By Dan Ambrose: Mike Stafford, the trainer for Adrien “The Problem” Broner, says he knows that Mikey Garcia had to struggle hard to get down to the contract weight of 140 pounds for their weigh-in on Friday. Stafford says Mikey was running on the treadmill before the weigh-in to take the last bit of weight off. Mikey (36-0, 30 KOs) made the weight with a half-pound to spare in weighing in at 139.5 lbs. Broner weighed in at 138.75 lbs.
By Jim Dower: A very thin looking Adrien “The Problem” Broner (33-2, 24 KOs) weighed in at 138 ¾ pounds on Friday for his 140 pound catch-weight fight against unbeaten Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) this Saturday night on Showtime Boxing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Garcia weighed in at 139 ½ pounds.
WBC Super Lightweight Special Attraction – 12 Rounds
Adrien Broner – 138 ¾ Pounds
Mikey Garcia – 139 ½ Pounds
Referee: Harvey Dock; Judges: Don Ackerman (N.Y.), Eric Marlinski (N.Y.), Steve Weisfeld (N.J.)
By Chris Williams: Adrien “The Problem” Broner laughs at the bold knockout talk coming from Mikey Garcia about their fight on Saturday night. Broner (33-2, 24 KOs) says the 29-year-old Garcia is drunk if he honestly believes he’s going to score a knockout over him when the two meet up at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Gerardo Granados: This Saturday on July 29 at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, two of the boxing current big names will fight each other in Adrien “The Problem” Broner (33-2, 24 KOs) facing Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs). One is a hungry lion on the rise to stardom and he might as well be having a fighter of the year nomination if keeps on winning this year. The other one is a boxer that not a long ago used to be highly touted and some even dared to compare him to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
By Matthias Predonzan: Getting close to Saturday’s night fight between Miguel Angel “Mikey” Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) and Adrien “the Problem” Broner (33-2, 24 KOs), there is quite a lot of buzz in the media and fans and experts are giving their prediction for their fight on Showtime Boxing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Chris Williams: Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe has kept his eye on Mikey Garcia’s career, and he’s not impressed with him like others as he heads into his fight against Adrien “The Problem” Broner on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Dan Ambrose: Jermall Charlo is ready to go after big game against Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez as soon as he gets past Jorge Sebastian Heiland in their WBC middleweight title eliminator this Saturday night on the Adrien Broner vs. Mikey Garcia undercard at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Jeff Aranow: Ashley Theophane is picking Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) to defeat Adrien “The Problem” Broner (33-2, 24 KOs) this Saturday night in their fight live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Dan Ambrose: Adrien “The Problem” Broner is ready for the excuses to fly after he beats Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) on Saturday night in their fight on Showtime at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Garcia and his people believe they’re going to beat Broner.