Michael Buffer is renowned as the voice of boxing and has been the most famous ring announcer in the world for four decades.

The 79-year-old American and his trademarked catchphrase, “Let’s get ready to rumble,” are known across the globe as he introduced major fights for the likes of Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather in their careers.

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To this day, Buffer still travels all over the world announcing many of the biggest bouts in boxing.

Just last weekend the American was in Riyadh for Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol.

In 2018 though, he introduced a clash between two heavyweight titans of a different nature.

While on a trip to London, Buffer appeared at Stamford Bridge for Chelsea vs Liverpool and took to the pitch before kick off to read out the Blues’ XI.

A day prior, he had taken centre stage at the O2 Arena and worked for Tony Bellew‘s rematch victory over David Haye.

He travelled across the city the following afternoon to take in a Premier League fixture.

His pre-match routine didn’t go quite as seamlessly as it usually does in boxing though.

Midway through his reading of the teams, Buffer was drenched by the Stamford Bridge sprinklers.

Thankfully, he laughed off the incident.

In the match itself, Olivier Giroud scored the only goal as the hosts took all three points.

The sprinkler crept up on Buffer

To his credit, he kept reading the players’ names while being soaked

No doubt he needed a towelling down after the experience

Buffer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 2, 1944.

His parents divorced when he was only 11 months old and he was raised by foster parents under the name of Huber.

Buffer became a ring announcer in 1982 at age 38, gaining national exposure a year later as the sole announcer for fights promoted by Bob Arum’s Top Rank on ESPN.

He is the half-brother of iconic UFC announcer Bruce Buffer, 64, although the pair weren’t introduced to each other until in 1989.

While boxing remains his forte, his booming voice has led to stints in the MLB World Series, NBA Finals, WWE and even the Premier League for Chelsea vs Liverpool.

According to reports, Buffer earns between $25,000 and $100,000 every time he uses his catchphrase depending on the fight.