Devin Haney faces Ryan Garcia at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, New York.
18:10:53
ASSESSING AMARI JONES
Amari Jones is a promising prospect at middleweight. Really effective when he uses his jab & has some pop. Buzzed Mbumba-Yassa a couple times before he dropped him early in the sixth.
18:02:58
DEVIN HANEY’S STABLEMATE STAYS UNBEATEN
Amari Jones, a 21-year-old middleweight prospect trained by Bill Haney, stopped Armel Mbumba-Yassa 39 seconds into the sixth round on the undercard. Jones improved to 12-0 and scored his 11th knockout. Jones dropped Mbumba-Yassa barely 10 seconds into the sixth. Ref Arthur Mercante Jr. let the mostly one-sided action go only a few seconds more after Mbumba-Yassa got up.
17:57:33
WE ARE LIVE FROM BARCLAYS CENTER
Welcome to tonight’s live blog from ringside at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where WBC super lightweight champ Devin Haney will face rival Ryan Garcia in the 12-round main event.
I’m Keith Idec, a longtime boxing writer from New Jersey who will do his best to keep you informed and hopefully entertained throughout this card.
