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Fabian Maidana will headline for the first time in pursuit of his third straight knockout on January 12 against two-time title challenger Jaider Parra in a junior welterweight battle at Estadio Polideportivo indoor arena, in Mar del Plata, of his native Argentina.
The trainer of left-handed IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence calls four-division titlist Mikey Garcia “probably the best” fighter “The Truth” will face in chasing his fourth defense and 12th straight stoppage victory on March 16 at The Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Fox Pay Per View. Making his 147-pound debut in pursuit of a fifth crown in as many divisions, the 31-year-old Garcia (39-0, 30 KOs) “is better” in some areas than former champions Chris Algieri, Lamont Peterson and Kell Brook, whom the 28-year-old Spence (24-0, 21 KOs) stopped in the fifth, seventh and 11th rounds.
Southpaw Shakur Stevenson wants his first title shot to be against IBF 126-pound champion Josh Warrington in the latter’s home country of The United Kingdom, the undefeated 21-year-old 2016 Olympic silver medalist told host Nestor Gibbs during a recent edition of Tha Boxing Voice podcast.
Cuban southpaw Erislandy Lara called Canelo Alvarez a “better fighter” than Jarrett Hurd, gave the nod to Jermall Charlo over Gennady Golovkin in a 160-pound clash, and insisted he deserved the verdict in each of his split-decision losses to Alvarez and Hurd during a recent interview with BoxingScene.com.
Abner Mares distanced himself from an edited obscenity-laced video that appeared on Facebook on Sunday night with his image and a dubbed-over, Spanish-speaking voice directed at upcoming rival Gervonta Davis, calling it a misrepresentation of an English-spoken message he shared paying homage to his supporting fans.
Brandon Figueroa and former champion Moises Flores share a common opponent in ex-title holder Oscar Escandon of Colombia entering their January 13 junior featherweight battle at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on FOX (8 p.m. PT/ 5 p.m. PT). Figueroa (17-0, 12 KOs) overcame a cut over his left eye from a third-round head butt with a right uppercut, dropping and stopping Escandon in the 10th-round of a toe-to-toe battle at Citizens Bank Arena in Ontario, California.
WBA “regular” 126-pound champion Jesus Rojas has persevered over the course of his past six fights, comprised of four knockouts, a loss to an overweight rival and a disputed draw which, in his opinion, resulted from an unfair stoppage due to his opponents’ cuts.
When fast-rising junior middleweight Joey Spencer enters the ring opposite Brandon Harder at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles on FOX (8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT), the 18-year-old Lansing, Michigan, native will be after his sixth knockout in as many victories without a loss.
Mario Barrios is ranked No. 1 behind WBA junior welterweight champion Kiryl Relikh, the man “El Azteca” most desires to fight. The 6-foot Barrios (22-0, 14 KOs) debuted at 122¼ pounds in November 2013 but has steadily risen in weight, being most powerfully demonstrative reeling off six stoppage victories in as many consecutive 140-pound fights under trainer Virgil Hunter.
Former junior middleweight champion Ishe Smith has endured a career characterized by fights taken on short notice, disputed majority and split-decisions losses and general heartache, so much so, that at his life’s nadir during a period in 2008 and 2009, “Sugar Shay” pondered suicide. But Smith has persevered, signing with Floyd Mayweather’s promotional company in 2012 and winning the IBF's 154-pound world championship in February 2013 by unanimous decision that dethroned Cornelius Bundrage in Detroit, becoming the first Las Vegas-born titlist.