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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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LOS ANGELES, April 29 - “The Magic Man” is back on top. Using pinpoint accurate punches and a punishing attack from start to finish, Brooklyn’s Paulie Malignaggi stopped previously unbeaten Vyacheslav Senchenko in the ninth round on Sunday to win the World Boxing Association (WBA) world welterweight championship.

Fighting at the Donbass Arena in Senchenko’s hometown of Donetsk, Ukraine, Malignaggi took away the home crowd advantage almost immediately, dominating the bout until referee Steve Smoger deemed Senchenko unable to continue due to a grotesquely swollen left eye.

“This is the happiest day of my life,” said an elated Malignaggi from his dressing room in Donetsk. “I trained really hard for this fight and believed in myself. I don’t care what anyone says, I’m a two-division world champion. This is exactly why I signed with Golden Boy. I’m ready to fight any welterweight in the world.”

“Paulie went into the lion’s den and again showed everyone what he is all about,” said Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer. “With his dominating performance, he put everyone at 147 lbs. on notice. Ever since he moved to the welterweight division, he has assembled one thrilling performance after another and now the crowning achievement…Welterweight World Champion! Brooklyn here we come!”

With the win, the 31-year old Malignaggi, now 31-4 with 7 knockouts, becomes a two-time and two division world champion, having previously held the IBF junior welterweight crown from 2007 to 2008.

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“Action Heroes,” featuring Morales vs. Maidana in a 12-round junior welterweight bout, Robert Guerrero vs. Michael Katsidis in a 12-round bout for the vacant WBA and WBO Interim Lightweight Championships, James Kirkland facing Nobuhiro Ishida in an 8-round middleweight bout and Paul Malignaggi vs. Jose Miguel Cotto in a 10-round welterweight bout, is presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Erik Morales’ Box Latino and Universum Box Promotions - Guerrero vs. Katsidis is presented in association with Sampson Boxing. The Pay-Per-View bouts will be produced and distributed live on HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.

Morales defeated Manny Pacquiao back in 2005 and earned not one, but two titles – the WBC International Super featherweight and the then vacant IBA Super featherweight titles. In 2005, Morales defeated the much lighter Pacquiao in a 12 round unanimous decision. Later in 2005, Morales went on to lose against Zahir Raheem in a 12 round unanimous decision for the vacant WBC International Lightweight title. In 2006, Morales fought against Pacquiao two more times. In January, he faced Pacquiao in defense of his WBC International Super Featherweight title and lost in a 10th round TKO. The bout also served as a WBC Super Featherweight title eliminator. Then, 10 months later in November, Morales faced Pacquiao again. In convincing fashion, Pacquiao knocked out Morales in the 3rd round. Finally, as Morales faced Diaz in August 2007, he lost the bout and announced his retirement.

Comeback - Morales is on a streak of 3 straight wins. Morales came back to fight Jose Alfaro, 24-7, 20 KO’s in March 2010. Fighting at welterweight for the WBC International Welterweight title, Morales defeated Alfaro in a 12 round unanimous decision. Six months later, Morales moved down in weight to fight for the vacant for the WBC Silver Light Welterweight title. Against Willie Limond, 33-3, 8 KO’s, Morales scored a 6th round KO with Limond down 3 times as a result of body shots in the 6th round. In defense of his title, Morales ended 2010 with a 12 round unanimous decision over Francisco Lorenzo, 35-8, in December.

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Marcos Maidana will face a serious challenge from the elder Morales. At 27 years old, the KO puncher is currently ranked #4 in the light welterweight division, but leads in an important statistic. He has the highest amount of KO’s on his fight record, right along with Lucas Martin Matthysse, 28-1, 26 KO’s, and Zab Judah, 40-6, 27 KO’s, although Judah has more fights. Maidana is an exciting fighter to watch. He is unpredictable, but battles consistently.

In his bout against Amir Khan, 24-1, 17 KO’s, Maidana suffered a 1st round knockdown, but recovered nicely for the remainder of the fight. He was also penalized a point for throwing an elbow in the 5th round. After his knockdown, Maidana shook it off and started to give Khan a run in the championship rounds. Towards the end of the fight, Maidana did not allow Khan to run away with the victory and instead punished him to a degree by not letting up on Khan at all.

However, one of the dangers of being a KO fighter also means that fights have finished early. Before Maidana can even box and show how he can handle an opponent over 12 rounds, he knocks out his opponent and doesn’t really test his boxing skill. But regardless, Maidana wins. In a bout against contender Victor Ortiz, 28-2, 22 KO’s, Maidana got knocked down in the first round once and twice in the 2nd round. He recovered well enough to knock Ortiz down in the 1st round and later scored the 6th round TKO. Let’s leave no doubt that Maidana is a fierce competitor, always going forward, always on the offensive, and does not leave room for his opponent to ever take a round off.

Maidana vs. Morales will make for an excellent matchup. It’s truly a case of opposing styles, the youngster vs the veteran, the endurance boxer vs the knockout boxer. Even though boxing is a sport for the young, a boxer such as Morales, who has had his share of battles against the very best in the sport, may have a bit more fight in him to teach the younger Maidana a few things. (Source: Ringside)

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Robert Guerrero is 28-1 with 18 knockouts, a draw, and 2 no contests. One of the top young American fighters in the game, Guerrero has been knocking on the door for quite some time. Guerrero is a former IBF Featherweight and Junior Lightweight Champion. In his most recent fight, Guerrero won a decision over Vicente Escobedo last November. Before that, he beat former lightweight king Joel Casamayor at 140. Guerrero finds himself on the brink of a fight with current lightweight king Juan Manuel.

Katsidis stands at 27-3 with 22 knockouts. One of the most entertaining fighters in the sport, Katsidis gives everything he has on fight night. In his most recent fight, Katsidis faced Juan Manuel Marquez in one of 2010’s best fights. Katsidis knocked Marquez down and had him in serious trouble, but he didn’t get the kill, allowing Marquez to get back into the fight and eventually knock him out. The problem with Katsidis is that while he is entertaining, he is a step below the elite. He has lost his 3 biggest fights. In addition to Marquez, Katsidis lost to Joel Casamayor in his first shot at the Lightweight title in 2008, one of that year’s best fights. He also lost to Juan Diaz in a fight some people believe Katsidis won.

Kirkland(27-0, 24 KO) will be facing Japanese veteran Nobuhiro Ishida(22-6-2, 7 KO). Ishida is 35 years old, doesn’t have much power, and is of no serious danger to Kirkland, but does represent another half-step up the ladder as Kirkland continues to work his way back into shape, and back into contention at 154 pounds. Ishida last fought in October, losing a split decision to Rigoberto Alvarez in Mexico. He’s a former OPBF and Japanese junior middleweight champ, and held an interim alphabet belt that he lost to Alvarez. That fight was his first outside of Japan, and the bout with Kirkland will be his first on American soil.

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Main Fight Card – Action Heroes

Saturday 9 April - MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Television: United States HBO PPV Hungary Sport 2 Australia Main Event Poland PolSat Sport Extra

Light welterweight - Marcos Rene Maidana vs Erik Morales - Interim WBA World light welterweight title

Lightweight - Robert Guerrero vs Michael Katsidis - Interim WBA World lightweight title & Interim WBO lightweight title

Light welterweight - Danny Garcia vs Nate Campbell

Welterweight - Paul Malignaggi vs Jose Miguel Cotto

Light middleweight - James Kirkland vs Nobuhiro Ishida

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