By Jim Dower: Former super featherweight champion Javier Fortuna (35-2-1, 23 KOs) was injured after he dove out of the ring tonight in his fight against light welterweight Adrian Granados (18-6-2, 11 KOs) in the final seconds of round 4, causing the referee to rule it a no contest at The Fortuna at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
By Gav Duthie: Amir Khan’s new promoter Eddie Hearn has done a good job of garnering interest in who Khan might be fighting on his April 21 comeback fight in Liverpool. The Sky Sports and Matchroom promotions will be going head to head with Frampton-Donaire on BT and Eddie Hearn says Amir doesn’t want a tune up.
By Jeff Aranow: Former IBF welterweight champion Shawn “Showtime” Porter (28-2-1, 17 KOs) pounded out a 12 round unanimous decision over Adrian “Tigre” Granados (18-6-2, 12 KOs) to win the vacant World Boxing Council Silver 147 lb. title on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The judges scored the fight 117-111, 117-111 and 117-111.
Former champion “Showtime” Shawn Porter and hard-hitting contender Adrian Granados will look to steal the show when they meet in a 12-round welterweight world title elimination bout on Saturday, November 4 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
By Allan Fox: Shawn Porter (27-2-1, 17 KOs) will be taking a stay busy fight against the recently defeated light welterweight contender Adrian Granados (18-5-2, 12 KOs) in a 10 round fight on the undercard of WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder’s title defense against Luis Ortiz on November 4 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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By Chris Williams: Terence Crawford’s next opponent for his May 20th fight is down to 3 candidates, according his promoter Bob Arum. The names are as follows: Amir Imam, Adrian Granados and Felix Diaz. Arum mentioned Imam’s name first in listing the three candidates, which could be a hint that he’s going to select him for Crawford’s May 20 fight. What’s bad about the 26-year-old Imam is he was knocked out in 8 rounds by Granados. Imam has fought once since then in beating journeyman Wildredo Acuna by a 3rd round knockout last July.
By Chris Williams: Top Rank reportedly are working on putting together a fight between their fighter WBC /WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford and the recently beaten Adrian Granados for May 20 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. This is a fight would be televised on HBO World Championship Boxing if it gets made. Felix Diaz had been in play for a fight against Crawford until recently. The rumors are that Diaz wanted too much money for the Crawford fight.
“Been told Top Rank boxing going hard after EL Tigre AG [Adrian Granados] to fight Bud Crawford in May rather than Felix Diaz. #boxing,,” said Dan Rafael on his social media site.
By Jim Dower: Last Saturday night, Adrien Broner proved that he can still bring in good ratings with him pulling in an average of 779,000 viewers with a peak of 850,000 viewers on Showtime Championship Boxing for his fight against Adrian “Tigre” Granados at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
This is potentially good news for the career of the 27-year-old Broner, because it might increase his chances of getting a big fight. That’s something that Broner has never had in his 9-year pro career despite being a popular fighter himself.
By Gav Duthie: On Saturday night, Ohio hosted an event which saw two new players in Adrian Broner and Lamont Peterson added to an already talent stacked welterweight division. The 147lb weight class has been a bit stagnant since the retirement of Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2015 but with additions like Adrien Broner and Lamont Peterson as well as top end fights between Danny Garcia v Keith Thurman and Kell Brook v Errol Spence conveys a bright future.
The question after Saturday is just how relevant will Broner and Peterson be in this future. Adrien Broner won a split decision over 10 rounds against the relentless Adrian Granados whilst on the undercard Lamont Peterson outpointed David Avanyesan to capture the vacant WBA title.