Friday Night Fights is getting stronger.

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January 9
At Primm, Nev. (ESPN2): "Friday Night Fights" season premier, Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. TBA, 10 rounds, featherweights; Odlanier Solis vs. TBA, 10 rounds, heavyweights

January 16
At Key West, Fla. (ESPN2): Carlos Quintana vs. Eromosele Albert, 10 rounds, junior middleweights

January 30
At Montreal (ESPN2): Herman Ngoudjo vs. Juan Urango, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF junior welterweight title'

I like that they are putting on much better fights. Instead of getting garbage fighters and garbage matchups they now can offer more money and we get better entertainment. With PPVs stinking up the joint and people starting to take notice maybe boxing is going in the right direction. Less PPVs, better ESPN matchups and VS getting legit fights I like where its going.

[mrpain81]

Great first month, too bad HBO and Showtime is looking weak as **** the first 2 months.

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Great first month, too bad HBO and Showtime is looking weak as **** the first 2 months.

They are always pretty crummy the first 2 months. Cotto returns so thats good enough for me. Plus there is still time, they may make a few more matchups.

[actionjackson]

Great line-up. It is great ESPN is finally getting title fights back on the air.

[mrpain81]

They are always pretty crummy the first 2 months. Cotto returns so thats good enough for me. Plus there is still time, they may make a few more matchups.

That Cotto fight will probably be on PPV.

[actionjackson]

That Cotto fight will probably be on PPV.

Bobfather already said its gunna be on HBO WCB. And that he will have Pavlik fighting on the same night and have a coast to coast HBO card.

Kind of like Margarito-Williams and Gatti-Gomez.

[The_Bull]

Come to think about it, the disband of Solo Boxeo and WNF may be a blessing in disguise. Yeah, I know less boxing on television. Now we get less boxing but higher quality of boxing. Now FNF is pressured to cover ever good fight not on Showtime or HBO. Kudos to ESPN.

[mrpain81]

Bobfather already said its gunna be on HBO WCB. And that he will have Pavlik fighting on the same night and have a coast to coast HBO card.

Kind of like Margarito-Williams and Gatti-Gomez.

• Two of Top Rank's biggest stars, middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik and former welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto, are planning their next fights after coming off losses. Top Rank's Bob Arum told ESPN.com he's planning their returns for Feb. 21 in an unusual split-site pay-per-view card. It would feature Cotto, in his first fight since being stopped by Antonio Margarito in July, at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall with the three leading candidates to face him being England's Michael Jennings for the welterweight belt Paul Williams vacated last week, ex-titlist Kermit Cintron or fringe contender Jesus Soto Karass. Following Cotto's match, the action would shift to the Chevy Center in Youngstown, Ohio, where Pavlik, coming off a nontitle light heavyweight loss to Bernard Hopkins in October, would make a hometown mandatory defense against Marco Antonio Rubio. Arum said HBO and Showtime passed on the doubleheader, which is why he's planning a PPV. "They have the right to turn down any fight they want and I have the right to do any fight I want," Arum said. A Cotto victory would likely propel him into a summer rematch with Margarito.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/notebook?page=notebook/boxingnovember21

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This was on Rafaels notebook today.

[The_Bull]

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...xingnovember21

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This was on Rafaels notebook today.

That fat fucker needs to post more of them 'notebooks.'

[mrpain81]

That fat fucker needs to post more of them 'notebooks.'

He does them every friday.