Boxing News Round Up: Ryan Garcia vs Regis Prograis in the Works, GGG Vacates IBF Title, Floyd Mayweather Witnesses Lebron James NBA Achievement Live, and Jake Paul Mocks Tommy Fury for Missing Press Conference. Here’s your daily boxing news round up. For more combat sports news, follow Insidesport.IN.
Ryan Garcia vs Regis Prograis in the works
In a shock move, Mike Coppinger has revealed that Ryan Garcia and Regis Prograis are looking to strike a deal. Speaking on The Volume Sports, Coppinger said the pair could fight if the highly anticipated Garcia vs Gervonta Davis fight collapses. However, Coppinger later confirmed on his Twitter account that the Garcia vs Davis fight is nearly finalized.
‼️ Regis Prograis vs Ryan Garcia reportedly could happen, if the Gervonta Davis fight collapses. It's claimed Golden Boy have reached out to Prograis' team about a potential clash for his WBC super-lightweight world title. [According to @MikeCoppinger on @TheVolumeSports]
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) February 8, 2023
According to Ryan Garcia’s side, the deal to fight Gervonta Davis is nearly finalized and is the only fight being discussed. They hope it will be complete in a couple of days.
Feels like the bigger the fight, the longer the negotiations drag out in boxing.
— Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) February 9, 2023
GGG Vacates IBF Title
Middleweight champion and legendary boxer Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin has surprised fans with his latest decision. The Kazakh fighter has officially vacated his IBF title after the promotion ordered him to defend the belt against Esquiva Falcao. However, GGG still holds his WBA middleweight title, for which the mandatory is Erislandy Lara.
Gennady Golovkin has now officially vacated his IBF middleweight world title after being ordered to defend vs Esquiva Falcao next. He still holds the WBA middleweight world title – their mandatory is Erislandy Lara.
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) February 8, 2023
Floyd Mayweather Witnesses Lebron James NBA Achievement Live
Legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather found himself in yet another history-making event. This time, he was not the one making history, but witnessing history. The official account of the NBA posted a picture of the former multi-weight world champion at the NBA game where LeBron James became the leading scorer in NBA History.
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Jake Paul Mocks Tommy Fury for Missing Press Conference
Jake Paul and Tommy Fury are getting closer to settling their beef in the ring. The pair will face each other on February 25 in Saudi Arabia. However, the press conference for the fight was last night. Unsurprisingly, Tommy Fury did not show up. As a result, Jake Paul mocked Fury by facing off with his poster after the press conference.
Jake Paul facing off with Tommy Fury's poster and then with Derek Chisora after Tommy did not attend their press conference in Saudi Arabia today…
[📽️ @TRBoxing] pic.twitter.com/fYUE6Rja35
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) February 8, 2023
So this is your daily boxing news. What do you make of the reported Ryan Garcia vs Regis Prograis rumors? Do you think GGG vacating the title is a mistake? And do you think Tommy Fury will show up to the fight against Jake Paul?
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