truTV and Top Rank will present the MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV on Friday, May 8, at 10 p.m. ET from Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The card is headlined by two fights with Glen “Jersey Boy” Tapia (23-1, 15 KOs) from Passaic, N.J., and “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (23-0, 15 KOs).
Tapia will go against Michel Soro (25-1-1, 15 KOs) from France, with Monaghan facing Cleiton Conceicao (20-6-2, 16 KOs) from Brazil.
Glen “Jersey Boy” Tapia (champ) Michel Soro
23-1-0, 15 KOs vs. 25-1-1, 15 KOs
Age: 25 (12/11/89) Age: 27 (10/30/87)
Born: Passaic, NJ Born: Côte D’Ivoire
Resides: Passaic, NJ Resides: Rhône, France
Height: 5’11” Height: 5’10½”
Reach: 73” Reach: –
“Irish” Seanie Monaghan vs. Cleiton Conceicao
23-0-0, 15 KOs vs. 20-6-2, 16 KOs
Age: 33 (8/21/81) Age: 35 (11/1/79)
Born: Mineola, NY Born: Bahia, Brazil
Resides: Long Beach, NY Resides: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Height: 5’11” Height: 5’10”
Reach: 72½” Reach: –
The network’s presentation will feature the continued and first-ever domestic use of “Spidercam” technology for a live boxing telecast, providing dynamic coverage with views of the action by operating on a four-point system of cables from designated points beyond the corners of the boxing ring. The suspended camera has the ability to provide compelling 360-degree angles of the action including the ability to move in three dimensions – left/right, forward/backward and up/down, and will first be used in Friday’s main event.
Following this Friday’s action from New Jersey, the third week of the MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV series will be live from Phoenix, AZ on Friday, May 15, at 10 p.m.
