Boxing: How The Don Transforms Into the Boxing Central

the don is undergoing a transformation to accomidate tomorrow’s nights international bouts… here’s a look at what goes in to preparring the don for the event… nats a crew of about 200 people are responsible for prepping the don for a day-night big fight double header… on two different networks… dinkins: “these are some of the best professionals in the business and they warm to challenges like this.” an what a challenge it is. the crew has been at it since wednesday. not only do they have to build the ring… install state of the art cameras and equipment for the international events … they have to do it for two different networks… cbs and showtime… dinkins: “what works well here is th people. the people here have been incredibly cooperative. the folk have a can-do attitude about things. they’re very proud of the arena, proud of the city and they’re very good hosts.” the ring will take on two different looks throughout the day… the ring mats will be different… the corner posts will be different… and there will be fighters taking up space all day… a big part to making the whole thing work… lighting… dinkins: “there’s some 60-plus people in the crew. we have a lighting director who works with us specifically on these shows. we know each other and have worked together for years.” it’ amazing how easy the veteran crew can make it look… when you considerthey’ll pump in roughly 1200 amps of electricity and use an estimated 50,000 feet of cable … or close to ten miles… that apparently is small potatoes… dinkins says the most cable which