Golden Boy Promotions: record, next fight and profile →
Ryan Garcia knows his worth, and he’s not afraid to let everyone know it. The undefeated 21-year old touted prospect is slowly inching toward being a world championship contender, but in the meantime, he wants to break the Brinks truck while doing so.
Golden Boy Promotions is stacking on to its stable of prospects. The boxing company signed undefeated fighter Victor Morales Jr. to a multi-year promotional deal Tuesday. Morales Jr. is a 21-year-old fighter who is a Vancouver, Washington native fighting out of Portland. He amassed a 118-12 amateur record before turning pro in 2016. Nicknamed “El Tornado,” he sports an unblemished record of 11 wins, no losses and seven knockouts as a professional.
Another day, another tweet signaling disarray in the Golden Boy Promotions house. Unbeaten lightweight prospect Ryan Garcia is the latest to come out swinging against the Los Angeles-based promotional outfit. The soon-to-be 21-year old boxer followed in the footsteps of his training stablemate and mentor, World middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez who kicked of the weekend with a revealing post regarding Golden Boy’s handling of his negotiations with mandatory challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko.
The controversy continues in the aftermath of Canelo Alvarez being stripped of his International Boxing Federation belt after failing to agree terms on a mandatory title defense. Canelo, who also holds the World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council titles, was stripped of his IBF crown after negotiations for a fight with Sergiy Derevyanchenko fell through.
Reality has finally set in for Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez—and he’s none too pleased about it. The World middleweight champion went public for the first time on Friday with his thoughts on being stripped of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) middleweight title on Thursday. Mexico’s Alvarez was due to make a mandatory defense versus Sergiy Derevyanchenko, only for the latest deadline to expire without a confirmed deal in place.
Golden Boy is proud to announce the signing of major talent from the smallest and biggest weight divisions in boxing as WBC Minimumweight World Champion Chayaphon Moonsri AKA Wanheng Menayothin (53-0, 18 KOs) and Olympic heavyweight Mihai Nistor have joined the Golden Boy family.
By Keith Idec - Eight months ago, Canelo Alvarez, Oscar De La Hoya and John Skipper shared a stage at Madison Square Garden, celebrating an unequivocal victory for each of them. Alvarez, boxing’s biggest active star, and De La Hoya, his promoter, had secured an unprecedented deal for a fighter. Their five...
If Canelo Alvarez truly wants to fight Sergey Kovalev on September 14, his promoter will have to offer the WBO light heavyweight champion more money than it did Tuesday. Multiple sources have informed BoxingScene.com that Golden Boy Promotions provided an offer to Kovalev’s promoter, Main Events, on Tuesday that Kovalev and his handlers have deemed unacceptable. The exact figure is not known, but BoxingScene.com has confirmed that it’s less than half of the $12.5 million guarantee Alvarez’s previous opponent, Daniel Jacobs, made for their middleweight title unification match May 4 in Las Vegas.
Golden Boy's stable has just gotten even better as WBC Super Middleweight World Champion Franchon "The Heavy-Hitting Diva" Crews-Dezurn (4-1, 1 KO) has signed a promotional agreement with the company.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar de la Hoya landed Tuesday night in China ahead of his meetings with top Chinese promoter Liu Gang, and to attend regional WBA and OPBF title clashes between world-ranked Chinese, Thai and Japanese fighters this Saturday, March 30, at the plush Putou Indoor Stadium in the legendary eastern Chinese City known as "The Pearl of the Orient," Shanghai.