by Fox Doucette Three fights may have gone chalk, but the fourth one was one huge upset as the ESPN2 Friday Night Fights Boxcino tournament semifinals went down at the Sands Casino Ballroom in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In the heavyweight division, Andrey Fedosov (27-3, 22 KOs) stopped Lenroy Thomas (19-4, 9 KOs) and Donovan Dennis (12-1, 10 KOs) utterly flattened Razvan Cojanu … [Read more...]
Fedosov and the Who-Dats: ESPN Friday Night Fights Recap
by Fox Doucette ESPN2's Boxcino heavyweight tournament got off to a bit of a lackluster start this week, as there were three unsatisfying fights along with a monster knockout in what proved to be a complete mismatch. Andrey Fedosov (26-3, 21 KOs) smashed Nat Heaven (9-2, 7 KOs) in a single round. In additional action, Steve Vukosa (10-1, 4 KOs) got a swan song for his boxing … [Read more...]
Boxcino Goes Heavyweight: ESPN Friday Night Fights Preview
by Fox Doucette From Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, New York, ESPN2 presents the quarterfinal round of Boxcino for the heavyweight division, four six-round fights for your viewing pleasure on Friday Night Fights. While none of these guys involved are going to be beating Wladimir Klitschko any time soon, there is some history between a few of these guys, and much … [Read more...]
ESPN Friday Night Fights Preview: Boxcino Returns
by Fox Doucette Live from the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, CT, the junior middleweights get their turn as the Boxcino tournament on Friday Night Fights pits up-and-coming fighters against each other to crown a new star contender in an already very deep 154-pound division. No main events (unless you count the favorite getting a good test), no co-features as such, just … [Read more...]
Boxcino Tournament Finals Preview
Tomorrow night, ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” will air the 2014 Boxcino tournament’s lightweight and middleweight finals. After 16 boxers competed across four cities for three months of two single elimination rounds, only four stand. In the 135-pound bracket Petr Petrov (34-4-2, 16 KOs) takes on Fernando Carcamo (17-5, 13 KOs) and at 160-pounds Willie Monroe Jr. (17-1, 6 KOs) … [Read more...]