CLASSIC FIGHT NIGHTS ON ESPN CLASSIC TO AIR

SELDOM-SEEN FIGHTS NEXT WEEK

 

Programming Leads Into April 23 ESPN Pay-Per-View Boxing event

 

Each night next week from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET, ESPN Classic will air seldom-seen classic boxing matches as part of Classic Fight Nights, a week-long programming lead-in to the ESPN Pay-Per-View boxing event on Saturday, April 23. 

 

The Classic Fight Nights lineup includes:

 

Mon. 4/18

9 p.m.             "Sugar" Ray Leonard vs. Tommy Hearns I (9/16/81)

(re-airs 4/19 at 12 a.m., 4/20 at 10 p.m. and 4/21 at 1 a.m.)

            10 p.m.            Roberto Duran vs. Ken Buchanan (6/26/72)

 

Tues. 4/19

            9 p.m.              Evander Holyfield vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi (7/12/86)

                                                (re-airs on 4/20 at 12 a.m., 4/22 at 10 p.m. and 4/23 at 1 a.m.)

10 p.m.            Pernell Whitaker vs. James "Buddy" McGirt (3/6/93)

(re-air 4/20 at 1am, 4/21 at 10pm and 4/22 at 1am)

Wed. 4/20

9 p.m.              Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Arguello II (9/9/83)

(re-air 4/21 at 12am)

            10 p.m.            “Sugar” Ray Leonard vs. Tommy Hearns I (re-air)

 

Thurs 4/21

9 p.m.              Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer (422/94)

(re-air at 12am on 4/22)

            10 p.m.            Pernell Whitaker vs. James "Buddy" McGirt (re-air)

 

Friday 4/22

9 p.m.              Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Dokes (3/11/89)

(re-air at 12am on 4/23)

            10 p.m.            Evander Holyfield vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi (re-air)

 

ESPN Classic will also air following fights on Saturday, April 23 leading into the 9 p.m. ET ESPN Pay-Per-View event:

6 p.m.              Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Dokes (re-air)

7 p.m.              Evander Holyfield vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi (re-air)

8 p.m.              "Sugar" Ray Leonard vs. Tommy Hearns I (re-air)

  

ESPN Pay-Per-View Boxing and ESPN.com Live WebCast

At 9 p.m. on April 23, ESPN Pay-Per-View will present a blockbuster night of boxing promoted by Main Events from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.  The pay-per-view event will feature up to 44 rounds of live boxing, including two world championship fights, for just $29.95. Fans will also have the choice to purchase a live ESPN.com Webcast of the event for the same price. The television and online packages will feature the identical live feed and will be sold separately.  

Featured fighters will include WBA lightweight champion Juan Diaz; WBO welterweight title holder Antonio Margarito (who will battle WBO-interim champion Kermit Cintron), as well as three-time world champion Shane Mosley; and a 10-round heavyweight bout. 

The event marks the first of two events this year distributed by ESPN Pay-Per-View and promoted by Main Events. The ESPN.com Webcast will mark the first time that such a high-profile night of boxing will be carried live online. 

For more information, visit http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/boxingPPV or go to ESPN.com and search “boxing.”