ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra will kick off its 14th season January 6 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN3 featuring super middleweights Dyah Davis (20-2-1, 9 KOs: son of 1976 U.S. Olympic Gold medalist Howard Davis) and Alfonso Lopez (22-1, 17 KOs). The 10-round main event, outdoors at Mallory Square in Key West, Fla., is presented by DiBella Entertainment. The January-August series concluded the 2011 season averaging 543,000 viewers, up 9% from 497,000 viewers in 2010. ESPN’s Friday Night Fights also saw gains in younger demos among adults ages 18-34 (+19%) and 18-49 (+22%). Upcoming schedule below:
Date | Time (ET) | Main Event | Location | Network |
Fri, Jan 6 | 9 p.m. | Dyah Davis vs. Alfonso Lopez | Mallory Square,Key West, Fla | ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3 |
Fri, Jan 13 | 9 p.m. | Teon Kennedy vs. Chris Martin |
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas | ESPN2, ESPN 3D, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3 |
Fri, Jan 27 | 9 p.m. | Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Julio “The Kidd” Diaz |
Northern Quest Casino, Airway Heights Wash. | ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3 |
Fri, Feb 3 | 10 p.m. | Edison Miranda vs. Yordanis Despaigne |
(TBD),Las Vegas | ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3 |
Fri, Feb 10 | 9 p.m. | Demetrius Andrade vs. Derek Ennis |
Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn. | ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3 |
Fri, Feb 17 | 9 p.m. | John Molina vs. Alejandro Sanabria |
UTA, College Park CenterArlington Texas | ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3 |
Fri, Feb 24 | 9 p.m. | Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Cristobal Cruz | USC, Galen Center,Los Angeles | ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3 |