{"id":1315,"date":"2010-02-18T00:01:25","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T05:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2010-02-18T00:01:25","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T05:01:25","slug":"the-boxing-weekend-espn2%e2%80%99s-friday-night-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=1315","title":{"rendered":"The Boxing Weekend: ESPN2\u2019s Friday Night Fights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><a rel=\"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/?p=1315 \" href=\"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/?p=1315 \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-613\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"ESPN2 header\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/ESPN2-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>By Geno McGahee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Light middleweight knockout specialist, Shawn \u201cShowtime\u201d Porter, 12-0, 10 KO\u2019s, will come to ESPN2\u2019s Friday Night Fights against Russell Jordan, 15-6, 10 KO\u2019s, in a 12 round WBO NABO Light Middleweight Title Bout. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Porter has been tearing through his opposition, but they boxers across the ring from him, typically, have not been very good, and that\u2019s being kind. One of his victims, Toris Smith had a record of 2 wins, 28 losses, and Phillip Hammac brought in a record of 4 wins 22 defeats. Sammy Sparkman was a step up, having a decent record by comparison: 21 wins, 18 losses, and a draw. In his last fight, he stopped Jamar Patter, a fighter with an impressive 8-0 record, but when you examine his competition, they are less established and successful foes than Porter has faced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Jordan has been in the ring with some notable fighters like Luis Collazo and Sergio Martinez, but he has been stopped nearly every time he has stepped up. Five of his six defeats were by stoppage. Porter\u2019s punch may make this one a very quick night and we may not learn a whole lot about the prospect. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">The supporting bout will feature light welterweight, Lanard Lane, 10-0, 7 KO\u2019s, taking on Martin Tucker, 7-4, 3 KO\u2019s, in an eight round contest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=5\">Advertise Now On RSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/BookStore\/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=13198\">Purchase Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v-X5bF6vIf8\">Watch The Trailer For Family Secret<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geno McGahee Light middleweight knockout specialist, Shawn \u201cShowtime\u201d Porter, 12-0, 10 KO\u2019s, will come to ESPN2\u2019s Friday Night Fights against Russell Jordan, 15-6, 10 KO\u2019s, in a 12 round WBO NABO Light Middleweight Title Bout. Porter has been tearing through his opposition, but they boxers across the ring from him, typically, have not been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,241,694,725],"class_list":["post-1315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-espn2","tag-teddy-atlas","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}