Danny Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Want to know if underdog Brandon Rios has a real chance to defeat top-end welterweight Danny Garcia on Feb. 17 in Las Vegas? Rios has a simple piece of forecasting advice. Check out the weigh-in on Feb. 16. Already one win into a comeback that followed a 19-month ring sabbatical, the br...
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, former world super lightweight and welterweight world boxing champion Danny Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs) returns from the first loss of his career in February against former world champion Brandon Rios, it was announced a few days ago. The fight will headline a February 17the Showtime televised card at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas that also includes unbeaten David Benavidez making his first World Boxing Council super middleweight title defense in a rematch with Ronald Gavril.
Two-division world champion Danny "Swift'' Garcia returns to the ring to take on former world champion Brandon "Bam Bam'' Rios in a welterweight showdown on Saturday, February 17 live on SHOWTIME at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and presented by Premier Boxing Champions. In the co-feature, boxing's youngest world champion David "El Bandera Roja" Benavidez will defend his Super Middleweight World Championship for the first time against Ronald Gavril in a rematch of their thrilling September 2017 bout in which Benavidez won the vacant title by split decision.
Former world champion Luis Collazo (37-7, 20 KOs) is looking to get in the mix after undergoing surgery in August to correct an injury to his left arm. Collazo was once again a part of the welterweight conversation after knocking out Sammy Vasquez Jr. in February. At the moment he's looking to secure the biggest opportunity possible at this late stage in his career.
BoxingScene.com recently published an article that said a fight between former champions Danny Garcia (33-1) and Brandon Rios (34-3-1) is nearly finalized for February 17th. The fight will likely end up at either the MGM Grand Garden Arena or Mandalay Bay Events Center In Las Vegas, Nevada.
Brandon Rios Video Interview - LANCASTER, CA. - Former welterweight world champion Jessie Vargas (28-2, 10 KOs) returned to drop and defeat Aaron Herrera (24-8-1, 15 KOs)by unanimous decision in the main event of a special Friday night edition of Premier Boxing Champions TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes from Pioneer Event Center in Lancaster, California.
BoxingScene.com has been advised that a deal is nearly complete for a Las Vegas doubleheader on February 17th. In the main event, former two division champion Danny Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs) will finally make his return to the ring, against another former champion, Brandon Rios (34-3-1, 25 KOs).
Two-time welterweight champion Shawn Porter (28-2-1) is very impressed with IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence (22-0). The 27-year old Spence burst onto the scene in May when he captured the title with a knockout victory over Kell Brook in Brook's backyard in the UK. Spence is scheduled to make the first defense of his title in January against the always tough former champion Lamont Peterson.
Welterweight Shawn Porter faces Adrian Granados this Saturday night from the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York as the televised co-feature on Showtime. It figures to be a pretty good fight but it may not be the one that Porter was truly yearning for. "No, it actually was not," admitted Kenny Porter, the father and trainer of the former IBF welterweight titlist, to BoxingScene.com. "Of course we wanted Keith Thurman. That wasn't going to happen for us. Keith had an elbow injury and some other stuff going on in his personal life. He got married, went to Kathmandu. I figured the next best guy - which the WBC said we could fight - was Danny Garcia.
Shawn Porter held out hope recently that Danny Garcia would agree to fight him next. Porter wasn’t exactly surprised, however, when Garcia turned him down. The former IBF welterweight champion suspected Garcia would seek an easier return from his 12-round, split-decision defeat to Keith Thurman in their welterweight championship unification fight March 4.