Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York-- In the main event of Showtime's quadruple-header at the Barclays Center, Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KOs) beat Erik Morales (52-9, 36 KOs) in more convincing fashion than he did this past March, scoring a fourth round knockout of the 4-division former world champ. Following 48 hours of controversy and conflicting reports about Morales' failed … [Read more...]
Boxing at Barclays: A look at Saturday’s solid Golden Boy card
This Saturday, October 20, world class boxing returns to Brooklyn, New York as the Barclays Center kicks off their multi-fight deal with Golden Boy Promotions. Technically, four world titles will be up for grabs on the Showtime Championship Boxing show at 8 pm ET/PT. But, as is usually the case these days, the titles, for the most part, are of the "wink, wink" variety. Of … [Read more...]
Jacobs, Pirog to Clash for Vacant WBO Belt
The WBO just announced it's decision to have their two highest ranked middleweight contenders fight for the title that became vacant when the organization stripped Sergio Martinez last month. So, #1 ranked Russian, Dmitry Pirog (16-0, 13 KOs) will be taking on #2 ranked American, Danny Jacobs (20-0, 17 KOs) for the belt. The bout is scheduled for July 31st in Las Vegas, … [Read more...]