Comments Thread For: Danny Garcia-Erik Morales II Tops The Big Barclays Event

[Evil Abed]

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has advised BoxingScene.com that Danny Garcia (24-0, 15KOs) will defend his WBA/WBC junior welterweight titles against former four division beltholder Erik Morales (52-8, 36KOs) on October 20th at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Garcia-Morales will headline an event being billed as "Brooklyn Pride" - which is going to play big role in the grand opening weekend at Barclays

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[-MAKAVELLI-]

what a joke

[Dunkeroo23]

Garcia-Morales II, Malignaggi, Quillin eyed for Barclays Center
by Lem Satterfield
Jul 25th, 2012

Junior welterweight champ Danny Garcia will defend his RING, WBA and WBC belts in a Showtime-televised rematch with four-division titlewinner Erik Morales that will mark the grand opening weekend of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Oct. 20, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer informed ******.com on Wednesday.

The show is being billed "Brooklyn Pride," and will boast several fighters from the East Coast.

Garcia (24-0, 15 knockouts), of Philadelphia, will be in the main event yet again facing Morales (52-8, 36 KOs), of Mexico City, whom he floored in the 11th-round of a unanimous decision that dethroned Morales as WBC beltholder in March.

Garcia, 24, is coming off a fourth-round knockout of Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KOs) that earned him THE RING and WBA belts on July 14. Morales, who turns 36 in September, will be back in the ring for the first time since losing to Garcia.

Also being targeted for the card are newly-crowned WBA welterweight beltwinner and Brooklyn native Paulie Malignaggi (31-4, 7 KOs), middleweight contenders Peter Quillin (27-0, 20 KOs) and Danny Jacobs (22-1, 19 KOs), of Brooklyn, another Brooklyn resident in welterweight Dmitriy Salita (33-1-1, 17 KOs), and Bronx-born junior welterweight Eddie Gomez (9-0, 6 KOs), of Puerto Rico.

Planted between Barbara Streisand concerts, which are scheduled for Friday and Sunday, "Brooklyn Pride" stands to be aided by the combined promotional efforts of "Showtime, Showtime Extreme and, potentially, the CBS Sports network," according to Schaefer.

"I really wanted to put together a card that shows the diversity of Brooklyn, and to really showcase some of those fighters from and around the Brooklyn and greater New York area, so it's basically an East Coast card," said Schaefer.

"The main event is going to be Danny Garcia, obviously the Puerto Rican from Philadelphia, and Erik Morales, the Mexican. Erik feels that in his last fight, that when he came off of [gall bladder] surgery, that he wasn't at his best. He's convinced that he's going to beat Danny Garcia this time around, and you have the classic Puerto Rican-Mexican showdown."

Garcia will be after his fourth straight triumph over a current or former world titleholder following consecutive decisions over ex-beltholders Nate Campbell and Kendall Holt in April and October, respectively.

Malignaggi, Quillin, Jacobs and Gomez will face opponents to be determined.

Malignaggi, 31, dethroned the physically bigger, taller, harder-punching and previously unbeaten Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-1, 21 KOs) in front of Senchenko's hometown fans at Donbass Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine, scoring a ninth-round technical knockout.

A former IBF junior welterweight beltholder in just his fourth welterweight bout, Malignaggi has not lost since falling by 11th-round knockout to Khan as a junior welterweight in May of 2010.



Nicknamed, "Kid Chocolate," Quillin announced the possibility of his being at Barclays in an earlier interview with ******.com. Quillin is coming off a unanimous decision victory over ex-junior middleweight titleholder Ronald "Winky" Wright, whom Quillin floored in the fifth round. Nicknamed, "Kid Chocolate,"

Quillin, 29, lived in Brooklyn for many years before recently relocating to Los Angeles to be closer to Wild Card Boxing Club where he trains.

"We are currently talking to Paulie about two or three potential opponents, so that should be announced within the next couple of weeks," said Schaefer. "We will have Peter Quillin on as well, possibly in a world title fight that will be announced in the next couple of weeks."

Jacobs has scored two consecutive knockouts since, himself, being stopped in the fifth round by Dmitry Pirog (20-0, 15 KOs) in July of 2010.

Jacobs, 25, is coming off a first-round knockout of Robert Kliewer in March, Salita, 30, off his third straight win by eight-round unanimous decision over Ronnie Warrior in April, and Gomez, 19, a six-round unanimous decision over Joseph De los Santos in June.





Photo by Chris Hutty, Hogan Photos, Golden Boy Promotions

wow I was already going to the show, now I'm definitely going. I thought for sure Malignaggi would be the headliner in his hometown. this is an awesome card. great way to open up the stadium

[illmaticfighter]

Horrible fight

[Mr. Fantastic]

Watch how the newly formed Swiftards are going to defend a Morales rematch.

[dan_cov]

The first fight was good but I don't want to see a rematch.

[-DSG-]

umm why??????

[Evil Abed]

Complete sh$t of a fight,

Waste of time. Nobody's asking for this fight.

[BooHoo]

So you beat Khan, which was impressive and then you go and rematch a guy you handily beat. Each round was close but Danny edged most of them and had 1/2 very dominant one.

I was thinking they would go and fight a tough fight. I think Danny knows a rematch with Khan is a UD to Khan or a TKO/KO for him.

[BooHoo]

GBP always say they want to make the bets fights but lie. What happened to Danny VS Matthyse idea?