Jimmy Lennon, Jr.

Lennon introducing Carl Froch during the Super Six World Boxing Classic at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki in November 2010. James Frederick "Jimmy" Lennon Jr. (born August 5, 1958) is an American boxing ring announcer who was employed primarily by Showtime and Fox Sports as ring announcer for their Showtime Championship Boxing and Premier Boxing Champions, also by Bob Arum's Top Rank on ESPN events. Lennon was also employed by Fox Sports when it previously had rights to professional boxing and was the ring announcer for Don King Promotions' fights that aired on various networks. He is best known for his catchphrase, "It's showtime!" but the catchphrase was not spoken during Fox's fight coverage.

Announcing career Born in Santa Monica, California, Lennon has been a ring announcer for over 40 years, during which he has been at the microphone for some historic fights, including Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield, Winky Wright vs. Félix Trinidad and Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao.

Lennon, much like his father, speaks Spanish and makes an effort to pronounce all fighters' names correctly.

Lennon has also done work for EA Sports, having been the ring announcer for its Knockout Kings series of boxing video games and its EA Sports MMA game within Strikeforce rules.

Movies He has appeared as himself in several movies, most notably Hot Shots!, Southpaw, and Creed III.

Honors Lennon has been inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame. He was also selected as an inductee into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2013.