by Fox Doucette Sometimes boxing is like bad sex---24 minutes of boredom followed by 15 seconds of pure, complete joy. Denis Grachev (12-0-1, 8 KOs) got his joy in the form of an eighth-round stoppage of world top ten ranked light heavyweight Ismayl Sillakh (17-1, 14 KOs). The co-feature was more like a quickie in a broom closet, with Javier Fortuna (19-0, 14 KOs) giving a two … [Read more...]
Ismayl Sillakh Headlines Night of Unbeatens: FNF Preview
by Fox Doucette Plenty of unblemished records will be on the line on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights this week as matchmakers trade the risk of a loss against the reward of a national television date. Rapidly rising Ukrainian light heavyweight contender Ismayl Sillakh (17-0, 14 KOs) looks to maintain his upward career trajectory against Denis Grachev (11-0-1, 7 KOs) in the main … [Read more...]
Pick On Someone Your Own Size: FNF Recap
by Fox Doucette There were plenty of potential rejected headlines for this week's Recap. “Junior Middleweight Beats Light Heavyweight For Super Middleweight Title”. “Teddy Atlas Fellates Francisco Sierra In 3D”. Maybe even “Let The Bodies Hit The Floor”. But the main feature of tonight's Friday Night Fights main event on ESPN2 was what happens when a guy comes in 7 … [Read more...]
Francisco Sierra-Jesus Gonzales to Headline Phoenix Card: FNF Preview
by Fox Doucette Regular viewers of Friday Night Fights may remember a fight from last July, the co-feature of Delvin Rodriguez's decision loss to Ashley Theophane, in which Francisco Sierra (24-3-1, 22 KOs) scored a technical decision win over previously unbeaten Don George after dropping George after the bell to end the seventh round. For Sierra, it remains his lone win in … [Read more...]