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Garcia vs. Morales & Malignaggi vs. Cano in Brooklyn on October 20th

BROOKLYN (August 22, 2024) – Big-time boxing returns to Brooklyn after more than a 50-year hiatus on Saturday, October 20, when Golden Boy Promotions presents the first boxing event at the new Barclays Center. Televised live on SHOWTIME, the night will feature a star-studded boxing card including two world championship fights and a host of New York’s top talents.

The main event will feature unbeaten Danny “Swift” Garcia defending his World Boxing Association (WBA) Super, World Boxing Council (WBC) & Ring Magazine Super Lightweight World Championships against the man he defeated to win the WBC belt, legendary Mexican warrior and future Hall of Famer Erik “El Terrible” Morales. In the co-featured bout, Brooklyn’s own Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi risks his WBA Welterweight World Championship against hard-hitting Pablo Cesar “El Demoledor” Cano.

Tickets start at $50 and go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, August 29 at 10:00 a.m. ET and will be available at www.barclayscenter.com, www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations, or at 800-745-3000.

Brooklyn Nets All Access season ticket buyers have the opportunity to purchase tickets for Barclays Center events before the general public. Fans are encouraged to visit www.barclayscenter.com and follow @BarclaysCenter on Twitter and Facebook (facebook.com/BarclaysCenter) for the latest updates and special pre-sale offers.

Barclays Center and Golden Boy Promotions previously announced a multi-year deal in which they will hold at least 12 events annually at Barclays Center. It has been more than a half century since Brooklyn was a significant hub of the sport of boxing.

The explosive night of boxing is presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Box Latino and supported by Golden Boy Promotions sponsors Corona, DeWalt Tools and AT&T. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins live at 9:00 p.m. ET. Preliminary fights will air live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET.

All participants, along with Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya, Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark and SHOWTIME Sports Executive Vice President and General Manager Stephen Espinoza will participate in a press conference scheduled for Thursday, August 30 at the New York Marriott at Brooklyn Bridge, the official hotel of Barclays Center, in downtown Brooklyn to officially announce these fights and others. More details will be announced soon regarding the press conference.

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Terms of settlement are confidential

Manny Pacquiao has settled his defamation lawsuit against Richard Schaefer and Oscar de la Hoya on confidential terms. In connection with the dismissal, Mr. Schaefer and Mr. De la Hoya made the following statement: “Richard Schaefer and Oscar de la Hoya, on behalf of themselves and Golden Boy Promotions, wish to make it crystal clear that we never intended to claim that Manny Pacquiao has used or is using any performance enhancing drugs, and further state that we do not have any evidence whatsoever of such use. Manny Pacquiao is one of the greatest fighters of all time, and we apologize if anyone construed our prior remarks as in any way claiming or even suggesting that Manny uses or has used performance enhancing drugs.”

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International Agent & Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz, representing Golden Boy Promotions is diligently working on signing the WBA Bantamweight Super Champ, Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno (30-1-1, 10 K.O.‘s) to the existing talented stable of Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions.
Lewkowicz is working with the Panamanian Manager, Dr. Roberto Grimaldo and International boxing representative Jacques DesChamps on a promotional contract to secure the southpaw. Lewkowicz has stated:
“We MUST have this contract signed by the end of the business day of Monday, March 28, 2011, to get this deal done. Our goal is to have a signature on the contract by the deadline date.”

Carlos Gomez

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The kickoff press conference announcing “The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All”, took place Tuesday morning at The Conga Room at L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles. In the main event, Joseph King Kong Agbeko will put his IBF bantamweight title against undefeated rising star Abner Mares. In the bantamweight tournament consolation bout, Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan” meets the once defeated Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez.

This tournament not only features four of the top bantamweights in the world, but it also features four of the top American boxing promoters in Don King Productions, Gary Shaw Productions, Golden Boy Promotions and Thompson Boxing Promotions. In keeping the tournament to only two fights, the tournament appears as if it will go off without a hitch as opposed to the current “Super Six” beleaguered super middleweight tournament which has faced the challenge of the withdrawal of three of its original six fighters, squabbles over venues and postponements due to injuries.

The bantamweight tournament, even more so than the super middleweight tournament, truly has an international flavor and showcases fighters representing five different continents with Agbeko from Ghana, Mares from Mexico, Darchinyan originally from Armenia but now living in Australia and Perez from Colombia.

Agbeko follows in the footsteps of previous world champions from Ghana including Azumah Nelson and Ike Quartey and appears to be the favorite to win the tournament. At 30 years old, Agbeko is in his prime yet has a wealth of experience as a 12 year pro, turning pro in 1998 and fighting for the first three years of his career in Africa until fighting for the first time in Europe. In 2007, Agbeko fought for the first time in the USA and later that year would go on to win his first world championship, the IBF bantamweight title, with a knockout victory over former titlist, Luis Perez.

Agbeko would go on to successfully defend his belt two times against William Gonzales and Darchinyan. In the second successful defense, Agbeko convincingly beat Darchinyan, who was moving up in weight to challenge Agbeko, by unanimous decision victory. However, just three months following the Darchinyan victory, Agbeko went on to lose his title by unanimous decision to Yonnhy Perez.

The chance for redemption against Perez would have to wait nearly 14 months but once Agbeko was able to exercise his rematch clause, he handily defeated Yonnhy Perez last December to regain his IBF bantamweight title and set up the showdown in the tournament final against Mares. Read the rest of this entry »

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Latest Boxing News in Brief – Thursday 27^th January for: Abraham, Alex Leapai, All Star Boxing, Cunningham, Daniel Jacobs, David Haye,Freddie Roach, Golden Boy Promotions, Hereliu, John Ryder, Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr, Kevin Johnson, Klitschko vs Solis, Pacquiao vs Mosley, Saul Alvarez, Tyson Fury, Victor Zaleta

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• Hometown fans came out to see Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., today during a public workout. “It’s always great to feel the support of fans, specially here at home,” said Chavez, Jr., who was hosted by the Mayor of Culiacan, Héctor Melecio Cuén at the City Hall where the workout was attended by hundreds of fans. Chavez, Jr., returns home this Saturday to take on Billy Lyel in the main event of “Top Rank Live” that will be telecast by Fox Deportes in the United States.

