By Gerardo Granados: It is official, it has been announced that the veteran lion king Erik Morales will defend his WBC light welterweight belt against the young lion but inexperienced Danny Garcia next January 28 at the Reliant Arena, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
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Erik Morales vs. Danny Garcia, James Kirkland vs. Carlos Molina a possibility for January 28th
By Eric Thomas: Dan Rafael is reporting that a potential hot card headlined by WBC light welterweight champion Erik Morales (52-7, 36 KO’s) vs. unbeaten contender Danny Garcia ( 22-0, 14 KO’s) and junior middleweight contenders James Kirkland (30-1, 27 KO’s) vs. Carlos Molina (19-4-2, 6 KO’s) is a possibility for January 28th in Houston, Texas.
Danny Garcia vs. Kendall Holt on Hopkins-Dawson undercard on 10/15
By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten light welterweight contender Danny Garcia (21-0, 14 KO’s) will going up against former World Boxing Organization (WBO) light welterweight champion Kendall Holt (27-4, 15 KO’s) on October 15th on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson bout at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Tarver vs. Green: Antonio ready to give Danny a boxing lesson
By Dan Ambrose: International Boxing Organization (IBO) cruiserweight champion Danny Green (31-3, 27 KO’s) is facing one of the best fighters he’s ever been in with in Antonio Tarver (28-6, 19 Ko’s) on July 20th at the Entertainment Centre, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Tarver may be getting up there in age at 42, but you can ignore his age completely because he’s one of those fighters that you can’t judge by his chronological age.
Campbell vs. Garcia a possibility for Maidana-Morales undercard on 4/9
By Jason Kim: There’s talk of former lightweight champion Nate Campbell (33-7-1, 25 KO’s) facing unbeaten light welterweight contender Danny Garcia (20-0, 14 KO’s) on the undercard of the Marcos Maidana vs. Erik Morales fight on April 9th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Adding Campbell and Garcia to the card will make this an even bigger card than it already is, even though Campbell-Garcia is pretty much a mismatch because of Campbell’s advanced age.
Danny Garcia stops Jorge Romero in 9th
By Jason Kim: In a battle of welterweight prospects, unbeaten Danny Garcia (19-0, 12 KO’s) stopped Jorge Romero (17-3, 15 KO’s) in the 9th round on Friday night at the Moon Palace Resort, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Garcia, only 22, hurt Romero with a big left hook to the head in the 9th that sent Romero to the canvas. Romero, 20, made it back to his feet and was met with several powerful rights from Garcia, which prompted the referee to step in and halt the action before Romero could get really hurt.
Undefeated Garcia wins a split decision over Theophane
By Sam Gregory: In the opening bout on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights from El Paso, Texas undefeated Danny Garcia 15-0 with 10 KO’s from Philadelphia fought Ashley Theophane 25-3 with 7 KO’s of London, England in a scheduled ten round bout in the junior welterweight division.
Miranda cancels fight with Stieglitz; Jacobs picked for prospect of the year – News
By Jason Kim: Super middleweight contender Edison Miranda (33-4, 29 KO’s) had to pull out of his January 9th bout against World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz yesterday because the 28-year-old Miranda has been sick with a bad case of the flu. Miranda will need at least 4 to 6 weeks to fully recover from the illness, but still wants to attempt to make the fight with Stieglitz, if possible, at that time. If not, then Miranda will be looking to see if he can land a fight with IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute.
Hopkins defeats Ornelas. Garcia stops Colin – Boxing Results
By Eric Thomas: As expected, 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins defeated middleweight Enrique Ornelas by a 12 round unanimous decision on Wednesday night in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The final judges’ scores were 118-110, 120-109 and 119-109. Hopkins used his superior boxing skills to easily handle the smaller Ornelas all night, jabbing him and landing sharp right hands at will.
Arreola Destroys McCline, Estrada and Garcia Both Victorious
By Dave Lahr: As expected, undefeated number #1 ranked WBC heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (27-0, 24 KOs) obliterated journeyman contender Jameel McCline (39-10-3, 23 KOs) in a 4th round TKO tonight at the Mandalay Bay Casino & Event Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Arreola, 28, cornered the big lumbering McCline in the 4th and dropped him to the canvas with a huge left-right combination to the head. The fight was then stopped by referee Tony Weeks when it became clear that McCline, 37, was too hurt to beat the count.