Danny Garcia is set to take on Keith Thurman in one of the most anticipated boxing fight so far in 2017 set to take place on Saturday, 04 March 2017 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. It will be a 147-pound WBA/WBC welterweight title unification bout which holds significant importance for both fighters careers. presented by Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) and will be aired live on CBS (free-to-air) channel in United States. UK viewers can catch the fight live on BoxNation.
Fight Official Result [ Split decision to victory for Keith Thurman]
Danny Garcia vs Keith Thurman TV Coverage: Premier Boxing Champions bring a very solid card headlined by Garcia-Thurman unification bout and it will be aired live on free channel CBS and Showtime (non-PPV). BoxNation continue their superb coverage of top boxing fights in the UK and they will broadcast the main-card fights in UK on their BoxNation channel. below is the entire schedule of fight night on 04 March 2017.
FIGHT DATE | Saturday, 04 March 2017 |
COVERAGE STARTS | Fight Night coverage starts with preliminary fights at around 07:00 p.m ET on CBS |
Andrzej Fonfara vs Chad Dawson (10 rounder light-heavywight) | starts at around 09:00 p.m ET on CBS. UK coverage starts with this undercard fight at 02:00 am |
Erickson Lubin vs. Jorge Cota (WBC welterweight title eliminator) |
10:00 p.m ET |
Danny Garcia vs Keith Thurman (Main-Event) |
Main-event won’t start anytime before 11:15 p.m ET |
Its all setup for a great night for boxing fans as there are several big fights on different networks. Danny Garcia vs Keith Thurman is probably the best matched fight while Deontay Wilder is fighting Gerald Washington and there is another massive fight in the UK as David Haye takes on Tony Bellew in PPV event.
The build-up to the big fight (Garcia-Thurman) has been absolute top notch but not without controversies. Angel Garcia was banned from attending any more official press conferences due to his racist outburst earlier. However he is set to be in the corner for Danny Garcia which is a good news. Other than that these two don’t really see eye to eye and we can expect an explosive fight on 04, March 2017.