Veteran BBC boxing commentator Harry Carpenter has died aged 84, his lawyer said yesterday. Carpenter, the voice of British boxing for approaching 50 years, died at King's College Hospital in London on Saturday.
Veteran BBC boxing commentator Harry Carpenter has died aged 84, his lawyer said yesterday. Carpenter, the voice of British boxing for approaching 50 years, died at King's College Hospital in London on Saturday.
Carpenter was on air for the "Rumble in the Jungle" between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1974. He described the end of the contest -- underdog Ali won by knockout in the eighth round to reclaim the world heavyweight crown at the age of 32 -- as "the most extraordinary few seconds that I have ever seen in a boxing ring." Carpenter's contribution to sports broadcasting gained international recognition when in 1989 he picked up the American Sportscasters' Association and International Sportscaster of the Year awards. He is survived by a widow and one child.
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