WBA/WBC 140lb champion Danny Garcia (30-0, 17 KOs) will battle 34-year-old former two division world champion Paulie Malignaggi (33-6, 7 KOs) in a welterweight fight on August 1st on Premier Boxing Champions from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Aug. 1 PBC on ESPN main event is done: @DannySwift vs. @PaulMalignaggi. Site is @barclayscenter. #boxing
— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) June 11, 2015
Malignaggi has not fought since being knocked out in the fourth round, by then-welterweight titleholder Shawn Porter 16 months ago.
Daniel Jacobs (29-1, 26 KOs), who is also from Brooklyn, is likely to defend his middleweight belt in the co-feature.