Comments Thread For: Fidel Maldonado vs. Ismael Barroso, Golden Boy on ESPN, 10/13

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After capturing the WBC FECARBOX Super Lightweight title just less than two months ago, Fidel "The Atrisco Kid" Maldonado, Jr. (24-3-1, 19 KOs) will put his belt on the line against former Interim World Lightweight Champion Ismael Barroso (19-1-2, 18 KOs) in the 10-round main event of the October 13 edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. ESPN Deportes will air live coverage of the fights beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/ 7:00 p.m. PT, while ESPN3 will live stream all the fights beginning with the undercard bouts at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT.
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[BigZ44]

Interesting fight, what will Barroso have after a long layoff and moving up in weight? He was viewed as a top 5 guy at 135 before the loss to Crolla. I would think Cano should beat the Argentine, but he was pretty competitive with Michael Perez his last time out. Wonder if GB is setting up the winners of these 2 fights to go at it, especially considering Cano/Maldonado was close the 1st time around

[sammybee]

Barroso long lay off might affect him.

[Corelone]

Barroso had the English lions on the run. If it wasn't for Crolla, he would have held all sorts of bragging rights plus a title. Some times, just stopping a threat is a big deal.

[downklown]

I guess Golden Boy Promotions on ESPN is winding down since this is on ESPN Deportes & ESPN3 only.

[bigdunny1]

I guess Golden Boy Promotions on ESPN is winding down since this is on ESPN Deportes & ESPN3 only.

it's airing on ESPN that's the English broadcast, the Spanish broadcast is on ESPN Deportes and the undercard fights before the broadcast is streaming on ESPN3. The last ESPN card with Herrera/Karass just generated the second highest rating for the entire series. Which is why ESPN has been bumping their cards from ESPN2 to the main ESPN channel. The series was originally supposed to be on ESPN2. The last 3 cards golden boy has announced have all been ESPN cards including this one.