Golden Boy legal stream! Fight Night Club RBR

That isn't true. A lot of markets do, but Boston is a fairly large TV market and Comcast New England does not even have the option of FSN. There are at least a couple of other big-city markets where the same is true.

Comcast Sports Net syndicates some FSN programming (including boxing) - but usually shows it anywhere from 24 hours to a week or a month after the fact, which for live boxing fans is a bit useless.

I also never asked for Telefutura; it just came with whatever the basic bare-minimum package was (with the only buy-up additions being HBO & Showtime).

 

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Club Nokia, Los Angeles (Fox Sports Net / RingTV.com (live stream))

Ronny Rios (10-0-0, 5 KOs) vs. Leivi Brea (18-8-3, 10 KOs)
6 Rounds - Jr. Lightweight Division

Antonio Orozco (7-0-0, 5 KOs) vs. Humberto Tapia (15-14-1, 8 KOs)
6 Rounds - Jr. Welterweight Division

 

There's a middleweight bout getting underway.

Bastie Samir vs. Jacob Alvarez, 4 rounder.

Samir is 3-0 all by knockout, and Alvarez lost his recent debut by decision.

 

Round 1

Samir is bullying Alvarez right away, throwing 1-2s and recklessly hooking with no respect for Alvarez's power. Alvarez is playing possum and looking to counter but isn't throwing more than once or twice at a time, wary of being countered back with the obviously thudding power of Samir. Alvarez gets shaken behind his guard by a couple of combos and is knocked from corner to corner and desperately flinging back with weaker shots. He is pummeled to the canvas against the ropes and is stopped on his knees.

Samir is no Arthur Abraham, but we do have a new puncher in the division.

 

Golden Boy is pretty good about how they bring their prospects along, too - they're always fed beatable opponents, but lively enough to make it interesting if the kid slacks off.

These cards always entertain, just like the equally "low-level" Solo Boxeo shows. The main difference being that instead of listening to Spanish commentary (or muting it), we get Doug Fischer. Depending on how you feel about his insights and his voice, that can be a good thing or a bad thing.

 

The main televised card is just moments away! (11pm EST)