
Video: Danny Garcia Has No Doubt About His Victory
Luis Sandoval catches up with WBC/WBA junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia to discuss the highly anticipated battle with mandatory challenger Lucas Matthysse.

Luis Sandoval catches up with WBC/WBA junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia to discuss the highly anticipated battle with mandatory challenger Lucas Matthysse.

MGM Grand, Las Vegas - The weights are in and the fighters are ready to go. On Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26KOs) will challenge Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (42-0-1, 30KOs) for the WBA/WBC junior middleweight titles. Mayweather came in at 150.5-pounds, while Canelo was 152-pounds on the catch-weight limit. In the co-feature, both WBA/WBC junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia (26-0, 16KOs) and mandatory challenger Lucas Matthysse (34-2, 32KOs) came in at 140-pounds.

The weights are in and the fighters are ready to go. On Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26KOs) will challenge Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (42-0-1, 30KOs) for the WBA/WBC junior middleweight titles. Mayweather came in at 150.5-pounds, while Canelo was 152-pounds on the catch-weight limit. In the co-feature, both WBA/WBC junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia (26-0, 16KOs) and mandatory challenger Lucas Matthysse (34-2, 32KOs) came in at 140-pounds.

Luis Sandoval catches up with Angel Garcia, father and trainer of WBC/WBA junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia, to discuss the upcoming fight with mandatory challenger Lucas Matthysse.

Ryan Burton catches up with junior welterweight contender Lucas Matthysse, who was showing off his moves for the upcoming fight with undefeated WBA/WBC champion Danny Garcia.

By Thomas Gerbasi - Danny Garcia was saying all the right things, but when the WBA / WBC junior welterweight champion was asked if there was a part of him, deep in his Philadelphia soul, that wouldn’t mind getting into a bit of a firefight with Argentinean knockout artist Lucas Matthysse this Saturday in Las Vegas, he couldn’t help but laugh. It was as if he got caught, that we could see right through him, and that when it comes down to it, he’s just a fighter at heart, even if that may hurt him against an opponent with legitimate fight-ending power. “I’m preparing in the gym for whatever,” he said after the laughs died down. “Everybody’s always got a game plan, and me, I’m gonna feel him out, see what it feels like, and whatever happens happens.” That’s not bravado, not recklessness; it’s who the 25-year-old is, and it has everything to do with his zip code. “It’s just the Philly toughness,” he said. “It’s how they breed the people. It’s a tough town, we’ve got tough fans, so if you’re a Philly fan they expect you to be tough and be gritty, and that’s what I bring to the table.” He’s proved it thus far, even if it took him a while to get here, just a day away from the biggest fight of his career on the biggest card of 2013. Seemingly for years, Garcia was seen as a top east coast prospect, but despite doing everything required of such a prospect, it appeared that he was taking longer than most to get his big shot. After a close split decision win over Kendall Holt in October of 2011 though, he got the fight he wanted, a March 2012 WBC title fight against Erik Morales. He won that one, and it’s been a whirlwind ever since.

Ryan Burton catches up with Lucas Matthysse to discuss his upcoming fight with WBC/WBA junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia.

LAS VEGAS, NEV. - Unified WBC, WBA and Ring Magazine Light Welterweight Champion Danny "Swift" Garcia and current WBC Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Champion Lucas "The Machine" Matthysse proved that there is more than one main event scheduled at MGM Grand in Las Vegas this Saturday night. The bout headlines one of the strongest undercards in boxing history and precedes the highly anticipated matchup between Floyd "Money" Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez. Also featured on the undercard are Ishe Smith vs. Carlos Molina in a 12-Round battle for the IBF Junior Middleweight Title, and Pablo Cesar Cano vs. Ashley Theophane in a 10-Round Welterweight battle.

Lucas Matthysse never wanted this. The attention. The so-called hype. The interviews. The Angel Garcia negative rants about him. One thing a well-known boxer can count on is press written about him. Ever since Matthysse has been winning, and winning decisively the last coupler of years, it has been an endless stream of interviews requests, photo ops, and repeated questions about the same subject. Matthysse has been a good sport about all the attention he has received. His demeanor oozes confidence and humbleness, not cocky.

MGM Grand, Las Vegas - WBA welterweight champion Adrien Broner (27-0, 24KOs) is fully confident that Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26KOs) will defeat WBC/WBA junior middleweight Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (42-0-1, 30KOs) on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and he says WBC/WBA junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia (26-0, 16KOs) will score a knockout over Lucas Matthysse (34-2, 32KOs) in the co-feature.