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By Tim Royner: Eddie Hearn is targeting former world champions Brandon Rios or Jessie Vargas as two guys that he’d like to match welterweight prospect Josh Kelly (7-0, 5 KOs) for his next fight following his 7th round stoppage victory over Commonwealth welterweight champion Kris George (14-2, 8 KOs) last Saturday night at the Metro […]

By Scott Gilfoid: Jessie Vargas says he’s interested in a fight against Amir ‘King’ Khan, but unfortunately, he’s close to finalizing a rematch against Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner. It’s a fight that does more for the 29-year-old Vargas’ career than a match against Khan (32-4, 20 KOs), as the Broner rematch would be a World […]

By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan says he wants a good step up fight against Adrien Broner or Jessie Vargas in the summer to get him ready for an eventual showdown against Kell Brook, which could take place in November or December. That’s when their promoter Eddie Hearn is interested in making the Khan-Brook fight. A […]

By Jeff Aranow: Adrien Broner (33-3-1, 24 KOs) once again failed to get a victory in an important fight last Saturday night in being held to a 12 round draw by former WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (28-2-1, 10 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. … Read

Four-division world champion Adrien Broner and two-division world champion Jessie Vargas fought to a highly entertaining 12-round majority draw Saturday night on SHOWTIME in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING in front of 13,964 fans at Barclays Center in Brooklyn in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. The back-and-forth battle was a tale […]

By Allan Fox: Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner (33-3-1, 24 KOs) rallied late to salvage a controversial 12 round majority draw against former 2 division world champion Jessie Vargas (28-2-2, 10 KOs) on Saturday night in their catch-weight fight at 144 pounds on Showtime Boxing from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. … Read

Welterweight Main Event – 12 Rounds Adrien Broner: 144 Jessie Vargas: 143 ¾ Referee: Charlie Fitch; Judges: Julie Lederman (N.Y.), Eric Marlinski (N.Y.), Kevin Morgan (N.Y.)… Read

By Jim Dower: After initially coming in heavy at 144.2 pounds, former four division world champion Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner (33-3, 24 KOs) stripped down his shorts to weigh-in successfully at 144 lbs. for his catch-weight fight at 144 lbs. against former 2-division world champion Jessie Vargas (28-2, 10 KOs) for their 12-round fight this […]

SHOWTIME Sports will provide live streams of official fight week events in advance of this Saturday’s SHOWTIME tripleheader that is headlined by a battle between former four-division champion Adrien Broner (33-3, 24 KOs) and former two-division Jessie Vargas (28-2, 10 KOs). The fight will be televised Saturday, April 21, LIVE on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. […]

Fighters competing on Saturday’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader, headlined by four-division champion Adrien Broner battling two-division champion Jessie Vargas, went face-to-face Thursday at a press conference in Brooklyn before they enter the ring this Saturday, April 21 at Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™, in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.… Read