Lt Dan Hennessey
| Daniel Hennessey | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Daniel Hennessey 15 January 1968 Fall River, Massachusetts, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Lt Dan Hennessey DJ Danimal |
| Occupation | Announcer |
| 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 ring announcer for boxing, kickboxing and other combat sports. He is known for his catchphrase, "Would Somebody, Somewhere, Make Some Noise!".
Hennessey attended Worcester State College. After college he joined the United States Marine Corps in 1991, being in operations DesertShield/Storm. He is a war veteran of the first Persian Gulf War. He left the Marine Corp in 1993 and later 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. During his DJ time, he was on Radio Hauraki and Max TV between 2000 and 2002.
Hennessey started working at Sky TV in New Zealand in 2003 as a commentator, mainly focusing on basketball for the NZNBL. 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.
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. 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, most of Joseph Parker boxing bouts and Joseph Parker vs. Andy Ruiz. 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 Benjamin Thomas Watt only boxing event,Sam Rapira New Plymouth, Lance Bryant in Manawatu 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.
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