Getting fight fans to tune into Friday Night Fights is hard enough — cutting away from the action just as it gets exciting for a commercial is not the move.
During the Raymond Serrano vs. Jeremy Bryan fight on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights undercard — just as Serrano gets caught and goes down the canvas — the World Wide Leader cuts to a Honda commercial.
Maybe they assumed a commercial break is an automatic standing eight count — ensuring that the fight can’t end on a commercial.
h.t Awful Announcing
