Apr

Garcia-Peterson: What happened?

Did RING junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia actually admit defeat to Lamont Peterson after their bout on Saturday night? Despite what you’ve “heard,” we might never know the truth.

Apr

Dougie’s Monday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Readers from around the globe share their thoughts on Danny Garcia’s close and controversial decision over Lamont Peterson, the Andy Lee-Peter Quillin draw, Rocky Martinez’s hard-fought decision over Orlando Salido, the Lucas Matthysse-Ruslan Provodnikov fight, mythical matchups and other boxing subjects in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Apr

Danny Garcia outlasts Lamont Peterson for majority decision victory

by Doug Fischer

RING/WBA/WBC junior welterweight champ Danny Garcia won a majority decision against Lamont Peterson in a 12-round 143-pound catchweight bout at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday. Garcia says he’ll be leaving the 140-pound division to campaign full time at welterweight.

Apr

Dougie’s Friday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Fans from around the world share their thoughts on Danny Garcia-Lamont Peterson, Andy Lee-Peter Quillin, Orlando Salido-Roman Martinez, the “success” of the PBC, Freddie Roach’s “big mouth,” and Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao, among other subjects, in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Apr

Viktor Postol eyes title-shot guarantee beyond Jake Giuriceo

by Anson Wainwright

Fighters mostly say they’re not looking past a fight, but not so for junior welterweight contender Viktor Postol. If all goes well this weekend, he’s been promised the WBC title shot he earned last May by beating Selcuk Aydin.

Apr

Danny Garcia still feels he has something to prove

by Joseph Santoliquito

It seems like Danny Garcia, who will face Lamont Peterson this Saturday on NBC, is always either favored to lose or criticized for picking on weak opposition, but the junior welterweight champion says it’s simple: he’s just a winner.

Apr

Lamont Peterson: Garcia fight is for 140-pound supremecy, despite catchweight

by Anson Wainwright

This Saturday’s bout between IBF junior welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson and RING, WBC and WBA champion Danny Garcia will be fought at a catchweight of 143 pounds with no belts on the line.

Mar

Danny Garcia-Lamont Peterson: different weights, different fight

by Coyote Duran

Without a single belt on the line, RING junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia and IBF titlist Lamont Peterson hope to engage in a higher level of performance on April 11 on NBC.

Mar

A deeper dive into PBC on NBC

by Doug Fischer

Was the inaugural episode of NBC’s ‘Premier Boxing Champions’ everything it was cracked up to be? Michael Woods takes a deeper look into the ‘re-branding of boxing.’

Feb

Jacobs, DiBella carry positive mindset into PBC’s Brooklyn debut

by Doug Fischer

Promoter Lou DiBella, middleweight standout Daniel Jacobs and other New York City-area fighters on the undercard of the “Premier Boxing Champions” show at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on April 11 mingled with the media at a Monday press luncheon. All were excited about NBC’s involvement with the PBC series.