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ESPN AND MAIN EVENTS COMBINE ON A ONE YEAR, 12 FIGHTS DEAL By Tom Dickey |
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Moretti also announced the second special dates card will take place on
December 3rd from Atlantic City. Heavyweight Dominick Guinn will fight on the
undercard, and the main event will feature Rocky Juarez battling former world
champion Guty Espadas. Moretti also stated that Kermit Cintron would probably
be on a February card, as he is recovering from hand surgery. The deal is a one
year deal as ESPN dives back into Boxing, and will bring back it's Friday
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ESPN and Main Events announced a one year deal that will bring some of
the hottest young fighters to the forefront. The fighters that would possibly
fight
on the network would be Juan Diaz, Rocky Juarez, and Kermit Cintron. Two ESPN
representatives along with Main Events CEO Kathy Duva, and matchmaker Carl
Moretti talked to the press and discussed the deal on Wednesday.
The deal will include 12 fights over the next year, and will include pay per
view matches. ESPN representatives stated they wanted to expand their pay per view, which
right now includes College Football and Basketball. The twelve fights would
include two pay per view boxing events in 2005, seven Friday Night Fights cards, and three
special date cards starting on November 5th. It was also announced that ESPN2
will start up
its Friday Night Fights series again beginning in January. Main Events will
promote seven of these cards in 2005, along with the pay per views and the
special date cards.
It was also announced that the same studio and ringside crew would be back.
During the Main Events promoted fights Jeremy Schaap will join the crew as a
reporter. The prices for the pay per views were not announced, but ESPN said
they would be consistent with the current market. Carl Moretti announced
that the first card will be on November 4th, it will be one of the special dates
cards, as the FNF series will not return to January.
The November 4th card will be from the SBC Center in San Antonio, Texas. The
main event for this debut card will be the first defense of WBA Lightweight champion Juan Diaz against mandatory
Julian Lorcy. The undercard will feature newly signed Main Events fighter Jorge Lacierva against Armando Guerrero.
Night Fights series in January.
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