By STAFF WRITER, Guardian Sports Desk

According to reports, the Eastern Sports Network (ESPN), the largest sports network worldwide, is set to broadcast a live professional boxing card from The Bahamas. That show is tentatively set for April 18 at Clifford Park in New Providence. Apparently, this historic broadcast of which Grand Bahamian Sherman 'Tank' Williams is rumored to be the headliner, will be a part of the network's 'Wednesday Night Fights' on which Williams has made an appearance before.

The show, according to sources, will be dubbed 'Battle in The Bahamas' and will be presented by the Titan Entertainment Group in conjunction with First Class Promotions. It will mark the first time that ESPN Live 'Wednesday Night Fights' will broadcast from outside of the United States, to an estimated nine million viewers worldwide - truly a historic and grand sports moment for The Bahamas.

It is understood that a likely main event could be Williams taking on former International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) Heavyweight Champion Chris Byrd. Titan Entertainment and First Class Promotions are scheduled to stage a press conference tonight at the Kendal G L Isaacs National Gymnasium to officially launch the event. That press conference will be immediately followed by First Class Promotions' 'No Mercy' professional boxing card at that same venue.

Expected to bring remarks tonight are: The Minister of Youth, Sports and Housing, the Hon. Neville Wisdom; the Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Obie Wilchombe; the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Titan Entertainment Bahamas, Delvonne Ferguson; the President of Titan Entertainment International, Mary Jane Kelly; the Chairman of the Bahamas Boxing Commission, Dr. Norman Gay; Robert 'Sandy' Sands of Cable Beach Resorts; and Michelle Minus, Boxing Promoter from First Class Promotions.

In addition to the main event, it is also rumored that Bahamian and World Boxing Council's (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) Super Middleweight Champion, Jermaine 'Choo Choo' Mackey, will fight a unification bout against World Boxing Association's (WBA) Fede Caribe Super Middleweight Champion, Kirt Sinnette from Trinidad & Tobago, for both titles. Also quite a number of young Bahamian boxers such as Elkino 'Punisher' Saunders, Wilson 'Kid Wonder' Theophile, Ryan 'Big Youth' McKenzie, Hensley 'The Bruiser' Strachan and Damien 'Blade' Tinker are rumored to be fighting on the card, which could only help their young professional boxing careers through invaluable exposure.

A victory by Mackey over Sinnette should line the Bahamian Champion up for a possible British Commonwealth title fight later this year. Minus and First Class Promotions are working feverishly to get that title shot for Mackey.