Bongarts/Getty ImagesNBC Sports Group continues the Fight Night series this Saturday at 4 p.m. ET on NBC, with a main event featuring Tomasz "Goral" Adamek (47-2, 29 KO's) of Kearny, N.J., vs. Steve "USS" Cunningham (25-4, 12 KO's) of Philadelphia, Pa., at the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Pa.
Current IBF North American Heavyweight Champion, Adamek, takes on Cunningham in a 12-round heavyweight fight for Adamek's IBF North American Heavyweight Championship belt and the vacanted No. 2 IBF heavyweight position.
After six successful Fight Night telecasts on NBC Sports Network, the event on Saturday will air on NBC, the first boxing broadcast on the network since 2004. Hall of Fame ring announcer Michael Buffer, who is famous for his “Let’s get ready to rumble” phrase, will serve as ring announcer for the event.
In the co-feature bout, Tor Hamer (19-1, 12 KO’s) of New York, N.Y., steps in to the ring against undefeated Vyacheslav “Czar” Glazkov (13-0, 9 KO’s) of Langansk, Ukraine, in an eight-round heavyweight bout.
NBC Sports Groups’ Fight Night broadcast team of Kenny Rice (play-by-play), Hall-of-Fame boxing trainer Freddie Roach (analyst), cruiserweight contender B.J. Flores (analyst) and Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix (reporter) will call the action.
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