastasized; it’s spread to other places. It’s not good. … The idea is to hit it hard (with chemo) and see which tumors shrink up. It’s a long road, a 12-round fight. This is like Round 2.
“I just want another round, another day. I’ll do it. I just have so many great people in my life.”
I mention this story because Charles's sportscasting career grew roots along the Beltway. After working in Illinois, Charles worked at WJZ-TV in Baltimore and then served as sports director at WRC-TV in Washington and also worked at WTOP Radio in the 70's.
In 1980, Charles became the first sports anchor for a fledgling 24-hour all-news cable network called CNN. He became one of the many media personalities from this area who did well on a national level as he won three CableAce Awards for best sports program during his 17-year tenure as co-host of Sports Tonight alongside Fred Hickman.
Charles currently serves as the blow-by-blow announcer for boxing on the Versus Network and for ShoBox on Showtime.
If you would like to send well-wishes to Nick Charles, you may do so by email at nick12r@gmail.com .
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5 comments:
put it in gods, hand.
and it will be ok.
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Nick Charles is a class act both on and off camera, very friendly and approachable to boxing fans. We will keep him in our thoughts and prayers.
Gary,
do you have an address where we can send well wishes? I remember when Nick worked at Channel 13 in Baltimore.He is a class act all the way.I had the honor of working a couple of shows with him.
Brad
Hey Brad,
I asked the author of the Ring story -- Michael Rosenthal -- how to send well wishes. Michael said he would ask Nick and get back to me on that.
May GOD Bless you Nick:) trust in the lord he will see you through this my friend.
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