TV and Internet Fight Schedule - Weekend of May 8

by Brickhaus on May 6, 2009 2:08 PM EDT in Boxing TV Schedules

Friday, May 8

ESPN2, 10 p.m. Eastern, Brian Vera vs. Craig McEwan, plus showcase fights for Carlos Velasquez and Luis Yanez

Saturday, May 9

ARD.de, 4:40 p.m. Eastern, Marco Huck vs. Vitaliy Rusal, Aaron Williams vs. Yoan Pablo Hernandez, Alexander Abraham and Alexander Frenkel in showcase fights

HBO, 9:30 p.m. Eastern, Chad Dawson vs Antonio Tarver

In what had to be some kind of freak sideshow thing, Hector "Macho" Camacho , 46 years young, was scheduled to fight Yori Boy Campas, a very very old 37, at the ~~Trump~~ Taj Mahal in Atlantic City on an internet PPV. Fortunately, the New Jersey State Athletic Commission was smart enough not to sanction this farce, meaning the event will be rescheduled and probably fought in Florida or Texas. Also postponed was Jorge Linares' title defense against Josafat Perez, leaving us with a pretty barren fight weekend.

Also, hats off again to Beibut Shumenov. Somehow, he's managed to pull off a hell of a card in Kazakhstan, of all places. Shumenov takes on Alejandro Berrio, and he's also lined up fights for Roman Karmazin and Chop Chop Corley, as well as a few other prospects signed to Shumenov's promotional company. Of course, this won't be televised, although the KZ Promotions website cryptically states that the show will be taped and be televised "on networks and at times to be announced."

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I don’t know how he got people to go to Kazakhstan.

"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."

by Zocalo on May 6, 2009 2:35 PM EDT reply actions

German card

Alex Abraham and Alex Frenkel are both facing scrubs, not each other. That might be a pretty interesting fight

Good on shumenov, his company and everyone who’s gone out to kazakhstan to fight. I hope the card is a success.

by thirdslip on May 6, 2009 3:23 PM EDT reply actions

Oops

Misread their website. I’ll fix that.

I like Williams vs. Hernandez a lot as a crossroads bout. Both were hotshot prospects pretty recently. Both were very decorated amateurs. Evidently neither one has much of a chin, although they both got KOed by big punchers. Risky fight for both of them.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on May 6, 2009 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions

I had high hopes for hernandez, but his performances have dropped dramatically in the last year. He’s been struggling both offensively and defensively compared to before. Definitely a make-or-break fight for their future direction

by thirdslip on May 6, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions

By the way

Tickets for the Shumenov fight are still on sale. Every seat in the house is only $13 (or 2000 Kazahkstani rubles), so they can’t be giving the fighters tons of money to head out there, even though the fight is in a soccer stadium.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on May 6, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions