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Junior welterweight Danny Garcia landed 100 more power punches in the fight and outlanded Erik Morales 40-10 over the last two rounds and scored a knockdown to win a twelve round decision.
Junior welterweight Olusegun Ajose (30-0, 14KOs) wasn't impressed by Danny Garcia's title winning performance last Saturday night against Mexican veteran Erik Morales. Ajose is the mandatory challenger to Garcia's brand new WBC title.
Reliant Arena, Houston, Texas - Danny Gracia (23-0, 14KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over four division world champion Erik Morales (52-8, 36KOs) to capture the vacant WBC junior welterweight title. Morales lost his WBC title at Friday's weigh-in when he failed to make weight.
Former four division world champion Erik Morales (52-8, 36KOs) conceded defeat on Saturday night, and gave credit to Danny Garcia (23-0, 14KOs), who won a twelve round unanimous decision over the Mexican veteran at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas.
Danny Garcia (23-0, 14 KOs) captured the vacant WBC junior welterweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over four-division world champion Erik Morales (52-8, 36 KOs) on Saturday night at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas. The scores were 117-110, 116-112 and 118-109.
Michael Campbell catches the post fight press conference to the junior welterweight bout between Erik Morales and Danny Garcia. Hear from Morales, Garcia, James Kirkland, Carlos Molina, Oscar De La Hoya and more.
New York, NY - Earlier tonight, Danny Garcia won a unanimous decision over Erik Morales to pick up the vacant WBC junior welterweight title, with scores of 118-111, 117-110, and 116-112. Watching closely from ringside was the WBC's undefeated mandatory challenger, Ajose Olusegun (30-0, 14KO's). Olusegun, who is co-promoted by DiBella Entertainment and Gary Shaw Productions, has been waiting for his shot at the title for some time now and wants to make it crystal clear that the wait is over and he is next in line.
by Cliff Rold - It was a thinking man’s bruiser on Saturday night at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas as 24-year old Danny Garcia (23-0, 14 KO) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, scored a late knockdown en route to a unanimous decision over 35-year old Mexican legend and former four division titlist Erik Morales (52-8, 36 KO) of Tijuana, Mexico. Garcia wins the WBC belt at 140 lbs. Morales lost the belt on the scales of Friday, scaling 142 lbs. Under WBC rules, the title can be won by the challenger in such circumstance but cannot be defended. Garcia came in at a ready 139 ½. The referee was Laurence Cole. Garcia initiated the action with a soft, looping left hook. Moments later, an attempted Garcia jab was countered with a hard right hand to the face. Morales struck again with a stiff jab and just missed with a left hook as he pressed the younger man. At the midway point of the round, Garcia answered with a jab and stiff, landing right. At the minute mark, he connected with another right and blocked a Morales flurry. A countering Garcia combination ended with a landing left hook and Morales struggled to land clean down the stretch with power shots while landing jabs to the body and head. Morales was calm and deliberate in the second, popping the jab and throwing in combination. Garcia countered with good single shots, rights to the body and some swift left hooks, but it was Morales coming forward. The veteran was consistent with short right hands and managed a wily triple uppercut while cuffing the back of Garcia’s head.
The post-fight press conference for HBO's doubleheader. Danny Garcia (23-0, 14 KOs) captured the vacant WBC junior welterweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over four-division world champion Erik Morales (52-8, 36 KOs) on Saturday night at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas. The scores were 117-110, 116-112 and 118-109. In the co-feature, junior middleweight James Kirkland (31-1, 27 KOs) won a controversial ten round disqualification over Carlos Molina (19-5-2, 6 KOs). Ajose Olusegun, the mandatory to Danny Garcia's title, confronted him at the post-presser. Photos by Stacey Verbeek.
by Cliff Rold - He’s been so good to so many fight fans, so much fun to watch, that a sin is easily forgiven. Erik Morales showed up for the weigh-in on Friday, missed the Jr. Welterweight limit of 140 lbs., and seemingly shrugged it off. He lost what was a paper WBC title on the scales. Danny Garcia can still win it. If we get another ‘Morales fight,’ win or lose, is anyone really going to care about the title situation? It’s not to excuse blowing weight. As a professional, Morales had obligations. It is to say the good still so far outweighs the bad that it’s not worth a breathless critique. It happened. The weight, given that Morales’s prime was at least a decade ago between ten and eighteen pounds lower, won’t make the difference.