Two title fights – one at flyweight, the other at junior bantamweight – will take place on June 6 at the Aichi International Exhibition Center in Tokoname City, Aichi, Japan.
BoxingScene has learned that the Willibaldo Garcia-Andrew Moloney IBF mandatory title fight has been pushed back to June 6, at a location to be determined in Japan.
The promoter for Willibaldo Garcia’s first title fight has claimed promotional rights to his first title defense.
The IBF has scheduled a March 5 purse bid hearing for its ordered title fight between defending 115lbs beltholder Willibaldo Garcia and Australia’s Andrew Moloney as his top-rated challenger
Willibaldo Garcia is officially on the clock to honor his mandatory title defense obligations.
Willibaldo Garcia not only lost out on the chance for a high-profile fight, but is still on the hook for the mandatory title defense waiting in the wings.
A man can dream. And in the vision of enthusiastic advisor Sean Gibbons, his Mexican fighters David Picasso and Willibaldo Garcia perform strongly in Saudi Arabia Saturday, with Picasso meeting the undisputed junior-featherweight champion Naoya Inoue of Japan and Garcia seeking to defend his IBF junior-bantamweight belt to set up an undisputed meeting with three-belt champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez
The IBF is prepared to approve Willibaldo Garcia-Kenshiro Teraji in a defense of Garcia's 115lbs title – if the winner agrees to next face mandatory challenger Andrew Moloney.
Willibaldo Garcia and Rene Calixto provided another thrilling slugfest Friday in Zacatecas, Mexico, and this time around, they even managed to produce a winner: Garcia, in a narrow split decision.
Willibaldo Garcia and Rene Calixto were both heavier than they were for their first meeting but still under the junior bantamweight limit.