Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Miguel Marriaga WBO Junior Lightweight World Title Fight Live on ESPN Saturday, August 5
Full Week of Boxing July 31 to August 5 on ESPN Platforms Leading up to Title Fight
Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN Mauricio Herrera vs. Jesus Soto Karass on Friday, August 4
19 Classic Fights throughout the Week
On Saturday, August 5, at 10 p.m. ET the next installment of Top Rank Boxing on ESPN will feature two-division world champion Vasyl Lomachenko defending his World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior lightweight world title against two-time world title challenger and Top-10 contender Miguel Marriaga. The Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko vs. Miguel “Escorpión” Marriaga bout will air live and exclusively on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and stream live on the ESPN app, from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The fight will be called ringside by ESPN commentators Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas, with Bernardo Osuna reporting. They will be joined by guest analyst Timothy Bradley, Jr., a former two-division world champion recently trained by Teddy Atlas. ESPN Deportes will pair Pablo Viruega and Delvin Rodriguez to call the main event in Spanish, with studio commentary from Claudia Trejos and Leopoldo Gonzalez.
On Friday, August 4, at 9 p.m. ET Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN continues with a 10-round welterweight bout featuring Mauricio “El Maestro” Herrera vs. Jesus “Renuente” Soto Karass – live and exclusively on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and stream live on the ESPN app, from the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. Calling the action ringside for ESPN will be Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins and blow-by-blow commentator Bernardo Osuna. ESPN Deportes will pair Pablo Viruega and Delvin Rodriguez to call the main event in Spanish, with studio commentary from Claudia Trejos and Leopoldo Gonzalez.
ESPN will also air 19 classic fights leading up to the big weekend of live boxing. The classic fights begin with De La Hoya vs. Chavez I, Pacquiao vs. Margarito and Arguello vs. Pryor I Monday, July 31 at 11 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and streaming on the ESPN app.
On August 4, during the 6 p.m. ET editions, both SportsCenter on ESPN and Golpe a Golpe on ESPN Deportes will also air Lomachenko’s weigh-in live.
ESPN Fight Week Schedule:
Date
Time (ET)
Event
Fight Date
Platforms
Monday, July 31
11 p.m.
De La Hoya vs. Chavez I
6/7/1996
ESPN2, ESPN app
11:30 p.m.
Pacquiao vs. Margarito
11/13/2010
ESPN2, ESPN app
1 a.m.
Arguello vs. Pryor I
11/12/1982
ESPN2, ESPN app
Tuesday, Aug. 1
8 p.m.
Tyson vs. Holmes
2/22/1988
ESPN2, ESPN app
8:20 p.m.
Tyson vs. Spinks
6/27/1988
ESPN2, ESPN app
8:30 p.m.
Pacquiao vs. Marquez IV
12/8/2012
ESPN2, ESPN app
9:30 p.m.
Mayweather vs. G. Hernandez
10/3/1998
ESPN2, ESPN app
10:15 p.m.
Pacquiao vs. Morales II
1/21/2006
ESPN2, ESPN app
11 p.m.
Morales vs. Barrera I
2/19/2000
ESPN2, ESPN app
Wednesday, Aug. 2
8 p.m.
Mayweather vs. Corrales
1/20/2001
ESPN2, ESPN app
9 p.m.
Mayweather vs. Gatti
6/25/2005
ESPN2, ESPN app
9:30 p.m.
Mayweather vs. Judah
4/8/2006
ESPN2, ESPN app
10:30 p.m.
Tyson vs. Berbick
11/22/1986
ESPN2, ESPN app
10:50 p.m.
Tyson vs. Bruno I
2/25/1989
ESPN2, ESPN app
11:15 p.m.
Tyson vs. Douglas
2/11/1990
ESPN2, ESPN app
Thursday, Aug. 3
9 p.m.
De La Hoya vs. Hopkins
9/18/2004
ESPN, ESPN app
9 p.m.
Lomachenko vs. Roman Martinez
6/11/2016
ESPN Deportes, ESPN app
10 p.m.
Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya
12/6/2008
ESPN, ESPN app
10 p.m.
Lomachenko vs. Salido
3/1/2014
ESPN Deportes, ESPN app
Friday, Aug. 4
7:30 p.m.
Crawford vs. Henry Lundy
2/27/2016
ESPN2, ESPN app
8:15 p.m.
Lomachenko vs. Roman Martinez
6/11/2016
ESPN2, ESPN app
9 p.m.
LIVE Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN:
Mauricio Herrera vs. Jesus Soto Karass
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ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN app
Saturday, Aug. 5
10 p.m.
LIVE Top Rank Boxing on ESPN:
Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Miguel Marriaga
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ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN app
