By Jim Dower: Undefeated #4 WBC, #8 WBA, #10 WBO junior middleweight contender Erickson Lubin (18-0, 13 KOs) obliterated and over-matched Jorge Cota (25-2, 22 KOs0 by a 4th round knockout on Saturday night on Showtime Championship Boxing via CBS at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The 22-year-old Lubin knocked Cota down with a scorching left hand to the head. Lubin connected on 50 of 133 punches for a 38 percent connect percentage.
By Jeff Aranow: WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia and WBA champion Keith “One Time’ Thurman both weighed in successfully on Friday for their fight this Saturday night on CBS, presented by Premier Boxing Champions. Garcia (33-0, 19 KOs) weighed in at 146.5 pounds, and looked in good shape as usual. Thurman (27-0, 22 KOs) weighed in at slightly more at 146.8 lbs.
By Jeff Aranow: Undefeated #8 WBA junior middleweight contender Erickson “The Hammer” Lubin (17-0, 11 KOs) will be fighting #8 WBC Jorge Cota (25-1, 22 KOs) in the co-feature bout on March 4 on the Danny Garcia vs. Keith Thurman card at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Showtime Championship Boxing will likely be televising the card. However, there’s a chance that CBS could televise the fight card, according to RingTV.
Lubin, 21, is still a prospect at this point in his career despite him being ranked by the WBA at No.8. He’s got a lot of work to do before he’s ready to mix it up with champions like the Charlo brothers and Erislandy Lara.