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ESPN’s Friday Night Fights returns tomorrow night. Tomorrow’s edition is anchored by a battle of Junior Middleweights. To be more exact, it features undefeated Junior Middleweight George “Comanche Boy” Tahdooanippah (31-0-1, 23 KOs) facing off against former Junior Middleweight and Welterweight title challenger Delvin Rodriguez (26-6-3, 14 KOs) in the evening’s 10-round main event. The show will broadcast live from Uncasville, Connecticut tomorrow night at 9pm EST on ESPN2 HD. It will also be available on WatchESPN and on tablets and smart phones via ESPN’s WatchESPN app. It will run tape delayed on ESPN Deportes at 10:30pm.
Friday’s main event will be preceded by a 10-round co-feature pitting Lightweights Chris “Hurricane” Howard (14-2-1) and “The Mongolian Mongoose” Bayan Jargal (17-3-3, 10 KOs) against one another. Jargal comes into Friday’s match off of a first-round TKO win against former featherweight titlist Erik Aiken. On the other side, Howard is looking for redemption after losing in a 10-round split decision to Marc Salser.
Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas will call the matches live from ringside at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Studio host Todd Grisham will be on hand with all of the latest boxing news. He will also have an interview with Kendall Holt (28-5, 16 KOs). Grisham will be discussing the upcoming match against Junior Welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KOs) with Holt. That match takes place next Friday, February22nd on the next edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights. Alex Pombo and Bernardo Osuna will also be on hand for ESPN Deportes. They will be joined by Leopoldo Gonzalez and Pablo Viruega in studio. Osuna will also provide live interviews and reports for both ESPN and ESPN Deportes.
ESPN offers many ways to keep up with all of the latest from Friday Night Fights. Fans can follow it on Twitter at @ESPNFNF and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/espn.fnf. Hispanic fans can follow Friday Night Fights on Twitter at @ESPNBoxeo. Fans can even score the fight themselves round-by-round online via the Friday Night Fights Facebook voting app on the Friday Night Fights Facebook page.
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