By Edward Chaykovsky

According to WBC welterweight world champion Danny "Swift" Garcia (32-0, 18 KOs), he can never win with the critics.

Garcia has been the target of a social media firestorm since announcing his next fight -  when he takes on huge underdog Samuel Vargas (25-2-1, 13 KOs) of Colombia. Their clash is a ten round, non title fight. The bout is the first for Garcia since winning the WBC title in January with a twelve round decision over Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero.

The fight will headline a Premier Boxing Champions televised card on Spike TV on November 12 from Temple University's Liacouras Center in Garcia's hometown of Philadelphia.

Most remember Vargas as being the opponent who was battered last year by undefeated welterweight contender Errol Spence Jr. at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

The fight is being billed as a final step before Garcia steps in the ring with WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman in the first quarter of 2017. In that fight, Garcia is already being viewed as the big underdog. The last time Garcia was a significant underdog was back in 2013, when he defended his junior welterweight titles against mandatory challenger Lucas Matthysse on the Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez undercard. He won a twelve round unanimous decision over Matthysse and easily handled his feared power. But since then his competition has been a little lacking and there have been some close calls in a few decisions.

"It's either I'm the underdog or I'm cherry-picking," Garcia said. "So what? I've stopped worrying about that. Who do I have to beat? People are acting like Keith Thurman has a cape like Superman and can fly. I want the other champions to think I'm vulnerable. Those are my easiest fights. I have to get past this fight to get to the next one."