Boxing Legend Roy Jones Jr. to Work Kendall Holt’s Corner On ESPN’s Friday Night Fights

Boxing Legend Roy  Jones Jr. to Work Kendall Holt’s Corner On ESPN’s Friday Night Fights

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Former Junior  Welterweight Titlist on ESPN’s Friday Night  Fights Boxing Legend Roy  Jones Jr. to Work Kendall Holt’s Corner Studio Host Bernardo  Osuna Makes Ringside Debut on ESPN2

ESPN’s  Friday Night Fights presented by Corona  Extra will  feature two top contenders – former Junior Welterweight titlist Kendall “Rated  R” Holt (27-5, 15 KOs) and Junior Welterweight Tim “The Pitbull” Coleman  (19-2-1, 5 KOs) in the 10-round main event on March 16. Friday’s  show will air at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2 HD, ESPN Deportes, and  ESPN3 from Cabazon, Calif. The card is presented by Gary Shaw  Productions.

ESPN2 studio host  Bernardo  Osuna,filling  in for Joe  Tessitore,will  make his ringside debut on ESPN2 HD and  ESPN3, with Teddy  Atlas at the Morongo  Resort Casino.

“I’m very excited to  sit alongside Teddy  Atlas and call the  Friday Night Fights action near my home in California.” Osuna said. “Calling fights is what I love to do the most, so filling in  for Joe  Tessitore is a great  opportunity to get ringside. Once again, I’ve got big shoes to fill, so I can  only be myself, share my passion, and hope that our viewers enjoy what promises  to be a solid card.  Former titlist Kendall Holt can’t afford another defeat and  Tim Coleman needs to rebound from his KO loss against Vernon Paris on Friday  Night Fights, to show that he’s a worthy contender.  I guess that we’ve all  got a lot to prove on Friday Night Fights.”

Todd Grisham,  currently an anchor for ESPNEWS’ Highlight Express, MMA  Live and SportsCenter, will fill in as Friday Night Fight’s studio host. Prior to joining ESPN, Grisham served as WWE backstage  interviewer, play-by-play commentator and occasional ring announcer. Grisham will  discuss this Saturday’s St. Patrick’s Day fight between Ring Magazine’s Middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and Matthew Macklin. Atlas will also discuss  last week’s Featherweight title rematch between Juan Manuel Lopez and Orlando  Salido.

On ESPN Deportes’  Viernes de Combates (Friday Night Fights), Robert Sierra and Delvin  Rodriguez will call the fights with Leopoldo Gonzalez and Lindsay Casinelli in  the studio.

Main Event:

New Jersey’s Holt who  defeated former lightweight titlist Julio Diaz on ESPN’s Friday Night  Fights last May, will have boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. in his corner this  Friday. “It should make for interesting TV,” Holt, said. “With Roy being in my  corner, I know there will be a lot of eyes on the fight. Besides that, I think  people are interested to see how I come back against Tim  Coleman.”

Holt, who’s managed  by NFL running back Brandon  Jacobs enters Friday’s fight with experience having fought  current and former titlists Julio Diaz, Timothy Bradley Jr., Ricardo Torres,  Isaac Hlatshwayo, and David Diaz. Holt said of Friday’s fight “I’m going to take  advantage of this opportunity that’s been given to me, fighting on ESPN’s  Friday Night Fights. I know Coleman is coming with his A-game, so this will  be an entertaining fight for everyone watching. I feel like my back is against  the wall and I need to leave everything in the ring. Come fight night I’m going  for broke”

Las Vegas’ Coleman  will look to rebound after a seventh-round knockout loss to Vernon Paris.

“I’ve seen Kendall  fight a couple times in New Jersey,” Coleman said. “Kendall’s a good fighter. I  think Kendall is dangerous with a left hook, but he’s lacking in heart. I’m just  going to go in there and outbox him. I feel like I’m a better all-around fighter  than Kendall is.”

Co-Feature:

Friday’s co-feature  will pit Featherweights Abraham “Chamaco” Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) against Gabriel  “The Ghost” Tolmajyan (11-1-1, 3 KOs).  California’s Lopez is coming off a  fourth-round knockout win over Gerardo Espinoza, while Tolmajyan of California  is coming off an eight-round split decision against previously undefeated Daulis  Prescott.

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This event is promoted by Gary Shaw Productions in conjunction  with Thompson Boxing and the Morongo Casino Resort  & Spa.  Tickets priced $35 & $55 are on sale now and can be purchased at the Morongo Casino Box office or by calling the Box office hotline at (951) 755-5391.  Tickets are also available by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745- 3000 or online at ticketmaster.com.

The Morongo Casino Resort and Spa is located at 49500 Seminole Dr, Cabazon, CA, 92230.  Doors open at 5:00 p.m , first fight starts at 5:30 p.m.  ESPN “Friday Night Fights” telecast begins at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.