Avery Sparrow: record, next fight and profile →
Ryan Garcia, Avery Sparrow Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - LOS ANGELES - Jaime Munguia (33-0, 26 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico and African warrior Patrick Allotey (40-3, 30 KOs) hosted their final press conference today at Dignity Health Sports Park ahead of their 12-round fight for the WBO Junior Middleweight World Title. (photos by Tom Hogan/Hogan Photos).
Munguia, Allotey Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - LOS ANGELES - Jaime Munguia (33-0, 26 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico and African warrior Patrick Allotey (40-3, 30 KOs) hosted their final press conference today at Dignity Health Sports Park ahead of their 12-round fight for the WBO Junior Middleweight World Title. (photos by Tom Hogan/Hogan Photos).
Avery Sparrow knows by now what he signed up for in agreeing to next face Ryan Garcia. After all, he's already been down this road two before. The tough-as-nails Philadelphia (Pa.)-bred lightweight has pursued a showdown with California's Garcia (18-0, 15KOs) for nearly a year, finally landing the assignment on the third try.
Ryan Garcia, Sparrow Press Conference Photos Gallery - LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - Jaime Munguia (33-0, 26 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico hosted a press conference today at the Golden Boy Headquarters in Los Angeles, Calif. ahead of the 12-round defense of his WBO Junior Middleweight World Title against African warrior Patrick Allotey (40-3, 30 KOs). He was joined by co-main event fighters Ryan "Kingry" Garcia (18-0, 15 KOs) and Avery "A-Plus" Sparrow (10-1, 3 KOs) who will battle in a 10-round lighweight fight. The event will take place on Saturday, Sept. 14 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. and will be streamed live on DAZN. (photos by Tom Hogan/Hogan Photos).
Golden Boy and DAZN will continue the tradition of delivering pugilistic action on Mexican Independence Day Weekend as Jaime Munguia (33-0, 26 KOs) takes on Patrick Allotey (40-3, 30 KOs) in a 12-round fight for the WBO Junior Middleweight World Title at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. The event will take place on Saturday, September 14 and will be streamed live on DAZN.
Plenty of local, Irish—and local Irish—flavor is only display for Friday’s show at Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The main event pits local southpaw Tevin Farmer (28-4-1, 6KOs) defending his 130-pound title versus Ireland’s Jono Carroll (16-0-1, 3KOs).
Katie Taylor, Gabe Rosado Press Conference Photos Gallery - With just over six weeks until the fighters square off in front of thousands of Philadelphia fight fans, Matchroom USA gathered in the City of Brotherly Love on Tuesday afternoon to announce the March 15 card at the Liacouras Center. (photos by Ed Mulholland).
Tevin Farmer will defend his IBF World Super-Featherweight title against Jono Carroll at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia on Friday March 15, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK. Farmer (28-4-1 6KOs) makes the third defense of his crown in his first fight on home turf as a World champion, following a wide points win over Francisco Fonseca in New York in December, a win that followed a dominant fifth round stoppage over Northern Irishman James Tennyson in his first defense in Boston in October.
In the opening bout of the night, Nahir Albright (3-1, 1 KO) defeated Sidney Maccow (4-8, 3 KOs) in a 4-round welterweight contest. Albright and Maccow each weighed in within a pound of a junior welterweight limit. After a back and forth war that saw Maccow dropped twice in the first round, Albright was awarded the decision 40-34, 40-34, and 39-35 on the scorecards.
Super Featherweight Prospect Lamont Roach, Jr. (16-0, 6 KOs) demonstrated yet again why he's one of the best and brightest prospects of the Golden Boy Promotions stable as he defeated tough contender Rey "Flash" Perez (21-9, 6 KOs) via unanimous decision in the 10-round main event of the latest edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN at the MGM National Harbor in Maryland. Despite getting caught with a hard shot to the body in the second round, Roach, Jr. prevailed in exciting and dominant fashion, landing right hands and lead left uppercuts to hurt Perez in the later rounds. Roach, Jr. won with three scores of 99-91.