By Edward Chaykovsky
This Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, undefeated Danny "Swift" Garcia (29-0, 17 KOs) is promising to put forth an impressive performance over Lamont Peterson (33-2-1, 17 KOs) in their Premier Boxing Champions televised fight on NBC, which begins at 8:30 p.m. ET. The televised co-feature will have Andy Lee defending his WBO middleweight title against former WBO king, unbeaten Peter Quillin.
Garcia feels that his star level is the reason for the swift ticket sales for Saturday's show. This will be Garcia's fourth fight at the venue.
The last time he was at Barclays, he nearly decapitated Rod Salka in the second round of their August fight. Peterson was also in the action in the co-feature, stopping Edgar Santana. Garcia also gained victories at the venue over former world champions Zab Judah and Erik Morales.
"I love Brooklyn. This is my fourth fight here and I've heard that the tickets for this fight are selling faster than any other fight they've held here. So I must be doing something right in Brooklyn. The atmosphere is great at Barclays Center," Garcia said.
"I've always felt that I'm one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. I've won a lot of big fights with a lot of great fighters, and my goal is just continue winning one fight at a time."
