Bits & Pieces: Friday Night Fights notes

Bits & Pieces: Friday Night Fights notes
Mark E. Ortega
RingTV.com
July 12, 2013


Tonight, a well-matched ESPN2 Friday Night Fights card takes place in Las Vegas at Texas Station Casino as Chris Avalos meets Drian Francisco in the 10-round junior featherweight main event while unbeaten prospects Abie Han and Glen Tapia put their “0s” on the line against each other in a 154-pound bout.

Top Rank matchmaker Brad Goodman shared the story on how Han-Tapia came together.

“Louie Burke (Han's trainer) informed us they were ready for a step up, so we offered Mat Korobov (who is coming off a career-best stoppage of Ossie Duran),” Goodman told RingTV.com shortly after Thursday’s weigh-in finished up.

“They told us, ‘No, we want Glen Tapia,’ and I said, ‘but Louie, Tapia is a 154-pounder.’ Louie told me Abie can make 154 pounds easy and that they wanted the fight.”

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Younger Magdaleno maintains focus while title shot looms for older brother

Younger Magdaleno maintains focus while title shot looms for older brother

Mark E. Ortega

RingTV.com

March 12, 2013

Less than a week from Saturday, Jessie Magdaleno will head on an expedition to Macau, where he hopes to witness his 130-pound older brother win his first major title. Junior lightweight contender Diego Magdaleno takes on WBO titleholder Roman Martinez in a fight that will be televised by HBO2 in the afternoon as part of a special “night” of boxing, and as usual with the Magdaleno brothers, Jessie will be along for the ride.

 But first things first, the younger, and according to many, the more talented Magdaleno brother has his own business to take care of. The 21-year old junior featherweight prospect fights journeyman Carlos Fulgencio on Saturday's Timothy Bradley-Ruslan Provodnikov undercard where he is expected to get a quick and impressive victory.

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