By Gary Purfield After packing the Sands Casino Arena on June 1 of this year, Main Events will return for their next Fight Night installment on September 21. Headlining the show is a light heavyweight bout between Gabriel Campillo (21-4-1, 8 KO) and Sergey Kovalev (18-0-1, 16 KO). In the co-feature, popular welterweight and Bethlehem native Ronald Cruz (17-0, 12 KO) takes … [Read more...]
Adamek Wins over One-Armed Chambers, Jennings Stays Undefeated
Ringside report by Gary Purfield Tomasz Adamek won a unanimous decision over a one armed Eddie Chambers in the main event of the NBC Sports Fight Night card in a bout that was far closer than indicated by the controversial scorecards turned in at the end of the night. The heavyweight bout that was a twelve round affair from Adamek’s home base the Prudential Center in … [Read more...]
Bryant Jennings’ Rabbit Run Up the Ranks
By Gary Purfield Most kids at some point were told Aesop’s fable that the tortoise beat the hare by going slow and steady. Bryant Jennings (13-0, 6 KO) was likely out doing roadwork or hitting a heavy bag at the time so he missed this lesson. The young heavyweight prospect is looking to run, not walk through the heavyweight ranks as fast as possible. Instead of a slow … [Read more...]
Fight Night 4: Heavyweight Time with Chambers and Adamek
By Gary Purfield Here they go again. Main Events and NBC will again attempt to capture the hardcore and casual boxing audience with the fourth installment of the Fight Night series on NBC Sports this Saturday. They are thinking big with this one, literally, with a main event that features two of the best available heavyweights not named Klitschko. Tomasz Adamek will … [Read more...]
Judah Destroys Paris, Adamek wins, Jennings Pounds Liakhovich
by Gary Purfield Former two division champ “Super” Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KOs) completely dominated Vernon Paris (26-1, 15 KOs) over nine completely one sided rounds. Judah and Paris squared off in a twelve round IBF title eliminator to headline the second NBC Sports Fight Night card promoted by Main Events. What was considered a pick-em fight turned out to be a one sided … [Read more...]