by Fox Doucette Sometimes things go exactly as you expect them to in life---a routine ground ball to shortstop, an SEC college football team beating the Pensacola Bible College by 70 on homecoming weekend---and Demetrius Andrade (17-0, 12 KOs) delivered the expected against Rudy Cisneros (12-4, 11 KOs) on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights Saturday Special one-off fight show. For … [Read more...]
Demetrius Andrade-Rudy Cisneros: “FNF Saturday Special” Preview
by Fox Doucette We couldn't make this stuff up if we tried. Saturday night, at 11 PM Eastern/8 PM Pacific, ESPN2 will air a “Friday Night Fights Special Edition”. Friday night...on Saturday. The action will be a one-off affair between Providence-based 2008 Olympian Demetrius Andrade (16-0, 11 KOs) and a sack of potatoes otherwise known as Rudy Cisneros (12-3, 11 KOs). The … [Read more...]
“Rated R” For Violence: FNF Recap
by Fox Doucette Styles make fights. End of recap. OK, so your friendly neighborhood columnist isn't going to be able to get away with that no matter how much brevity may be the soul of wit in today's age of Twitter and sound bites and talking points. But the oldest adage in the fight game was on display in Santa Ynez, California tonight, with fighters showing off the … [Read more...]