Dan Rafael @danrafaelespn 47m
Been told @DannySwift's next fight will be March 15. He'll be defending his title, not moving up, on @SHOsports. Opponent/site TBA. #boxing
Guess Garcia is willing to starve himself to avoid 147 at all costs. God forbid that Golden Boy utters the thought about him fighting Floyd anytime soon.
karim signed to toprank last year that fight aint happening
Thank you for stating the obvious. It was just wishful thinking since there is really nobody else at 140 for him to fight except Peterson or Cano (GB side) assuming he ( Peterson) wins.
Yea Lundy did look good in his last fight on fnf. Garcia has also stated he wants to defend the belt in Philly if possible. Fight might sell decently on the east coast. Or fight Karim mayfield on the west coast. They had a small beef a little while ago.
karim signed to toprank last year that fight aint happening
Lundy still a dangerous guy
Yea Lundy did look good in his last fight on fnf. Garcia has also stated he wants to defend the belt in Philly if possible. Fight might sell decently on the east coast. Or fight Karim mayfield on the west coast. They had a small beef a little while ago.
Since Schaefer gave Broner a nice rematch, Mathysse should get his, it was way more competitive than Broner Maidana.
it should happen and they both been training so that chit might go down
Maybe it's just a tune up fight? The kid deserves one...
Deserves it?? I'm a Garcia fan but he's too young and it's too early for him to deserve a tune up.
He could fight Cesar Cuenca, who isn't quite the puncher Matthysse is. Isn't Khabib his mandatory, as the "regular" champion? I know Khabib is fighting Vargas and both are with Top Rank, but isn't Garcia obligated to fight the winner of that fight?
Probably waiting for the Lamont*Peterson vs Dierry Jean winner for the IBF light welterweight title so he could just unify it and move up later in the year (really that is the only thing left for him to do at 140)
Here are the WBC rankings
1 .- Viktor Postol (Ukraine) INTL
2 .- Selcuk Aydin (Turkey) MEDITERRANEAN
3 .- Lucas Matthysse (Argentina)
4 .- Roberto Ortiz (Mexico) SILVER
5 .- Humberto Soto (Mexico) INTL SILVER
6 .- Alberto Mosquera (Panama) LATINO
7 .- Thomas Dulorme (P. Rico)
8 .- Cesar Cuenca (Argentina)
9 .- Min-Wook Kim (Korea) OPBF
10 .- Henry Lundy (US)
11 .- Pablo Cesar Cano (Mexico)
12 .- Anton Novikov (Russia)
13 .- Ricardo Alvarez (Mexico) AMERICA
14 .- Michele Di Rocco (Italy) EBU
15 .- Juan Carlos Abreu (Dom. R.)
He is starting to run out of opponents like Floyd, if he moved up then that would be the fight that everyone wants.
Looking at these rankings I think it will be someone like cano, Lundy, maybe dulorme.. Plus when in doubt choose the euro champ which would be di Rocco