by Tim Harrison One of boxing’s bright young stars takes center stage this Saturday, January 25 on HBO’s Boxing After Dark series. WBO junior lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (33-0, 28 KOs) is set to defend his title against two-time world title challenger Juan Carlos Burgos (30-1-2, 20 KOs) in the main event, to be broadcast live from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in … [Read more...]
Terence Crawford vs. Alejandro Sanabria: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Tim Harrison Terence Crawford (20-0, 15 KOs) makes his return to HBO after a successful March 16 debut win over Breidis Prescott. Crawford will take on lightweight contender Alejandro Sanabria (34-1-1, 25 KOs) in the co-feature of HBO’s Boxing After Dark broadcast featuring Mikey Garcia’s WBO featherweight title defense against former titlist Juan Manuel Lopez at the … [Read more...]
Redemption and Validation: Chad Dawson vs. Adonis Stevenson
By Tim Harrison Saturday night at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT on HBO Boxing After Dark, “Bad’ Chad Dawson (31-2, 17 KOs) puts his WBC light heavyweight title on the line against hard-hitting Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (20-1, 17 KOs) in front of what should be a packed house at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the televised co-feature, undefeated Yuriorkis Gamboa makes his … [Read more...]
Nonito Donaire-Toshiaki Nishioka: The Boxing Tribune Preview
Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire (29-1, 18 KOs) takes another step towards staking his claim as the best super bantamweight in the world, when he puts his WBO and IBF titles on the line against Toshiaki Nishioka (39-4-3, 24 KOs), the rightful claimant to the WBC super bantamweight title, on Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. HBO Boxing After Dark will … [Read more...]