LAS VEGAS (Feb. 17, 2018) – Former two-division world champion Danny Garcia returned with a vengeance, knocking out Brandon Rios in a WBC Welterweight Title Eliminator in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Saturdayon SHOWTIME from Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Returning for the first time since dropping a close split-decision to Keith Thurman in a … [Read more...]
Terence Crawford Moves Up, Welterweight Superfights Await
The long-rumored move up to welterweight is now official. Junior welterweight and former lightweight world titlist, Terence Crawford, regarded as one of the top two or three pound-for-pound fighter in the world, is now in the dangerous waters of boxing’s deepest talent pool. Despite the fact that Crawford would likely be the betting favorite at BetNow.eu against just about … [Read more...]
Danny Garcia doesn’t care about being a fighter anymore
Danny Garcia's passive, disinterested performance against Keith Thurman on March 4 shouldn't have come as much of a surprise. Those closely following his career may have hoped that such a high profile, high stakes bout would awaken the dormant competitor in him, but the fact that it did not is no shocker. Garcia hasn't looked like a boxer with interest in boxing for a long … [Read more...]
Thurman-Garcia on CBS generates huge ratings, beats the NBA
Last Saturday's Keith Thurman-Danny Garcia welterweight unification bout on CBS proved to be a huge ratings success by boxing standards, peaking at 5.1 million viewers (the second largest TV audience for boxing since 1998 and just behind last August's 6 million who tuned in to see the Errol Spence Jr.-Leonard Bundu bout on NBC.) The entire CBS telecast, which featured an … [Read more...]
Keith Thurman’s Disappointing Marquee Win
Looking over the welterweight landscape, Saturday’s split decision victory over Danny Garcia could very well be the high-water mark win in Keith Thurman’s career—and that’s sad considering how it happened. Yeah, Thurman won and remained undefeated. He added the WBC belt to his own WBA strap, too. But boxing needed a good and entertaining performance for this CBS showcase. … [Read more...]