12/22 – ESPN’s Friday Night Fights Returns January 6

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