Friday Night Fights

Once-beaten Vernon Paris boxed well enough to win a unanimous decision against game Manuel Perez in a Friday Night Fights main event in his hometown of Detroit on Friday.

Oscar Gonzalez dropped Rico Ramos en route to outpointing the former WBA 122-pound titleholder in the 10-round Friday Night Fights main event from the Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton, Wash.

Dougie is asked about his thoughts on this past Saturday's boxing card from Macau, the Peruvian presence on the most recent Friday Night Fights main event and the terrific action boxing fans have been treated to early this year in this week's Monday Mailbag. Enjoy!

Promoter Lou DiBella held court with the media after his junior middleweight prospect Willie Nelson scored an impressive first-round KO of Michael Medina on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights. DiBella says Nelson would KO Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, Austin Trout and Keith Thurman.

Late-replacement Evgeny Gradovich spoiled rapper/promoter 50 Cent's first solo promotion by outpointing featherweight titleholder Billy Dib via hard-fought split decision in a Friday Night Fights main event at Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Conn.

Billy Dib used to walk out to 50 Cent’s music as an up-and-comer, now the featherweight titleholder will be accompanied by the rapper, who is his promoter, when he walks to the ring to defend his IBF belt against Evgeny Gradovich in the main event of this week’s Friday Night Fights.

Delvin Rodriguez easily dispatched of overmatched veteran George Tahdooahnippah with a sixth round stoppage in the main event of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn.

Sorry for the late posting of this week's Friday mailbag, folks. (Valentine's Day evening was rough.) But here it is, complete with fans' questions and comments on Adrien Broner, The Problem's Saturday lightweight title defense against Gavin Rees, and other subjects. Enjoy!

IBF featherweight titleholder Billy Dib says he is “disappointed and shocked” by the news that Luis Franco has withdrawn from their scheduled March 1 Friday Night Fights main event at MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Conn.

Carlos Molina added the biggest name to the win column of his CV, outlasting Cory Spinks over 12 rounds at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, the main event of this week's Friday Night Fights. Molina scored a knockdown en route to a lopsided unanimous decision.

Bryan Vera overcame setbacks en route to his his fight with former 154-pound beltholder Sergei Dzinziruk in this week’s Friday Night Fights main event. If he beats Dzinziruk he could get a shot at WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin.

Friday Night Fights kicked off its 15th season with a compelling main event (and a hometown decision) as Rances Barthelemy defeated Asam Usmanee via highly controversial scores at the Magic City Casino in Miami.

Damian Frias has won all types of battles but is used to being the underdog, and on Friday Night Fights he will again enter the ring expected to lose against Carlos Molina, who himself will have the unfamiliar label of 'favored.'

Photos from Mercito Gesta's ninth-round knockout of Ty Barnett, and Jesse Magdaleno's impressive stoppage of Aldimar Santos in the second round on Friday Night Fights.

Unbeaten lightweight prospect Mercito Gesta stopped Ty Barnett in the ninth round of their Friday Night Fights main events at the Texas Station Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.

Lightweight prospect Mercito Gesta will either confirm or discount early comparisons to Manny Pacquiao when he faces Ty Barnett in the main event of a Friday Night Fights broadcast from the Texas Station Casino in Las Vegas on Friday.

RingTV's Bill Emes captured Hank Lundy's struggle to make weight for his Friday Night Fights main event against Raymundo Beltran. Afterward, Lundy, the WBC's No. 1 lightweight contender, had some words for Adrien Broner.

Junior welterweight slugger Ruslan Provodnikov made short work of Jose Reynoso, and junior featherweight Christopher Martin scored a mid-rounds stoppage over Roberto Castaneda on the latest edition of Friday Night Fights.

Mike Dallas Jr. shutout Miguel Gonzalez in the 10-round Friday Night Fights main event in Arlington, Texas, on Friday, while an overweight Shawn Estrada dominated Terrance Woods in the co-featured bout of the ESPN2 broadcast.