NBC Sports Group announces "NBC Sports Network Fight Night."

To date, the Main Events shows on ESPN have been:

November 5, 2004 -- Juan Diaz versus Julian Lorcy (a shot fighter) and Jorge Lacierva versus Armando Guerrero (Guerrero, the house fighter, got a gift draw).

December 3, 2004 -- Rocky Juarez versus Guty Espadas (a shot fighter) and Dominick Guinn versus Sergei Lyakovich (Guinn barely extended himself and lost).

January 21, 2005 -- Juan Diaz versus Billy Irwin (a shot fighter) and Calvin Brock versus Clifford Etienne (a shot fighter).

February 18, 2005 -- Antonio Margarito vs. Sebastian Lujan (a ten-round infomercial for ESPN's upcoming pay-per-view telecast; more on that later) and Joshua Clottey vs. Steven Martinez (a two-round "no contest" terminated by an accidental head butt).

March 4, 2005 -- Rocky Juarez vs. Juan Carlos Ramirez (now a loser in three of his last four fights) and Jorge Lacierva vs. Cruz Carbajal (this time, Lacierva's corner threw in the towel after six rounds).
http://www.secondsout.com/columns/thomas-hauser/the-future-of-boxing-at-espn

eh what do i know atsch
hopefully they learnt from that mess

 

yeah good news on paper, but Main Event and whomever they promote with is going to have to find some fights worth watching

 

An entire network that shows only boxing just launched in the UK, that's not enough for you?

 

Get used to seeing Sadam Ali.

 

Take THAT,Zuffa!:thumbsup

 

Wait, NBC or Versus? Or both?

Boxing back on Versus is just mildly interesting news. They had a decent product but never anything to write home about. Roughly somewhere between the FSN cards and Shobox in terms of card depth, production quality etc.

If it's back on the actual NBC flagship station...WHOA! That is earth shattering news.

 

this...^

 

Hell Yeah!!!

 

Yup. There is a time in a boxer's career where he needs to be able to pay his opponent if he wants to be a good risk-reward combination. If you don't have that money, you're stuck fighting top 50's until you become a mandatory.

That is also a good way to show good prospects. I'm biased here but I think a guy like Pier-Olivier Cote, who will make the Bute-Johnson semi-final on Saturday, is a good example of a yound prospect needing that kind of chance to show his abilities. There are a lot of them, of course.

 

Considering Asylum only holds 1,400 people, I'm not holding out hope that the fights are actually any good.

 

http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=630917

Doesn't look great but maybe they'll add a solid main event to that?

 

This.

 

No NBC? Versus is small time, these fight are good for people like us but the general sports world won't notice.