AFP/Getty ImagesNBC Sports Group continues its Fight Night series this Saturday at 10:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network with a 10-round main event featuring undefeated heavyweights Vyacheslav “Czar” Glazkov (14-0-0, 10 KO’s) of Lugansk, Ukraine vs. Malik Scott (35-0-0, 12 KO’s) of Philadelphia, Pa., at The Paramount in Huntington, N.Y.
In the co-feature bout, Chris Algieri (14-0-0, 7 KO’s) of Huntington, N.Y., steps in to the ring against Jose Peralta (10-1-0, 6 KO’s) of Jersey City, N.J., in a 10-round junior welterweight bout.
NBC Sports Group’s Fight Night broadcast team of Kenny Rice (play-by-play), cruiserweight contender B.J. Flores (analyst) and Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix (reporter) will call the action.
Saturday’s telecast will be the ninth edition of Fight Night since the series debut in January of 2012.
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