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Michael WoodsOn Saturday night, boxing was made available in DC, and streamed on Facebook, on the Fightnight Live series, now in its second season.
I worked blow by blow, with Franchon Crews-Dezurn…
…and we were both quite impressed with the headliner, Alantez Fox. More on him in a moment…Now all the pics you see come from the eyes and lens of David Spagnolo. I always enjoy his work, and that's why I am posting this pic-heavy look back…
Before the main event, we were most impressed with Christian Esquivel (below right), a 126 pounder from Mexico, who took on 7-1 Jordan White. The Mexican hitter lost a UD6 but won our hearts, with his gritty effort.
We streamed from a new arena, the Entertainment and Sports Arena. Tricky Entertainment and Chris Middendorf promoted the scraps, for the record. Spagnolo shot fighting, and other stuff…
This cop can keep the peace…and disrupt things too, when the time calls for it. Tiara Brown is a rising star. David Spagnolo pic.
The main eventer, Alantez Fox, was “on.” Yeah, Nick Brinson scored with some rights; but then Fox, now 25-1-1, adapted, and pulled away.
Seven bouts, some solid matchmaking. The B sides came to rumble. And the viewers responded–230,000 views and counting.
Editor/publisher Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the thought to be impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist Woods has covered the sport since then, for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, ESPN New York, RING, and he was editor of TheSweetScience.com from 2007-2015. Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live since 2017. He now does work for PROBOX TV, the first truly global boxing network.