At one level, Danny Garcia fought a number of instances a yr in opposition to among the finest fighters on the earth. These days, the 36-year-old has been painfully inactive. It’s the pure development of a fighter who’s nearing the tip of his boxing tunnel.
However, earlier than Garcia removes his boxing trunks and waves goodbye to his followers for good, he believes he has a couple of extra fights left in him. On September 14th, on the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Philadelphia star will add a couple of extra kilos to his stocky body when he strikes up in weight to tackle WBA middleweight belt holder, Erislandy Lara.
Trying previous a present opponent has gotten far too many boxers in hassle. In brief, specializing in a future foe versus the one trying to knock their head into the third row, hasn’t ended effectively on most events. Garcia (37-3, 21 KOs) has by no means been the kind although. He is aware of that Lara, regardless of being 41, is as harmful as they arrive. Gone are the times when the Cuban would field circles round his opponents earlier than cruising to a factors victory. With knockout wins in 4 of his final 5 appearances, Garcia is paying shut consideration to Lara’s deleterious left hand. He additionally has an eye fixed on what might be subsequent.
Terence Crawford, just some brief weeks in the past, formally made his 154-pound debut, pulling out a detailed however clear win over Israil Madrimov. Mockingly sufficient, Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) is very like Garcia. He’s been within the recreation for effectively over a decade and has constructed generational wealth by being good at punching folks within the face.
There isn’t a ton of combat left in both man however Garcia has all the time been hopeful and considering going through Crawford within the execs. Within the amateurs, the 2 cut up a pair of conferences. That means, a tiebreaker might happen with a ton on the road if Garcia handles his enterprise.
Proving that he was all the time the higher fighter is one thing that Garcia desires with out query. However earlier than he absolutely entertains a situation the place he’s swapping fists with Crawford, he’s concentrating on a artful and robust Cuban who will try and shut his lights off.
“Something can occur,” Garcia defined to FightHype.com just lately when requested a few Crawford combat. “I bought Lara in entrance of me first. Proper now, I simply gotta win this Lara combat and sky’s the restrict.”
