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Former 135-pound world champion Omar Figueroa Jr. eyes a knockout within the first four rounds of his 140-pound clash with John Molina on February 16 on FOX (8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT) at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles near Molina’s home of Covina, California.
Heavyweight Dominic Breazeale crumbled 6-foot-6 Carlos Negron in a neutral corner on December 22 with a head-swiveling overhand right for a one-punch, ninth-round knockout at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. In victory, the 6-foot-7 title challenger known as “Trouble” (20-1, 18 KOs) immediately leaned over the ropes and began shouting at ringside WBC champion Deontay Wilder, who stood and glared back at Breazeale as they exchanged words.
Ishe Smith abhors the term "gatekeeper" in the wake of back-to-back losses at 154-pounds. Since falling by unanimous and split-decision to once-beaten title challenger Julian Williams and twice-beaten Tony Harrison in November 2017 and May, the versatile Smith has seen Harrison dethrone Jermell Charlo as WBC champ on December 22, and Williams (26-1-1, 16 KOs) position himself for a shot at IBF/WBA titleholder Jarrett Hurd in 2019.
Four-division champion Mikey Garcia will be “difficult” en route to “winning a decision” in his 147-pound debut against IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr., whom he’ll face in a clash of unbeatens on March 16 at The Dallas Cowboys’ Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Fox Pay Per View.
Bantamweight Joshua Franco is surrounded by motivation at The Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Riverside, California, where he shares trainer Robert Garcia with champions Abner Mares and Jose Ramirez as well as title challenger Josesito Lopez. “All of us are getting ready for our upcoming fights,” said Franco, a 23-year-old prospect from San Antonio, Texas. “They’ve all been in championship fights or they’re world champions.”
Four division champion Mikey Garcia’s giving up height (5-foot-9 ½-to-5-foot-6) and reach (72-inches-to-68) entering his March 16 clash of unbeaten and 147-pound debut against IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr., yet insists he will will neutralize “The Truth” in his quest for a third defense and 12th straight knockout victory at The Dallas Cowboys’ Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Fox Pay Per View.
Four-division champion Mikey Garcia and IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence are “making sure that everybody knows that we’re clean fighters” by being randomly drug-tested by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) over a 10-week period in advance of their 147-pound clash on March 16 at The Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Fox Pay Per View, said Garcia.
Heavyweight contender Gerald Washington did all the right things to win his last bout in June, his unanimous decision over John Wesley Nofire ending a two-fight losing streak. Washington (19-2-1, 12 KOs) won a clash of 6-foot-6 behemoths over Nofire (20-2, 16 KOs), rebounding from back-to-back stoppage losses in the fifth and eighth rounds to 6-foot-7 WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KOs) and 6-foot-4, 300-pound Jarrell Miller (23-0-1, 20 KOs) in February and July 2017.
Over the first week of mid-December training, Mikey Garcia ached physically from every muscle and body part perhaps like never before from a grueling routine he hadn't before experienced. “My body was in pain last week during my first week here, my legs, my stomach, my shoulders, everything was hurting,” said Garcia , 31, during an interview with BoxingScene.com on December 28.
Will 2019 be the year of upsets? On the heels of a pair of shocking results on Saturday, featherweight contender Miguel Flores and trainer Robert Garcia certainly believe so. The 126-pound Flores (23-2, 11 KOs) cited IBF featherweight champion Josh Warrington (28-0, 6 KOs) retaining his title with a unanimous decision over favored two-division title winner Carl Frampton (26-2, 15 KOs) in Manchester, England, as well as repeat title challenger Tony Harrison (28-2, 21 KOs) doing the same in dethroning WBC 154-pound titleholder Jermell Charlo (31-1, 15 KOs) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn New York.