Sunday: Unbeaten Welterweights Michael McKinson and Martin Harkin Face off LIVE and Exclusively on ESPN+
Coverage begins at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT
*Sunday: Unbeaten Welterweights Michael McKinson and Martin Harkin Face off
LIVE and Exclusively on ESPN+*
*Coverage begins at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT*
*(October 16, 2020*) — Unbeaten welterweights Michael McKinson and Martin
Harkin will face off in a special edition of #MTKFightNight on Sunday, Oct.
18 from Production Park Studios in Wakefield, England.
The McKinson-Harkin card streams live and exclusively on ESPN+ starting at
2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, and it will close out a historic week of fight action
on the ESPN family of networks, highlighted by Saturday’s lightweight
unification battle between WBC Franchise/WBA/WBO world champion Vasiliy
Lomachenko and IBF kingpin Teofimo Lopez (ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+,
coverage starts at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT).
McKinson (18-0, 2 KOs) had a step-up year in 2019, winning the vacant WBO
European title over Russian veteran Evgeny Pavko and besting the previously
undefeated Luis Alberto Veron by one-sided decision. He makes his 2020
debut against Scottish upstart Harkin (13-0, 5 KOs), who knocked out the
then-unbeaten James Moorcroft back in January.
“Martin Harkin is a dangerous puncher. It’s a dangerous fight for me, but
I’ve proven before that I can swim with sharks,” McKinson said. “I’m
excited about the challenge, and I’m very excited to fight finally.”
Harkin said, “I’m very excited to be fighting. This is a great platform to
show people who I am. I’ve slipped under the radar and I’m mostly unknown,
so I’m delighted with this chance and I’m going to grab it with both hands.
*In other streaming action on ESPN+:*
– Commonwealth flyweight champion Jay Harris (17-1, 9 KOs) will defend
his title in a 12-rounder against former English super flyweight champion
Marcel Braithwaite (9-2). Harris last fought in February and dropped a
unanimous decision to WBC flyweight world champion Julio Cesar Martinez in
one of the best fights of 2020.
– Former IBF bantamweight world champion Paul Butler looks to extend his
winning streak to six against Ryan Walker (11-2, 2 KOs) in an eight-rounder
at bantamweight.
– Romanian former kickboxing world champion Amansio Aaraschiv (2-0) will
face veteran Scott James (6-6-1) in a four-round middleweight tilt.
– In an eight-round welterweight bout, Jack “Demolition Man” Rafferty
(12-0, 7 KOs) will take on Tom Hill (9-1, 2 KOs).
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