"Is this guy for real?" That's what ESPN commentator Joe Tessitore uttered — and what the majority of viewers were likely thinking — when Dan Hennessey made the ultimate mistake as a ring announcer by ...

Cherneka Johnson became a two-division world champion on Saturday night, yet the circumstances of the announcement of victory overshadowed the outcome. Lt. Dan Hennessey, the ring announcer, stated ...

A ring announcer who mistakenly called the wrong winner in a women’s World Boxing Association (WBA) title fight has quit after receiving abuse on social media, adding that he will no longer be “the ...

For a few seconds, Nina Hughes won the WBA bantamweight world title. Her arm was in the air. She was one celebrating her team in the Australia ring. But then Dan Hennessey, the ring announcer, ...

Cherneka Johnson has a high-profile assignment to go along with the other big development in her career. Johnson, the two-division and reigning WBA bantamweight titleholder, is the latest fighter to ...

It was a boxing blunder for the ages. Boxing announcer Dan Hennessey invoked the spirit of Steve Harvey at the Miss Universe Pageant when he incorrectly announced the winner of a women's boxing title ...

Cherneka Johnson (18-2) is the new undisputed bantamweight champion of the world. The Australian boxer dominated Shurretta Metcalf (14-5-1) at Madison Square Garden on Friday night (local time) to ...

Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) has officially signed reigning WBA bantamweight world champion Cherneka “Sugar Neekz” Johnson to a multi-year promotional deal and she’s stepping right into a historic ...

The announcer at RAC Arena was not having a good day on Sunday. The scene was reminiscent of when Steve Harvey crowned the wrong Miss Universe in 2015, or of the “Moonlight” debacle at the Oscars in ...

The American boxing ring announcer who called out the wrong winner after a title fight last weekend has resigned. Following a boxing match between Cherneka Johnson and Nina Hughes in Australia on ...