The last few years in professional boxing have marked the end of several eras of great champions. The pillars of sports such as Floyd Mayweather Jr., the Klitschko brothers, Andre Ward and Bernard Hopkins announced their retirement. Careers of Manny Pacquiao and Guillermo Rigondo went into decline . Their places can not remain unoccupied for a long time and a number of young boxers have already loudly declared itself. Among them is the talented American welterweight Danny Garcia.
Biography
Danny was born March 20, 1988 in Philadelphia, in a Puerto Rican family. The love of boxing for little Danny was instilled by his father, a former professional boxer Angel Garcia. In the future, the father will always be the main companion and assistant to his son in his boxing career, and will also become an integral protagonist of his media image. The shocking, wicked humor and wittyness of Garcia the Elder freaked out many opponents and added fame and fans to his son.
Boxing Danny Garcia (pictured above) began to practice at the age of ten. For 9 years of his amateur career, he spent 120 fights and won the titles of the USA, USA juniors and the Tammer tournament.
The Garcia family was proud of their Puerto Rican origin, and Danny himself always tried to emphasize his roots, appearing in public with his native flags. His idol was a Puerto Rican boxer of the 60s, world champion Carlos Ortiz.
Champion Belt Road
The first professional fight Danny Garcia, whose biography is considered in this material, spent 19 years, knocking out compatriot Mike Denby in the first round. This fight was the beginning of a long win-win series.
On March 24, 2012, in his 23rd bout, Danny Garcia met with Mexican boxing legend Eric Morales in a duel for the vacant WBC welterweight title. At the beginning of the bout, Morales acted effectively, but then the younger Garcia seized the initiative and won the battle by unanimous decision, having won his first championship belt.
A few months later, the boxers met in a rematch, where the Mexican lost by knockout in round 4. It should be noted that for the age of Morales, this dilogy was the last stage of a great career and after a knockout defeat Horrible (nickname Morales) announced his retirement from the sport.
Then victories over such stars as Amir Khan, Lucas Mattisse, Zab Judah, Lamont Peterson, Robert Guerrero and Paul Malignaggi followed. Each of these fighters had a set of unique stylistic features - from knockout power and pressure to unprecedented speed and skill in defense. The victory over them provided Garcia with a leading place in all world ratings.
First defeat
In parallel, Danny Garcia's welterweight star rose Keith Thurman. The tough and assertive fighter has earned a reputation as the main threat to the division. After he won the WBA belt, a fight with Garcia was inevitable.
Boxers met on March 4, 2017 in New York. Both in the rank of invincible champions (Garcia's record - 33-0, Thurman - 27-0). In the first half of the battle, Thurman managed to shake Garcia and acted more actively, inflicted more blows. Then Danny got together and seized part of the initiative, but this was not enough, and Thurman won the victory by a separate decision of the judges.
Garcia intends to rehabilitate for the controversial defeat on February 17, 2018, in a battle against the assertive Mexican Brandon Rios.