Howard Leigh
Encyclopedia
Howard Leigh is an Australian radio personality, sports journalist, and veteran boxing
announcer from Melbourne
, Australia
.
and kick-boxing analyst and ring announcer, who has been on the sports scene in Melbourne for some 40 years.
Renowned for his flamboyant colourful dinner suits in all shades of lemon, lime, gold and black whilst performing his role as ring announcer at various boxing and kick-boxing promotions around Australia, he is now considered a leading ring announcer in Australia since the death of the Ray Connolly
several years ago.
newspaper in Melbourne, and is the current District and State cricket
reporter, as well as being the Australian rules football
reporter during the winter months.
radio
fold in 2004 by his lawyer
, Stephen J. Peak, and Tony Schibeci. Leigh has since become a key member of Gladiators of Sport and is titled, "Hollywood Maximus".
He also appears with Stephen J. Peak at Sport 927
on the Andrew Kuuse night time show "Sportstalk".
boxing events, although he was not allowed to perform his customary "in-the-ring" announcing role - instead calling from the commentary box.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
announcer from Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Boxing announcer
Leigh is a sports journalist, boxingBoxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
and kick-boxing analyst and ring announcer, who has been on the sports scene in Melbourne for some 40 years.
Renowned for his flamboyant colourful dinner suits in all shades of lemon, lime, gold and black whilst performing his role as ring announcer at various boxing and kick-boxing promotions around Australia, he is now considered a leading ring announcer in Australia since the death of the Ray Connolly
Ray Connolly
Ray Connolly is an English novelist, screenwriter and journalist.He is perhaps best known for writing the screenplays for the films That’ll Be the Day and the sequel Stardust and for his many interviews with the Beatles...
several years ago.
Journalism
Leigh has had a long association with the Sunday Herald SunHerald Sun
The Herald Sun is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia. It is published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Limited, itself a subsidiary of News Corporation. It is available for purchase throughout Melbourne, Regional Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital...
newspaper in Melbourne, and is the current District and State cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
reporter, as well as being the Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
reporter during the winter months.
Radio career
Leigh was brought into the SEN 1116SEN 1116
SEN 1116 , the acronym standing for Sports Entertainment Network, is a commercial AM radio station based in Melbourne, Australia, operating on 1116 kHz...
radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
fold in 2004 by his lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
, Stephen J. Peak, and Tony Schibeci. Leigh has since become a key member of Gladiators of Sport and is titled, "Hollywood Maximus".
He also appears with Stephen J. Peak at Sport 927
Sport 927
Radio Sport National is a Melbourne based radio network dedicated to covering horse and greyhound racing. While much of the station is dedicated to Gallops, Harness and greyhound racing, it does also cover other sports....
on the Andrew Kuuse night time show "Sportstalk".
2006
Leigh appeared as an announcer during the 2006 Commonwealth Games2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
boxing events, although he was not allowed to perform his customary "in-the-ring" announcing role - instead calling from the commentary box.