2018) – Welterweight contenders Yordenis Ugas and Ray Robinson will clash in a 12-round IBF 147-pound title elimination bout live on SHOWTIME Saturday, February 17 from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Brandon Rios
Delusional Danny Garcia
By Gav Duthie: The number 1 P4P fighter in his own mind Danny ‘Delusional’ Garcia 33-1 (19) has been in full ego form in the last week throwing a barrage of compliments his own way stronger than his left hooks. Not only does he still feel undefeated (as the Keith Thurman loss is only a defeat on paper) but he doesn’t yet consider #1 P4P star Terrence Crawford worthy of fighting him until he faces Errol Spence first.
Danny Garcia says Crawford must fight Spence to earn a match against him
By Dan Ambrose: Danny Garcia says Terence Crawford isn’t even a top 10 contender in the welterweight division, and he needs to face Errol Spence Jr. for him to earn a fight against him. Spence (22-0 19 KOs) is the IBF welterweight champion at this time, whereas Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs) is just a contender, who lost his WBC 147 lb. title to Keith Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) last year on March 4.
Danny Garcia explains how to beat Errol Spence
By Dan Ambrose: Danny Garcia thinks he has a clever idea of how to beat IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. when the time comes for them to face each other. Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs) says the main strategy that you need to defeat the 27-year-old Spence (22-0, 19 KOs) is to take him to a place he’s never been before.
Rios responds to fans calling him a “bum fighter”
By Allan Fox: With a month to go before his fight with Danny Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs), 31-year-old Brandon ‘Bam Bam’ Rios (34-3-1, 25 KOs) says he hasn’t taken a lot of punishment in his fights like some people think, and that he’s not a bum fighter.
WBC: Vanes Martirosyan-Maciej Sulecki eliminator, winner faces Jermell Charlo
By Jeff Aranow: Maciej Sulecki (26-0, 10 KOs) will be fighting #2 WBC Vanes Martirosyan (36-3-1, 21 KOs) in a WBC 154-pound final eliminator match, as ordered by the World Boxing Council to determine a mandatory for WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs).
Danny Garcia: I’m going to be whipping a lot of backside in 2018
By Dan Ambrose: Danny ‘Swift’ Garcia (33-1, 18 KOs) says he’s going to be whipping lot of backside in 2018, beginning with his fight against Brandon ‘Bam Bam’ Rios (34-3-1, 25 KOs) a month from now on February 17 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino, Events Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Garcia vs. Rios: Brandon says he’ll make it a ‘Bam Bam’ slugfest
By Dan Ambrose: Danny Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs) is facing the always tough pressure fighter Brandon ‘Bam Bam’ Rios (34-3-1, 25 KOs) on February 17.
Rios, 31, has the perfect style to give Garcia big time problems for their fight on Showtime Boxing at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Garcia-Rios: Can Brandon pull off the upset?
By Sean Jones: Brandon Rios (34-3-1, 25 KOs) is working harder than ever to get in top shape for his fight against Danny Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs) on February 17. Rios, 31, may not want to admit it, but his career is on the line against Garcia. Rios had lost too many fights in recent years for him to come back from a loss to Garcia. Garcia-Rios will be shown on Showtime on February 17.
Danny Garcia vs. Brandon Rios is 50-50 fight says Robert G.
By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Robert Garcia says the February 17th fight between former world champions Danny ‘Swift’ Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs) and Brandon ‘Bam Bam] Rios (34-3-1, 25 KOs) is a 50-50 fight. Robert G. thinks the 31-year-old Rios has a real chance of beating Danny Garcia if he comes in shape for the fight.