Jimmy Lennon Jr.

This article is about the ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. For his father, also a ring announcer, see Jimmy Lennon.
Lennon introducing Carl Froch during the Super Six World Boxing Classic at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki in November 2010.

Jimmy Lennon Jr. (born August 5, 1958)[1] is an American boxing ring announcer who is employed primarily by Showtime and Fox Sports as ring announcer for their Showtime Championship Boxing and Premier Boxing Champions, also by Bob Arum's Top Rank on ESPN events. Lennon was also employed by Fox Sports when it previously had rights to professional boxing and was the ring announcer for Don King Promotions' fights that aired on various networks. He is best known for his catchphrase, "It's showtime!"[2] but the catchphrase is not spoken during Fox's fight coverage.

  1. ^ "Jimmy Lennon Jr". International Boxing Hall of Fame. 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2008-06-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)