No Mas Weekend TV Guide: 2/23 - 2/25
2/23
Champions League Highlights
ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Been missing the action, 'ave ya? Well bloody 'ell mate, ere's your ticket.
Junior Jones v. Tracy Harris-Patterson, 1999
ESPN Classic, 8 p.m. & 12 a.m.
Jones was a year removed from a bitchslapping from El Terrible, and only six bouts removed from his last fight. Still, it's good to see a Poison fight on Classic, taking on Little Caeser no less, who was likewise near the end of his career.
WWE Smackdown
CW, 8 p.m.
Rey Mysterio, who hasn't been seen on WWE television in over four months due to knee surgery, returns tonight to San Diego (his hometown). Also, look out for King Booker vs. Kane in a Money in the Bank Qualifying match for Wrestlemania 23.
International Fight League
FOX Sports Net, 11 p.m.
The IFL settles into their new weekly timeslot on FSN with a battle between the Chicago Red Bears and the New York Pitbulls. Also on tap are the Toronto Dragons going up against the Oregon Wolfpack.
Karate Bullfighter
IFC, 12 a.m. & 3 a.m.
Maybe not the best Sonny Chiba movie, but as I heard Joe Tessitore saying the other night about Pernell Whitaker, "his B minus beat most people's A plus." Chiba plays karate pioneer Masutatsu Oyama in the first in a trilogy of films.
2/24
Archie Moore v. Yvon Durelle, 1958
ESPN Classic, 7 a.m.
The fight that Moore called his finest achievement in the ring and a testament to the iron will of the Mongoose. Down three times in the first round, ole Arch comes back to KO the Fighting Fisherman in the 11th. Read more of what I had to say about this bout in my obituary of Durelle from last month.
Ringside
ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
The Ringside series takes on the career of Evander Holyfield.
Pride FC 33: The Second Coming
PPV, 9 p.m.
Pride returns to PPV and to Las Vegas. Main televised fights are: Mauricio Shogun vs. Alistair Overeem, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs,. Sokoudjou, Takanori Gomi vs. Nick Diaz and Middleweight champ, Wanderlei Silva, defending his title against Dan Henderson.
2/25
NLL Lacrosse - Portland v. Colorado
VS., 2:30 p.m.
Pro lacrosse at 2:30 in the afternoon on a Sunday - strictly for the violently hungover.
Downhill Racer
ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
Robert Redford as a brash young skier who battles with his coach, played by Gene Hackman. From 1969 - a bizarre movie worth watching just for its preposterousness.
Floyd Patterson v. George Chuvalo, 1965
ESPN Classic, 12 a.m.
A straight-up bloodbath, probably the most brutal fight of Floyd's career, not counting the two homicides he suffered at the hands of the Big Bear.
Champions League Highlights
ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Been missing the action, 'ave ya? Well bloody 'ell mate, ere's your ticket.
Junior Jones v. Tracy Harris-Patterson, 1999
ESPN Classic, 8 p.m. & 12 a.m.
Jones was a year removed from a bitchslapping from El Terrible, and only six bouts removed from his last fight. Still, it's good to see a Poison fight on Classic, taking on Little Caeser no less, who was likewise near the end of his career.
WWE Smackdown
CW, 8 p.m.
Rey Mysterio, who hasn't been seen on WWE television in over four months due to knee surgery, returns tonight to San Diego (his hometown). Also, look out for King Booker vs. Kane in a Money in the Bank Qualifying match for Wrestlemania 23.
International Fight League
FOX Sports Net, 11 p.m.
The IFL settles into their new weekly timeslot on FSN with a battle between the Chicago Red Bears and the New York Pitbulls. Also on tap are the Toronto Dragons going up against the Oregon Wolfpack.
Karate BullfighterIFC, 12 a.m. & 3 a.m.
Maybe not the best Sonny Chiba movie, but as I heard Joe Tessitore saying the other night about Pernell Whitaker, "his B minus beat most people's A plus." Chiba plays karate pioneer Masutatsu Oyama in the first in a trilogy of films.
2/24
Archie Moore v. Yvon Durelle, 1958
ESPN Classic, 7 a.m.
The fight that Moore called his finest achievement in the ring and a testament to the iron will of the Mongoose. Down three times in the first round, ole Arch comes back to KO the Fighting Fisherman in the 11th. Read more of what I had to say about this bout in my obituary of Durelle from last month.
Ringside
ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
The Ringside series takes on the career of Evander Holyfield.
Pride FC 33: The Second Coming PPV, 9 p.m.
Pride returns to PPV and to Las Vegas. Main televised fights are: Mauricio Shogun vs. Alistair Overeem, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs,. Sokoudjou, Takanori Gomi vs. Nick Diaz and Middleweight champ, Wanderlei Silva, defending his title against Dan Henderson.
2/25
NLL Lacrosse - Portland v. Colorado
VS., 2:30 p.m.
Pro lacrosse at 2:30 in the afternoon on a Sunday - strictly for the violently hungover.
Downhill Racer
ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
Robert Redford as a brash young skier who battles with his coach, played by Gene Hackman. From 1969 - a bizarre movie worth watching just for its preposterousness.
Floyd Patterson v. George Chuvalo, 1965
ESPN Classic, 12 a.m.
A straight-up bloodbath, probably the most brutal fight of Floyd's career, not counting the two homicides he suffered at the hands of the Big Bear.
2 Comments:
junior jones needs some sort of sportscentury.
thats a dude with a crazy story.
necessary weekend no mas related reading- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2007-02-21/news/being-darryl-strawberry/
what the straw has been up to. also, how about that hockey brawl? apparently one of the goalies has tyson and ali on his mask haha
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