Draft:Daniel Hennessey (ring announcer)

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Daniel Hennessey
Born
Daniel Hennessey

(1968-01-15) 15 January 1968 (age 56)
Fall River, Massachusetts, United States
NationalityAmerican
Other namesLt Dan Hennessey
DJ Danimal
OccupationAnnouncer
Known for"Would Somebody, Somewhere, Make Some Noise!" Catchphrase

Daniel Hennessey (born 15 January 1968, Fall River, Massachusetts, United States) also known as Lt Dan, is a New Zealand and Australia ring announcer for boxing, kickboxing and other combat sports. He is known for his catchphrase, "Would Somebody, Somewhere, Make Some Noise!".[1]

Most recently he is known for the controversy surrounding the Nina Hughes vs Cherneka Johnson WBA World Bantamweight title fight where he announced the wrong winner of the fight, recieving international critisim.[2][3]

Early life[edit]

Hennessey attended Worcester State College. After college he joined the United States Marine Corps in 1991, being in operations DesertShield/Storm. Earlier, while a member of the U.S. Marine Reserves he had participated in a major Christmas Season 1989 fundraiser for the Vietnam Veterans Association of Cape Cod ( also known as The Nam Vets of Cape Cod) by standing at attention for 24-straight hours outside Hyannis radio station WPXC-FM. During the promotion he was only permitted a 5-minute break every two hours. It raised several thousand dollars for the worthy organization and made Hennessey a regular "honorary member" of the WPXC airstaff for several years to come. He went on to serve in the first Persian Gulf War. [4] He left the Marine Corp in 1993 and moved to New Zealand in 1998 to be a Club DJ. In the DJ scene he was well known for his stage name as DJ Danimal.[5] During his DJ time, he was on Radio Hauraki and Max TV between 2000 and 2002.[6][7]

Announcing and commentating[edit]

Hennessey started working at Sky TV in New Zealand in 2003 as a commentator, mainly focusing on basketball for the NZNBL.[8][9] The biggest accomplishment of his commentating career was head commentating for the FIBA Under 19's world champ in 2012. Hennessey finished with the doing stats for the Breakers in their 2016 season.[10]

Hennessey started ring announcing at a kickboxing show called Kings of Oceania. He made a big break in his career by announcing the 2006 World Grand Prix K1. A few years later, he announced the event that will defined his career where he announced Duco Events David Tua vs Shane Cameron in 2009, which at the time the biggest PPV buy in New Zealand History.[11] Hennessey went on to announce David Tua's last four fights of his career. Hennessey became the main announcer for Duco Event's, King in the Ring,[12] most of Joseph Parker boxing bouts and Joseph Parker vs. Andy Ruiz.[13] Hennessey announced Parker's first World title defense and the non televised bouts of Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn.

Hennessey also announces local events including Sam Rapira New Plymouth, Lance Bryant in Manawatu[14][15] and many more boxing events. His first world title he announced was Kali Reis vs Maricela Cornejo for the WBC World female middleweight title in April 2016 at The Trusts Arena.[16]

Hennessey would continue announcing world title events across New Zealand and Australia including, Geovana Peres vs Lani Daniels II, Geovana Peres vs Claire Hafner, both were for the WBO World Light Heavyweight title.[17] Hennessey would temporarily base himself in Australia in 2021 as he was employed by Foxtel TV to exclusively MC boxing events in Australia, however, he would move back to New Zealand a year later, while still being employed in Australia.[18]

Nina Hughes vs Cherneka Johnson controversy[edit]

On the 12th of May 2024, Hennessey would announce the Vasyl Lomachenko vs George Kambosos Jr World title event in Perth, Australia.[19] On the undercard would feature the WBA World Bantamweight champion Nina Hughes defend her world title against former IBF World Super Bantamweight Champion Cherneka Johnson. Initially Hennessey would announce Nina Hughes as the winner of the fight, however, during celebrations, Hennessey invited the fighters back to the centre of the ring to read out the scorecards, this time announcing Cherneka Johnson the victory.[20] The controversy caused critisim from media across the world, where even ESPN announcer Joe Tessitore was decribed as irate.[21][22] The promoter of the show Lou DiBella was “shocked” and felt Hughes was “screwed over”, however, there is a rematch clause in the fight.[23] After the fight, Hennessey would take to social media stating that he took full responsibility of his actions and made a public apology.[24] A couple of days after the announcement, Hennessey announced his retirement from announcing due to his mental health and mass backlash, possibly ending his 18 year announcing career.[25] On the 26th May 2024, what suppose to be his last fight night he was going to announce, ended up being an announcement of him continuing is announcement career after recieving an intervention by boxers Joseph Parker and Sam Rapira.[26]

Awards and recognitions[edit]

  • New Zealand Boxing Awards
    • 2019 Gladrap Awards MC of the year (Won)[27]
    • 2023 MC of the year (Won)[28]

Notable Promoters[edit]

Here are some of the most notiable promoters that Hennessey has worked with during his career.

