This article is about the TV program ESPN2 Friday Night Fights. For a TV program with a similar name shown on the British TV channel Sky Sports 1, see Friday Fight Night.

ESPN2 Friday Night Fights is a TV program, of the American channel ESPN2, that shows a series of live boxing fights on Friday nights, usually at 9 p.m. ET. The program is hosted from the ESPN studio by ESPN's Brian Kenny and a guest host, usually a current or former boxer. Ringside commentary is provided by Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas. Previous seasons have featured boxing analyst Max Kellerman alongside Brian Kenny and sportscaster Bob Papa in Tessitore's role ringside with Atlas. Broadcasting on the Sky Digital TV platform, Sky Sports was the first of five dedicated sports channels on BSkyB. It launched in 1989 along with Sky News and is still broadcasts today. ... Friday Fight Night is a boxing TV program shown on Sky Sports 1 at 10 pm. ... ESPN2 debuted on October 1, 1993, as a sister station of ESPN. Nicknamed the deuce, ESPN2 was to be branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross, snowboarding, and BMX racing. ... Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left) versus Rafael Ortíz Boxing, also called pugilism, Western Boxing, prizefighting (when referring to professional boxing) or the sweet science (a common nickname among fans), is a sport in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in... EDT (shown in yellow) is UTC-4 The Eastern Time Zone of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of Northern America and the west coast of South America. ... ESPN (formerly an initialism for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... Brian Kenny Brian Kenny (born October 18, 1963), is currently a journalist for ESPN since 1996. ... Teddy Atlas (b. ... Max Kellerman (born August 6, 1973) is an American sports talk radio host in New York City. ... Bob Papa (born September 19, 1964) is an American sportscaster. ...

Friday Night Fights has also offered counterpart programs, ESPN2 Tuesday Night Fights, and in 2006 ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights.

The usual set-up of the night is three matches. The first being eight rounds, the second being four, and the main event being either ten or twelve rounds. This is not always the case, though, as some matches will inevitably end early due to a knockout, disqualification, or accidental head-butt. In the event of the first fight ending early, the second match will usually move from four rounds up to six rounds. If enough fights end early, after the main event a match originally not supposed to be televised will be shown, another four-round match.

Between fights the show goes back to ESPN studios for Brian Kenny to talk about recent boxing news and/or have an interview with someone in the boxing world. Notable interviews include Bernard Hopkins, Antonio Tarver, Winky Wright and Sugar Ray Leonard, among others. The people being interviewed may or may not be in the studio with Brian. Special guests can also appear ringside. They usually only stay as guest commentators for one or two rounds and might possibly stay for a quick interview between rounds, although usually the show has commercials between rounds. Guest commentators include "Baby" Joe Mesi and Bernard Hopkins.

Title matches are not uncommon on Friday Night Fights, either. Usually this will only happen for minor belts, or if a belt (regardless of prestige) has been vacated and needs a champion.

Teddy Atlas' Fight Plan

Before every main event, a short video recorded earlier is shown where Teddy goes over what strategies he thinks each boxer should use and uses his assistant Saul to demonstrate (they don't actually hit each other, but Teddy will use light, open-palm hits if he's demonstrating body shots). Teddy's extensive background as a boxing trainer gives these videos a great deal of accuracy, and if a boxer uses the strategies he mentioned they usually work well. In a Rogers Mtagwa fight, Teddy predicted that Mtagwa would knock out his opponent in the fourth round, and even predicted what punch would be the finishing blow; he was right on all accounts. Normally, the videos will be recorded in the ring before anybody comes to the arena, but from time to time will be filmed outside of the arena, elsewhere in the city. One sequence ended with Saul tackling Teddy into a fountain they were standing next to.

Boxers who have fought on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights:

• Emanuel Augustus (2005-07-08)
• O'Neil Bell
• James Butler (2001-11-23)
• Derek Bryant
• Julio Diaz
• John Duddy
• Julio Gonzalez
• Allan Green
• Vivian Harris
• Audley Harrison
• Zab Judah (1999-07-09)
• Julian Letterlough
• Antonio Margarito
• Oleg Maskaev
• Carlos Navarro
• Kassim Ouma
• Bobby Pacquiao
• Scott Pemberton
• Sam Peter (2006-04-28)
• Hasim Rahman
• Teddy Reid
• Omar Sheika
• Cory Spinks
• Micky Ward (1999-07-16)

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• Emanuel Augustus (2004-07-06)
• Ian Gardner (2005-07-05)

Boxers who have fought on ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights: Emanuel Mr. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... Ian Gardner, nicknamed The Cobra because of his slithering movements on the boxing ring, is a junior-middleweight boxer who resided in Toronto, Ontario, but now resides in Brockton, Massachusetts near Boston. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ...

• Allan Green (2006-04-26)
• Jameel McCline (2006-04-26)
• Sharmba Mitchell (2006-05-03)
• Joey Spina (2006-05-10)
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