Keith Idec brings phrase that struggling 21-year-old middleweight prospect Elijah Garcia will helm 2025’s first PBC on Prime present in opposition to former Olympian Terrell Gausha on February fifteenth.
Garcia (16-1, 13 KO) had the look of a blue-chipper throughout his 2023 marketing campaign, bouncing again from an iffy efficiency in opposition to Kevin Salgado with a violent end of Jose Armando Resendiz on the Canelo vs Charlo PPV opener. A subsequent March showdown with the traditionally underwhelming Kyrone Davis appeared like a simple pick-me-up earlier than resuming his rise, however Garcia wound up falling sick on the eleventh hour, pushing the bout to June.
Issues didn’t enhance from there. Garcia blew weight by greater than three kilos and finally dropped what completely mustn’t have been a cut up choice.
Gausha (24-4, 12 KO) is 3-3 in his final six, although these losses got here to the very succesful Erickson Lubin, Tim Tszyu, and most just lately Carlos Adames. Between his sturdiness, abilities, and seasoning, he’s on no account a gimme for Garcia, who will should be absolutely dialed-in if he desires to regain some luster.
