TV and Internet Fight Schedule - Weekend of June 25
by Brickhaus on Jun 22, 2010 2:54 PM EDT
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Thursday, June 24
Fox Sports Net, 11:00 p.m. Eastern, Frankie Gomez vs. Geoffrey Gaya, Gary Russell Jr. vs. Rodrigo Aranda, Jessie Vargas vs. Ernesto Zavala. On yet another installment of Golden Boy's Fight Night Club, we get to see three of the promoter's blue chip prospects in action. That is, where people get to see it, since the card will be preempted by soccer in most places. Gomez, only 18 years old, was one of the top amateurs in the country when he signed to go pro a few months back instead of waiting for the Olympics. Russell did get his chance at Olympic glory, but didn't get to fight after he failed to make weight. Vargas is a 10-0 welterweight prospect taking a big step up against a 25 fight veteran.
Friday, June 25
Dahlia TV (Italy), 3:00 p.m. Eastern - Daniele Petrucci vs. Jorge Daniel Miranda. This one is for a minor IBF welterweight title. Petrucci has run up an undefeated record mostly fighting creampuffs, and Miranda is tough but has lost his fair share of bouts to decent opposition.
Sky Sports 2 (UK), 5:30 p.m. Eastern - Tyson Fury vs. John McDermott II. Young Mr. Fury built up a big reputation early in his career for having a huge mouth, taking on tough competition, and most importantly, punching himself in the face with an uppercut during a fight. Last year, Fury defeated McDermott via some extremely shady judging by referee Terry O'Connor. This one will be for the vacant English heavyweight title, and a more convincing win could launch him into some bigger fights. Tom Dallas, Larry Olubamiwo and David Price are all on the undercard, so expect to see some highlights of their fights as well. Bad Left Hook will provide live round by round coverage of this fight.
Telefutura, 11:30 p.m. Eastern - Oscar Leon vs. Pablo Cesar Cano - Cano is an undefeated Mexican lightweight prospect who's taking a small step up against former title challenger Leon, who has lost eight of his last nine, all to decent competition.
Saturday, June 26
Top Rank PPV ($39.95), Azteca (Mexico), 9:00 p.m. Eastern - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. John Duddy, Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Adailton De Jesus, Raul Martinez vs. Gabriel Elozondo, Salvador Sanchez Jr. vs. Tomas Villa. They might sell this card for people to watch someone lose, but this is about as weak as it gets for Top Rank. Chavez and Duddy are both good clubfighters who have been made to seem a lot more than they are by good promoting and careful matchmaking. The fight could be exciting, but each of their last fights on major cards have been duds, plus Chavez is coming off a suspension for a failed drug test. Barrera is beyond toast at this point, but shouldn't have a problem with De Jesus, who was blown out by Yuriorkis Gamboa in a round in Gamboa's seventh pro fight. Former title challenger Martinez is trying to build himself back up, but Elozondo is winless in his last three fights against so-so competition. Sanchez Jr. is closer to Chavez Jr. than he is to his famous uncle, but at least Villa is known for making good fights.
Televisa (Mexico), 10:00 p.m. Eastern - Eduardo Escobedo vs. Aristides Perez, Juan Carlos Salgado vs. Guadalupe Rosales. Escobedo and Perez will be fighting for one of those silly silver titles. Escobedo is most famous for stinking it up against Daniel Ponce de Leon a couple years back, but he's been on a roll since then. Perez was decimated by Humberto Soto on Mexican Independence Day last year, but is about what you'd expect of a late replacement. Salgado tries to bounce back after losing his title to Takashi Uchiyama earlier in the year.
Elsewhere in the world of boxing...
- In Ireland on Saturday, Brian Peters will be showcasing three prominent Cuban fighters. Heavyweight prospect Mike Perez, super middleweight prospect Luis Garcia and super bantamweight prospect Alexei Acosta are all blue chippers, and are all facing experienced veterans. Last time out, Peters actually had Perez fight two different guys on the same night. A great article on these kids is at the Sunday Tribune, following their journey from Cuba to Ireland. Andy Murray will be rounding out the bill.
- Taking smaller fights this weekend: Edwin Rodriguez, Isiah Thomas, Alexander Ustinov, Viktor Plotnikov, Mike Oliver, Tony Grano, Terence Crawford, LaJuan Simon, Dodie Boy Penalosa Jr., and Jose Benavidez Jr.
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BTW
Based on that press con picture, it doesn’t look like Chavez is anywhere close to making weight.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
LMAO!!
After watching Jr’s last fight he seems destined for a Fun In Acapaulco.remake. Or some extra work in a telenovela..
