Comments Thread For: Caballero-Garcia Purse Bid is Won By Sampson Lewkowicz

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Sampson Lewkowicz outbid Top Rank to win the purse bid for Celestino Caballero’s upcoming WBA featherweight title defense against Mikey Garcia.

Lewkowicz’s offer of $440,000 eclipsed Top Rank’s number of $402,000. The bidding took place Thursday afternoon at the Marriott Dadeland in Miami, Fla., and was conducted by WBA president Gilberto Mendoza and executive vice president Jesus Mendoza. The proposed locales for the fight are Las Vegas, Los Angeles, or Panama.

Caballero (36-4, 23 KOs), from Panama City, Panama, has made one defense of the belt after regaining it from Jonathan Barros, a unanimous decision over Satoshi Hosono last December. Garcia (28-0, 24 KOs), from Oxnard, Calif., stopped Bernabe Concepcion in March. [Click Here To Read More]

[nycsmooth]

Glad sampson won...he's a nice person, honest, but forceful, stands up 2 the big guys...good pursed if it goes 75/25...hope he can keep it up...

[whoseyourdaddy]

I really like tis fight!!!!! and also both guys, they are good guys and is hard to bet on either...

[EdWins]

Can somebody tell me how purse bids work? Does this mean that Mikey Garcia is part of Top Rank still but they wont be the ones responsible in promoting Garcia's next fight against Caballero because Sampson Lewkowicz won the purse bid? Is this correct or?

[fceeviper]

Please let it to be Los Angeles!!!

WAR GARCIA!!!

[Flipsole23]

Garcia by KO

[PTY_Boxing]

Garcia by KO

You dont know boxing if you think Caba is going to get KO. Caba has NEVER been knockdown, and has faced tougher opponents in his career than Mikey!! Hope it is in Panama, the Roberto Duran arena will be full of panamanians supporting our champion!!

[Snake...]

Mikey will outbox him and stop him late

[PTY_Boxing]

Outbox him? Dont think so... Caba got the experience, plus is a tricky fighter..

[Bushbaby]

Warrrr Mikey!!