Errol Spence vs Mikey Garcia

[Dark Lord Al]

I give Mikey timing but he'll be far more stationary waiting for it v Spence who goes from range to mixing inside very quickly and while rolling in combos. It's not like Mikey has been hard to touch over tha last few fights and I think it fatal downfall will be him caught in exchanges with Spence. I saw this will be shown in various theaters, that is awesome. Brings back eras gone by.

Randy you are for to analytic , I think Garcia will win because I want him to .

[Alpha]

I give Mikey timing but he'll be far more stationary waiting for it v Spence who goes from range to mixing inside very quickly and while rolling in combos. It's not like Mikey has been hard to touch over tha last few fights and I think it fatal downfall will be him caught in exchanges with Spence. I saw this will be shown in various theaters, that is awesome. Brings back eras gone by.

Randy you are for to analytic , I think Garcia will win because I want him to .

Yea, sometimes you have to back your guy, even if everything's stacked against them.

[Freedom]

[Freedom]

[Master]

Errol Spence Jr. dismisses notion that Mikey Garcia doesn't stand a chance

The consensus from boxing fans and pundits is that IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (24-0, 21 KOs) will wipe out WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia in their highly-anticipated battle on Saturday night. They feel Garcia is biting off more than he can chew by jumping up two weight classes to face Spence, who is perhaps the top guy at 147 pounds.

Even though the majority are discounting Garcia's chances, Spence doesn't subscribe to that narrative.

"I think he definitely brings a lot to the table," Spence told Sporting News during his conference call. "People who say that he doesn't stand a chance, I feel like don't really know anything about boxing or don't know the history of boxing, just to say he doesn't have a chance. He does have a title at 140. That's just one weight up from 147. So, he does have experience fighting at 140. So, I mean everybody has a chance. He does have a chance. He does have a lot of skills and he is fundamentally sound. He comes from that boxing pedigree. So, he definitely has a chance."



A year ago, a Spence-Garcia clash was nothing but a pipe dream. But hints started to surface heading into the Mexican-American's fight with Robert Easter Jr. in July, when he told SN that he wanted to make the trek to 147 pounds and take on Spence.

Like many people, the Texan initially didn't give the comments too much thought. But the more Garcia talked about it and when it was brought to Spence's attention that the mega fight could possibly be at the home of the Dallas Cowboys, the 2012 Olympian started to change his tune.

"At first, I didn't really care too much for fighting him," Spence admitted. "It got to a point where he started talking a lot more and a lot of other welterweights. I was pretty much busy, like Shawn Porter, like Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia — they all had their dates. Manny Pacquiao too. They were the obvious options for me. Then, when I found that I could be fighting at AT&T Stadium, then it just made sense."

Garcia is ranked No. 5 and Spence is No. 6 in SN's pound-for-pound rankings. A win for either guy will vault him toward being the best fighter in the world. Spence goes a step further, saying if he goes out there and puts on a breathtaking performance, then he sits on top of the mountain.

"Like I always say, it's not just about winning," Spence said. "It's about your performance and it's how you win. So, if I have a spectacular performance, then I do rate myself as pound-for-pound just the best fighter in the world, too."

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/err...150331724.html

[Master]

David Benavidez sees J'Leon Love as redemption fight for bad 2018

Life couldn't have been going any better for David Benavidez.

He had become the youngest super middleweight champion of all time at 20-years-old in September 2017, when he defeated Ronald Gavril by unanimous decision to capture the vacant WBC belt. He followed it up in February 2018 with a more dominant performance in the rematch with Gavril.



But everything came to screeching halt when it was revealed during an August random drug test that Benavidez tested positive for cocaine. The 22-year-old was stripped of the title and subsequently suspended through February. Benavidez (20-0, 17 KOs) knows he disappointed a lot of people with his actions. He says he made a mistake and plans on making it up to everybody, starting with his fight on Saturday night against J'Leon Love in the co-main event of the Errol Spence Jr.-Mikey Garcia card (9 p.m. ET, Fox PPV).

"This is a fight for the fans, just so they could see that I don't want nobody to lose faith in me because I know I'm the best I've ever been right now," Benavidez told Sporting News during a recent conference call. "I just turned 22-years-old. I feel stronger than ever. So, this fight is definitely going to be for them, so they don't lose faith in me."

Benavidez was not only embarrassed, but ashamed of his actions.

The harsh reality of his errors set in for Benavidez when he watched Anthony Dirrell and Avni Yildirim in February competing for the title he had to relinquish. Going through adversity for the first time in his professional career forced Benavidez to look hard at himself in the mirror to see what type of person he is.

"It wasn't a good feeling to have everything you worked for taken away from you in an instant," Benavidez said. "But it happened and it just made me hungrier and more motivated to keep working harder and to get back what's rightfully mine. Being on the sidelines, seeing my belt won by another person I know I could destroy, kind of did it for me. We're not going to take any more steps back. We're working hard and we're going to reclaim what's ours and we're going to put on spectacular performances and that's how it's going to be."

Benavidez hasn’t competed in 13 months. During his period of reflection, there's one thing "El Bandera Roja" learned about himself that keeps driving him as he inches toward his return.

"Just the hunger," Benavidez said. "Just being hungrier, being more dedicated now, being closer to my family. And I just owe it to the people who've been supporting me since the beginning. I just want to be a better person and a better fighter for them, so they could have that fighter that they could be proud of."

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/dav...144200921.html

[Master]

Mikey Garcia jumps two weight divisions to take on IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence in one of the most anticipated fights of 2019.

Already a four-weight champion, Garcia is recognised as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world and having unified the WBC and IBF lightweight titles in July 2018, has his eye on further glory.

He steps up to join the host of world class talent competing in the red-hot welterweight ranks with Spence hoping to inflict the first defeat of his professional defeat.

Also unbeaten, Spence, who took the IBF title from Kell Brook after emphatically schooling the Briton in Sheffield in 2017, has overwhelmed every opponent in his way across a flawless 24-fight career.



It’s a meeting between two genuine world class talents currently at the peak of their powers.

Both men have humility to match their talent, meaning there is unlikely to be any fireworks as we count down to fight night.

They won’t be needed – the action inside the ring between two of the world’s best should be more than enough for any fight fan.

Date, UK start time and venue
Spence vs Garcia takes place on Saturday March 16 at the AT &T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

For UK viewers looking to tune in, it is going to be an early start or a very late night with coverage of the show beginning at 2am – with the main event unlikely to get underway until 4am at the earliest on Sunday morning.

TV channel and live stream
Good news for UK viewers; Spence vs Garcia will be available to watch for free on ITV4 as part of the deal between ITV and Haymon Sports and Premier Boxing Champions which was announced at the end of 2018.

Live streaming will also be available through the ITV Hub app.



Undercard
Lindolfo Delgado vs James Roach (lightweight)

Fernando Garcia vs Marlon Olea (super-featherweight)

Burley Brooks vs Randy Mast (cruiserweight)

Amon Rashidi vs Gabriel Gutierrez (welterweight)

Jesse Rodriguez vs Rauf Aghayev (bantamweight)

Adrian Taylor vs Robert Rodriguez (super flyweight)



PPV undercard
David Benavidez vs J’Leon Love (super middleweight)

Luis Nery vs McJoe Arroyo (bantamweight)

Chris Arreola vs Jean Pierre Augustin (heavyweight)

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