This Saturday night, March 10th 2018, Sergey Lipinets (13-0, 10 KO’s) will be defending his IBF Junior Welterweight title against Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KO’s). Brought to you by Premier Boxing Champions, the fight will take place at The Alamodome in San Antonio Texas, and will be live on ShowTime Championship Boxing at 10:15pm ET. In the co-feature, Rances Barthelemy (26-0, 13 KO’s) and Kiryl Relish (21-2, 19 KO’s) for the vacant WBA Junior Welterweight title. Also on the card, Richard Commey (25-2, 22 KO’s) and Alejandro Luna (22-0, 15 KO’s) will go at it in a 12 round Lightweight bout. Here is the breakdown and predictions:
SERGEY LIPINETS
-Record: 13 – 0 – 0, 10 KO’s
-Weight Class: Junior Welterweight
-Height: 5′ 7″
-Reach: 67″
-Notable Fights
- Lenny Zappavigna — Win, KO 8th round (12), 12/10/16.
- Akihiro Kondo — Win, Unanimous Decision (12), 11/4/17. (Won vacant IBF Junior Welterweight title)
MIKEY GARCIA
-Record: 37 – 0 – 0, 30 KO’s
-Weight Class: Junior Welterweight/Lightweight
-Height: 5′ 7″
-Reach: 68″
-Notable Fights
- Orlando Salido — Win, Tech Decision 9th round (12), 1/19/13. (Won WBO/TheRing Featherweight titles)
- Rocky Martinez — Win, KO 8th round (12), 11/9/13. (Won WBO Junior Lightweight title)
- Dejan Zlaticanin — Win, KO 3rd round (12), 1/28/17. (Won WBC Lightweight title)
PREDICTIONS:
Richard Commey — def — Alejandro Luna — via — Decision
Rances Barthelemy — def — Kiryl Relikh — via — Decision
Mikey Garcia — def — Sergey Lipinets — via — TKO 9th round
-David Jukic, INSIDE RINGSIDE
