Errol Spence vs Mikey Garcia

[Alpha]

Sounds like this is going to be on Fox PPV.

[Master]

Sounds like this is going to be on Fox PPV.

Is that a first for them?

Horrible trend if it is but a brilliant fight.

[Alpha]

Sounds like this is going to be on Fox PPV.

Is that a first for them?

Horrible trend if it is but a brilliant fight.

I'm not sure, but FOX has a wider audience than Showtime. They'll need to beef up the undercard, it is a great fight, I not sure how well it does tho.

[powerpuncher]

Sounds like this is going to be on Fox PPV.

I feel like normal FOX would be great. A national audience for this fight would be great for boxing. No more PPVs.

[Manos de Piedra]

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...arch-16-dallas

In all, they announced 14 bouts through April that will air on either Fox in prime time or on cable network Fox Sports 1. But the biggest fight made official was the much-discussed showdown between welterweight world titlist Errol Spence Jr. and lightweight titlist Mikey Garcia, who will move up two weight divisions to go for a world title in a fifth division in a meeting between two of boxing's elite pound-for-pound best in the world.

The fight will headline the first Fox PPV card and will take place at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys, in Arlington, Texas, on March 16.

[Alpha]

Man the size difference was huge when they faced up.

[Alpha]

Think it's also interesting to note that there is no VADA testing for this fight.

[Master]

Errol Spence Jr v Mikey Garcia: IBF world welterweight title bout set for March



Four-weight world champion Mikey Garcia will move up two weight divisions to take on IBF world welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr on 16 March.

Garcia, 30, still holds the WBC title in the 135lbs lightweight division and will move to 147lbs to face Spence Jr.

Spence Jr, 28, won his title from Britain's Kell Brook in May 2017.

"Floyd Mayweather did it all the time, fighting bigger guys," said Garcia. "He did it with skills. There's more to boxing that brute power."

Garcia has held world titles at featherweight, super featherweight, lightweight and super lightweight, amassing a record of 39 wins from 39 bouts.

A unification bout with WBA lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko had been rumoured before a March meeting was confirmed with fellow American Spence Jr in Arlington, Texas.

Garcia now claims he is pleased some are choosing to write him off because of the weight jump, with a number of people on social media pointing to a notable size difference when the two fighters posed head to head.

"That's why I took this fight," he added. "That's what I want. Once I do this I will prove to everybody that I am a better fighter than people expect. These kind of victories will open the eyes of doubters."

Spence Jr has a record of 24 wins from 24 bouts, 21 via stoppage.

Should Garcia win, he would join the likes of Mayweather, Tommy Hearns, Manny Pacquiao, Sugar Ray Leonard and Oscar de la Hoya in winning world titles across five weight classes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/46207624

[Primo Carnera]

Well I’m giving Mikey props for taking the fight in the first place. Like everyone else , I fancy Spence, but I just hope Garcia gives a good account of himself and it’s competitive.

[Spicoli]

Think it's also interesting to note that there is no VADA testing for this fight.

Did he officially vacate the wbc trinket? Always thought vada was more their thing. Lara just opted out of VADA and wbc rankings too so he can fight for another bodies trinket.

[Alpha]

Think it's also interesting to note that there is no VADA testing for this fight.

Did he officially vacate the wbc trinket? Always thought vada was more their thing. Lara just opted out of VADA and wbc rankings too so he can fight for another bodies trinket.

I think Garcia still holds the WBC belt and is enrolled with VADA but as this fight is for the IBF title I don't think Spence has to comply.

I also question Lara withdrawing from the WBC and VADA testing, he could have easily fought for another bodies belt without requesting to be removed, happens all the time.