(Photo Credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Allan Fox: WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (28-0, 16 KOs) is going to be getting a decent payday for his non-title fight against lightweight Rod Salka (19-3, 3 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Garcia will be getting $700,000 for the fight, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Salka, a fighter that few fans are familiar with, is getting $125,000.
Garcia could likely make a lot more money if he were to face Lucas Matthysse in a rematch. That’s a fight that would draw a lot of interest in big ratings on Showtime, even though Garcia did beat Matthysse past September. Garcia vs. Viktor Postol would also have been a better fight.
By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya did his best this past week in trying to justify the reasoning for the August 9th mismatches on Showtime between WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (28-0, 16 KOs) and unranked lightweight Rod Salka (19-3, 3 KOs) and IBF welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (32-2-1, 16 KO’s) and #12 WBA, #13 IBF fringe contender Edgar Santana (29-4, 20 KOs) from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Dan Ambrose: In a card filled with mismatches, WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (28-0, 16 KO’s) will be facing little known lightweight fighter Rod Salka (19-3, 3 KO’s) on August 9th in a Showtime televised fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. 
By Allan Fox: WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (28-0, 16 KO’s) and IBF 140 pound champion Lamont Peterson (32-2-1, 16 KO’s) will both be in action in separate bouts on August 9th in a Showtime televised card from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The idea of having Peterson and Garcia on the same card is to attract interest in the two fighters for a unification bout between them later on this year. 
By Allan Fox: IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (32-2-1, 16 KO’s) will be back in the ring on August 9th to defend his IBF title against an opponent still to be determined on the Shawn Porter vs. Kell Brook card at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Zab Judah (42-9, 29 KO’s) and IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (32-2-1, 16 KO’s) have reportedly said no to a fight against the recently beaten but very tough Mauricio Herrera (20-4, 7 KO’s), according to Steve Kim. It’s unclear why they turned down Herrera, but given how tough of a time he gave WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia in their fight last March, it’s not surprising that they didn’t want anything to do with him. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan (28-3, 19 KO’s) is now actively looking to line up his Plan B opponent after being bypassed by Floyd Mayweather Jr. for his May 3rd fight. Khan is interested in fighting one of these names for his next fight in April or May: Paulie Malignaggi, Lamont Peterson, Shawn Porter or Adrien Broner, according to BoxNation. Peterson and Malignaggi are retread opponents for Khan, as he stopped Malignaggi in the 11th round in 2010. Khan was beaten by Peterson by a 12 round decision in 2011. 
(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Eric Thomas: Following his 12 round unanimous decision win over the inexperienced and badly over-matched challenger Dierry Jean (25-1, 17 KO’s) last night at the DC Armory in Washington, DC, IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (32-2-1, 16 KO’s) is gunning for WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia in a unification bot. Peterson wants that fight a lot if his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions can put that fight together.