"Anytime you go thirty rounds with a guy, try to kill each other, and have the utmost respect for each other, no one understands that, but guys who have been to war understand it." - Micky Ward on Arturo Gatti.
Fury v McDermott
I just don’t see how anyone could have scored the first fight for Fury but O’Connor the idiot’s scorecard was absolutely disgraceful.He even had that defiant look on his face as he raised Fury’s hand which made me think he knew he was gonna get flak for it.
It stunk to high heaven.
That’s an excellent spot. Chavez looks like an ugly Elvis?
"The terror of the unforeseen is what the science of history hides, turning a disaster into an epic"
by Oli Goldstein on Jun 22, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Guillermo Rigondeaux
is not promoted by Brian peters. You are mixing him up with Gary Hyde who used to manage that trio
You are correct
I’ll fix that up
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Down in here Florida, Brick
FSN isn’t showing Gomez/Gaya until Saturday night. But it looks like that’s all the boxing I’ll be able to check out this weekend… think it’ll be worth watching since it won’t be live?
You can usually watch it live on RingTV.com. Gomez is a blue chipper but … it’s just Fight Night Club, to put it one way.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Jun 23, 2010 6:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Chavez is coming off a steroids suspension? That’s a distortion of the truth. One that I’m sure his people would take great exception too. I’m just saying, you know
If a man ain't found something worth dying for. He ain't fit to live.
He tested positive for a Furosemide
That only has three uses – to mitigate high blood pressure for the elderly, masking agent or diuretic. So unless growing up on the mean streets of his father’s mansion caused so much stress that his blood pressure is twice normal despite his being a professional athlete, he was cheating. It’s not a drug with a thousand other legitimate uses. It’s not like he was taking Rogaine for that horsehead of his.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Since it’s a diuretic, could he have used it to make weight? It would still be cheating, but it would be a bit less serious.
How's that less serious?
Honest question? I put them around the same. Hell, a diuretic is probably worse. That’s how a fighter can get a 20 pound in-ring weight advantage.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Formaldahyde?
He’ll be a well preserved corpse someday.
Who is really going to pay for the Duddy-Chavez fight? I mean seriously, $40?
Sure, if it was Salvador Sanchez, the real one, but his nephew? Come on, man.
by FrankinDallas on Jun 22, 2010 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m getting the PPV. Yeah it’s not the greatest match. And there both mediocre at best. But it’s still boxing. Plus like I did with the Morales PPV, I owe Barrera that much. $40 bucks really ain’t that much any way
If a man ain't found something worth dying for. He ain't fit to live.
by Violent Demise on Jun 23, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I might break down on it
Duddy-Chavez should be a decent fight, if you ignore each of their last PPV fights.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Barley won and managed to get hit a lot, but then he always does get hit a lot.
He also cuts.
Pray for Nick Charles
Chavez also barely won his last fight
against a much worse opponent
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
I’ve been waffling but if I find nothing to do on Saturday night chances are I’ll cave. I am, rather disgustingly, half-interested to see how Barrera looks in his Top Rank debut. What a run he had with DKP!
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Jun 24, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Classic comedy!
“the mean streets of his fathers mansion”
Brick, if you’re American, then that’s even funnier! Nice one.
by Phill on Jun 23, 2010 10:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
If pictures can tell a story, watch out.
We can expect a pillow fight to break out on Saturday night.
Seriously, If I saw that poster on a bus stop here in NYC, I would expect it to read: “Gentlemen Only: Two for One!”
Honestly, who do these promoters think their audience is?
Understood ...but this promotional poster is another story.
It looks designed specifically for targeting a female audience; a relatively small component of diehard boxing fans.
Might go to my first fight ever if I can get back in town on time.
Dont know what time the plane lands so I might miss some of the undercards but i should get to see Chavez v Duddy. Not a great first fight but still looking forward to it.
jcc jr looks like a massive douche. looking forward to duddy whupping his ass on box azteca
Texans 19-0 in 2010-2011 season PERIOD
by battle axe of doom on Jun 23, 2010 1:26 AM EDT reply actions
Tyson Fury?
Almost required at this point.
by Verklemptomaniac on Jun 23, 2010 2:17 PM EDT reply actions
In one of Fury’s other “wars”, his shorts fell down!
by Phill on Jun 23, 2010 10:33 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Oh, and since it hasn't been canceled yet
Anthony Mundine’s “title” fight at 154 next Wednesday is still on. Fighting another no-name Argie. Not sure if i’ll have next week’s schedule up by then though.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
by Brickhaus on Jun 23, 2010 7:45 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
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