Showtime Boxing Puts Brian Kenny in Its Corner

Longtime ESPN talent to call big Canelo Alvarez fight Saturday

By Ben Grossman -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/13/2012 2:37:08 PM

Showtime will, for the first time, use Brian Kenny, long a staple of ESPN's boxing coverage, for its coverage of Saturday night's event featuring rising superstar Canelo Alvarez.

Kenny will join the broadcast team featuring Mauro Ranallo, who is also the colorful voice of Showtime's Strikeforce mixed martial arts coverage, as well as veteran Al Bernstein and current welterweight world champion Paulie Malignaggi.

The four-fight event is set for 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.