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Article: Friday Night Fights coming real soon. (return of boxing programs in cable television)(Editorial) (editorial)
- Article from:
- Multichannel News
- Article date:
- January 21, 1991
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BOXING RETURNS
Friday Night Fights Coming Real Soon
Grandpa Ed, a slight, quiet man, would be "pleased as punch." He was a big fight fan. The dedicated kind that the pay channels and pay-per-view boys are going after these days. Every week, without exception, Grandpa Ed turned the little black-and-white nine-incher to the Friday Night Fights.
"It's time," he would proclaim, meaning everyone should be quiet.
As the ring action heated up, so did Grandpa Ed. Shifting to the edge of his seat, he'd start whispering, and pretty soon shouting, "Get 'em! Go get 'em!" He punctuated his words with short imaginary punches in the air.
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