USA Tuesday Night Fights
is a television boxing show. It aired from October 1, 1982 through August 25, 1998 on the USA Network; at one time it was the longest continually-running boxing show on television.
USA Tuesday Night Fights
was hosted by Al Albert and former lightweight champion Sean O'Grady.
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Notable fights
Few world title fights were presented in this show, one of the notable ones being when
Vinny Pazienza, a former world Lightweight champion, moved up in weight and captured the
WBA world Jr. Middleweight championship with an eleventh round knockout of
Gilbert Dele. Pazienza would ultimately relinquish the title following a car accident the following year. Written off from boxing by doctors after the accident, Pazienza would return to the ring with a win over Luis Santana, a fight which also aired on
Tuesday Night Fights
.
Other shows included
Roberto Duran's one hundredth fight, the returns of both
George Foreman and
Larry Holmes, and a show staged inside a marine aircraft carrier.
Other world champions to fight on the show
Many other world champions fought on this show, including
Oscar de La Hoya,
Floyd Mayweather Jr.,
Roy Jones Jr.,
Arturo Gatti,
Fernando Vargas, and
Antonio Tarver. Championship
Pay Per View bouts were also recasted on the show such as
Julio César Chávez's eighth round knockout win over
Joey Gamache.
Rebroadcasts
In June 2006,
CSI Sports launched the
USA Tuesday Night Fights Knockouts
pay-per-view series, featuring replays of fights that were first broadcast on this show.
See also
- Friday Night Fights
(a television boxing show airing on ESPN2 from 1998-present)