danny garcia

Veteran boxer returns to ring in style with impressive win at Barclays

It was a new weight class for the former two-division champion, but it was the Danny Garcia of old inside the ring Saturday night.

Ex-champion's 'special' Barclays Center return offers new beginnings

Danny Garcia. Barclays Center. They just jelled.

Errol Spence Jr. dominates in first bout since car crash

ARLINGTON, Texas — Errol Spence Jr. defended his WBC and IBF welterweight championships with a unanimous decision over Danny Garcia on Saturday night in the Texan's first fight since a...

Mike Tyson treatment: Danny Garcia gets bitten in win

Danny Garcia packed a punch. Ivan Redkach apparently should have packed a snack. Garcia devoured Redkach to the tune of a 12-round unanimous decision in their welterweight fight at Barclays...

Danny Garcia's Plan B is here after mega-fight hopes dashed

In a perfect world, Philadelphia native Danny Garcia would be fighting Errol Spence Jr. this weekend in what would have been a mega-showdown for a welterweight championship. But plans for...

Shawn Porter wins by unanimous decision

It wasn’t a pretty exhibition of the Sweet Science. It was more brute force and will that carried Shawn “Showtime” Porter to the WBC welterweight championship over Danny Garcia on...

Welterweight stars get moment in spotlight with belt on the line

WBO welterweight champion Terrence Crawford recently signed a rich multi-year deal to stay with Top Rank, which earlier announced an extension of its exclusive network contract with ESPN. Premier Boxing...

How Barclays Center stole the spotlight in NYC's boxing world

There was plenty of head-scratching when the executives of Barclays Center announced boxing would be part of its regular programming once the arena opened in 2012. Fast forward six years...

Get ready for the first step in crowning true welterweight king

The week before Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez finally meet in their long-awaited rematch in Las Vegas, Barclays Center will be host to a potentially more explosive matchup...

Keith Thurman outlasts Danny Garcia in a fight to forget

It was more of a clunker than a classic, with most of the suspense coming after Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia had fought for 12 rounds at Barclays Center. That’s...

Memory of mentor janitor is only motivation Keith Thurman needs

Keith Thurman was 7 years old when Ben Getty began shaping him into a boxing prodigy out of Clearwater, Fla. By the time Thurman was 14, Getty had seen enough...

Danny Garcia thinks supposed weakness will be big strength

If Keith Thurman is being given any kind of edge against Danny Garcia when the two meet Saturday night in a welterweight unification bout at Barclays Center, it’s because Thurman...

Why Sugar Ray Leonard is so high on Thurman-Garcia bout

You can’t blame Sugar Ray Leonard for feeling a bit of déjà vu when it comes to Saturday night’s welterweight unification bout between Keith “One Time” Thurman and Danny “Swift”...

Danny Garcia shouldn't be punished for his dad's stupidity

The New York State Athletic Commission will meet with boxing trainer Angel Garcia this week to determine whether to license him to work his son’s corner during Danny Garcia’s welterweight...

Boxing champ dad's vile rant could cost him job as trainer

Angel Garcia’s profane and vulgar rant at a press conference Wednesday at Barclays Center could affect his chances of being in his son’s corner when Danny Garcia meets Keith Thurman...

Danny Garcia's dad hurls racial slurs at Keith Thurman in boxing fracas

CBS might want to get its censor button handy now that it has announced it will televise the March 4 welterweight unification bout between Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia at...

Floyd Mayweather drops hints of 'nine figure' comeback

Floyd Mayweather is a master of talking a big game, so when rumors of a comeback start generating, who knows what to believe. Mayweather — who retired after a points...

Floyd Mayweather drops obnoxious first hint of un-retiring

Is Floyd Mayweather Jr. contemplating a return, or just throwing one more jab at a longtime rival? For the five months since he easily defeated Andre Berto to improve to...

Garcia-Peterson: A fight so good there's no belt at stake

It’s not for a title or a belt. Pride and reputation mean more. That’s the cachet at stake Saturday night when Danny Garcia of Philadelphia faces Lamont Peterson of Washington,...

Emanuel Steward steers pupils to boxing spotlight, 3 years after death

Legendary boxing trainer Emanuel Steward died in October 2012, but his influence will resonate across the boxing landscape for the next couple of weeks as two of the boxers he...