Errol Spence Jr v Mikey Garcia: IBF welterweight championship – live!
17 March 2019 02:48
Garcia (39-0) moves up to 147lbs to face Spence Jr (24-0)Unbeaten champions meet in biggest fight of 2019 so farTweet Bryan at @BryanAGraham or email him 2.45am GMT Well, that was quick. Lindolfo Delgado improved to 9-0 with nine knockouts after a one-round destruction of James Roach in a wildly lopsided mismatch. Delgado, who hardly broke a sweat, outlanded his opponent by a 33-3 margin before finishing it with a couple of big shots upstairs. Next up: David Benavidez (20-0, 17 KOs) v J’Leon Love (24-2-1, 13 KOs) in a 10-round super middleweight fight. 2.41am GMT In the pay-per-view opener Chris Arreola (38-5-1, 32 KOs), once billed as America’s next big thing at heavyweight, rolled back the years with a third-round knockout of the previously unbeaten Jean Pierre Augustin (17-1-1, 12 KOs). The 38-year-old Arreola buckled his opponent with a straight left jab early in the third before dropping him with a barrage of shots in the corner. Augistin managed to beat the count, but Arreola quickly pounced and referee Neal Young waved it off at the 2:30 mark. With Arreola recommitted to his fitness and looking as trim as ever and the heavyweight division looking awfully grim beyond the big three, don’t be surprised if the Californian fights his way into another title shot … even though it’s been nearly a decade since his doomed bid against Vitali Klitschko.Arreola's night just opened up. @nightmareboxing finishes Augustin with a 3RD TKO.BUY NOW to watch two Undefeated Champions go head-to-head at AT&T Stadium. #SpenceGarcia: https://t.co/LDTYqPoi3f pic.twitter.com/6WOGSsUvxbWhat a debut for Nery, 4 knockdowns and TKO. Luis Nery putting us on notice.BUY NOW to watch two Undefeated Champions go head-to-head at AT&T Stadium. #SpenceGarcia: https://t.co/LDTYqPoi3f pic.twitter.com/hTjZeVMnZV 2.24am GMT Welcome to the Lone Star State for tonight’s showdown between Errol Spence Jr and Mikey Garcia. They say everything’s bigger in Texas and tonight’s main event is just about as big as it gets in boxing: two of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world putting their undefeated records on the line at the 100,000-seat home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys.Garcia (39-0, 30 KOs), a former title-holder at 126lbs, 130lbs and 135lbs and the current lineal champion at 140lbs, is scaling yet another division to challenge Errol Spence Jr for the IBF welterweight strap that he’s owned since knocking out Kell Brook at Bramall Lane in 2017. It’s a mission impossible in the eyes of many as Spence is no ordinary welterweight: he’s a large man for the division with knockout power in either hand who falls in or around the top five of most credible pound-for-pound lists. 11.11pm GMT Bryan will be here shortly. Continue readingread full article
