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CARSON, Calif. — Danny Garcia did what he needed to do to re-enter the welterweight title picture on Saturday. But Garcia is now worried he showed too much during his dominant seventh-round technical knockout against Adrian Granados at Dignity Health Sports Park.
By Gilbert Manzano - CARSON, Calif. — Danny Garcia made a statement on Saturday by doing something 28 boxers couldn’t do against the brawling Adrian Granados. Garcia regained the welterweight spotlight by stopping Granados in seven rounds during the main event of the PBC on FOX card at Dignity Health Sports Park. It was Granados’ first knockout defeat...
Dignity Health Sports Park , Carson - Making his Premier Boxing Champions debut, heavyweight contender Andy Ruiz (32-1, 21 KOs) broke down and stopped Alexander Dimitrenko (41-5, 26 KOs) for a stoppage win in five rounds.
Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California - unbeaten contender Brandon Figueroa (19-0, 14 KOs) broke down and stopped Venezuela’s Yonfrez Parejo (22-4-1, 11 KOs) in eight rounds to capture the WBA interim-super bantamweight title.
CARSON, Calif. — Raymond Muratalla, from nearby Fontana, California, put on a show for the many fans who made the drive to Dignity Health Sports Park to see his six-round lightweight bout on Saturday. Muratalla dropped Jose Cen Torres three times in the third round before the referee stopped it with two seconds left. Muratalla’s supporters gave him a standing ovation as he made his way back to the locker room. Muratalla improved to 7-0 with five knockouts. The bout was part of the Danny Garcia-Adrian Granados PBC on FOX undercard.
Danny Garcia, one of boxing’s star attractions, has been left behind in the loaded welterweight division after losses to Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter. But Garcia has an opportunity to climb back to the top of the division by doing something his former foes didn’t do — deliver a dominant performance with millions watching on network television.
Manny Pacquiao’s “thumbs up” emoji under Floyd Mayweather’s “announcement coming” social media post led many to believe that a rematch between the two star fighters was in the works. Mayweather’s grand announcement came Wednesday and it didn’t involve Pacquiao or a return to the ring. If you’re into fantasy sports, then Mayweather’s announcement to partner with daily fantasy sports app Daily Number might have mattered to you.
The latest “Inside PBC Boxing” got a bit awkward when Danny Garcia and Adrian Granados joined the crew that featured Shawn Porter, who has fought both fighters. After some trash talking between Garcia and Granados, Porter was put on the spot when host Kate Abdo asked the WBC welterweight champion who was the tougher opponent.
Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe has no problem with Vasiliy Lomachenko trash talking with one of his fighters. Ellerbe understands the fight game. Fighters bad-mouthing each other makes promoters’ lives easier. In this sport, you gotta sell, sell, sell. When Lomachenko called Gervonta Davis the best pound-for-pound fighter on Twitter, that’s fair game.
It was the perfect start for Peter Quillin in Saturday’s super middleweight IBF title eliminator against Caleb Truax at the Armory in Minneapolis. For two rounds, Quillin landed crisp jabs and timely counter punches. The fighter known as “Kid Chocolate” won both rounds on the scorecards. But the third round never came. Quillin’s quest for a second division title hit a snag when he collided with Truax midway in the second round.