Name Vladimir Gendlin | Role Commentator | |
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Awards TEFI Award for Best Sportscaster or Sports Program Anchor Profiles | ||
Vladimir Gendlin (born May 26, 1936) is a Russian commentator and expert of boxing, the two-time TEFI award winner. He is the Founder of professional boxing telecats on Russian television. Gendlin's programm «Bolshoi Ring» was considered the best programm about boxing in the world by the World Boxing Union in 1995.
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He enjoys the high prestige throughout both leading magazines and boxing community in Russia and countries of Commonwealth of Independent States.
...it's Vladimir Gendlin who'll commentate the Klitschko vs Chagaev bout: "At present he is the best specialist and I don't see any competition for him. He is a commentator and an expert at the same time.
Biography
Gendlin was born in Moscow. He went to Maths faculty of Saratov University but left it on the 4th year. He is the master of the sport of boxing, has 51 amateur fights, 50 victories and one loss. After retirement he worked as a trainer of children at the Olympic base in Kislovodsk. Gendlin was the president of club Red Stars. After that he became the general manager of the Union of boxers of Russia. Then he worked as journalist in different magazines and on television in Volgograd and Pyatigorsk. In the early 1990s Gendlin founded the TV programme Bolshoi ring which was awarded as the best boxing programme by WBU in 1995. Gendlin is the main commentator for NTV, NTV Plus and Channel One (Russia). He created documentaries about Sergei Kobozev, Sergey Artemiev, Kostya Tszyu, Oleg Maskaev and others.
Interesting facts
Vladimir Gendlin doesn't count himself as a fan of Women's boxing.
Quotes
Commentator is not a toaster who's like I-sing-what-I-see. I don't like the bla-bla-bla online. The main task of commentator is to not spoil a watch. If you feel that anything should be explained, just explain it and keep silence. Show speaks for itself.