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By Jeff Aranow: WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) says he’s interested in moving up from the 135 lb. division to challenge WBC/WBA welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) for his challenge. Mikey, 29, says he would move up to fight Thurman for his titles, and then move back down to the lightweight division to try and unify the titles. Mikey still has to win the WBA, IBF and WBO belts in that division.
By Eric Baldwin: After thinking it over, Angel Garcia says Danny Garcia (31-1, 19 KOs) will be fighting WBA/WBC welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) in a rematch. Angel wants Danny to avenge his 12 round split decision loss from last Saturday night. He thinks that Danny will whip Thurman’s backside in the rematch.
By Jeff Aranow: Danny Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs) suffered his first career defeat last Saturday night in losing a close 12 round split decision to WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The fight was a unification match, and Garcia lost his WBC welterweight title in losing by the scores 116-112, 115-112 for Thurman and 115-113 for Garcia.
By Allan Fox: Keith “One Time” Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) was in no mood to answer questions about him fighting the winner of the Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence Jr. fight last Saturday night following his less than impressive 12 round split decision victory over WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Thurman seems to be interested in fighting a rematch with Garcia rather than moving on and taking a dangerous fight against the Brook-Spence winner. Thurman said that the boxing public might want to see him fight Danny Garcia again.
Saturday’s highly anticipated showdown between Keith “One Time” Thurman and Danny “Swift” Garcia ranked as the highest-grossing non-Nets sporting event in Barclays Center history. The event also set a record for boxing attendance at Barclays Center with 16,533.
The Saturday, March 4 matchup of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on CBS saw Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) become the unified welterweight world champion with a split-decision victory over Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs), defending his WBA belt and picking up Garcia’s WBC crown on boxing’s biggest stage in primetime on CBS. The judges scored it 116-112 Thurman, 115-113 Thurman and 115-113 Garcia. This was only the third time in history that undefeated fighters unified the 147-pound division.
By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Angel Garcia says Keith “One Time” Thurman ran the entire night in beating WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia last Saturday night in their fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Thurman used a lot of movement in the last 6 rounds of the fight to win a 12 round split decision on the judges’ scorecards.