"Hold Nothing Back!"
Broadcast Team Announced
Roy Jones-Prince Badi headlines July 29 PPV in
Boise
BOISE, Idaho (July 13, 2006) - Four-time world
champion Virgil "Quicksilver" Hill will join
veteran, award-winning broadcasters Barry
Tompkins and Al Bernstein at ringside July 29th
for the "Hold Nothing Back!" pay-per-view show,
headlined by the return of Hall of Fame bound
Roy Jones, Jr. challenging North American Boxing
Organization light heavyweight champion Prince
Badi "The Boxing Prince" Ajamu, at the Qwest
Arena in Boise, Idaho.
"Hold Nothing Back!" -- presented by Xyience,
Inc. in association with Sports and
Entertainment Media, Inc. (SEMI) -- will be
broadcast live in North America on cable and
satellite PPV beginning at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT. The
event is being produced and distributed for
North American Pay Per View by Integrated Sports
and will be available in more than 50-million
homes in the United States and Canada via
InDemand, TVN, DirecTV & Dish Network in the US
and Viewer's Choice & Bell ExpressVu in Canada.
The suggested retail price for the PPV telecast
is only $24.95.
Tompkins will be the blow-by-blow announcer,
while Bernstein and Hill serve as color
commentators, with Benny Ricardo the ringside
reporter. Col. Bob Sheridan will handle the
blow-by-blow announcing for the International
feed; Felix Clavelo broadcasts in Spanish.
"We're proud to have assembled an all-star cast
of announcers for the 'Hold Nothing Back!'
pay-per-view event," commented Ritch Danner,
SEMI Director of Operations. "Virgil will be
doing much more than announcing at ringside.
He'll be scouting Kenny Keene as a potential
opponent for his WBA cruiserweight title. Based
on the July 29th turnout, Hill-Keene could be
held later this year in Boise."
Jones (49-4, 38 KOs), five-time world champion
in four different weight classes, makes his
much-anticipated comeback after 10 months of
ring inactivity against Prince Badi (25-2-1, 14
KOs), rated No. 6 by the World Boxing Council
and No. 7 by the World Boxing Organization.
In other pay-per-view matches, Idaho icon Kenny
"The Emmett Eliminator" Keene (51-3, 28 KOs)
fights former International Boxing Federation
champion "King" Arthur Williams (42-14-1, 29
KOs) in a 10-round Special Cruiserweight
Attraction; ex-IBF light heavyweight champion
William "KO King" Guthrie (33-3-2, 26 KOs), of
Palm Beach Gardens (FL), takes on Luke Munsen
(19-5, 13 KOs), fighting out of Spokane (WA), in
a 12-round title bout for the vacant IBF
International cruiserweight belt.
Tickets, priced at $50, $100, $150, $250 and
$350 (plus handling fees), are on sale and
available exclusively at the Qwest Arena Box
Office. Call 208.331.TIXS (8947), toll free
888.330.TIXS (8497), or go on line at
www.qwestarenaidaho.com.