Akin "Ak" Reyes

Akin "Ak" Reyes, better known as Ak (born November 10, 1979), is a TV sports broadcaster. He is well known for his presence on DAZN, a global live and on-demand sports streaming platform. Reyes was the lead host of The DAZN Boxing Show and Da Pull Up, aired on DAZN, with his co-host, Kamal Barak Bess.

In 2024, OTX (Overtime Boxing), a platform for emerging boxers, streaming all fights on social media platforms and DAZN, signed Reyes to their company.

Early life

Reyes is of Puerto Rican and St. Lucian descent, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He currently resides in New Jersey. were introduced to boxing by their father; Reyes went on to have over 70 amateur fights as Shamir embarked on a professional boxing career, signed under Don King Promotions, which enabled Reyes to learn about the boxing business.

Whilst in his 20s, Reyes worked as a fashion model, an actor, and for the family business.

2015 Reyes and co-host, Barak, accepted the opportunity to host a show on SiriusXM called The Hype Men. The duo talked about boxing events, and included topics around pop culture.

Reyes and Barak currently host their own show, The Ak and Barak Show, on SiriusXM and DAZN.

2020 The Ak and Barak Show is broadcast in more than 200 countries and territories, including the UK, following DAZN's delayed global launch on December 1.

2021

Reyes was the co-host at two pay-per-view Boxing events, headlined by Ryan Garcia & Luke Campbell in January, and Saúl Canelo Àlvarez & Anvi Yildirim in February.

In April, Reyes announced the end of his contract with SiriusXM; however, his relationship with DAZN continued. DAZN created a new show, The DAZN Boxing Show, and secured 'Ak & Barak' as their lead hosts, bringing DAZN subscribers the latest news, opinions, star interviews, and all things Boxing, 5 days a week.

2022

Reyes hosted The DAZN Boxing Show, live, for the undercard of all the big boxing events, including Dmitry Bivol vs. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, Ryan Garcia vs. Javier Fortuna, and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Gennadiy Golovkin, to name a few.

2023

Reyes continued to host The DAZN Boxing Show, live, for the undercard of boxing events, including Anthony Joshua vs. Jermaine Franklin, Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia, and Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz.

2024

OTX announced they signed the accomplished boxing analyst as a commentator. Reyes' debut on the platform was March 29th.

Reyes did the voiceover for the Ryan Garcia vs Devin Haney '40 Days' episodes in the lead up to their pay-per-view fight.