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Los Angeles, CA - In front of 12,560 fans in a lively Staples Center in Los Angeles, Mikey Garcia proved he is the man to beat at 135 lbs.  Make that 147lbs.  In Garcia's post fight interview, he called out current IBF World Champion, Errol Spence, Jr.  

After winning a lopsided victory over a game Easter, Garcia feels the need to jump to 147 to face Spence instead of facing Ukranian world champ and arguably the current pound for pound best fighter in the world, Vasily Lomachenko. 

Garcia started a little slow but picked up the pace in the third round with a beautiful combination ending with a left hook which sent Easter to the canvas.  Easter got back up and lasted the distance, but Garcia's skill and precision shots proved too much for Easter to handle.    The judges were in agreement, scoring the bout 118-109, 117-110, and 116-111 all for Garcia. 

Undercard:

- Luis Ortiz KO'd Razvan Cijanu in the 2nd round

Seniesa "Super Bad" Estrada (14-0, 4 KOs) of East Los Angeles, Calif. went against Jhosep Vizcaino (6-7, 3 KOs) of Quito, Ecuador in the scheduled eight-round co-main event in the flyweight division.

Maricela "La Diva" Cornejo (12-2, 4 KOs) takes on Samantha Pill (3-1) of Fairmont, West Virginia. Cornejo, under the tutelage of Antonio Diaz, demonstrated improved skills as she pushed forward and landed hard punches.

WBC Lightweight World Champion Mikey Garcia and IBF Lightweight World Champion Robert Easter Jr. square-off in a 135-pound unification showdown Saturday, July 28 live at 10PM ET/7PM PT on SHOWTIME from STAPLES Center.

GGG VS VANES 

Mikey Garcia attempts to win a world title in his fourth weight class as he faces IBF Jr. Welterweight Champion Sergey Lipinets - live Saturday, March 10 at 10:15PM ET on SHOWTIME.

Go inside super middleweight prospect Junior Younan’s life and preparations during training camp ahead of his 10-round showdown against two-time ShoBox veteran Ronald Ellis. The battle of unbeaten super middleweights will headline a ShoBox: The New Generation quadrupleheader - live Friday, Feb. 2 at 10PM ET/PT on SHOWTIME. 

Unbeaten welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr. defends his title for the first time against former two-division world champion Lamont Peterson. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins with lightweight world champion Robert Easter battling former champion Javier Fortuna in the co-main event - live Saturday, Jan 20 at 9PM ET/6PM PT on SHOWTIME.

Go inside top contender Erickson "Hammer" Lubin's preparations during training camp. The undefeated rising star faces WBC Super Welterweight World Champion Jermell Charlo in the co-main event of a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader - live Saturday, Oct. 14 at 10PM ET/7PM PT on SHOWTIME.

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By Danny Z | Contributing Writer

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Current WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is likely on a collision course with WBA and IBF world champion Anthony Joshua sometime in 2018.

However, Wilder has to get by Cuba's Luis Ortiz on November 4, before he can even think about a potential unified title fight against Joshua.

In the mean time, catch one of Wilder's most impressive knockout victories when he faced off against Artur Szpilka in 2016. 

By Danny Z | Contributing Writer

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On the latest episode of The Fight Game on HBO, Jim Lampley and Max Kellerman discuss the outcome of the rematch between Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai in early September.

Watch what the HBO commentators have to say about the past fight above. 

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By Danny Z | Contributing Writer

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LAS VEGAS -- In an event that will surely produce a rematch, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Gennady "GGG" Golovkin will now have much more to prove after a highly discussed draw decision from their fight on September 16.

Take a look into the HBO produced The Draw in the Desert, which released this past Saturday. 

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Press Release:

TUCSON, AZ (September 19, 2017) -- Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) world champions ÓSCAR VALDEZandGILBERTO "Zurdo" RAMIREZ will headline and exciting world championship event  This Friday! September 22, at Tucson Arena (260 South Church Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701.)  Valdez (22-0, 19 KOs), a two-time Mexican Olympian with strong roots in Tucson, will be defending his WBO featherweight title against the WBO's No. 4 world-rated contender GENESIS SERVANIA (29-0, 12 KOs), of Bacolod City, Philippines.  WBO super middleweight champion Ramirez (35-0, 24 KOs), from Mazatlan Mexico, will take on No. 1 contender and mandatory challenger JESSE "Hard Work" HART(22-0, 18 KOs), of Philadelphia, PA, in the grudge match of the year.  The four warriors boast a perfect combined record of 108-0 (73 KOs) with nearly 70% of their victories coming by way of knockout. Here is what they had to say at today's media workout:

Oscar Valdez  

“I worked so hard in this training camp with Manny [Robles]. I am prepared for Servania. He is rugged and strong. He has my upmost respect. 

GENESIS SERVANIA

This is my first time getting into the ring and fighting for a world title. It's exciting. It's my fight to win because I have trained so hard for this opportunity. It will be my hardest fight but you will soon see I came to Tucson to win and become the new world champion."

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GILBERTO RAMIREZ

“Jesse Hart is a good fighter. A tough fighter. He earned the right to be my mandatory challenger. But that does not give him the right to say bad things about me. I do my talking in the ring. On Friday night he will hear my response loud and clear.”

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JESSE HART

"When I beat Zurdo for the world title I am going to wrap the championship belt right around my Dad's waist.  This fight on Friday is for my father Cyclone Hart and what he never got in all of those years in the big ring – a shot at the title."

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The event will be further enhanced with the addition of Irish Olympic hero MICHAEL "MICK" CONLAN, 2016 U.S. Olympian MIKAELA MAYER and the battle for the vacant NABF welterweight title between EGIS KAVALIAUSKAS and MAHONRI MONTES.  Conlan (3-0, 3 KOs) will rumble in six-round featherweight bout against Kenny Guzman (3-0, 1 KO), Kalispell, Montana, and Mayer (1-0, 1 KO) will take on Allison Martinez (1-2, 1 KO) from Spring, Texas, in a four-round lightweight match  

The entire card will be available via the ESPN app beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT.

By Willie Romero  

After winning a unanimous decision victory over Willie Monroe Jr. at the Copper Box Arena in London, Billy Joe Saunders called out Gennady GGG Golovkin on Twitter.  

Saunders holds the WBO middleweight title while Golovkin holds the IBO, WBC, WBA and IBF middleweight belts. Golovkin who is coming off a disputed draw decision against Saul Canelo Alvarez, said he would like a rematch with Canelo.  Many experts had the fight scored even or had Golovkin ahead on points. 

The controversy came when judge Adalaide Byrd's scorecard was read. She scored the fight 118-110 in favor of Canelo. She awarded Golovkin only 2 of the 12 rounds, the 4th and 7th.  

Many who watched the fight would like to see Canelo vs GGG II next year over the Cinco de Mayo holiday. Saunders, however, is attempting to throw his name in the mix for a shot at unifying the middleweight titles.  

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