Danny Garcia vs. Robert Guerrero delivers huge ratings on PBC

Los Angeles – Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) brought championship boxing back to FOX in prime time Saturday night after an almost 20-year absence and delivered a resounding ratings knockout. The PBC on FOX, headlined by an intense 12-round battle for the vacant welterweight title between victor Danny Garcia and Robert Guerrero, delivered PBC’s best audience since April 2015.

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Garcia-Guerrero drew 2.5M viewers on PBS on Fox

garciaBy Dan Ambrose: Last Saturday’s welterweight contest between Danny Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs) and Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (33-4-1, 18 KOs) brought in huge ratings on Premier Boxing Champions on Fox from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The Garcia-Guerrero fight drew 2.518 million viewers on Fox, which makes it the third best fight card on PBS, according to Lance Pugmire.

What made those numbers even more impressive was that the undercard really wasn’t stacked with talent and big names. In the co-feature bout, the light hitting #12 WBC welterweight contender Sammy Vasquez (21-0, 15 KOs) stopped high level journeyman Aaron Martinez (20-5-1, 4 KOs) in the 6th round after Martinez injured his left arm.

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Thurman wants Danny Garcia after Porter

Keith Thurman(Photo credit Esther Lin/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: If WBA World welterweight champion Keith Thurman (27-0, 22 KOs) can get past his tough challenger Shawn Porter on March 12 in their fight on Showtime, Thurman says he’s going to be looking to get a unification fight against WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs).

Thurman wants to carve a legacy of his own and take over the welterweight division now that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has retired. Thurman also believes that the only way to get the super money that Mayweather was getting for his fights is to take the risky super fights against the likes of Danny Garcia.

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Guerrero: Danny Garcia doesn’t have KO power for 147

Image: Guerrero: Danny Garcia doesn't have KO power for 147By Tim Fletcher: Robert Guerrero (33-4-1, 18 KOs) wasn’t impressed with the punching power of Danny Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs) last night despite losing the fight to him by a 12 round unanimous decision in their battle for the vacant WBC welterweight title on Premier Boxing Champions on Fox.

Guerrero came away from the fight feeling he had done more than enough to deserve a decision. One thing that Guerrero noted about Garcia was his punching power, or lack thereof. While Guerrero believes that Garcia has decent power, he doesn’t see it as the knockout power that he had when he was fighting in the 140lb division.

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Thurman says he’ll beat Danny Garcia

Image: Thurman says he'll beat Danny GarciaBy Dan Ambrose: WBA “regular” Welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (27-0, 22 KOs) attended last night’s fight between Danny Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs) and Robert Guerrero (33-4-1, 18 KOs) and he come away from the fight feeling that Garcia did enough to deserve the victory to become the new WBC welterweight champion.

Thurman says Garcia is a future opponent for him, and that he has no doubts he’ll beat him and take away his unbeaten record. Thurman is talking about wanting to fight Garcia after Thurman takes care of business in his March 12 fight against Shawn Porter.

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Khan: Who wants to see Khan-Garcia 2?

Image: Khan: Who wants to see Khan-Garcia 2?By Scott Gilfoid: Having been rejected by both Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao for big money fights, # WBC Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) is turning his sights to a more attainable fight against WBC welterweight champion Danny “Swift” Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs) for a fight against him next.

Khan is the mandatory challenger to Garcia and he unquestionable deserves a shot at the WBC title Garcia is holding after he was blatantly passed over by the World Boxing Council in favor of #6 WBC Robert Guerrero (33-4-1, 18 KOs).

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Mayweather: I scored Garcia-Guerrero a draw

Image: Mayweather: I scored Garcia-Guerrero a drawBy Dan Ambrose: The judges had Danny Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs) beating Robert Guerrero (33-4-1, 18 KOs) last night by an 8 rounds to 4 score in their fight for the vacant WBC 147lb title, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. didn’t agree at all with the scoring for the fight.

Mayweather had the fight scored a 12 round draw. The judges scored it 116-112, 116-112 and 116-112. I thought the scoring was too wide in favor of Garcia.

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Robert Guerrero: I want a rematch with Garcia

Image: Robert Guerrero: I want a rematch with GarciaBy Dan Ambrose: 32-year-old Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (33-4-1, 18 KOs) came up a little short last Saturday night in his 12 round unanimous decision loss to undefeated Danny Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

With the vacant WBC welterweight title on the line, Guerrero gave Garcia all kinds of problems in the first five rounds of the fight. Guerrero says he wants a rematch with Garcia, because he feels he should have won the fight.

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Danny Garcia not interested in Khan or Guerrero rematches

Image: Danny Garcia not interested in Khan or Guerrero rematchesBy Scott Gilfoid: Newly crowned WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs) made it clear after his 12 round unanimous decision win over Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (33-4-1, 18 KOs) last night that he doesn’t want and he doesn’t he has to fight #1 WBC Amir Khan, because he beat him in the past.

According to Garcia, he wants to move on to bigger and better things rather than fight Khan or even Guerrero again. Whether Garcia will be able to skip past Khan to fight the better fighters remains to be seen.

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Danny Garcia conquers Robert Guerrero

Los Angeles, CA (January 23, 2016) Before a crowd of 12,052 at STAPLES Center in downtown Los Angeles, Danny “Swift” Garcia, (32-0, 18 KOs) of Philadelphia won a unanimous 12-round decision over Gilroy, Calif.’s Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, (33-4, 18 KOs). Scores were 116-112 on all three judges’ scorecard.

Fighting for the vacant WBC Welterweight World Title in the first Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on FOX event, Guerrero came out aggressively in the first four rounds using a solid jab and strong over hand left hands to control the action.

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