Danny Garcia: record, next fight and profile →
Danny Garcia’s upcoming middleweight title fight with Erislandy Lara – on the Sept. 14 pay-per-view undercard to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Edgar Berlanga – will be the first time the Philadelphian steps into the ring in more than 25 months, dating back to his July 2022 win victory over Jose Benavidez Jr.
Every month, I waste hours studying the rankings of each of the sanctioning bodies. I have been undertaking this pointless exercise for something approaching 40 years – which is testament to my hopeless and unfathomable devotion to boxing.
Erislandy Lara is working feverishly toward making it four consecutive knockout victories when he takes on Danny Garcia in the co-feature of PBC’s Canelo Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga pay-per-view airing on Amazon’s Prime Video on Saturday, September 14 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Danny Garcia introduced a fascinating scenario to entice superstar Terence Crawford to face him as Crawford moves up in weight and considers a potential matchup with Canelo Alvarez in a generational super-fight.
There was no bad blood between veteran Cuban Erislandy Lara and Danny Garcia ahead of their September 14 bout in Las Vegas, even though the fight has been years in the making.
“Smokin’” Joe Frazier. Tommy Loughran. Matthew Saad Muhammad. Joey Giardello. “Joltin’” Jeff Chandler. These are but a few of the many great champions who called the fighting city of Philadelphia home. And you won’t see any of their names on the countdown below.
Danny Garcia has said he wants to avenge losses to Errol Spence Jr. and Keith Thurman before his career is over.
Although Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (38-5, 17 KOs) has had a lot of success inside of the squared circle, his third-round stoppage victory on Saturday night over Juan Carlos Abregu (26-8-1, 24 KOs) in Atlantic City may be his favorite.