By Steve Kim

It was Marcos Maidana who handed Adrien Broner his first loss back in December of 2013, knocking him down twice in the process and taking away whatever cloak of invincibility he had - and snatching away Broner's WBA welterweight title.

The loss to Maidana convinced Broner to make an immediate division switch to junior welterweight, after only two fights at 147-pounds.

In Maidana's corner that night was Robert Garcia, the brother and co-trainer of Mikey Garcia, who faces Broner this Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Garcia came out of that contest admiring how Broner hung in late versus the hard-punching Argentine.

"He was very tough, strong in the late rounds. In the twelfth round Maidana felt Broner's strength and power and he told us that's the strongest man he ever faced," Garcia recalled to BoxingScene.com.

"That's the one thing I've always kept in mind and the one thing I've always said - he's very strong. Besides that, all the talking and all the acting that he does before and during the fight, we're ready for whatever he's doing."

For Garcia, this is his introduction into the junior welterweight division. Broner has fought before as a full-fledged welterweight. Garcia, a three division world champion, will go against his biggest opponent to date. So how will the undefeated Garcia (36-0, 33 KO's) adjust to the 140-pound weight limit?

"We've been training for a good two months, sparring 154's and even 160's and he's doing good,"said Garcia of his brother, who last fought on January 28th and scored a brutal third round knockout of Dejan Zlaticanin for the WBC lightweight belt.

"Mikey's walking around 146, 147 because the guys are big and strong but he's very fast and strong, himself. I think it'll be perfect for him."

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.