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Tessitore announces Peter-Chambers fight for March 27
Though it's not a 100% done deal, ESPN2 play-by-play man Joe Tessitore announced on tonight's Friday Night Fights card that a heavyweight fight between former titleholder Samuel Peter and American Eddie Chambers is likely set for March 27 on Friday Night Fights. Peter (30-2, 23 KO) is one of the...
Bad Left Hook Fight Night: Henry-Mack and Ward-Buchanan
Note: Scroll down a little for an early look at Teddy Atlas' game plan for this fight. Tonight's edition of Friday Night Fights from the Wicomico Civic Center in Salisbury, Maryland, features a light heavyweight fight between Chris Henry and Yusaf Mack that promises to be pretty exciting, plus...
Timekeeper falls asleep, Urango wins IBF title in Montreal
Though the scoring was weird and the referee was Marlon B. Wright, the biggest officiating goofiness of tonight's Friday Night Fights main event in Montreal came courtesy of the timekeeper. Colombian Juan Urango beat Montreal resident Herman Ngoudjo by unanimous decision to win the vacant IBF...
Dan's Notes, Our Thoughts: January 16
Dan Rafael's Notebook is one of our most invaluable sources for boxing news and solid rumors, and if you don't already read it every week, you should. Since he always breaks at least three or four interesting notes every week, let's just take a gander at what he's saying this week and talk about...
Tomato Cans: October 23, 2008
Hey, good news for Evander Holyfield: he's not going to jail! The former heavyweight champ has some child support issues that still need to be settled within three years (a $100,000 college fund for his 10-year old son), but for now, his home is intact, and this is open but, for the most part,...
ESPN to drop Wednesday Night Fights?
Rick Reeno of BoxingScene.com is reporting that "multiple sources" have revealed that Disney, the parent company of ESPN, has made the order to drop Wednesday Night Fights from the schedule, leaving the sports leader with just one boxing show, Friday Night Fights. Reeno also reports that it's...
Kirkland closes FNF season with another TKO
Austin native and KO artist James Kirkland ended the 10th season of Friday Night Fights with a bang, scoring a second-round TKO over Ricardo Cortes in the main event. Kirkland (23-0, 20 KO) was the heavy favorite against Cortes despite giving up four inches of height to the lanky, 6'1" underdog,...
Bad Left Hook Fight Night: James Kirkland v. Ricardo Cortes
Tonight's season finale of Friday Night Fights on ESPN2 starts at 10:30 eastern started at 9:30, I guess, on ESPN2. James Kirkland is in the main event, and we all know what fun he can be. The other featured bout is going to be lightweights Rolando Reyes (pictured right) and Ivan Valle. Looks like...
Bad Left Hook Fight Night: Jose Luis Castillo v. Sebastian Lujan
JOSE LUIS CASTILLO SEBASTIAN LUJAN 56-8-1 Record 29-5-2 48 KO 20 Mexicali, Mexico Hometown Rosario, Argentina 34 Age 28 5'8" Height 5'6" Diego Corrales (KO-4)Joel Casamayor (SD-12)Stevie Johnston (MD-12, D-12) Notable...
Lacy beats Mendoza in killer WNF main event
I was going to cover last night's Wednesday Night Fights live, but instead opted to just sit down and watch the fights, enjoy them for what they were and not try to cast a critical eye of any sort their way, at least not until afterward. And before I do get critical, let me say this: it was an...
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