Joseph Diaz Jr. clearly is skeptical of Ryan Garcia’s excuse for pulling out of their fight. Garcia announced Friday that he suffered a significant injury to his right hand while training, which will require surgery Monday in Los Angeles. That injury...
Ryan Garcia has withdrawn from another fight with a southpaw for the WBC interim lightweight title. Golden Boy Promotions announced Friday that Garcia sustained an injury to his right hand that’ll require surgery next week and prevent him from fighti...
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Oscar De La Hoya apparently is not always interested in giving a promoter’s usual partisan answer. The head of Golden Boy Promotions was asked recently on social media on who he thinks would win in a matchup between his ace client Ryan Garcia and the...
Unbeaten lightweight star Ryan Garcia is back from his hiatus with a plan. Garcia is being lined up for a year-end showdown with Joseph "JoJo" Diaz, but his main target is fellow star Gervonta Davis. The 23-year-old Garcia has been out of the ring si...
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Oscar De La Hoya is planning to gift boxing fans the most desirable fight he can make from within his Golden Boy Promotions stable this holiday season. “I'm working on Ryan Garcia versus JoJo Diaz on DAZN by the end of the year in Los Angeles. Tell m...
Devin Haney remains on the hunt for his next title defense while the last two opponents he has expected to fight are instead ordered to face each other. Four mandatory title fights and eliminators were revealed by the World Boxing Council (WBC) as ei...
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Don’t expect the two top stars of the lightweight division to face each other anytime soon, if Ryan Garcia’s latest remarks are anything to go by. The Instagram star from Victorville, Calif. recently stated that he does not expect to face Baltimore’s...
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Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell, who recently retired from the sport, has given praise to WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney. At the same time, Campbell is shaking his head over the ongoing situation where the top fighters at 135-pounds are...
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Rising lightweight star Ryan Garcia is rested, recuperated and recovered from the mental health issues that abruptly halted his ascending career earlier this year. The soon-to-be 23-year-old Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) announced on social media that his re...
Two division champion Timothy Bradley is backing Gervonta Davis to stops Ryan Garcia in a battle of undefeated up-and-coming stars. Davis and Garcia have been trading words since last year. Garcia saw action back in January, when he picked up the big...
Devin Haney wants his promoter to start working on his obligatory title defense against Joseph Diaz Jr. Diaz won the WBC’s interim lightweight crown when he beat Javier Fortuna on July 9 and thus is the mandatory challenger for Haney’s WBC world ligh...
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LOS ANGELES - Joseph Diaz Jr. recently secured the WBC interim lightweight title by scoring a unanimous decision win over Javier Fortuna. It was an opportunity originally pegged for fellow Golden Boy stablemate Ryan Garcia, who was supposed to fight...
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Michel Rivera is eager to prove that he doesn’t just bear a resemblance to ‘The Greatest’ but can ultimately emulate his career. The insistence of measuring up to the late, legendary Muhammad Ali is a tall order for anyone in history, though Rivera i...
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