Danny Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Earlier this month Jessie Vargas (27-1) captured the WBO welterweight title with a 9th round knockout of the previously undefeated Sadam Ali (22-1). The bout served as the chief support to the Luis Ortiz-Sadam Ali main event that headlined a HBO Boxing After Dark doubleheader.
Earlier this month, Jessie Vargas has claimed the vacant WBO world welterweight title after an impressive ninth-round stoppage of Sadam Ali in Washington. And the 26-year-old American could now be in line to again face one of the top names in the division. Vargas lost his previous fight on points to Timothy Bradley but felt he was denied a chance to stop his opponent in the closing stages because the bout was accidentally stopped slightly early.
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24KOs) wants a big fight for the summer. One opponent that he would like to get his hands on is newly crowned WBC champion Danny Garcia (32-0, 18KOs).
Robert Guerrero’s team continues to call for a rematch with Danny Garcia, who topped Guerrero by unanimous decision this January.
Retired former five division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. has come out and stated that a single phone call would eliminate Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez vs. Amir Khan from the lucrative Cinco De Mayo date of May 7th.
There is now a void in the WBC's welterweight rankings. Earlier this year, the World Boxing Council announced a welterweight tournament to clean up their rankings after their longtime champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. retired last September.
BoxingScene.com recently caught up with Kenny Porter father/trainer of former welterweight champion "Showtime" Shawn Porter who faces WBA welterweight kingpin Keith Thurman on March 12th. The bout will be a special edition of Showtime Championship Boxing aired on CBS.
Shah Khan, father and career manager for former world champion Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs), says an early March return is being worked out with the boxer's adviser, Al Haymon. Khan has been inactive since a May 2015 decision win over former 140-pound champion Chris Algieri.
BoxingScene.com caught up with WBA welterweight champion Keith "One Time" Thurman shortly after Danny Garcia captured the vacant WBC welterweight title with an unanimous decision victory over Robert Guerrero on Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
WBA junior welterweight champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner (31-2, 23 KOs) would like to get in the ring with Danny “Swift” Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs), who last Saturday captured the WBC welterweight world title - but says the networks are not willing to pay enough to make the fight.