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Fox, PBC release partial schedule for remainder of 2020

The Errol Spence Jr.-Danny Garcia pay-per-view fight highlights the Fox-PBC boxing schedule for the remainder of the year.

Welterweight titleholder Errol Spence Jr.’s defense against Danny Garcia on pay-per-view highlights the Fox-PBC boxing schedule for the remainder of the year, it was formally announced Saturday.

The network released dates — including six cards on Fox, the Spence-Garcia pay-per-view and 11 shows on FS1 — but only a partial list of matchups.

The shows will take place in a tightly controlled environment at Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles for the foreseeable future.

Here is the schedule:

FOX (FOX DEPORTES)

AUG. 22

Main event: Shawn Porter vs. Sebastian Formella, welterweight title eliminator.
Also: Sebastian Fundora vs. Nathaniel Gallimore, junior middleweights; Joey Spencer vs. TBA, junior middleweights.
Background: Porter (30-3-1, 17 KOs), coming off his sensational effort in a losing cause against Spence in September, is trying to position himself for another title shot. Formella (22-0, 10 KOs) will be taking a significant step up in opposition.

AUG. 29

Main event: Erislandy Lara vs. Greg Vendetti, welterweights.
Also: Alfredo Angulo vs. Caleb Truax, super middleweight title eliminator.
Background: Lara (26-3-3, 15 KOs) is 1-1-1 in his last three fights, losing a split decision to Jarret Hurd, drawing with Brian Castano and stopping Ramon Alvarez, Canelo’s brother. He’s 37. Vendetti (22-3-1, 12 KOs) was stopped by Michel Soro when he ventured into elite waters.

SEPT. 6

Main event: Yordenis Ugas vs. Abel Ramos, welterweights.
Also: Rances Barthelemy vs. Alberto Puello, junior welterweights: Jesus Ramos vs. TBA, lightweights.
Background: Ugas (25-4, 12 KOs) lost a disputed split decision against Porter in his only title shot but the talented Cuban continues to fight well and is expected to get another opportunity. Ramos (26-3-2, 20 KOs) is a solid opponent. He had won eight in a row since a majority-decision loss to Jamal James.

NOV. 7

TBA

DEC. 26

TBA

FOX SPORTS PBC PPV

Main event: Errol Spence Jr. vs. Danny Garcia, welterweights (for Spence’s titles)
Background: Spence (26-0, 21 KOs) added a second 147-pound title with his split-decision victory over Porter in September. He was involved in a horrific one-car accident the following month. He says he’s fully recovered. Garcia (36-2, 21 KOs) has won two in a row since losing a close decision to Porter in 2018 and remains a top welterweight.

FS1 (FOX DEPORTES)

No matchups announced

Aug. 22 (following Fox PBC Fight Night); Aug 29 (preceding Fox PBC Fight Night); Sept. 6 (preceding Fox PBC Fight Night; Sept. 6 (preceding Fox PBC Fight Night); Sept 23; Oct. 3, Nov. 4; Nov. 14, Nov. 21; Dec. 5, Dec. 26 (preceding Fox PBC Fight Night).

Video: Mannix, Mora: Is Errol Spence fight do-or-die for Danny Garcia?

Errol Spence Jr.’s welterweight title defense against Danny Garcia was announced last week. Spence and Garcia will meet Nov. 21 on pay-per-view. No site has been determined, apparently in part because organizers hold out hope that spectators will be …

Errol Spence Jr.’s welterweight title defense against Danny Garcia was announced last week.

Spence and Garcia will meet Nov. 21 on pay-per-view. No site has been determined, apparently in part because organizers hold out hope that spectators will be allowed to attend the event amid COVID-19.

Spence will be fighting for the first time since his horrific one-car accident in October, from which he says he has fully recovered.

Garcia is a former 147-pound titleholder but has lost his last two big fights at the weight, close decisions against Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter in world title fights.

Is this Garcia’s best chance to climb to the top of the division given that we don’t know whether the accident will have had long term effects on Spence? Is it Garcia’s last chance?

DAZN commentators Chris Mannix and Sergio Mora discuss that topic in this episode of Jabs with Mannix and Mora.

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Danny Garcia wants full credit if he beats Spence or Pacquiao

Danny Garcia doesn’t want to hear anything about car accidents or old age if he fights and beats Errol Spence or Manny Pacquiao.

Danny Garcia doesn’t want to hear excuses.

If he fights and beats Errol Spence Jr. next, he doesn’t want Spence or anyone else to say Spence wasn’t at full strength following his car accident in October. If Garcia fights Manny Pacquiao, he doesn’t want to hear how old Pacquiao is.

If Garcia wins, he wants full credit.

