Comments Thread For: Jimmy Lennon Jr. Set To Hit Nielsen-Markussen Card

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World-renowned ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. rarely swaps the squared circle of the MGM Grand or Madison Square Garden for a Danish ring but when he does you can guarantee it is for something special.

His last appearances were for two of the biggest bouts in Danish boxing history: Mikkel Kessler vs. Carl Froch in Herning as part of the Super Six World Boxing Classic in April 2010, and of course Brian Nielsen’s heavyweight showdown with ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson in Copenhagen in October 2001. [Click Here To Read More]

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He took after his dad and I know he won't mind if I say Sr. was smooth. Jr is good, but dad was better. I still remember him at the Olympic Auditorium, with a big mike in one hand and his notes in the other, like a preacher in a church. An Orator, a wordsmith, and Spanish to talk a pajaro out of a tree. Jr has big shoes to fill.