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• Victor Zaleta (17-1, 9 KOs), of Chihuahua, Mexico, is promising an upset win when he steps into the ring aiming to usurp the crown from undefeated WBO Super Flyweight Champion Omar Andres Narvaez (32-0, 19 KOs), Feb. 12 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. “I know I’m not a favorite against Narvaez,” says Zaleta. “But I’m used to being the underdog.” In his third pro fight, Zaleta was pitted against former title challenger Eric Ortiz, whom he TKO’d in six. Three fights later, he defeated former champ Jose Antonio Aguirre. “The fight with Narvaez will be difficult,” admits Zaleta. “But I will come to win and to shut mouths.”

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• Middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (21-1, 18 KO’s) will be returning to action for the second time since being destroyed by Dmitriy Pirog when he fights on the undercard of the Saul Alvarez vs. Matthew Hatton card on March 5th at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. No opponent has been picked out as of yet for the 23-year-old Jacobs.

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• According BoxingScene David Haye’s likely return to the ring will take place on May 21 at the 02 Arena in London. Haye (25-1, 23KOs), the WBA heavyweight champion, was ordered to face his mandatory Ruslan Chagaev. However there is considerable doubt over Chagaev’s ability to box in the UK. The British Boxing Board of Control is reviewing Chagaev’s medical records and Haye’s team expects a decision in the next couple of days. Due to his struggles with Hepatitis B, the British Board had previously denied Chagaev’s ability to box in the UK. The BBBoC issued a letter in June 2009 which rejected Chagaev’s application.

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• Klitschko vs Solis — At today’s first press conference (26^th Jan) for the March 19th showdown at Germany’s biggest indoor arena (Lanxess Arena) in Cologne, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko showed a lot of respect for his next opponent, Odlanier Solis. - “I have fought a lot of strong opponents but I have never been in the ring with an Olympic gold medallist,” said Klitschko. “I expect a very tough and close fight against a very talented young boxer who comes to take the belt from me. I won’t let that happen though. I will show why I am the champion and defend my title.”

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• John Ryder’s dream come true — LONDON (January 26, 2024) - Islington’s newest boxing star John “Gorilla” Ryder is looking forward to fulfilling a boyhood dream on Saturday 19th February. The Arsenal fan who made the switch to the pro ranks in September last year is relishing at the thought of making his Wembley Arena debut on the undercard of the Lenny Daws vs. Ashley Theophane and John O’Donnell vs. Craig Watson British title double header.

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• World rated Australian heavyweight Alex Leapai (21-3-3, (16 KOs) has put his hand up to take on unbeaten Tyson Fury on February 19th in Wembley Arena after the British boxing board of control has refused to sanction the fight between Fury and Botha. “I would love to take this fight on, Fury is a good fighter and I’m happy to go to his town to make this fight happen,” stated Leapai.

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• Kevin Johnson calls out Tyson Fury — Now that the BBBC has rejected Francois Botha as an opponent for you, I want to be the first to offer myself as an opponent for you. I’ve been hearing a lot of noise coming out of the UK about how tough you are how you are the future of boxing. So I say step up and prove yourself like a man. I can come to you on this short notice and we can get it on. Stop hiding behind your promoter and stop fighting those stiffs. Let’s see if you can earn yourself a title fight by beating the Kingpin” Kevin Johnson. I got my gloves, my trunks and my passport and I’m ready to travel. If you are scared, I understand. Just admit it and I’ll move on.

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• All Star Boxing sues Alvarez/GBP - Promoter Felix “Tuto” Zabala Jr./All Star Boxing has filed a lawsuit in the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court against unbeaten welterweight Saul Alvarez and Golden Boy Promotions alleging that Alvarez breached a four-year promotional agreement and that Golden Boy engaged in tortious interference for “influencing, inducing or coercing” Alvarez to breach his contract and states that “Golden Boy’s interference was willful, malicious, direct and intentional.” All Star Boxing is seeking damages and a trial by jury on all issues.

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• Cunningham, Herelius defend, Abraham returns — Another highlight for Sauerland Event’s big February 12 show at the RWE Sporthalle in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, In addition to the WBA cruiserweight title clash between Steve Herelius and WBA #1 rated Yoan Pablo Hernandez, IBF cruiserweight champion Steve “USS” Cunningham will defend against mandatory challenger Enad Licina. That bout was originally planned for January 22. Super Six star and former world champion Arthur Abraham will also fight on the card against former world title challenger Stjepan Bozic. Euro cruiser champion Alexander Frenkel is off the card due to a hand injury that hasn’t completely healed.

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• CBS & Showtime PPV Set for Pacquiao vs Mosley - NEW YORK (Jan. 26, 2011)—Showtime Networks Inc. and CBS have joined forces with Top Rank, Inc. to promote, produce and distribute the biggest boxing event of the year—the May 7th showdown between global superstar and Philippine Congressman Manny Pacquiao and three-division world champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley, it was jointly announced by Ken Hershman, Executive Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports®, and Bob Arum, Top Rank CEO. The campaign will include the SHOWTIME Sports documentary series FIGHT CAMP 360° in preview of Pacquiao vs. Mosley. The top rated CBS Television Network will participate by broadcasting a primetime special of the show in April.

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