New (PPV) Kid on the Block

There’s a new kid on the boxing pay-per-view block and it’s … ESPN! That’s right, the same folks who bring you SportsCenter and Friday Night Fights have decided to go head-to-head with HBO and Showtime. The network’s first PPV card is scheduled for Friday, April 23 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and it looks like a good one. All four bouts on the card involve quality fighters and could go either way – a nice change for fight fans who have become accustomed to accepting just one – or possibly two – decent fights on a PPV card (or zero, as was the case with the April 9 card “highlighted” by the Marco Antonio Barrera-Mzonke Fana mismatch). Equally refreshing is the price tag – “just” $29.95 rather than the now typical $39.95 - $49.95. Let’s just hope this is not a teaser price for ESPN’s debut, but rather an attempt to provide better value for the boxing fan’s dollar.
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