Hollywood Ending in Hammond for Ring Announcer Treiber

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They call it a "Hollywood ending" when the conclusion of a story is just a little too good to be believable.

 

On August 19, Ring announcer Tom Treiber will cap off an incredible 2011 season of ESPN Friday Night Fights - one that saw him become a regular on the show, appearing 15 times in total - with an appearance in the season finale in his hometown of Hammond, Indiana.

 

"What are the odds that I would cap off my most successful year as a ring announcer, on the show's season finale, in the city I was raised, Hammond, Indiana, of all places?" laughs the 38-year-old Treiber, who still resides in the nearby Chicago area. "It's kind of hard to believe."

 

Hard to believe as it may be, Treiber will indeed be the ring announcer that Friday night at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond when Hitz Boxing in association with Banner Promotions presents "Fight Night at the Horseshoe", featuring former world champion David Diaz against younger, faster Hank Lundy and up-and-coming Demetrius Andrade taking on the always-troublesome veteran Grady Brewer.

 

So, how does a self-professed former casual boxing fan become a well-respected ring announcer known for his professionalism and passion for the sport?

 

"I started ring announcing senior year of high school," he explains. "There were a couple of guys I went to school with who were bothers and they were boxers and one of them was Marty Jakubowski. What happened was I had emceed our school talent show and I was interested in getting into broadcasting and I knew Marty was a pro boxer. Marty introduced me to a promoter out of Indianapolis named Fred Berns. At the time, Fred was doing several shows a year at the Hammond Civic Center and he gave me a shot. It was just luck that I went to school with Marty Jakubowski."

 

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