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By Jake Donovan - Give a starving man a cracker, and he’ll think it’s a feast.
With that in mind, expect a lot of boxing fans to lick their fingers clean after dining on the 2009 season premiere of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights this weekend.
It’s not often that boxing action on The Deuce comes with major anticipation, but exceptions are made when fight fans have been deprived of live televised action for at least three weeks. If you opted to pass on the Nikolai Valuev-Evander Holyfield pay-per-view, then it’s been even longer than that.
The last time ESPN2 contributed to our boxing intake was four months ago, when undefeated junior middleweight James Kirkland headlined their season finale. Their 2009 debut features two more undefeated stars of tomorrow, with 2004 Cuban Olympic teammates and gold medal winners Yuriorkis Gamboa and Odlanier Solis heading up the broadcast. Gamboa faces Roger Gonzalez in a12-round featherweight bout, while Solis meets Kevin Burnett in a 10-round heavyweight co-feature.
Both bouts air live from Buffalo Bill’s Star Arena in Primm, Nevada (Friday, 9PM ET/6PM local time).
There are few hotter prospects in the sport than Gamboa, the undefeated featherweight who has managed to make a huge splash on the sport in less than two years as a pro. 2008 was a breakout year for the Cuban defector, appearing two times each on ESPN2 and HBO. [details]
With that in mind, expect a lot of boxing fans to lick their fingers clean after dining on the 2009 season premiere of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights this weekend.
It’s not often that boxing action on The Deuce comes with major anticipation, but exceptions are made when fight fans have been deprived of live televised action for at least three weeks. If you opted to pass on the Nikolai Valuev-Evander Holyfield pay-per-view, then it’s been even longer than that.
The last time ESPN2 contributed to our boxing intake was four months ago, when undefeated junior middleweight James Kirkland headlined their season finale. Their 2009 debut features two more undefeated stars of tomorrow, with 2004 Cuban Olympic teammates and gold medal winners Yuriorkis Gamboa and Odlanier Solis heading up the broadcast. Gamboa faces Roger Gonzalez in a12-round featherweight bout, while Solis meets Kevin Burnett in a 10-round heavyweight co-feature.
Both bouts air live from Buffalo Bill’s Star Arena in Primm, Nevada (Friday, 9PM ET/6PM local time).
There are few hotter prospects in the sport than Gamboa, the undefeated featherweight who has managed to make a huge splash on the sport in less than two years as a pro. 2008 was a breakout year for the Cuban defector, appearing two times each on ESPN2 and HBO. [details]
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