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Top Rank Boxing on ESPN: Munguia vs Bazinyan, will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ this Friday, September 20th at 10:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. PT. The event will take place at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
In the 12-round main event in the super middleweight division Jaime Munguiathe fighting pride from Tijuana, Mexico, meets an undefeated challenger Erik Bazinyan.
Munguia (43-1, 34 KOs), a former WBO junior middleweight champion, began his active 2024 with a knockout win over John Ryder in January. Less than four months later, he faced fellow countryman Canelo Alvarez in a superfight in Las Vegas, recovering from a fourth-round knockout before losing by unanimous decision. Bazinyan (32-0-1, 23 KOs), an 11-year-old pro from Armenia, moved to Canada as a teenager and became a popular attraction in Quebec. A regional champion since 2018, he has fought his last seven fights in Montreal, including last year’s sixth-round knockout of Ronald Ellis and January’s third-round stoppage of Billi Facundo Godoy.
The co-feature will be an eight-round heavyweight showdown between Olympic silver medalist Richard Torrez Jr. (10-0, 10 KOs) and Philadelphia-born veteran Joey Dawejko (28-11-4, 16 KOs).
In the eight-round, televised opening fight, the undefeated junior welterweight will be seen Emiliano Fernando Vargas (11-0, 9 KOs), the youngest fighting son of former world champion Fernando Vargas, against the Irish looking for a surprise a class better Larry Fryers (13-6-1, 5 KOs).
Bernardo Osuna, Timothy Bradley Jr. and Mark Kriegel comment on the action.
Original programming
Before fight night, ESPN offers combat sports fans two new original programs. In the 30-minute original production Camp life: Munguia vs. BazinyanFans will get access to Jaime Munguia’s training camp as he prepares for his highly anticipated fight against Erik Bazinyan.
The good exchange is a new program in which fighters interview other fighters. The 30-minute premiere episode features middleweight contenders Nico Ali Walsh and Richard Torrez Jr.
The programs are also available as on-demand replays on the ESPN app, ESPN.com and ESPN+.
Original programming (all times ET)
Date | Time (ET) | program | network |
Wed, 18 September | 10pm | Camp life: Munguia vs. Bazinyan | ESPNEWS |
10:30 p.m. | The good exchange: Nico Ali Walsh and Richard Torrez Jr. | ||
Thu, 19 September | 3:30 am | One more round: Taylor vs. Teofimo | ESPN2 |
4 o’clock | The good exchange: Nico Ali Walsh and Richard Torrez Jr. | ||
4:30 am | Camp life: Munguia vs. Bazinyan | ||
10pm | Camp life: Munguia vs. Bazinyan | ESPNEWS | |
10:30 p.m. | The good exchange: Nico Ali Walsh and Richard Torrez Jr. | ||
Fri., 20 September | 12 o’clock | Camp life: Munguia vs. Bazinyan | ESPN2 |
00:30 hrs | The good exchange: Nico Ali Walsh and Richard Torrez Jr. | ||
2 a.m. | One more round: Taylor vs. Teofimo | ||
2:30 am | One more round: Hagler vs. Hearns | ||
3am | Another round: Fury vs. Wilder 3 | ||
5 o’clock | Camp life: Munguia vs. Bazinyan |
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Munguia vs. Bazinyan (All times ET)
Date | Time | Event | Fights | platform |
Wed, 18 September | 5pm | Main card press conference | — |
ESPN+ |
Thu, 19 September | 4 p.m. | Weigh | — | |
Fri., 20 September | 10:30 p.m. | Primarily
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Jaime Munguia vs Erik Bazinyan | ESPN, ESPN Sports,
ESPN+ (simultaneous broadcast) |
Co-function | Richard Torrez Jr. vs. Joey Dawejko
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Special feature | Emiliano Fernando Vargas vs. Larry Fryers
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17:50 | Special feature | Charlie Suarez vs Jorge Castaneda | ESPN+ | |
Pre-program | Alan Garcia vs Ricardo Fernandez | |||
Pre-program | DJ Zamora vs Gerardo Antonio Perez | |||
Pre-program | Steven Navarro vs. Oscar Arroyo | |||
Pre-program | Jorge Garcia Perez vs Ilias Essaoudi | |||
Pre-program | Art Barrera Jr. vs. Frank Brown | |||
Pre-program | Sebastian Hernandez vs. Yonofrez Parejo |