ESPN2's Friday Night Fights

Tonight's card on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights will be fun to watch, though it won't likely be of great importance. The main event will feature Samuel "The Nigerian Nightmare" Peter against 7-foot journeyman Julius "The Towering Inferno" Long. Some would call long a tomato can, but he did win impressively over the previously unbeaten Nicolay Popov, which warrants giving him a modicum of respect. At least for now, the stone-fisted Samuel Peter will draw a crowd because you can always expect heavy punches, and a knockout is never far away. This fight is of no significance in the heavyweight standings, but it should be entertaining. Peter needs more rounds and better conditioning before he again tries to move up to the heavyweight division's top-tier. He won, but failed to impress in his decision win over Robert Hawkins, and he needs to look impressive here. I anticipate that he will.

Other fights on the card will also be entertaining, as they'll have the always-entertaining Billy "The Kid" Zumbrun going up against Brian "The Beast" Minto. I've seen Zumbrun fight a few times, and while he's too small/untalented to be a heavyweight contender, he fights with a lot of heart, and always puts on a good show. Minto is looking to work his way up into legitimacy. His lone loss was a split-decision to former WBA strap-holder Tony Tubbs.

I'm not sure yet what ESPN2 will air, but I will be watching, and I bet that I'll be enjoying it. The other fights this weekend look good, too, but that's another article.