
Like Oscar: How Fulghum Is Inspired By Promoter De La Hoya
Darius Fulghum has a passion for boxing. The prospect, new to Golden Boy, has turned down the financial stability of his career in nursing to chase his dream.
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Darius Fulghum has a passion for boxing. The prospect, new to Golden Boy, has turned down the financial stability of his career in nursing to chase his dream.

Oscar De La Hoya isn’t nearly as interested in an all-Golden Boy versus Matchroom card as Eddie Hearn. The Golden Boy Promotions founder questioned Saturday night whether his rival’s company has enough depth on its roster to put together that type of show, even if DAZN executives were willing to provide the funding to stream it. Hearn spoke optimistically about a Golden Boy-Matchroom event earlier during a press conference following a main event one of his boxers, John Ryder, lost to one of De La Hoya’s fighters, Jaime Munguia, by ninth-round technical knockout at Footprint Center in Phoenix.

Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona - Darius “DFG” Fulghum (10-0, 9 KOs) successfully defended his WBA Continental USA super middleweight title against his most experienced opponent to date, the crafty Alantez “SlyAza” Fox (28-6-1, 13 KOs), in a 10-round contest that went the distance.

Darius Fulghum defeated the most formidable opponent of his career Saturday night, but their ugly, uneventful 10-rounder didn’t unfold how Fulghum had hoped.

The super middleweight who wants to challenge Canelo Alvarez next and the 168-pound contender who lost his last fight to Alvarez made weight Friday for their own showdown Saturday night.

Golden Boy Promotions has assembled the undercard - including two, world championship defenses - for the main event clash between undefeated, former world champion Jaime Munguia (42-0, 33 KOs) and former Interim world champion John “The Gorilla” Ryder (32-6, 18 KOs) of the U.K.

Undefeated super middleweight prospect Darius “DFG” Fulghum (9-0, 9 KOs) concluded a busy 2023, knocking out Pachino “Chino” Hill on December 2nd in the second round, in his hometown of Houston on a Golden Boy Promotions card headlined by Ryan Garcia vs. Oscar Duarte on a live DAZN stream from Toyota Center.

Darius Fulghum enjoyed another early night at the office. The college graduate and fast-rising super middleweight prospect made quick work of Iowa’s Pachino Hill. A barrage of power punches forced referee Mark Calo-oy to stop the contest at 0:54 of round two in their DAZN opener Saturday evening at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

Darius Fulghum is thrilled to land a hometown showcase to cap a productive and active 2023 campaign. The Houston-bred light heavyweight will enter the ring for the sixth time on the year, this one in a televised clash versus Iowa’s Pachino Hill (8-4-1, 4KOs). Their scheduled eight-round contest will open a four-fight DAZN telecast topped by the Ryan Garcia-Oscar Duarte junior welterweight clash this Saturday at Toyota Arena in Fulghum’s hometown of Houston, Texas.

Ryan Garcia is ready to fight in the ring. The junior welterweight contender did his best to soak in the cheers and support as he stepped on the scale ahead of his DAZN-aired main event versus Mexico’s Oscar Duarte. Garcia registered at a career-heaviest but well-proportioned 143 pounds during Friday’s official weigh-in. Duarte was 142.8 pounds—also a career-heaviest—for their twelve-round junior welterweight contest this Saturday from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.