Lightweight sensation Ryan Garcia takes on Luke Campbell for the vacant WBC interim lightweight title in the main event of a DAZN card at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday.
Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) has won four of his past five fights by stoppage, including an impressive first-round KO over Francisco Fonseca on Feb. 14. Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) hasn’t fought since losing a unanimous decision challenging Vasiliy Lomachenko for the lightweight championship in August 2019.
In the co-main event, Rene Alvarado defends his WBA “regular” junior lightweight title against Roger Gutierrez in a 12-round battle.
Alvarado (32-8, 21 KOs) has won eight fights in a row, including six by stoppage, since a decision loss to Yuriorkis Gamboa almost four years ago. Gutierrez (24-3-1, 20 KOs) suffered consecutive loses to Oscar Duarte and Hector Tanajara in 2018, but he has won five consecutive bouts, four by stoppage.
Also on the card, Rene’s twin brother, Felix Alvarado (35-2, 30 KOs), defends his IBF junior flyweight world title against DeeJay Kriel (16-1-1, 8 KOS) in a 12-round fight.
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Fight in progress: Raul Curiel vs. Ferdinand Kerobyan, 10 rounds, welterweights
Results:
Younger Garcia stays unbeaten with majority decision win
Lightweight Sean Garcia, Ryan Garcia’s younger brother, stayed unbeaten with a hard-fought majority decision victory over Rene Marquez by scores of 38-38, 39-37 and 39-37.
Garcia (5-0, 2 KOs), had a more difficult time than anticipated against Marquez (5-5, 2 KOs). Marquez kept coming forward, landing body punches and throwing his right hand every time he had Garcia close. Garcia, 20, was able to land more punches in Round 3, but finished the fight fatigued — a product of Marquez’s body attack.
According to CompuBox, Garcia landed 48 of 161 total punches, while Marquez, 31, was only able to land 30 of 185. Garcia also connected 43 of his power punches, while Marquez only landed 22.
Still to come:
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Title fight: Ryan Garcia vs. Luke Campbell, 12 rounds, for the vacant WBC interim lightweight title
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Title fight: Rene Alvarado vs. Roger Gutierrez, 12 rounds, for Alvarado’s WBA “regular” junior lightweight title
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Title fight: Felix Alvarado vs. DeeJay Kriel, 12 rounds, for Alvarado’s IBF junior flyweight title
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Franchon Crews-Dezurn vs. Ashleigh Curry, 8 rounds, super middleweights
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Blair Cobbs vs. Issouf Kinda, 10 rounds, welterweights