Responding forcefully from his Canelo Alvarez loss to post a Friday night knockout victory, Jaime Munguia is reportedly moving toward taking another fight by year’s end – back home in Tijuana.
The manager of Dmitry Bivol has revealed a shortlist of opponents his team has in mind for his charge’s long awaited return to the ring. Bivol, the WBA 175-pound titlist from Russia, has not fought since he soundly outpointed Gilberto Ramirez one year ago, in November. Prior to that win, Bivol was coming off the biggest moment of his professional career, a unanimous decision over 168-pound undisputed champion Canelo Alvarez.
Unbeaten rising prospects Richardson Hitchins, Malik Hawkins and Dylan Price will be featured in separate bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING COUNTDOWN beginning live at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT on SHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel and SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook page. Then, SHOWTIME® will deliver a three-fight SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
Southpaw Ladarius Miller gutted out his ninth consecutive victory by majority decision in a back-and-fourth tactical 138-pound battle with rugged Ricardo Garcia in his third straight appearance and eighth overall at Sam’s Town Hotel & Gambling Hall in Las Vegas on Friday night.
The ratings for Showtime’s second “Showtime Championship Boxing” broadcast of 2018 weren’t as high as the ratings generated by its first telecast of this year. According to ratings released Wednesday by Nielsen Media Research, the main event of the premium-cable channel’s tripleheader Saturday night, Danny Garcia’s ninth-round stoppage of Brandon Rios, peaked at 558,000 viewers. The Garcia-Rios fight was watched by an average audience of 516,000.
Bevavidez vs. Gavril Rematch Photos Gallery - Boxing's youngest world champion, David Benavidez, left no questions in a rematch with Ronald Gavril, defending his WBC Super Middleweight World Championship with a dominating 12-round unanimous decision in Saturday's co-feature on SHOWTIME. Photos by Chris Farina, Stephanie Trapp, Ryan Hafey.
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas - Boxing's youngest world champion, David Benavidez, left no questions in a rematch with Ronald Gavril, defending his WBC Super Middleweight World Championship with a dominating 12-round unanimous decision in Saturday's co-feature on SHOWTIME.
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas - In a rematch of their 2017 split decision, WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez (20-0, 17 KOs) set the record straight with a twelve round beating to win a unanimous decision over Ronald Gavril (18-3, 14 KOs).
Benavidez, Gavril Rematch Scorecard Live BoxingScene - LAS VEGAS - Two-division world champion Danny Garcia and former world champion Brandon Rios faced off Thursday at the final press conference for their WBC Welterweight World Title Eliminator this Saturday, February 17 live on SHOWTIME from Mandalay Bay Events Center, and presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
David Benavidez’s realizes the 12th round and the result of his last fight has created doubt about him. The unbeaten WBC super middleweight champion plans to eliminate that skepticism during his rematch with Ronald Gavril. Benavidez will make the first defense of his 168-pound title against Gavril on Saturday night in Las Vegas, where he intends to win more convincingly than he did September 8.