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ESPN Friday Night Fights: Roberto Garcia vs. Breidis Prescott

This week on ESPN Friday Night Fights, Breidis Prescott, 27-5, 20 KOs vs. Roberto Garcia, 35-3 1 ND, 23 KOs, in a welterweight 10-rounder.

Welterweights García, Prescott Headline ESPN Friday Night Fights/Noche de Combates

Prescott FNF

The July 25 edition of ESPN Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra and ESPN Deportes’ Noche de Combates presentado por Corona Extra will feature Welterweights Roberto “La Amenaza” García (35-3, 1 ND, 23 KOs) and Breidis Prescott (27-5, 20 KOs) in the 10-round main event. Friday’s show from the UIC Convention Center in Chicago, will air live at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2, broadband Spanish-language ESPN Deportes+ and WatchESPN. ESPN Deportes will air the fights at 10:30 p.m. The card is promoted by Warriors Boxing.

Todd Grisham, filling in for Joe Tessitore, will be ringside with analyst Teddy Atlas describing the action for ESPN2. Commentators Alex Pombo and Delvin Rodríguez will call the fights for Noche de Combates on ESPN Deportes, while Claudia Trejos and Leopoldo González will anchor the studio. Bilingual reporter Bernardo Osuna (@osunaespn) will present live interviews and reports for both shows.

Main Event:

Texas’ García — who has won his last seven fights — is coming off a sixth-round TKO win over Victor Cayo on the May 1 edition of Friday Night Fights. Prescott, who hails from Colombia, is looking to score another victory following a 10-round unanimous decision win over Edison Garcia.

Prescott enters Friday’s fight having wins over high level opposition including: former WBA Super Lightweight titlist Amir Khan and current WBA Lightweight titlist Richard Abril.

“I think Roberto Garcia is a good fighter and a strong fighter. But I have the advantage of a longer reach and I use it real good”, says Breidis Prescott. “I feel much stronger at 147 pounds – I don’t have to use so much energy cutting weight. I feel real good.I’m coming back strong and hard.”

 

Best Wins for Garcia and Prescott

Garcia’s Best Wins:

TKO 6 Victor Cayo W 10 Norberto Gonzalez W 10 Carson Jones

 

Prescott’s Best Wins:

KO 1 Amir Khan W10 Richard Abril W 10 Bayan Jargal

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