Veteran boxing commentator Bob Sheridan is retiring because of ill-health.
The 77 year old American has broadcast more than 10,000 fights on radio and television, including the Rumble in the Jungle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire in 1974.
“This is the last farewell,” Sheridan told Fightnews. “I am retiring as of the 1st of October here in the United States of America. I have had a really rough year with disease and the passing of my wife, and I have made the decision along with my three sons to take a back seat for a while.
Sheridan was an announcer at several other notable fights including the Thrilla in Manila between Joe Frazier and Ali, the first heavyweight fight hosted in Japan which was between Mike Tyson and Buster Douglas, as well as the rematch between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield where Holyfield’s ear was bitten off.