Juan Carlos "Mini' Burgos and Yakubu "The Black Mamba" Amidu will compete in this Friday's broadcast of Friday Night Fights. For the second consecutive week, the action will be on ESPN Deportes+ due to Liga Bancomer MX soccer on ESPN Deportes. Below are the details for ESPN Media Zone.
Former Jr. Lightweight & Featherweight Title Challenger Burgos to Meet Amidu on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights
The July 26 edition of Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra will feature former Jr. Lightweight and Featherweight title challenger Juan Carloa "Mini" Burgos (30-1-1, 20 KOs, ESPN.com No. 4 ranked Jr. Lightweight) and Yakubu "The Black Mamba" Amidu (18-4-1, 16 KOs) in the 12-round Lightweight main event. Friday's show from Thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln, Calif. will air live at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2, WatchESPN, and broadband Spanish-language ESPN Deportes+. ESPN Deportes will televise Friday's fights on Saturday, July 27, at 9 p.m. The card is promoted by Banner Promotions.
Commentators:
Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas will be ringside describing the action for ESPN2, while studio host Todd Grisham(@GrishamESPN) will present all the latest boxing news and highlights. Delvin Rodriguez, will call the fights with Pablo Viruega for ESPN Deportes’ Viernes de Combates (Friday Night Fights), on both ESPN Deportes+ and ESPN Deportes, while Leopoldo Gonzalez and Claudia Trejos will anchor the studio. Bilingual reporter Bernardo Osuna (@osunaespn) will present live interviews and reports for both shows.
Main Event:
Mexico’s Burgos is coming off a 12-round draw in a Jr. Lightweight title challenge against Roman Martinez.
After that fight, ESPN.com boxing writer Dan Rafael wrote, “Making his first defense, Martinez escaped with his belt on another highly debatable decision. Almost all of press row, as well as the Twitterverse and HBO’s Harold Lederman, had Burgos winning the fight. He hammered Martinez with hard body punches throughout the bout. According to CompuBox, Burgos landed more punches in 10 out of the 12 rounds. Burgos just seemed more in control, stronger and better able to do what he wanted to do. Martinez seemed to have a hard time dealing with his height and reach.”
California’s Amidu, who is co-managed by actor Vince Vaughn, is looking to rebound from a 10-round split decision loss to Haskell Rhodes.
“I’ve been working with Yakubu since he came to the United States,” said Amidu’s co-manager & trainer Baba Sumaila. “I managed his brother, Abdullai. So when Yakubu came here, I started working with him. Yakubu is always training. When we have a fight, he increases the tempo to make him more ready for the fight. We know our opponent is very good, but we’re ready for that. We are ready.”
Co-Feature:
Friday’s 10-round co-feature will pit Lightweights Miguel “Silky Smooth” Gonzalez (21-3, 15 KOs) of Cleveland against Brazil’s Josenilson “Jo” Dos Santos (24-1, 14 KOs). Gonzalez scored a 10-round unanimous decision win over former lightweight titlist Miguel Acosta in his last fight, while Dos Santos is looking to continue his winning ways following a 12-round unanimous decision win over Carlos Rodriguez.
Upcoming Schedule:
| Date | Time (ET) | Main Event | Location | Networks | |
| Fri., Aug 2 | 9 p.m. | Javier Fortuna (22-0, 16 KOs) vs. Luis Franco (11-1, 7 KOs)—10 rounds, Featherweights | Buffalo Run Casino, Miami, Okla. | ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN | |
| Fri., Aug 9 | 10 p.m. | Rustam Nugaev (24-6-1, 14 KOs) vs. José Hernández (14-6-1, 6 KOs)—10 rounds, Lightweights | Morongo Casino, Cabazon, Calif. | ESPN2, ESPN ESPN Deportes+ ,WatchESPN | |
| Fri., Aug 16 | 9 p.m. | Andrzej Fonfara (23-2, 13 KOs) vs. Gabriel Campillo (22-5-1, 9 KOs)—12 rounds, Light Heavyweights | U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago | ESPN2, ESPN ESPN Deportes+ ,WatchESPN | |
| Fri., Aug 23 | TBD | Argenis Méndez (21-2, 11 KOs) vs. Arash Usmanee (20-1, 10 KOs)—12 rounds, Jr. Lightweights | Turning Stone Casino, Verona N.Y. | ESPN2, ESPN ESPN Deportes+ ,WatchESPN | |
*Schedule subject to change
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