“if you ain’t 100 percent, don’t get in the ring,” Garcia said on The Ak & Barak Show. “If you ain’t ready, don’t get in the ring. You know? That’s just that simple. You know, I know they say Manny’s older now, but he’s coming off a big win. So, if he’s old, don’t get in the ring. If Spence ain’t better, don’t get in the ring cuz I don’t wanna hear no excuses. I never made no excuses.”

Garcia is expected to fight Spence, although no formal announcement has been made. The Philadelphian was set to face Spence on pay-per-view in January but the matchup was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

He’s also thought to be in contention to face the 41-year-old Pacquiao, who is coming off a split decision victory over Keith Thurman in July.

Garcia (36-2, 21 KOs) likes his chances against the unbeaten Spence (26-0, 21 KO), especially after watching Spence’s victories over Mikey Garcia (UD) and Shawn Porter (SD) last year.

“You know, I seen things in the Mikey Garcia fight, even though he won that fight,” Danny Garcia said. “You know, he won by a big score, but I saw things in that fight that, you know, I’m bigger than Mikey, I’m stronger than Mikey and Mikey did some good things in that fight. He just was beat by the bigger, better man. You know what I mean?

“And then the [Shawn] Porter fight, you know, I saw he was getting hit a lot. You know, when I fought Porter, it wasn’t even a hard fight to me like that. You know what I mean? It was just he just threw more and that’s why he won, basically.

“But I seen him get hit a lot in that fight and I seen a lot of mistakes, where I feel like, you know, I could take this guy. I’m 100 percent confident I could take him.”

Report: Errol Spence Jr. vs. Danny Garcia set for this fall

Video: Ak & Barak discuss Errol Spence Jr.-Danny Garcia match up

In this episode of The Ak & Barak Show, the hosts discuss the Errol Spence Jr.-Danny Garcia welterweight title match up

Welterweight champ Errol Spence Jr. reportedly is making the bold move of going directly into a a title defense against Danny Garcia after his horrific car accident in October.

Good idea? Bad idea? Some have suggested it might’ve been wise for Spence to take a tune-up fight to see where his body stands.

In this episode of The Ak & Barak Show, courtesy of DAZN, hosts Akin Reyes and Barak Bess discuss Spence’s decision and how they see the fight going.

Here’s what they had to say.

The Ak & Barak Show is available on DAZN and Sirius XM Fight Nation, Channel 156.

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Danny Garcia says he’ll fight Pacquiao or Spence this fall

Report: Errol Spence Jr. vs. Danny Garcia set for this fall

Errol Spence Jr. will defend his welterweight title this fall against former two-division beltholder Danny Garcia, The Athletic reported.

Well, Errol Spence Jr. isn’t taking a tune-up fight following his horrific car accident this past October.

Spence will defend his welterweight title this fall against former two-division beltholder Danny Garcia, the fighter he was expected to face in January, according to The Athletic. The original date became moot after the single-car crash in Dallas.

The fight this fall would be televised on Fox Pay-Per-View. No specific date or site was mentioned.

Spence (26-0, 21 KOs) has said he’s fully recovered and back in training, which is miraculous given the severity of the crash. The only thing he hasn’t been able to do is spar as a result of losing teeth in the accident.

Spence is coming off a sensational split-decision victory over Shawn Porter in September.

“I have no restrictions in my training except sparring,” Spence said on the “All The Smoke” podcast, which is available on Showtime Sports’ YouTube channel. “I can’t spar yet because I got my teeth knocked out. And they put two posts in my mouth, well, three posts in my mouth. And I’m waiting on them to heal.

“And once they heal, then I’ll get my permanent teeth. And then I’ll be able to spar.”

He added: “In all actuality, this pandemic has really been helping me out a lot, yeah, basically [with] recovery and just taking my time to get back. But I’m already back. I’m 100 percent. I went to a facility in Cleveland, where they checked me out, checked my brain, gave me MRIs and things like that, and everything went well.

“So everything’s been going good. I think I’m 100 percent healthy and in shape.”

Spence obviously has respect for Garcia, who has held titles at both junior welterweight and welterweight.

“Danny Garcia, he’s a very tough fighter,” he said on the Premier Boxing Champions Instagram account. “He’s a guy that’s accomplished a lot in the sport of boxing. And that’s a fight that really makes sense … it’s a fight that can definitely happen next.”

Garcia (36-2, 21 KOs) hasn’t held a title since he lost his 147-pound belt to Keith Thurman by a split decision in March 2017. He then lost a close decision to Shawn Porter for a vacant title in September 2018. The 32-year-old Philadelphian has since beaten Adrian Granados and Ivan Redkach.

Garcia likes his chances against Spence.

“I feel it’s a great style for me,” Garcia said on The PBC Podcast. “Porter hit him a lot. I’ve seen things in the Mikey Garcia fight that I could definitely take advantage of and defeat him.”