Junior Welterweights Katsidis & Mensah on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights
Studio Interview with Middleweight Champion Sergio Martinez
Former
interim Lightweight titlist Michael Katsidis “The Great” (28-5, 23 KOs)
and Albert “Tornado” Mensah (19-3-1, 7 KOs) will meet in the 10-round
Junior Welterweight main event on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra on April 13. Friday’s show will air at 11 p.m. ET on ESPN2 HD, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN3 from Las Vegas. The card is presented by Millennium Events.
On ESPN2 HD and ESPN3, Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas will be ringside at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino describing the action. On ESPN Deportes’ Viernes de Combates (Friday Night Fights), Alex Pombo and Delvin Rodriguez will call the fights with Leopoldo Gonzalez and Pablo Viruega in the studio.
ESPN Deportes will feature a studio interview with The Ring Middleweight Champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez. Martinez will
discuss his career and his hopes to face Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. this
year to reclaim Chavez Jr.’s championship belt.
Main Event:
Katsidis
of Calif., enters Friday’s fight having fought current and former
titlists Joel Casamayor, Juan Diaz, Juan Manuel Marquez, Robert
Guerrero, and Ricky Burns. Three of Katsidis’ last five wins were
against former Lightweight titlist Jesus Chavez, and contenders Kevin
Mitchell and Vicente Escobedo.
“I'm
going to prepare with everything I know,” Katsidis said of Friday’s
fight. “I’m preparing myself in the best way mentally and physically for
this fight.”
Chicago’s
Mensah, is coming off a 12-round decision win over Andres Gorges.
Mensah’s trainer Joseph Awinongya said, “Albert’s style is similar to
Katsidis,’ but Katsidis can’t match him for strength and power. Albert’s
style – every punch he throws, it means something. He doesn’t waste his
punches.”
Tessitore:
“Michael
Katsidis is the type of fighter that I often talk about when discussing
what boxing needs to serve its fans. Although he has taken losses,
mostly against high level competition, he always delivers and I cannot
wait to see what he delivers this Friday night against a tough opponent
who has a lot to prove.”
Co-Feature:
Friday’s co-feature will pit California Welterweights Artemio
“The King” Reyes (15-1, 12 KOs), against Alan “El Pugas” Sanchez
(9-2-1, 3 KOs). Reyes is coming off a first-round knockout win over
Victor Correa, while Sanchez is coming off an eight-round unanimous
decision win over Albert Herrera.
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