Danny Garcia is scheduled to return to the ring in September. 14. Canelo Alvarez fights with Edgar Berlanga, in which he will face Erislandy Lara for the WBA title. During yesterday’s kickoff press conference that officially announced the fight, Garcia talked about his long layoff to get back down to 160 pounds.

“I didn’t have a two-year break because I wanted to,” Garcia said. “Boxing changed and I just sat back and waited for my chance. It is known that the fight was supposed to take place a year ago in August, but it did not take place. This is the fight I planned and wanted. Lara has something I want, which is a title, and I am a name – he wants my name, I want his title, and that makes sense. I’m trying to make history.

“Boxing is, above all, mentality. You can do whatever comes to your mind. If you feel like you can’t do it, it’s probably because you can’t do it. But mentally I know I can do anything I put my mind to and I never back down from any challenge. It’s only the weight, what counts in boxing is skill and will. At the end of the day, when you’re tired and you’re getting to the championship rounds, it’s all about who has the most will to fight and can box, but everyone knows Danny Garcia can fight.”

Watch the video of the full opening press conference in the link at the top.

Following Terence Crawford’s unanimous decision victory over Israil Madrimov to capture the junior middleweight title over the weekend, Crawford appeared at the post-fight press conference to share his impressions of the fight. Below are some excerpts from what Crawford had to say about the Madrimov fight.

Crawford on fighting at 154 pounds

“I felt great. Honestly, it was no different than fighting at 147 pounds. Israel was just a robust opponent and we knew that going into the goal.”

How he would compare Madrimov’s power to Errol Spence’s

“I don’t know, they have their moments. They were both very robust, but Madrimov was robust.”

On dealing with Madrimov’s persistent feints

“It wasn’t like he was bothering me or anything, it was just his patience. He was patient. He waited, deceived, deceived, deceived and simply deceived until he came a little closer, a little closer. So he was just really patient, he didn’t rush anything, he didn’t shoot wildly from the wing like we usually saw him do in previous fights. He was very disciplined.”

On why he didn’t fight more in the orthodox stance since Madrimov managed to land a straight right

“You know, my right hand didn’t bother me. I wasn’t too worried about my right hand. He landed a few times at the end of the round, trying to steal the round, but I just tried to counter him, but at the same time, he had a good game plan, he had a lot of feints, and I was just trying to dictate when he was going to come. I was wrong many times.”

He, if saw a lot of himself in Madrimov’s performance

– No, I won’t say all this because I touched him with a stab. “I think my jab was beating him the entire fight, but he landed a couple of right hands that had the judges and the fans going ‘aww,’ but it wasn’t anything I had never seen before.”

Results

Terence “Bud” Crawford looks to be a four-division champion tonight when he faces Israil Madrimov for Madrimov’s WBA super welterweight title.

This is an earlier than usual pay-perview start time of 6:00 p.m. EST, and the main card will feature six fights, including returns for Andy Ruiz Jr, Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz and Jared Anderson.

We’ll be here with live round-by-round updates, as well as results and highlights as the evening progresses. Join us in the stream below:

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Main Tab (PPV6:00 p.m. ET)

• Terence “Bud” Crawford (40-0, 31 KO) vs. Israil Madrimov (10-0-1, 7 KO), super welterweight, 12 rounds for Madrimov’s WBA title and vacant WBO interim title
• Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (26-2-1, 18 KO) vs. Jose Valenzuela (13-2, 9 KO) super lightweight, 12 rounds for Cruz’s WBA title
• Andy Ruiz Jr (35-2, 22 KO) vs. Jarrell Miller (26-1-1, 22 KO), heavyweight, 12 rounds
• Jared Anderson (17-0, 12 KO) vs. Martin Bakole (20-1, 15 KO), heavyweight, 12 rounds
• David Morrell (10-0, 9 KO) vs. Radivoje Kalajdzic (29-2, 21 KO) lithe heavyweight, 12 rounds for vacant second WBA title
• Andy Cruz (3-0, 1 KO) vs. Antonio Moran (30-6-1, 21 KO), lightweight, 10 rounds