It's fight night, and we hope you'll join us Saturday night for all the live blow-by-blow action from inside New York City's famed Madison Square Garden.
In the main event, rising superstar Mikey Garcia makes the first defense of his WBO Super Featherweight Championship as he battles Mexico's rugged Juan Carlos Burgos.
Garcia (33-0, 28 KO) is one of the fastest-rising young stars in boxing. He blitzed through three quality opponents in 2013—Orlando Salido, Juan Manuel Lopez and Roman Martinez—capturing two world titles and establishing himself as one of boxing's most dangerous punchers.
Burgos (30-1-2, 20 KO) will be making his return to MSG, where he was saddled with a dubious draw in a world title challenge against Martinez last January. He doesn't have the name recognition of Garcia's most recent foes, but he's a dangerous boxer who has the goods to trouble the champion.
In the co-feature, undefeated heavyweights Bryant Jennings (17-0, 9 KO) and Artur Szpilka (16-0, 12 KO) will do battle for the opportunity to move up the ranks.
Our live coverage will begin at 9:45 p.m. ET, and you can catch the fights on HBO.
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