Promoters Country Significant Boxers References
Duco Events New Zealand/Australia Joseph Parker
David Tua
Shane Cameron 		[4][7][5]
D&L Events New Zealand/Australia Jeff Horn
Mea Motu
Lani Daniels
Andrei Mikhailovich
Jerome Pampellone 		[5]
No Limit Boxing Australia Tim Tszyu [5]
Lou DiBella Australia George Kambosos Jr [29]
King in the Ring New Zealand Israel Adesanya [5][30]
Scott Patrick Farrell Singapore Ryan Ford [31]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ring Announcer Dan Hennessey Quits After Declaring Wrong Winner At Fight". TMZ. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  2. ^ "ALL AT SEY Boxing ring announcer Lt Dan Hennessey RETIRES after accidentally announcing wrong winner in horror blunder". The Sun. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. ^ "American-Kiwi ring announcer Lt Dan Hennessey declares wrong winner in boxing championship fight". New Zealand Herald. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Would somebody, Somewhere, Make some Noise". NZ Fighter. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e "The boxing voice who got his start in jelly wrestling". Sporting News Australia. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  6. ^ "This week". NZ Herald. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Lt. Dan Hennessey calls it quits after controversy". Women Boxing Archive Network. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Photo of Dan Hennessey and Elizabeth Cambage". Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  9. ^ "NZ Basketball NBL Highlight Reel 2006 !! Dan Hennessey Commentary". Youtube. 17 November 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  10. ^ "INTERNATIONALS LIVE ON SKY TV". Basketball Hawkes Bay. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  11. ^ "David Tua vs Shane Cameron". Youtube. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  12. ^ "King in the Ring Trans Tasman 8 Man Final: Israel Adesanya vs Pati Afoa". Youtube. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Joseph Parker Vs Andy Ruiz "WBO Heavyweight Title Fight"". Youtube. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  14. ^ "Bryant will have to go the extra distance at Pahiatua Fight Night". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  15. ^ "Thursday night lights for Battle of the Belts boxing event". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  16. ^ "Maricela Cornejo vs Kali KO Reis WBC WORLD TITLE MIDDLEWEIGHT". Youtube. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  17. ^ "Peres retains World Title in first TKO of her career". Newsie. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  18. ^ "MC Dan Hennessey is coming back to New Zealand he is already booked in to do multiple shows". Ring News 24. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  19. ^ "'No longer the world's punching bag': Boxing ring announcer quits after 'worldwide backlash'". Wide World of Sports. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Ring announcer reveals wrong winner for Cherneka Johnson-Nina Hughes fight in Steve Harvey-like fashion". New York Post. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Boxing Announcer Declares Wrong Winner in Women's Bantamweight Title Fight". Sports Illistrated. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  22. ^ "Boxing announcer fails, calls the wrong winner in Nina Hughes-Cherneka Johnson bout". USA Today. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  23. ^ "'It's a joke': Farcical scenes as defending champ wins … then loses amid scorecard chaos". Fox Sports. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  24. ^ "Ring announcer retires after botched boxing call: 'No longer the world's punching bag'". New York Post. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  25. ^ "Boxing: Kiwi-American ring announcer Dan Hennessey retires after social media abuse over result mix-up". Newshub. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  26. ^ "Boxing: Announcer Lieutenant Dan Hennessey reverses retirement after Joseph Parker intervention". New Zealand Herald. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  27. ^ "Gladrap Awards 2019 winners". Gladrap Channel. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  28. ^ "New Zealand Boxing Award 2023 winners". New Zealand Boxing Awards. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  29. ^ "Nina Hughes fight ring announcer Dan Hennessey 'to quit the sport' after mistake". SkySports. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  30. ^ "100kg : Israel Adesanya vs Nase Foai". King in the Ring Fight Series. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  31. ^ "Roar Of Singapore 1 Highlights Part 3". Ringstar Boxing. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

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