The February 6 edition of ESPN Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra and ESPN Deportes’ Noche de Combates presentado por Corona Extra will feature former junior middleweight titleholder Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora (27-3-2, 9 KOs) and veteran Abie “The Sun City Warrior” Han (23-1, 14 KOs) in the 12-round middleweight main event. Friday’s show from Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Miss., will air live at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2, broadband Spanish-language ESPN Deportes+ and WatchESPN. ESPN Deportes will televise Friday’s fights on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 4 p.m. The card is presented by DiBella Entertainment.
Commentators:
Joe Tessitore will be ringside with analyst Teddy Atlas describing the action for ESPN2, while studio host Todd Grisham (@GrishamESPN) will provide the latest boxing news and information. Alex Pombo and Delvin Rodríguez will call the fights for Noche de Combates (Fight Night) on both ESPN Deportes and ESPN Deportes+, while Leopoldo González and Claudia Trejos will anchor the studio.
Main Event:
Los Angeles’ Mora—who won the first season of the reality series The Contender in 2004-05 before winning the WBC junior middleweight title in 2008—is coming off an eight-round unanimous decision win over Dashon Johnson.
“My trainer took a look at Han. He reminds us a lot of an opponent we fought before named Archak TerMeliksetian,” Mora said. “He’s tall, but he doesn’t fight tall. He fights compact and throws very strong, compact punches. He’s got a great record, so we can’t take him for granted.”
Han, of Texas, has won four fights in a row, including his last, a 10 round majority decision win over Marco Reyes.
“It’s an honor to fight someone of Mora’s caliber,” Han said. “He is a former world champion. He’s very smart and he’s a veteran of the game of boxing. I’m looking forward to the challenge. I feel, come the 6th, I will have to be on my A-game. I feel like if I am on my A-game, I can pull off the upset.”
Co-Feature:
Friday’s eight-round co-feature will pit undefeated junior middleweight Erickson “Hammer” Lubin (8-0, 6 KOs) against a yet-to-be-determined opponent after Lubin’s original opponent dropped out due to a failed medical test. In his last bout, Florida’s Lubin scored an eight-round unanimous decision win over veteran Norberto Gonzalez.
Next week on Friday Night Fights and Noche de Combates:
Boxcino 2015, a single-elimination, two-weight class tournament featuring eight fighters in both the junior middleweight and heavyweight divisions, will begin on Friday, Feb. 13 with the junior middleweight quarterfinal round. The show, from Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn., will air live at 9 p.m. on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes+ and WatchESPN.
Upcoming Schedule:
Date
Time (ET)
Main Event
Location
Networks
Fri, Feb 6
9 p.m.
Sergio Mora (27-3-2, 9 KOs) vs. Abie Han (23-1, 14 KOs) — 12 rounds, Middleweights
Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, Miss.
ESPN2, ESPN Deportes+, WatchESPN
Fri, Feb 13
9 p.m.
Boxcino 2015 Quarterfinals- six rounds each, Junior Middleweight:
Cleotis Pendarvis (17-4, 2 KOs) vs. Ricardo Pinell (10-1-1, 6 KOs)
Stanyslav Skorokhod (8-0, 6 KOs) vs.
Michael Moore (13-0, 6 KOs)
Brandon Adams (14-1, 9 KOs) vs. Alex Pérez (18-1, 10 KOs)
Vito Gasparyan (14-3-5, 8 KOs) vs. Simeon Hardy (13-0, 10 KOs)
Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn.
ESPN2, ESPN Deportes+, WatchESPN
Fri, Feb 20
9 p.m.
Boxcino 2015 Quarterfinals- six rounds each, Heavyweight:
Donovan Dennis (10-1, 8 KOs) vs. Steve Vukosa (10-0, 4 KOs)
Razvan Cojanu (12-1, 7 KOs) vs. Ed Fountain (10-0, 4 KOs)
Andrey Fedosov (25-3, 20 KOs) vs. Nat Heaven (9-1, 7 KOs)
Mario Heredia (9-1, 7 KOs) vs. Lenroy Thomas (18-3, 9 KOs)
Turning Stone Resort and Casino, Verona N.Y.
ESPN2, ESPN Deportes+, WatchESPN
Fri, Feb 27
9 p.m.
Cletus Seldin (15-0, 12 KOs) vs. Johnny García (19-2-1, 11 KOs) — 10 rounds, Jr. Welterweights
Paramount Theater , Huntington, N.Y.
ESPN2, ESPN Deportes+, WatchESPN
*Schedule subject to change
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