Heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder and unbeaten Gerald Washington kicked-off fight week with a media workout in Alabama Wednesday before they headline Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes action this Saturday, February 25 from Legacy Arena at the BJCC in Birmingham, Alabama.
Exciting super featherweight Dat Nguyen (20-3, 6 KOs) dropped and stopped previously unbeaten Miguel Flores (21-1, 9 KOs) in the sixth-round of the main event of Premier Boxing Champions TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes Tuesday night from Silver Street in Houston, Texas.
Undefeated WBC Welterweight Champion Danny Garcia opens up in an extensive interview with Sports Emmy® Award-Winning Writer Mark Kriegel
Read on for five things we learned from Showtime Boxing on Saturday, February 18, 2017.
Adrien "The Problem" Broner (33-2 24 KO) won a very close split decision in a ten-round war against Adrian Granados (18-5-2 12 KO) that left the crowd in mixed emotions.
Adrien Broner and Adrian Granados battled in a close, back-and-forth main event Saturday on SHOWTIME, with the four-division world champion Broner eking out a split decision victory from Cintas Center at Xavier University in his hometown of Cincinnati.
In the opening bout of the evening, Marcus Browne (19-0, 14 KOs)knocked down Thomas Williams Jr. (20-3, 14 KOs) three times on his way to a sixth-round KO (:42).
In the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING co-feature, Lamont Peterson (35-3-1, 17 KOs) narrowly edged WBA (regular) Welterweight World Champion David Avanesyan (22-2-1, 11 KOs) in an entertaining 12-round unanimous decision (115-113, 116-112 twice) to become a two-division champion.
On Saturday, February 17, 2017, Adrien Broner (33-2-0, 24 KOs) scored a split decision victory against Adrian Granados (18-5-2, 12 KOs) at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
On Saturday night, at Xavier University’s Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, Lamont Peterson (35-3-1, 17 KOs) won the “regular” WBA World Welterweight title from a game David Avanesyan (22-2-1, 11 KOs) in gritty war of attrition.
On Saturday, February 19, 2017, Marcus Browne (19-0, 14 KOs) scored three knockdowns en route to a sixth-round knockout victory against Thomas Williams Jr. (20-3, 14 KOs) at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Adrien “The Problem” Broner (32-2, 24 KOs) will be returning to the ring this Saturday night, February 18 to face Adrian “Tigre” Granados (18-4-2, 12 KOs). This is Broner’s first fight back after over 13 months of out-of-the-ring commotion and personal conflict.
Check out full weigh-in results for Saturday nights SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® starting live at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. The main event features Adrien Broner vs. Adrian Granados.
WBA and IBO super-welterweight champion, Erislady "The American Dream" Lara, is truly living the American dream since he has now completed all the eligibility requirements to become a U.S citizen.
You may not have heard of Izuagbe Ugonoh...yet. But the Polish-born heavyweight contender plans to change that when he takes on Dominic Breazeale in a 10-round match on the undercard of WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder's title defense against Gerald Washington in primetime on FOX and FOX Deportes, at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama on Feb. 25.
